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Evening star., 1959-12-30
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Christmas Again in the Hospital!

He drove up for his weekly
appointment with the doctor
and, within three hours, my
father was in Holy Name
Hospital. I have never seen
him madder. The last time
he muttered to himself was
the day my mother dried his
shoes in a hot oven. Il was
in the hospital last Christ
mas and the Christmas be-
fore" he growled. rs every
body crazy?"
John M. Bishop felt we'll.
He is rs. Behind his back,
we always called him Big
John" When he was a po-
lice lieutenant, he weighed
254 pounds. Now he is a
wisp of a man at 139. al
though he still has all the
snowy hair, and the eyes
still twinkle when there is
something to twinkle about.
Now he ships water. Some
is in the lungs, some is in
the ankles. DR.. Bernard
Krull pumps him out with
GiureticS but, around Christ
mas time, he wasn't bailing
properly so he was slammed
into the hospital in Teaneck,
N. j., and l never saw any
thing like it.
BIG JOHN was always the
boss in our family. Still is.
What he says not only goes,
it goes fast. And yet, he was
never a stern man. He was
precise and articulate and he
had no patience with stu
pidity.
he was man who put
every last collar button in it's
place and, if borrowed a
pencil from him in January,
he'd ask me in June when l
planned to return it. He
could not stand laziness,
lack of ambition, and lack
OF interest in world affairs.
They gave him a private
room and he didn't like it.
They said they had one in
the old wing at $19 a day
and one in the new wing at
$50. Big John said he'd take
the $50 one and he hoped
that the hospital had heard
Of an invention called the
telephone. The admissions
clerk said he could have a
phone.
Near the door was a re-
ceSsed chest of drawers, and
there he hid his cigarettes
because he knew that if they
heard that he was smoking,
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home. For free. I keep their
rooms clean and do their
laundry always "a or Is
shirts a week.. They holler
If I don't have steaks or
chops every night.
They each have to support
an automobile so they can't
pay anything at home. They
say that unless parents are
on welfare nobody pays room
and board any more. It
seems like WE are paying
THEM to stay with us. Are
we crazy or are they?
MA AND PA.
They are craZy-like a cOu.
pie Of foxes. BOYS don't pay
room and board but MEN
do. If your sons think they
can get room, board and
laundry for less than SIS q
week, let them try it.
What's your problem? For a
personal reply, tOrite to ABBY,
care of The EUening Star. IN
close a stamped, selt-dddreSSed
enuelope.
by McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Treatment of Stroke Victim
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

will you write something
about strokes?" asks Mrs.
j. j., of New York. rs there
more than one kind? What
are the symptoms? Can they
be prevented? What is there
to do?"
YES, THERE ARE many
kinds. Causes vary, symp-
toms vary and so does treat
ment.
We have come a long way,
Mrs. j. j., for the diagnosis,
prevention and treatment of
apoplexy. Not too many
years ago, all we did. really,
was sit by, stimulate the pa
tient to keep him alive if we
could.
We'd keep him in bed
much too long, and did little
to help him get back on his
feet. Even if he recovered he
was usually left with a spas
tic arm or leg: and he
couldn't walk or talk.
I am not saying that we
have a miracle treatment for
all cases of stroke today. In
spite of what we try to do.
many do not respond. How
ever, the stroke patient has
a much better chance these
days.
We know that the most
common causes are embolism
in a brain artery something
breaks off from the valves of
a damaged heart and clogs
the circulation in cerebral
blood vesseD; cerebral
thrombosis lin which uSu-
ally due to arterioscleroSis-
q waXy, choleSterol-like ma
teriel shuts off the circula-
tom; and cerebral hemor-
rhage lin which-due to a
combination of high blood
pressure and arterioSclerosis
"a blood vessel in the brain
actually ruptures and blood
seepS OUT.
There are so-called minor
strokes" due to a "Spasm" of
smaller brain arteries, in
which numbnesS, loss of
speech and paralysis last only
for a few days and clear up
entirely.
Lately. we have become
aware of interference with
brain circulation caused by
thrombotic changes (narrow-
ing) in a neck artery like the
internal carotid.
Sometimes we can prevent
q major, serious apoplexy in
a patient who complains only
Of slight symptoms of numb
ness in hand or leg, slurring
of his speech and sudden
trouble with his vision.
Doctors now can inject a
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nothing about marriage. What
worries me particularly Is
that before he started going
with Hilda he had gone steady
with another girl for two
years. They finally were en-
gagged but broke of after a
few months.
I'm afraid this boy is not
the steady sort and that he'll
hurt Hilda. I have urged her
to bring up the problem and
ask him what he has in mind.
She refuses to do this.
Hilda Aim afraid that
Al is a little gun shy after his
mistake with his last girl
friend. He has told me that
he was very much in love with
her, but felt he didn't get to
know her real character until
after they were engaged. Then
he became disillusioned.
My mother is afraid that he
is just playing around but !
feel he sincerely cares for me
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Her Suitor Said He Was SinoIe

DEAR ABBY: met a nice
looking man about six years
ago. He told me he wasn't
married and I believed him.
He gave me his telephone
number and told me that if
I ever called him and a wom-
ems voice answered to hang
up because it was his sister
and he didn't want her to
know his business. He said
he loved me and he begged
me to marry him. I was
about ready to say yes when
I was pulled into a big scan
dal. He was married and
his wife was suing him for
divorce and she said I was
the cause Of it. I didn't know
this man had a wife. He's
dirtied up my name in town.
What can I do to him to
teach him a lesson? I am
SO and he is IS.
FOOLED.
Leave the punishment"
to his wife. And never mind
the '1eSsOn" - he's about
ready to graduate.
DEAR ABBY: Here is our
problem. We know that a
girl who has followed the
straight and narrow is en-
titled to wear white when
she gets married. If the man
she is marrying is a divorced
man, can the girl still wear
white when she walks down
the aisle? I say she can.
Am I right?
MRS. M. G..
She can and you are.
DEAR ABBY: Will you do
an old lady a favor and ask
some of the young men who
live away from home to write
in and tell how much it costs
them to live?
We have two sons ga and
2D and they both live at
Evening star., 1959-12-30
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

contributing writers
What is a wife worth in
terms of money?
If this query strikes you as
d-blooded and mercenary
way Of viewing marriage,
keep in mind that it isn't as
far-fetched as it seems. In
the recent income tax hear
ings conducted by Chairman
Wilbur Mills and his House
Ways and Means Committee,
a good deal of time was spent
in analysis of how we tax
some kinds of income and
not others.
For example, observed one
economist, the free rent that
a family gets through out
right ownership of its own
home is technically income.
This notion led witness Lester
Ponder, an Indiana tax spe-
cialist, to suggest that. by
the same token, a housewives
activity is a source of family
income. Moreover, he sug-
geSted, as a wife gets older,
the family ought to be able
to deduct depreciation.
The committee left the
matter there, for the time
being, but the issue calls to
mind some previous efforts to
evaluate Mrs. John Does
commercial value. A few
years ago, an elderly Omaha
taxpayer jolted the Internal
Revenue Service when he
tried to deduct for deprecia-
ton on his wife. He argued
that she was getting tired
and worn out and could no
longer get his meals or do
the houSework. Therefore,
he felt himself entitled to a
personal income tax deduc-
ton. He lost his case, but
his argument gained a lot
Of SympathiZerS.
Not long ago. a magazine
assessed the productivity Of
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dye into his carotid artery in
the neck and take X-rays of
the blood vessel. If these show
that there is closing off, sur
geons can often rectify the
trouble and good circulation
Is restored.
When patients ask me
what are the simplest and the
best ways to prevent a stroke
I tell them: Keep your weight
normal; if there is a history
Of stroke in your family, you
would be wise to take peri
odic cholesterol readings and
try to keep them down, if
possible.
If you have high blood
pressure, treat it, and take
the advice and newer drugs
that your doctor preScribes;
If you have diabetes, keep it
under control. Live within
your normal energy capacity.
And try not to let your emo
tionS run away with you.
These days, in managing a
stroke. we try to find out all
we can about it. A complete
history and general physical
examination is important. If
in doubt, we call in a neurol-
ogiSt for complete tests. The
carotid arteries in the neck
are investigated. We order
X-rayS of the skull. When in
dlcated, we order brain
waves" (electroencephalog-
raphy) and spinal puncture.
Treatment varies accord
ing to the findings. If the
trouble is in the carotid
artery blood flow, the sur
geon performs reconstructive
surgery on the affected blood
vessel. Sometimes, when in
dicated, he does what we
call a cervical sympathetic
block-or a superior cervical
ganglionectomy. If surgery
is not indicated, the doctor
may prescribe drugs that in
crease the circulation in the
brain; NICOTINE acid, nitro
glycerine, etc.
However, whatever the
treatment, we don't forget to
go about rehabilitating the
patient as soon as possible.
We don't just let him lie
there in bed-and hope for
the best.
DO I SMOKE? Yes, in
moderation. But I never ad-
wise anyone to "start" nor do
I tell everyone to stop"
There are many pros and
cons. But If you are at all
pro" the ICONS" get awfully
mad at you!
(Released by the Bell syndieatO
Tomorrow: Insect Bites.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Both Ends Meet

Tomorrow: His Hobbies.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

they might keep him in un-
til New Years. Its tough
enough" he said, that they
won't allow a man to eat
what he wants, and a high
ball is against the law, but
they're not going to keep me
from having a little smoke
now and then"
They put him in an old
sheet that ties up the back
and he walked across the
room looking like Mahatma
Gandhi. Things have come
to a pretty pass" he said.
Look at me-" He reached
for the drawer with the
cigarettes just as a nun
came in.
Where are you going?"
she said He glared and then
smiled. The bathroom,
sister," he said meekly. She
nodded curtly. Its over
there" she said jerking her
head. AS he disappeared,
she said: Il hope 1 never
smell smoke in this room"
The swollen ankles began
to thin down. He read all the
papers and used the phone
like a field marshal. He
phoned my sister Adele and
read off a list of items he
wanted delivered at once
his old slippers, three pairs
OF clean pajamas, a bath
robe and, if the nuns would
allow it, his portable televi-
sion set.
The doctors made a lot
Of tests. Big John is a good
patient when the things
they ask him to do make
sense. When they don't he
lifts his head abruptly and
SnortS: HUH"
HE'S HOME NOW. For
Christmas he bought him.
self a hospital bed and he
now feels that he's got every
thing they've got in Holy
Name except it's more COM
Portable and he can issue
orders louder. He can turn
himself up into a sitting
position and watch the late
show on television, while
smoking a cigarette, without
anyone daring to tell him
what to do.
For Christmas he gave me
a beautiful player piano. I
gave him a fitted leather
liquor case. If he must listen
to my music, he might as
well be in the proper mood.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
LAW IN THE NEWS
Wife's Value Query
Once Again Heard

young housewives as worth
$3.50 a week. Probably many
mothers would feel that this
sum is pretty low. considering
all the chauffeuring, COM
munity and school work, as
well as the social duties that
modern life and the peregri-
nations of children have
added to the traditional
household duties.
Our culture is a busy and
productive one. In conSe-
quence, the pervasive notion
that time is money has ex-
tended to more and more
activities. Why not to the
housewives many chores?
Sunday: Citizen Arrest
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and when he gets over his
fear Of making another mis-
take. he'll propose. OF course,
it's hard on me but I'll have
to just sweat 1t out.
I'm afraid that If I bring
things into the open / might
scare Al away for good.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
The gist of the situation
appears to be that the young
man has a tendency to be-
come all too Steady-more
steady than ready. Evidently
he is not prepared to COM
NIT himself to marriage and
has made the mistake of
getting more involved in his
relationships than he wants
to be.
When a man is sure of his
feelings toward a woman he
usually manages to over
come his timidity enough to
let her know it in no uncer-
tain terms. When he is not
sure, he certainly doesn't
want to be presSured. It is
a pretty good way of fright
ening him off forever.
Besides, it deprives his
masculine ego of the satis-
faction of being the aggressor
and the woman's feminine ego
of the satisfaction of being
pursued.
If Hilda can accept the
fact that her boy friend is
not ready to propose. cannot
and should not be presSured
into it, and may never be
ready for it, she might think
Of some better plan for her
self than merely sweating
out" this period. She might,
for example, try getting her
self some other dates. It is
possible that AL will be
brought to action when he
senses he is beginning to lose
the race.
(Copyright, 1859. oen'I Features Corp. }
Tomorrow: His Hobbies.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

Tomorrow: Insect Bites.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
Area Church Council
To Mark 10th Year

The National Capital Area
Council of Churches will hold
its 40th anniversary celebration
in 1860. DR.. Albert Shirley,
pastor of Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, told the
Billy Graham Evangelistic Cru
Sade breakfast yesterday in the
Mayflower Hotel.
DR.. Shirley said the first
event will be a dinner February
l8 at the Sheraton-Park Hotel
with DR.. Ralph w. Sockman,
New York radio preacher, as
the speaker.
Evening star., 1959-12-30

NORMAN, Okla. (AP).-Re-
calling his poor days as q uni
versity student, former United
States Senator Josh Lee says
he and a roommate ate ox-tail
soup and beef's tongue. This
was to make both ends meet"
Evening star., 1959-12-30
THE DETAILS

The Fomiy Council consists Of q
judge. q psYchiotrist. three eler-
symen, newspaper editor, q
women's editor and two writers.
Eoch article is o summary Of on
oetuol case history. The Council
reports on problems thot hove
been deoIt with by responsible
agencies and counseIors.
Evening star., 1959-12-30
FAMILY COUNCIL
Her Beuu
Is Steady,
Not Ready
THE PROBLEM

Mrs. E. A.-She should ask
him his intentions.
Hilda Al might scare him
away for good.
THE DETAILS
Mrs. E. Al am very much
concerned about my daughter
Hilda, who has fallen deeply
in love with a young man of
her age-22.
The problem is that they
have been going out for a
whole year and he has said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Writer

The Senators will stage a big
giveaway in their final home
appearance Of the season to-
night. distributing a swarm Of
gifts to fans before. during and
after their game with the
Yankees at Griffith Stadium.
They practiced for the affair
last night by giving away runs,
four Of them, in the course Of
an S-4 beating by New York be-
fore 1897 customers, many Of
whom were attracted by q pre-
game show pitting the Senators
against the Redskins in several
types Of competition.
Radio and television sets,
savings bonds and other gifts
Of value will be handed fans
starting 10 minutes before the
sos game time.
The Senators seemingly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
TALK WITH NUGENT BACKFIRES
Terps' Scouts Learn
RoyoI Wasn't Kidding

the year before last. after Texas
has lost nine games the previous
season. Last year, Texas had q
7-3 record and numbered Okla
homa among its victims.
-Four Terps Ailing
Nugent said Texas, which
visits College Park next year,
Is q much faster team than
people are accustomed to see
ing in this section. Nugent
hopes to have q club something
like it In o couple Of years.
IF I know Darrell Royal,
he'll spend most Of the week
on defense after seeing our
pictures" Nugent said. Royal
Is q sound defensive coach and
has q reputation for excellent
preparation.
But I hope II they have to
spend all that time on defense
maybe their otfense will get
rusty"
-Four Maryland players from
the first two teams were ailine
yesterday. Dick VanReenan
has q bruised back, Kurt
Schwarz q bruised hip, Gary
Collins q touch Of the fiu, and
Tony Scott was taken to the
infrmary with stomach cramps
If Collins is out, Jim David
son will do the punting against
Texas.
NOTES All Of the other
Southwest Conference teams
See MARYLAND. Page DE-
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It's Giveowoy Nieht-Aguin-
As Griffs Drop Curtuin Here
Stop Pirates In Ninth

were overwhelmed by nervous
ness at the prospect Of moving
into seventh place last night
They had a chance. since De-
troit had walloped Kansas City
earlier in the day, but i've
errors helped to keep them in
the cellar. still q half game
back Of the Athletics.
The Yankees pounded Pedro
Ramos, Dick Hyde and Hal
Woodeschick for IL hits, in
fiicting a 10th defeat on Ramos
but their final four runs were
unearned. The Senators OBJ
tanned six hits OF Art Ditmar,
who achieved his 18th win, q
career high.
Washington made q contest
Of 1t with q three-run out
burst in the sixth which mar
rowed New York's lead to 5-4
See SENATORS, Page d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
star star writer

~ NAGAbMSEAA VIM A601 y
star STAR writer
At the American Football
Coaches Association conven-
ton last January. Coach OAR
rell Royal Of Texas was telling
Coach Tom Nugent Of Florida
State what q terrific ball club
Texas was going to have this
year.
Royal told Nugent how his
recruiting was beginning to pay
on, and that In his third year
at Texas the Longhorns should
be back on the move. He was
telling about his great backs.
his rugged line. etc.
Nugent listened with more
than polite interest, because
unbeknown to Royal. Nugent
Ia few hours earlier had signed
q contract to be the new coach
at Maryland. news that was to
be announced the next day.
Tom had glanced at the Mary
land schedule, and knew that
Texas would be his second
opponent.
Plenty Of Fast Backs
After Nugent's appointment
was announced. Royal sought
him out. Tom, you know !
was Just kidding yesterday. You
know, old buddy, I was pulling
your leg. Why didn't you tell
me you were going TO coach
Maryland?"
Royal then spent twice the
time denying Texas was going
to have a good club that he had
spent In extolling the Long
horns.
But Lee Corso and Charley
Guy, Maryland assistants who
secuted Texas in its 200 victory
over Nebraska last week, said
Texas has q typical Southwest
Conference team, with fast
backs and lots Of 'em. Twelve
backs played in the first period
against Nebraska. which gives
AN idea Of the depth.
Rene Ramirez is the most
touted Of the Texas backs and
Rene and three other right
halfbacks can throw the left
handed pass, which is the per-
feet combination.
Royal, who was an All-Amer-
Iica quarterback at Oklahoma,
lifted Texas to q 6-4-1 record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
Chicago Goes Wild as Sox
End Race Like Champions
Coco Boys Use
Power to Defeat
Tribe 18th Time
BY the Associated Press

After staggering around for
two weeks. winning only five Of
IL games, the White Sox finally
have come through like cham
pions, clinching their long
awaited pennant in their last
crack at the one club that
could snatch 1t away from
them.
Displaying their season-long
mastery of the Indians, they
nailed down the flag last night
with a AZ victory in Cleveland
last night. It gave them q 1877
record over the runnersup for
the year and nine victories in
IL starts in Cleveland, where
81, 293 mourners finally saw the
Tribes hopes buried.
Win With Power
Manager AL Lopez Coco
boys won the clincher not with
their magic singles. but with
power-a pair of scoring dou-
bles by Luis Aparicio and Billy
Goodman and successive sixth
inning home runs by AL Smith
and Jim Rivera.
And they did it with Pitch
ing and defense. Early Wynn,
the old man the Indians didn't
want. won his 21st, getting re-
lief help from young Bob Shaw.
the highlander Detroit didn't
want. and Gerry Staley, the
reliever nobody wanted.
Staley, like Wynn, q 39-year-
old highlander, wrapped it up,
making his 65th trip from the
bullpen this season in the ninth
inning with one out and the
bases loaded. With one pitch
1t was all over.
ApariciO Ends It
Vic Power swung at that
first pitch Of Staley's. Apa-
ricio gobbled it up at short,
stepped on second and threw
to first for the Sox' fourth
double play-the double play
that ended 20 years Of waiting.
The end was 50 sudden the
See AMERICAN, Page ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23


The last time the National
League had q three-way fight
for the nag was in 1856. and
In the final three days the
fourth-place Cardinals crashed
Milwaukee out Of it while the
Dodgers stepped over seventh
place Pittsburgh to win the
pennant.
Cincinnati was the third club
in on that down-to-the-wire
race. but the Reds finally were
given the gate by the Cubs and
finished third. two games shy.
The Braves have breezed to
two flags since then. Now.
driving for q rare third in q
row, they've surged into a one
game lead, beating fourth
place Pittsburgh, SD, last night
while seventh-place st. Louis
Jared the Dodgers out Of q
f1rst-place tie by battering Los
Angeles, lilo.
Cubs Topple Giants
And. in keeping with that
pennant pattern Of three years
ago, the third-place Giants
plunged two games behind with
q 5-4 loss to the Cubs.
Each Of the contenders has
four games left. They all finish
the current series today. Then
the Braves 60 home for q three
game weekend Sries with last
place Philadelphia while the
Dodgers shift to Chicago and
the Giants switch to st. Louis
In the final run to decide who
plays the White Sox in the
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SIRENS Wall
$1,000 Out
For 2 AM.
Welcome

CHICAGO. Sept. % tAP)-
The Coco White Sox re-
turned to find their city really
gone in the wee hours this
morning over Chicago's first
American League pennant in
40 years.
Some $4,000 wild-eyed fans
waited from before midnight
to past 2 am. at the airport
for the return Of the victorious
Sox from Cleveland. Long be-
fore that, AFRAID sirens had
blasted out the news that the
White Sox were in the World
Series.
Tears Of joy glistened in the
eyes Of both Vice President
Chuck Comiskey and Manager
AL Lopez as the big four-en-
gined plane. delayed two hours,
wheeled into the arclighted
setting at the airport.
Hilarious Greeting
While the fire department
band played and the thousands
cheered, the players poured out
OF the plane to q hilarious
greeting. It was almost AZ
hours after the White Sox had
won their thrilling pennant-
clincher from the Indians. AZ.
The loudest cheers went To
Luis Aparicio. the phenomenal
little shortstop, who started a
game-ending double play; Al
Smith. who made o great run
killing throw and hit q homer.
and veteran Early Wynn, who
got credit for the big win.
First to greet the players
were Sox President Bill Week
and his wife, and Mayor Rich
ard j. Daley. Week missed the
clincher because Of q speaking
engagement in Bloomington,
III.
Aparicio. the defensive ace
from Caracas. Venezuela, COM
mented just before the plane
landed: This Is the best play
I never make in my life" He
was referring to his quick scoop
Of Vic Powers hot boundeI
with the bases loaded-his
dash across second base-and
See CELEBRATION, Page d.