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Evening star., 1961-08-25
DEAR ABBY
Baby-sitter Meets q ChiseIer
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

was when he called my
pocketbook a fish basket.
How can I get this boy to
show an interest in me? I
am IA and so is he.
GOT A CRUSH.
You'll never do this alone.
Get one of your girl friends
to tell one of his boy friends
that the girl with the fish
basket is in the market for a
live one.
4 + 4 =
DEAR ABBY: 1 knew my
father had a younger brother
living in Europe, but we didn't
meet until a few months ago.
1 am 18 and my uncle is 25.
When we met it was love at
first sight. Everyone in the
family has been trying to
break us up. What is our
crime? We want to get mar
ried, Abby. They say it is
against the law in this State.
We have been told our chill
dren will be born feeble
minded or deformed. Is there
any State where we can be
married? Please help us.
TWO IN LOVE.
Your clergyman Tor local
justice of the peace) can tell
you about the marriage laws
of your State. Ask a doctor
for the facts regarding the
problems that arise from
marrying one to whom you
are closely Srelated.
Distributed by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1961-08-25
THE TIME OF MY LIFE
Rodgers q Failure, Seized Chance

could do to get us back into
a Broadway theater. We kept
trying, trying, trying, but to
no avail.
We wrote amateur shows
for clubs. camps, churches
and SynagogueS. We made
the rounds of ell the big pro-
ducerS anG then all the small
ones. My father, who was a
doctor and a very practical
man, still believed in me
enough to finance further
musical training at the In
stitute of Musical Arts, which
later became Julliard. But
even he was beginning to
have his doubts. So was I.
And so was Larry Hart, who
was seven years my senior.
In order to keep my hand
in the theater, I toured the
Shubert vaudeville circuit for
a season as orchestra con-
Evening star., 1961-08-25

ductor. The future looked
blacker and blacker.
Then came that first fork
in the road. A friend of IA
theirs, who manufactured
children's wear, offered me a
chance to 90 on the road
selling baby's underwear st
$50 a week, with a premise
of more if I succeeded.
Fifty dollars a week in 1925
was awfully tantalizing, espe-
cially to an insecure COM
poser who couldn't fall asleep
at night for brooding over
his failure. Father didn't
push me, but I knew he was
anxious for me to settle down
and make something of my
self.
New Chance Offered
The next morning the
other fork presented itself in
a phone call from Benjamin
Evening star., 1961-08-25

song and our first in a
Broadway show.
The following year I en-
tered Columbia University
and, with Larry Hart, wrote
the score for the Varsity
show. Once again Lew Fields
was impressed. He inter-
polated seven of our songs
from the Columbia show into
Poor Little Ritz Girl" along
with eight more by a better
known composer named Sig
mund Romberg.
Falls From Heights
From these dizzy heights,
we fell with a resounding
crash of egos. For seven
years, there was nothing, abb
solutely nothing, that we
Evening star., 1961-08-25

DEAR ABBY: I am so up
set I can hardly write. Last
night I was asked to baby-sit
for some people who have two
children, 6 and 8. I came at
6 pm. and gave the chill
dren their supper, bathed
them and put them in their
beds. The parents didn't
come back until 3 the next
morning. The lady gave me
two dollars.
I am no teen-ager, Abby.
I am an adult woman with
many years experience car
ing for a home and children.
I was so hurt I couldn't think
straight at the time. I even
drove my own car there and
back. Is it too late to speak
up now? What should I say?
SPEECHLESS.
You should have agreed on
the fee BEFORE you started
your baby-sitting services for
this woman. If she paid you,
and you didn't speak up at
the time, she had a right to
assume you were satisfied.
Don't sit for her Tor anyone
elSe) unless you have an un-
derstanding of how much you
will be paid.
= \
DEAR ABBY: I like a boy
who lives in my block. I have
liked him for about two
months now. He has only
spoken to me once, and that
Evening star., 1961-08-25

fork in the road of my life.
! was % and a failure.
This was not the ordinary
despair of immature ambi-
ton. My sense of failure was
all the more real and terrify-
ing because, at Is, I had been
a success. I had heard my
songs played in two Broad
way shows. I had been hailed
by the critics as "a conner"
and thrilled to the applause,
of a real, live audience.
My early success had come
about through a chance COL
laboration with lyricist Lo-
REM Hart, whom I met when
I was Is and he %. Together
we wrote a song called ANY
Old Place With You," which
Lew Fields, of the famous
comedy team of Weber ard
Fields, put into his show, "A
Lonely Romeo" at the Ca
Sino Theater.
1t was our first published
Evening star., 1961-08-25

er with his first big league
hit, nothing in life has
thrilled me as much as the
applause of that first Sun
day matinee audience at
The Garrick Gaieties" in
May, 1925.
1t was pretty heady wine
for a 2S-year-old failure who
had known success and al
most gone into the baby wear
business.
Tomorrow: TolluIoh Bonkheud.
Evening star., 1961-08-25

Life is often eompored to q rood
with occasional forks to horry its
travellers. One fork leeds 70 fome
ond fortune, the other to obscur-
itY. Composer Richard Rodgers
tells obout his road Of life in the
fifth Of six orticles on THE Time
Of Ny Life"
Evening star., 1961-08-25
BY RICHARD RODGERS

by hIOhAhU hUUUEhS
(Written for The Associated Press)
Life for all of us is a series
Of turning points, moments
of decision when we are
forced by circumstances to
choose one road over another
leading in a completely op-
posite direction.
Today I still get a thrill in
looking back at the major
Evening star., 1961-10-27
DemundsUp,
u. S. Short of
Flu Vaccine
BY the Associated Press

Unusual and unexpected pub
lie demand for influenza vac
cine has caused a Nationwide
shortage in the product, the
Public Health Service said TO-
day.
The service said manufactur-
ers have produced twice as
much flu vaccine this year as
in recent years but still have
been unable to meet the de-
mand.
Production during the last
three months, stepped up some
what because of suggestions
from the service that the Ma
ton probably would have an
increase in local outbreaks this
winter. totaled more than the
output in the preceding II
months.
When the increased demand
became evident, manufacturers
moved to meet the situation but
it takes 80 days to produce the
finished vaccine.
Meanwhile. the service said
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Sniper Cracks
5 WindshieIds
Along Shirley

Three Virginia motorists
found themselves moving tar
gets in yesterdays evening
Shirley highway ruSh-hour
traffic when a pellet gun
marksman smashed their wind
shields.
Frederick J. Conlon. So. of
Pip MoSby street, told police
he was northbound on the
highway near Brookeville sub
division when his windshield
was struck in the center.
Police sent Pvt. Jack Smith
and canine corps dog Rex, who
reported they found fresh foot
prints so feet east of the high
way about a half mile north Of
Duke street, on a bluff over
looking Shirley.
Rex shifted a trail eastward
to the 300 block of North Van
Dorm street, where it vanished.
John H. INNING, As, of 333
South Glebe road, said his
windshield was struck about
the same time, and Hanni A.
Milton, 38, of 1921 North Van
Dorm street. said hers was too,
police reported.
Damage to the three cars
totaled $3l5, police said.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
ReformotoY Fire
Damages Laundry
Annex, Machines

A fire yesterday afternoon in
the laundry annex of the Dis
trict Reformatory at Lorton,
Va, destroyed the wooden roof
of the building and several
pieces of laundry equipment
No one was injured.
Donald Clemmer, head Of the
Districts Department of Cor
rections, said several inmates
were washing oily rags when
a spark from the washing
machines motor apparently
ignited the rags.
Mr.. Clemmer said one Of the
inmates Immediately attempted
to put out the flames with a
fire extinguiSher but that they
leaped into the air and touched
off the buildings wooden roof.
Ten pieces of Fairfax County
fire department equipment re-
sponded and assisted the re-
formatory's own fire-fighting
crew in eXtinguishing the blaze,
Mr.. Clemmer said.
Also damaged were two laun-
dry vans used for deliveries
and a washing machine. A
quantity of towels, sheets and
rags also was destroyed.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Mrs. .H.L. Johnston Dies;
In Arlington S. Years

tive member of the First Pres
byterian Church of Arlington
Mrs. Johnston was also a char
ter member of the Waycroft
Woman'S Club of Arlington.
She was an enthusiastic
bridge player.
Mrs. Johnston leaves &
daughter. Mrs. R. w. Grain jr
of 1923 North Frederick street
Arlington and two grandchil-
dren.
She also leaves four sisters
Mrs. R. L. Harrison of l414
North Jackson street, Airing
ton; Mrs. w. P. Ames of 63S
North Jackson street, Airing
ton; Miss Clara Wingert and
Mrs. Charles Snider. both OF
Liv iverpool. Pa, and two
brothers, Rudolph Wingert ot
Summerdale. Pa, and John
Wingert of Wilmington, Del.
Services will be at $50 am
tomorrow at Ives Funeral Home
2847 Wilson boulevard. Airing
ton. Burial will take place in
Newport, Pa.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Dog Almost
FoiIs Raid;
Trio Taken

Three gambling suspects were
arrested in a Suitland duplex
yesterday after Prince Georges
County police quieted a growl-
ing mongrel watch dog.
The suspects were seized in
the 1900 block of Brookfield
drive. where they had been
doing a numbers and horse
betting business estimated at
$4,000 a day, according to De-
tective Sergt. George E. Gle
ments.
He identified the suspects as
John j. Kundlya, So, and Rob-
ert M. Hanson. 28. of the Brook
field drive address. and Mrs.
Helen v. Sperl. 43. of the 1900
block of Atwood street, District
Heights.
Police said they seized about
so numbers slips and records of
some 20 horse bets. Their en-
trance was momentarily blocked
in the living room by the dog.
Sergt. Clements said.
He said the dog grabbed a
crowbar held out by Detective
Jack Hamilton. who pushed the
animal into the basement.
Kundlya was charged with
permitting his home to be used
for numbers writing and book
makings. and released on 81 900
bond. police said. They said
the other two were accused of
book making. possession of
numbers slips and operating a
lottery. and freed on $I,5000
bond each.
A preliminary hearing for all
three was scheduled for Novem-
ber l6 in Upper Marlboro Police
Court.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
John H. Lyons; Led
IronWorkers Union

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 81 CAP).-
John H. Lyons, 10, general
president of the International
Association of Bridge, Structur-
al and Ornamental Ironwork-
ers since l949, died yesterday of
complications after undergoing
lung surgery.
He also was vice president
of the AFL-CIO Metal and
Construction Trades Depart
ments and had served on sew
eral joint labor-industry COM
mittees under appointment by
the Secretary of Labor.
Evening star., 1961-10-27

very little influenza has been
reported around the Nation.
Because of the shortage the
Health Service is emphasizing
the Importance of using avail
able vaccine to immunize per-
sons in the high risk groups.
These groups are: Cd Persons
who suffer from chronic dis
eases of the heart, lungs and
circulatory system; % preg-
nant women, and 80 persons
over 65 years of age.
Despite the current short
supply, the service said it an
ticipated there will be ample
supplies to immunize the high
risk groups before the end of
the year.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Democrats Victory
Hardly Surprising

WOONSOCKET, r. l.. Oct.
q tAP).-Henry Scott, Dem
ocrat. was elected a State Rep
resentative yesterday in a spec
ial election.
The Republicans didn't put
up an opposition candidate. Mr..
SCOTS district has 931 eligible
voters, and not a single one of
them is a Republican.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Royal Arch Musons
Install High Priest

RICHMOND, Oct. 27 (AP). -
Wilbur Applewhite of Rich
mond, a retired Post Office en-
ploye, has been installed as
Grand High Priest of the Vir-
ginia Royal Arch Masons. He
succeeds Edward H. Everton of
Portsmouth.
Other offices installed at the
154th annual convention of the
Grand Chapter included, Earle
R. Kirby Of Arlington, grand
principal sojourner and Rich
ard M. Hamric Of Staunton,
grand master of the third vail.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Frunk w. Miller, ST.,
Publishing President

NEW YORK. Oct. 81 CAP).-
Frank w. Miller, ST., SO, presi-
dent and board chairman of
the KIM Publishing Co.. died
yesterday of a heart ailment.
The company publishes the
Fall River Mass Herald
News and the Schenectady
IN. " Union Star. Mr.. Miller
also was president and board
chairman of the Kelly Smith
Co., newspaper representatives.
Evening star., 1961-10-27

Mrs. Annabell w. Johnston.
80. active church worker and
resident of Arlington for 55
years. Of 1143 North Frederick
street. died yesterday at Ar
lington Hospital after a brief
illness.
Mrs. Johnston was the wife
of Hoyt L. Johnston. a cartog-
rapher with the Geological
Survey who died in 1858.
Born in Newport. Pa. she
was the former Annabell Win
CERT. She lived in Millerstown,
Pa. until marrying in 1906 and
moving to Arlington.
A onetime Sunday school
superintendent. she was an ac-
Evening star., 1961-10-27
CunuI to Be Probed
By Underwater N

PORT SAID, Egypt. - The
Suez Canal Authority has en-
gagged a British underwater
television contractor to ex-
anime the underwater condi-
ton of the 92-year-old canal
and the entrances to Port Saic
and Suez harborS.
TV cameras will be used also
on dredges to give more ac-
curate control of operations
At present dredges are otter
damaged by submerged debris
Evening star., 1961-10-27
81 Die as Slide
Enqulfs T rain

TOKYO. Oct. q (APD. = A
muddy landslide buried a one
coach electric passenger train
in southern Japan yesterday
and reports today said 81 per-
sons had been killed, 81 were
missing and 78 injured.
Police said the muddy ava
lanche took place between Oita
City and the hot springs resort
city of Beppu. where it has been
raining heavily for more than
q hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11

1--WE had thought that
Nasser wanted to dominate the
Arab world by force-while he
simply wanted to free some
countries from foreign in
fluence," Mr.. Bourguiba said.
and Nasser had thought that
we we're lackeys of the West.
Today everyone knows the
truth. Our aims are identical.
We all have one desire-to flee
Arab nations from colonial
despotism."
The crowd-some in flowing
white Tunisian robes and many
in dark European business
suits-massively chanted Presi-
dent Nasser's name as Mr..
Bourguiba spoke.
The current moving together
of Tunisia and the JAR stems
directly from the Bizerte
crisis. Mr.. Nasser. not so long
ago a violent critic of Mr..
Bourguiba, rallied to Tunisia's
side in the wake of the
Bizerte battle in the name~of
Arab solidarity against France.
The roar 'Nasser, Nasser"
sounded strange in a country
where several years ago police
men scolded those who listened
to the Cairo radio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11

boat in the area. 1t stopped
the Los Amigos.
Aboard were two teen-age
youths who told police they
were headed for Honolulu and
then the South Pacific to be-
come "beachcombers." Jan
Hornsby, Is, of West Los An
geles, and Geof Chadwick, Is,
of Los Angeles, had no money,
no extra clothes-and no food.
The youths were booked on
suspicion Of grand theft.
They told officers they had
stolen bicycles Wednesday and
pedaled to the harbor to take
a boat. They cased the yacht
landing, they said, and picked
out a vessel. But it was gone
when they returned yesterday,
so they took the Los Amigos, a
45-foot schooner.
They told investigators they
prepared for their journey by
checking out two books from
the San Pedro Library. The
titles? Deep Sea Sailing" and
Law for Yachtsmen."
On their way to the police
station, the youths directed
officers to the place they had
left the bicycles. : But they
we're gone-apparently stolen.
Il guess nohody's honest"
one Of the teen-agers said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
Tactical Air Arm
Shows Its Power

LANGLEY AIR FORCE
BASE, Va, Aug. IL (AP).-The
Tactical Air Command has
made public the results Of two
recent demonstrations of its
capabilities in a limited-war
situation.
In one demonstration yester-
day, TAG said, a single F-105
fighter bomber delivered on
target more than Z tons of con-
ventional bombs - the largest
load ever carried aloft by a
single-engine plane.
-Four FLOSS Joined In the
other demonstration and
dumped more than 2 tons Of
napalm on target, producing
what observers termed an in
ferno resembling a nuclear fire
ball.
TAG said the demonstrations
were made recently at the Air
Forces air proving ground
center at Eglin Air Force Base,
Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
Bourguibo Bors Swing
Into Russian Bear Hue

TUNIS, Aug. II (AP).-Pres-
ident Habib Bourguiba denied
today Tunisia is swinging to-
ward an alliance with the
Soviet bloc.
But Mr.. Bourguiba conceded
Tunlsia's quest for withdrawal
of French forces from Bizerte
comedies with Soviet interests.
I'VE are not throwing our
selves into the arms of the Red
Bear" Mr.. Bourguiba told
1000 persons representing the
country's professional and party
elite. 1--WE have asked for So
Wet aid to obtain the evacua-
ton of Bizerte. This evacua-
ton serves the interests of
Tunisia and of Russia. That
is why I am in agreement with
Russia.
ID "There is no harm in accept
ing foreign aid if it does not
menace our sovereignty" Mr..
Bourguiba told the throng,
which several times interrupted
his nearly 2-hour speech with
rhythmic applause.
For the first time in TuniSia's
recent history, an official rally
acclaimed the name Of Canal
Abdel Nasser, President of the
United Arab Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
Ransom Payment
Frees 2Workers

SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
Aug. II (AP).-A Belgian
working for the United States
aid mission and a Frenchman
with the French aid program
were captured and held, about
Is miles northwest of Saigon,
for ransom recently by armed
men who said they we're Wet
Cong Communists.
A United States Embassy
spokesman said today Andre j.
Peerot. the Belgian soil profess
sor under contract to the
American aid mission. and
Morris Schmied, the French
agricultural technician, were
freed after paying $4,000 pi-
astres (about $500 ransom.
The United States spokes-
man said the kidnapping was
August 3, but there was delay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
Bomb Hoax
Laid to Man
On AirIiner

BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Aug.
II (AP).-A man carrying a
bag containing $40 in pennies
has been arrested while board
ing a commercial plane and
charged with perpetrating a
bomb hoax.
The Eastern Airlines plane,
en- route from Binghamton to
Washington, D. c., was delayed
10 minutes Wednesday.
The stewardess, Miss Marie
Livingston of Alexandria, Va,
said she asked Kenneth Part
low, 26, of Huntington, w. Va,
whether he wanted to put his
bag on a rack.
She quoted him as replying,
Eyes, it's a bomb"
Miss Livingston notified an
airport security guard, who
summoned deputy sheriffs.
At arraignment on the Fed
eral charge before United
States Commissioner Charlotte
Hull, Partlow denied saying the
bag held a bomb.
Il said it's as heavy as a
bomb" Partlow maintained.
He was released in his own
custody pending a hearing on
September 8. .~..,r ,s....
He explained that his hobby
was collecting pennies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
KennedyGets
S46.6 Billion
Defense Bill
By ROBERT X. WALSH
Star staff Writer


The biggest national defense
bill in United States peacetime
history today awaited President
Kennedy's signature following
swift congressional approval of
his stepped-up requests to meet
the Berlin crisis.
The $46,663, ISL 900 appropri-
alton bill agreed on late yes
terday by House and Senate
gave the administration almost
1855 million more than il
asked. The total also was a
victory for Mr.. Kennedy be-
cause it included the only ma
jor item in dispute-$207.6 mil
lion to start a reorganized
civil defense program of shell
tiers, surveys and stockpiling.
Both branches completed &C.
ton on the bill only a day
after House-Senate conferees
worked out a compromise on
huge money OUTLAWS to
strengthen conventional and
nuclear armed forces but dis
agreed on the civil defense
item.
Approve Arms Funds, $500
A House roll call vote OF
5000 yesterday Afternoon
speedily accepted all military
spending provisions, including
the $3.4 billion additional
which Mr.. Kennedy urged in
his emergency message only
two weeks ago.
Delay was threatened wher
some members baked at the
SPOTS million allotment fol
civil defense. They explained
they did not oppose adequate
civil defense appropriations but
objected because the money
was added to the bill by the
Senate last week without givins
House committees a chance tt
hold hearings on specific pur.
poses for which it would be
used. 1.... .-
They said the SPOTS million
would be merely a down pay
ment" and declared that with
out closer study the House
would be handing the Defense
Department a blank check. !"
Representative Taber of New
York, ranking Republican on
the Appropriations Committee
tried unSuccessfully to cut the
amount to $114.6 million by
knocking out funds for surveys
Opponents Accede
Republicans and some Dem
ocratS who questioned the civil
defense amount made no effort
to eliminate the entire provi-
sion. Nor did they seek a roll
call after an apparently big
majority voice vote approved
a motion by Representative
Mahon, Democrat of Texas, to
concur with the Senate on the
civil defense section.
Mr.. Mahon conceded that in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
Election Seat HurIs
Airmun to Death

BANGKOK, Thailand. Aug,
IL (AP).-An American air
man was killed when. appar-
emily by accident, he touched
of the autmatic election seal
of a parked jet fighter yester-
day and was blown from the
cockpit.
A United States Embassy
spokesman said the victim. Air
man &c Bruce r. Jones, 10, of
Niles. Ohio, was off duty at the
time. He was hurled from the
seat Of the F-100 jet onto the
concrete ramp at Bangkok
Don Muang military airport
and died of a skull fracture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
Senators Vote Looms
To Families Abroad
By the Associated Press

Wives, children and other
dependents of United States
military personnel overseas
could get loans for emergency
travel from troubled areas I'M
der a bill approved yesterday
by the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
Under the legislation, already
passed by the House, overseas
commanders could advance up
to two months base pay of the
military man as a loan which
would have to be repaid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
Unions Oppose :
Bethlehem Strike

BALTIMORE, Aug. II (AP).
Some $500 shipyard workers
were urged by union leaders
not to participate in a wildcat
strike yesterday at the Bethle-
hem Steel Co. shipyards here.
National. regional and local
union officials pleaded with the
workers to remain on their jobs
during a hastily-called lunch
hour rally in a parking lot
across from the company's
main gate. The workers threat
ened to walk out after Bethle-
hem announced it was stiffen-
ing work rules. Under the
change, workers are required to
report for work at 7::25 am, in
stead of the previous starting
time of 1880 am,