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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15
THE CASE or
AFTER THE CANE
nv DONALD !. sOBoL

THE boat shed is about q
quarter Of q mile from the
fraternity house. Somebody
lured Riley out there for the
money he was carrying but
hit him too hard. The boy
might never recover con-
sciousness." said Inspector
Winters.
Didn't the inferno at the
emergency ward say that
Riley had been drinking?"
asked Haldejian.
yes" replied the inspec-
tor. The fraternity held .
victory party after the State
Aggie game. Liquor Is for
hidden, but everyone knew
about Riley's jug.
He kept a gallon OF gin In
his room. During the party
he got an empty quart bottle
Of soda, filled It with gin and
spiked everyone's punch. "A
tonic he called II.
after Riley had made
three trips to his room 10 fill
the soda bottle, he began to
get slightly tipsy. He appar-
emily drank as much as he
gave away. After the fourth
filllng. at midnight. he COM
menced Dragging about the
money he had In his wallet.
State was the short-ender
at 8 TO IL. Riley told about
winning several hundred dol
lars"
who was the last person
TO speak with him?"
Three Of TIE brothers saw
his talking briefly with Curt
Hammond, the fraternity
president, at 10 minutes
after /. I questioned Ham
mond. He said that he ad-
vised Riley to quiet down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15
Conservation Session
Set for Teen-Auers

A conservation roundup"
will be offered to teen-agers IL
to Is years old next Monday
through Friday at Picnic Grove
II in Rock Greek Park. the Ma
tional Capital Parks Office an
nounced yesterday.
The free program will provide
instruction in how to enjoy
the outdoors in safety and
health. the conservation of ma
tural beauty and nature crafts
and skills. Applicants, equipped
with lunch. pocketlSnife, rain
coat. pencil and notebook. will
meet at Q am. Monday at Picnic
Grove II on Glover road about
200 yards south Of Military road
and Oregon avenue NV.
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tional guardsmen have seized
hundreds Of civilian suspects.
Most Of them are estill in iails.
The Communists have equal
rights with Venezuela's four
other political parties. The
government calls them patrf-
otto and nationalist because
they helped to overthrow the
Perez Jimenez dictatorship. The
Communists have infiltrated
into every vital sector OF life
in Venezuela-social organiza-
tons. clubs. business activities.
university faculties. student
organizations. trade unions.
and into jobs in Federal and
municipal administrations
A big segment Of Venezuela's
newspapers are either commu-
nist-influenced, dominated. or
readily accept Communist sug-
cushions in their editorial poll
cies and news presentation.
Anyone who dares 10 question
or criticize their activities Is
Immediately subjected to a tor
rent of abuse from the press.
Members of the junta feel
that any foreign correspondent
who publishes stories pointing
up Communist activity in Ven
ezuela is facilitating an anti
democratic coup d'etat that
could lead to the re-establish-
ment Of military dictatorship.
This is echoed by Venezuela's
newspapers. Enjoying press
freedom for the first time in 10
years. they reflect a strong
anti-American tone and re-
peatedly attack United States
correspondents.
American Ambassador Ed
ward j. Sparks and American
residents in Venezuela also
come under attack.
There are over 10000 Ameri-
cans in Venezuela, engaged in
oil and iron ore production and
a variety Of big-business ac-
tivities.
One newspaper. Fl Nacional
of Caracas, declares a strong
sector Of the American colony,
while being anti Communist,
also is anti-democratic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15
DooIittIe Gets
Executive Post

Los ANGELES. Aug. Is
(AP).-Gen. James H. Doo-
little has been named board
chairman of Space Technd-
ogy Laboratories, q firm de-
voted to the study Of missile
and space problems.
The laboratories. now a di-
vision Of Ramo-Woolridge
Corp, will become q separate
corporation soon and Gen,
Doolittle will assume his new
position January /.
The famed flying hero. who
led the first bombing raid on
Tokyo during World War II,
will be In charge Of the largest
concentration Of scientists in
the Nation working exclusively
on missiles and space tech
nology. Ramo-Wooldridge said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15
BY E. E. EDGAR

PRAISE: One night in New
York. composer Victor Her
bert attended a dinner given
in his honor. One speaker
after another got up and
sang his praises. Each speech
was longer and more lauda-
tory than the one preceding
1t.
Along about midnight, one
of Herbert's companions, en-
barrassed for the composer.
whispered to him:
shall I tell them to cut
the speeches short2 You must
be getting tired Of hearing
the same tune over and over"
Not at ALL" said Herbert.
beaming. II like the theme.
CHANGE: Artist John
Decker, who specialized in
painting Hollywood celebri-
ties. always allowed for the
unpredictability Of his clients.
He was commissioned to
paint the portrait Of a movie
queen and her husband.
Dacker painted the actress
first. He had scarcely finished
when she and her husband
had a spat and dissolved their
marriage.
As usual, Decker was pre-
pared for this development.
AS the actress still wanted
the picture. he was able to
complete 1t with only one
minor change. Instead of
showing her leaning against
her husbands shoulder. he
had her leaning against the
mantel.
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Aging Is q Gradual Process
By Or. PETER }. srtINcRoHN

The fact IL that I'm really
worried about myself. I sup
pose that I must resign my
self to only . few more years.
How many people with dia-
betes discovered at my age
ever to be 10 or over? E.W.B.
There has been q continu-
ing upward trend In longevity
expectancy in diabetes. In q
few years, the life expectancy
Of the diabetic should equal
that Of the general popula-
ton.
Will you ever reach 10, Mr..
II. w. B.P You may be alive
and kicking at 80 or over. A
recent report by Drs. H. r.
Root and p. Barclay mentions
q group Of patients who had
reached the age Of 80 after
having had diabetes for IS
to 46 years.
(Released BY
The Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Monday: Reducing.
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jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Admiral Bwd's Longest NIGHT

tiny snowfiakes. frozen as
hard as steel. stung his eyes
shut.
THE ADMIRAL staggered
back through the trap door.
He dug the frost out Of his
nose and mouth and fell try
ing to catch a breath Of air.
He waited awhile, and went
out into the night again.
This time. when he came
back. the trap door had froz-
en- shut.
He clawed at 1t. He tried
to lift 1t. He beat it with his
fists. He cried aloud in the
night. He pulled at the door
edges with his mittens. Rea-
son walked out Of his mind.
Panic walked in. Once, the
admiral laughed. He had dug
a tunnel inside so that he
could not be trapped inside:
here he was trapped outside.
Admiral Richard Byrd was
"a inches from warmth and
safety. He found q ventila-
tor and pressed his mouth
against 1t and breathed the
warm zero air coming up
from inside. He pressed an
eye to the ventilator and
saw, below. the feeble light
Of q storm lantern.
His brain began to func-
ton. He rem e m bered O
shovel he had left to leeward.
Byrd grasped the ventilator
in both mittens, and kicked
his feet out all around the
igloo. When he found the
handle Of the shovel he
wanted to kiss It.
His hands dug 1t out Of the
snow and he inched back to
the trapdoor and chopped
the seams free. He heaved
the door open, and fell down
to safety.
As I say. 1t is hot. The body
sizzles. The mind melts.
tcopyright. 1858. Kins Features
Syndicate, Ines
MondoY: Waiting for 6inny's
baby,
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Venezuela Fears Coup
To ThWort Elections

racy" as relentlessly as Gen
Perez Jimenez's security police
liquidated his opposition. The
purge has sent a wave Of fear
through some Of the civilian
population.
Admiral Larrazabal said re-
Gently there are mo golpistas
(coup planners) in the armed
forces. but there are among the
civilians"
Some Startled
His statement obviously was
intended to assure the armed
forces that they were not a
purge target. But it startled
some Venezuelans for it came
Just after the junta stripped
Gen. J. M. Castro Leon Of his
job as defense minister and ex-
lied him to Washington. He
was named as chief conspira-
tor in a frustrated plot July %
to overthrow Admiral LARA
zabal's regime. Hard on the
heels of Gen. Castro's depar-
ture. Admiral Larrazabal de-
ported a dozen high-ranking
army officers.
One Of the cardinal aims OF
these plotters, If their at
tempted coup had succeeded
was to control or eliminate the
powerful Communist Party
and the left-of center Accion
Democratiea. The latter is the
biggest political organization in
the nation, with over 900, 600
members.
A big question today Is
whether the bitter enmity of
key rightist army officers
against the Communists and
Accion Democratica is going to
crystalline in the next three
months
In recent weeks, police. mill
tary intelligence agents and ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15
Sy ABIGAIL VAN SURtN

himself a bargain. AZ SO. .
man In not ancient-nor Il
he harmless. Keep your dis
lance.
DEAR ABBY: ! fell In love
with q married man but I
didn't know he was married
AZ the time. I haven't gone
out with him since I found
out he's married but we see
each other at work every
day, which makes II hard for
me TO get over him. ! am
old enough 10 move out of
my parents home and get
a Job out of town. which il
what I'd like 10 do because
know n I keep seeing this
man at work l might 90 out
with him again. ] can't tell
my parents why I want to
leave. What should I do2
ALL CONFUSED
Tell you parents you want
= change Of scenery and =
new outlook ON life it's
true). I recommend lt-and
the sooner the better.
For a personal reply. iDrits
10 ABBY in care OF The Eue-
ming Star. IncIose a SELF
addressed. stamped envelope.
Distributed BY McNaught
syndicate, Incl
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THE DETAILS

me FsmiIy couneiI consists o. q
Judge. q psyehiotFist. three
cIsFsYmsn. . newspaper editor.
. vomsn's editor end tive writers.
Eoch orticls Is q summary 81 On
octuoI cose history. The eouneil
reports on problems thot hsvs
been dealt with BY responsible
oaeneiss end counselon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15

beginning. He wanted Leon 10
marry another girl they have
both known from their school
days. Leon went with her for
many years. but says they Just
couldn't get along.
The first time he met me
Frank treated me In a very
sighting, insulting way. He
has tried to bust up our friend
ship and It looks as though he
has no intention Of stopping.
even now that we are engaged.
Therefore / want Leon to stop
seeing Frank. Is that too much
TO ask?
Leon Frank and I have
been best buddies for about 10
years and I don't want us TO
break up our friendship. because
of women. Besides. IL I give
up this friendship. it means Civ
ing up. practically all my
friends.
We have been in one crowd
and Frank and his fiance are
kind Of the center Of the group.
They would leave me out of
things II it came to a tossup
between Frank and me.
I think Harriet is being very
silly and childish about this.
After all. ] picked her because
I love her and I won't let any
one break US up. She should
have confidence in me. Frank
says that she's the domineering
type and I'm afraid that's true.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
No. we don't think Harriet is
being silly and childish. She
has q legitimate beef.
In our opinion Frank is not
q true friend at all. 1t is he who
Is domineering. He is apparently
accustomed to being the leader
of his group Of friends and is
angry because his will has been
thwarted.
Harriet Is placed in q most
dificult position because her
fiance Is evidently under the
sway of this small-time
fuehrer. If Leon were q more
mature person himself, he
would let his friend know in
no uncertain terms that he
expects all his friends to
accept his choice Of a woman
and to show her every re-
spect and consideration.
Friends often have unfa-
vorable opinions about one
another's choice of mates,
but II they are mature indi-
viduals and If they value the
friendship, they keep those
opinions to themselves. They
make an effort to establish
good relationships and they
have an instructive regard
for their friends choices.
II Frank persists in his
ugly behavior, Leon certainly
ought to break up the rela-
tionship. He will be well rid
of this character and the
foolish weaklings in the
crowd that picks such q
character as its center.
II Leon persists in cling
ing to q buddy" who treats
his fiancee slightingly. we
would say that Harriet would
be much better on without
such a man. Surely there are
better potential husbands
than this on the marriage
market.
(copyrieht. 1858. General Features
Corp.l
MOndOY; Wife wont 10 post
pOns hovins children.
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It's nd The body STYLES.
The min melts.
At thI time Of year. not
too longhgo, Admiral Rich
ard EVEN Byrd was near
the soJh Pole. He was
alone. ne sun had sunk
below tH horizon in April.
The adnfh was in perpetual
night. III wind came out
of the 18th as though It
would nkF tire. 1t carried
snow ados the Ross Bar
rier on Bns slant.
Byrd ~ nothing, Nothing
moved. b keep alive, he
kept buB He signaled his
fellow kilorers daily. He
observed Ind he wrote his
observatpts with stiff fingers.
The ten1psrature outside his
igloo WIS ~ degrees below
zero. H kt an oil stove and
the air 1.-THE fiue pipe Missed
out inc the night like q
steam eslaust.
The 10y slowed. So did
the mini The admiral tried
to repaEA thermograph. 1t
was a t1ple job. He agon-
lied overt for hours. Some
times hi called the Little
America amp and it required
q lot Of sinking to ind out
what to by.
-
ON SME NIGHTS there
was actit. The aurora over
head fednis eyes with silent
firework Below. the earth
trembled as q billion tons
Of ice dipped perhaps five
feet. Il was an effort to
look; toaisten; to lie numb
in o fuI coat and wait for
sleep tokome.
His hgue swelled from
drinking hot tea. His nose
ached rom frostbite. He
fell ENLISTED from carrying
water Ito his roof to seal
the seAs Of ice from the
danger of q threatening
storm, IN bed. the admiral
was re4ing, and one finger
froze pm trying to turn
the PAD Of q book.
Whet the storm came,
Byrd BIT busy digging an
escape knnel under his igloo.
OutsidI the ice looked like a
polishe ballroom floor,
stretctAg of in all direc-
tions. b q moment, 1t dis
appeaIe. A white mist of
snow fl across the icy floor
before ne wind. He hurried
inside sealed his door and
sat waAng.
4 i -
THE WAS a small
scrapit sound outside, like a
terrific mouse caught in a
cardbdd carton. Then the
wind paned and cried and
sang the night and the
earth hifted a little and the
gale Amed to be trying to
suck . big stove pipe out Of
the iRto. The candle flames
bent, lckered red and died.
He lit storm lamp.
Thd admiral waited. He
WASH IAN admiral now. He
was oman who was filled
with tonder and fear. He
waltz for hours. and went
up though the trapdoor to
red the instruments. The
huiicane wind of the Ant
artc met him like the thun-
deiof surf. 1t tried to blow
hi of the roof. He clutched
icSand held on. 1t was the
bllkest night he ever knew.
I'll searchlight could not
litt his other hand.
lis nostrils refused to
btathe. The lungs seemed to
blst into fame. The gale
SIT itself on the radio wire
oerhead. In the dark storm
tire was bass thunder and
nh treble. Thousands Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15

Or. DR.. Steincrohn: I have
just celebrated my 60th birth
day. Does that put me in the
geriatrics class? BY that I
mean, should / now 20 to q
doctor who speciallzes In Eeri-
atrlcs? Or n the internist I've
used for years AL right? Some
Of ms laymen are mixed MP
about the whole thing. We
Want TO g0-but don't know
where. M.
Remember that the man 10
but the extension Of the boy.
You don't become an entirely
different person Just because
you have gotten older.
Ordinarily. disease proc
esses In the middle-aged and
in the elderly are treated the
same. For example, we treat
pernicious anemia similarly
in the young and old. Like
wise. the basic management
of heart disease, arthritis, dia-
betes and other chronic con-
ditions In the young and old
follows . like pattern.
Shall you continue to use
your present internist? Or
family doctor2 I should say
yes-especially If he is inter-
ested In the treatment Of the
elderly. DR.. John H. Meyer.
professor and chairman Of the
Department of Medicine at
the Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, puts it nicely when he
says:
There are subtle problems
peculiar to the aged. 1t Is
the internist who appraises
and understands these subtle
ties who becomes the expert
In treating elderly patients.
Thus the therapiSt must
understand the aging process
as a natural sequence Of
events which follows in the
wake of a more kinetic period
in the life Of man. The aging
process Is not the mature
youth to the time-worn old
man.
"As the therapist gains ex-
perience In the treatment Of
elderly patients. he naturally
becomes better acquainted
with minor deviations pecul-
lar to age and thus can cope
more efiiciently with the
specific problems. Herein lies
the speciality of geriatric
medicine when properly prac-
ticed." (From the magazine
Geriatrics).
This newer speciality OF
geriatrics is now relatively in
the same spot that pedia-
tries was in 80 or 40 years
ago. At that time many people
would say: MY family doctor
has taken care Of all my
children and done q good
Job. l don't see any need for
calling in a pediatrician."
But gradually, pediatrics
took hold. Not only mothers
and fathers, but family
doctors themselves. came to
recognize the Importance Of
the speciality. So 1t will be
with geriatrics. This. too, will
take time.
Diabetes
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Riley retorted chat he was
going to his room TO refill
the bottle, and Hammond
could drop dead II he didn't
like It.
Riley went out Of the par
lor and that was the last
anyone saw him till he was
found in the boat shed this
morning. The party by then
had got pretty wild. Anyone
could have slipped away
without being missed"
Even the president" said
Haldejian.
WHY DIDN'T HALEDJIAN
BELIEVE HAMMOND'S
STORY?
CcopyriEht. 1883, By Donald J. soboll
(Answer on Page CID
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Diabetes

Dear DIR. SteIncrohn: I am
is and have just been told
that / have diabetes. For
months I have been excess
slvely thirsty. have had fire.
queney Of urinatiOn apd loss
Of weight In spite Of = tre-
mendous appetite. My doctor
tells me that anyone with
similar symptoms should al
ways be suspicious Of having
diabetes. I am sorry that he
was right In my own case.
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COUNCIL
Mons Pal
DisIikes
Fiuncee

HARRIET R.-He thinks
more Of his buddy than OF me.
LEON i'll don't want 10
break with him over women.
THE DETAILS
HARRIET RI am very un-
happy because the man 70
whom I'm engaged seems TO
think more Of hts best buddy
than Of me.
Icons friend. Prank. Just
didn't approve Of me from the
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Next 3 Months Crucial

Thus the next three months
are crucial In the dramatic
transition TO democracy from
the bloody revolution which
busted the dictator general
Marcos Perez Jiminez. last
Jan. %.
It is not easy TO destroy the
vestiges Of an iron-handed
military dictatorship in less
than q year.
The military-civilian junta
headed by handsome, hard
working Rear Admiral Wolf
gang Larrazabal is trying to
weed out all elements conspir-
ing against 1t.
1t is hunting those II clas-
SITES as enemies Of democ-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-15
BY LARRY ALLEN

AeaNNsesNa AtNee NSANAA- SNat~aFe@eNh'
BoGoTA. Colombia, Aug. IA
-Venezuela's provisional gov
eminent is driving hard To
bring full democracy to the
nation after 10 years Of rigid
military dictatorship.
1t should make the grade by
the end Of the year If no new
military coup is born. That
possibility is a dominant fear
Of the ruling junta.
There is deep concern that
longtime rightist army officers
alarmed over a swing to the
left. may be Matching a plot
to upset the junta and re-
establish q military dictator
ship.
Most Of the So million people
of Venezuela are believed To
back the provisional govern
ment. They are preparing To
vote for a president and Con-
gress and establish q constitu-
tional government, on or about
November %.
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