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Let 1t Be Snow or Love
And New York Is Sued

chemistry class and stuffed 1t
into his pocket. On his way
home it started to rain and
the water caused the chemical
to catch fire, inf1icting third
degree burns on the youngster.
The city was sued for dam
ages, but again the claim was
disallowed on the grounds
that the boy shouldn't have
taken the chemical.
However, the city did pay
S47,500 recently to a woman
who was accidentally shot in
the leg by a policeman. The
policeman was trying to stop
a purse -snatcher, but the shot
went wild. The injured woman
claimed the policeman should
not have fired at all in such
a congested area.
A sum of $4,000 was paid
to the survivors OF two men
killed by a policeman who
went berserk in a tavern. The
policeman suddenly pulled out
his service pistol and shot the
men. Their survivors claimed
the city was negligent in
allowing such an unstable
person to carry arms.
The city has even had tc
pay damages to jail inmates. A
prison grandstand collapsed
one day while the convict'
were watching a baseball game
and several of the men were
hurt.
However, one Of the mos
noteworthy damage claims
made recently was that Of
woman whose foot was &C.
cidentally stepped on ane
injured while she was in 6
bus. The woman asked-anc
received-$20,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

MT her husband yet. he had
no right to slap her face.
Who was right?
ERNIE.
You we're right TO voice
your disapprOval--and by the
way, a slap in the face be-
tween lawful-wedded mates Is
no more acceptable than a
slap. in the face between
lovers.
Il
For a personal reply. t0rtte
to ABBY In care OF The Eve-
ming Star. IncloSe a self
addressed, stamped enuelope.
distributed by McNaught
Syndicate, IncD
Deer Abby oppeors on Sunday 10
the Women's Section.
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Danger to Heart Potients
sy DR.. PETER J, sTElNcRoHN

Please tell me what causes
small thickened patches Of
skin which resemble large
freckles to appear about mid
die age. My aunt had many
Of these as she grew older
and ! have noticed them on
the arms and backs Of my
hands since ! passed 80.
These patches are light
brown and look Just like
large freckles except that
layers OF them may be
scraped OF with a finger hail
but not entirely. Is there
any way to rid myself Of this
rather unsightly blemish?
Thank you. Mrs. J. z. M.
SOME PEOPLE are more
susceptible than others 20
these physiological changes
in the aging skin. Dozens Of
remedies have been tried. I
suggest that you see a good
dermatologist. He will tell
you to let things be--or will
prescribe specific treatment.
\ \ \. 4
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
Are you in favor Of hearing
aids? M. B.
JUST AS MUCH as I am
in favor Of glasses for people
who need them. Don't allow
false vanity to overcome your
good sense. If your ears need
help, that's what hearing aids
are for.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Monday: Asthma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Stereoscopic Method
Aids Rood Surveys

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Ster-
eoscopic highway surveys, made
by feeding three dimensional
photo information into a COM
puter for storage in an cleo
tronic memory device, could
save the Nation billions of dol
lars in highway construction
costs, according to the devel-
opers of the new method at the
Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology.
The units recorded measure
ments of the terrain graduation
are fed into a computer and the
survey information is made
ready in minutes or hours
rather than the weeks or
months required with the con-
ventional ground surveys made
by large crews or surveyors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

sea fans and a multitude Of
colorful reef fishes"
Instead of furnishing tele-
scopes for a closeup look at the
scenery, as is done in mountain
parks, the Virgin Island park
will provide mixers with face
masks for peering under water.
There will be plenty Of wild
life. too, according to DR.. Ran
dali.
The fish along the trails"
he pointed out, soon will be-
come tame thus enabling visit
ors to observe and photograph
them at close range"
There might even be signs
warning mixers not to feed the
f1sh-especially the big ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

JWO uCunpI Cuuot oAlCCbo oAA0
etc. I leave to the Salvation
Army. Also the family pic
lture album which nobody
wants to look at any more.
MY new shoes--size IL
I leave to my youngest son,
Barney. who can use them to
good advantage If he will
look for a job. The white
spatS e prs.) can be thrown
out. My insurance in the
Foresters can bury me. There
is room in the grave beside
my dear Lucy. I forbid my
daughter Muriel to put up
the headstone she insults me
with constantly. She says she
wants 1t TO read: Still Not
Talking but she'll be pun
ished for thinking this way.
THERE ARE some good
gramophone records which I
leave to the grandchildren to
replace that rock stuff they
keep playing. You will find a
copy of Somewhere a Voice
Is Calling by John McCor-
mick, the one and only, and
Sorrento by Enrico Caruso,
which are a damn sight
better than the Tom Tom
stuff the children like.
I'm the cellar are some old
dishes left in barrels by
mother. They will do for the
likes of Muriel and she has
them with my best wishes.
because, when she sees the
ones that are cracked, 1t
might make her think.
ITO my dear son Michael
I would like to leave my gray
Bankers worsted, but this
will leave me nothing to be
buried in except my pelt.
so let him be content that I
had the proper thought. He
is a good boy and should go
far in life If he stops listen
ing to that Eighty wife Of
his. Instead of the suit, let
Mike have all my ties ex-
cept a gray one to go with
the suit.
MY hearing aid I leave
to my son-in-law, who could
never understand a blessed
word said. and ! hope 1t
does him some good. I'm
sorry / haven't got p brain
to, leave him, because he
could use one of them too.
ITO all my friends. ! leave
the sunny mornings and the
warm breezes. II there is any
money left. please buy a
drink for such Of them rs
have the time to attend the
funeral. They were all good
to me in their own way.
especially Bridget Flynn, who
consoled me after I was
bereaved."
I wish Uncle Bert was my
real uncle.
Copyright 1850. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.
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DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN;

DEAN Dk. STEANCtOhN:
! have heard that constipa-
ton can be dangerous to
heart patients. Can you ex-
plain? Mr.. T. M.
FOR YEARS I have been
warning patients with heart
disease. high blood pressure
and artery disease never to
strain at stool. In those in
stances when making down.
ward pressure is inevitable.
! always advise that the pa
tient keep his mouth open.
That cuts down on air pres
sure in the chest cavity.
Excess straining can cause
a cycle of extreme fluctua-
tions in blood pressure and
circulation. It is called the
Valsalva maneuver. A sud-
den rise in venous pressure
may result. This is followed
by a sudden drop on the sud-
den release of strain. This
suction action may detach a
clot or thrombus that may
lodge in the lungs or heart.
According to a recent re-
port in the Cincinnati Jour-
nal of Medicine. vascular &C
cidents and sudden death
may be the indirect result Of
constipation.
Therefore, Mr.. T. NJ, one
would be wise to drink much
fluid and take an occasional
softener like mineral oil to
prevent straining.
-
DEAR DR.. STEINCROHN:
Anything new in managing
angina? Mr.. w.
ALTHOUGH I have had no
experience with the follow
ing myself, ask your doctor
If he has used it. In POST
graduate Medicine" DR.. Mil
ton Poltz Estate University
Of New York Medical Center)
reported using in 100 pa
tients this combination:
nitroglycerine. pentaerythri-
toll tetranitrate and reser-
pine. (The drug Is called
Penite.)
In "a of the patients, angi-
nal attacks we're reduced or
prevented. In 8 patients, at
tacks were less frequent.
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

DEAR ABBY: A neighbor
Of mine has had four hus-
bands and she isn't even 40
yet. She has a boy friend for
everything. One pays her
rent, Another one lets her
drive his car. Another painted
and papered her house ina
terail and labor and she
Dragged that all she had to
give him was lunch and a
few daughterly kisses. She
sees the rent-payer during
the daytime and she has a
bus driver (she calls him her
''roomer") staying there
nights. I don't know how she
gets away with it. Don't you
think somebody ought to tell
those suckers the score?
NEIGHBOR.
Don't waste any sympathy
on the Suckers" Some men
don't care about the score as
long as they're in the game.
DEAR ABBY: How do you
find out a boys religion with
out embarrassing either Of
us? ! am not allowed to go
with boys of a different reli-
gion and I have a terrible
time finding out sometimes
whether ! should even start
to like him. PUZZLED.
II you are interested in a
boy there is nothing wrong
with asking him what church
he goes 10.
DEAR ABBY: I am SO years
old and my wife is IS. Over
a year ago my accountant ad-
vised me to apply for Social
Security. I took his advice
and draw SOB per month. !
advised my wife to do the
same, but she refuses. Her
reason is that we have enough
income to keep us and it
is not honest to take this
money from the Government
when we do not need it. We
are honest, God fearing people
and do not want to do wrong.
Please advise us in your
column. GEORGE.
There's nothing dishonest
in accepting Social Security.
Eligibility depends on ones
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FEATURE
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Uncle Bert Draws a Will

Uncle Bert isn't really my
uncle. He's an old reprobate
from the Murphy side Of the
family and he has a nose like
the tail light Of a 1859 Ford.
With the brakes on. Years
ago, his late lamented spouse
Lucy tried TO pour Uncle
Bert back into the bottle.
Everybody said that he would
20 fast and early, but he's
still here, 10 and leering at
innocent girls.
He wears loud silk ties. a
pink carnation. and white
spats over his black shoes.
The entire top half Of Uncle
Bert has sagged toward the
middle, but what there Is OF
him is as solid as Jello. He
smokes gold-tipped Mela-
chrinos and he lives with one
Of his daughters. when he
can be found.
For three years I've been
talking to Uncle Bert about
making out q will. / believe
In wills, even when there is
nothing to leave but ones
best regards. Or the widows
curse. He said nothing doing
because he didn't want his
kids fighting over his re-
mains. The kids are all bet
ter than so a piece and
haven't got enough fight left
in them to get to the front
of the line in a supermarket.
Still, after much CONVEX
sation, he agreed that 1t
might be a good idea to settle
his estate once and for all
and. as a favor to me, he
would do it. If he lives to be
100-or if he goes tomorrow
Il will always remember him
working over his last tesla
ment as though it wete the
new.
HE HANDED the document
to me in an offhand way
almost throwing it-and said:
"Copy this and I'll give 1t to
my lawyer" I didn't know
Uncle Bert had a lawyer. The
will ran as follows:
MY name is Bertram o.
Murphy and / am Of sound
mind / am sure. I am going
into my eightieth (S0th)
year and. because life is I'M
certain, this viii be my last
will.
There is $40 in the Prov
idence Savings and Loan
which I never told to any
body. / leave this, with in
terest, to Mary. my Oldest
daughter, who fed me and
kept a roof over my head
these last eight years. To her
husband, Timothy. who be-
grudged me every mouthful
I ate, I leave the back Of my
hand.
The furniture in my bed
room-l dble. bed. / portable
clothes closet. / night table,
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A-Energy Weighing
Roll Cars in Motion

CLEVELAND. - One Of the
Nations leading railroads is
using atomic energy to weigh
freight cars while they are in
motion.
The railroads researchers
have come up with a scale that
uses gamma rays from a cobalt
so source beneath the rails to
weigh cars moving up to 80
miles per hour oyer the source.
With the rays penetrating each
car, the device gauges the
amount Of absorption and
m easures and records the
weight Of each car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

WEIGHT: During his years
with the the Metropolitan
Opera, the late EZio PIMA
liked to play practical jokes
on his fellow performers, he
recalled in "Ezio PIMA, An
Autobiography" with Robert
Magidoff.
"Of course, tricks were
played on me as well. During
a performance Of Rigoletto
one night, I was to pick UP a
basket in the middle Of a
melodious exchange with
Lucretia Bori and Richard
Crooks, and exit with it. !
took hold of the basket, only
to discover that my partners
had placed a heavy weight in
it. But / was young and
strong, and managed the
scene with no one noticing
the effect of the effort on
my voice,
1.-THE plot demanded that
I re-enter with the basket
and hand it to Miss Bori.
Assuming that 1 had removed
the weight, she took 1t from
me with a graceful gesture,
singing all the while. Nat
urally, the basket fell to the
floor with bang 1t is hard
to believe. but it is true:
Boris voice did not falter for
a second"
GRUDGE: Diplomat-flna
cier Dwight w. Morrow was
advised that a well-known
Wall Street trader was nurs-
ing a grudge against him.
"a grudge against me?"
asked Morrow. But why? ]
never did anything for him. |"
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am, was recently widowed.
She has been in a very un-
happy state since this hap
pened. She is lonely and de-
pressed and refuses to 60 to
live with her daughter who
recently was married.
Her daughter asked me to
urge her to come live with
me. I told my niece that Ruth
is welcome II she wants to
come but I am not going to
beg her. After all. ! will have
to make many changes in my
life for Ruth's sake and there
is no sense in doing 1t II she
doesn't want 1t.
Mildred CT Just know
that Mother really wants to
live with Aunt Agnes, but
won't admit 1t because she
isn't sure she is wanted.
Since Dad died, Mother has
been very timid about Elm
truding" herself anywhere.
But just know she would
be very happy there. She has
always admired Aunt Agnes
home
The thing Aunt Agnes
doesn't realize is that she
will be much happier too.
1t isn't wise for a woman of
her age to be living alone.
Mother can look out for her
and keep house for her.
Aunt Agnes knows that I
wouldn't ask her to make any
big sacrifice. I care for her
almost as much as my own
mother and I just know that
they will be happy living to-
gether. They have always
gotten along remarkably well
together.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
The trouble with Little
Miss Fix-Its like Mildred is
that they love to paint pretty
pictures but they are an
noyed with the raw stuff of
life that might break the sur
face Of the picture.
Mildred has decided that It
is mice" for the two middle
aged sisters TO keep one an
other company. OF course.
part Of the reason this pic
ture seems particularly ap-
pealing to her is because 1t
leaves her completely free Of
any responsibility.
We are not blaming Mil
dred for wanting freedom for
herself. but she should be
willing to allow the same
privilege to her mother and
her aunt. Her mother has
not yet spoken up for her
self. Indeed, her mother has
had no opportunity to re-
cover from her shock and
gather her wits about her. 1t
is often very easy TO shove
around" a person suffering
from this shock-and it is a
very harmful thing to do.
1t may prevent the widow
from ever really pulling her
self together inside herself,
Or, If she does finally pull
herself together, she may find
that drastic and irrevocable
decisions have been made for
her.
Mildred has been so force
full and self-righteous that
Agnes has apparently become
somewhat intimidated by her,
But she should realize that
Mildred doesn't take her
situation into account for the
simple reason that she hasn't
bothered to really see it
Agnes appears to be quite
content with her setup and Il
would be foolish for her Il
give UP the independence sht
enjoys without careful con.
Sideration.
tCopyright, 1859. Gen. Features Corr
Mondoy: Problem boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

NEW YORK, Mar. 8 (NANA).
Whoever originated the slo-
gan that you can't fight City
Hall didn't know his tort from
q writ Of certiorari.
Take New York, for example.
Right now the city has pend
ing against it some 1000 court
cases, an all-time high in
municipal history. These dam
age claims total about $500
million. However, according to
Corporation Counsel Charles H.
Tenney, City Hall customarily
makes settlement for only
about 3 per cent of the amount
demanded by aggrieved citi-
zenS.
Mr.. Tenney's Office handles
far more cases in the course Of
a year than the largest insur-
ance company. Claims range
from the ridiculous to the
calamitous, to wit:
One woman recently sued
because an eel sQuirmed into
her sink when she turned on
the faucet. Somehow, the eel
apparently had swum $50 miles
through the city's water supply
system from the reservoir to
the housewives sink. She was
awarded the plumbing costs,
$3.50.
Love Is Blind-and How
Two lovers sat down on a
park bench one night. 1t was
only after they stood up that
they noticed the "fresh paint"
sign and found that their
clothes were striped. They
asked $40 for new clothes, but
the city beat their claim on the
grounds, among others. that
love was blind.
A staff of more than 100 in
vestigators, lawyers. engineers
photographers and doctors are
kept busy checking such claims
There were 1850 suits fol
SGT million in damages after
recent heavy snowfalls. Most
people claimed the snow anc
ice weren't cleared away prop
erly, but one man sued be-
cause he caught cold while
waiting to be hired as a tenn
porary snow shoveler. The city
wasn't held responsible or
that one.
The parents of a school boy
sued because his finger wa
nipped in science class by 9
white mouse. The claim wa!
disallowed on the argumen
that the boy had no business
sticking his finger into thu
mouse's cage.
Pocket Caught Fire
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Poultry Production

ATLANTA. - The Nations
production of poultry meat is
expected to reach a new high Of
1872 pounds per capita this year,
an increase Of 2.6 pounds over
1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
FAMILY COUNCIL
Mothers
Home. Is
Problem
THE PROBLEM

Agnes my niece wants
her mother to move in with
me.
Mildred Cit will be much
better for Aunt Agnes too.
THE DETAILS
Agnes LII am a career
woman Of IS and ! have bene
living alone since my early
EOS. My job is a good one and
! have many friends and in
terests to fill out my life.
My sister Ruth. who Is more
than 10 years older than I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

The FomiIy Council consists Of o
Judge. o psyehiotrist. three
elersymen. q newspaper editor. q
women's editor and two writers.
Eoeh article Is q summary Of on
oetuol eose history. The council
reports on problems thot hove
been deolt with by responsible
oeencies and eounselos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Pocket Caught Fire

Another school boy took
some sodium peroxide from
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Monday: Problem boy.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-13
Census Bureau News

Information to be used in COM
piiing national figures on employ
ment and unemployment will be
collected locally during the week
of November 16 in the Current Pop
ulation Survey, it was announced
today by Director John G. Gibson
of the U. S. Census Bureaus reg
ional office in Philadelphia.
The information collected from
local families will be combined with
that collected in 329 other areas of
the country to provide the national
estimates. Approximately $4,000
households are i n lu ed each
month in the Current Population
Survey. These households are Sc
lected at random under the Census
Bureaus scientific sampling pro-
gram to provide representative
cross-section of all classes of the
population, and all types of areas
In the country-large cities, small
towns, rural areas, and so forth.
Facts on employment and unem-
ployment collected locally are for
warded to Census Bureau head
quarters in Washington to be pro-
cessed by the Bureaus electronic
lcomputer, known as Univac, to pro-
vide the national estimates. The
national report covering the infor-
nation collected during the week of
November 16 will be issued in
Washington early in December.
Current Population Survey infor-
nation will be collected from
number of local families by Mr..
John Wallerstein of Lewes, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-13
Square Dance
Time
Attention! Diamond State
Twirlers!!!

Attention.! Diamond State
TwIrlers!!!
Sunday, November %, is the day
for the Twirlers to dance at the
Veterans Administration Hospital
in Elsmere, Delaware. Please, let's
turn out 1909 for this most worthy
activity. All those who can go
should meet at the Lamberts on
Old Shawnee Road to leave Mil
ford not later than 4:45. The pro-
gram is to start at 700 p. m. at
the hospital.
Wednesday, Nov IS, group pro-
viding some entertainment in the
form of square dancing at the
Hospital for the Mentally Retard-
ed at Stockley. Anyone who can
help out in this cause, please meet
at the Lambert's not later than
700 D. m.
These are wonderful opportun-
tiles for the Club to participate in
some worthwhile causes. All MEM
bers are urged to make an extra
effort to be on hand.
Thursday night will be prac-
tice session at the bowling lanes.
Next Club Record Night will be
Saturday, November 21, at which
time the numbers to be used at
the hospital can be practiced. For
Fun Time IL. keep all these
dates In mind
The Club dance on Saturday
night was an extra fine one. Lee
Billow, club caller, was in espe-
cially good form and everyone had
an enjoyable time. Guests were in
from Newark and Wilmington,
Delaware; and Millington, Md. 1t
is always a pleasure to welcome
these folks who visit the club from
out of town. Visitors from Will
mington were Allie and Will RAN
som. Will calls in the Whining
ton area and has club of his own
that meets regularly on Fridays.
Two of the Milford directors (Pep-
pers-Lamberts) visited his club this
past Friday for a very pleasant
evening. AS guests, Will called, a
tip for the dancers on Saturday
1t is most generous of outside call
ers when visiting the club to hon.
or us in this way with their tai
ents.
The popular after-parties were
again in evidence as several of the
club members gathered guests in
to their homes after the dance for
the customary refreshments and
square-dance chatter.
Incidentally, all news items per-
tanning to square-dancing activi-
ties should be phoned to one of the
members of the Publicity Com
mittee or call Garden 2-8239 not
later than Tuesday noon of. each
week. Cooperation in this matter
will be sincerely appreciated.
Happy dancing!