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Evening star., 1960-01-18

DEAR AEBY: I can't un-
derstand why large companies
will work so hard all year to
build good will and then de-
stroy it all at Christmas with
that foolish institution known
the The Company Christmas
Party. Very few companies
invite the husbands and wives
of their employees to attend
these parties. Most employees
attend because they are
afraid not to. With all the
free booze around and an
excuse to drink it, it's a
pretty dangerous time for the
better half to be sitting home.
MORNING AFTER.
DEAR ABBY: I think the
annual Christmas Party
should be limited to unmar-
ried people only. I am a
single woman, Abby, and l
had a miserable time at ours.
So did most of the other
single girls. The competi-
ton from the married women
was Just unbelievable. One
frowzy blond came in a
StrapleSs red satin dress that
was so tight she couldn't sit
down in it. She took root
under the mistletoe in the
doorway and spent the eve
ming kissing every man she
could drag under it. All the
single girls sat while the
married women picked off all
the men. 1t was disgraceful!
DISGUSTED.
DEAR ABBY: I'd like to
know if I'm "old-faShioned"
Evening star., 1960-01-18

exertion: golfng, bowling.
gardening. walking. tennis
doubles with people in your
own age group, fishing and
other delightful activities.
What I am against is the
philosophy that you need ex-
ercise to keep At. have been
saying for years that all you
need for fitness is normal
weight, moderation in work,
and sufficient relaxation.
If you are physically lazy,
don't let anybody talk you
into taking up exercise. If
you like physical activity.
don't let anybody especially
if you are over 40) talk you
into "overexerting."
Don't go in for gym gyra-
tions, tennis singles, SO holes
of golf in one day-just be-
cause exercise is supposed to
be good for you. Save your
heart beats, your arteries are
worn tubes after 40. Why risk
a blowout at high speeds?
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Write to me, care OF The
EUening Star, for my ledfet
S-3. Hon to Overcome Ten
sion and Fatigue" IncLoSe
10 cents in a stamped, SELL
addressed enUetope.
Tomorrow: Sleep. Requirements
Evening star., 1960-01-18
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
A Fanatic About Gym Work
By Or. PETER ]. sIEINcRoHN

would go beyond the point
Of recall. I told him.
Then I showed him a let
ter l had received that very
morning from a woman on
Long Island. I guess that
did more to convince him
than any of my arguments.
AS a doctor, he figured that
I had a row to hoe; but the
woman was writing straight
from the heart. 1t was
long letter. but he read it
three times.
Her husband had been a
counterpart Of our friend the
producer. He, too, had a
completely equipped gym. He.
too, had been advised by his
doctor to tighten up on his
physical activities.
But he was headstrong.
An extremely successful busi-
neSsman of 48, he believed he
knew what was better for him
than anyone else.
In spite of hard work put
in during the day, he pun
ished his heart muscle and
arteries during long workouts
in his gym at night. He was
an exercise fanatic.
One night they found him
sitting in his rowing machine
-slouched over and groaning.
He was D.O.A.-Dead on ar
rival-at the hospital. She
ended her letter: why, oh
why, wouldn't he listen?"
The movie man, accustomed
to quick decisions, said:
I'm closing up my gym.
From now on it's golf-and
that in moderation"
Recently l received a tele-
gram from him on his 70th
birthday:
I'm STILL AROUND,
murmur and all. Thanks to
you and your letter"
Many readers think am
against" all exercise. That s
not so.
If you are physically well,
no matter what your age.
there's no harm in moderate
Evening star., 1960-01-18

Mrs. M. w: Your first edi-
tion of H. Rider Haggard's
Cleopatra" (London, 1887
is worth around $40 in fine
condition. This is a retail
price. Dealers would offer
less.
TX. M: Your first, limited
edition of William Faulkner's
"Idyll in the Desert" New
York, 1881 is a $50 item at
retail, if in fine condition.
Mrs. P. L.: Your John Sin
johns From the Four Winds"
London, 1897 is a rare John
Galsworthy item-the first
book published by the author
of The Forsyte Saga" A
fine copy should be worth
$3.50 to SITS at retail.
R. c. M: Your E. NJ. For
ster's Where Angels Fear to
Tread London, l905) ap-
pears to be a first edition.
Check if there is a book list,
dated sos, at the end. A
fine copy is worth roughly
$50 at retail.
Mrs. r. o. F.: Your John
Haywood's The Civil and
Political History of Tennes-
see" Knoxville, 1929 is an
extremely scarce book. worth
about SIS or more in good
condition.
F. B.: Your Charles NJ.
Russell's Back Trailing on
the Old Frontiers" Great
Falls. 1922 is a scarce item,
worth roughly $40.
Selected reader questions
tDilL be dnS,Dered in thus
column. Address them TO
Van Allen Bradley, in care of
The EUening Star.
tCopyright. 1850.
General Features CorpD
Gold in Your Attic oppeon eoeh
Monday.
Evening star., 1960-01-18

sistence. Barnum pushed his
plate away and said:
IF you don't mind. I'll
take the rest in money"
RIGHTS: One day in the
House of Commons, Sir VIM
ston Churchill shook his
head in silent protest while
a political opponent was
making a speech. When the
latter had concluded, he
walked over to Sir Winston
and said, somewhat testify:
Whether you protest or
not, sir. I have a right to
express my own views"
Agreed" said Churchill.
And I have a right to shake
my own head"
Evening star., 1960-01-18

liked her a lot and asked her
out. We dated a couple of
times. Then I found out she
was only 13. She looks like
II at least and is quite in
telligent.
I want to keep dating her.
She has told her parents that
l am Is. I look young for my
age. My mother says I
shouldn't 60 out with such a
kid, but I can't see any harm
in it.
MRS. L. il am afraid
therell be trouble if he goes
out with such a youngster.
After all, a girl of 13 is only
a child, no matter how she
looks.
I am also upset about the
girls lying to her parents. I
trust Arnold to behave prop
erly. but the girl must be
pretty forward to get herself
dates with an older boy and
lie like that to her parents.
She has told Arnold her par
ents don't understand her,
so she doesn't care about
lying to them. She says she
can't stand kids.
I would like to see Arnold
go out with girls more, but
not under these conditions.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
We're sorry. Arnold, but
we must agree with Mother.
The mere fact that this girl
has found it necessary to lie
to her parents is a fair indi-
cation that this relationship
bodies no good for either Of
you.
Arnold and his girl friend
are experiencing one of the
most difficult problems Of
adolescence - girls mature
earlier than boys. We don't
doubt that the 13-year-old
girl finds boys Of her own age
or a little older too childish
and that Arnold is somewhat
frightened by the young
ladies of his own age, but
the discrepancy between l3
and l8 is still to great in
those fast-moving adolescent
years.
Arnold will find himself
unable to bring his girl
friend into his own crowd.
1t would quickly be learned
that the girl doesn't even go
TO high school and she can
not possibly keep up socially
with the others in his group.
Arnold will find it beneath
his level to 60 out with her
friends.
This means that these two
teen-agers will have to al
ways date alone and that
isn't a god plan for either
of them.
They do not share activ-
tiles, friends. interests and
the next step is boredom or
sex play.
tCopyriEht. 1850, GenI Features Corp)
Tomorrow: Rowing Eye
Evening star., 1960-01-18
Gold in Your Attic
CottIemon's Tales Valuable
By Von Allen BrodIey

One of the scarcer mod
ern books about the West is
the late John Clay's MY
Life on the Range" published
in Chicago in 1924.
Mr.. Clay was Scottish
born Chicago livestock COM
mission merchant. In this
book he gave a vivid, au-
thentic picture of his ranch
experiences when he operated
in the Northwest.
According to Ramon F.
Adams, author of the new
cattle country photography
THE Rampaging Herd" Mr..
Clay is said to have kept
copies on his desk, where
friends helped themselves
until the supply disappeared.
A fine copy will cost you
as much as $3.50 today.
One recent price was $55.
The title page reads:
MY LIFE ON THE RANGE.
BY JOHN CLAY. Private
ly Printed Chicago.
Mr.. Clay also published
other cattle trade books that
are scarce and in demand.
Evening star., 1960-01-18
DEAR ABBY
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
That Office Christmas Party

or are there other wives who
don't approve of their hus-
bands going to Company
Christmas parties without
their wives?
My husband and 1 have
never fought about anything
in all the II years we've been
married-until this came up.
l finally won out and he
STAYED home.
Since then, he has been
so sullen and ugly I am sorry
now l didn't let him go.
MARCIE.
+ 4
DEAR ABBY: Was ! wrong
to forbid my wife to attend
her company's Christmas
party when she was spe-
cifically told not to bring her
husband?
My wife is not in the habit
of going to mixed parties un-
escorted in the evenings.
Furthermore, a married
woman has no business being
escorted by a man other than
her own husband. Why,
then, should an annual COM
pany party be an exception
to the rule of common sense
and propriety. How do you
feel about it. Abby?
ONE MANS VIEWPOINT.
Anything that breeds mis-
understanding, jealousy and
hostility between husband
and wife should be discOur-
aged. The company Christ
mas party included.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-01-18
ABOUT Is YEARS ago !

ABOUT Is YEARS ago
met a Hollywood movie pro-
ducer; I think I talked him
into saving his own life.
We were discussing the
baby's need for exercise to
keep it healthy and fit. A
kindly. outgoing man of 55
at the time, here is about
what he had to say:
1--WE heard of your ideas.
I don't go along with them
when it comes to giving up
all exercise.
Take me, for instance.
I've taken up exercise in a
big way. And I've got a
heart murmur, at that.
Il exercise before break
fast and before go to bed.
l even go home to my own
gym during lunch hour and
go through the rigmarole."
l asked him what he
meant by the rigmarole.
Come on over to my house
and I'll show you my GYM"
he said.
l never saw so much
paraphernalia outside of a
sporting goods store.
There were bars and bells;
weighted pulleyS and vibrat-
ing apparatus; stationary BIZ
cycles and rowing machines:
punching bags and boxing
gloves; and a muscular
trainer who was always on
call to knead, pummel and
massage my new friend S
muscles.
What does your doctor
say about your fitness pro-
gram?" I asked.
He tells me l have a mur-
mur and l ought to take it
easy he said. Il guess he
goes along with your theory
that people can overdo exer-
else. But not so in my case.
Otherwise, why should 1 feel
so good?"
/ LIKED THIS MAN. But
whether I liked him or not, l
couldn't leave him without
warning him. One day he
Evening star., 1960-01-18
FAMILY COUNCIL
Dote,1 Is,
IsLying
To Nom
THE PROBLEM

Arnold J.-Mother says my
girl is too young for me.
Mrs. L. J.-She's a child,
no matter how she looks.
THE DETAILS
Arnold il am 18 and
a high school senior. I
haven't dated much because
I am not a good dancer and
not very forward with girls.
Recently I met a girl at a
school sports event and
started talking to her. I
Evening star., 1960-01-18
Have oQuestion?

Miss H. c. g.: Laurence
Sterne's nine-volume set of
The Life and Opinions Of
Tristram Shandy" London,
1760-6D shows up on the
market in mixed form such
as yours-Vols. l and 2 from
the second edition, the rest
from the first, and with two
OF the volumes signed by
Sterne. Prices vary widely,
depending on condition, so I
can offer no price estimate.
Your best bet is to offer the
set at auction or to consult
a reliable dealer.
Evening star., 1960-01-18

The FomiIy Council consists Of o
judge, O psyehiotrist, three clergy
men, three editors and women's
editor. Eoch article is q summary
Of on actual eose history. The
council reports on problems thot
have been deoIt with by respon-
sible agencies and eounselors.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
ROADS
Highway Job Quiz
In House Bores Fraud

Continued From First Page
reprimanded by their superiors
for criticizing these practices.
The investigators also heard
the Federal inspector Of the
Skelly bypass. whose work had
been singled out for praise by
the Bureau of Public Roads,
concede that he had followed
the normal practice" Of rely
ing entirely on the reports of
the State highway officials in
determining whether the road
measured up to standards.
Charges, Denials
Two days of the hearings
were dominated by dramatic
charges and denials that a for
mer Oklahoma highway COM
missioner. H. Tom Kight, jr..
was a silent partner" in a
sod contracting firm that did
business with the State.
The accusation was made by
Lee Olen Downey of Clare
more. Okla, who told the COM
mittee he had lied about the
case to- a Tulsa County grand
jury because Mr.. Kight told
him "he could get anybody
killed for $500 to $1,000" Com
mittee investigators produced
financial records of the sod
company in an effort to support
Mr.. Downey's claim that he
had split his half of the earn
ings in the firm with Mr.. Kight
Evening star., 1960-05-08

. running political controversy
between subcommittee Repub-
licans and Democrats. Repub-
licans said Oklahoma Gov. j.
Howard Edmondson. a Dem
ocrat, who was Tulsa County
prosecutor at the time the by
pass was being built, had failed
to take action to clean up the
highway department.
Democrats, led by the Cover
nor's brother, Representative
Ed Edmondson, a member of
the subcommittee, accused the
Republicans of making unsup-
ported allegations. Gov. Ed
mondson volunteered to testify
on the case, but he was not
called.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

Highway Administrator Tai
lamy announced to the SUBJ
committee Friday. Under the
new regulations. random road
samples will be taken from COM
pleted highways and will be
tested by State central labora-
tory personnel cooperating
with Bureau of Public Roads
officials.
Mr.. Tallamy also said Okla
.homa has been notified that il
it is proved that funds have
been misued on the Skelly BY
pass, the amount of any such
loss will be withheld from Fed
.eral payments to the State.
The hearings were marked by
Evening star., 1960-05-08

in 1868, when Mr.. Right was
a highway commissioner.
The other two partners in
the firm. however, denied
knowing that Mr.. Kight was
involved in the company and
one of them, Frank j. Pod
phechan also denied that Mr..
Kight had threatened anyone
with death.
Mr.. Kight was called before
the committee Thursday, but
Evening star., 1960-05-08

declined TO answer any ques-
tions under the Fifth Amend
ment on the grouds that he
has been charged with viola
ton Of Oklahoma's confiict-of-
interest law by tne Tulsa
County prosecutor.
The Fifth Amendment was
also invoked by Andrew w,
Layman. jr.. a Tulsa contractor
Mr.. Layman and two other
members of his family have
been indicted for fraud by the
Tulsa County grand jury. Their
firm, Layman & Sons, per-
formed contracting work on
the Skelly bypass that drew the
committees scrutiny.
This is what the subcommit-
tee heard about the supervision
that was exercised over the
construction work on the
bypass:
On testing. three employees
Of the Oklahoma Highway De-
partment, Joe r. johnson, Will
liam A. Warmer and Fred Avery
admitted falSifying tests of the
materials used in building the
roads.
Mr.. johnson said he some
times altered samples taken
from the roadbed and some
times made up samples in his
laboratory for submission to
the State laboratory in Okla
homa City. He said he did so
on instructions from Mr.. Avery,
who was the materials super
visor on the project. and from
Henry F. Reager, who was the
resident engineer for the State.
He said he once protested to
Mr.. Avery that there wasn't
no use to run the samples If
we were going to go out and
make them up anyway. He told
me it was none Of my business
and he said, You'll have to
learn how to get along"
Agreed With Reports
Mr.. Avery said he approved
taxing the samples in the tests
because he felt sure the quality
of the road was satisfactory. He
conceded giving instructions to
Mr.. johnson and also disclosed
that. on some occasions, he had
taken samples from the con-
tractors laboratory and certi-
fed the contractors own ana
lyses of the material.
Representative Cramer, Re-
publican of Florida, asked Mr..
Johnson, why in the world
would you do such a thing?"
Mr.. johnson replied: well,
a man has got to make a liv-
ing, hasn't hep"
Both Mr.. Johnson and Mr.
Avery denied receiving any
money from Layman and Sons.
They both said they have re-
ceived raises since the State
Highway Department put q
merit system" into effect re-
Gently.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
One Quit Job

Mr.. Tucker and another State
inspector, Alfred C. Ellis, said
they complained to Mr.. Reager
about instances where materi-
ais did not come up to specifl-
cations but Mr.. Reager told
them to "let it CO." Mr.. Ellis
finally quit the job, he said,
after telling Mr.. Reager, "I
wasn't going to go robbing peo-
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Items Repeated

On billings, in examining the
records of the State Highway
Department on the Skelly By
pass. committee Investigators
came across items of $745 and
81 1923 entered twice. Albert L.
Moore, the States bookkeeper
on the project, said they quite
obviously" were double billings
for single deliveries. Mr.. Avery,
who collected the delivery rec
ords on the job, said II can't
to save my life" explain how
the Implications came about.
Walter r. May, the chief
counsel of the committee, said:
I'VE have found an apparent
shortage of $42,142 of material
which the contractor was paid
for, but according to his records
he did not deliver"
According to Mr.. Avery and
Mr.. Moore, State employees were
to be stationed at the scales
where the material was loaded
and were also to receive the
load tickets from the contract
or's truck drivers at the un-
loading site.
Another State inspector, Roy
H. Tucker, testified however
that go per cent of the time"
only employees of the contractor
were present at the scales or at
the delivery points. Mr.. Avery
conceded that he frequently
collected delivery tickets from
the contractor and relied on
them when he had no report
from a State inspector at the
scales.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

pie. and I didn't think Uncle
Sam had turned Santa Claus. /"
Mr.. Reager told the commit
tee, however, that he was not
aware at any time that stand
ards were being violated. Two
private engineers who checked
the road at the request of the
Tulsa County attorney told the
committee they found deficien-
cies refiecting a $524,6s9 over
payment.
Ralph c. Glover, district en-
gineer for the Oklahoma Divi-
sion of the Federal Bureau of
Public Roads, told the commit
tee he inspected the project
monthly and accepted it as sat-
isfactory. When complaints
about the road reached the
Bureau of Public Roads late in
1859. he rechecked and again
assured his Superiors the Job
met standards. Mr.. Glover's
work was praised for it's thor
oughness in a memorandum
circulated by Bureau OF Public
Roads officials early this year.
Mr.. Glover testified, however
that he "had to rely" on the
State supervisors and ION the
reports that were made out by
them" under Bureau proce-
dures. "Our present proce-
dures," he said, would not un-
cover any such thing (as faulty
construction unless there was
information which would lead
us to go back of their certifica-
ton"
Defects Stressed
Mr.. Blatnik said the fact
that Federal inspectors never
went beyond the States records
was the basic defect in the in
spection system" but he praised
the changes in the system,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29

CIV Athlete Given Big Bonus by
Yankees. Pose Ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Pros Want Terhes
Southerners PIun
New 12-Teum Pro
Football League

MIAMI, Fla, NOV. 20 (AP).
"A new professional football
league, the Southern, hopes to
operate a 12-team circuit in at
least seven Southeastern States
next season.
Spokesman said the league
was formed with the purpose of
giving able Southern players a
chance to perform in Dixie.
McCane said franchises were
given last night to Miami and
Tampa, Fla; Dothan and
Montgomery. Ala, and Atlanta.
He said seven other clubs will
be formed from a group of
cities including New Orleans,
jackson. Miss; Birmingham,
Ala; Charlotte. N. c.; Augusta.
Ga, Jacksonville, Fla, and
Chattanooga, Memphis, Knox
vile and Nashville. Tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29

Senator's to train at Pompano
Beach. Fla. 80 miles north of
Miami, and that he expects to
announce the signing Of three
coaches later today.
O'Connell, obtained as a
free agent for a bonus and
salary estimated at about $20,-
600, is rated by Doherty as "a
good journeyman ball player
who Is q fine utility man and
who could play quite a bit at
second base for U.s." O'Connell
played la games in. the Pacific
Coast League last season.
A resident of Bloomfield,
N. j., O'Connell has seen pre-
vious service in the majors
with Pittsburgh, Milwaukee
and San Francisco. He crashed
the majors with the Pirates in
1850, batting .292. and after two
years In the service returned
to hit .294.
Danny becomes the third
member Of Pete Quesada'S Sen
ators. who drafted Pitchers
John Gabler and Ray Sem
proch from the minors yeSter-
day, O'Connell batted ,.279
with the Braves in 1854. He
batted .256 as a regular with
the Braves and Giants In 1857,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Navy Accepting
Mail Orders for
Tickets to Bowl

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 20 (AP)
The Naval Academy Athletic
Association is accepting mail
orders for tickets to the Orange
Bowl football game between
Navy and Missouri at Miami.
Fla. January 2.
The academy has been al
lotted 10000 seats.
NAAA officials said prices of
regular seats in the stands will
be $6.25 and box seats will be
$3.50 each. Only orders by
mail will be accepted and each
must be accompanied by a
check or money order for the
price Of the tickets plus IS
cents to cover postage and in
surance.
Checks should be made pay
able to the Naval Academy
Athletic Association and orders
must be received prior to S pm.
Thursday, December Is, in Or
der to be filled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Two Leaders Believe AL
Will Go On With 10 Clubs
End of Stating
Urged by Dolin
And Greenberq

LOUISVILLE, KY; Nov. 20
(AP).-The American League.
anticipating a negative National
League reply to its nine-teans
inter-league play proposal, plans
to reafirm its original decision
to place a franchise in Los
Angeles and expand to 10 teams,
in 1861.
This move was indicated to-
day by Cleveland Vice Presi-
dent Nate Dolin and Vice PreSi-
dent Hank Greenberg of the
Chicago White Sox, who in,
sist the time has come when
the American League must stop
procrastinating and force a
showdown with Dodger Owner
Walter O'Malley. =.
It was O'Malley,s steadfast
opposition to a rival major
league club in Los Angeles that
forced the American League to
back down last week and offer
the nine team, inter league
competition as a compromise.
No Reason to Waiver
I'VE announced last week
that if the National League did
not agree to inter-league play,
we would go to 10 teams and
open shop in Los Angeles IN
1861" Dolin said. Il see no
reason why we should waver on
this decision.
1.-THE American League has
declared its earnest intention
to negotiate a reasonable settle
ment with O'Malley for exS
penses he had to assume in his
three-year operation in Los
Angeles. I feel confident that
Ford Prick and the two league
presidents, in their meeting in
New York tomorrow, will de-
eide on plan that will enable
us to operate in Los Angeles
next year"
Greenberg, a staunch advo-
cate Of inter-league play, has
Just about given up the idea
he has been nourishing for
five years.
"A week ago." he said, Il
had the feeling the National
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