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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
New York Acts to Curb
Practice of Midwifery

No longer will health COM
missioner Leona Baumgartner
or her aides be required
legally, that is-to patrol the
streets at twilight looking for
dead horses, pulling them to
the side of the street and leav-
ing lamps lit at their heads to
mark them.
But DR.. Baumgartner will
have strict control over radio
active materials and X-ray ma
chimes.
Among the little-known and
widely disregarded regulations
dropped is one that made a
sneezer or cougher guilty of a
miSdemeanor if he failed to
cover his mouth and nose. The
rule was adopted during the
1918 flu epidemic.
No longer will barber shops
be required to provide cuspi-
doris.
The new rules also cancel the
requirement-not enforced for
years - for quarantining and
placarding premises where
there was a case of communi-
cable disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
LAW IN THE NEWS
INCORPORATING Host
May Rue His Fun

mood or deliberately "buzzes"
a swimmer. he may even wind
up with criminal charges
placed against him.
Usually. the courts consider
all aspects Of any given case,
including precautions taken
by the boat operator, the con-
dition Of the water. the area
OF the accident. etc, before
imposing legal culpability on
a boatsman who causes injury
10 another.
In many cases the person
injured or killed contributed
TO his own predicament, and
of course this makes a diff
ference.
Several years ago a pas
senger on a boat plying Long
Island Sound decided TO cool
on by sitting on the gunwales.
It was raining and the pas
senger had Just finished three
bottles Of beer. The boat OPP
orator told him TO stay in a
safer part Of the boat. He
didn't. He also fell overheard
and drowned. When his heirs
sued the boat owner. the court
decided the man was respon-
sible for his own misfortune
and denied the claim.
Note that in most cases
the test Of a boat operators
negligence is whether he ex-
ercised ordinary care as die
tated by his knowledge and
experience.
Wednesday,: Troubles Of o
"prVots eye"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Irute Man Mistakes
Friendly Greeting

PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP). -
Milkman Omer Yale, "a, was
the friendly type. Every after
noon as he passed a certain
Phoenix intersection he waved
and shouted a greeting to a
man working on a street prof.
ect.
One afternoon the workman
jumped into a truck and fol-
lowed Yale. The milkman
stopped his vehicle and stepped
out to say a friendly word.
whats the idea of always
shouting at me?," asked the
workman. Before Zale could re-
ply, the workman let loose with
a roundhouse right. 1t took
seven stitches to close the
wound on the milkman's head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

ATAMI, Japan, May IL
(AP). Japan has started
building a superrailway for
trains so fast they'll need ra-
Incorporated brakes.
officials said the new second
Tokyo-Osaka mainline will cost
nearly half a billion dollars. but
when competed in five years
will permit running the worlds
fastest trains-if some techni-
cal bugs can be ironed out.
Declaring the project epoch
making, government railway
president. Shinji Sogo Monday
broke ground for the lines
longest tunnel, five miles, I'M
der the nearby foothills of Mt
Full.
The new 300-mile short cut
has been engineered like ar
American freeway, with the
gentlest of curves, to permit
top speeds of 156 m.p.h. by
electric trains.
The National Railway said il
hopes to run three-hour Tokyo
Osaka expresses at an average
100 m.p.h. Fastest trains on the
present 343-mile line, damned
with more than 800 trains 9
day. make the run in 6 hour;
so minutes at average and tor
speeds of So and 74.4 m.ph.
Beside being 43 miles shorter
than the old, the new line vii
be Japan's first railway o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

NEW YORK, May IL (AP).-
. Midwifery soon will be a thing
sof the past in New York City.
The city's only two licensed
smidwives - Brooklyn sisters =
will be allowed to continue
practice.
But after they retire. mid
wifery permits will be issued
only to professional nurses who
work under the supervision OF
obstetricianS.
The Brooklyn sisters, Mrs,
Concetta j. Misiti, "a, and Mrs.
Katherine Cacioppo, 81, have
delivered thousands of babies.
They are employed in the ma
ternity ward of hospital. and
practice midwifery outside.
The ban on midwife licenses
As contained in modernized
city health code-the first ex-
stensive revision since 1914
(which was enacted March %.
THE new code, which took
three and a half years of work,
goes into effect october /.
1t drops many Anticipated
rules, and adds some others to
cope with problems of the
atomic age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Worry Over chiId.s Bad Habits
By Or. PETER J. sTElNcRoHN

eating. DO you have any sug-
gestlons?-Mrs. w. @.
YOUR DOCTOR has given
you good advice. Penicillin is
a powerful medicine that
should be reserved only for
major assaults against illness.
Too many patients receive
penicillin "shots" for fever.
free. minor illnesses.
Who knows that some day
such patients won't need
penicillin as a life-saving
measure? Unfortunately. they
may not be able to take the
drug because these unneces-
sary treatments have sensi-
tized them against 1t.
Again comes that question
Of allergy. Has that been
ruled out as a cause Of the
chronic rhinitis or sinusitis?
\
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
What are the causes of cere-
bral palsy?-Mr. Y.
1T is DUE to brain damage.
This may occur before, dur
ing or after birth. Or it may
occur in later life due to in
lection or injury to the brain.
Sometimes it is due to a con-
genital defect in that part
Of the brain that controls
various muscle groups.
released by the Bell Syndicate. Incl
Tomorrow: Brief Sketches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Deputies Chip in So
For Gout For 3 Boys

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP).-Three
youths, ages IL. IL and IA, were
caught as they led a goat from
a farm near Tucson.
The boys said they wanted
the animal for a pet. They had
saved 50, but the goat cost SIS,
Pima County deputies chip
ped in the So, then released the
youths and their new pet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

Respect: Former baseball
manager Joe McCarthy's
knowledge of the game in
spired the deep respect Of his
players. With rockies, this
amounted to awe.
One afternoon, when the
team was trailing 30 in the
ninth inning, Mccarthy
called on a new kid to pinch
hit for the pitcher. The bases
were loaded, with two out.
The kid stepped into the
batter's box. Then he called
time. and went back to the
dugout.
What do you want me to
do?" he asked Mccarthy.
Hit it over the fence" said
the manager.
The rookie went back to
the plate, and lined the first
ball into the stands for a
home run, winning the game.
When he returned to the
dugout after circling the
bases, he was shaking his
head in admiration.
II gotta hand it to you, Mr..
Mccarthy he said. you
sure can call them smart"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Love Led Mary
To Fiqht in War

MASSILLON, Ohio (AP).-
In West Brookfield Cemetery
near here is a stone with this
inscription: Mary Owens Jen-
kins-Served in the Civil War
1861-1865 in Co. K, 9th Penn.
Vol. Cav. under the name Of
John Evans"
According to the story, Mary
Owens-rather than be parted
from tn man she loved
dressed as a man, assumed the
name John Evans and enlisted
in the Union Army. She was
discovered Is months later fol-
lowing the battle of Gettys-
burg, in which her sweetheart
was killed and she wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

II your mother Is keeping
her marriage together for
your sake. she could be just
a little more noble and refrain
from reminding you Of II.
Don't feel guilty. There are
probably other reasons.
For your copy OF What
Every Teen-Ager Wants 10
Know" send Csc and a large.
self-addressed. stamped en-
velope 10 ABBY care OF The
Evening Star.
49,
For a personal reply. ioTite
TO ABBY IN care OF The Epe-
ming Star. Inclose a SELF
addressed. stamped envelope.
Distributed By McEaught Syndicate,
Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
THE COUNCILS VIEW

Jane appears to be a SYM
pathetic friend. but she should
recognize that nobody can
solve another's problems. The
attempt could make matters
worse.
Sylvia should break out Of
her shell, but that doesn't
mean this particular marriage
is the best thing for her.
Sylvia seems to see the mar
rage as the one hope for her
to break out of her prison but
she might very well wake up
and find herself in an even
worse prison.
Sylvia doesn't speak of the
man involved at all-only of
her feeling of desperation and
her worry about her mother.
Perhaps she doesn't view di-
vorce with her mothers eyes,
but she must also recognize
that divorce is not a trivial
matter. A man with two fall
ures in his background has
some fairly serious problems.
Sylvia must recognize that
problems cannot be solved by
taking a desperate gamble.
She is far more dependent
upon her mother than she
realizes. When she learns to
stand on her own feet, she
will find that her mother is
not all-powerful and that the
world still holds many oppor-
tunities for happiness.
(copyright 1859, General
Features Corp)
Tomorrow: Doteless Daughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
by PHIL YEAGER AND
JOHN STARK


EH"#a"A NNAANNAN AMN aNM 49,
Motorboat enthusiasts, as
well as those who ride with
them. should be interested In
a legal battle which developed
recently In Michigan over a
boating mishap.
The Michigan yachtSman
owned a 95-horsepower Chris
Craft. measuring II feet by 6
feet and capable Of making
80 or IS miles per hour. He
undertook 10 give a party Of
six guests a ride. While max
ing q fast turn the boat cap
sized and one OF the party
drowned. The heirs Of the de-
ceased charged the operator
Of the craft with reckless boat
ing and won a Judgment of
more than $4,000 from the
State Supreme Court.
Every year hundreds Of such
cases find their way into court,
and a big majority Of them
result in liability being i'm
posed on the boat owner or
operator II he was negligent
In any way. In the Michigan
case. the court decided, after
listening to boating experts,
that the Chris-Craft was both
overcrowded and going too
fast to make sharp turn. 1t
concluded that this added up
to legal negligence. and its
views along this line seem to
be typical.
A review Of similar cases,
in fact. suggests that motor
boat enthusiasts operate
pretty much at risk-particu-
larry when they overcrowd
their craft. travel too fast, or
do not keep an alert eye out
for swimmers in the water. A
boatsman who runs down a
swimmer is almost invariably
held answerable in court. And
If he does it in a "show Off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
DEAR ABBY
A Timely Ounce of Prevention
sy ABIGAIL VAN buren,

DEAR ABBY: Ny daughter
Is being married soon and we
have made plans for the we'd
ding and reception. Now here
Is my grippe. We are having q
buffet supper with beer and
punch. The boys parents In
sist we serve hard liquor be-
cause they say their friends do
not drink beer or punch. They
are willing 10 pay for II. We
are not throwing a social
party. We are entertaining
guests who come 10 wish the
happy couple well. Don't you
think we are within our rights
10 do II our way?
BRIDES MOTHER.
II is your party, and tech
nically you may do as You
please. The grOOm's parents
have no right 10 insist on hard
liquor Ceven II they pay for ~,
but II you want 10 start off
with the best possible rela-
tiOnship between the two
families--an ounce Of preven-
ton Is worth a gallon OF
punch.
DEAR ABBY: I get so mad
at some Of your answers. I've
been married nearly 80 years
and talk to a lot of men every
day and I think I know what
a man wants from a woman
besides her household duties
such as scrubbing, washing
and cooking. II q man wants
his potatoes mashed and his
toast buttered, that is a per-
sonal thing and his wife
should do it just to please him.
If a woman wants to do only
housework she doesn't have
to marry a man. She can hire
herself out. Are you married?
If so, ask your husband If I
am not right?
MAD AT YOU.
1 asked my husband and he
says you are absolutely right!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Mirror Rods Gauge
Safe Car Distance

ATHOL, MasS.-Kingsley w
Marble of Athol has patented
an attachment for an automo-
bile rear-view mirror that
shows when a car behind is
too close.
1t consists of a pair of gauge
rods fitted with vertically or
the glass and adjusted accord
ing to distance from the driv-
|er's eyes. When the image OF
IA following vehicle Just fills the
space between the rods, it is q
safe distance away. but it's toe
close for safety if it more thar
covers the interval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Model PIone Makes
Surprise Lending

ELYRIA. Ohio (AP).-while
several small children were
watching television in Mrs. L,
DeMarco's living room. a kind
of unguided missile hit the side
Of the house. smashed two win
dows and came to rest in the
room.
1t was a remote control model
airplane which eluded radio
signals, leaving the owner and
controller standing confused
in a field a half a mile away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
Now that I am married hap
PLY and have a home for my
two small children by my first
marriage, l realize they need
special care. ! admit I neg
lected them before and that
they were pushed around too
much.
My younger child. age Ia.
Is the more disturbed Of the
two: she sucks her thumb al
most constantly and her other
hand Is where 1t should not
be to be normal. I try TO
stop her by punishment but
she gets worse.
/ took her to q children's
specialist and he says it's
only a passing habit. Nothing
to worry about and she will
grow out of 1t. In fact. he
says it's not even a bad habit.
More normal than anything
else. Shall I take her to an
other specialist?-Mrs. X.
BELIEVE your child's
doctor. II you insist on seeing
another physician, I suggest
you see your family doctor.
Talk your problem over with
him. I venture to predict
that he will say you are put
ting roadblocks in the path
Of your child's normal de-
velopment.
Why not "let your child be-?
50
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
My son has a terrific case Of
poison ivy. He has used ex-
ternal applications on the
blisters and swellings for about
a year. Sometimes he has
swellings and itchy spots on
his face and hands.
Before he had this poison
ivy he could eat anything at
any time. Now he can't eat
sea food, chocolate in any
form, nor take soft drinks.
When he does he swells all
over. Does poison ivy usually
last so long?-Mr. l. U.
POISON IVY usually doesn't
last so long. Have you been
to a doctor to rule out the
possibility of allergy?
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
Il am writing you con-
corning our 3l2-year-old
daughter. Since she first
started cutting teeth, she has
had a runny nose. 1t never
clears up until she has a shot
of penicillin. After about a
week it begins to run again.
Sometimes the discharge is
clear; at other times it Is
quite thick.
Our family doctor is
against her having these peni-
cillin shots too often. Her
breathing is noisy and she
seems to have difficulty in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Work Started in Jopon
On Fast SuperroiIwoy

standard Western a feet 81
inch) gauge. japanese engineers
said a big problem is designing
automatic brakes, probably with
radar. to stop trains going too
fast for locomotive men to read
the signals.
Also, more effective brakes
must be developed, they said,
for the air brakes now used
would require 21a miles to stop
a train running 156 m.p.h.
Wind resistance is also expected
to be a problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Gas Output Sours

LIE HAVRE.-French natural
gas production last yea
amounted to 1.076,000,000 cubic
meters, nearly double the previ-
Gus years output. The increase
was largely due to the opening
of an immense new reservoir
at Lace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

who watches her on every
step. Her mother even sits
around and chaperones If
Sylvia brings a friend in at
the end Of a date. 1t is hard
to believe things like that go
on in this day and age, but
with Sylvia they do.
Now Sylvia has an oppor-
tunity for marriage. This
man has been divorced twice,
but he is a real nice guy with
a good job. Sylvia's mother
has even threatened to kill
herself if Sylvia goes through
with this thing. Sylvia knows
as well as ! do that her
mother won't kill herself.
Sylvia X. It's true that
Mother would probably never
carry through her threat to
kill herself. but I wonder
whether I have the right to
put her through all this
agony. Divorce to her is the
most awful thing in the world.
She was brought up in a little
village in Europe and has
never adjusted to American
ways.
If I married this man, I
just don't know what I would
do about Mother. I can't
leave her by herself and she
wouldn't live in the same
house with him. I would be
torn between the devil and
the deep blue sea.
The possibility of marriage
seems very exciting to me now
that I'd just about given up
all hope. I don't know whether
I'll ever get another chance.
Jane keeps telling me I've just
got to break out of my shell.
I want to. and yet. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

tYou men sure do stick TO-
gether.l
ssss
DEAR ABBY: I am IS and
my boyfriend Is 10. We have
been going together for 4
year and four months. Last
year we went 10 the frosh
prom. IL was formal ana my
boyfrend didn't bring me a
corsage. ! felt hurt but let
II so by. He is not poor. he
Just didn't know better. This
year I wonder II I should hint
around and tell him the color
Of my formal2 Ny mother
says she thinks she'll call up
his mother and play safe. My
father says to quit worrying
about II and he'll buy me one.
What Is the best solution?
NO CORSAGE.
After going together a year
and four months you should
know him well enough 10 say.
Look. Jack, I don't need an
expensive cOrSage-a single
gardenia will do"
DEAR ABBY: How can I
make my mother understand
that she doesn't have to live
with my father for my ske?
She has told me so many
times that the only reason she
is staying with my father is
because Of me and the min
ute I get married she will
leave him. I am not a baby,
Abby, I am is years old. I
can never remember my
mother and father speaking
nice to each other. They yell
and fight and call each other
names all the time. Don't you
think they would be better of
separated? 1 hate to think
that my mother is sacrificing
the best years of her life for
me. Am I wrong to feel this
way? FIFTEEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
They Have q Clue

TUCSON. Ariz. (AP).-Oscar
L. Bueno told police someone
stole his hat. Police don't think
they'll have trouble recognizing
the hat. 1t was part Of Mr..
Bueno's police uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
FAMILY COUNCIL
Don't Solve
Problems
By GombIe'
THE PROBLEM

Jane R.-She should ignore
her mother and marry the
man.
Sylvia KID be between
the devil and the deep blue
sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

The Family Council consists Of q
Judge. a pgehiotrisi. three clergy
men. newspaper editor. q wOm-
ems editor and two writers. Eoeh
article Is q summary Of on oetuol
eose history. The council reports
on problems thot hove been deoIt
with BY responsible agencies and
counselors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
THE DETAILS

Jane RI am trying hard
TO help my good friend Syl-
via. who is making a mess Of
her life because Of a domi-
neering mother.
Sylvia is 80 and has never
been married. For the past
eight years she has been the
sole support OF her mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

Tomorrow; Brisf Sketches
The Nome nugget., 1959-03-09
Okleasik Leaves Tuesday To Race In Fairbanks At Winter Carnival

Isaac OkleaSik, Nome's out standing dog team racer, who competed in the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous races, leaves tomor- row to enter the races at the Fair banks Winter Carnival.
 Isaac is sponsored by the Arctic Club of Nome and transportation is being furnished by Alaska Airlines, Inc.
 Isaac made a fine showing in the Anchorage race and his team is in excellent condition.
 The Women's races at Fair banks started today and the wea- ther has been forecast as favor able. for the races.
 The North American Cham pionship Races will start on Fri day with a 20-mile heat, a 20- mile heat will be run on Satur- day, but on the final day, Sunday, they will run a 30-mile course.
 There is $7,00O in prize money offered.
 Last years winner, Wilbur Sampson, will defend his title. Jimmy Malemute of Galena, who won the Anchorage race, is also entered. Other expected entries include Gareth Wright of Fair banks and Dr. Roland Lombard of Wayland, Mass.
The Nome nugget., 1959-03-09
Josephine Kaija, S4, Found Dead at Home Saturday

Josephine Kalja, aged 84 years, was found dead Saturday at her home on First Avenue, by friends who have been watching over her.
 Josephine was born in Sorensa- vonkola, Wahassakyrossa, Fin land, in a large farm family, and ''farmed out" to work as a very young girl. She came to America in her late teens to work as a farm laborer, and came to Nome in 1924.
 Although she came from a large family, she was the last to sur vive, having only nieces and a nephew in New York as surviving relatives;
 A proud and independent wo- man to the very last, she resisted all efforts to be moved from her home and from Nome.
 She was naturalized in 1850, and was a member of the Finnish Lu- theran Church.
 She will be buried from Our Sa- vior's Lutheran Church on We'd nesday afternoon at 2 pm.
 Pallbearers will include Will bur Arnold, Eino Minti, Karl Hill, Emil Bakeman, Wallace McIver, and Russ Hermann.
 Ladies of the Covenant Church vii sing two musical selections. Rev. Gerald McCray of the Com munity Methodist Church will read the scripture
The Nome nugget., 1959-03-09
Social Security Payday

The. fifth day of every month is payday" for over 17O people in Nome acording to Tom Burts- cher, field representative of the Juneau Social Security Office.
 Social security benefits totaling over $6,877 are paid monthly to beneficiaries living in Nome. The monthly social security checks are going to people who have reached retirement age, to widows and minor children and to qualified disabled people, stated Burtscher.
 If you are 65 or older and have worked as little as four years under social security since 1886 zou are probably eligible for so- cial security retirement benefits, "2cording to MT. Burtscher, who .5 due in Nome on Tuesday.
The Nome nugget., 1959-03-09
Nome High g Team Due Home Tues.
 From SEE. Tourney

The Nome High School basket ball team, which has been par ticipating in the B Tournament at Valdez, lost their second game, 50-46 to Valdez on Friday. Ed Maloney scored 34, but the team had difficulty on shots.
 On Saturday morning the team played a most exciting game, re- ported manager Rod Boucher, with 13 points behind at the half, coming ahead to beat Fort Greedy by one point, 49-48, with Eddie Maloney again high, scoring "A points.
 Saturday evening, the team lost to Eielson 54 to "A.
 Eddie Maloney, with an aver age of 26 points, was awarded the trophy as best player at the tournament
 The tournament was won by Wasilla and the Nome team placed fourth.
 The team is due back to Nome on tomorrow's flight of Alaska Airlines.