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Evening star., 1960-06-30

ton. He calls in old, reliable
iodine-131 for consultation"
After a suitable time lapse,
the patient is placed on a table
beneath an automatic scanning
device. The machine passes
back and forth close to the
surface of the patients neck,
detecting iodine-131 gamma
emissions. 1t translates these
impulses electronically into a
picture of the diseased organ.
Though wide use of isotopes
in medicine is new, the idea
was discussed at least a genera
ton ago. The famed Lawrence
brothers, the late Nobel Prize
physicist Ernest and physician
John-now head of the Donner
medical research laboratory at
Berkeley, Calf. - talked about
atomic energy in therapy as
early as 1880.
1885 Treatment
John Lawrence recalls hav-
ing administered radioactive
phosphorus-32 to a friend in
1886 for treatment of a rare
blood disease called polycythe-
mia vera. This is a widely &C
cepted treatment today. Hyper
thyroidism, or overactivity of
the thyroid gland. began to be
treated with iodine-131 on a
large scale in 1941.
Natural limitations on radio
active substances have restrict
ed their use in drugs. however.
Atomic treatment of disease
as opposed to diagnosis-has
taken another course. The ra-
dioactive source is usually kept
Ioutside the body, and its ema-
Evening star., 1960-06-30
The Atomic Years
Atomic Pills Fail, but Diagnosis
Succeeds as Disease Weapon
CHAPTER XVII
BY WILLIAM HINES
St.r aci.nca NUri,ar

The Atomic Age has revolutionzed the practice of med
icine, though many laymen thought it would No
atomic pill" nuclear elixir has been developed
avert coronary thrombosis timber stened Joints
clear up a teen-agers complexion
The revolution has not in a Jar of pills that glow
Evening star., 1960-01-09
DC. Buying
1OOAutos,
ITO Trucks

Like anyone else about to buy
a new car, District officials are
anXiouSly waiting to see what
1860 make they're going to get.
Procurement Officer Rexford
G. Vessels says the District
soon will buy the largest num-
Der Of motor vehicles ever pur-
chased at one time-l00 new
passenger cars and 10 new
trucks. They'll cost about 81
million.
Bids will be opened on
Wednesday and the low bidders
get the orders.
Delivery is expected about
mid-March. Then, in the
spring, the District will auction
off so cars and so trucks that
are due for retirement. Dis
trict vehicles are retired after
$4,000 miles or six years use.
The new cars-40 of them
will be used for police scout
cars-will all have automatic
transmission. safety devices
such as turn signals, reinforced
seats and heaters. There will
be no power brakes or steering.
The reason this will be the
Districts biggest car and truck
year, says Mr.. VESSELS, is that
more vehicles are needed for
the expanding agencies of the
city government.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
ChiId's Matches
Touch OFF Fire

A child playing matches was
blamed for starting a fire yes
terday morning in the home OF
Lonnie Chambers at GIT New
ton place NV.
Damage was confined to the
second floor.
Mrs. Louise Chambers and
five children were in the house
at the time but escaped with
out injury. Police said Mrs.
Chambers told them her s.
year-old daughter set fire to
the second-floor bedroom while
playing with matches.
Fireman A. c. Dunston of
Truck Company No. 6 suffered
leg and back injuries when he
slipped from a ladder while
fighting the fire. He was re-
ported in satisfactory condi-
ton at Washington Hospital
Center.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Jake of Star to Retire
As Bible Verifies Age

The two years to retirement
looked a long way off to John
c. Jacobson of 32l Ashby
street, Alexandria
He wondered if he ever
would get off the workaday
merry-gO-rOund in time to en-
joy some good fishing and plain
lOafng.
But the other day he got a
letter that made him the tap
plest man in town. Jake. as he
is atfectionately called in The
Star composing room. found
out from the Social Security
Administration that he was 65
instead of 63.
MY parents died when l
was very young" he explained.
"And all through life l had
miscalculated my age by two
years. Then my brother
stopped off for a visit and
claimed l was 65"
Jake's brother, Charles ia
cobson of Newark. N j., tried
to prove his age in connection
with his own retirement HI
traced the family Bible to tn,
home of a half sister in Ban
gor. Me. The Bible recorded
the birth dates of the childl en-
including Jake.
The Social Security Admin
istration checked the entries
for authenticity ard then no.
titled Jake they were legal
Evening star., 1960-01-09
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Stan Writer

The white-haired matron on
guard at the Women's Bureau
kept an eye on 7-year -old
Jimmy. He sat quietly and
waited. Soon his mother would
come and take him home again.
Jimmy wasn't exactly lost.
He had just wandered off and
found his way downtown.
The policewomen at the city's
women's detention station are
worried that young Jimmy
might become a Chronic run
away"
If so, they can expect to see
more of him. For it is to the
Women's Bureau that all lost
children are brought and where
the first attempts are made to
identify and return them to
their homes.
I'VE always have a few
chronic cases Of runaways, F"
says 1t. Frances Mccall.
They're not really lost"
If the child continues to show
up, the case is turned over to
welfare authorities to deal with.
"Once the welfare people 60
to work. We never have any
more trouble with that par
ticular youngster," 1t. Mccall
said.
Jimmy showed up the first
time on Wednesday. He had
been found by a shopper in a
downtown department store,
alone and apparently lost. His
mother was located later and
she came to the Womens' Bu-
reau and got him.
Yesterday Jimmy turned up
again. This time he was in
another department store, Just
a block away from the first.
And again his mother came to
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Gas Stution Man
Holds z for Police

Two men were charged with
breaking and entering last
night after a Fairfax County
service station operator dis
covered them in his establish
ment, county police reported.
The suspects are Glen NJ.
Bare. 81, of the 100 block of
Poke drive, Manassas Park, and
Homer S. Fairfax, %, of Hay
market.
Police 1t. John Wahl said
they are accused of breaking
into a service station at Centre
vile operated by Herbert
Kochne of 214 North Edison
street, Arlington.
1t. Wahl said Mr.. Kochne
had closed the station and was
driving by it about 1870 pm.
when he saw a window was
broken. He held the two men
at bay with a shotgun until
police arrived, 1t. Wahl said.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Trailer Fire FutuI
To Fairfax Man

A 57-year-old Fairfax County
painter was burned to death
last night in his trailer near
Burke.
County fire officials identified
him as Doss Wylie. 81, who
lived alone in the trailer parked
In a rural area off Route 645.
Firemen said the trailer was
destroyed. Cause of the fire has
not been determined.
Mr.. Wylie had lived in the
area about 10 years. The burn
ing trailer was spotted by a
passing motorist who called
police, firemen said. The fire
burned about a quarter of an
acre of underbrush.
Evening star., 1960-01-09

further education in their SUBJ
ject fields.
3. That positions of subject
supervisors be created for the
Education Department in the
fields of English, science.
mathematics, foreign languages
and social studies history.
government, geography and
economies.
4. That the State assist the
localities in the purchase of
science and foreign language
laboratory equipment.
5. That additional guidance
positions be provided for the
States high schools.
6. Creation of the post of
research co-ordinator in the
Education Department to COL
lect and disseminate to teach
ers and school administrators
information on studies COM
pleted or in progress in the
colleges, universities, school di-
visions and State agencies af-
fecting the field of education.
7. Substantial expansion of
the scholarship program for
teachers.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Naval Plant
Probe Set,
Butler Says

Senate staff members today
began studies of a possible in
vestigation into use of the Naval
Weapons Plant here amid re-
ports 1000 workers will be laid
of in six months unless addi-
tional work is found for it.
Senator Butler, Republican
of Maryland, said he had been
informed by staff members of
the Senate Preparedness In
vestigating Subcommittee that
they were beginning to move
on his request for an inquiry.
President Russell M. Stephens
Of the American Federation of
Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO,
said late yesterday he had been
Informed that current plans for
laying off l6l workers this
month was only the start of
such actions if the present
work-load is not increased.
One thousand of the nearly
5000 employees will be laid off
by mid-year unless the Navy
stops dragging it's feet" in its
search for new work for the
plant, he asserted.
President E. K. Morris of
the Metropolitan Washington
Board of Trade said the or
ganization was surprised and
shocked" by the reports which
emlnated from the plant itself.
I'VE simply cannot under
stand this action in the light
of communications and con-
verSations from top officials of
the Navy Department during
the last 18 months" he said.
1T seems to me that the Navy
Department has a RESPONSE
bility to the National Capital
area to make a full and frank
disclosure of future plans for
this facility so that proper
steps can be taken to minimize
the adverse economic impact
on the community"
Mr.. Stephens said the Navy
had handicapped any effort to
keep the plant operating at
capacity by failure to announce
future plans for it.
The Board of Trade News
in an editorial commented that
there seem to be certain forces
at work in the Government
that would like to see this eS-
tablishment closed" and called
1t a very Short-Sighted policy"
Evening star., 1960-01-09

better science laboratory equip
ment and foreign language lab
oratorieS through State aid to
the localities.
The Commission on Public
Education said the State has
an obligation" to help teachers
who want to improve them
selves in their profession. Most
Of the appropriations it rec
commended were for this pur-
pose.
In a 73-page report to the
Governor and the General AS
sembly the commission made
81 specific recommendations in
addition to proposing further
study Of eight areas in the field
of education.
1t urged a thorough ap-
praisal of elementary schools;
study Of the possibilities of
merit as a factor for determin-
ing teacher salary scales; study
of the adequacy of school
library facilities: the relative
importance of health and phys
ical education in the curricu-
lum; the States role in the
education Of physically and
mentally handicapped children:
the advisability of State aid
for summer schools; evaluation
of teacher efficiency under
present teacher loads. and
evaluation of the adequacy of
the present school day, school
week and school year.
In seven recommendations
for Assembly action, the COM
mission proposed;
/. Special summer institutes
for teachers of science, mathe-
foreign language and
for guidance counselors in 1860
and 1861 with the State under
the tuition.
2. That the State also pay
tuition fees for teachers at
tending summer schools and
regional extension classes and
taking home study courses un-
der auspices of institutions of
higher learning for the pur-
poses of meeting 1860 teacher
certification standards and/or
Evening star., 1960-01-09
'COPTER BECOMES A FIREFIGHTER
Police System Cures
Chronic Lost Child

take him home from the wom-
ems Bureau.
Sometimes they keep run
ming of just because they like
the extra attention they're
given-the ride in the police
car, the fuss that's made over
them" the police woman added.
But the parents get a stern
warning.
Usually the youngsters who
are genuinely lost are spotted
by a patrolman or a citizen and
in a matter of hours they're
back home. If no Identification
is made within few hours the
youngster is moved to Junior
Village.
The lost ones are usually
youngsters who wander of
while playing or have been sent
on an errand to the store and
lose their way back at night"
1t. Mccall said.
Once a 7-year -old was picked
up a block from home. At the
time. of course. nobody knew
home was so close. When no
relatives came to claim him,
police took the boy to his school
in an effort to find someone
who might identify him.
He pointed down the block
and said that's where he lived"
Generally the lost children
are identified quickly. But once
a child lived for a week at
Junior Village before any rela-
tives were located.
That case illustrates a fairly
frequent situation, 1t. Mccall
said. The child-a girl-lived
part of the time with her par
entS and part of the time with
relatives. Each couple thought
the missing child was staying
with the other and neither
knew she had been lost.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
How to Win a Promotion
Told in The Sunday Star

ITS UP TO YOU-Can you move up the ladder in
1860? It's matter Of four important steps that
you land only YOU can take In This Week Maya
zlne' learn why these requirements are necessary
and how you can meet them. In the same magazine
read "Teen-Agers Can Be Great" . a Nation
wide roundup of what our youngsters have achieved
in everything from sculpture to nuclear physics
ON FIGURE 1MPROVEMENT-Beginnn Sunday in
her column why Grow Old" Beauty Expert Jo-
sephine Lowman will outline the procedure to follow
to shed 20 unwanted pounds in just eight short
WeekS.-Woman'S Section.
WINTER TRAVEL SECTION-More and more Areri
cans are finding travel be fun and less
expensive than they thought To help you plan
your winter fun-days in the sun or snow, read
the special Winter Travel Section in The Sunday
Star.
ABOUT THE ESKIMO TEEN-AGER-What is it like
to be an Eskimo teen-ager in Alaska? For the
interesting answer, the story and pictures in
Teen Magazine, which tells about our young people
in the 49th State.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1960-01-09
TWoAccused
In Insurance
Claim Fraud

An insurance adjuster and
the owner Of an auto repair
company face five forgery
charges in Arlington for alleg-
edly filing false claims against
the adjuster's insurance COM
pany.
Charged are Frank E. NuSs-
baum. 43. the insurance ad-
juSter. Of the 400 block of Six
ty-ninth place, Seat Pleasant,
Md, and Warren M. Lee, 43.
the repair company owner, of
the 500 block of Seventeenth
road, Arlington.
Detective Capt. Dudley H.
Rector said Nussbaum was dis
trict agent for the Home In
surance Co.. 1922 K street NV
He said Lee was the owner of
Lee Auto Parts Co.. Inc, l740
North Nash street, Arlington.
Capt. Rector said Nussbaum
perpared false claims against
his company, using information
from the company files about
real policyholders. Nussbaum
then wrote checks on his COM
pany to pay the claims, he said.
Lee cashed the checks at his
body shop although no work
was performed, Capt. Rector
said. The five transactions
netted the two men about $500,
according to police.
The false-claim operation
came to light, Capt. Rector said,
when the insurance company
wrote policyholders asking if
handling of their claims had
been satisfactory. One wrote
back that he had never field a
claim. police said.
Capt. Retcor said detectives
also are investigating about $50
other transactions handled by
,he two men since 1853 involv-
ng $4,000 to $50,000.
Evening star., 1960-01-09

proof of age. Learning that
was the happiest thing I ever
came across" " Jake said YES
terday.
He plans to retire from The
Star January 27 He has been
a linotype operator there for
27 years. Now he wants to see
if he can't catch a fish longer
than 13 pleas by working on it
full time.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Ship|eYUrges
VotePIed
ByPresident
Says Budget ToIk
Ought to Stress
Representation

A District Republican leader
has urged that President Eli
senhower recommend legisla-
ton providing national repre-
Sentation for Washington resi-
dents in his budget message to
Congress on January ID.
Carl L. Shipley, chairman of
the District Republican State
Committee, said in a letter to
Gerald D. Morgan, presidential
assistant. that he had read
published reports that the
President would include a
Recommendation on District
home rule in his budget ad-
dress.
Mr.. Shipley warned that
District residents believe that
emphasis on the one problem
Of home rule tends to diminish
the Importance" Of such prob
lens as national representation
and adequate Federal funds for
the city.
Several Points Cited
IF the President proposes to
refer to the District of Column
bia in his budget message" Mr..
Shipley said, Il am hopeful that
the reference will not be limited
to home rule alone"
Mr.. Shipley urged that the
President recommend not only
legislation providing adequate
Federal funds for the District
and a vote for President and
Vice President and delegates In
Congress. but a vote for a To-
cally elected legislative assem-
bly, as well.
However. he recalled that
only about 5 per cent of the
District population voted in the
primary election here four years
ago.
In the light of this record"
Mr.. Shipley said, lit seems
doubtful that we can expect
any greater community interest
in voting for a l5-member leg
iSlative assembly unless there is
an opportunity to vote for
President. Vice President and
representatives in Congress at
the same time"
Proposed Plank Submitted
Meanwhile. Samuel Biddle
chairman Of the District Re-
publican State Committee Sub
committee on Governmental
Affairs, said a proposed Repub-
lican Party platform plank on
District affairs has been sent
to the White House for COM
ment.
The tentative plank, which
has not yet been submitted to
the full District Republican
State Committee for approval,
does not advocate providing a
vote for city officials.
The plank reads as follows:
We recommend to Congress
legislation establishing national
suffrage and voting repreSen-
tation in the Congress for resi-
dents Of the District of Colum-
bia, and an annual Federal
payment to the District of Co.
lumbia in line with the Fed
eral Government role as the
principal landowner and en-
ployer to the extent necessary
to make the District of Co.
lumbia a modern. attractive
and efficient community that
the requirements to be
the capital Of the United
Evening star., 1960-01-09
District Revenues Rise
$12 Million for 8 Months
Business Better,
Federal Sum
Increase Aids

District government revenues
rose more than $12 million
during the first six months of
this fiscal year over those of
the same period a year earlier,
according to city officials.
The increase included a IS
million higher Federal pay
ment. Congress granted the
city a $25 million payment this
year, compared to $40 million
in fiscal 1859.
According to Finance OFF,
Ger Kenneth Back, the city's
revenue figure for the first half
of fiscal 1960-July through
.Dece ember of last year
amounted to $119,9O8,O00. This
was $12,O93 900 more than the
revenue total during the COM
parable period in 1858.
Business Factor
A breakdown of the increase
showed a revenue rise in
nearly all tax sources in the
city's principal bookkeeping
category. the general fund.
This. officials have said, is the
result mainly of a generally
favorable trend in business &C
tivity throughout the city.
The general fund increase
in revenues amounted to more
than $12.6 million-S105.1 mil
lion compared to about $92.5
million in fiscal 1859. The in
crease in the general fund was
slightly higher than the over
all revenue rise because of
slight decreases in the highway
and water funds.
The favorable revenue fig
ureS for the first half of this
fiscal year are in line with
earlier estimates from the
Finance Office. However, sew
eral local sources, such as the
general sales tax, are running
slightly ahead of the estimates.
Increases Listed
Mr.. Backs report listed these
increases in the general fund:
Property taxes (real estate
and business inventory S2.7
million; sales and gross re-
ceipts taxes, SIT million; in
come taxes. SIG million, and
miscella a n e Gus taxes and
charges, $1.3 million.
OIn the highway fund, where
there was a total drop in reve-
nue. of S180,000, the gasoline
tax brought in nearly $50 mil
lion-an increase of $199,000
over the first half of fiscal 1859.
Mainly as a result of the in
crease in parking meter fees,
the report said, there was a
jump of S211,OOO in the park
ing fund revenue.
The total revenue figures do
not include some grants and
loans received for such prof.
ectS as urban renewal and
civil defense.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Mitchell to Speak

BALTIMORE. Jan. 9 CAP)-
Secretary of Labor Mitchell will
speak Tuesday at the dedica-
ton of the new $5.1 million
headquarters of the Depart
ment Of Employment security
here.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Plan Offered to Improve
Teaching in Virginia

RICHMOND, Jan tAP)-A legislative commission
commended today immediate strengthening of instruction in
science mathematics English and foreign languages Vgnas
secondary schools
proposed the upgradng of teachers through special
financed by the State and the provision of mechanical aids
Evening star., 1960-04-03

Sundonce finds himself indebted
TO on outlaw who has soved his
life. EorI HoIIimon, Jeonnette
Nolan, }. Pot O'MolIey.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
Program Listings
9-TwiIiqht Zone. Drama.

"The Big, Toll Wish" By Rod
Serling. A boys toith in the
power Of magic pIoys on i'm
portont port' in the comeback ot-
tempt of on over-the hill fighter
Ivan Dixon, Steven Perry Kim
Homrton.
1880
5-Mon Hunt. Detective.
Victor JoY stors.
7-BIock Saddle. Western.
Morsho Scott Ieods raid on
the hideout Of band Of bank
robbers and finds his brother
there. Russell Johnson, Peter
Breck, Anno-Liso.
9-Person to Person.
Visits Simone Sienoret, Yves Mon
tond, Roger Vodim ond his family.
l0:45
4-JoekPot Bowling.
ll:0o
4-News and LocoI News.
COLOR. Horkness. Word.
5-Storlight Theoter. Movie.
Ia Hours. THE Stolen Foce."
1852. A plastic surgeon nolds
the foce Of O convict into the
image of his lost love. Paul
Henreid, Lizobeth Scott.
7-WorId News. McCoffrey.
9-kews. Weather. Sports.
Mudd. Douglas. OonieIs.
11:l0
7-Weother. Sports. News.
Allen SieoeI. Molkie.
11:15
4-News. Weather. Sports.
COLOR. Rash. Forester. Simpson.
9-The Late Show. Movie.
IA Hours. "Gunfiohters lo47.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
7-Mun From BIockhowk.

-SNNS" bS'N
Special Agent Logan couoIs two
bank robbers ond then goes otter
their elusive leader Robert Rock
we'll, George Neise, Sondro
Knight
9-HoteI De Poree. Western.
Sundonce finds himself indebted
TO on outlaw who hos soVed his
life. EorI HoIIimon, Jeonnette
Nolan. }. Pot O'MoIIey.
900
TIT Sunset Strip. Mystery.
! Hour. THE Fix" Jeff Spencer
is hired to investigate the boffIino
murder of O fighter involved in
rugged bout. Robert Smith,
Rhodes Reason, Mary Tyler
Moore, Louis Quinn
9-The Americon Theoter.
I Hour. A solute to the theoter,
featuring excerpts from outstond-
ing plays and musicols. Fronchot
Tone, narrator. (Repeot.)
$50
5-ScotIond Yord. Crime.
1000
4-covoIcode Of Sports.
Lamar Clark vs.. BortoIo Soni.
10 Rounds HeoVyweiohts. From
Ogden, Utoh.
5-Ponie. Drama.
"Moy Day." Richard Joeckel
stors.
1.-The Detectives. Crime.
1t. Conway is forced to shoot
down one of his boyhood friends
ond track down onother one.
Robert Toylor, Lee Forr, Russ
Thomson.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
FRIDAY

A cowboy and famed ounmon
decides to hang up his guns.
Randolph Scott Bruce Cobot,
Borboro Britton.
1l:25
7-Boekstose. Bunny Wneck.
ll:30
4-Jack Poor Show. Variety.
7-EridoV Night Movie.
IA Hours. "Bomber's Moon."
1913 An American, Russion
and Czech escope from
World War II concentration comp
and make their way TO sofety
George Montgomery, Kent IoyIor
AnnobeIIo.
1870
5-Newsbeot.
loo
10. Henry PIoyh'se. Drama.
9-The Late Lote Show.
! Hour. 20 Minis. "Porty Wire"
1895. A wealthy man meets
young girl in q small town and
the two begin O hectic romance.
Jeon Arthur, Victor JoY.
2:2o
o-Meditotion. Weather.