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DEAR ABBY
Right Question at Wrono lime
By ABIGAIL VAN buren,

DEAR ABBY: The wife
and I got into a big battle
and we want you to settle it.
She said she wasn't feeling
well and I asked her how
much life insurance she had.
She got mad because she'd
rather have had me 60 all
to pieces, but I am not the
type that goes all to pieces.
She said she carried $1,000
on her life. I told her this
was not enough as we have
four children to educate.
(The wife works.
I told her I carried $40, 900
on my life, whereas if she
dropped dead I wouldn't
even have enough to bury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-24

respectable married woman
and I mingle with the best
families in the community.
l was just thinking how
little we know of our neigh
borS' pasts when they are
transplanted from elsewhere,
My problem is that very soon
my son will be eligible for
service. He viii see his birth
certificate which I have
kept carefully hidden from
him all these years. How
shall I tell him who he really
is, and the kind of life I've
: led? I'm afraid the shock
will kill him.
A READER.
The shock will be less ant
to kill him" if you were to
reveal only that which con-
Germs him. The details Of
your past need never enter
the picture. Let him preserve
as many of the illusions con-
corning you as is possible.
DEAR ABBY: Could you
you please tell me how much
an 1917 penny worth? G, C.
S1.50.
For Abby'S pamphlet,
What Every Teen-doer
Wants to KnolU," send Csc
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jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Globe GIidIing at $4,000 M.P.H.

were still calling altitude and
attitude and speed when the
aStronaut felt his little home
buck and sway.
He grabbed the sides of
the couch. The voice on the
Cape announced that the two
booster engines had cut out
and diSengaged. The escape
tower, up front, was gone,
too. The astronaut put him.
self on manual control as the
flying doorknob moved of by
itself, with him in it.
Now he was truly the first
man in space.
Vaguely, he could hear
control calling him, but he
had noticed an end-over-
end spinning and he wanted
to correct it. He worked the
reaction controls until he
had the blunt end of the
doorknob in front. Then he
took his first peek out. What
he saw was the deepest blue
of night and, toward the
lower edge, something that
looked like a huge moon. It
wasn't. 1t was the earth.
His capsule was only l25
miles up. on a southeast to
northwest orbit. His Su-
periors wanted him to make
a few laps around the globe,
and then come back in. He
heard the voice say the cap
sule had achieved the de-
sired $4,000 miles per hour.
THE SPACE MAN re-
Taxed. He drank some juice.
He went around the world
every hour and % minutes.
He transmitted data and
kept repeating that he felt
fine. They gave him the or
der to start his retro rockets.
Three big rockets in the
blunt nose fired in sequence.
The capsule slowed.
When he re-entered the
atmosphere, he released a
small parachute. 1t slowed
the capsule still more, swung
it like a pendulum. At $4,000
feet, he released the big drag
chute. The capsule dropped
slowly into the sea. After
that, all he had to do was
wait.
When it happens, 1t will
happen like this.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-24
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
New Drug Used for Ulcers
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN
is YOUR ULCER misbe.

is YOUR ULCER misbe-
having? Are you doing every
thing your doctor advises and
still find no relief?
Sometimes what works for
one patient won't for an
other. A drug that will bring
comfort to Mr.. Smith may
not help Mr.. Jones.
I have been reading of a
new drug in the management
OF duodenal or gastric ulcer.
DR.. A. Winchester has re-
ported the study of 81 pa
tents in the American Jour-
nal of Gastroenterology.
He used oxyphencyclimine
Grade name: Daricon). He
found that it gave good
symptomatic relief in all but
three patients.
He concluded: This drug
appears to be a valuable
agent. useful as an adjunct
in the management of acute
severe ulcer patients, for the
initial treatment in the
milder acute cases, and for
day-to-day maintenance of
all peptic ulcer patients"
Chances are that your doc
tor has heard about it al
ready. II there is any need
for it in your condition, no
doubt he will prescribe it.
Don't try self-experimenta-
ton. Better not buy it on
your own.
KEEP ADVISING readers
to be sure they have an eval-
uation Of their thyroid gland
when they don't seem to feel
better. People say I'm tired
because I'm anemic"-or,
my nerves have been get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-24
DOWN ON THE FARM
Finding Right Lond
Is Intriguing Chore

Pulitzer Prize Winner Ed Harris
quit his career in journalism TO
tN forming. This hos set osrieul-
ture beck 10 yeorS - but read
about it yourself in his weekly
column. Stortine todoy.
buy" he said pleasantly.
The house?" my wife re-
peated, staring at him OPEN
mouthed. "Where?"
Down yonder," he said,
pointing below ground.
We got out and followed
him to a trapdoor in the
ground. Down we went on
well-lighted stairs to a large,
clean kitchen, which in turn
led to a dining room and sit
ting room. Here we met the
young mans five brothers,
two sisters and his father and
mother, all comfortably at
home" in the strange place.
A fire. the father explained,
had destroyed their farm
house. Lacking enough money
to rebuild it, they had hit on
the idea of living in what was
once the cellar until they
could finance another surface
home, or sell the farm.
"'Taint So Bad"
""Taint so bad this way"
the old farmer said to me over
coffee And If you buy the
farm mebbe you ought to
keep it as It's. Keeps cool in
summers and heats up easy
in winter. And another big
thing"
What's thatP" asked my
wife.
"TORNADOES. Lots of
'em round these parts, and
down here you're safe"
We managed to pass up
that buy and a few days
later tried our luck again in
some counties south of
Springfield. Farmers there
told us their soil was tops,
but to watch out for the
poor, drouthy" soil north,
east and west of Springfield.
But the farm owners north
Of Springfield told us to
steer clear of the poor,
drouthy" soil south. east and
west of Springfield.
Before deserving Missouri
reluctantly, since it's a good
agricultural State) for Vir-
ginia we were taken by one
real estate man to a large
farm with a huge main dwell
ling made Of native Carthage
stone. The house had II
rooms but no bath. There
was, however, an outside
privy also made of Carthage
stone.
Disappointed at the lack Of
m odern conveniences, my
wife said to the farmer who
owned the place: Il see you
have an outside privy."
"Yup," he replied, land it
be a mite old-fashioned. But
ma'am, we're going to re-
model 1t"
Down on the Form oppsor soeh
Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-24

ting me down"-or, "I can't
understand it-nothing def
mite seems to be wrong"
When I ask these patients
II they have ever had any
investigation of their thyroid
gland they say no"
I was happy, therefore, to
read Of the work of DR.. H. A.
Bloomer and DR.. L. H. Kyle,
reported in a recent issue of
the Archives of Internal
Medicine. In a review of 80
cases of myxoedema Qow
thyroid action diagnosed at
Georgetown University School
Of Medicine, they found that
the patients had symptoms
for an average of four years
before being correctly dag
noSed.
Most doctors are on the
alert when a patient COM
plains of intolerance to cold,
constipation, weakness, in
ability to concentrate and
poor memory. But sometimes
these symptoms are not
present.
For example, in these 80
patients, the doctors found
that 80 per cent complained
Of heretofore little known as
ISOLATED symptoms: Tingling
and numbness. Loss of energy
occurred in 70 per cent and
joint and muscle pain in al
most 80 per cent.
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boys and girls. Our friends
feel welcome but other kids
mothers don't act like that.
Mother has also started a
crazy custom. When we sit
down to eat all the gentle
men at the table must walk
around and kiss all the
ladies'.
When I tell mother how
I feel she shuts herself in
her room and cries. Then
she does the same thing next
time.
Mrs. H. RI guess I'm
just a misplaced woman. I
don't have the cold Anglo
Saxon temperament. My par
ents were warm Latins. I
was brought up in a home
where affection was freely
given and taken.
Fortunately. I married a
man who has a warm tenn
permanent like mine. But
how is it our children haven't
inherited it. They are both
cold propositions and hurt
me by their standoffishness.
People are embarrassed by
a display of innocent affec-
ton. but they stare un-
ashamedly at erotic love
scenes on screens and bill
boards. I'm not afraid to
be different from "other
kids mothers"
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Mrs. H. R. has some good
points, but she is a bit too
self-righteous and closed to
the feelings of others.
1t may seem simple to an
adult to differentiate between
a friendly embrace and an
erotic one, but it is not SO
easy for a teen-ager. 1t is
quite likely that Ellen feels
her friends may misinterpret
her mothers affectionate ad-
vances.
Mrs. H. R. is a demanding
woman. The love she wants
from her children will come
in its own way and its own
time If she doesn't try to
force it.
(CopyriEht, 1850. General Features
Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-24

He posed for pictures, then
Saio farewell to the COM
manding officer. Two tech
nicians accompanied him on
his long climb up the spidery
gantry crane. At the top
Of the 80-foot gold-and-white
Atlas D intercontinental bal
liSticS missile the three went
over the escape procedure
again.
The technicians asked the
young officer if he felt all
right.
STOP WORRYING" he
said.
He went through the little
window space feet first. The
technicianS leaned in one at
a time, rechecking the in
strumentS. Then he waved
good-by, closed the opening
and sealed it. He was in a
9-foot silver doorknob and
about to be the first man
in space.
His space suit was a modi-
fed Navy job. Air was
pumped into it at the waist,
circulated inside the suit and
was expelled from his helmet.
He lay on a rigid fiberglaSs
couch. Under it was shock
absorbing aluminium honey
comb. When he strapped
himself in, prone, he said he
was ready.
The young asJronaut felt
nervous when the countdown
went under five minutes. The
lox was in and ready, and far
below him, the hind end of
the missile emitted curling
plumeS of white. When zero
was announced, nothing hap
pened and he thought of a
misfire. A moment later, in
the nose, he felt himself
logged on his couch and, in
the earphones. he heard
someone say: shes lifting
nicely" He still felt nothing
but little shoves and then,
suddenly, he was being
pressed back and back harder
and harder.
Someone was announcing
altitude and attitude. The
three rocket engines lifted
him in a jet of flame with a
thrust of $50, 900 pounds. The
pull-back lessened and far
below on the ground they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-24

her. Abby. why should men
insure their lives up to the
hilt and not women?
INSURED
That's a good question for
you and your wife to take
up with your insurance
agent. Women whose fam
lilies depend on them for
income should be insured as
well as men. But don't you
think you picked a pretty
poor time to bring it up?
+
DEAR ABBY: Oh, what a
past I've had! My back
ground would make the lead
ing lady in a cheap novel
look tame. I am now a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-24
BY ED HARRIS

you'll never make it." a
close friend warned. Farm
ing is the hardest work in the
world. Besides. you two are
Just trying to escape"
1T WAS TRUE, and my wife
and I readily confessed. We
did want to escape. The cities
we had lived in had much to
offer-heavy traffic. smog,
time clocks and screaming
sirens-but still we wanted to
get away.
Like many other city dwell
erS, we had long dreamed of a
place in the country. not
merely a weekend retreat
but a permanent home with
enough land to sprout indie
pendence.
True. the whole idea was
sheer madness. I didn't even
have a green thumb. I couldn't
plant corn or drive a tractor
and had no idea how to milk
q COW or thresh wheat. l
thought Bangs disease was
something cattle caught dur
ing the hunting season and
that trench silo" had some
thing 10 do with secret mill
tary maneuverS.
But in the country every
thing Smelled good and the
rolling lush land looked beau
tiful, and that was enough
for us-that, and some deep
inner urge to return to ma
ture. So one bright day we
quit the city forever and
started out in search Of our
peace-of mind farm.
Weeks in Ozarks
The search took us through
many States. Eventually, we
narrowed the choice to Mis-
souri, and Virginia. We spent
weeks in the Missouri CzarkS
with our three children rush.
ing from farm to farm with
realty agents.
Nearly every farmer we met
insisted that we walk down to
the "old spring house" to
taste the cool, clear spring
water. Very often we weren't
at all thirsty, but we had to
drink. Some of the springs
looked murky and were
adorned with old beer cans
and Snagged shoes, but we
dared not refuse the tin cup
Of water.
IN A SHORT TIME we had
earned our laurels as the
States main typhoid testers.
But we survived, and went on
with our farm hunt.
Driving from Springfield to
st. Louis one day, we saw a
For Sale" sign on the fence
of a rather beautiful highway
farm. We drove in and
searched for half an hour for
the farm house. We were
about to give up when sud-
denly, before our astonished
eyes, a husky young farmer
arose from the ground a hun
dred feet in front of us.
Come on in and see the
house, if'n you're lookin' to
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FAMILY COUNCIL
Nom Hugs,
Kisses All
Her Guests
THE PROBLEM

Ellen R.-Mother is a
character.
Mrs. H. RI have a warm,
Latin temperament.
Ellen RI am a girl of is
who has a lot of trouble be-
cause my mother is a charac-
ter. Don't get me wrong. I
love my mother. but she en-
harnesses me and my brother
half to death.
For one thing. she hugs
and kisses all our friends
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Evening star., 1960-08-30
NEVER HAS ANY PRIVACY
Siege by Press, Fans
Wearing on Thomas

ROME, Aug. 80 CAP).-
United States authorities said
today they may be forced to
put High Jumper John Thomas
in hiding so that he can get
some relaxation before his
Olympic Gold Medal bid Thurs
day.
This boy is undergoing lit
eral torture" said Larry Sny-
der, head American track coach,
He can't eat. He can't sleep.
He never has any privacy. He
never gets any rest.
People are crowding him all
day long-going into his bed
room at the village, hanging
over his elbows at the lunch
table. mobbing him on the
practice field.
He can't show his face with
out having a swarm of people
pouring all over him-newS-
papermen, cameramen and fans.
There's no doubt about it
he's the most sought-after ath-
lete in the entire village. We
can't help that. But we may
have to get him out of here
. and into a hotel room some
Evening star., 1960-08-30

where so he can catch his
breath.
Thank goodness. he COM
Ipetes early"
Thomas, a mild-mannered
19-year-old Bostonian who has
leaped phenomenal Z feet
I334 inches, is beginning to show
signs of cracking under the
constant wear and tear. 70
The gangling 6-foot-5 Negro
had moisture in his eyes when
he tried to describe his tribu-
lations in the canteen last
night.
Il don't want to be difficult
but this is getting almost i'm
possible" he said.
When I go back to my quar-
ters they're waiting for me in
my room. When I go out the
door they rush up and start
asking questions and taking
pictures. I can't even train
without having a lot of people
around me.
Some of them are awfully
Sneaky, using tricks and other
things to get to me. I don't
See THOMAS, Page A-13
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Orioles Make
Good Prophet
Of Richards
BY the Associated Press

We'll make a lot of mis-
takes, as kids are won't TO do.
But should we manage to stay
fairly close during the first
half of the season then watch
out for us during the second
half"
Baltimore Manager Paul
Richards prophetic spring
statement was recalled follow
ing the Orioles 40 victory
over the White Sox last night
which boosted them within
IL games of the leading Yam
KEGS. who were idle.
Richards must have been
looking at q crystal ball. His
Baby Birds made mistakes
lots Of 'em-during those first
few months of the regular sea-
son, but spectacular pitching
kept them close to the pace.
They were cnly Az games be-
hind the leaders at the mid
season mark.
During the second half of
the campaign, Baltimore has
been the hottest club in the
American League. Paced by
such bright, young stars as
Brooks Robinson, Ron Hansen,
Jim Gentle, Marv Breeding
and Jackie Brandt and such
seasoned campaigners as Gene
Woodling and Gus Triandos,
See AMERICAN, Page ALA
Evening star., 1960-08-30
BY the Associated Press

Pittsburgh was back on the
pennant road today, headed for
its first flag in 33 years. and
Vern Law, it's ace righthander,
was in position to become the
first Pirate pitcher to win Is
games since Burleigh Grimes
racked up that many victories
in 1923.
Pittsburgh broke a four
game losing streak last night
and Law posted his 10th tri-
umph as the Pirates walloped
Los Angeles, 1912. BY winning
the Pirates maintained theil
5l2 game lead over st. Louis
a 80 victor against Milwaukee
Philadelphia blanked San Fran
cisco, 20. Cincinnati and Chi
cago were idle.
Laws Eighth in Row
Law. virtually a cinch to be-
come the majors first 20-game
winner this year. permitted
eight hits in pitching his eighth
straight victory and his fifth
over the Dodgers.
The 30-year-old Law has a
chance to join the select six
Pirate pitchers who won Is or
more games in single season.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
By TED SHIFTS
Associated Press Sports Editor

ROME, Aug. 80. - Golden
haired Ingrid Kramer of Ger
many today won her country'S
third Gold Medal of the Olym-
pic Games, scoring a diving
double with a first place in the
women's platform competition.
The 17-year-old from Dres-
den, East Germany. personally
accounted for the first German
sweep of two Gold Medals in
Olympic history. She added the
10-meter (33-footJ platform
title to the 3-meter springboard
championship she won last
Saturday.
She totaled 91.28 points with
a brilliant effort in the 1nal of
her two dives today.
Paula Jean Pope, 25-year-old
housewife from Santa Ana,
Calf, was second with 1894.
The Silver Medal Mrs. Pope
captured today was her second
of the 17th Olympic Games.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Laws 18th Win Puts
Pirates Back on 7 rack

Jack Chesbro set the Pittsburgh
record with % in 1902. Other
Pirate 25-game winners. be-
sides Grimes, were Deacon
PHILIPPE and Sam Lever G903) =,
Howard Camnitz 1909) and
Johnny Morrison 1929.
Catcher Hal Smith and Don
Hoax supported Laws pitching
with three-run homers. Hoax
added a triple and drove in
four runs. Law also Clipped in
with a home run.
Larry jackson hurled the
Cardinal shutout. He yielded
just three hits and did not
permit a Milwaukee batter to
go beyond first base. The Red
birds managed just six hits off
loser joey Jay and Ron Piche
and did not score until the
seventh. Stan Musial drove in
a run for St. Louis.
Alex Grammas, Subbing for
the injured Daryl Spencer at
shortstop, broke the ice in the
seventh when he singled, ad-
vanced on a wild pitch and
scored the first run on Curt
Floods single.
The victory. fourth straight
for St. Louis, enabled the Cards
to climb into second place. Mil
waukee has lost three straight
and trails Pittsburgh by 612
games.
Rookie Art Mahaffey hand
cuffed the Giants with two sim
See NATIONAL, Page Ala
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Reyno|dsGets
Down 10 Work
With Redskins
Cards Quarterback
Obtained in Deal;
Muy Pluy Saturday

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Aug.
80 (SpeciaD M. C. Reynolds,
who was traded to the Redskins
yesterday by the st. Louis
Cardinals for a high 1861 draft
choice, Joined his new team
mates here today and immedi-
ately began boning up on
strategy for, Saturday nights
exhibition game with the Chi
cago Bears.
Coach Mike Nixon, who an
nounced the deal, said he hopes
to have Reynolds ready for the
game. The move means that
the 25 year old newcomer
will replace Eagle Day, who has
been, filling in for injured
Ralph Guglielmi.
Eagle has done a good job
for u.s." Nixon said. but you
can't go with one quarterback
in this league"
In Washington, doctors said
Guglielmi's knee is making
good progress, but it may be
another month before he'll be
ready. Halfback Dick James,
recovering from a severe char
ley horse, also will miss the
Bears game but should be back
next week.
Bid for BratkOwski Fails
Nixon said the Redskins
shopped around for a quarter
back before coming up with
Reynolds, a 6-foot, 200-pound
graduate of Louisiana State
University. One of those sought
was Zeke Bratkowski of the
Bears.
Reynolds was the only one
we could get" Nixon said. but
he's big, throws the ball well
and can run. And he's had three
years experience-what more
could you want?"
Reynolds was sensational in
his rookie year with the Car
dinals in 1858. That season he
completed los out of 1876 passes
for II touchdowns, collaborat-
ing with Lamar McHan in es-
tablishing club records for
passes completed Q98). yards
gained (2,735) and touchdowns
(23). His .538 percentage is
still a club record.
In the Cardinals first game
against the Redskins last year
Reynolds completed three of
his five passes for 102 yards and
two touchdowns. The back
breaker was an 85-yard scor-
ing pass to Woodley Lewis.
PrOtege of Tinsley
| Reynolds was born in Mans
field. La. February II. 1895.
He completed 139 out of $50
passes. pitching 26 touchdowns,
during one high school season
there. He was discovered by
Gaynell Tinsley, former Car
dinals end. who was coaching
at LSU. Reynolds quit the
squad after three games IN his
senior year, failing to see eye
to eye with Coach Paul Dietzel,
who had succeeded Tinsley.
, Tinsley persuaded the Car
dinals to sign Reynolds as a
free agent and he became
known as a running quarter
back. carrying the ball 48
times for 252 yards. Reynolds
was second on the club in
rushing. topped only by the
! famed Ollie Matson.