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Rusty Azuleus

From Mrs. John W. Jones,
200 Monroe street,
Falls Church. Va.
What is happening to some
Of my azaleas7 In partial shade
they have rust-colored leaves.
In full shade they are nice and
green.
AnStDer
It would appear your azaleas
have been attacked by the red
spider mite. q tiny sucking In
sect. Spray with malathion
three times at To-day intervals.
The mites must be controlled as
they greatly weaken the bushes
which are then likely to suffer
winter injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20

branches have grown . feet or
more. What should I do to
these?
AnsDer
Shorten the laterals or they
will take root at the tips.
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Crash Injuries Bring
Hearing to Deaf Boy

GARDEN GROVE. Calf,
July 3 (AP).-Two months
ago 4-year-old ]. Byron Pat
terson dashed into the street,
was hit by q car and dragged
A feet.
A leg and ribs were broken,
He underwent four-hour brain
surgery for multiple head in
juries.
Yet his mother says: For
his sake. it's the best thing
that has ever happened"
Since the accident the boy,
almost deaf since birth, has
begun to hear,
Now the tinkle Of the ice
cream vendors bell, the slam
Of the car door when his
father returns from work, his
mothers voice-they all have
become part of his small world.
j. Byron-the j doesn't
stand for anything. and he's
called "J-B"-iS q handsome,
healthy looking youngster who
gets his kicks these days out
of trying to understand the
words family members speak
to him.
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lawed the sale or discharge Of
all fireworks since l949.
Arlington, Falls Church and
Fairfax Counties adhere to the
State law on fireworks. They
prohibit the sale and discharge
of such explosive and aerial
types as flrecrackers, skyrock-
cts, torpedoes, and Roman can
dies. They allow sparklers,
fountains, pinwheels and spin
ming jennies where used on
private property,
The District fire marshal's
office said 1t received no re-
ports of burns or injuries di-
rectly connected with the use
OF fireworks last year during
Or Immediately after the Fourth
Of July.
The fire marshal'S offlce in
Prince Georges County said 1t
has had no fireworks injury re-
ports this season from the
County Fire Board.
Similar reports have come
from the Virginia counties, al
though several arrests for fire.
works sale violations have been
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03
Negroes Sue
ToKeepAreo
Segregated

AUGUSTA, Ca, July 8 (AP)
"A group of Negro property
owners yesterday asked Supe-
rior Court to halt Augusta s
SIS million urban renewal pro-
gram because it would-among
other things-force them to in
tegrate with white persons.
your petitioners do not de-
sire to be integrated with men,
berS Of the white race or to live
among them" the suit says
The petition was filed in be-
half Of 108 Negro property
owners in a 64-acre midtown
section. The aree is to be made
suitable for light industry by
replacing subStandard dwell
ings. Most of the buildings In
the area are of one-Story frame
construction.
The suit contends the project
site is not a blighted area as
claimed by city officials. but is
"the very best colored business
and residential area in the city
of Augusta"
The Negroes added that one
of the reasons the Federal Gov
eminent helps pay for such
projects is to develop inte-
grated residential neighbor-
hoods"
The suit says that Negroes in
the area desire to keep the
area in which they live un-
integrated and to retain their
properties for members of the
colored race who now own them
and who have owned them from
the time this area was devel-
oped as a residential area"
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He wore a hearing aid before
the accident. But 1t didn't
help much. He couldn't hear
well enough to learn to talk.
1T was in the hospital that
we first noticed he was re-
gaining his hearing" says his
mother Dorothy. II took him
a picture Of the family to keep
him company. I started to
point out his brothers and sis
tiers and he began to pull at his
ear.
Since he came home he has
started making sounds. Right
now he sounds like a baby, but
then he has a lot Of time to
make UP for"
J-B no longer wears the aid.
1t makes the sounds too loud
for him. But he's enjoying
life as never before with his
four brothers and a sister. His
father Floyd is a tool engineer
Doctors think the head in
jury may have alleviated a
blood deficiency.
Says his mother, happily:
I'VE had planned to enter
him in a school for the deaf
in September. But now we
may not have to-"
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FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

Promise: Stage Director
M ger Max Reinhardt
found it difficult to say no to
the many playwrightS who
sought to have their plays
produced under his banner.
On one occasion he was
cornered by a playwright who
had bounded him for months.
Can you tell me when my
play will be produced?" de-
manded the writer.
yours will be my next
production" Reinhardt as
Sured him. Il promise you"
Then suddenly he remem-
bered the full schedule that
lay ahead of him and he
added:
But whether I can keep
my promise, this / cannot
promise"
Stimulant: Once, when
French Composer Hector Ber-
lioz was gravely i'll, he was
discussing his funeral ar
rangementS with a friend.
Whom do you think the
conservatoire will ask to re-
cite the eulogy?" he inquired.
The friend mentioned the
name of a rival composer,
whose talents Berlioz had
often belittled.
Him" cried the ailing
composer, sitting up with a
sudden surge of vigor. IF he
is going to speak at my grave
will not die!"
And he didn't.
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DEAR ABBY .
Timely Questions for the Widow
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

they got the theater tickets
the same way. Then they
collected from their guests"
in full. This trick was per-
formed by people who want
to assume leadership in our
community. How do we
show our disapproval and how
cheap is cheap? TAKEN.
II you. feel you have been
"taken" you can show your
disapprOval by having moth
ing more TO do with these
people. Nobody knows how
cheap cheap Is, but sometimes
it's pretty expensive.
\ ~
DEAR ABBY: What has
become Of the machine
permanent wave? I have
paid all sorts Of high prices
for permanent waves and
they are no good-any of
them-for fine hair. After
one shampoo, the wave is
gone. Could you advise me,
please? DISGUISED.
Occasionally an Old-fash-
Toned permanent wave ma
chine can be seen gathering
dust in the back room Of a
modern beauty parlOr. Ask
the manager If there is any
one who is old enough to re-
member how to operate 1t.
4
DEAR ABBY: I am II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03

DEAR ABBY: I am a
widower who is marrying a
widow as soon as we can
agree on q date. I have
enough money TO live very
comfortably and I know she
has too. We each have chill
dren and grandchildren by
our former mates. My lawyer
suggested I have her sign
papers stating that II / die
first I will provide generously
for her-but my own children
will inherit my money. am
willing to sign q statement
stating II she dies first, she
can leave everything she has
to her own children. Will !
insult her II I make this re-
quest?
SECOND MARRIAGE.
Your lawyers suggestion Is
sensible and l advise you to
follow through. II the lady
objects, she is no lady.
\ y \
DEAR ABBY: A couple in
town invited two other
couples to dinner and the
theater on a Dutch-treat
basis. He is an executive with
a very large and well-known
business firm. The host"
and hostess" charged all the
dinners to his company tas a
business expense" I pre-
sume) and we learned later
from a reliable source that
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jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
His Love of Fishing Was Fatal

It came to $17.35. Some
body had forgotten to tell
August hoy to turn the troll
LEY around. He had found
a siding switch and had gone
too far places before someone
thought to offer him a drink
and advise him to turn
around and go home.
August did well in the new
country after that. He set
up a small construction COM
pany and built houses. Au-
gust proSpered. He loved
his wife and his children
and gave them the best. He
rank the best and, in his
city. when he came home
loaded, roaring and Swaying
down the street, no one got
excited. Some turned over
in bed and said: Must be
closing hour"
His children were grown
when August got in the habit
Of getting drunk at home on
Saturday nights. About 10
O'Clock, when all the children
were out, he would knock
out the partitions between
their rooms, and rebuild
them in another way.
Mrs. Won der Planck, a pa
tient saint, used to sit and
shake her head, her eyes on
the little hooked needle and
the antimacaSSar in her
hands. When the rooms were
all changed around, and the
floor was Uttered with hunks
of wood, August would kiss
momma good night and
OUdBBCl Ol1 W UCO.
AT SOME HOUR in the
morning, the children would
tiptoe in. In the dark, they
would head for their rooms
and there would be crashing
sounds and mean muttering.
On Sunday morning, the Won
der Planck kids often had
Jumps and bruised faces.
They also had a few grim
glances for their father.
August liked to go fishing
in the summer, although he
never learned to swim. He
said that it was enough that
the fish had learned how.
He would sit by the hour
with a bait box and a couple
of bottles and a cold loin of
pork. When he reeled a
trout to the surface, his
booming laugh sounded like
a well-hit strike in a bowling
alley.
He's gone now. but I miss
him. A few summers ago,
he reached his net out a
little too far to get a fish.
Copyright, 1859. Kins Features Syndi
cate. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03

years old. I am a boy. Our
whole class took pictures at
school. Mine came out ter
rible. I look like there is a
fly on my lip. Anyway that
is not my problem as the pic
lures didn't cost but so cents.
There is this silly girl who
goes around telling every
body she is my girl. She is
always kissing on my picture.
I didn't give her my picture.
She traded a boy for 1t and
gave him a dime. How can
I stop this silly girl from
kissing on my picture?
JULIUS.
You can't stop her from
kissing on your picture but
pretend you don't notice 1t
and she might stop. Girls
can be awfully silly the first
IL years. Pretty soon II will
be your turn.
To get ABBY'S booklet,
What Every Teen ager
Wants to Know" send rs
cents and a large, self-ad-
dressed. stamped envelope to
ABBY in care of The
Evening Star.
For a personal reply,
tDrite to ABBY In care of
The EUening Star. IncloSe
a Selt-dddreSSed, stamped
envelope.
distributed by McNaught
Syndicate, Incl
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dental. She testified Mrs. Ber-
gen was pointing the gun at her
and that it discharged as they
fought for it.
Thirty-eight Witnesses testi-
f1ed-Mrs. Klumpp herself for
nine hours spread over three
days. Mrs. Klumpp's divorced
husband, Robert Klumpp, and
Mr.. Bergen were State wit
neSses.
The case had its origin last
November l when two hunters
beaching their disabled motor.
boat on the shore of Lake
Cowan, found Mrs. Bergen'S
body in a clump of weeds.
Mrs. Bergen and her husband
moved to Cincinnati from Nor
folk, Va, where Mrs. Berger
had been a circulation depart
ment employe of the Norfoll
Virginian-Pilot and the Nor.
folk Ledger-DiSpatch.
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! can't seem to understand
it, DR.. Steincrohn. I wish
you could help me out Of
this morass. Some days I
seem able to climb out of it,
but soon I have slipped back
into all of the unpleasant
ness. Do you have any idea
what the trouble might beP
Mr.. L. O.
IN THIS DAY of greater
public enlightenment, ! would
safely wager that at least
Z out of every 10 readers of
this column would come up
with the probable diagnosis.
I say probable, because not
even a doctor should attempt
diagnosis without a thorough
study of his patient.
My guess is that change
of life" (menopause) should
be ruled out as a possible
diagnosis. BY all means get
her to your doctor. If she
won't go to his Office, I think
you should risk her dis
pleasure. and ask him to visit
her at your house.
Not every woman suffers"
during menopause. In fact,
most go through their change
of life without any disagree
able symptoms. But there
are the few land your wife
may be one of them) who
become severely depressed.
They suffer from a condi-
ton we call "involutional
melancholia." This requires
immediate and effective
treatment. In some cases
ISOLATION works; in others,
treatment with estrogenS
female hormones); and in
still others, electroshock
therapy is indicated.
Your doctor will make the
decision. But remember,
don't procraStinate any
longer. In this instance, it
is for you (and not for your
wife) to decide.
Have patience and bear up
a little longer. Modern medi-
cine can transform a Vine
gary disposition back to the
original sugary state. When
character" changes in mid
life, always think of the
glands!
released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc. }
Monday: CorOuneIes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03
Woman Faces Chair
In Staying of Rival

CINCINNATI, July 3 (AP)-
Unless higher courts or the
Governor intervene. Edythe
Margaret Klumpp, Al, must die
in Ohio's electric chair for the
Staying of Louise Bergen.
Mrs. Klumpp stared stony
faced as the jury of six men
and six women filed in last
night. She never changed eX-
preston as, four minutes later,
the clerk read the verdict Of
guilty of f1rst-degree murder.
Mrs. Klumpp continued to
stare downward as the jurors
were polled. Two or three of
the women members of the jury
appeared to be near tears as
they confirmed their decision.
The jury had deliberated ap-
proximately 10 hours.
When the three-and-a-half-
week trial was adjourned, there
was a rush toward Mrs. Klumpp
and she told Bailiff William
Wiggeringloh, Lets get out
Of here" She was hustled of to
her cell quickly.
Mrs. Klumpp, twice divorced
and mother of four, was con-
victed of shooting and beating
Mrs. Bergen, 80, to death last
October 80. She and Mrs. Ber-
gems estranged husband, Will
liam, 80, had been living to-
gether for several months. Mrs.
Klumpp admitted burning Mrs.
Bergen'S body at Lake Cowan
the following day.
The State claimed Mrs.
Klumpp feared Mr.. Bergen in
tended to return to his wife
and that Mrs. Klumpp needed
his financial aid to get a loan
on her home to prevent it from
being sold at public auction.
Mrs. Klumpp commended the
shooting in her car on q Sc
cluded park street was acct
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the District. II you're spend
ing this week end in the area,
the following breakdown may
be helpful:
District Of Columbia: Fire
crackers Of any kind, including
torpedoes. Roman candles, sky
rockets, devil chaSerS, con-of-
a-guns or bombs. are prohib-
tied unless they are to be dis
charged at a public celebration
or exhibition. In this case, a
license must be obtained from
the Metropolitan Fire Depart
ment.
These fireworks may be sold
and discharged in the District:
Sparklers, torches, box fires,
cones, fountains, dipsticks, nom
poisonous snakes and colored
lights.
Maryland: A State law
adopted in 194l prohibits the
possession and discharging Of
all types Of fireworks.
Violation is a misdemeanor,
subject to a fine Of not more
than $50 for discharging fire.
works and up to 5000 for SELL
ing them. Discharge is allowed
If a permit is first obtained
from the State Insurance Com
missioner in Baltimore.
Virginia: Alexandria has OUT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03

THURMONT, Md, July 5
(AP). President Eisenhower
drove three balls of the first
tee today and then remarked in
evaporation: :
Col darn it. I swear I'm
going to stop driving. Not any
of them was any good"
Mr.. Eisenhower turned up at
the Gettysburg (PaD Country
Club golf course at $3.50 am
after motoring IS miles from
his Catoctin Mountain lodge
in Camp David at the edge Of
this village. The President and
Mrs. Eisenhower and a party Of
guests are spending the Fourth
of July week end here.
Mr.. Eisenhower was &C
companied to the golf course
by two Of the guests, George
E. Allen. Washington business
man who has a country home
near the Presidents Gettysburg
farm, and William E. Robinson
of New York, board chairman
of Coca Cola.
They were Joined on an 49,
hole round by Dick Sleichter,
the club pro.
I nadvance of the round Mr.
.Sleichter gave Mr.. Eisenhower
some pointers on his driving
for about IS minutes. BY the
end of the session the Presi-
dent was banging the ball ESQ
yards right down the middle.
But when he drove from the
first tee to start the round he
was in trouble right of. He hit
three balls-the first a low
travelling grass cutter, the Sec
ond extremely high and the
third straight but with little
distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03
Memorial Asked
For Madison

Congress was asked yesterday
to authorize the erection of a
memorial to James Madison in
Washington.
Representative Udall, Demo-
crat Of Arizona, who introduced
the resolution, told the House
that Madison, fourth President
of the United States, chief
craftsman Of the Constitution
and author Of its Bill of Rights,
sis the most unhonored and
unsung of the Foundin g
Fathers"
1T Is a cause for shame that
this patriot and a man of giant
intellect has no memorial in
the Capital Of his country" Mr..
Udall said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03
President Exosperoted
By Three Poor Drives

; After the round the Presi-
dent, Mr.. Robinson and Mr..
Allen drove back to Camp
David. Mr.. Eisenhower arrived
there yesterday from Washing
ton and then played 10 holes
of golf at Gettysburg with his
son, Army Mai. John EiSen-
hover, a White House aide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03

He was a carpenter in the
old country. August Won der
Planck was also a drinker.
He was a big, hearty man,
a Dutchman with a big
stomach. He smoked a
droopy pipe and, when he
roared, laughing, which was
often, he tilted his head back,
squinted his eyes tight, put
both hands on his belly, and
let go. 1t often peeled paint
two saloons away.
When he came to America,
he had a grim little Dutch
wife and no children. In
time, they increased the
population Of Americans by
six. August Won der Planck
took the first job he could
get. He ran a trolley car
in the Middle West.
THEY GAVE HIM q blue
uniform, a peaked cap a size
and a half too small, and
showed him how to make the
trolley go and stop, and how
to collect nickels. On his
first run, they sent him out
to the far end of town, and
August not only stopped for
a lot of cash customers, he
also lifted his cap to each
one, bid them the time of
day, and asked after the
health Of the kinder.
Two hours later, there was
excitement at the car barns.
The trolleys which had left
after August were now back,
but there was no sign of the
Dutchman. This, as the
foreman knew, was an i'm
possibility. He should have
gone to the end of the line,
turned around, and headed
home with about three dol
lars in nickelS.
1t was embarrassing to
send out search parties for
a trolley, but it had to be
done. Inspectors asked pass
ers-by if they had seen one
used yellow trolley car
manned by a mad Dutchman
with crayon yellow hair and
a weight Of $40 pounds. No
one had seen such a phe-
nomenon. A local newspaper
got hold of the story and
the traction company was ir-
ritated.
Two days later, August
came back. His eyes were
red and his mouth pulled
open and shut like a fat
fish. He made a rude Sugges-
ton to the foreman about
the job and lugged a gray
sack of nickelS off the trolley.
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AID

Continued From First Page
bright both suggested the adj
ministration fight against the
long-range loan program indi-
Gated "the Treasury Depart
ment has taken over the for
eign policy decisions" from the
State Department.
The Vermont Republican
said he may support cuts in
the $1.6 billion Of military aid
and the $685. million defense
support fund next week, and
added:
IF the bill is emasculated
Tuesday the blame may be laid
squarely at the door Of the
White House for its failure to
support its friends on Capitol
Hill"
When debate is resumed
Senator Ellender, Democrat OF
Louisiana, will move to cut
military aid by more than $500
million. a'..
Other Senate Actions
In other actions yesterday,
the Senate:
Defeated, A to SO. an amend
ment by Senator Johnston,
Democrat Of South Carolina,
which would have denied aid
to Cuba.
Turned down. so to 80, an
Ellender move to further re-
duce the Development Loan
Fund to the Presidents figure
of $700 million for one year.
Rejected without a roll call
two moves by Senator Mans
field, Democrat of Montana.
One would have ended all eco
nomic grants by June 80, 1868,
The other would have abolished
the International Cooperation
Administration as a separate
agency and placed its functions
in the State Department.
The Senate accepted two pro-
poSalS by Senator Humphrey,
Democrat Of Minnesota. One
makes it clear that surplus
foods made available for relief
overseas also may be used for
relief in this country. through
charitable organizations. The
other authorizes $40 million for
American participation in a
world refugee year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03
FEATURE Rcz
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Wife's Demeonor His Worry
By DR.. PETER }. sTEINcRoHN

Change of life" How de-
Scriptive a term. When the
sex glands go awry in middle
life, they not only bring
changes in the temperament
of the patient. but unfor-
tunately affect the lives Of
the family members and
friends. For example. here is
a letter from a distressed and
completely frustrated hus-
band:
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
I simply can't understand my
wife lately. We've been mar
ried for almost Is years. I'm
til lately, I have been looking
forward to an anniversary
celebration. But I've for
gotten about that now. All
1 want is peace in our home;
however, it takes two to make
a treaty.
How can a person change
so? She seems physically well
but is an entirely different
personality. We brought up
three wonderful youngsters.
She was a fine mother. AL
ways light-hearted and the
life of the house. Always
joking, full of fun, and
wouldn't allow any of us to
be down in the mouth.
We visited friends a lot.
We went to the theater and
lectures. We even f1shed and
golfed together. You can see
we were an ideal team, Then
things began to happen. At
first I forgave the bursts of
temper and the prolonged
periods of depression. She
said she was sorry and that
was that.
But for the past few
months she has been very
difficult. Nothing pleaSes her.
She has lost interest in all
outside activities, She just
sits and mopes. We have lost
most of our friends of many
years standing: I beg her
to go to our family doctor
and friend, but she refuses.
She says that all that
bothers her is a few hot
flashes. "Why go to a doctor
when I feel all right?" She
doesn't seem to realize that
she is upsetting the whole
family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-03
Chess Tournament
Opens Tomorrow

The National Capital Open
Chess Tournament, sponsored
by the Washington Chess Di-
van, will open tomorrow at the
U.S.O. Club, TIC Madison place
NV.
Deadline for registration in
the three day tournament will
close at ! pm. tomorrow. The
Divan will offer $3.50 in prizes
in the match, which will be
played on the Seven-round
Swiss system.