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Detecting Cancer

A letter signed IN. S. R."
published in your issue of
May 9 under the heading
Detecting Cancer" empha-
sized the Importance Of early
recognition Of malignant con-
ditions and suggested that
little was being done to i'm
prove the diagnoStic acumen
of the general practitioner.
Although one can Sympa-
thize with a wife who believes
her husbands death was
caused by incompetent medi-
cal management Of his dis
ease, readers of her letter
should not be left with the
impression that training in
this field of medicine is being
neglected. Actually. it is re-
ceiving a major share of
attention. with encouraging
results. Taking into conSid-
Grafton all types and stages
of cancer cases, one out Of
three patients is being saved
today. compared to one out
of four 20 years ago, and
almost none in 1900.
Although this represents
progress, We who are engaged
in cancer research and con-
troll are far from satisfied
with it. We are determined
to redouble our efforts so
that with existing knowledge
and facilities at least half Of
all cancer patients can be
saved, and so that research
will produce the knowledge
and means to save increasing
percentages until this disease
is eradicated.
Control Of cancer is, indeed,
largely in the hands Of the
practicing physicians in CO.
operation with an alert lay
public. Both the National
Cancer Institute and the
American Cancer Society de-
vote a large part Of their
funds and attention to can
Ger training for medical stu
dents and physicians. The
institute makes annual grants
of funds to 81 medical, AZ
dental and 6 osteopathic
schools for cancer training
for their students. 1t also
provides clinical Partnerships
for young physicians who
wish to specialize in detec-
ton, diagnosis and treat
ment Of malignant diseases.
The American Cancer Society
finances a fellowship pro-
gram for promising young
physicians which is similar
to the institutes clinical
trainee program. These young
doctors, having studied under
outstanding medical scien-
lists, take with them the best
clinical experience when they
begin practice in their own
communities.
Informal education for the
medical profession is pro-
NOTED by both the National
Cancer Institute and the
American Cancer Society.
The latest information on
cancer detection, diagnosis
and treatment is made avail
able to the country's $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
THE POLITICAL MILL
Nixon Gets Big Boost From People
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Beware n candidate that
people-plain. ordinary
people-likel The Democrats
had.more than a taste Of that
lesson when they faced
Dwight ID. Eisenhower In two
presidential elections. Now.
II appears, they may have 10
face another candidate people
like In is60-Vice President
Richard M. Nixon. The Vice
President-and his wife
have gained the good wishes.
the admiration, and the lik-
ing Of many Americans In
recent days who In the past
were Indifferent or even In
cltned 10 dislike the Nixons.
Shrewd Democrats will not
fool themselves into believ-
ing otherwise. The reaction
TO the Nixon courage, dignity
and craftsmanship in the
face OF mobs In Peru and
Venezuela has been tremen-
dous.
The Vice President has
been variously referred to
over the last year or more as
the new Nixon" Some OF his
severest critics have used the
term derisively. saying he has
changed the temper Of his
public addresses for political
gain, but that inside he is
the same Nixon they have
denounced. AS a matter Of
fact, he has changed with
experience and increased
responsibility. in his almost
story-book-success career. He
could scarcely do otherwise.
In the course Of this career.
in which he moved in II years
from a junior naval officer in
World War II. to member of
the House Of Representatives,
to Senator and TO Vice Pres
ident, now serving q second
term, he has faced many new
problems. He has handled
them well. During his two
terms as q member of the
House the spotlight turned
on him because, as a member
of the Un-American Activ-
titles Committee, he was
largely responsible for turn
ing up evidence which finally
brought Alger Hiss to trial
and conviction.
The Lightning Struck
In 1850 he ran for the Sen
ate and won over a fellow
House member. Mrs. Helen
Gahagan Douglas. an ardent
New Deal Democrat. Two
years later, he supported the
Eisenhower drive for the Re-
publican presidential nomina =
ton. After Gen. Eisenhower
had been nominated, the
lightning really struck this
young Californian. He was
picked for the second place
on his party's national ticket.
Now, at forty-flve years of
age, he has had six years in
the vice presidential ONCE. In
those six years he has grown
constantly in experience and
in public esteem.
There was q time in our
history when Vice Presidents
of the United States were very
little seen and very little
heard. They did not create
much of a ripple, even in
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party politics. Inc wee presi-
dency was considered q pleas
ant. self-effacing Job. Death
thrust Theodore Roosevelt IN
10 the White House. when
New York Republican leaders
hoped they had placed him on
the shelf. President Eisen-
hover, from the beginning OF
his FIRST term in the White
House, sought 10 make use OF
the services Of Vice President
Nixon. Mr.. Nixon was thrust
definitely into the limelight.
however, when the President
suffered a heart attack In the
fall of i955-and there he has
remained ever since, for one
reason or another. Indeed.
he will continue TO be a high
lighted political figure right
up 10 the Republican National
Convention Of 1860, when.
unless all signs fail. he will be
nominated for President.
There is a tide in the for
tunes OF men, sometimes
called luck. II was such a tide
that made Theodore RooSe-
welt President at the age OF
~ the youngest President the
country has ever had. 1t was
such q tide that made Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt Governor OF
New York, while Alfred r.
Smith. then Governor Of the
Empire State. was being de-
feated for the presidency.
Had 1t not been for the Bos-
ton police strike-when CAL
win Coolidge was Governor OF
Massachusetts,. Mr.. Coolidge
probably never would have
been elected Vice President.
eventually to reach the White
House through the death Of
Warren G. Harding. A similar
tide brought Harry S. Tru-
man, then a Senator from
Missouri, to the Democratic
national ticket as a vice pres
idential candidate in 1914.
More Than Luck
Certainly, there has been
such a tide in the career Of
Richard M. Nixon. But there
has been more than mere
luck. He has acquitted him
self well in the various posts
he has held. He has been
under heavy fire from his
Democratic enemies and
others. But while he has
made enemies. he has also
made many friends-and in
recent days he has greatly
increased the latter.
II has been clear for some
time that q presidential
nomination is not far from
his grasp. Republican leaders
all over the country like and
favor him. But it now APP
pears that Democrats will
have to reckon with q much
stronger Nixon--if he is
the Republican nominee for
President-than they had ex-
pected. He will have many
issues on which to wage his
campaign - including civil
rights-and il the economy
of the country RECEIVERS
strongly, he may be a formi-
dable candidate against any
Democrat. even though the
Democrats continue to hold
majorities in Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Guide for Needy

The District needs a CEN
trail agency to correlate and
disseminate information to
people in distress.
The most deserving cases,
having no experience, do not
know what to do or where
to go in an emergency.
Many wait until they are
destitute and then squander
their last few pennies, not to
mention time, in a futile
round Of the wrong agencies
to suit their particular need.
A central agency that
would give them preliminary
advice and set them on the
right road would be most
helpful.
Richard Michel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20

which is their natural way OF
life. Rather let us make the
areas where they are ex-
hibited better protected. The
Washington Zoo has a fine
earned reputation for safety.
However, it can be better by
providing heavy screening
on the external rails, reach
ing to the ground. This small
investment can save future
lives and still allow the chill
dren a close view Of the
more dangerous animals.
Any action directe d
against the lions will only
place us on the same plane
of reasoning as that Of the
wild beasts.
N. o. Westfall.
In the awful Zoo accident
let us not blame the lion
he was Gagged.
Let us blame ourselves.
Maybe the bars of the guard
rail should have been
screened for just such small
children. Maybe there should
have been signs erected be-
fore this, warning us not to
climb the fences and that
adults should be responsible
for children.
Reader.
Editors note: A screen
type fence has just been
erected outside the lions
cages.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
ALEXANDRIA. Va.

AAlnI<A14N|Ib4As va
Dear Sir:
Sometime tell us about
the way the birds happen to
come to our yards. I mean.
why don't more come to nest?
There are only two nests in
our yard, and only three in
the place next door, although
it is much larger.
you might think more
birds would come, with so
many trees, shrubs and bushes
of all kinds. practically i'm
ploring them to drop down
and stay.
Hundreds fly over, scores
ONE to eat, but only a few
TO nest.
why is this?
"Is there anything we can
do to make more Of them
think ours is a good place to
build their nests and bring
up their young?
Perhaps I seem rather
selfish, wanting more birds,
but their beauty entrances
me. and their habits intrigue
me.
Anything that can en-
trance and intrigue all at
once deserves a place in the
theater, but all / want is for
them to come to my garden.
yours truly, EDNA L. s"
4 ~
The birds take these mat
tiers into their own hands, or
claws, Edna.
They know. from ancestral
experience, that too many
birds nesting in one place
makes for difficulty in feed
ing the young.
So, with one accord, they
tend to spread out.
This is really one Of the
marvels of nature.
Just how do they know
that two robin families in a
50-foot yard is one family
too many?
Experience is the answer.
Though they have no
books, not even an alphabet,
and though they know no
government, in the human
sense, they do know enough
to live.
Therefore, no human being
interested in them can ex-
pect them to crowd them
selves into a small yard Just
to please human watchers.
4 +
There is, however, a great
leeway, or tolerance, as the
scientists prefer.
One acre tract will have
40 nesting birds.
The next acre place will
have only a bakers dozen.
The question is. How
Gomez"
Many factors enter into
the picture. These include
trees, shrubs, wild growths,
including berry bushes, and
q general feeling by the birds
of everything just to their
liking.
How to achieve these fac
tors is known TO most people
who have read garden books
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
lettering Resistance

L disagree Win Cne enClre
premise of your editorial of
May IA, "Tottering Resist
ance," in which you con-
clude: "In short, massive re-
Sistance, we think, has Just
about reached the end Of its
road"
In my opinion. massive re-
sistance to school migration
has not yet started in Vir-
ginia. What you've witnessed
so far has been merely legal
maneuvering designed to de-
lay the real conflict.
Massive resistance can only
begin when the legal chess
game is overland it can take
but one form, i.e.: The blunt
statement by Virginia that
she interposes her own SOW
ereignty in the matter; that
she does not recognize the
Supreme Court decision as
constitutional, and will not
obey it; that she shall con-
tinue to operate her schools
on a segregated basis as she
has in the past, and will keep
them open: that If any school
is closed, 1t will only be by
the superior power Of Federal
armed forces; that any such
attempt by Federal forces
will be considered q violation
Of the States sovereignty
and will be opposed as such.
AS a long time admirer
and supporter Of Senator
Byrd. 1 take it for granted he
was not bluffing when he
pledged his full support to
massive resistance. He GER
tainly knew the legal chess
game would end against him
sooner or later.
Richard M. Smith.
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Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE


@. When and by whom
were the Marines given the
nickname Devil Dogs?" AK.
A. This name in its Ger
man form-Teufelhunden-.
was reputedly first used by
the Germans in referring 10
the fighting of the Fourth
Marine Brigade at Belleau
Wood in World War l. Al
most 5000 Marines lost their
lives In this battle. which
halted the German advance
on Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
BY MICHAEL MOK
Star Stan Writer

There was a shy summit
meeting at the Zoo today.
Two nimble nanny goats and
one skittish billy from the
Rocky Mountains were gently
uncrated at their new Wash
ington home.
After a timid look around
the trio took off up their make
believe mountain as if they
had suction cups on their feet
and wings on their heels.
At the top, the white, wild
creatures huddled together, fol
all the world like an illustra-
ton from Heidi"
The goats are the first Of
their ilk to have made the trir
from the mountains TO the
District in more than so years
Journey Took Time
1t was not an easy journey.
According to ]. Lear Grim.
mer, deputy director of the
Washington Zoo. the yearlins
mountain goats were taken ir
the rugged wilderness of Mon
tana. in an area where the all
is thin and the going is rough
for all but horned animals.
They had to be brought
down from the mountains in 6
series of stages" Mr.. Grimmel
said. He explained that a hur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
FLIGHT TO THE WEST
Letters to Father Aid
Czech Girls Escape

brief vacation at an Adriatic
resort.
DR.. Barbarich lust happened
to be at the same place at the
same time. After an escape
which he prefers not to talk
about. he brought his daughter
and his wife Emma to the
United States by way Of Swift
zerland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barbarich be-
came separated when he fed
his homeland in 1947. Even
though he had been imprisoned
by the Nazis, he feared the
Russians would rearrest him.
Mrs. Barbarich hopes to prac-
tice medicine with her husband
in Leonardtown, where they ar
rived last month. Eva will
begin school this fall in the
fourth grade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25

HALIFAX. Va, July IS up,
Halifax County law enforce
ment officials say they will
confer with court officials to-
day on whether to exhume the
body Of Bonnie Clark in an
effort to find out II he was the
poisoning victim of his brother
Booker Clark is being held
in Jail here for the fatal poison
ing Of his mother on July 9.
It. was during questioning in
this death that police said he
admitted putting rat poisoning
in his brothers whisky and also
caused the death by poisoning
of a woman friend, Elizabeth
Darlington.
Halifax County Sheriff Tom
Coates and South Boston Police
Chief Ben Covington said they
did not think it would be neces-
sary to exhume. the body of
the Darlington woman. She
died in 1850.
According to Mr.. Covington,
We've got a good case against
him" in her death. Mr.. Coates
said Clark admitted putting
poison in her drink because he
was peeved with her.
The 41-year-old man said he
killed his brother for running
around with another woman.
And, police said, he admitted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
EDO. Youth
Seized in Cuba
In Boat Theft

An is-year-old boy. formerly
OF Washington, has been taken
into custody by the Cuban navy
after he was picked up of Cuba
In a stolen $4,000 shrimp boat.
FBI officials here identified
the boy as Henry Lewis Spin
girth. a native Of Takoma Park.
They added he had been charged
by agents in Miami with inter-
state transportation Of stolen
property.
Apparently, the FBI here re-
ported. Spingirth was picked ur
by the Cuban navy along with
a number Of other unidentified
persons. The FBI Is still In.
veStigating the theft. Spin
girth will be returned to MAN
10 face prosecution.
The shrimp boat was first re-
ported missing from It's moor
ings in Key West on Tuesday.
The boat, II developed, Il
jointly owned by Guy Lom.
bardo. who turns out the
sweetest music this side Of
heaven; his two brothers. Car.
men and Labert: Leslie Bifiie
former Secretary Of the Senate
and Clarence Gay Of Tallahas.
/ see. Fla.
Mr.. Biffie was reached at hi
Office here and told about thu
theft. He said the boat. Mix
; and Jerry. has been surpris.
ingly successful. 1t has beer
picking up shrimp for sbou
three or four years and is op.
Grated on a percentage basil
by the ABB Fish Co. of Ke!
West. he said.
The FBI said Spingirth en-
listed in the Coast Guard las
year but has been AWOL from
the cutter Half-Moon sine,
July /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25

The letters Of an ll-year-old
Czechoslovakian girl to her
father whom she had never
seen enabled her to escape with
her mother from behind the
Iron Curtain.
Eva Barbarich began writing
her her father, Michael Bar
barich. then with the Army
Medical Corps and now a sur
geon in Leonardtown, Md,
when he decided it was too
risky to correspond with his
wife, who was a pediatrician
in Prague.
After IL years of waiting and
many unsuccessful attempts to
be reunited, an opportunity to
escape presented itself. Eva
wrote her father that she and
her mother were planning Q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
Two Named for Posts
On Welfare Board

await a recommendation from
the State board. Two vacancies
were created by the resigna-
ton Of Mrs. Novella M. Monk.
of Rockville. and the expira-
ton Of a Six-year term served
by Ward w. Fetrow OF Ger
mantown.
The council. In a quick zon-
ing session. last heard apple
cants for three apartment
rezonings in the Silver Spring
area. The rezoning requests,
which we're approved by the
Montgomery County Planning
Board. involved the following
three tracts:
~ At Thayer and Hartford
avenues, requested by the Nay
lor-Young Corp; CD at Sligo
and Richie avenues, requested
by Margaret w. Gray. and CD
at East-West highway and Six
tenth street. requested by
Donald X. Staley. attorney for
1.-THE Blair interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
District Woman
Killed in Crash

BALTIMORE, July rs (R.-
An auto crashed into an abut-
ment off the Baltimore-Wash-
ington expressway during a
heavy rainstorm yesterday, kill
ing a Washington woman and
injuring a man.
Police said Thelma Jones, %
of the 900 block of Allison street
NV, was fatally injured AND
James Moore. AZ, of the zoe
block of Quincy street NV, was
was taken to South Baltimore
General Hospital with a broken
right leg. Police said the cal
was demolished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
Rural Woman Doctor
To Run Against Byrd

FISHERSVIILE. Va, July rs
R.-A woman country doctor.
the mother Of FIVE children. said
today she viii enter the race for
q United States Senate seat this
November In opposition 10 Sem
ator Byrd. Democrat Of Viz
ginia.
She Is DR.. Louise Oftedal
Wensel. 80. formerly Of WASH
ington, who viii run as an
independent Republican. She
has had no previous political
experience.
DR.. Wensel's mother. Mrs.
Agnes II. Oftedal, is associate
professor in home economics at
Gallaudet College In Washing
ton. DR.. Wensel was graduated
from George Washington Uni
versity School Of Medicine In
l949. interned at 81. Elizabeths
Hospital and practiced medicine
briefly in Washington and Cali
iornia before coming TO Fishers
vile.
DR.. Wensel, who set up a
medical practice four years ago
In this rural community be-
tween Waynesboro and Staun-
ton. said she will file her notice
of candidacy in Richmond late
today.
The physician, we'll liked here
but an unknown on the State
political scene. said her deci-
sion to enter the senatorial race
stems primarily from the re-
Spouse to her letter to the edi-
tor published Monday in the
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
In the letter she termed Sem
ator Byrd IAN old man who
proposes to destroy the very
foundation Of democracy-our
public schools"
She wrote, Can we find no.
body better to represent us in
the United States Senate than
a 71-year-old machine politi-
cian?"
After publication of the letter
DR.. Wensel said. she had calls
from many parts of the State
asking her to become a candi-
date.
II had trouble taking them
seriously at first" she said
but my teen-age children ano
some friends persuaded me tC
go through with It,"
Calls Backing Limited
DR.. Wensel told a newsmar
today that her backing is lin.
tied at present, but she de.
clared, II wouldn't be running
if I didn't feel I had some
chance of winning. I am look.
ing for support not only among
Republicans, but among Demo
Gratis as we'll"
The candidate is the wife Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25

The Montgomery County
Council last night indicated q
Darnestown (MdO housewife
and a Silver Spring lawyer and
civic leader will be appointed
10 All two vacancies on the
county's seven-member Welfare
Board.
councilmen said Mrs. Thorn
as c. Kelley. president Of the
Women's Board Of Montgomery
County General Hospital. and
Herbert ID. Horowitz, OF ii9
Fleetwood terrace. silver
Spring. a former president OF
the Langley Hebrew congrega-
ton, will be recommended 10
the Maryland State Board OF
Welfare.
The council also indicated II
will reappoint DR.. Charles H
Lyon. a Sandy Spring physi-
clan. 10 the board.
County Welfare ofiicials said
the three appointments mus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
Production Dips
Slightly in State

ANNAPOLIS, July rs (P.-
Production of oysters dipped
slightly and that of clans in
creased in Maryland waters
last year.
The Tidewater Fisheries
Commission reported that oys-
ter production for the fiscal
year ending June 80 was g.
297,9 1886 bushels, a drop of 49,
$40 bushels from the previous
year.
It was the third straight
year production has declined
since a l5-year peak of nearly
three million bushels was
reached in the l954-55 season.
Production of soft shell
clans, a relatively new industry
in Maryland, totaled 228,846
bushels, an increase of about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-25
Court Sets
Hearing on
Slots Appeal

ANNAPOLIS. July rs tR.-
The Court Of Appeals today set
September Is for hearing an
appeal by the State from a Cir
cult Court ruling which volded
a law banning slot machines at
Potomac River casinos.
The court deliberated about
an hour before announcing its
decision after a 45-minute
hearing on the States motion
to advance the case. Lawyers
for the State requested an i'm
mediate hearing. but said they
would be satisfied if the case
were advanced to the top OF
the new appellate docket which
begins September Is.
A hearing is not usually held
on a motion to advance an APP
peal, but one was grained in
this case at the request Of at
torneys representing the casino
operators.
If the State request had beer
refused, the appeal would have
taken its place behind those
previously filed and would mol
have been heard until Deem
Der or January.
Gov. McKeldin. who asked
the 1858 General Assembly II
outlaw the Potomac slots, hac
requested the attorney genera
to move for an immediate re.
view of the lower court decision
That ruling by two st. MaryS
County Circuit Court judges
held the slot machine ban IL
unconstitutional because it was
enacted in a 30-day session linn
tied by the constitution to con-
sideration of Statewide, budg'
etary and emergency matters.
Pending an appellate ruling
the gambling piers are contin-
uing operations which the
LEGISLATURE said would be IL
legal as of June /. 1858.