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Evening star., 1960-07-09
Insulation Siftina

Question: have a new
home which has rolled in
sulation on the side walls but
four inches of blown" insu-
lation in the ceiling. The
ceiling insulation continues
to sift down through the
walls. We have found insu-
lation in our medicine cabi-
nets, ETC., and in the base
ment around pipe openings.
How can this loose insulation
be sealed from downward
progress? Is it practical to
cover the entire ceiling layer
Evening star., 1960-07-09
clouded Windows

When the brick
on our one-year-old house
was washed with an acid So
luton, some of it sprayed on
the windows through the
Screen, leaving the windows
badly stained. I have used
many different products to
remove this but nothing
helps and the windows look
clouded. What do you sug-
geSt?
AnSwer-I'm afraid the
glass was permanently etched
by the acid and there is no
way Mother than replace
ment) to remedy this con-
dition at home.
Evening star., 1960-07-09

substance which can be
brushed on in a thick layer.
This is also available at
plumbing supplies and large
hardware dealers.
Worn Cobinefs
Question: have baked
on white enamel metal kitch-
en- cabinets. They are in ex-
cellent condition, except for
worn spots tbare metaD
under the drawer pulls on
door knobs. 1t is impossible
to send them to the factory
for a re-f1nishing. What can
I do?
Answer-Wash the bare
areas with steel wool and tur-
pentine to remove all grease.
wax, CRIME, etc. Then touch
up with several thin coats
OF good quality white enamel,
feathering out edges around
stlll-enameled surfaces.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
Sweotine Pipes

QueStion-Is there any ap-
plication to stop sweating"
water pipes and a water soft
ener tank, which can be
sprayed or applied with a
brush? Pipes are exposed on
a plastered basement ceiling
and cannot be bound or
wrapped with the usual tape
type covering. Sweating oc-
ours in summer. The water
softener is too large to be
wrapped with tape.
Answer: Special insulating
jackets for tanks are avail
able at plumbing supplies
and large hardware dealers.
There is an asphalt base
coating containing a cork like
Evening star., 1960-07-09
DiseoIored Limestone

Question Portions of my
limestone window Sills have
turned a rust color. Suspect
that it is caused by acid used
to wash down the brick. I
tried scraping it off but the
rust color returns after sew
eral months. Is there any way
I can permanently remove
this discoloration?
Answer-If this is due to
acid from Washing down
brick, the discoloration is
caused by failure to neutral
ize the acid afterwards.
Wash the sill with solu-
ton of one pint of ammonia
in two gallons of water, al
lowing to remain on the sur
face for a few minutes, fol-
lowed by ample rinSing with
water.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
Sowbuss

Question: We live in a two
year-old brick house and
have a nice big basement.
Last fall we were pestered
for the first time by unbe-
lievable numbers of sowbugS
crawling all over basement
walls, floor and even coming
up into the upstairs rooms.
Insect sprays didn't help.
During the winter they
gradually disappeared, but in
the Spring they came again.
I noticed them outside on
the ground too. None of the
neighbors, in older houses,
has this problem. 1t is slowly
getting me down. Any sug-
geStions? Basement very dry.
Answer-Sowbugs Cor pill
bugs) may be coming in from
garden area located in damp,
shaded place, where decaying
vegetation is abundant. Clear
out any spot of this descrip-
ton near the house. Then
generously spray all surfaces
in cellar, especially around
windows. and outside foun-
dation walls, with insecticide
containing DDT, Toxaphane,
or Chlordane.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
BY ROGER c. WHITMAN
Contributing Writer

QuestiOn-What is best to
remove water spots on a
softwood floor which is shell
lacked and paste waxed over
the shellac?
Answer-Ordinarily, water
spots on a shellac finish
usually clear up as the water
dries out. The wax may
be retarding the moisture
evaporation. Remove the wax
with a waX-remover, follow
ing label directions carefully.
Then wipe the spots with a
cloth slightly dampened with
alcohol (too much will re-
move the shellac). Then ap-
ply a thin coat of shellac,
greatly thinned with alco-
hol.
, 1960-06-16
THURSDAY, JUNE l6, 1860

EDITORIAL
HowABoUT a HEALTH CENTER
THERE HAVE BEEN numerous suggestions, from
at home and abroad, that ST. Croix needs 4 hospital cen
trally located, big enough, and with the necessary faclll-
ties to serve the entire Island That done, there can then
be established clinics in the two towns to take care ct
thenorrna1 situations that arise
TAKING A SECOND look at this idea convinces
again that it is not only a rather good one but q most
practical and desirable one. Instead Of having to pro.
vide two hospitals large enough to take care Of each
town, and then look around and provide for the country
areas, one hospital would solve the problem,
WE NIGHT AS well look the situation in the face.
Once before, either as the resulto little thought or linn
tied funds, or lack Of vision, we went ahead with what
we had and allowed ourselves to do that which we knew
would soon become obsolete. While this is1unfortunate,
il IS not fatal because time moves SO swiftly and condl-
tions change SO rapidly that even with more careful
planning this situation may arise Not long ago 2 pig uni
yersity IN the north built It's dental school building frGfff
the ground up. Before it was completed, architects ard
others agreed that It was almost out Of date because Of
changes and new developments since the building
started.
AHOSPITAL, at Kings Hill. for example, which is
one Of the finest locations in the Island, should reaaysDe
4 center, with dornitories for professionals, and others,
and every facility. ThatEwould avoid unnecessary travel
for the staff, and bring about greater effciencies in man
agement and everything else.
THE CLINICS IN the towns could then devote
their attention to taking care Of the resident IN the I'M
mediate area and cover the countless matters which may
not require extensive treatment.
INSTEAD OF MAKING any other plans for any
sort Of home, Or anything Of the sort, the Government
ought to conduct ! survey to determine what the health
and hospital needs Of the Island are going to be for the.
future, and then think in terms Of a central health and
medical center. It would be worth looking into.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
MobutuD Denies
Invasion Plan

COQUIL HATVILLE, The
Congo, Dec. II (AP).-Col. Jo-
seph Mobuto announced last
night he does not plan an i'm
mediate invasion to overthrow
the pro-Lumumba government
in Oriental Province.
The Congolese Army leader
had been reported moving
troops into Equator Province
adjoining Oriental-for a mas.
sive invasion to crush the rebe
regime in Stanleyville that ha.
defined the Central Congo gov.
ernment in Leopoldville domi.
mated by Col. Mobutu and Pres.
ident Joseph Kasavubu.
But Col. Mobutu told news.
men he did not plan any "im.
mediate military action" against
the Stanleyville regime and die
not wish to shed CongolesC
blood unnecessarily"
Depends on Blockade
The army leader said thu
rebel government of Antoine
Gizengo. pro- Communist dep
uty Premier under Patrice Lu'
mumba, would be brought dowr
by the economic blockade thu
Leopoldville government ordered
against Oriental Province thiI
week. All road. river and ali
Evening star., 1960-12-21

them. When the hopeful has
finished q brief resume Of his
dreams and qualif1c tions-the
long form comes If ever they
get to see Mr.. Shriver or one
of his aides-Mr. Bailey, an
enormously cheerful man, says
soothingly, IT know. they're
thinking about you"
II he is elected. Mr.. Bailey
says, he will follow the lead Of
a former opposition national
chairman from his home State,
Meade Alcorn. He will take no
salary. He thinks it may make
him a freer agent and also
eliminate the kind of remark
made often by national COM
mitteemen who sigh and say
they must raise money. the ma
tional chairman Is being paid
so much.
"If I am elected" says Mr.
Bailey, II figure one Of my
chief jobs will be to stay out oi
trouble. You know, not say toe
much in case ! say something
/ different from the admiuistra.
ton. The administration Is al.
ways right"
Although nothing is decided
Iyet, he doesn't think the Dem
ocratic Digest, a monthly house
organ. will need to 20 on pub
fishing. Nor does he see any
particular function. with 6
President in the White House
for the Democratic Advisory
Committee. the group of intel.
lectual cast assembled by thu
tissue -oriented Mr.. Butler.
! He thinks he. will have M
trouble getting along with thu
party people.
II came up from the pre-
cincts myself" said Mr.. Bailey
who is the oldest State chair
man in point Of service in hi
party. They know they car
Evening star., 1960-12-21
McNomoru, Vinson
Confer on Defense
Ry tha Asnociated Prem


Robert s. Mcnamara, named
by President-elect Kennedy tt
be his Secretary Of Defense
yesterday conferred with Chair.
man Vinson, Democrat oi
Georgia, of the House ArmeC
Services Committee.
Mr.. Vinson, in commenting
on their talk. said 1t was 9
general discussion Of problems
relating to defense. Mr.. Nc.
Namara, Mr.. Vinson said. in
dicated he has no immediate
intention Of a shakeup IN thu
Nations defense setup.
Mr.. Vinson declined to bt
more specific concerning thu
discussion.
1T was very helpful and in,
teresting." he said. II thinl
Mr.. McNamara is going to make
a great Secretary"
Evening star., 1960-12-21

the Democrats was in the hands
OF Paul M. Butler, who presided
over a more clamorous and
qherulous type Of operation.
,Mr. Bailey is convinced the
Job Of q national chairman
differs according to whether his
party is in power or out of
power.
When Lodge was Governor
Of Connecticut" says Mr..
Bailey, ''I did the heckling and
the speaking and the razzing.
When Ribicod got elected, I
kept quiet. He made the policy
and the speeches. It will be the
same with Jack In the White
House"
In season and out, Mr.. Bal
ley is o firm believer in max
Ing people look as good as
possible" and respecting every
mans position.
Mr.. Bailey currently is oc-
cupying the once of the chair
man Of the Democratic Nation
d Committee, which will be his
for keeps on January a. His
election does not take place
until that date, and he prefers
to leave the impression that it
is not sewed up. There is. how
ever, minimal suspense about
the outcome. A President is
always accorded the privilege
Of picking his national chair
man. and President-elect Ken
nedy has indicated that the
squeaky-voiced, cigar chomp-
ing Connecticut State chairman
Is his man.
Like any good old-school
politician. MIR. Bailey demurely
prefaces every statement with
If am elected"
Mr.. Bailey was invited by
his immediate predecessor, Sen
ator jackson. Democrat Of
Washington. to sit In the chair
mans chair. But he has not
yet taken over any Of his
duties.
Il just talk to the guys that
no one else has time to talk
TO-" he says cheerily.
He is, in fact, probably the
only thoroughly relaxed person
there.
Periodically, he goes to the
waiting room where the Office
seekers sit by the hour. hoping
to see Sens ator Kennedy'S
brother-in-law and chief re-
cruiting officer. r. Sargent
Shriver. The petitioners. theil
brows as sharply creased al
their best suits. look up hope.
fully every time q busy stat
member rushes through with
Portfolio in hand.
Mr.. Bailey, alone. makes 1t {
point to try to cheer them W
Q little.
He does it by listening Il
Evening star., 1960-12-21

travel into the province was
banned.
Already the Oriental troops
are short Of uniforms and am
munition." Col. Mobutu said.
with their supply lines cut.
they cannot last long"
Col. Mobutu and Mr.. Kasa-
vubu came to Coquilhatville,
capital Of Equator Province,
for a triumphant reception yes
terday by thousands Of wildly
cheering Congolese. It was the
Presidents first Congo tour
outside Leopoldville since he
dismissed Mr.. Lumumba from
the premiership on September s.
Opposition Purged
Equator is Col. Mobutu's
home province. but there had
been some opposition to him.
However, some unfriendly ele-
ments have been quietly purged,
and his position in the prov
ince is now considered secure.
Mr.. Gizenga has declared
Stanleyville the Congo's new
capital and is seeking diplo.
matte recognition from the So
Wet block and African and
Asian nations. Col. Mobutu and
Justin Bomboko, the head of
the government council in
Leopoldville, warned they
might ask the West for direct
military aid II the Communist
nations moved in to help Mr..
GiZenga.
"At the moment we respect
the United Nations resolution
against unilateral interven-
Ition," Mr.. Bomboko said. But
Evening star., 1960-12-21

talk to me. I've had all their
problems myself"
In any case. he tries to leave
them feeling good. He confesses
he doesn't have the memory
for names that his ideal, Mr.
Farley possessed. But he's q
good man on places.
I always know where a guy
comes FROM" says Mr.. Bailey
80 I say TO him, How are
things in Newington?' and he
thinks I know him and we gel
along fine"
Evening star., 1960-12-21
FARLEY IS HIS IDOL
As BoiIey Sees Job:
Making People Happy
BY MARY McGRORY
Star stan Writer

When John M Bailey Connecticut takes the Demo-
cratic National Committee January he will bring back
the comfortable days Of James Farley his idol who believed
that the national chairman of party ought to make people
happy.
Evening star., 1960-12-21

II the Communists move into
Oriental, our hands win no
longer be tied"
Evening star., 1960-01-17
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Evening star., 1960-03-08
Suicide MESSAGE
Tips Police, Saves
Man and Mother

NEW YORK, Mar. 8 (AP)
"A special delivery note ar
rived in time to save the lives
of a man and his elderly
mother.
Police said George Sisom, SO,
dispatched the note Sunday
to a former employer, R. A,
Colistra. In it, he said he
planned to take his own life,
About II pm. Sunday, Sisom
struck his mother Jennie, 81,
with an ak as she lay in bed
in their Greenwich Village
apartment, police said. He had
been reluctant to leave her
alone. Then he slashed his
wrists and throat with a knife
and plunged an ice pick into
his side.
The note was delivered yes
terday. Mr.. Colistra notified
police, who broke into Sisom' S
apartment.
Both the mother and son
were still alive. Mrs. Sisom
was taken to st. Vincent's Hos
pital. where her condition was
serious. Her son was taken to
Bellevue Hospital prison ward
on an assault charge. His con-
dition was listed as satisfactory.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Army Chapter
ToHonor Scientist

Civilian scientists and mill
tary officials responsible for
the Army's outstanding missile
achievements will be honored
at a banquet at 7 pm. Friday
in the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The host will be the George
Washington Chapter, Associa-
tion Of the United States Army
Nearly 800 guests, including
scores of ranking Army Off
cialS, both civilian and mill
tary, and many scientists will
attend.
The Army's missile program
will be discussed by 1t. Gen
Arthur G. Trudeau, Army
chief Of research and develop
ment. The toastmaster will be
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, presi-
dent emeritus of George Wash
ington University and civilian
aide to the Secretary of the
Army.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Atlantic Upheovo| Laid
To Agodir Earthquake

lesser shocks after the first
two that toppled buildings and
brought tidal wave and fire to
the resort city on Morocco's
south coast.
Eyewitnesses. includin g
Crown Prince Moulay HaSsan,
reported a few days later the
sea was boiling up from patch
of foam about two miles of
shore.
Ships anchored in the harbor
reported important changes in
the depth of the ocean around
the coast. One ship took sound
ings 20 miles out and reported
the ocean floor rose from the
900 feet marked on charts to
about 100 feet below the sur
face.
Scientists here suggested that
an underwater fissure may be
forming off Agadir. Such phe-
nomena are known in this part
of the Atlantic.
Submarine VOLCANOES formed
! in 1911 and 1858 in the Azores,
due west of here. The earth's
geological makeup here favors
such developments. Agadir lies
on a major fault line in the
earth's crust running from
Italy through Algeria to South
ern Morocco.
The city now is sealed off by
soldiers and only demolition
teams are working inside
United States Army Engineers
are bulldozing down what is
left of Agadir. The hunt for
bodies continued.
Evening star., 1960-03-08

Prospects appeared strong
today that the Democratic con-
vention in July will open with
a battle over seating of dele
gates from several Southern
States.
Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler served no
tice in a press conference yes
terday that delegates from
States that do not require their
presidential electors to support
the nominees of the national
party "are very likely" to have
their credentials challenged.
Bidwell Adam, Mississippi
Democratic chairman, fired
back today with a charge that
Mr.. Butler is trying to "bull-
whip" the South.
Mississippi is one Of six
Southern States where laws or
party regulations permit use OF
the so-called free elector'
plan. The others are Alabama.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Beauty Culture
Pay Rise Asked

Minimum wage recommenda-
tions covering some 1000
women employed in beauty
culture here were the subject
of a Minimum Wage and In
dustrial Safety Board hearing
last night at the District
Building.
Recommendations were SUBJ
mitted by a three-part Mini
mum Wage Conference ap-
pointed by the board, on which
were representatives of the
public, workers and employers.
These include a weekly wage
of $43.26 for a work week of
from 36 through AZ hours, a
part-time wage of SIPS per
hour for SO hours or less a
week. and an overtime wage OF
SIPS per hour for over AZ
hours a week.
The present minimum wage
rate Of $30.60 a week for
women employed in this occu-
patton was set in 1948.
Milton C. Denbo was chair
man Of the Minimum Wage
Conference making the recon-
mendations.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Photographer Quizzed
By Castro Heads Home

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 8 (AP).-
A free-lance photographer, who
said he was heckled and re-
lieved of his cameras and films
by Cuban authorities, looked
forward today to enjoying once
more the tranquility of his Ne
braska home.
"They"-including Cuban
Premier Fidel Castro-"didn't
accuse me of anything" Dom
aid Chapman said on his re-
turn to United States soil last
night. There was no physical
cruelty. You might call it men,
tai anguish. That police-state
operation has you on edge"
Mr.. Chapman, 26, said he
stopped at Havana only be-
cause chat was a port of call
on the itinerary Of the French
freighter La Coubre. The ship,
bringing munitions to Cuba,
blew up Friday in a Havana
dock with loss of more than 10
lives, mostly am ong dock
workers.
Mr.. Chapman was the only
United States citizen aboard.
He said Shrapnel nicked his
neck as he stood on the ships
bridge.
Il don't know why the Gu
bans arrested me-" he said last
night. II guess it was because
they were picking everyone up"
Mr.. Chapman said the bearded
Castro himself was one of his
interrogators during an over
night quiz session.
Mr.. Chapman, whose mother,
Mrs. Elsie Chapman, lives at
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Democrats Face Battle
On Convention Seotinu

Arkansas, Georgia. Louisiana
and South Carolina.
Under the free elector plan,
a States presidential electors
would be legally free to cast
their votes in the Electoral
College for someone other than
the Democratic or Republican
nominee.
Some Southern strategists
argue that the free elector'
plan will prevent either party's
nominee from winning a ma
jority of the electoral votes.
Mr.. Butler pointed out that
the Democratic National Com
mittee last September had
formally urged the convention
to readopt the 1856 loyalty
rule" which pledges delegates
to support the nominee.
Mr.. Butler also announced
at his press conference that
public hearings on the Demo-
cratic platform will be held in
various sections of the country
from April into June.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Atlas Tests
Guide System
Successfully

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
Mar. 8 (AP).-A powerful Atlas,
streaking to its 21st straight
success, tested the missiles
ultimate guidance system for
the first time today.
The Air Force announced the
success of the flight more than
an hour after launching.
The announcement made no
mention Of the performance of
the new guidance system, but
an informed source said Off
cials we're satisfied after a pre-
liminary look at data received.
In a unique maneuver, the
1l0-ton Atlas made a 90-de-
gree twist as it rose slowly
from its pad. This spin turn
designed to test the guidance
did not alter the regular course
Of the missile.
The Atlas was aimed at ar
ocean target 5000 miles away
short of the maximum 6,325.
mile distance this intercon.
tinental range rocket has
flown.
The inertial (built-in) guild.
ance operated today but die
not steer the missile. Telem.
etry signals relayed infor.
nation on its performance tc
a ground station. The Alta.
was directed by it's regular
radio-command guidance sys.
tenn.
Inertial guidance, which /,
self-contained within the mis-.
sile, has many advantages owe,
the radio system. The latte,
requires a ground station u
send commands to the rocke
during flight.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
SALESMANSHIP
COPTER TO HOP
TO CAPITOL HILL

When Representative
Harmon of Indiana says
he wants a helicopter serv-
ice for Congressman, he's
not handicapped by lack Of
a landing field.
Architects failed to plan
for a rooftop landing space
on the new House Office
Building, now under con-
struction. But Mr.. Har-
mon, a Democrat, has pro-
posed legislation to build
one there.
And he said yesterday
he'll take to the air him.
self a week from tomorrow
to prove how much time
will be saved by flights be-
tween National Airport and
Capitol Hill. He plans to
fly in a two-seated hell
copter.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Nixon Moves
To Break Up
Solid South
By JACK BELL
Associated Press staff Writer

Vice President Nixon is max
ing an all-out effort to crash
into the South in the November
election.
With the Republican presi-
dental nomination all but
wrapped up, Mr.. Nixon already
has under way a campaign
pointed at Texas, Florida and
Virginia as key States.
The 46 electoral votes repre-
Sented in those three States
could be decisive if New York's
IS votes 60 to the Democrats.
Mr.. Nixon hopes that differ
ences with New York Gov. Nell
son A. Rockefeller have been
patched up. But he isn't sure.
Gov. Rockefeller has warmed
somewhat, but not enough to
be entirely reassuring, since the
New York Governor withdrew
as a potential rival for the
presidential nomination with a
blast at the G. o. P. Old Guard.
Eyes Unsettled South
AS a precautionary measure,
Mr.. Nixon has taken steps to
cash in on the South's dis
satisfaction with most aspirants
for the Democratic presidential
nomination. This has grown
out of the current controversy
in Congress over civil rights
legislation.
The theory in the Nixon
camp is that Senators Ken
nedy of Massachusetts, Hum
phrey of Minnesota, Symington
of Missouri and johnson of
Texas. the Senate Majority
Leader, will have been forced
to vote for civil rights amend
ments and motions that will
make them anathema to the
average Dixie voter.
Mr.. Nixon's hackers are
trading on the psychological
gambit that Southerners would
rather vote for an all-out Re-
publican advocate of civil
rights, as the Vice President
says he is, than for Demo-
crat they may regard as d
renegade.
The Nixon men do not dis
count the fact that Adlai E.
Stevenson, twice the party
nominee, will not have been
embroiled in this controversy.
Merely because of this, so far
as the South is concerned, they
fear Mr.. Stevenson more than
any other Democrat.
Race Seen Fixed
But the Nixon camps view
is that Mr.. Stevenson is fading.
They agree with many other
professional politicians that
the Democratic race now is be-
tween Senators Kennedy and
Johnson.
For this reason they are
happy to report the results Of
polls that they say indicate only
Senator johnson could beat Mr..
Nixon in Texas and Virginia.
In the same breath they express
the opinion that Senator john
son won't be the opposing
nominee. ..-