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Evening star., 1960-05-25
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Obesity: Threat to Health
BY DR.. PETER J. STEINcRoHN

overweight and ate too much
themselves.
To sum up, you have these
things to contend with: Past
defeats in the battle of the
diet" early habits of over
eating learned from your
parents who were themselves
overweight, and emotional
tensions.
The answer is evident:
Chances are your dieting will
prove unsuccessful unless
you engage a doctor to help
you. He will tell you what
and what not to eat. He
will, if he thinks necessary,
prescribe pills to diminish
your appetite. He will try to
receive (or at least diminish)
your emotional problems by
sympathetic, practical advice
and by prescribing sedatives
or tranquilizerS.
Years ago people used to
consider obesity a joke. Now
they realize that the over
weight problem is a serious
threat to health. After the
age of As, every extra pound
of weight you carry increases
your chances of dying by
about l per cent. I consider
that obesity is actually the
beginning of disease. In an
indirect way it is often the
forerunner of such killers as
heart disease, high blood
pressure, arteriosclerosis, dia-
betes and stroke.
If you have arthritis,
obesity worsens it. If you
have to undergo an operation
your chances for a smooth
recovery lessen. Forgetting
about health for a moment:
If you are much overweight
you will have a harder time
getting a job and holding it.
At least one out Of every
five people reading this COL
umn today are overweight.
Better do something about
it. Either by yourself or in CO.
operation with your doctor.
Hon to Manage Your
MenopduSe," will be mailed
on receipt of a stamped, self
addressed envelope, and 10
cents in coin for handling
charges. Address DR.. Stein
crohn in care of The Eue-
nina Star.
released by the Bell syndicate)
Tomorrow: Cotoroct.
Evening star., 1960-05-25

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
am overweight. Is there any
need for me to go to a doc
tor to take weight off? 1t
seems such a simple thing.
Then why go to the expense
and bother? Mrs. K, Chi
cago, III.
CAN'T GIVE YOU a def
mite answer. I'd have to
know much more about you.
For example: How old are
you? How long have you been
overweight? Is there a his
tory of this condition in your
family? What are your eat
ing habits? Are you happy
and contented-or, are you a
seething kettle Of emotional
upheaval? Have you ever
tried dieting before?
In other words, is this your
first try; or just another at
tempt at reducing after
previous failures?
But let's suppose that you
are in your 20s or 30s and
weigh only 1915 pounds
more than you should. You
have never dieted before.
You are even-tempered and
there is no history of obesity
in your family. In such cir
cumstances. my answer
would be: Try dieting your
self. I see no need for visits
to the doctor. Perhaps all
you need to do it eliminate
some snacks, bread and but
ter, desserts; and those ex-
ira pounds would disappear.
Thousands of people reduce
satisfactorily without the
help of doctors.
But let's suppose you are
20-40 pounds overweight Cor
more). You have tried many
times to reduce. You took
off a few pounds and they
piled up again within weeks.
You are an anxious person
weighted down with prob
lens at home. AS a young
ster you were in the habit Of
eating a lot because your
father and mother were
Evening star., 1960-05-25
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

ENEMIES: Mystery Writer
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a
firm believer in spiritualism,
was convinced that the dead
could communicate with the
living.
At one time, shortly after
the death of a fellow writer,
Doyle was asked by a friend
if he had heard from the
deceased. He admitted that
he had not.
Are you convinced now"
said the friend, that spirit
ualism is a fake?"
Not at ALL" said Doyle.
"I didn't expect him to con-
tact me. We weren't on
speaking terms when he
died"
WATER: French Painter
ToulouSe-L tree was a
heavy drinker. At one time,
his condition became so
alarming that his doctor Or
dered him to have water
served with his meals thence
forth.
That night at dinner, the
artist had a decanter of
water placed on his table.
Into the decanter had been
tossed a half-dozen goldfish.
Then, as he watched the
goldfish swim about, he set
tied back and drank himself
into a stupor.
Evening star., 1960-05-25
DEAR ABBY
There Are Ways to Stop This!
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

DEAR ABBY: I am a wom-
an of SIS who has worked for
the Government in a civil
service job for rs years. !
retired last September and
now I think I am going to
have to go back to work
again in order to get some
rest.
The reason is this: I have
three daughters and a son.
They are all married and are
raising families. Since I have
retired" I have been pes
tered to death to come and
take care of this ones chill
dren and the other ones
baby. They don't realize what
they are asking. I get two
and three calls a day: Nom,
can you run over and watch
the kiddieS for a few hours?"
How can I say no when they
know I am not working?
Don't get me wrong, Abby,
I love my children and my
grandchildren. but I don't
want to be a free baby-sitter
seven days a week - and
that's what I am. If you can
think of a solution besides
going back to work, please
let me have it.
FREE SITTER.
It's strange how some peo-
pie can't say mo" but
when they're stepped on they
certainly can hOller ouch"
You retired because you
wanted to rest. Now stay
home and next time you are
asked to "sit"-unIess 1t Is
convenient and you really
want tO-Say mo-"
50 -
DEAR ABBY: I Just read
the letter from DOG
LOVER" who thought more
of his dog than he did his
relatives. Will you please
send me his name and ad-
dress I think we are related.
ANOTHER DOG LOVER
= y +
What's Uour problem7
Write to Abby in care of The
Evening star., 1960-05-25

DEAR ABBY: I love chill
dren and we have eight of
them. On Saturday after
moons I go to town to do the
weeks marketing while my
husband stays home and
minds the children. I am
never gone more than three
hours. but when I return 1
find the children sleeping all
over the house. The 6-year-
old told me that Daddy
gives us sips of his drink"
This can be beer, wine or
hard liquor. I asked him
about it and he said it quieted
them down and did them no
harm. Will a few sips do
them harm, Abby? I am
worried.
MOTHER OF EIGHT.
Your husband had better
learn a few facts about the
effects of alcohol on children
and the penalty for making
1t available to them. l mean
sips, gulps or SnOOtSful. In
sist that he stop it. And
send him to the store while
you stay home and mind the
children il he hasn't any bet
ter sense than that.
y u
DEAR ABBY: I was IA
years old on Easter Sunday
and my mother and I had a
big birthday party planned.
Unfortunately I had the flu
on my birthday and we had
to call the party off.
I was hoping We could
postpone it for two weeks.
but my mother called it off
for good. She said it would
look like we were giving the
party just for the presents
If we had the birthday party
two weeks later. Do you
think this was fair to me?
NO PARTY.
Your mother was right,
honey. The only time to
have a birthday" party is on
your birthday. You could
have had just a plain party
at q later date, however.
Evening star., 1960-05-25
BY 10 Fischer

KnoW," send 25c and a large,
Selt-dddressed, stamped en-
Uelope in care OF The EUe-
ming Star.
by McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Evening star., 1960-05-25

EUening Star. For a personal
reply, incloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
For Abby'S pamphlet.
what Teen-AgerS Want to
Evening star., 1960-05-25
WORLD ECHOES
North American Newspaper Alliance

Odd items from the world
press:
A CLOCKMA AKER in
Nuremburg has invented an
alarm clock for deaf people.
At the desired hour it emits
a slight electric shock which
awakens the sleeper. At the
same time an electric light Is
switched on. The strength of
the shock and the light can
be regulated according to the
heavinesS of the sleeper.
(Abendzeitung. Munich.
Germany
RENE HERON de- Vile
fosse, curator of Paris muse
ums, reports that the Amer
lean Embassy is built on the
spot where Balthazar Girl
mod de la Reyniere. distin-
guished gourmet, once lived.
His fame rested on his We'd
nesday lunches" at which
napkins were not served.
Diners wiped their hands on
the hair of the servants.
Monsieur Heron de Villefosse
has courteously suggested the
Americans put up a COM
memorative plaque.
A(L'Intransigeant, Paris)
Evening star., 1960-12-14

Informants said the train
ing area problem may be
solved by sending West Ger
man and other continental
soldiers to military camps in
the United States to give them
room to conduct maneuvers.
Such a solution. the in
formants suggested. might help
halt the drain on American
gold ana dollar reserves. a
major worry for the alliance.
Alliance members would pay
the costs of their troops train
ing in the United States.
The informants said If
Americans were willing to be
hosts to foreign troops, Ameri-
can servicemen overseas might
be allowed to continue to have
their dependents with them.
The order to cut the number
of dependents overseas is the
most dramatic step taken thus
far by the United States to
halt the American balance of
payments deficit now lAlnning
at almost 81 billion a year.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Parents Can't BuyFue
Arlington Baby Dies

An Arlington couple, who
told police they did not have
enough money to heat their
house, awakened today to find
that their baby had died in
his crib.
Police tentatively attributed
the death to exposure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Schmidt of SOFA North Twenty
fifth place discovered their g.
month-old son. Ronald, had
turned blue in the sub-freezing
temperature of their home
shortly after 6 am.
He was pronounced dead
in Arlington Hospital.
The father, a salesman who
brought his family to Arlington
from Ohio two months ago,
told police he ran out of fuel
oil Monday.
He said that, because of his
recent arrival in the area, he
had not been able to obtain
credit, and that commissions he
had earned have barely enabled
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Plan Discussed to I Train
NATO 7 roops in u. S.

PARIS, Dec. IA (AP). - a
plan to train European troops
in the United States was being
discussed today among military
leaders of the Atlantic Alliance.
At the same time the United
States dropped its idea that
West Germany pay $500 mil
lion annually toward support
of United States troops in Ger
many.
The Bonn government had
turned down the proposal and
today United States Secretary
of the Treasury Anderson sug-
gested that other methods can
be used to accomplish the same
aim-slowing of the flow of
gold and dollar reserves from
the United States. Mr.. Ander-
son conferred with Ludwig
Erhard, West Germany's eco
Monies minister.
The council of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
meets here Friday. NATO's
military committee has handed
the 15-nation council the prob
lem of finding room for train
ing the Vests armed forces.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

risky business to drive a car
on secondary streets and roads.
Motorists also are still being
plagued by dead batteries,
plow-created snow banks and
frozen hand brakes.
Low Of rs Due Tonight
Tonight's low temperature
will be about % degrees in the
city and IS in the suburbs.
The Government, which had
a storm-caused holiday Mon
day, is back at work with most
agencies reporting between IS
and 95 per cent of the work
force on the job. 49,
Trash pickup service re-
sumes today in the District.
Fairfax County. Alexandria,
Falls Church and suburban
Maryland, with garbage COL
lections to be resumed in
Washington tomorrow.
Here is the school situation
today:
Open are schools in the Dis
trict, Arlington, Alexandria,
Falls Church and Frederick
County. Also open are the
University of Maryland, Amer
ican University, George Wash
See STORM, Page B-1
Evening star., 1960-12-14

him to feed his wife and two
other small boys after paying
outstanding debts.
Police quoted the Arlington
Welfare Department as telling
the couple they had not lived
long enough in the county to
qualify for assistance.
Firemen and detectives re-
ported the children were with
out adequate shoes and clothing
Fire Dispatcher Harry Leer
and Detectives Walter Cauf
man and j. P. Connors initiated
a community drive to help the
Schmidts.
The response was immediate
A fuel oil company In Alexan-
dria provided assurances that
the family will receive oil
Firemen from throughout Ar.
lington contributed money
Police and f1remen started call
ing businessmen to obtain
clothing and toys. The Cath
olic Charities will arrange tc
pay for the funeral.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Ford Will Take
McNumuru Job

DETROIT, Dec. II (AP).-
The Ford Motor Co. announced
today that Henry Ford II, board
chairman, will resume the COM
|pany presidency January /.
The company said in a state
ment that Mr.. Ford will act
as both board chairman and
president "for at least the next
several months"
The announcement came a
day after the designation Ai
Robert s.. Mcnamara, Ford
president, as Secretary of De-
fense by President-elect John
F. Kennedy.
Mr.. Mcnamara had been
named president of Ford-as
successor to Henry Ford II
only a few weeks ago.
Today's action came as the
board of directors met follow
ing Mr.. McNamara's cabinet
appointment.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

was Is. Today's high tempera-
ture will be about 80 degrees.
followed by an even warmer
day tomorrow when the mer-
curry will reach about 40, the
bureau said.
officials are counting on the
sun to do more toward return
ing the area to normal living
than all the hundreds of men
and machines have been able
to accomplish since the storm
struck early Sunday.
Cloud Blanket Credited
A thick blanket Of clouds
saved the area from predicted
low temperatures last night Of
S degrees in the city and S be-
low zero in the suburbs. How
ever, the Weather Bureau is
keeping a close watch on a dis
turbance moving this way from
the Gulf of Mexico that may
bring rain or snow to the area
Friday or Saturday. The FORE
caster said it's too early to tell
what will happen.
Meanwhile, even before the
snow had really begun to melt,
some semblance of normality
returned. All main roads and
highways are reported open
and passable. but it is still a
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Herter Heads u. S.
Delegation at NATO

PARIS. Dec. II (AP).-United
States Secretary of State Her.
ter arrived here from Brussels
today to head the American
delegation at the annual re-
view Of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
MIR. Herter few from Brus.
sels where he attended gala
preliminaries to the wedding
Of King Baudouin.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Quesada Fires
Back at Critics
FAA Head Names
Names OF CopitoI
BY CHARLES YARBRoUGH
star star Writer

Dropping two years of re.
straiiat abruptly, the Nations
TOP Riati6n boss t66ag took
his reply 10 critics TO Capitol
Hill.
Elwood r. Quesada, due to
leave office as Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Agency,
January 20, lashed out at "ir-
responsible pressures" an d
named names. In many an
other Congressional committee
appearances. Mr.. Quesada has
referred to some critics Of FAA
in generalizations-"specia in
terest groups"
Appearing before a House
Aeronautics Subc o m m ittee
hearing called to review the
agency's first two years, MIR.
QUesada aimed his blunt criti-
cism at two organizations, the
Bethesda based Aircraft Own
ers and Pilots Association and
the Air Line Pilots Association.
He charged the AOPA with
engaging in a Continuing gum
fire Of Misrepresentation, In
vective and distortion through
its widely circulated magazine
and confidential newsletter
and called the organization q
self-serving group whose Of
ficers are not elected by the
10000 members"
He said the agency has en-
gagged in a vigorous. timely
safety program involving scores
of rule-making actions. Yet
there has been no successful
legal challenge to our rule-mak-
ing action to date, either to
reasonableness or to compli-
ance with procedural due
process.
In the main, Mr.. Quesada
dealt with highly controversial
rule-making actions which drew
heavy fire from the AOPA and
the pilots association.
These included new and
stringent physical requirements
for all pilots; the pilot-age rule
of all airline pilots
at the age Of go and setting a
limit of SIS for those flying COM
mercial Jet aircraft. Others
had to do with cockpit dis
cipline and the right of FAA
inspectors to ride in the cockpit.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

should accept appointment az
Attorney General. said as he
left o conference at his broth
er's home last night that there
had been no decision yet on
his future role.
Pierre Salinger, the Presi-
dent-elect's press secretary.
said early this afternoon that
he could not tell whether Sem
ator Kennedy would be ready
to announce his sixth cabinet
appointment before the day is
over. But he said that is a
possibility"
Mr.. Salinger also said he
would not, exclude the possi-
bility that the next cabinet
member to be named would be
Arthur Goldberg, special coun-
sci Of the AFL-cIO and general
counsel Of the United Steel
Workers. as Secretary Of Labor.
Representative Thomas. Dem
ocrat of Texas, one Of several
Congressman calling at Sena-
tor Kennedy's Georgetown
home today. told newsmen ne
recommended appointment of
Representative Poage, Demo-
crat Of Texas, as Secretary Of
Agriculture. Chairman Cooley
Of the House Agriculture Com
mittee said yesterday Mr.. Poage
was his choice.
Silent on Chances
Mr.. Thomas said Mr.. Ken
nedy is giving consideration
to Mr.. Poage. But he declined
to say what he thought of the
Texans chances of getting the
job. He also indicated that
Senator Kennedy has not made
up his mind about the Agricul-
ture post.
Fred v. Heinkel, president
of the Missouri Farmers Asso-
citation, who has figured in
speculation for possible appoint
ment as Secretary Of Agricul-
ture. conferred with Senator
Kennedy late yesterday. He
See KENNEDY, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Bomber Sets 2 Records
In l0,O00-MiIe Flight

WARDS AIR FORCE
BASE. Calf. Dec. II (AP).-
A United States Air Force
B-52G jet bomber landed today
after q l0.000-mile nonstop
fight without refueling, break
ing two world records, the Air
Force announced.
The eight-jet Boeing bomber
was aloft 10 hours As minutes
after taking of at TOT am.
yesterday from the runway on
which 1t landed.
It was flown by a crew from
the 5th Bombardment Wing at
Travis Air Force Base, Calf,
on a closed circuit course to
FL Paso. Tex; Andrews AFB,
outside Washington, D. c.:
Harmon Air Base. Newfound-
land; Eielson AFB, Fairbanks,
Alaska; Phillip. s. OAK, and
back here.
THE bomber few over An
drews at 2:25 pm, EST, yes
terday, the Air Force said.)
1t. Col. Thomas r. Grissom.
36. Rapid City. s. Oak, COM
the plane and a seven
man crew on the historic fight,
q mission of the Strategic Air
Commands combat-ready alert
forces. :
Previous Records
The Air Force said previous
cloSed-circuit distance records,
broken today, were 1854 miles,
set by a B-29 propeller-driven
bomber from McDill AFB,
Tampa. Fla. in August, l947,
and 6,233 miles flown by a jet
powered B-52D from Ellsworth
AFB, Rapid City, in Septem-
ber, 1858.
The swept-wing B-52-G in to-
days accomplishment weighed
100000 pounds gross at take
of. It is 1856 feet long. It is
from the 23d Bomb Squadron
1T Travis. a component Of the
Evening star., 1960-12-14
PopoI Blessing Set
For Christmas Duv

VATICAN CITY. Dec. IA
(AP Pope John XIII will
give his blessing to the world
on Christmas Day.
The 79-year-old pontiff of
the Roman Catholic Church
also will deliver a brief Christ
mas message.
The pontiff's regular Christ
mas message, an annual mes
sage in which he speaks on the
state Of the world. will be de-
livered on December %.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

18th Air Force commanded by
1t. Gen. Archie ]. Old, jr.
whose headquarters are al
March AFB. Riverside, Calf.
Gen. Old said the flight is
further evidence of the Strate-
gic Air Commands global capa-
bility.
"The B-52-G, combined with
the Hound Dog battle-ground
guided missile. is one Of the
most formidable weapons ever
designed" he said.
This record fight demon
strated again the versatility of
the Nations manned bomber
force and its ability to strike
any enemy target at any time
from anywhere on the globe. 1"
Can Garry Two Missiles
The B52G has a range OF
more than 10000 miles, flies at
$50 miles an hour and can
carry two Hound Dog missiles,
one under each wing. The
nuclear-warhead missiles have
a range of more than 500 miles
at supersonic speeds.
The B52G also can carry a
nuclear payload in its bomb
bay, more destructive power
than was dropped by all Axis
and Allied bombers in World
War II combined.
Other members of the record
breaking crew were:
1t. Col. Neil D. Van Reenen,
80. Rockford. ILL.,, pilot: Capt.
Joseph p. Bosley, 81, lola, Kan,
co-pilot: 1t. Col. Allen T.
Wayne. Al. Campbellsville, KY,
navigator bombardier; Mai.
Cyril A. Dingwell, 20, Scituate,
Mass, navigator; Maj. John B.
Smith, 81, Caldwell. Ida, nav
igator; Capt. John w. Klefstad,
40. Duluth, Mimi. electronics
observer. and M/Sergt. Tommy
L. Cobb, 33. Jacksonville, Ala,
gunner.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

his l0-man cabinet after an
nouncing late yesterday that
his Secretary Of Defense will
be 44-year-old Robert s. Nc
Namara. president Of the Ford
Motor Co.
His choices Of men to head
the Treasury. Justice. Labor,
Agriculture and Post Once De-
partments are expected to be
made known in rapid success
sion now that he has made
perhaps his toughest decisions
in selecting his Secretaries OF
Defense and State.
Both Mr.. Mcnamara and
Dean Rusk, whose appointment
as Secretary Of State In the
Kennedy cabinet was an
nounced Monday, were strang-
ers to the President-elect until
less than a week before they
were named.
Registered Republican
Their appointments are ex-
pected to strengthen biparti-
sanship in the national secu-
rity field during the Kennedy
administration.
The incoming Defense Sec
retary is a registered Republic
can who says he votes "as a
political independent" He re-
fused to tell newsmen whether
he voted for Senator Kennedy.
Mr.. Rusk is a Democrat, but
has not been actively partisan.
The remaining one Of the
big three" cabinet jobs-Sec-
retary of the Treasury-may
go to a Republican, Undersec-
retary of State Douglas Dill
Ion who is due back in WASH
ington tomorrow from a mis-
sion to Paris.
Political considerations are
expected to play a bigger part
in Senator Kennedy's selection
of his Attorney General, Post
master General and Labor and
Agriculture Secretaries, with
those posts going to active
Democrats.
No Decision on Brother
Robert Kennedy, the Presi-
dent-elect's brother and cam
paign manager. who repeatedly
has been debating whether he
Evening star., 1960-12-14
II Miners Killed

zONGULDAK. Turkey, Dec.
IA (AP) P).-Twelve miners were
dead and SIS trapped far below
ground by a gas explosion in
a coal mine near this Black Sea
coast city today. Emergency
aid was rushed from nearby
communities in Turkeys coal
belt.