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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

and current affairs that look
amazingly lifelike when lighted
mounted on stage. Each scene
can be removed and replaced
by another in a matter of
seconds.
This is a new art medium,
Capt. Byrnes declared. we've
substituted paste and scissors
for the palette and brush"
He hopes it will catch on, and
is disappointed that it didn't
last year. He calls it a Lilli-
puppet show.
II think teen-agerS ought to
go for this kind of creative
work." he said. Judging by his
enthusiasm, it's a hobby that
should attract more persons
than the Fountain of Youth
Capt. Byrnes, 10, looks and acts
about so. He lives at 1886
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
But this years show, he says
is his last.
1T really takes too much Of
my time" he explained. I'm
afraid if I tried it again. my
wife might leave me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

showed it only to the children
at the start, but soon the adults
had to see it,"
The show is actually a series
of SceneS-about IA in all
set inside a miniature stage.
Each one has tiny figures, APP
proximately the size of those
used in Christmas scenes, which
move when pulled by unseen
human hands behind the set.
1T takes six people to put on
each performance, Capt.
Byrnes continued. Some of us
work the sets, while others are
handling the music (tape re-
corded and other duties"
The officer, a former ships
captain who retired at the end
of World War II, developed the
shows as the outgrowth of a
childhood hobby. He was as
sisted by a retired architect,
Lancelot Sukert, and an active
duty Naval officer. Comdr
Samuel Dalzell.
Working with cardboard and
scraps of photographs cut from
magazines, they painfully re-
construct scenes from history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
BY G. o. HERNDON
Star staff Writer

Maryland road officials yes
terday revealed the north
bound lanes of the giant Pooks
Hill interchange north of Be-
thesda will be completed and
open to traffic Monday morn
ing.
The $2.3 million interchange,
whose maze of ramps and turns
was compared by one project
engineer to a plate of spa
|ghetti," is a vital link in SUBJ
urban Maryland's growing, but
still far from complete, network
of freeways.
The interchange structure,
which includes AZ miles of
paved lanes and approaches
and six bridges, will connect
U. S. 240 (the Washington Ma
tional pike with Rockville pike
wisconsin avenue extended)
and the Circumferential high
way section between Rockville
pike and Connecticut avenue to
the east.
Construction crews of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
Adam and Eve to Make Their Debut
As Navy Mans Mystery Puppets

Adam and Eve will make
their debut soon on a Wash
|ington stage.
The Biblical couple-clothed,
of course-will appear in a 20
minute production called "Evo-
luton" Exactly "a inches tall,
they are lifelike figures which
move in response to the manip-
ulation of plastic strips and
cables.
1.-THE rest of the show is a
secret" explained its principal
creator, Capt. James C. Byrnes,
IUSN, retired. Were saving it
flor the children"
The world premiere is sched-
uled Wednesday at Christ Epis-
copal Church, Georgetown Par
fish, 3116 o street NV. Per-
IformanceS are also scheduled
next Thursday as part of a
church bazaar. There is a
charge for admission to the
show.
Last year." Capt. Byrnes
said, I'VE had a show called
Around the World in Twenty
Minutes. 1t was our first. We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
Work on Bridge
To Sturt Dec. IS

District highway officials
have set a December Is dead
line for the start of construc-
ton on the Theodore RooSe-
welt bridge.
The Highway Department
notified the firm which re-
Gently won the contract for the
first phase of construction to
begin work by that date. The
deadline, officials said, would
be extended if steel is not
available.
The Omaha (Nebr0 firm of
Peter Kiewit and Sons recently
was awarded a $1.937,076 con-
tract for construction of five
piers from the Washington
shore to Theodore Roosevelt
Island, along with a concrete
abutment on the island.
The entire six-lane Potomac
River crossing will be under
construction by next summer
and is scheduled to be COM
pleted late in 1861 or early
1862. Total cost is estimated
at $24.5 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

Wisconsin avenue at the ave-
nue's intersection with East
West highway. Extension of the
National pike to Pooks Hill
at the end of the month:
/. Provide some relief for Old
Georgetown road, an over
crowded two-lane thorough
fare. The SRC has planned but
not programmed the recon-
struction of Old Georgetown
road. Earlier this year, the
State postponed improvement
plans because of a shortage OF
State highway funds and Fed
eral interstate highway al
locations.
2. Constitute the near-com-
pletion of the U. S. 240 linn
ited-access freeway from Fred
erick County to the suburbs OF
Washington. The manner in
which pike traffic will be car
ried from the Pooks Hill inter-
change to downtown Washing
ton in the future is a subject
of considerable debate.
Bulldozers began grading op-
erations for the interchange or
February 81, 1858. When the
work involved the demolition
of the old Rockville pike, q
four-lane, black-top detour was
installed.
According to Reuben D
Cook, an engineer supervisor
for Michael Baker, Inc, work
on the interchange has pro-
crossed according to schedule
The Baker engineering firm was
retained by the SRC to super
wise materials and construction
standards for the interchange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
Seminar on Cancer
Scheduled Tuesday

A pediatric cancer seminar
will be held Tuesday, jointly
sponsored by the District divi-
sion of the American Cancer
Society and Children's HoSpi-
tai. The program starts at l
pm. at the hospital.
A number of nationally
prominent physicians will
speak. All doctors. nurses.
medical students and other pro-
fessional personnel are invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
Hospita|Center
Here Declared
Clear Of 'Staph'
Unique FDA Study
Made in Attack on
Nationwide Killer
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS
Star staff Writer

Hospital Center is practically
free of the often deadly, anti
biotic resistant staphylococcus
bacteria. according to an I'M
precedented study made by the
Food and Drug Administration
The report, covering the
months Of March through June,
New Wonder Drug Developed.
Pose All
gave a clean bill of health to
the hospital although it noted
that there is a small reservoir
of potential danger which ape
parently has been successfully
contained by sterile techniques
and other effective hospital
practices"
The study was reported to the
seventh annual symposium on
antibiotics at the Mayflower
Hotel here. 1t is believed to be
the first overall effort to evalu-
ate the problem of antibiotic
resistant ."staph" bacteria in
a large institution from the
operating table to the attending
nurses.
Cause of Worry
Only a few hospitals through
out the country have had seri-
GUS outbreaks of "staph" in
lection among patients but
the threat is considered grave
enough to worry hospital ad-
ministratorS and doctors.
The problem is present in the
background of every hospital
because the ever spreading use
of antibiotics has killed of
many strains of bacteria leav.
ing, in its life-saving wake. q
few strains that have become
resistant to modern wonder
drugs"
The Food and Drug Admins
tration has a vital and legal
interest in the effectiveness of
antibiotics against various Or
ganiSmS. Because of this, Hen
ry WEIGH, Ph.D., director of the
FDA's Division of Antibiotics,
caused the study to be made al
the Hospital Center.
| Researchers studied the rela-
tionship between bacteris
counts of 1920 consecutive
clean surgical wounds in the
Operating rooms and the devel-
opment of postoperative infec.
ton.
Organisms were recovered
from 229 inciSions, 16 of which
were the type Of staphylococcus
resistant to antibiotics. Eight
lpostoperative infections devel-
oped and the "staph" type was
recovered in four of these.
Sources Located
But, only once was the
"staph" bacteria recovered in
both the wound and the follow
ing infection, indicating little
correlation between bacteria in
the wounds before closing and
postoperative infection.
So the researchers had tc
locate the hospital sources OF
the staphylococci. They took
nasal swabs from 101 surgeons
and 152 nurses. They found
staphylococci in 20 surgeons
and 38 nurses. Strains of the
epidemic type were cultured
from four of the surgeons anc
Is of the nurses.
In all four of the postopera-
tive infections yielding the
epidemic type of "staph," the
same strain was carried by one
or more of the nurses on each
patients ward.
The study was made by Will
liam w. Wright, Ph.D., Eliza.
beth j. Oswald, Robert j
Reedy, Ph.D.. and Dorothy w
Pocurull, all of the FDA':
Resistant Antibiotics Branch
and DR.. Howard Weinstein, as
Isociate in internal medicine al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
A LARGE WOMAN, walk

A LARGE WOMAN, walk
ing south on Eleventh street,
began to pick up speed as
she approached the F street
intersection. She had just
purchased a bowling ball for
her niece, and the added
weight, though she was I'M
aware of it, had increased
her speed from 81 steps a
minute to 100.
A man walking west. on F
street, who had bought a
television antenna for an
aunt who lived alone with
a 21-inch screen (poor recep-
tom, was not giving full
time and attention to his
walking. He failed to make
a complete stop at the corner
and as he turned up Eleventh
street, he swung wide-at
precisely the same moment
the large woman had reach
ed her maximum speed.
The two crushed together
in a loud ''Oomph."
One of the rabbit ears of
the antenna was telescoped
into the bowling ball. The
bowling ball was dropped
on the foot of another wom-
an who was following too
close behind the man.
Investigation of the COLI
sion showed several things to
be true. The large woman
was proceeding not only too
fast but in the wrong lane.
She was almost brushing
against the side of Wood
ward g. Lothrop, hence the
left lane, as she plunged into
the intersection.
Had the man signaled a
right turn after coming to a
full stop, he would have
avoided the speeding woman.
And had he signaled, the
second woman-the one who
had the heavy object drop
ped on her-would not have
been so close behind when
the two went around the
corner. (Some have pointed
out she may have been trying
to pass the man at the time
of the accident, however,
Of course, the need for the
center strip is obvious. The
speeding woman would have
had her lane picked out for
her.
All up and down F street,
similar accidents are happen
ing every day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
SUDDEN STOPS FIRE.

0ODDAAN OAOA y NE
QUENTLY occur in front of
store windows, causing tie
ups and, sometimes, a mass
changing of lanes by every
body but the window shopper.
There should be no prob
lem for traffic authorities to
come up with a manual for
hand signals. They could
easily be patterned on those
used by motorists. Perhaps,
In time, American ingenuity
could produce electric, flash
ing turn signals for every
walker. They could be worn
on the shoulders, maybe.
The center strip-some
States call it a "median di-
vider"-may run into money.
But it would ban for all time
useless "U" turns in the mid
die of sidewalks. (Instead of
grass, evergreens might be
more eSthetic.)
And in time, the new order
brought to District sidewalks
might spill into the lanes of
department stores. There,
particularly in umbrella de-
partments, the situation is
almost dangerous throughout
December and until Christ
mas eve.
But enough of the prob
lem.
Let's get on with some
committee meetings leading
to new pedestrian laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
The
Rambler
...Cites
A Need
BY JOHN McKELWAY

A recent attempt at Christ
mas shopping in the down.
town area illustrates a press
ing need for:
/. Pedestrian hand signals.
2. A center strip, perhaps
grassy, down the middle of
major downtown sidewalks.
A search of "Police Regu-
lations of the District of CO.
lumbia" reveals no long
forgotten law which police
could dust off and enforce
and bring order to the flow
of pedestrians from now I'M
til Christmas.
Even the Mass Transporter
ton Survey and other plans
dealing with the future of
traffic pointedly ignore the
chaotic conditions which now
exist-and will grow worse as
the city increases in size.
The time to act is now!
This is what's happening:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
liner American Women
See NCCW Director

Members of the Inter-
American Commission Of
Women. who are in Wash
ington for their annual as
sembly. started a series OF
meetings with representa-
tives of various voluntary
organizations here when they
visited headquarters Of the
, National Council of Catholic
Women yesterday at the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Con-
ference.
Msgr. Paul A. Tanner. gen.
eral secretary Of the NCWC,
welcomed the delegates and
Mrs. Charles Garland, q ma
tional director Of the coun-
Gil representing the South
east States. was here from
Myrtle Beach. S. c.. to ex-
tend greetings.
Information about the
council and its program was
given by Miss Margaret
Mealey. the executive direc-
tor, and Miss Irma Piepho.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05

staff consultant to the Com
mittee on Inter-American
Relations.
After an informal discus
sion Of such topics as leader
ship training and organiza-
ton programming the meet
ing was adjourned for q tea
hour.
This morning the commits
sion delegates were to meet
with experts OF the League
Of Women Voters in a con-
ference room at the Depart
ment Of State.
Monday evening they have
been invited by the Board Of
Directors Of the Washington
YWCA to have coffee at the
Hannah Harrison School
where they win learn about
the program offered at this
resident vocational school for
women.
Tuesdays program in
cludes a buffet supper given
by the American Association
Of University Women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05

Kari Gustav Mannerheim.
commander-in-chief Of Fin
nish armed forces in two
world wars and for q short
while president Of the Re-
public Of Finland after World
War II.
The approximately 400
guests attending the fete at
the Finnish Embassy were
greeted by the Ambassador
and Mrs. Seppala and Col.
and Mrs. Leinonen. Guests
included ambassadors. foreign
military attaches and their
wives. and foreign liaison rep
resentatives Of our arm e d
forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
SERVICE SCENE
TaYlors Bid Farewell
old Army Friends

Frank Mccoy, and Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Dudley Hale, who
were chatting with 1t. Gen.
and Mrs. Ralph j. Canine.
Vice Admiral and Mrs.
Milton Miles. and 1t. Gen.
and Mrs. John B. Coulter
were sampling some Of the
Bullets Smithfield ham. Also
enjoying some Of the other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
GWU Tea SET

The George Washington
University chapter Of Phi
Delta Gamma. national fra
ternity for graduate women,
will hold q tea in honor Of its
new graduates following a
regular meeting Sunday at
the home Of Miss Lucinda
Manarin. 1854 Chestnut
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
SERVICE SCENE
BY RUTH DEAN
Star stan Writer

ladies-were on their toes
yesterday at the farewell
party given by the retiring
Army Chief Of staff and Mrs.
Maxwell d. Taylor in the
garden of their Fort Myer
quarters.
This seasons fashionable
spike heels did not take kind
~ to the greensward softened
by Tuesdays rains. So the
feminine guests had IN cir
choice Of balancing like toe
dancers or being thrown lit
orally out of their slippers
as they smilingly greeted their
friends.
But the heel catching Just
added a note Of gaiety to the
occasion and inspired q lot
Of laughs and jokes. One
gentleman surveying the sit
uation quipped: Looks like
spring blowing has begun"
For almost all the guests
were old friends of the Tay-
lors--officers, active and re-
tired, and their wivesmany
of whom came from out Of
town just for the party: most
of whom knew each other
for 80 years or more.
Gen. Taylor retires on June
80 with an official sendoff
which will be climaxed by a
reception in his and Mrs.
Taylor's honor given by Army
Secretary and Mrs. WILDER
NJ. Brucker.
Their Own GOOdby
Yesterdays party was the
Taylors' own goodby to old
friends and to members of
the generals office staff and
their wives.
Making 1t a real family
party" was the presence Of
Gen. Taylor's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. John Taylor Of
Oklahoma City. Okla. who
have been visiting here for the
last two weeks, and the Tay-
lors' older son, Jack, who is
back from Korea with his
wife and baby daughter. Mrs.
Taylor's sister. Miss Mary
Happier. was also at the re-
ception.
Over and over again at yes
terday's party you heard. I'VE
hate to see Max and Dedee
go; we've known them for a
long time and you couldn't
find more wonderful people"
An aide pointed out there
were surprisingly few party
regrets" and those from
people who were either over
seas, who lived at too great a
distance or who were to be
out Of town the day Of the
party.
One oldtimer, looking
around the garden, said he
hadn't seen so many of the
"0ld Army" together in years.
And they were obviously en-
joying every minute Of it in
spite of the regretful over
tone of leavetaking that is an
ingredient Of every farewell
party.
Recall Cavalry Days
Down from New York were
1t. Gen. (Ret.) and Mrs.
Willis D. Critzenberger who
were talking with Brig. Gen.
(Ret.) and Mrs. George
Rehm. The two generals were
reminiscing over old cavalry
days.
Gen. Critzenberger, who
was the first chairman of the
Inter A m erican Defense
Board, said he hoped to go to
Brazil in August for the un-
yelling Of a cenotaph to the
Brazilian Unknown Soldier.
Down from Pennsylvania
was Mai. Gen. Anthony
(Tony) Drexel Biddle, who is
now Adjutant General Of the
State, and Mrs. Biddle. From
New York came Mai. Gen.
and Mrs. Richard Partridge,
and up from Fort Monroe
came Maj. Gen. H. p. Harris.
Also there were the Marine
Mai. Gen. (Ret.r and Mrs.
w. P. T. Hill. Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur, Mrs. Walter S.
Grant, 1t. Gen. and Mrs.
Lemuel Matthewson. Gen.
and Mrs. Walter Weible (he's
now executive vice president
of the Association Of the
United States Army. Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05

items we're Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Thomas Heron. 1t.
Gen. and Mrs. Clovis Byers
and Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John
Klein.
Firms Celebrate
Elsewhere on the service
scene last night was the early
evening reception given by
the Finnish Military. Naval
and Air Attache and Mrs.
Kaarto o. Leinonen to cele-
hrate Finnish Defense Forces
Flag Day.
The observance is always
held on the birth anniversary
Of the late Field Marshal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05

> 4. HARRIS . CO.. JfWELERs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
Education Is
October Topic

The heights and depths Of
higher education is the Oc-
tober discussion topic for all
Is units of the League of
Women Voters of Fairfax
County.
The women will consider
the overall United States
picture and the Virginia sit-
uation in particular.
Is college meant for every
one? Is everyone meant for
college? Should academic
standards be raised signifl-
cantly to keep enrollments
limited? Or should the public
university function as a con-
tinuation of the public school
system? Is the two-year
junior college one answer to
the closing college door?
Should a four-year university
course be reserved for the
academic elite?
These questions will be
probed by more than 400
members of the Fairfax
League. In addition to study
ing the regular research kit
provided by the league, the
discussion leaders will hear
an informal lecture by DR..
Sebastian Martarona, a MEM
Der of the committee set up by
the Council on Higher Edu-
cation.
All interested persons are
invited to attend the meetings
and Join in the non-partisan
activities of the league. For
time and place of the unit
meetings, contact Mrs. Fritz
Kahn of Annandale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
YOUR FAMILY
AND you
Family
Records
Important
BY DIR. PAUL POPENOE
National Newspaper Syndicate


Take a little time this au-
tumn to build up your collec-
ton Of family records.
II you have children who
are in their teens or near II,
this can be a worthwhile
project for them. Make some
folders or scrapbooks on the
family history. If you have
the material, 1t is worthwhile
to have an album with photo
graphs of all the homes you
have ever lived in.
Once you start. you Will
be astonished to see how
much valuable stuff you have
in bureau drawers and the
bottom of trunks. in boxes In
the attic or stored under the
bed. Get it out and organize
I'll
Write Old Timers
Records of the ancestry are
particularly useful and If you
don't get them now. you may
never do it. Write to the old
timers for their information
and recollections before all
this knowledge perishes with
them. Many children now
adays don't know their own
grandparents and surveys
have found a surprisingly
large proportion of adults
who can't tell you the maiden
name Of their m the r's
mother. Get all this down IN
systematic form.
Start in with a search for
Information about the physi-
cal characteristics Of as many
Of your ancestors as possible.
Facts about teething. wean-
ing, walking and talking,
about diseases and achieve
ments are all useful and will
be more so to the next gen.
Grafton.
All these things are I'M
portant in your own makeup
and will be likewise impor-
tant in the makeup of your
children and grandchildren.
Everything of this sort
makes for family-mindedn ess.
1t gives a feeling of continue
ity. If you can collect infor-
nation and anecdotes of past
generations, it makes history
real and living. The family
with no past is not likely to
have much of a future. either.
Freak Gases
It is astounding to find
time after time how little we
know of our own families and
those of our partners. Freak
cases come to light OCCASION
ally in which a married per-
son does not even know the
husbands or wife's full name,
and cases are very common
indeed in which virtIIal1v
nothing is known about the
partners background.
/ have dealt lately with two
couples of this sort. In each
case, the woman married
without knowing that the
man had a prison record. In
one case. the man had three
penitentiary terms: in the
other case the man had four
such terms. all for serious
offenses We deal frequently
with marriages in which one
partner does not know that
the other had a previous mar
rage.
More family records will be
of value not merely to you,
but to your descendants for
generation after generation.
Take your spare time now
to make a start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
Maryland FWC
States Meeting

The Semi-annual meeting Of
the Fourth District, Maryland
Federation of Women's Clubs,
will be held Tuesday at 1890
am. after registration at $50
Am, at Christ Church Parish
Hall in La Plata.
Mrs. Otto A. Ortland. dis
.trict president. will preside
at the meeting and the Wom-
ems Club of Southern Mary
land will be hoStesses. There
will be a morning program
followed by luncheon at noon
and an afternoon program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
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