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Evening star., 1960-03-23

lat the posh Connecticut inn,
Stonehenge. The proprietor
asked him: TEL me, is the
innkeeper in your book me?"
:. Wilk replied: "If the inn
fits, run it"
CRIME NOTE: Jack Z. Leon
ard was at Lindy's the other
day, discussing his early years.
The comic was asked about his
upbringing in Chicago: How
long ago was that?" Leon
ard replied: II lived in Chicago
before the cops were robbers"
REALTY NOTE: l. p. Lazar.
the Hollywood literary agent,
Is buying a coop in New York
and gave Russell Crouse's name
as a reference. Grouse said he'd
give the same kind Of reference
he once had from his partner,
Howard Lindsay: "I have
known and worked with this
man for Is years. His character
Is impeccable subject to
change, so I'll write when I see
1t happening"
TRAVEL NOTE: Billy Rose.
who is donating q sculpture
museum to Jerusalem, wrote q
letter to Nasser last week, ask
ing permission to come to Egypt
and inspect the art and sculp-
ture there. He's particularly
interested in the ancient sculp-
ture buried in the lands soon
to be swamped for the Aswan
Dam. "Art is non-denomina-
tional" was the theme Of his
message to Nasser. HE
might cross me-" said Rose,
"and invite me-"
FUND-RA1SING DEPT: Mrs.
Peter Lavan will conduct a tour
Of homes created by members
Of the Institute Of Designers,
on May 10. The receipts win 60
to the q. s. Committee for the
United Nations. This
matter Of visiting the homes Of
notables is a recent form Of
Embarrassing for worthy cause.
One local lady, whose home
has a fabulous collection Of
paintings, said after q visit by
one such group: "The men
looked at the paintings, but
the women didn't. ALI the
women really wanted to see
was If my towels are hand
embroidered"
Evening star., 1960-03-23

VILLA Ample Rockville, Nd.
Porkina Poolot 1851
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
ION THE BEACH" 6:45, 9:l6,
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One Week, Starting Thurs.
THE MOUSE THAT ROARED."
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I've dreamed of. After all these
years as q charm boy, I have
a chance to play q heavy"
SOCIAL NOTE: Trevor How
ard, the British star, in New
York for the TV show, THE
Hiding Place" expressed plea
sure, of course, about Princess
Margaret's engagement, and
mentioned the way she manages
to get around royal protocol: /:
Howard once sat behind Prin-
cess Margaret at q London
theater. She sat around and
saw him. Protocol forbade them
from speaking, because they
hadn't been introduced. Mar
garet. however, winked at him.
THEATER NOTE: James
Upton, who wrote the book and
lyrics for the off-Broadway
musical Miss Emily Adam" /"
finds himself in a unique guam
dairy. His father is the author
OF THE Holy Barbarians," a
view Of the Beat Generation.
"And SO here I am" sighed Lip
ton, "a grown man in my 'thir-
ties-and the son Of a true
Beatnik."
HOTEL DEPT: Max WiIk,
author Of Don't Raise the
Bridge, Lower the River"-a
book about a posh Connecticut
innkeeper-has an official COM
plant from the Girl Scouts of
America. They demand a revi-
sion, claiming libel because of
a troop leaders seduction at
tempt Recently Wilk dined
Evening star., 1960-05-13
A Way Of Life

In many cases, it's way of life with
them to eat with their fingers Once an
American newspaperman was dining with
the ruler of Kuwait, sheikhdom on the
Persian Gulf
The ruler ordered knives and forks for
his guest, but did not use any himself, and
remarked: Forks go into many mouths.
Your fingers go into just your own" The
biggest honor your host can do you is to
bring the wash basin himself to you before
the meal begins.
Well, all this is a way of life. But when
it comes to lack of running water and
central heating, to budding against the
back of a COW for warmth on cold night,
then the question becomes that of grinding
and excruciating poverty
And nowhere, apart from the thin, un-
dernourished, underclad bodies of the
people is this poverty more apparent than
in the houses they live in.
There is no one average house for all
the East Shodd1nesS is the one thing
that is held in common. The governments
of all Eastern countries are doing much
to improve housing conditions. But in
no country has there been progress enough
to change the average from cheek-by- JoWl
living of almost six to room to even four
to a room. India is notable exception.
But even in India much remains TO be
done.
House building is conditioned by the
available resources in money and material,
by the climate, and by the customs and
habits of the people. And these differ
from country to country
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houses in the East is bound to be difficult.
However, a few are glaringly obvious:
l. Because of a tremendous and head
long growth of population, there is an
acute shortage of houses in all Eastern
countries. The East is in the midst OF
what is called population explosion.
House building is just not able to keep
pace with 1t. Food production, health and
educational facilities all are falling behind.
They affect the ability to construct newer
and better houses at faster pace.
2. The defense burden that all Eastern
countries are being forced to bear further
limits their capacity to build new houses.
Western countries, too, are bearing such
burden, but they can afford it better.
3. The almost universal insiStence in the
East on open spaces. It's common to sleep
in the open. The weather gets so unbear-
ably hot in summer.
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Man Against the Desert

In most of the Middle East it's a queS-
ton of men against the desert. The first
thing that strikes a visitor is the presence
of excessive light and sun. Everything ap-
pears white. 1t is not the whiteneSS OF
snow. but of blazing sun and of rocky
desert and drifting sand. In Iran baroness
is accentuated by the presence of vast
ranges of salt.
In the Far East, the question is of men
against the jungle. The prevailing notion
is of a green landscape and excessive hu-
midity and torrential rains.
India stands apart. 1t is big. 1t has
many types of climate, and so every con-
eeiyable kind Of house is found there.
search for common characteristics in
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Pictures Taboo

The difference is in interior decoration.
The country is ruled according to the
Wahabi tenets, the Puritanical sect in
Islam. Pictures Of human beings or of
living creature are taboo. The belief is
that God alone has the right to create
a man, and that the drawing of man
by a man smacks Of idolatry.
So, the walls are bare of human like
nesses. The place of pictures is taken by
geometrical designs or inscriptions from
the Holy Kuran written in long. Kufic
style. with letters lapsing over each other
and the whole forming a pattern that is
beautiful to look at but difficult to read.
Also, instead of chairs, they have benches,
called "rochans," lining the wall. They
are equipped with cushions and lozenge-
like hard pillows forming arm rests and
dividers at right angles to the wall. There
are rich carpets on the floor. Shoes are left
at the door. One enters in Stockinged feet.
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Women's Area Seporote

g. Separation or near r-Separation OF mems
quarters from the female quarters. The
idea of a "zenan-khana" or "hareem"
(women's quarters) is still very common in
the Middle East. Even among the desert
BedouinS, the tent is partitioned off in the
middle, one portion being for the men,
the other for the women.
This practice is a carry-over from the
Middle Ages, when women were secluded
from strangers. 1t has become part OF
custom and tradition, though it is fast
getting obsolete.
4. Religious motifs in house building. In
Muslin countries, people still follow an
Injunction of the Prophet that if you build
a house, and build window in it facing
the mosque-the idea being that the reg
ular calls to prayer may reach the ears
of your people-the deed will rank equal
to the deed of building a mosque.
In Buddhist countries. almost every
house has a corner reserved for a statue OF
the Buddha. In Christian houses there is
often a niche for a satue of the Virgin
Mary.
All the East is very much in the grip
of what is called the revolution OF rising
expectations. After centuries OF Sloth and
decadence, the nations of the East are
once more surging with life and the desire
to get ahead is Overwhelming. Progress Is
being made The rate is slow, but there is
no retrogression or standing still. Food is
the first concern then comes housing.
All over the East brand-new cities are
being born under our very eyes. so to say.
Old cities are doubling in area. Electricity
is being taken to remote villages. Develop
ment plans are being drawn and imple-
mented. Housing is being given priority
only next to food.
In Saudi Arabia for instance, building
boom is in progress. Each year substan-
tial portion of the country's fabulous oil
revenues is being spent on houses. Tall
Skyscrapers in Mecca Jiddah and Riyadh
have taken the place of mud Shanties
and sleepy novels. These new buildings
are of the latest Western design. Built
of steel, air-conditioned, with elevators
and all modern conveniences they would
not be out of place in New York.
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In Saudi towns on the Persian Gulf, the
buildings are as many as five stories high.
Roofs are fiat, as they are all over the
Middle-East.' They are used for sleeping
and cooking.
Red mud is used to paint the walls and
to form frames around the windows. White
paint made of lime is used to outline two
story windows. The floor and about
inches up the wall are covered with light
green stain made from alfalfa Juice.
Painted in red, white, blue and black by
the women, a decorated wainscot rises
above the pillows to an average Of 18
inches.
Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan is
hemmed in by the mountains except to
the north. Here the adobe kind Of houses
are common. Made of mud bricks on a
log frame, the walls are sometimes as
much as feet thick. This helps to keep
out the cold, because fuel is expensive.
Rugs are in common use, and string beds
are used for sleeping.
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Population Rises

Karachi, the biggest city Of PakiStan
saw five-fold increase in population since
independence. The city has four distinct
sections; the old section, a brand-new
modern section, an industrial section, and
the refugee section where houses are
heart-rending. Village houses are made
of mud.
In all big cities, there is a spate in
progress of small utility houses that are
not only weak in construction but ugly to
look at. In old, historical cities, like
Lahore, the most picturesque sections are
the ones that are $50 years old. Except
for the electric light and an occasional
telephone, they are quite like they were
originally built. And old-time houses have
one thing commendable about them: They
last.
India has all types of climate, and so,
all types of houses. The pine houses of
Kashmir are reminiscent of houses in
Switzerland. People there live in house
boats that float on the many streams. In
coastal villages, wood from the coconut
tree is used in constructing the houses OF
Evening star., 1960-05-13

rODAY'S IMAGE of the way people live
in the teeming East is far different
than it was in the age of Marco Polo Then
it seemed to be mysterious land OF TAB
ulous wealth, of fine silks, or garments
adorned with jewels, of gold and silver
and precious Stones-a fairyland associated
with wealth and gracious living.
Now, we associate the East with misery.
Poverty and backwardness are its main
characteristics. Untold numbers OF people
there go to bed hungry And on what beds
do they sleep? In millions OF cases, they
don't have a proper bed The sidewalks OF
big cities, the hard, bare floor is their bed.
The houses? Millions don't have any.
House Designs Worry
A full account of what houses look like
in the East would take book. The East
is so big. House designs vary from country
to country Slums there are in plenty;
vast, ugly foul-smelling SlumS that are
no better than prehistoric pigsties. A con-
trast is provided by the houses of the rich
and the mansions of the very rich, that
are the last word in luxury.
However inadequate housing may be in
the United States and other Western coun-
tries, it is still much, much better than In
IIle East CollloIC 10 anu Ao|ilA'ieo Uio' "
taken for granted here are just not found
in many Eastern countries
Peoples lives, too, are different here, and
these differences shape their homes. Over
here a dining room table, and knives.
forks and spoons, are taken as a matter OF
course. People cannot conceive of being
without them. Yet in the East hundreds OF
millions of people eat with their fingers,
while souattino on the floor They don't
own single knife or fork
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fishermen There are tall. modern Stru
lures in Bombay. Calcutta and other Z
towns, and primitive, backward houses
the remote villages.
In Burma, bamboo is widely used
making walls. In Kathmandu, the capt.
of Nepal, where it is considered unclei
to bathe in tub, unit houses with slopil
roofs are common.
A variety of house designs is found !
Indonesia. They range from the bambo
and-Wood longhouse in which more ths
a hundred people live at time. to mode
structures in Jakarta and Bandung.
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All the Comforts of Home: A Contrast

fortunate to the peoples OF the East
b. AR
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structures in Jakarta and Bandung.
The Lonshouse Is Thotched
The longhouse in remote villages is
tually a platform Of split bamboos SUI
ported on massive stills. 1t has that
roof. Along the entire length OF the pla
form, which is as big as football fiel
there runs a veranda. Family sections
separated by wicker-screens. Ladders lei
up to the platform.
This variety should not be allowed
blur the fact that all over the East u
housing shortage is acute. AS much as
per cent of all housing is primitive, al
not fit to live in Yet people live In II
cause they have to. 1t is not living. IL
existing.
How does poor housing effect life
general2
To be healthy you have to have not on
good food but also a good house. Sin
both are missing, misery runs rampar
The whole forms a vicious circle: DiSeaS
under production. squalor, Ignorance, ma
nutrition, more disease.
Is there hope for the future2 Yes, the
is, but the progress is bound to be slow:
basic requirement. most believe, is IN
people should stop looking back and thin
ing and acting as their ancestors USED !
think and act. Modern life requires mo-
ern ideas, and the peoples Of the East ma
begun to realize this. From the depths :
poverty. they wish to raise themselves
their bootstraps. and in housing and u
other amenities taken for granted IN u
West they must advance very much
catch un.
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08
COH5u1.g NesUs
BY Mrs. Henry Webster

Parkerson on arrival of a
son born Sept, l. 1t is their
second child also.
Mr.. Paul Fulton and Mr.
Sanders Richmond went to
Louisville Saturday and also
a Coach's meeting.
Mr.. Raymond Tolar was
home over the weekend visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim Tolar.
Mr.. Leslie Ables and jim
my Wade Of Jackson spent
last weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Ables.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Harth-
cock and daughter from
Tchula visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Raft Harthcocok
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byrd Ables,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Rogers
and Mr.. Earl Ables spent
Sunday in Mendenhall visit
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08
Traffic
Deaths
Continue

Just what does it take to
curb Mississippi's mounting
highway death toll?
This is the big question
causing grave concern to a
number of people, including
state Commissioner of Public
Safety, Thomas Shelton.
Mississippi traffic deaths
continue to mount despite an
increase of more than 100
per cent in Highway Patron
Traffic arrests. Arrests sta
tistics for July show 12,OO7
tickets issued by state High
way Patrolmen. Correspond
ing hazardous and non-haz-
ardous arrests for July 1859
totaled only 5,715 arrests.
This 10 per cent increase
in enforcement effort has not
curbed the present skyrocket-
ing highway death rate, how
ever.
Commissioner Shelton and
Chief Of Patrol Rave Gayden
have instructed field inspec-
tors to have Mississippi High
way Patrolmen "Bear Down.
still further in an all out eff
fort to brake the mounting
death count. The 1860 traffic
death figure is 24.85 per cent
Con August 20, 1862 above
years corresponding
count.
In addition to extensive use
of radar, the Patrol is con-
centrating on violations such
as improper passing, failure
to yield right-of-way, follow
ing too closely, and improper
turning, all leading accidents
causes.
Men are being re-assigned
where the greatest need exists
and work schedules are being
set to coincide with high &C.
cident frequency periods.
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08
IoredFoodHundIers
Completed Courses ept.7

The colored food handlers
of Holmes County completed
a successful program on
September 1st., sponsored by
the State Department of Edu-
cation, the local schools and
the local health department.
An afternoon class was held
each day at Health Center
in Lexington with an enroll
ment of 80 food handlers of
this area, and a night class
tendance Center in Durant
was held at the Durant At
with 81 attending.
Of the entire enrolment 43
attended the required number
of hours to receive a certi-
ficate. The following enrollees
received a certificate:
Lexington: Pricilla Benson,
Annie B. Friar, Annie Oil
plant, Olivia L.. Martin, An
ME G. Wah Barber, Ethel
Brown, Irma Bolden, Dorothy
L. Horton. Ruth Lee Gibson,
Ruby Ross Smith, Josephine
Bergman, Daisy Anderson,
Ada Coleman, Alberta Fisher,
Mary Louise Williams, Bessie
Washington, Annie K. Bank
head, Warneda Reeves, Ida
Mae Jones and Addie Glover.
Durant: Geraldine Sullivan,
Sallie Brown Rosie Primes,
Mary l.. Ode, Lauree Frizell,
Mary Emmie Ball, Daisy Mae
Glover, Maezell Boyett, Ethel
L. Sandifer, Sara Ann Pep
pers, Estella Simpson, ]. L..
Sullivan, Rosie Lee Ode, Cor
rain Dale, Louise Winters,
Oracle Lee Robinson, Ined
Nelson, Willie Nell Backstorm,
Leverne Backstorm, l.. G.
Backstorm, Alice Backstorm,
and Beulah White.
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08

School started at CoXburg
Monday, and most Of the
children were glad to renew
their friendship with the
others. We were glad of the
two new teachers, Mrs. Davis,
Home Economic and Mr.. Paul
Fulton the Coach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vardaman
Ables and family and Mr.. j..
P. Malone left last Wednesday
for Austin, Texas to visit Mr..
and Mrs. John Ellison who
are making their home there.
Congratulation to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bates on the
arrival of a son, born to them
recently. 1t was their first
child.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Micky
Siddon on arrival of a son
born Sunday Sept, 4. 1t is
their second child.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Kimble
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08

ing Mr.. John, Ben and Lem
Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Puts
and son and Miss Patsy Puts
from Jackson spent Sunday
with the Marvin Ables family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harth-
cock spent Saturday night and
Sunday with her twin sister,
Mrs. Lucille Rodgers. They
celebrated their birthday and
the one enjoying the happy
occasion were: Mr.. and Mrs.
George Reynolds and daugh-
ter, Linda of Yazoo City; Mr..
and Mrs. Dutch Wigley and
daughter, Linda from Lexing-
ton; Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Edwards from Eden; and Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Wigley and
family. Friends wish them
many more.
Misses Rita and Ann Mob
ley and Brenda Porter from
Yazoo City were supper guest
in the home of Mrs. Mabrey
Ables Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. T. Gardner,
Jr., and family shopped in
Belzoni Friday evening.
Sorry to report that Paul
Rogers and David Lee Meeks
are on the sick list. Friends
wish for them a speedy re-
covery so they won't miss
much school at the beginning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders Rich
mond and Floyd visited re-
latives in Kosciusko Sunday.
Mrs. Riley Answorth and
children from Jackson spent
Sunday and Monday in the
Byrd Ables home.
Mr.. Gene Ables from Jack
son spent Sunday with his
aunt, Mrs. Jim Tolar and
family.
Mr.. Tommie AnSWorth from
Greenwood at dinner with
Mr.. Sanders Richmond and
in the afternoon they fished.
Mrs. Aubrey Pierce and
children have returned from
New Orleans, La. They visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stewart,
Jr.
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08
TchuIo Boy In Basic
Training Aft. Jackson

Recruit Anderson H. Os-
borne, Jr., son Of Nh. and Mrs.
Andrew H. Osborne, ST., Of
Tchula is presently assigned to
Company A, 9th Battalion, End
Training Regiment of the u. S.
Army Training Center, Infan-
try, at Fort Jackson, S. c.,
where he is undergoing eight
weeks of Basic Combat Train
ing.
He will be taught rifle
craftsmanship under the u. S.
Army's TRAINFIRE program
which enables the modern SOL
der to become a better rifle
man in less time than previous
methods. In this program,
most of his training will con-
sist of firing his rifle at pop
up targets at unknown dis
tances on terrain which dup
.licates combat areas. Other
.highlights of his intensive
training include squad tautics,
bayonet and hand-to-hand
combat, and crawling the in
filtration course while machine
gun fire is popping overhead.
Many of his instructors are
combat veterans of World War
II and the Korean War.
AS a climax to his first
phase of training, he will
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08
STATE FAIR TO START OCTOBER 10

Mississippians of all ages are
in for six FULFILLED days start
Ing Monday, October 10, when
once again the Miss, State
Fair opens in Jackson. Con-
tinuing through Saturday, Oc-
tober Is, the Fair will offer
entertainment, education and
excitement for all.
Agricultural and industrial
displays and exhibits from
every section of the State will
be featured in addition 10
prize-winning livestock, poul-
try, arts and crafts, food pre-
servation and other displays.
Again this year the Fair
will have as its chef entertain
ment attraction the gigantic
Royal American Shows mid
way with so shows and rides.
Among the exciting rides this
year will be the worlds largest
portable Roller Coaster, the
thrilling Tilt-A-Whirl, the
Wild Mouse, the Roundup
and the fascinating Rotor
Ride. A standard popular favo-
rite among the shows, "Har-
lem in Havana" will return
this year with a completely
different and new show. The
Club Lido musical revue, fea-
turing highly talented enter
tainers, singers, dancers and
comedians. is t ho sensational
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08

musical Extravaganza featur-
ed at this years fair.
An outstanding western at
traction at the Fair will be
Blazing Six Guns with Lucky
Laredo of Disnyland fame.
To aid fairgoers i n planning
their attendance at the Fair,
the weeks program of events
is scheduled as follows: Mon
day = Opening Day Official
opening of all amusements and
eXhibits) and Press Day; Tues
day - Legislators Day and
Veterans Call veteran service
organizations Day; Wednes-
day = Institutional Day (par-
tication by State, County and
Municipal Government and
Civic Organizations; Thursday
. Farmers Day, Livestock
Day and Aviation Day; Friday
School Day (children's day.
and parade; Saturday = Mis-
siSSippi Travellers Day.
A new attraction of this
years fair will be the Gospel
Music Concert in the livestock
judging arena Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday evenings.
Fair gates open at 900 am.
daily except Monday, when
they will open at 1900 noon.
General admission for all over
Is years of age will be so cents,
children 6 to Is, 25 cents, and
Holmes County herald., 1960-09-08
Stennis
Asks For
FLD Control

Last week Senator John
Stennis made strong recon-
mendations to the Bureau of
the Budget for key MISSISSIPPI
pi flood control projects.
Senator Stennis urged that
necessary funds be included
in the budget for fiscal year
1862 to expedite all MISSISSIPPI
pi flood control and harbor
projects. He said hat addition
al funds for these projects can
advance benefits to the eco
nomy of the area at no in
creased cost to the Govern
ment.
In referring to the Lower
Auxiliary Channel, the Senator
said:
"The completion of the Low
er Auxiliary Channel is of ut
most Importance, and testit
mony presented to our Senate
Appropriations Com m e
clearly shows that the Corps
of Engineers can easily COM
plete this project next year if
necessary funds are available.
Completion of the Lower Auxi-
liary Channel by December 81,
1861, will advance benefits of
this project a full year earlier
than would Ctherwise be pos
sible, and would result in a
net saving to the Federal Gov
ernment."