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Evening star., 1961-08-28
BAD WIRING COSTS $50 MILLION
IIIegibIe Signatures Plague Banks
BY RAY COCHRAN
Star Staff Writer

So many people make
scratches they call signatures
that at least one Washington
bank has to send checks with
illegible signatures to so book
keepers before the signer fl
nally can be identified.
Sometimes the name is still
not recognized and the bank
has to turn to it's Book of
Illegible Signatures"
This is a compilation of the
mysterious signatures with the
| signers' names typed beneath
each signature. In some banks
the illegible list fills a file.
The headaches bank clerks
suffer trying to identify un-
clear signatures are just a
few of many results of poor
handwriting, which costs the
Nation an estimated $50 mil
lion a year.
Bank Keeps Special File
Our illegible signatures have
gone past the book stage" one
banker said. Nov we have to
keep them in a file cabinet.
When we've checked the file
and still can't determine who
signed the check, the bank may
have to take a loss" he
lamented.
In that file cabinet is the
signature of a high Government
official whose checks were
formerly returned with slips
marked signature illegible.
When he got those slips he'd
come down and explode all over
u.s." the bank official said.
Actually banks attach no
SClgma TO bad handwriting be-
cause they are aware that,
some persons have to write so
much they tend to ignore good
writing habits"
Though banks will tolerate
poor handwriting by the gen.
eral public, bank tellers are not
so lucky.
Careless With Figures, Too
One teller, who was careless
in writing figures, made Is
that looked like As; SIS that
passed for IS, and IS that were
mistaken for 8s.
His atrocious handwriting
caused him to have several
differences at our Drinks win
dow for armored car firms"
the bank official said. He
added as an afterthought.
Hes not with us any more"
But our real problems" ."
said the vice president of this
bank. "are the poorly made fig
Evening star., 1961-08-28

terms before the election of
Gov. Tawes.
Two men who have an
nounced as candidates for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nation-George P. Mahoney
and David Hume-apparently
needed the warning against
intra party bloodletting.
Both spoke briefly and kept
their remarks general.
Two incumbent State Off
cials expected to run with Gov.
Tawes-Comptroller Louis L.
Goldstein and Attorney Gen
eral Thomas B. Finan-made
no mention of their candida
cieS.
Brewster NOncOmmittal
Representative Daniel B.
Brewster. expected to fill the
United States Senate spot on
the Tawes slate. said only that
he will announce after this ses-
sion of Congress his plans to
seek "a high public office"
Gov. Tawes referred to Dem
ocratic candidates in general
but licked off the actions of
his own administration.
The Governors other main
point was a warning against
bitter primary campaigns. His
tory has shown, he said, that
"the Democratic Party in Mary
land never goes down in defeat
unless it first destroys itself
from within"
Politics was mixed with fash
ion at the Sunday rally. Many
women wore boater hats plug
ging Mahoney for governor,
while others had feathers in
their hair and wore signs pro-
claiming them "Squaws for
Tawes."
Evening star., 1961-08-28
The
Rambler
Drinks
Pure H2O
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Secretary Udall complained
the other day that all this
space craze was distracting
the public's attention from
a program of more mundane
Importance, the conversion of
sea water into fresh water.
The Rambler feels that
changing the lone and level
sands of desert into the
fruited plain is more impor-
tant than putting a man on
the moon.
So, being of good will with
a desire to do something
constructive in this column,
he wandered over to Interior
and had talk with Charles F.
MacGowan, Director of the
Office of Saline Water.
He learned that the recently
opened Freeport CTexO plant
is one of five about the coun-
try either under construction
or in the initial stages of
operation.
The others are at San Diego,
Calf. Webster, S. OAK, Ros-
we'll, N. Mex. and Wrightsville
Beach, N. C.
They represent as many
methods of conversion.
Freeport, San Diego and Ros-
we'll are distillation plants,
but of different design and op-
Grafton. Webster is an elec-
trodialysis plant in which
brackish water is demineral-
lied by passing an electric
current through it. The plant
at Wrightsville Beach is a
freezing plant.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
oWes Maintains
Silence on PIon for
Governors Race
Delay Until January Expected
In Declaration of Candidacy
BY The Associated Press

Democratic politicians waiting choose sides the May
primary aren't get early declaration of Gov Tawes'
plans.
Gov Tawes passed opportunity to his bid
for reelection when he appeared the weekend before
the United Democratic Women's Clubs at Ocean City.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Fill Board Vacancy

The Prince Georges Repub-
lican State Central Committee
has named Sherman H. Hol-
lingsworth, of College Heights
Estates, to fill vacancy in the
seven member group.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Insurance
Association opens a four
day meeting at the Shera-
ton-Park.
This information is supplied
by the Convention and Visitors
Bureau of the Metropolitan Wash
ington Board of Trade.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
Public Service Commission
To Hold Omen Hearings

Announcement that the State
Public Service Commission will
hold public hearings in Juneau,
Fairbanks, Nome, and Anchor
age regarding proposed rules and
regulations on air commerce,
motor freight transportation, and
public utilities as we'll as pro-
posed laws and official reports
to the Legislature, was made by
A. H. Romick, Commissioner of
Commerce.
The hearings, said Romick, will
include but not be limited to pub
lie utility = delineation of serv-
ice areas for the sale of electri-
cal power; rate structures appli-
cable to public owned utilities,
especially power and communica-
ton utilities, AMI transmission by
pipeline. Motor freight carriers -
exempt vehicles; permits; appli-
cations for permits; fees; bonds
and insurance; tariffs; and hear
ingS. Air commerce - certifica-
ton for air commerce; applica-
ton; security for protection of the
public; tariffs; accounts, records
and reports; mandatory certifi-
Gates; certificated carriers; con-
tract carriers; air taxi operators;
hearings.
Romick's office also noted that
an persons interested may present
statements or arguments orally
or in writing at the hearings, and
that the Public Service Commits
sion, upon its own motion or at
the instance of any interested
persons, may at these hearings or
thereafter adopt regulations on
the subjects mentioned without
further notice.
The hearings will take place at
9 a. m. in the federal buildings
at Juneau, Jan. ST; Fairbanks,
Jan. Gil; Nome, Jan. II; Anchor
age, Jan. Ia, Is AMI II.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
Sam Rayburn
Speaker of the House
Marks 18th Birthday

WASHINGTON Up = The warm
glow that comes from good wish
es from good friends enveloped
Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Glad tidings poured in from all
sections of the country to mark
the grizzled veterans 10th birth
day, celebrated Friday by leading
Democrats and Republicans alike.
On the House and Senate floors
praise was extensive for the
Democrat who has served as
Speaker of the House longer than
any man in history. Rayburn has
served in the House since March
4, 1918.
President Eisenhower got off
a letter to Dear Mr.. SAM"
which said: For the last time, as
President, wish you happy
and gratifying birthday, senti-
ment in which Mamie whole
heartedly joins. Few Americans
can point to such a richness of
friends and to respect so univer-
sally felt, as you can on this an
niversary. With multitude of
others l salute a distinguished
public servant and devoted Amer
ican."
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
Probe Cause OF
Nuclear Explosion

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho Up : A
runway atomic reaction is sus-
pected as the cause of the ex-
plosion which killed three service
men at the National Reactor
Testing Station last Tuesday
night.
In a statement issued Friday,
the Atomic Energy Commission
said the men apparently were
killed by the force of the ex-
plosion. The statement added that
if the blast didn't Immediately
cause death, the high radiation
level could have been fatal.
From the evidence now avail
able, there are strong but not
conclusive indications that a nu-
clear excursion was involved in
the incident. It cannot now be
established whether or not there
may have been an explosive
chemical reaction" the Acc said.
The word excursion" gener-
ally refers to an atomic reaction
which goes out of control.
The explosion was in a metal
building which housed the proto-
type of mobile reactor intended
for use as power source in re-
mote areas. Radioactivity was so
high inside the building that ex-
perts probing the cause could
stay inside only about a minute
at a time.
The victims were military tech
nicians repeatedly getting the re-
actor ready to start up after a
Today shutdown. A team of Acc
officials flew here from Wash
ington to join the investigation.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
ShOWdOWns in
Power Will Face
New Congress

WASHINGTON R = The new
Congress faces likely showdowns
this week on two liberal moves
efforts to trim the power of the
House Rules Committee and to
make it easier to halt Senate fill
busters.
Opening routine, speeches and
preliminary maneuvering stalled
action in both Houses during the
initial days of the new session.
But the Democratic Commit
tee on committees plans a meet
ing which may result in an at
tempt to purge Rep. William M.
Colmer, D-Miss., from the Rules
Committee unless some compro-
mise is agreed to before then.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
repeatedly is willing to throw
Colmer Off the committee if neces-
sary to break the hold a coali-
ton of Republicans and southern
Democrats on the rules group has
on IeglSlatlOn.
Two anti-filibuster proposals
face the Senate. The strongest
favored by Liberals = would per-
nit limitation of debate by a
majority, or 81, Of the 100 SEN
ators after filibuster ran Is
days. A compromise proposal, gen.
orally given better chance of
adoption, provides tina. filibusters
could be halted by three-fifths
margin of the senators voting.
1t now requires approval of
two-thirds of the senators voting
to limit debate.
Southern senators fighting the
anti-filibuster proposals said that
giving "unbridled power to
temporary majority would I'M
dermine basic constitutional prin-
ciples.
Rep. Howard Smith, Diva,
Chairman of the House Rules
Committee said he was willing to
discuss "any honorable compro-
mise" with Rayburn about his
group. But Smith said he could
not consider any proposal to
"pack the committee with left
wingers" or purge Colmer.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
| Bob Schloredt U of w Star
Signs With British Columbia Lions

VANCOUVER, B. C. Up =
Quarterback Bob Schloredt, who
led the University of Washing
ton football team to two straight
Rose Bowl victories, has been
signed for the 1861 season by the
British Columbia Lions, the
Western Football Union club an
nounced today.
The Lions general manager,
Herb Capozzi, sent word of the
signing from Honolulu, where
Schloredt played in the annual
Hula Bowl Game.
Schloredt, 20, of Gresham, Ore,
has been on the Lions negotia-
ton list for some time.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
REPORT LESS MARRIAGES

OTTAWA Up = Fewer Can
adams married during 1860 than
in any year since 1910 Canadian
statistics reported tolay there
were TT Canadian marriages for
each 1000 population as against
the Soviet Unions 1873 called
the highest in the world.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
NEW FEDERAL JUDGESHIP
IN THE QFFING

WASHINGTON Up Western
Washington and Alaska would
each get a new Federal District
Judgeship under a bill drafted
by Rep. Emanuel Celler, DIN. Y.
If the bill becomes law, appoint
ment of the judges would be in
the hands of President-elect John
Kennedy.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
A SOUND PREDICTION

JERUSALEM Up - The Jeru-
salem Post today carried a num-
Der of predictions for 1861 by
Ephraim Kishon, a leading humor-
list. One said: "The Russians send
a man into space. He refuses
to return"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09

Fair play for fowls: If you call
someone "silly as a goose" you
are misleading yourself :. 6. or
nithologists consider the goose an
intelligent and resourceful bird.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
Alaska's
Election Code
Will Be Under Fire
BIZ Ward T. Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer

.
elections will probably stir up a
bitter fight in the 1861 Alaska
Legislature.
The states new election code,
approved by the last Legislature
and tested for the first time dur
ing the primary and general cleo
tons of 1860, has already been
the center of several public bat
ties.
DR.. Lee L. Mckinley, Republi-
can candidate for the U. S. Sen
ate, filed a court suit in mid-Oc
tober, less than a month before
the general election, to have the
form of the ballot for that cleo
ton changed.
He objected to the use of cir
cles instead of squares to desig-
nate the place for voting straight
party ticket and he commended
further that instructions for
straight party voting were made
quate and misleading.
Mckinley withdrew the suit
less than a week before the cleo
ton after Superior Court Judge
Edward V. Davis of Anchorage
charged the suit was an attempt
"to put the court on the spot"
Secretary of State Hugh j.
Wade said he used circles instead
of squares on the ballot as
means of clarifying the ballot. He
denied the decision was politically
inspired or was an attempt to en-
courage straight party voting.
The new election code, in pro-
viding for place to mark straight
party ballots, mentions only
square. The word circle does not
appear.
The new code has been criti-
cized on several other counts, too.
There have been objections to
its provisions against cross-party
voting in primary elections.
1t permits cross-party voting
in general elections. This. argue
the critics, leads to confusion
among voters.
The codes definition of a politi-
cal party has been pictured as too
strict and as discriminatory pro-
vision aimed at keeping caridi-
dates of minor and splinter politi-
cal parties off of the ballot.
According to the code, politi-
cal party is group of voters
representing a political program
and which nominated a candidate
for governor who received at least
10 per cent of the total votes cast
at the last gubernatorial election
There is also the complaint that
the code makes it too tough for
sponsors of initiatives or refer
endums to get their measures on
the ballot.
Among other things, the code
specifies that initiative and refer
endum petitions must be circu-
lated only by a sponsor, and in
person.
This means that sponsors can
not merely leave a petition in a
public place, such as store or a
tavern, for voters to sign and then
return to pick it up. He must re-
main with the petition.
One of the major criticisms
levelled at the code is that it
contains no provisions for pre-
election registration, an invita-
ton to voting Irregularities. par
ticularly in the heavy-populated
areas.
But, members of both parties
apparently are reluctant to re-
quire registration on a statewide
basis, fearing that such a pro-
vision would cut sharply into the
native vote in the isolated north
west.
They might settle, however, for
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09
WE WANT HOMEWORK !!

NEWARK, England R|Young-
sters at a Newark High School
have asked their teachers to give
them homework because they are
bored with the same old pro-
grams on TV.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09

"A-on" Duplicate Receipt Book.
available II The Nome Nugget
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-01-09

o,0rA,,A, cr.,> State Alaska
'NolAflAl' oEAA' Second Judiciary District
Sworn to subscribed before day January
and hereby certify that officer
GEORGE E.
My commission expires November 1854 Notary Public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
CLUB CALENDAR

College Park-Regular meet
ing at 8 pm. at the club
house. Two films will be
shown.
Suburban WOman's Club of
Montgomery COunty-Meet-
ing at 8 pm. in the parish
hall of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Bethesda. Judge Al
fred D. Noyes, of the Mont
gomery County Juvenile
Court, will speak on "Juve-
nile Problems Of Suburbia."
Montgomery County
League of Women Voters
Unit meetings at 8:15. pm.
Burtonsville with Mrs. K.
Shitama; ColeSville with
Mrs. L. Levitis; and MaSsa-
chusettS avenue with Mrs. E.
Martin.
Junior WOman's COmmu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
TODAY

MOntg merry County
League of Women Voters
Meeting of the Silver Spring
unit at the home of Mrs. Jack
Orndorff; Kensington unit at
the home of Mrs. H. r. Lud-
den. Both at 8:15 pm.
NOrthwOOd WOman's Club
Meeting at BIS pm. at
Memorial Evangelical breth-
rem Church in Silver Spring.
SisterhOod Of Congregation
Har TZeOn - Tenth annual
paid up membership tea in
the evening.
TOMORROW
CAR Observance of Pa
triotic Education Week
through October 19 york
town Day..
Montgomery County League
of Women Voters - Unit
meeting at $50 am, Silver
Spring with Mrs. Ben Selig-
man.
AAUW Arlington Branch
Meeting Of the music appre-
citation section at 10 am. at
the home of Mrs. Howard
Mann.
League Of Republican
Women - Meeting of the
morning political study group
at 1920 am. at the OAR
chapter house. Mr.. Don
Tubridy, minority clerk of
the House Committee on the
District, will speak on Pro
jected D. c. Voting Machin-
cry"
Twentieth Century Club
Meeting of the garden section
at II am. in the fourth floor
assembly room Of the YWCA.
Mrs. Walter E. Ward will
speak on "A Camera Tour of
Hawaii-Self-Guided Style. "
University WOmen's Club
Mrs. Roy E. Lowe will pre-
sent. at IL am. "A Brief
History of the Novel in Eng
lish in the goth Century,
inaugurating a new form OF
book review programs,
Luncheon will follow.
Federation Of Republican
Women of Maryland -
Luncheon at the Sheraton
Belvedere Hotel in Balti-
more. Senator John Mar
shall Butler and Representa-
tive Charles Nc. Matthias will
conduct "A Congressiona,
Seminar.
WOmen's Community Club
Of KenSingtOn - Meeting o.
the drama section at noon al
the home of Mrs. Irving Zit'
more.
Town and Country Toast,
miStreSSeS Dinner meetinI
with cocktails at 6 pm. a
the Broadmoor.
University WOmen's Club
Meeting of the travel-with
a-camera group at $50 pm
Venture Club-Classes be
gin at 7 pm. at the Home o
the Good Shepherd.
Col. Thomas Marsh a !
Chapter, DAR-DesSert a
7:30 pm. at the home of tn
regent, Miss Linda V. Nance
followed by regular meeting
Junior WOman'S Club o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
nifty Club of Kensington-

nifty Club of KensingtOn-
Meeting of the bridge sec
ton at $3.50 pm. at the home
of Mrs. Gene Holman.
Capt. John Smith Chapter,
DAR-Evening meeting at
the home of Mrs. S. P. Van
derslice III in Springfield,
Va.
Evening star., 1961-03-03

ing. Your great grandmother
and the rest Of your family
enjoyed the mahogany, now
why not bury the past, and
let's paint q nice bright fu-
ture?"
The change was pheno-
menal! That was many
years ago. Today, the rage
for painting furniture is
with us again. And please
don't think that antiques are
too scared to paint.
I'd like to meet the man
or woman who recently made
the decision to paint the
facade Of one Of the largest
old stores on Fifth Avenue
in New York. I can Just hear
the arguments, "but that's
beautiful old sandstone. We
can't paint over that"
Evening star., 1961-03-03

OF course. the sandstone
wasn't beautiful. It was a
nothing" color. and now it
Is o handsome charcoal gray
with great white wooden
shutters and red and white
striped awnings, quite spruc-
ing up that section of Fifth
Avenue.
This is the year to paint,
so do hop on the bandwagon!
Mrs. A. C. #. asks:
81 like q modern house but
why must the pictures Of the
interiors Of modern homes
always look SO bare and
stiff"
Dear Mrs. A. c. F.:
They shouldn't if they are
properly decorated. But I
know what you mean. The
trouble In most cases is that
Evening star., 1961-03-03

the pass-through shelf and
kitchen when not in use.
Mrs. w. T. L. asks:
What would you say was
the new note for decoration
for 1852"
Dear Mrs. w. T. L.:
Dark walls and a revival of
those wonderful vivid floral
English chintzes would seem
to be quite important-and
! love them.
Copyright 1851, Dorothy Draper
"Be Your Own Decorator" fus-
einotins 0nd most informative book
let BY Dorothy Draper, is 0voiI0bIe
to readers Of The Stcr. Send Is
cents in coin and your name and
sddress printed TO Dorothy Drcper,
core Of The Evening Stor. Mrs.
Draper cannot answer personal moiI,
but will use questions Of widest
general appeal in her column.
Evening star., 1961-03-03

everybody goes so all out
modern. The integration of
q few Of yesterdays family
pieces would help soften the
cold effect and make the
picture more homelike.
Mrs. L. F. Y. asks:
81 dislike room dividers Cor
those crate-like effects they
sell as such). What could
we use to separate our
kitchen and dining area?"
Dear Mrs. L. F. Y:
Why not have q wide pass
through shelf? On the din
ing side from the pass
through shelf down to the
floor have cabinets for linen,
ETC., with shutter doors and
big hinges.
Folding shutters on the
upper half would conceal
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Society.Home
Campers
To Meet

Former campers at Ecole
Champlain. Ferrisburg. vt.
mothers, daughters and
guests wiz meet Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Sheridan Chase. di-
rectors, for q reunion lunch
con tomorrow at noon. The
event will take place at the
Westchester. Following the
luncheon, color films of camp
life will be shown.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
THE EVENING STAR
To Aid Seal
Campaign
''issostS W -
Fnd0y, March 3, 1861

During the Easter Seal
Fund Drive, throuh April 2,
the kindergarten class Of the
D. C. Society for Crippled
Children, under the direction
Of their teacher, Mrs. Betty
Stewart. will appear on tele-
vision and at service club
functions in the area. They
have been named "the Tour
ing Tyroleans."
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Ask DOROTHY
DRAPER
Nothing Is Too Sacred
For q New Coat of Paint

"Why that belonged to my
great grandmother and it's
the finest mahogany" she
replied. But said I. 'it's max
ing you depressed-all that
almost-hlack heavy old carv-
Evening star., 1961-03-03

AS You would have thought I
Ssas suggesting a revolution.
equal to Castro's, the first
time ! told a client, why
not paint your mahogany
four-poster bed whittier" ,
Milford chronicle., 1961-06-09
FREDERICK

Church School, 9:45 am, Morn
ing Worship. 1900 am, George w.
Bishop. Minister; Junior Fellow
ship, 600 pm, MY.F. 700 pm.
Sardis Charge Church School.
200 pm, followed by Worship
Hour.
Thursday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
G. j. Dolan and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Matlack and family were Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Wilson and son Cadet
Keith Wilson of Parker Village,
Woodbury., NJ. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son spent this week in Fork Union,
Va, where they attended the grad
uation exercises at Fork Union
Military Academy. Wednesday NOR
ming, where Keith attends school.
He will return there next Septem-
ber to continue his education. Mr..
Wilson and Keith were guests of
their uncle b. Matlack, at the
Murderkill Lions Club dinner Thurs
day evening. Mrs. Wilson assisted
her aunt at serving the dinner.
Major A. f. Hooker, Silver
Springs, Md, is on a weeks leave.
She is spending the time with her
mother, Mrs. Elsie Fisher and me-
mbers of the family Mrs. Fisher
entertained at a family dinner on
Sunday. Present were Miss Lillian
Fisher, Mrs. Hooker, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. II. Nashold and sons of town
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fisher and
family of FELTON,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Saterfield
and daughter Sharon, spent the
weekend at their cottage at White
House Farm. Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
t. Hopkins visited their grandchil-
dren Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Glanden
and family of Wilmington, were
Sunday visitors of their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Coverdale.