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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-16
jim BISHOP:
REPORTERS
The Last Night in Havana

EN- ROUTE HOME - The
four Of US ate Chinese cook.
It was the last night in
Havana. The last hour. for
me. We talked q little. ate a
little and lifted the little tea
cups without handles. The
lights were orange and dim.
We were four Americans.
each with different careers.
each with different thoughts.
Jack Paar was there to get
some film Of the Cuban revo-
luton. He is the Ernie Pyle
of television, a sensitive man
who loves everyone. and be-
lieves everyone. He had
never covered q news assign
ment before. and I was his
mentor. his partner. He
played DR.. Faust to my Me-
phistopheles.
Frank Rrandstetter, a pc
tite dandy from Texas. was
resident manager Of our ho-
TEL the Havana Hilton He
is the epitome Of tact, a cor
rect man who probably
covers the mirrors before he
takes a bath. He was host to
Fidel Castro, who had the big
suite on the 23d floor.
The fourth man was John
Scarne, who is in charge Of
the gambling concession. He
is dark, a man who alternates
between deep meditative
frowns and bright sunny
smiles. He is q master of
cards and dice and wheels.
He wouldn't bet on a horse If
it were running alone.
WE TALKED about Castro.
My three friends, like every
one in Cuba, think of him as
a hero. They were on his
side before he came to Ha-
vana in triumph, and this
puts them ahead of the mil
lions who thought little of
him until he won his revolu-
ton.
Me, I like Castro no better
now than formerly. He is,
I am convinced. an honest
man who ardently desires to
free his people from the eco
nomic despotism to which
they have been yoked. His
army Of less than 10000 men
is the best disciplined I've
seen, even though they have
never been paid.
A sincere man, completely
incompetent. AS a general,
he never won a major battle.
He was still in the hills,
starving with his barbados,
when the dictator's generals
decided to quit. He won be-
cause Batista's officers had
saffron spines. After they
collapsed, it required a week
to coax the victor to come
into Havana.
Castro is a vengeful man.
He fired the entire Batista
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youngsters and I have been
living with my sister and
brother-in-law. They've been
wonderful. but 7 would very
much like to marry again
and have my own home. I
have gone out a few times
with a girl in her late 20s
and I enjoy her company
very much. She has met the
kids and seems to be crazy
about them.
I haven't proposed yet, but
I'm pretty sure the answer
would be yes. My sister tells
me I'd be a fool to get in
volved in such a marriage.
Martha E.-Neal has no
idea of how ridiculous he
looks with this young girl.
When I see them together I
just have to laugh. ! am
three years younger than
Neal, but I find it boring to
be with someone so much
younger.
I introduced Neal to a love-
ly woman of about his own
age. But just because she
has a few wrinkles in her
face and a little gray in her
hair he didn't even try to
get to know her.
A young girl doesn't really
want the burden of another
woman's children even if she
makes a big fuss over them
just to impress the man.
This woman I introduced to
Neal hasn't had children of
her own and sincerely loves
kids.
The Councils View
Martha may be right about
some things. but she is hand
ling a delicate question much
too roughly.
She is blunt to the point
of cruelty because she is a
little too sure that she knows
best what is right for her
brother.
We believe that some of
Martha's observations are
probably correct, but that
no person is a fit Judge of
what is right for another.
The best that one can do for
another is to help him see
his problem a little more
clearly, possibly by posing
questions that put them in a
new light.
Martha could be far more
helpful to her brother if she
accepted quite simply the fact
that he is attracted to the
younger woman. He I'M
doubtedly has some doubts
about the whole thing and
would open up and talk about
them if he weren't afraid of
ridicule.
Martha might pose a few
questions that he would want
to null over. Why does the
young woman want to marry
a man so much older? What
does she expect out of such
a marriage? Has she ever had
any actual experience with
children?
The answers to some of
these questions will probably
cause Neal to pause and weigh
his decision more carefully.
(Copyright 1859. General
Features Corp.)
Tomorrow: Teen-oger with boy
trouble.
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army. even though these are
the men who enabled him
to win. He discharged the
police force and appointed
Boy Scouts to secure the
peace. He referred to him
self as q martyr (''my mis-
sion is to suffer") and he
lounged in luxury in the
biggest, richest suite Of rooms
in the Havana Hilton.
HIS PEOPLE live on a
sugar economy. enslaved by
the whims Of the United
States. which buys 1t. There
fore, Castro decided that it
would be popular if he
chastised the colossus to the
North. He referred to us as
"gringos." If we referred to
his people as "greasers" it
would be considered unfor-
givable.
At 80, he is too young under
constitutional law to become
president, so he decided to
run the government by re-
mote control. It didn't work
out. He ordered the trials
of the Batista assassins to be
held under television lights in
an amphitheater seating 49,
600. Then he ran of to
Venezuela for additional
adulation.
When he returned. he APP
pointed his girl secretary
Ambassador to Mexico one
morning. BY afternoon, she
had declined the honor. The
president, Senior Urrutia, sits
in the palace interviewing job
hunters and complainers all
day. He is a former munich
pal judge whose qualification
for the position is that his
heart is in the right place.
The strong man today is
Che Guevara, lean Argen-
tinian who knows how to
fight and how to hate. He
is in charge of Cabana
Fortress, where the prisoners
and the firing squads wait
for each other. His Office is
in the shadow of a 50-foot
statue of Jesus Christ, a
white marble of mercy over
looking Havana Harbor. 1t
was BatiSta's final kickback
to his people and was I'M
yelled three weeks before the
dictator fed.
We talked awhile. A mes
Senger came and reminded
Paar and me that we had
appointments with President
Urrutia and Fidel Castro.
you co." I said to Paar.
I'm taking the plane home"
I sent my regrets.
Jack and talked for a
few moments, and he de-
cided to keep the appoint
ment with Castro. when
you see him." I said, tell
him I'm wondering who is
up in the hills right now"
Copyright, 1859, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
Wednesday: Wheel chair hoppi-
ness,
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The FomiS Council consists Of q
judge, q psychiotrist. three clergy
men, o newspaper editor. q wom-
ems editor and two writer's. Eoch
article is o summary Of on actual
cose history. The council reports
on problems thot have been dealt
with BY responsible agencies and
eounselors.
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WeutherNetwork
Stations Opened

The first IL stations of a H.
000-mile strategic weather net
work provided by Western
Union are now in operation.
The service will speed trans
mission of weather maps.
charts and other data to Air
Force bases in the United
States. BY May, a total of SO
stations is to be in service ex-
clusively for the support of the
Air Force and will be operated
by military personnel.
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Hove a Question?

Mrs. H. W.: Your Samuel
Woodwork Cozzens' THE
Marvellous Country" Boston,
1879 is a scarce book, worth
around $50 in fine condition
A dealer should pay you half
the retail value.
Mrs. H. v. B.: Your first
edition of w. M. Thackeray's
1.-THE Orphan of Pimlico"
Oondon, 1870 is worth
around SIS. There was a spe-
cial 20-copy edition which is
worth around $50.
j. H. e.: Your Henry
Shaw's 1.-THE Art of Illumina-
ton" Gondon, 1860 is worth
about $50 in fine condition.
G. H.: Your first edition of
Bret Harte's Poems" CBos-
ton, 1870 is a SIS item.
Mrs. L.S.K.: Bread crumbs
are useful for removing light
pencil marks and smudging
on the leaves of a book. Art
gum, used carefully, is help
full in removing dust and dirt
from the covers of a cloth
bound book.
Mrs. j. P. D.: Your Alex
ander Wilson's and Prince
Charles Lucien Bonaparte's
"a merican Ornithology"
(London, 1870 is a $50 item
in fine condition. A dealer
should pay you half.
(Selected reader questions
tUill be dnSwered in this COL
untn. Address them to Van
Allen Bradley, in care of
The EUening Starr
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General Features Corp)
Next Monday: A Marx Twain
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cember 81 he was able to tell
us that we now had less than
a thousand miles to go to
Barbados.
Were making excellent
time considering the type of
craft we're sailing" he told
us. "Our shortest two-day run
has been 100 miles while our
best has been 1870 miles"
We had finally worked out
a schedule of the watches at
the tiller so that we had two
hours on duty and six hours
off. That allowed each of us
to get adequate sleep.
Eating Habits Differ
Our eating habits had set
tied themselves into indi-
vidual patterns. Bushy would
eat only when he felt hungry,
while Colin made a regular
schedule for himself and ate
at those hours whether he
was hungry or not. ! vacil-
lated between both schemes.
Tim, who ate more than the
rest of us, would store his
food allotment in polythene
bags and MUNICH on things at
odd hours.
Our tastes had changed
quite a bit. Our largest guam
tity of food was the vege-
tartan pemmican. Thi:
shortly fell into disfavor and
we jettisoned quite a bit of
it. Colin dotted on a cruel
made with a bit OF water and
"gof1o," a barley meal that
is a staple in the Canary
Islands where we purchased
it. Powdered milk. mixed with
water, became quite a favor
lite, too. For myself, I looked
forward to my portions of
lemon juice. We had kept
several tins of it aboard, and
this was regarded as our lux
ury in food.
The weather held up rather
well until the day before
Christmas. That was a wet,
stormy day. We had decided
that day to make a rainwater
catcher from one of our poly
theme plastic bags. To do so,
we had to get the food under
cover and then saw away one
of the old seats we had used
while ballooning our water
lifting apparatus.
I spent most of the day,
with Bushy's help, in hack
saving away at the metal
seat and finally accomplished
it. But I had spent too long
a time with my head down in
the rolling sea and was hoe
ribly sick. Such a waste--we
had so little water and could
eat so very little that it took
a terribly long time to refill
ones stomach to a comfort
able level.
But I was better of than
Tim, who had an aggravated
case of diarrhea. / gave him
a pill and then we all shared
his watches while he tried to
rest.
1t was the oldest Christ
mas I had ever spent. We
said Merry Christmas" to
each other as we changed
watches; that was all. There
was no caroling or gaiety. I
only hoped that Christmas
Day would be a happier &C.
casion. For a Christmas pres
ent, I just wanted it to stop
raining and for the seas to
smooth.
(Copyrisht, 1859. ABC Expeditions. Ltd
Distributed by King Features Syndicate
Tomorrow: A most unlikely Christ
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had landed in the sparsely
settled Delta Amacuro terri
tory, near the mouth of the
Orinoco River. The false
dispatch even gave such de-
tails as that we had been
slightly bruised in the land
ing, but not seriously hurt!
The announcement was SEEM
ingly even more authentic for
it was made by DR.. Oscar M.
Zuloaga, Venezuela'S minis
ter of communications.
He, like us, was the victim
of a cruel hoax. 1t was one
that caused a great deal of
anguish among our fam
lilies for, when it was exposed
for what it was, it also in
dicated that the earlier radio
signals that were supposed
to have been picked up also
were false, and that no one
truly knew what had hap
pened to us.
The false report touched
of a hunt by aircraft of
Venezuela, Great Britain,
the United States and planes
of various private oil COM
panies in the area.
We learned later that a
65-year-old British resident
of the Canary Islands, by the
name of Harold Pook, had
sent an anonymous cable to
the habor master at Port of
Spain, Trinidad. 1t gave an
exact latitude and longitude
for our supposed landing.
Mr.. Pook turned out to be
a spiritualist. However, he
didn't represent that he had
obtained knowledge about us
from beyond the grave. He
told authorities that he had
obtained his information by
intuition.
It's Safer, Mother
Bushy Eiloart told his
mother, who is So years old,
of our projected trans-Atlan-
tic trip shortly before we left
England for the Canary
Islands.
you'll probably be reading
a small piece in the paper
soon." Bushy explained, not
dreaming then that we would
end up on the front page,
about us trying to go across
the Atlantic Ocean in a bal
loon. But it's nothing to
worry about"
But isn't it much faster
by airplane?" his mother
asked.
why, of course" Bushy
explained, but an airplane
is heavier-than-air and if its
motor stop there's no danger
of any of our motors falling
into the sea-"
His mother, who had never
been up in an airplane in her
long life, nodded at this ex-
PLANTATION and said:
"Oh. that's nice. I'm glad
you're going the safe way"
1t seemed funny when
Bushy told us the anecdote
but I often wondered later
what his poor old mother
thought after she saw those
horrible headlines.
Blissfully unaware of the
messages that gave her and
our other dear ones reason
for jubilation, then alarm. we
sailed serenely on. Collins
ankle seemed to be improv-
ing; the swelling had gone
down enough for him to hob
BILE about the boat.
Colin, who was doing our
navigation, plotted our posi-
ton every two days. On De-
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FAMILY COUNCIL
Man Loves
Girl Half
His Own Age
The Problem

The Problem
Neal p. - Am I too old for
q girl in her 20s?
Martha e. = He looks so
ridiculous with her.
The Details
Neal p. = Is it very wrong
for a man Of advanced years
to court a much younger
woman?
I am IS and I've been a
widower for a year. My two
Evening star., 1959-02-12
Italian Style
Burgers.

It's the sauce which counts
In Italian cookery. And thanks
, to- the long, slow cooking. OF a
kitchen favorite E. canned
beef gravy you can dupli-
cate an Italian dish with min
imum effort. Try this recipe for
burgers a la Italy soon. Lightly
mix ~ pounds of ground
round steak with "a teaspoon
salt and dash black pepper
Shape into 6 patties. In large
skillet, brown patties in l table,
spoon butter. Meanwhile COM
.bine. ! can Q034 ouncesl beef
gravy. u cup sliced mushrooms,
l tomato tchopped, 2 table
spoons chopped parsley. Glove
garlic (minced), and l table,
spoon Marsala wine. Pour over
patties and cook over low heat
about 80 minutes, spooning
gravy over patties now and
then. Makes six servings.
Evening star., 1959-02-12
THE ECHEF SAY.
Perfect
Dessert
Team

Neither cooking nor eating
would be fun if everyone went
around with a calorie chart in
one hand and a vitamin chart
in the other. If you're not an
expert in that particular field,
you depend on the nutritionists
for information, or you pick
up your own. little tips from OBJ
servation.
We know fresh pears are low
in .calories and high in valu-
able vitamins and minerals, as
well as delicious in taste.
Thanks to bountiful West Coast
orchards, you can usually find
at least one variety Of fresh
: Juicy Western pears on the
market almost around the cal
endar. They are an. excellent
mate to nippy cheeses from a
flavor standpoint and their
fine-grained texture is an ideal
complement to crisp crackers.
This fine continental combina-
ton of pears. cheese and crack
e'rs, then might we'll replace
the rich calorie-laden dessert
after a heavy meal.
For your next dinner party,
go continental. Arrange a. tray
of sharp. nfppy. cheeses as well
as some milder ones to suit
everyone's taste-Swiss cheese,
Camembert, Roquefort. Edam.
our own American cheese. Add
q bowl Of crisp, juicy pears.
Fresh pears must be picked
before they ripen in order to
develop a smooth tender tex
ture and mellow sweetness.
Therefore, when you buy them
in your market, they may not
be fully ripened. If you want
to use them within a short
time, keep them wrapped in
their own papers, at room tenn
perature. When the flesh near
the stem ends yields slightly to
: thumb pressure, the pear is
ready to, eat. Do not allow them
to become overripe. And. If you
want to retard. the ripening,
place them in the refrigerator
while still green, and take them
out for the ripening as you are
ready to use them.
Released by
The Bell Syndicate, lne)
Evening star., 1959-02-12
Jewel Topping

If you like a ruby red top
ping on dessert pies try this:
Bake frozen individual apple.
blueberry. or peach pies as
directed on package. Spread
cranberry sauce over tops of
hot pies. Or, top cooled baked
custard pies (5-ounce size)
with spoonful of cranberry
sauce.
Evening star., 1959-02-12

fish, sea bass, porgies and frogs
legs are the outstanding values
at fish counters.
Cooked scallops, shrimp.
standard and select oysters. and
crab meat (back fin. claw and
regular. frozen king crab and
Holsters offer a good variety Of
shell fish.
In the frozen food cases there
are still more items from which
to choose: Dreaded shrimp, fish
sticks. cod flllets, whiting.
founder fillets, tuna pies and
haddock steaks. And, If this
isn't enough, look to the grocers'
shelves for the canned variety
=. i. sardines, tuna, salmon and
cod.
A. word Of advice in prepar-
ing fresh fish. Fish is cooked
to develop flavor. not to make
it tender. Overlooking dries
and toughenS the naturally
tender fish. Running water and
quick thawing are enemies of
fish. and Seafood. The one
washes away the delicate flavor,
and the other breaks down
tender fish tissues, causing
great loss of flavorful juices.
When you broil fish, don't
turn the fillets. Aluminium foil
helps in the cleanup job. Dust
the fillets lightly with flour,
meal or fine crumbs. Preheat
Evening star., 1959-02-12
Spicy Reets

Pickle canned beets for any
day menus. Heat "a cup liquid
from can Of whole or sliced
beets with a cup California
burgundy wine, little wine vine
gar and sugar. some whole
cloves or mixed picking spices;
simmer about 5 minutes. Add
drained beets and let stand
overnight.
Evening star., 1959-02-12

the broiler at full heat for 10
minutes. Place the fillets 2
inches from the heat; baste
with butter, margarine or oil.
Six to 8 minutes is enough
for most f1llets. Thicker ones
Il inch and up) take 8 to 10.
Baste fillets once or twice dur
ing broiling.
100 Items
Among the beef cuts on the
good-buy list are boneless round
and rump roasts and homeless
round and sirloin tip steaks.
One Of the local food chains
is featuring a special sale on
100 top-quality meat cuts this
week. Included are SO cuts of
beef, 16 of veal, IL lamb cuts
and IA choices of pork. They
also include IL different smoked
meats. 4 of the variety meats
such as liver and kidney, and
6 good poultry values.
Fresh vegetable counter
while fairly well supplied with
produce are not offering any
great number of bargains. Rec
commended buys for the week
end are Florida Valencia
oranges, grapefruit, Texas cau-
liflower, avocados. Virginia
wineSap apples, white baking
potatoes, sweet potatoes, lemons
"a must with any of your fish
dishes-Rome apples, bananas
and .radishes.
Produce News
For the lenten season, Seal
test spring garden salad cottage
cheese makes its bow in local
markets. This seasonal favorite
combines crea m e d cottage
cheese with five appetite-tempt-
ing vegetables: Celery. Spanish
onions. sweet red pepper. green
pepper and carrots. The gar
den salad is packed in gay new
cartons with a fresh vegetable
motif. Ready to serve as it
comes from the carton, this
cheese speciality is an excellent
ingredient for many lenten
main dishes and salad combi-
nations.
Campbell's have announced
Evening star., 1959-02-12

rated with a. whipped cream
rose. You can also order indi-
vidual hearts made of rasp-
berry ice or ice cream rolls
centered with a red raspberry
heart and decorated with whole
cherries and''pecais. =. e.
Cupid takes over at candy
shops, too. e Barricini's are
showing hearts" in. one, two
and three pound sizes, filled
with assorted miniatures in
both mello-dark and milk choc-
olates. Aimed at the young in
heart are milk chocolate pops
on lollypop sticks, II to the
box =. heart-shaped, Of course,
Evening star., 1959-02-12

TO gladden. the heart OF teen
ayers is a square white package
with a red heart insert. the box
filled with a generous assort-
ment Of chocolate candies:.
Show-Stopper d.
Representatives of the May.
tag Co. we're In town this week
demonstrating their new auto
matte washer feature :. timed
bleach infection. Referred to
by the trade AS TBI, this fea-
ture created such a stir when
1t was introduced at, the Chi
cago home furnishings market
last month, 1t almost stopped
the show. For. the first time
Evening star., 1959-02-12

the company claims. home
makers are provided with an
automatic; safe and effective
method Of using liquid bleach
in home laundering. TBI comes
as a consumer feature dividend
at no increase in price. the
firm. announces. ". F.
Evening star., 1959-02-12

an improved. chicken .. noodle
soup, They admit they're feel
ing pretty smug ABOUT the over
vhelming results that came out
Of their. panel testings Of the
improved product. This soup
has. a richer broth, more body
and more chicken flavor, too.
For Remembering
Surprise your family on VAL
entine day with a special des-
sert designed. to capture the
mood Of the occasion. Ali of
Gifford's shops are featuring
flaming hearts made Of glazed
strawberry ice cream deco
Evening star., 1959-02-12
8" THE E.:.MA.RKE7
5]$a} 5n]$$$a{R} & Basket !:
Fish Plentiful for Lent

Fresh fish, shellfish, frozen and canned seafoods
take the play away from meat items at local super
markets and chain stores this week rejecting the
demand for lenten menus
" Fillet of founder, red snapper swordfiSh steaks
haddock steaks Spanish mackerel pan-ready rock:
Evening star., 1959-02-12

For a. delicious treat, stuff
pitted dates with. a filling Of
creamed cheese mixed with
drained crushed pineapple
half and half.
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MONDAY

5-Mr. and Mrs. North.
7-Beot the Clock. Conne.
Bud CoIyer, m. {.
e-The Big Pdyoff. Quiz.
$40
4-EVom These Roots. Dronno.
5-DcusIos Fairbanks Presents.
7-Whc DO You Tgust9 Quiz.
Johnny Carson. m. {.
9-The Verdict Is Yours. Iriol.
Mondoy Listinss continued Next Fsss
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100
4-It's a Greet Life.
Mich6el O'Sheo. jones Dunn.
5-TV Readers Digest. Dronno.
7-Musie Bingo. Quiz.
Johnny Gilbert, m. c.
9-Theater Of Stars. Dronno.
up. J.. and the Lady" Thomas
Mitchell, Nero Miles.
1850
Ain Our Town. Color.
Moe McGory. m. c.
5-Lcte Lunch Movie.
IA Hours. "Experiment hlco-
froz." 1850. John Howard.
IT, Morried joan. Comedy.
9-As the World Turns. Serial.
200
4-Queen for q Day. 0iveoWoy.
jack Boiley, host.
7-Day in Court. Trial.
9-Jimmy Dean Show. Voriety.
2:30
4-Hossis Bossis. Color.
Dennis jones. host.
7-CoIe Storm Show. Comedy.
9-House Party. Variety.
$500
4-Younq Dr.. Malone. Dronno.
WiIIiome Prince stcrs.
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1900
4-Tie Toe Dough. Quiz.
Bill Wendell, m. c.
S-Grondpo's Piece. Kids.
7-Georse HomiIton ~ Show.
Featuring Mary Kick, Elton
Britt, Clint Miller. Live from
Washington
c.love Of Life. Scroll.
1890
Alt Could Be You.
Bill Leyden, host.
5-Romper Room. Kids.
Connie Bohlin, teacher.
7-PIoy Your Huneh.
Mev Griffin, me.
9-Seoreh for Tomorrow. Serl
12:45
9-Guidins Light. Scroll.
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I1:30
4-coneentFotion. Some.
Hugh Downs, host.
Slime for Science. Educ'tn1.
7-our Miss Brooks. Comedy.
Eve Arden stors.
9-Top Dollar. Quiz.