davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-29
DIMINISHING RETURN

A tax can reach point of diminishing
return. In other words, it can become so
excessive that it produces less and less reve-
nue., and thus defeats its purpose. That, as
the president of the National Gasoline Asso-
citation of America now points out, may be
true of the gasoline tax.
The history of this tax can be fairly de-
Scribed as one of more and more gouging
of the consumer. From 1949 through 1859
there were 62 separate state tax increases,
plus a rise of from 15 cents to cents
gallon in the federal tax This totaled an
overall Jump of more than 40 per cent. BY
way of contrast, the actual price of gaso-
line at the pump rose only As per cent
making the rate of gasoline tax increase
nine times that of the gasoline itself.
The result is that the American motorist
has become gasoline price conscious to a
greater degree than ever before. And he too
often blames the oil industry, whereas the
true blame belongs to government That
aside, he is expressing his resentment in
highly practical way. The new compact
cars-which are primarily bought for econ
omy reaSons-are accounting for 25 per
cent of this years domeStice car production.
In addition. there will be about two million
small foreign economy cars IN this country
by the end of the year. This trend has led
to the prediction that by 1864 annual gaso-
line sales will be 4,500,0OO,0 900 gallons less
than would have been the case if compacts
were not in the picture. And what that will
do to gasoline tax revenue to government is
certainly obvious.
You can lead horse to water but you
can't make him drink, You can increase gas
oline taxes to any level, but you can't stop
motorists from economizing.
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EXERCISE AND LIVE LONGER
1t is surprising how many Americans take
no regular exercise. This may not sound too
alarming to you, but think of this condition
in relation to piece of machinery, or auto
mobile, or any think (like the body) with
moving parts.
If machinery is left idle, or an automo-
bile is not driven, the moving parts grow
stiff or unavoidable, and the same is true
with the body. If you work at desk, as so
many of us do, and never do much more
than drive an automobile to the office or
home, your body is being mistreated.
Your muscles, heart, lungs and other
working parts of the body require some use,
some exercise, if they are to remain work
able and in good condition. Also, exercise
builds up muscles and enables the body to
throw off waste and function properly.
One health expert estimates that those
who take regular exercise add as much as
ten years to their lives. They keep down
weight, keep muscles and body posture in
proper harmony, and, through use, maintain
properly functioning organs. If you would
feel better, look better, and work better, and
then-in addition-add years to your life,
why not take exercise regularly? Do you?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Miss Murphy
Is Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ].
v. Murphy announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Edythe Walden to 1t. John
Holbrook, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Holbrook of Bedford
Hills, N. Y.
Miss Murphy was gradu-
ated from the Potomac School
and attended the Institut
Bergsonne, Gstaad, Switzer-
land.
She was graduated from st.
Timothy's School in 1857 and
is now in her senior year at
Bryn Mawr.
The prospective bride made
her debut in 1857 at a party
given by her parents at their
home.
She is the granddaughter
of Mr.. Reginald Prescott Wal
den Of Rye, N. Y, and a
great great granddaughter of
Henry Brevoort of New York.
1t. Holbrook was gradu-
ated from st. Paul's School
in 1855 and from Yale Col
lege in 1859 where he was a
member of Zeta Psi and of
Skull and Bones.
He is at present in the
Marine Corps and is sta
toned at Camp Pendleton,
Calf. He is the grandson of
Mrs. George Doubleday Of
Ridgefield, Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Bazaar Set
Thanksgiving

All Hallows Parish in Da-
vidsonville, Md, will again
stage its Thanksgiving Day
dinner and bazaar on the
holiday, carrying out an an
nual tradition of more than
so years standing.
The event, scheduled from
noon to 4 pm. at All Hallows
Memorial Hall, will features
stewed oysters, country ham,
turkey with all its trim
mings," homemade pickles,
rolls, pies and cakes.
Miss Marion Watkins Is
chairman of the Parish Aux
Hilary, and Mrs. Benjamin
Watkins III aand Mrs. Win
terson Hardesty are co-chair-
men of the dinner. In charge
of the bazaar is Mrs. Will
liam Holdich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Holiday Workshop Planned

les in half-dozen packages
with recipes attached. They
take home as many as they
brought after swapping.
Mrs. James N. Blauvelt Of
the Chevy Chase Woman's
Club will demonstrate "Holi-
day Wrappings and Buttons
and Bows"
Mrs. Walter H. Norman Is
chairman Of "Home Life"
section. Her committee in
cludes Mrs. Donald Deyo,
Mrs. James Hall. Mrs. Ralph
Dimmett. Mrs. James King
and Mrs. Lee w. Parke. host
ess for day.
Registration fee for the
workshop Is so cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Red Cross Meetinq

The National Headquarters
staff of the Red Cross will
assemble tomorrow at II am.
in the assembly hall of the
main building. The Countess
of Limerick, vice chairman
of the British Red Cross, will
speak.
Following the address, Lady
Limerick will answer ques-
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20

The Woman's Club Of Be-
thesda viii hold its annual
all-day Holiday Workshop"
on Tuesday, November 20. at
1880 am. at the clubhouse
on Sonoma road.
The morning program will
be devoted to Christmas
Greens for Holiday Decora-
tons" Arrangements, sug-
gestions and step-by-step
directions to be presented by
Mr.. Bernard Bishop.
"Six Of one and half-dozen
Of the other Cookie Swap"
will be in charge Of Mrs.
Donald Deyo. Members are
asked to bring favorite cook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Miss DeIono
To Speak

Travel. whether from .
wishful viewpoint or Q more
realistic one, will occupy
members of the Junior Wom-
ans Club Of Chevy Chase ct
the December / meeting Of
the literature section.
Miss Agnes Delano viii dis
cuss her own travels and cur
rent literature Of interest to
the would-be traveller. The
meeting win be at 8 pm. at
the home Of Mrs. DON Roy
lance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Open House

The Community Psychiatric
Clinic, Inc, located in Be-
thesda, will hold an open
house from 3 to S pm. to-
day to acquaint the public
with the staff and operations
Of the clinic.
DR.. George Sharpe, presi-
dent of the Board of directors.
was recently presented with
a $4,000 check for the clinic
from the Woman's Club Of
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1960-10-23
STAR SURVEY
BY DAVID s. BRODER
star Stan Writer

CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-IIlinois
Republicans striving to deliver
their States 27 electoral votes
to Vice President Nixon are
struggling to keep 1860 from
becoming another 1948.
That was the year that Adlai
Stevenson and Paul Douglas,
making their debuts on the III
inois political scene, hauled
Harry Truman to an uphill, up
set victory in the Prairie State.
Mr.. Stevenson, running
against an incumbent two-term
Republican Governor. won by
572 900 votes. Senator Douglas,
then an unemployed economics
professor, captured his seat by
407 900. And, thanks to their
strength, Mr.. Truman eked out
a 33,000-vote victory.
4AACAC 11C CA1OuS11 po4 d1ICAS AL
the 1860 situation to cause the
Republicans some concern. Once
again a Republican governor
this time William G. Stratton-
is seeking a third term, in de-
f1ance Of State tradition and
against heavy odds. Once again,
Senator Douglas is on the bal
lot. this time as the heavily
favored nominee against a
little-known Republican, Sam
uel w. Witwer.
But despite these ghosts from
the past, Illinois Republicans
Evening star., 1960-10-23
8 DC. Area Runowoys
Found Charlottesville

I ing for a bus to go to school,
Prince Georges County police
said. They were standing at
Rhode Island avenue and Fox
street in College Park when
they decided to head fol-
Miami, according to Capt
Rowland B. Sweitzer. Most OF
them were students at Green
belt Junior High School.
Prince Georges County Ju-
venile Squad Detective Robert
BaeSchlin late yesterday swore
out a warrant before Justice of
the Peace William E. Schmidt
charging Graves with con-
tributing to the delinquency of
a minor. Graves, police said.
lives in the 5100 block of Mag
mum road, College Park. with
his wife and six children.
Detective Baeschlin went to
Charlottesville last night ac-
companied by Deputy Sheriffs
John ShellcroSs and Harry
Styne, as well as Mrs. Styne,
to bring back the runaways.
| See RUNAWAYS, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-10-23
6-Lone Roosevelt Span
Now Seen 7 90 Narrow

span the river at Q location
about 1000 feet upstream from
Memorial Bridge.
Congress authorized con.
struction Of the Theodore
Roosevelt Bridge in August
1854. before Route 66 was con.
templated, Mr.. Aitken said
The location was shifted up.
stream under an amendment
in June, 1868. ~
Study Virginia Approaches
During the long battle ovel
a river crossing in this area
there were disputes over loca'
tion, design, four lanes versul
six lanes and a bridge versus 6
tunnel, but there was no pusl
for eight lanes.
Col. Clarke also said Mr.
Aitken now is working with the
National Park Service on &
plan for the Virginia approach
road network.
Mr.. Aitken, who was nameC
highway director in March
1859, said he is hopeful that
agreement on the best way tt
tie in the roads will be reached
this week. The work which hi
undertook at the requet Of Vir'
ginia highway officials, now Il
at the stage Of final details, he
said. - :. =. - -
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Cigarette Tax
IncreaseAsked
Maryland Report
Urges Scent Gain
BY PAUL HOPE
star stan writer

A Scent increase in the State
cigarette tax was recommended
yesterday as part Of a $13 mil
lion financial boost proposed
for Maryland localities.
The cigarette tax proposal
would mean a 1-cent-a-pack
increase for smokers in Mont
gomery County, which now has
q State-local tax totaling 5
cents, and q 3-cent increase in
Prince Georges, which now has
only the 3-cent State levy on
cigarettes.
The recommendation was
made in a report released by
the States influential James
Committee, which at the same
time took q stand against
broadening the taxing power of
localities. IT'S two-pronged pro-
gram would:
/. Add about S. million to
revenues of the localities by in
creasing the State cigarette tar
from 8 cents to 6 cents q pack
This would mean a uniform tax
over the State, whereas it IL
now q patchwork arrangement
with some localities imposing 9
tax on top Of the State levy and
some not.
Under the James Committee
recommendation, the extrs
funds raised above the present
scent tax would be returned to
the locality from which they
were collected.
The local cigarette taxes now
in eject would be replaced by
the additional Scent State
levy. One reason for the change
has been the request of the
cigarette industry to make the
tax uniform over the State.
The industry says it is confus-
Ing and costly to have different
rates In various parts Of the
State.
2. Add $S.4 million in State
aid to localities by adjustment
Of education and welfare fund
distribution formulas.
The committee, whose rec
concentrations carry consider
able weight with the State ad-
ministration and lawmakers,
threw q strong damper, how
ever, on efforts Of the localities
to get broader taxing authority
Of their own.
Some counties, particularly
the suburban ones around
Washington and Baltimore,
have been eyeing the sales tax
See TAXES, Page A-13
Evening star., 1960-10-23
STAR SURVEY
6. P. Fears 1948
Poro|IeI in Illinois

are betting they can carry the
State for Mr.. Nixon. And close
associates Of Senator Kennedy
admit his chances here look
less bright than they do in
such other key States as New
York, New Jersey and Ohio.
The basic reason for the
Nixon hackers confidence is
the belief that the Vice Presi-
dent has real appeal to Illinois
Republicans-as demonstrated
by the million complimentary
votes he received in the April
presidential primary-w hile
Thomas E. Dewey. the 194S
nominee, did not.
One knowledgeable Repuhli-
can leader, who predicts a Nix
on victory by 400, 900 votes, put
1t this way: "This is not Just q
Republican State; it is and al
ways was a Taft State, Mr..
Nixon makes sense to our
people"
In Illinois, unlike California
the Vice President does not
have to persuade large numbers
Of normally Democratic voters
to back him. Illinois Is q Re-
publican State, with the @. o. p
in control of the State House
for 16 Of the last 20 years and
the party presidential nominee
successful here in nine Of the
last Is elections.
Population trends have
See ILLINOIS, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Goose Is Wild
But Not SiIIv,
Wins Lease

The wild goose that set up
housekeeping Friday in the
Rejecting Pool won a lease
to the place yesterday by
Justify evading the Animal
Rescue League.
Thinking that the goose, a
small one Of unknown gender,
was injured. the rescuers tried
to net it Friday and. failed.
Yesterday afternoon they set
up a big wire trap, baited it
with corn and waited.
But tourists, intent on photo,
graphing the wild bird, acci-
dentally scared the goose away
when it ventured toward the
trap.
About 2:15 pm, Ronnie
Sprague, assistant manager Of
the league, waded into the pool
and cornered the goose at the
pools Washington Monument
end. The injured" goose re-
sponded by flying beautifully
to the other end Of the pool.
Mr.. Sprague, who was sched-
uled to go to a party last night,
came dripping from the pool.
He announced several times,
"It's all right; that birds all
right"
He and the other rescuerS
decided the goose was well
enough not to need rescuing.
They decided to leave the
corn, but remove the trap.
A goose had earned itself o
pool.
Evening star., 1960-10-23

Prince Georges County au-
thorities were returning, from
Charlottesville, Va. last night
with five girls and three youths,
who police said were spur-of-
the-moment runaways.
The teen-agers and a So
year-old College Park Nnan
were picked up in Charlottes-
vile earlier yesterday in a
stationwagon and pickup truck
owned by the man. The group
was heading for Florida, police
said.
Charlottesville Detective e
Sergt. c. o. Durham said he
detained the man, Donald
Graves, a College Park con-
struction equipment operator.
and the eight teen-agers about
II am. yesterday when he saw
them parked at a shopping
center.
Missing Since Friday
The juveniles had been miss
ing since 1880 am. Friday
! when they we're last seen wait
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Toduy's Star
v DATE WITH DEBBIE high.

TV DATE WITH DEBBIE high
lights The Stars Tv Mosazins
for this week. Debbis Reynolds
is the color girl and there's more
inside about her first FULL hour
Tv speeioI. Another color feo-
tuFe spotlishts The UntOueh-
0bIes." Keep your TV Mosoxins
hondy for pFosrom information
Olwdys in one Place.
FBI THRILLER by J. Edsor
Hoover contains such puzzling
clues os a red thumbtock on q
sign, odd chalk morks on q wall,
nickel thqt split in two. For
the true story Of THE Cose Of
the FoeeIess Spy" see, Pose 3
Of This Week.
A SOUTHERN GENERAL is
asked o poser BY o boy. Did he
think il would hove been better
il the South had won the Civil
War? For Gen.. Lonsstreet's un-
expected answer. see Page "A
Of Sunday, The Stor Mosozine.
TEENJAGE DEMOCRATS ore
needing Senator kennedy's OppeoI
to give him your hORd, yOur help
and your voice." In the wosh-
inston oreo, the youngsters per-
form O voriety Of chores from re-
cFuitins voters to collecting
dollars. For the second Of o two
part series, see the story Of the
teen-esers who back Jack" in
TEEN appearing tOdoy otter
PoSe D-6.
Evening star., 1960-10-23

prosecuted annually against
persons who did not pay Fed
eral gambling taxes. He called
enforcement of the tax IAN
important part of the war
against organized crime"
The report also noted prose-
cutions under two labor-man-
agement anti-racketeering laws
the Hobbs Act, which pro-
hibits extortion affecting inter-
state commerce, and the Taft
Hartley Act, which forbids the
payment Of bribes from en-
ployers to union representatives.
The report stated that from
1853 to 1860. the Justice De-
partment won 148 convictions
under these laws - compared
with three during the preced-
ing six years.
Citing the work of the I'm
migration and Naturalization
Service in the drive against the
underworld, the report stated
that mo less than 3,119 in
the criminal, immoral and mar
cotics classes have been deport-
ed in the last four years alone" "
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Lumumba Expected
To Replace Mobutu
Moscow Says Peiping
Bows to Khrushchev

LONDON, Oct. % (AP).-A
version Of a telegram broadcast
by Moscow radio indicated to-
day that Mao Tze-tung had
humbly recognized the Soviet
Union as the worlds greatest
Communist power and offered
to soft-pedal his theological
quarrel with Premier Khru-
Shchev in the interest Of Red
solidarity.
The Moscow Interpretation
Of a message which the Chi
nese Communist leader and his
three top associates in Peiping
repeatedly sent to Moscow was
that 1t stopped just short of
bowing completely to Mr..
Khrushchev's will.
The telegram was addressed
to Mr.. Khrushchev and Soviet
President Leonid Brezhnev. As
broadcast by Moscow radio it
spoke Of "the eternal inviolable
fraternal friendship" Of the
peoples Of Red China and the
Soviet Union and called for
Communist countries to rally
together even closer and in
tensify the struggle against
imperialism"
Milder In Tone
The telegram referred to ad-
vances made by the socialist
camp headed by the Soviet
Union"
1t also spoke Of the nations
Of the Communist world NOV
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Nixon Emphasizes Cubo
In Attacks on Kennedy
Senator Steps Up
Pressure for
Fifth TV Debute
By GARNETT d. HORNER
Star staR Writer

Star staf Writer
EN- ROUTE WITH KEN
NEEDY, Oct. -22.-Senator Ken
nedy stepped up pressure on
Vice President Nixon today for
q fifth TV debate as enthusi-
astic thousands cheered his
taunts.
He also dared Mr.. Nixon to
demonstrate his influence" in
the Eisenhower administration
land his willingness to have the
real facts known" by having
released an official survey OF
American prestige abroad.
When the issue of releasing
the United States Information
Agency survey came up in Fri
day nights television debate,
Mr.. Nixon said he had no
objection, although he indicated
he thought it meaningless be-
cause it was made soon after
RuSsia's first sputnik startled
the world.
/ The Democratic presidential
candidate pushed his campaign
through Missouri and Kansas,
climaxed by q Kansas City
Auditorium rally tonight.
Roofing BoisterousIy
Senator Symington, Demo-
crat Of Missouri, estimated
that Senator Kennedy was
saluted by mo less than $780,
900 people" along a 30-mile
motorcade tour in st. Louis
suburbs this morning.
His figures seemed multiplied
See KENNEDY, Page AT
Evening star., 1960-10-23
By SAM EASTMAN
star stan Writer

The $24.5 million, six-lane
Theodore Roosevelt Bridg &
won't be wide enough, in the
opinion of the Districts new
Engineer Commissioner.
IF we could roll back the
time schedule, we'd build II
eight lanes" Col. Frederick J,
Clarke said.
The city's highway director.
Harold L. Aitken. agreed that
the six-lane Potomac River
crossing, now under construc-
ton. should have been designed
two lanes wider to handle its
future trafflc load.
The problem is on the Vir-
ginia side, it was explained
When the bridge is opened in
early 1868, 1t will have direct
tie-ins with Arlington boule-
ward and George Washington
Memorial parkway. It also will
connect with Interstate Route
t66 whenever this highway
comes into Arlington.
Authorized in "a
Work on the bridge finally
got under way last December
after years Of controversy. II
will cross the southern end oi
Theodore Roosevelt Island and
Evening star., 1960-10-23


attorney general in charge OF
the criminal division, who urged
action on a comprehensive
package Of proposed anti
racketeering laws.
The report noted that Wig
orous enforcement of strength
ened narcotics laws has made
the narcotics traffic "very
risky"
I'm recent years." the report
stated, "the rate of Federal mar
cotics prosecutions had been
running at about 1000 cases
annually"
Mr.. Wilkey reported that
hundreds of cases are being
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Colonel TOGO
ToU. N. as
Fuce-Suver

LEOPOLDvnLE, The Congo.
Oct. % (AP).-Col. Joseph Mo-
butu virtually abandoned his
fve-week-oId military regime
today while his enemies re-
doubled efforts to bring Com
munist-leaning Patrice Lumum-
ba back to power.
Col. Mobutu, exhausted by
his fight against opposition
from all sides and rumbling re-
volt in his own army, an
nounced a face-saving trip to
New York and Western capitals
next week to seek understand
ing" for his almost defunct
anti Communist regime.
With the country torn BY
tribal warfare and near anJ
archy, the pro-Western group
which ousted Mr.. Lumumba,
rapidly withered away and tho
ex-Premier's return to power
seemed only a matter of time.
The United Nations Congo
Command openly pressed for
"a return to legal democratiC
processes"
Preference for Lumumba
With an impaSsioned parI
liamentary majority favoring
Mr.. Lumumba, this clearly I'M
Piled that the United Nations;
despite its theoretical noninterJ
ference in the Congo's domestic
anairs-prefers Mr.. Lumumba
to the present military regimei
Col. Mobutu tried for weeks
to persuade India's RejeshwarI
Dayal, head Of the U. N. Con-
go operation, to give oficia1
recognition to his provisional
government Of college graduI
ates and to sanction the army'S
suspension Of the LumumbaI
parliament.
Exasperated by consistent,
refusal, Col. Mobutu slammed
the door on Mr.. Dayal and
said he would appeal directly
to Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold and the U. N.
General Assembly in New York.
At the same time, Mr.. Daysl
received Leopoldville Provin-
See CONGO, Page ALA
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Coils Opponent
'Rush, Immature
On Castro Issue
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star stan Writer

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct. a.
Vice President Nixon today
toughened his attacks on Sen.
ator Kennedy, declaring his
rivals views on Cuba raise "a
serious question as to whether
he has the balanced judgment
to be President"
The Republican nominee,
sensing a new campaign issue
with the election only a little
more than two weeks OF, said
Senator Kennedy gives Soviet
leaders "the excuse they have
been waiting for" to intervene
"militarily on the side Of
Castro"
"A Man Like That :"
Assailins his opponent for
"rashness, immaturity, lack Of
understanding and irresponsi-
bility," Mr.. Nixon said: Amer
leans cannot sleep well at night
with q man like that in the
White House."
The Vice President delivered
the attack before large and
cheering crowds In q swing
through Republican strong
holds surrounding Philadelphia,
winding up with Q full dress
attack on the Democratic NOM
inee's Cuban views at Q rally
here tonight.
Senator Kennedy owes it to
the Nation to put the cause Of
peace and freedom before po.
litical considerations and re-
tract his immature, rash and
See NIXON, Page A-e
Evening star., 1960-10-23

ing closer together to resist
what Mr.. Mao described as "im-
perlialist intrigue"
Taken at its face value, Mr.
Macs message as broadcast
limited at a willingness to push
to the background the ideologi.
cal battle that for several
months has divided the two
Communist powers. Western
diplomatic sources regarded the
message as certainly 1nilder ir
See MAO, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Time in Its Flight
Turns Beck Oct. 30

Summers long, long Day
light Saving Time ends at 2
am, next Sunday. october 80.
Clocks should be turned
back one hour at bedtime Sat-
urday.
Evening star., 1960-10-23
Anti-Sub Exercise

BUENoS AIRES, Argentina.
Oct. % (AP).-United States
naval units will join forces with
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
for antisubmarine maneuvers in
the South Atlantic beginning
November 4.
Evening star., 1960-10-23
RACING

Hormonizins. 57-l outsider, won
the 100000 added Mon o Wa
Stokes ot Belmonts Park, with Bold
Eosle second and Sword Doneer third.
Bowl Of Flowers captured the $l53, 900
Gordenio Stokes at Gorden Stote Park.
Angel Speed wos second and PEomi-
nsnt Lody third.
Details in Sports Section