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Evening star., 1961-03-10
Congressional Club Drops
New Club. House Plan

emphasize that club mem
bers, who are the wives and
daughters of present and
past members Of Congress,
reached this decision on our
own"
They weren't pushed in
to it" by rising opposition
from citizens associations
and conservation groups, she
insisted.
"They had to cancel a
hearing Representative AS
pinall had set up last year
because of aroused public
opinion" she said. I'VE
squealed like stuck pigs, and
the people responded"
Mrs. Miller said she was
} frankly puzzled as to why
Senator Anderson had even
reintroduced the bill this
year.
And to think he introduced
it the same day he intro
duced that perfectly gorge
GUS bill to preserve our Wild
erness for future genera
tionsl" she said. II just don't
understand"
Mrs. Bennett said con-
gressional wives did not go
to our husbands and ask for
this parkland. We were look
ing for land to buy, and
when we couldn't find a piece
that served our needs, some
one suggested we might buy
some parkland.
The park people said they
couldn't sell us land, but
would be delighted to rent
it. It was their idea. They
suggested Nornanstone
Park"
mot True"
It is not true, as some
critics of the club project
have claimed, that the area
the club sought has been
used by children at play,
Mrs. Bennett said.
Il drive by there all the
time, and I've yet to see a
child at play" she declared.
"It'S just not a place to play.
It's practically straight up
and down. There's not even
space for a teeter or swing"
The proposed clubhouse
would have been dug into the
side of the steep slope, with
parking on the lower levels,
she explained.
Park officials were de-
lighted that something USE
full and attractive could be
done with the land" Mrs.
Bennett said. a
Other organizations lease
parklandS without q fuss be-
ing raised. she said. She
eited particularly the Junior
Evening star., 1961-03-10
FIRST LADY
GOING TO
GLEN ORA

Mrs. John F. Kennedy's
brother -in-law and sister,
Prince and Princess Radzi-
will, will be entertained by
the First Lady at Glen Ora
this evening.
1t was announced today
that Mrs. Kennedy and the
RadziwillS are to leave at
6 pm. today by car for the
Virginia estate near Mid
dleburg, Va. which the
Kennedys are leasing as a
weekend retreat and vaca-
tion spot.
Evening star., 1961-03-10

A bill authorizing the 90
year leasing of four acres of
parkland, a part of the
National Park System, to the
clubwomen was introduced
last year and this by Senator
Clinton P. Anderson of New
Mexico.
Mrs. Wallace Bennett,
president Of the club and the
wife Of the Utah Senator.
said the decision to remodel
was reached hastily Wednes-
day because IAN offer from a
prospective purchaser for the
present property brought
matters to a head"
She was most anxious to
Evening star., 1961-03-10
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
Star Staff Writer

The Congressional Club has
abandoned plans to build a
new clubhouse in Gov
ernment-owned Normanstone
Park, a project that had
come under heavy fire.
Instead, the members voted
Wednesday to remodel their
present clubhouse at 2001
New Hampshire avenue.
99-Year Lease
Normanstone Park lies
along a choice section of
Massachusetts, avenue, right
across the street from the
British Embassy.
Evening star., 1961-03-10

League Of Washington, which
is presently occupying the
former Nature Center in
Rock Greek Park.
They abandoned plans for
the new clubhouse only be-
cause they decided it would
be too difficult to raise" the
$350,000 required for the new
building, the club president
said.
Mrs. Bennett said she hopes
the work Of renovating the
present club quarters will
start this fall. It has to be
done during the September
through December months
when Congress is out of town,
she said. It will take several
years to complete.
Evening star., 1961-02-12
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BY BERNIE HARRISON
Critic
By BERNIE HARRISON
Star TV Critic

There live not three good men unhanged
in England and one of them is fat and grows old"
So. sighingly, speaks Sir John Falstaff. who
knew his own limitations, and If the Shake
Spearean An Age of Kings cycle via WTTG-5 is
generating increasing excitement among area
viewers no little credit is due the excellent actor
who plays him for the B. B. c. company.
Frank Pettingell is his name and he is but
one of a generally firSt-rate group Of players
whose only fault may be that our ears are unac-
customed to the ongue-tripping richness of the
scripts Pettingell is amazingly good and the
word, suspect. is getting around. (Check his
Continued on POse s
Mnaazne Woshinaton D. c. February Il 1861
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Bows and Girls Found
To Learn Differently

The way you learn depends
partly on whether you're a
boy or a girl, according to a
University of Maryland pro-
feSSor.
Evidence that the paths of
learning differ for boys and
gh'ls was pointed out by DR..
Walter Waetjen, professor of
education at the university's
Institute for Child Study.
In a paper prepared for the
National Education Associa-
tion's Regional Conference on
Instruction. he asked:
why is it that we have
four times as many boys who
are poor. or non-readers, than
girls?
why is it that IS per cent
of the children who are in
the hands of the juvenile court
or youth authority are boys?'
Two ClassificatiOns
= Major differences in learn
ing between boys and girls
emerged as researchers looked
Evening star., 1961-12-06

more closely al what educators
call "over achievers" and "un-
der achievers," DR.. Waetjen
said.
For instance, it was dis
covered that the over-achiev-
ing boys had a higher need
to achieve than did the under
achievers, tended to put more
effort into solving problems in
competitive situations, and
tended to be more concerned
than the under-achieving boys
over whether people considered
them intelligent or not" he
noted.
But with the girls, it was
found that the over-achiever
had less need for achievement
than the under-achiever," he
continued. THE over-achieving
girl was significantly less
anxious than the under -achiev-
ing girl. The reverse was true
in the case of boys
Pressure on Boys
DR.. Waetjen said some diff
ferenceS were noted also in
the family picture of boys and
girls. The over-achieving boys
were found to have consider
able pressure to achieve, par
ticularly from their mothers,
but there was hardly any
parental pressure for the over
achieving girls.
Under-a achieving boys tended
to get their rewards at home
regardless of their achieve
ment, he added. But the under
achieving girls were the young
sters found to have the larg-
est number of difficulties in
their families.
DR.. Waetjen addressed some
400 teachers from eight States
and the District invited to take
part in the three-day NEA
conference this week.
Evening star., 1961-12-06

frightened Blue Laws
Proposed in Maryland

in a general tightening Of re-
strictions on Sunday sales. He
said the main aim is to make
the law uniform over the State
and to "forstall the wide-open
Sunday" which has developed
in some other States.
Uniformity Seen
Maryland's existing blue law.
which dates back to colonial
days, recently was upheld by
the Supreme Court. The law is
not uniform. howcver, because
of local laws in effect in many
counties and Baltimore City.
Enforcement of the laws also
varies from one locality to
another.
The proposed bill says the
Sunday restrictions would not
apply to proprietors who OBJ
serve Saturday as their sacred
day of rest" provided they
abide on Saturday by all the
restrictions imposed on other
proprietors on Sunday.
The refere dunn bill,
which would require sigma
lures of 10 per cent of the
voters before an act of the
General Assembly could be
placed on a Statewide referen-
dunn. The present law requires
only 10000 signatures whereas
the proposed bill would require
at least $4,000. The 10 per cent
figure would be based on the
latest vote in a gubernatorial
election.
The move for changing the
referendum law resulted from
petitions against three major
bills passed at the 1861 session
of the General Assembly. These
were a congressional redistrict-
ing act, a savings and loan reg
ulatory act and an act to
tighten eligibility for unem-
ployment compensation. The
redistricting act and the un-
employment compensation bill
will go before the voters next
November, but the attorney
general has ruled the petition
against the savings and loan
act did not comply with the
! law.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
BY PAUL HOPE
star Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.-The
Maryland Legislative Council
tpday approved a wholesale re-
vision of the States Blue Laws
which advocates say would
generally tighten restrictions
on Sunday sales.
Also approved was a pro-
posal which would increase
the number of signatures on a
petition to place bills passed by
the General Assembly on ref
erendum. The bills will be
introduced with Legislative
Council approval at the Feb
ruary session of the General
Assembly.
Today's action followed ap-
proval last night of both bills
by the Judiciary Committee of
the Legislative Council.
Legislators said the blue Law
bill would replace the present
hodge-podge of State and local
laws with Statewide regula-
tionS.
Aimed at Wide Open Sundays
The proposed bill would per-
init Sunday operation of food
stores, nurseryS, florist shops,
filling stations, and roadside
flower, fruit and vegetable
stands. None of these could
use more than three employees
on Sunday.
Another category. with no
employe restrictions, would per-
init the Sunday operation of
bakeries, restaurants, lunch
counters, ice cream parlors and
neWsstands.
Drug stores would be per-
mitted to sell only drugs, medi-
cal supplies. tobacco products,
confectionaries. dairy products,
toilet articles, camera film,
paper goods, newspapers and
periodicals.
William G. Ewald, executive
vice president of the Maryland
Council of Retail Merchants
Associations, which has been
pressing for enactment of the
new law, said it would result
Evening star., 1961-12-06
School Fire Laid
To Short Circuit

INDIAN HEAD, Md. Dec. 6
(AP) State police investiga-
tors said yesterday a short cir
cult was responsible for a fire
which destroyed five class
rooms in the Indian Head ele-
mentary school Monday night.
Total damage was estimated
at $150,000 by insurance ad-
justors.
The schools 975 students
were to return to classes today.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

The recipe? The cherished kind that's
been in the family for years. Fragrant,
velvety . a ribbon of sugar n spice
streusel in the middle. And on top,
more caramel-y cinnamon streusel
Qots ofitD that bakes to golden finish.
Quick-to-the-oVen! OF course! But this
you should know above all: Because
our Cinnamon StreuSel Coffee Cake is
Evening star., 1961-09-17

meant to be just like an old family rec
ipe, nothing was spared to make it
lavish as your own!
When to serve! Sunday mornings for sure, or
after the bridge game, or as picnic take
along. Bake proudly any time you're bent
on pleasing that's how special it is! For
more serving ideas . just write to Ann
Pillsbury, Box 80, Minneapolis 60, MINI.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Alaska's Unemployment Rate Down Slightly

JUNEAU R - State Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson said today Alaska's insured unemploy- ment rate for the week ending June 10 was 10.5 per cent.
 The rate was down slightly from the 109 per cent registered the week before but still sub stantially higher than the rate of 6.3 per cent experienced dur ing the same week a year ago.
 Despite improvements in the unemployment picture in most areas of the state, Johnson said there is a clearly defined pattern of economic showdown.
 Johnson said figures for the constrution industry showed 1,416 unemployed workers last week, compared to 620 construction workers who were out of jobs during the same week in 1860.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Ike Says Capitalization Is a Threat to Our Democratic Future

WASHINGTON LR - Former President Dwight Eisenhower told representatives of local govern ment Thursday that excessive standardization is a never ceasing threat to our democratic future" ]"
 'The mania that some over jealous central agencies seem to have developed for wanting to dominate rather than serve local government" he said, threatens to sap the vitality and creative initiative of community insitu- tions.
 "Assuredly, local governments should not accelerate this trend by defaulting on their own re- sponsibilities.
 Eisenhower, making only his third scheduled appearance since leaving office last January, ap- peared before the World Confer ence of Local Government.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
FRENCH AIRLINER BURNS
 UPON LANDING. NO ONE HURT

LISBON, Portugal lR A French jet airliner landing at Lis bon's airport tipped on it's nose early today and burned. Three passengers were bruised, but none of the other 116 persons aboard the Air France plane was hurt
 The Boeing TOT jet was enroute from Paris to Peru via the Azores and Venezuela The undercarriage collapsed as the plane touched down at Portela Airport.
 Flames broke out minutes after those aboard scrambled through emergency exists. Much of the baggage and mail was burned.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
No Decision
 Arrived at In Tractor Deal

WASHINGTON tR The Tractors-f r-Freedom Committee has received a secret report from the four technicians who nego- tiated with Fidel Castro on his plan to exchange men for ma- chimes.
 Evidently no decision was ar rived at by the committee last night on whether to accept the Cuban Prime Ministers latest de- mands. He wants $28 million worth of farm tractors for 1,167 Cuban rebels captured in their abortive invasion of Cuba April IT.
 A spokesman said early today that the committee would re- ceive fuller written report from the technicians before making any kind of statement
 At the secret session in Wash ington, which lasted to near mid night, the four experts reported to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Walter P. Reuther, and Joseph H. Dodge. A fourth member of the committee, pr. Milton Eisen- hover was not present.
 The four experts returned to the United States from Havana yesterday sidestepping all ques- tions when they arrived in Wash ington in the evening.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Senate Approves Multi-BilliOn-DOllar Highway Financing Bill

WASHINGTON LR - The Sen- ate has passed the multi-billion- dollar highway financing bill after adding extension of the bill board control bonus plan.
 The measure gives President Kennedy the major share of the revenues he asked for the in the interstate roads system.
 The Senate gave it's voice vote approval Thursday night after a nine-hour session. The measure now goes back to the House which has passed it's own version.
 One major difference between the Senate and House bills: A Senate amendment to continue for two years incentive payments to states to regulate billboards.
 The bill is a landmark. This is the first time since the Al ,000- mile interstate system of ex- pressWays was set up in 1856 that financing is provided to cover the entire federal share of the cost.
 The federal government picks up 90 per cent of the tab. Of the systems estimated cost of $41 billion, Washington pays almost $37 billion.
 Advocates of continuing the billboard control bonus plan say they have hopes the House will accept it. Rep. George H. Fallon, D-Md), chairman of the House Public Roads subcommittee, said he was prepared to do so.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Wildcat Strikes Tie Up p Two Projects In Anchorage

ANCHORAGE lR - Wildcat strikes have been reported on two construction projects here follow ing a breakdown in contract ne- gotiations between contractors and construction trades unions about noon yesterday.
 Federal mediator Barney Toner announced yesterday that wage talks between the uhions and the Associated General Contractors were recessed indefinitely at 11:45 a. m. when the representa- tives of both sides reached an impasse.
 This morning the cement finish CTS failed to show up for work on the Providence Hospital job and the operating engineers didn't come to work on the Hill Bldg.
 A spokesman for the Operating Engineers said local officials have no knowledge of the apparent wildcat strike and the business agent of the cement finishers and Plasterers could not be reached for comment.
 Superintendents on the jobs said there were no jurisdictional disputes involved and they had no warning at all of the strikes.
 AS Anchorage strike woes mul- tiply, mediator Toner said he is continuing to work on the con- struction trades contract hassle exploring possible new avenues toward an agreement.
 Toner said he is still working to set time for conference be- tween the ironWorkers and the ACC but nothing has been de- finitely established yet.
 The Ironworkers withdrew from joint negotiations with six other construction trades this week to seek separate terms with the con- tractors.
 IL was unofficially reported earlier that the unions demands differ from those of the other construction unions.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
30 High School Graduates Receive Blank Diplomas

SAN MARINO, Calf. R - When the graduating class of San Marine High School marched up to receive diplomas, 30 members of the class got blank ones.
 Principal John Landrum dis closed the reason Thursday, the day after graduation.
 Two weeks before commence ment a caravan of students drove to the Arcadia home of Vice Prin- cipal Norman Frost. They pelted his windows, roof, garage and lawn with rotten eggs, mellow mellon, grapefruit rinds and other gal bage.
 Frost recognized one of the stu dents and soon the whole group was known to school officials.
 Landrurn added the offending students eventually will get their diplomas by mail. But first, each must write sincere letter of apology to Frost; do 40 hours of manual labor for the school; and finally, compose a 500-Word essay on the subject, what this experience means to me-"
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Hunters Return Safely

Ira Ahnangnatoguk and his brothers Frank, Victor and George who with James Picnalook and his son, James Jr. and Isaac Pic nalook returned from their spring hunting trip last evening unaware of the commotion and plans un- derway to search for them as missing persons.
 The trip was successful with Walrus, oogruk and seal in their oomiak. They were delayed by rough weather on their return and stayed with the ice pack until it moderated and by that time they had travelled easterly toward Golovin Bay.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
20. Dept. Says
 Mail Will Be Sent To Alaska by Truck

JUNEAU LR - The Post Office Department has advised Gov. Egan that it will continue to send mail to Southeast Alaska via steamship, even thought trucks may be used to haul mail to the westward
 Egan today released the text of a letter he had received from Christopher C. Scott, acting Asst. Postmaster General, in answer to a request by Egan that the mail change be explained in public meetings in Coastal Alaska com munities.
 The change involves all classes of mail First class mail, however, now is shipped to Alaska by air on a space available basis.
 Scott said the department plans to haul mail from Seattle to the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas on daily basis. It is now being shipped via steamship on twice weekly basis.
 'The proposed daily trucking schedules will provide substan- tial improved mail service, not only for Fairbanks and Anchor age, but for Interior Alaska points, as well as some coastal points, including Seward" Scott wrote.
 ''The department plans to con- tinue to transport mail between Seattle and Southeastern Alaska points on schedules operated by the Alaska Steamship Co. The pro- posed program does not contem- plate any change in mail service for this area.
 "The department recognizes that the proposed changes will result in reduced revenues for the Alas ka Steamship Go.
 However, we believe it is the departments obligation to inn prove mail service to Alaska" "
 Scott said final plans for the new service would not be made until after the department com pletes study of costs involved in establishing a trucking route through Canada and supplement tary connecting services within Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Interior Dept. Allows II Fish Traps at
 Three Indian Villages

WASHINGTON LP - The h. terior Department has decided to permit II fish traps to be operated at three Indian villages in Alaska this year, Sen. E. L. Bartlett said today.
 Bartlett, informed of the de- cision by John A. Carver Jr., Asst. Secretary of the Interior, said three traps will be allowed at Angoon and four each at Rake and Metlakatla.
 Carver said that until the courts or Congress further de- fine the scope of Indian fishing rights" the three villages will be permitted to install and operate II traps.
 The matter was argued before the Supreme Court last year, but it was sent back to the state courts where it is pending.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Two Homemade
 Bombs Set Off In Washington, D. C.

WASHINGTON R - Two homemade bombs were set off in downtown Washington last night and early today and an anony- nous caller told police the blasts were related to the integration Freedom Riders in the south.
 John Logan, police dispatcher at headquarters, said the caller told him four more bombs were set. On that basis three would remain, since the call came soon after the first blast and the sec ond one followed hours later
 Logan said a mans voice told him, in what the dispatcher de- scribed as a southern accent, that the caller was in Washington with the bombs "because that's where the Freedom Riders start from. ,
 No one was reported injured.
 The first explosion occurred at II D. m. in a refuse can at the northeast corner of Vermont Ave. and H St. NV.
 The second went off at 8:10 a. m. today in an unoccupied tele- phone booth at 18th St. and Mas sachuSettS Ave. NV.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
SEVEN NOME BOYS LEAVE FOR FORT ORD

Seven Nome Boys left for Fort Ord yesterday where they will receive six months training for the National Guard.
 They were: Billy Nuipuk, Charles Nershak, Johnny Pyanna, Floyd Nagazruk, Ronnie Tingook, Joe Sirloak and James Picnalook.
 Also in the party were two Shishmaref boys, Wilfred Olanna and Ralph Sinnok.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
First Family Back Together Again

WASHINGTON tR - The na- tion's First Family was together in the White House today for the first time in three weeks.
 It's complement was brought up to full strength Thursday night with the return of Mrs. Kennedy from a weeks vacation in Greece.
 Ms. Kennedy had accompanied the President on his trip to Eu- rope for conferences with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, Fr e n h President De Gaulle and British Prime Minister MacMillan.
 Kennedy left the First Lady in London when he returned June 5 from his trip. She went on to Greece.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16
Soviet Ballet Dancer Seeks Asylum in France

PARIS LP - A Soviet ballet dancer broke away from his troupe at Le Bourget Airport to- day and asked for asylum in France.
 The dancer, Rudolf NureyeV, 23, was enroute with the KiroV opera ballet group of Leningrad for Lon don after an engagement here He was the principal male dancer of the troupe.
 While the troupe was going through customs, Nureyev was asked by two unidentified mem bers of the troupe to return to Moscow He refused and went to the airport bar with the two per sons and the ballet master. Sud denly, Neureyev dashed toward police officers saying: Protect me"
 He was taken to the police of flee and signed a request for asylum in the presence of an of ficial from the Soviet Embassy.
 Others of the troupe went on to London.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-16

JUNEAU R - The State Board of Vocational Education has the authority to administer plans for vocational education in Alaska un- der the recently passed area re- development act, Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody said today.
 Moody made the statement in an opinion written for Carroll G. Fader, acting State Director of Vocational Education.