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The Nome nugget., 1961-06-09

Half of our hospital beds are taken up by mental patients, yet there is still only one psychiatrist for every 18,OOO people in Am erica.
, 1961-12-16
"HolidGY" Life"
Magazines Cory
Color v. |. Ads

Timed to coincide with the
peak home entertainment sea
son of the year, full-page four
color ads for Virgin Islands
RUNS appear in the December
issue Of Holiday" Magazine
and the December Is issue of
Life.
Feature of the ads is an il
lustration of a Daiquiri glass
s~uParimposed on an aerial
photograph of Christiansted
Bay at St. Croix. Centered
against the yellow glass in
the n~ow-familiar seal Of the
campaign by the Virgin Is
lands Rum Council.
Copy of the ad reads:
There are no runs like the
great Virgin Islands RUNS
with the pure fresh flavor of
the tabled Virgin Islands. En-
Joy these finer imported runs
Continued on Page ~
, 1961-12-16
THOUSANDS IN P. R.
GREET KENNEDYS
ON ARRIVAL THERE

Two hundred thousand per-
sons turned out in Puerto Ri
co to greet President and Mrs.
John F. Kennedy. On hand to
greet them were Governor &
Mrs. Munoz Marin of Puerto
Rico, Governor & Mrs. Ralph
P~aiewonsky of the Virgin Is
lands and other dignitaries of
Puerto Rico.
The President said that he
was extremely touched by the
warmth of the welcome and
the friendliness of the people.
Governor Marin had predict
ed such a welcome.
The President and his party
were cheered along the nine
mile route from the airport to
the Governors mansion. The
welcome was described as
'~clamorous The crowd chant
ed we want Kennedy"
The President left for Cara
cas- this morning after break
fasting with Governor Marin.
The President Ind Mrs
Kennedy will also visit Vene-
zuela,
, 1961-12-16

for Aalborg Stiftstidende and
Fyens Stiftstidende where she
was assigned to cover the royal
family.
In the United States she was
a staff correspondent for Ber-
linkske Tidende, the leading
Copenhagen daily. For sever
al years she has interviewed
such personalities as Helen
Keller, Grandma Moses, Chief
Justice Earl Warren, Ezra
Taft Benson, Connie Francis,
Lauritz Melchior and Peter
Mrs. King speaks several
languages and in the Virgin
Islands she has translated old
Danish books and records.
, 1961-12-16
for Mrs.
Elsdnor Mortimer
SundoY at 400 P. M.

Funeral services for Mrs.
Eleanor Knight Martinez, who
passed away shortly after Civ
ing birth to a baby boy in the
Charles HARDWOOD Memorial
Hospital, will be held at 4 pm.
tomorrow at the Fredensthal
Moravian Church.
The sudden passing Of Mrs.
Martinez was a tremendous
shock to her husband, to whom
she was married just one year
ago, her mother, sisters, Kath-
leen, who is with the Post Of
flee Department, Margery and
her brothers, Floyd, Dicky &
Henry and the hundreds of
persons who knew her.
, 1961-12-16
Richurd C. NeWick
Writes The Governor
on HurveY Company

Richard C. Newick, boat
builder and designer Of St.
Croix, has written to Governor
Ralph NJ. P~aiewonsky in con-
nection with the Harvey Alu-
minum Company as follows:
Thank you for your assur-
ance via telegram that no com
mitments have yet been made
to Harvey Aluminium Com
pany regarding a proposed
alumina plant here.
There has been an amazing
lack Of information released
to the public in this affair. We
cannot discuss it intelligently
until facts are known. There
tore, may ! suggest that an
Independent industrial engin-
eering concern be retained by
the Virgin Islands Government
to study and report on all the
ramificationS of this large in
dustry's proposed location
here. We want to know what
we might have to give and
what to expect in return. 1t
seems that only an independ-
ent industrial engineer can
tell us.
1t must be incumbent up-
on Harvey who co4les here
asking for millions Of dollars
worth of land, tax concessions,
and harbor facilities to prove
to us just what we get in re-
, 1961-12-16

book stores to interested tour
ists., Mrs. King said.
Personal interviews will CO.
yer name, address, box num-
Der, phone number, business
address, education, profession
al experience, military service,
clubs and organizations, hob
e S, family information,
length of residence and reIat-
ed information. mo attempt
win be made to delve into a
persons private affairs nor
will anything be published
that may be a source of en-
,barrassment to any Individual.
The book will carry no adj
vertising and will be sold by
subscription and on book
stands, the publishers said.
Our chief goal is public ser
vice and every effort will be
made to assure accuracy, dig
nifty and reliability"
The editor, an experienced
newspaperwoman, was born
in Copenhagen and is a grad
uate Of the University Of Co
penhagen and the University
of Perugia in Italy. In Den
mark she was a staff writer
#Ht
, 1961-12-16
Directory Of Prom'nt
v. |. Residents to be
Published for 1862

Published for 1862
A directory of prominent
Virgin Islands residents and
other reference Information
will be published early in
1862, it was announced by
Mrs, Lis King, editor of the
first annual volume to be
known as Virgin Islands Pro-
files. The book will report
brief biographical Information
on 500 leading citizens and
serve as a directory of civic,
social, church organizations &
various other agencies.
I'VE will not attempt to
compete with other publica-
tons IN listing tourist or bust
ness attractions, nor do we
wish to establish the volume
as a social Blue Book, Mrs.
King added, Our aim is to
provide an accurate reference
- Mt .
service for and about Virgin
Islanders and to codify public
information in digest FORM"
In what is believed to be
first attempt Of its kind in the
V. l., the publishers have set
about to interview leading
citizens in questionaires and
later in personal interviews.
Only persons Of established
Of one year or more will be
solicited and of those only per-
sons playing a leading role in
community, business, civic or
public affairs will be contact
ed. An editorial board Of re-
view will evaluate information
before publication for accura-
cy and content.
Aside from individual bio
graphical Information, the
book will list government
agencies and officers along
with pertinent information of
each, churches & their social SO
cieties, public Institutions.
public utilities, holidays, clubs
and organizations and their
c~ff:oore ~lrS A wide variety Of
other information.
~. I Profiles will be a book
primarily for resident con
sumtion although it will be
sold in limited quantities in
Evening star., 1961-05-21
OfLOVE and
LAUGHTER
On ChiIdren's Hands
And How They Grow
By MARJORIE HOLMES

Chidren's hands -.
First they but tiny tendrils gripping your finger
brushing at your breast
Next they are plump and dmpled getting into things
that you must say, mo, mol" continually. Or
Mustn't touch. naughty hands" -.
Then still small and grubby they cutching crayons
scrbbling Or cropping awkwardy with pencils learning to
print their
Then soon, soon. they are lensthening-catchinE
baSeballs, swinging ropes for jumping playing jacks
And little longer STILL anxiously struggling to tie a
necke for party applying first excited touch OF lip
stick
And longer and stronger yet they being fitted
for class rings adjusting the unfamiliar robes and tasSeed
hats for Commencement reaching take diplomas from
older. surer hands.
after oustretched so eagerly and confidently
for engagement rings, and wedding rings and Jobs.
And then, completed they take up the new the Just
beginning with wonder pride Lifting their own chill
dren they marvel isn't he beautiful" Just look those
tiny handS"
Have You Ever Wondered Why -.
You feel such sense Of shock almost personal affront
when the mailman strols blandy by without stopping?
he party to dire conspiracy ruin your day.
Your Pet and Ours ...
The Damaton stands on the dock head cooked quv-
ering with excitement yet eyeng the water like doubtful
child Come on, Belle dive" boy shouts and scoops
water at her as he would friend.
Shove her in, push her!" yes another, while others
protest NO make her want to come, throw something in
she wants"
Sticks tossed. avail though the big spotted
dog stands barking. piece of sandwich which the fish
promptly dart to the surface to snatch. shining black
inner tube Then suddenly if she longer
glorious splashing without participating she backs off,
quverng gives gruf reluctant bark scures forward and
leaps landing oursQuare explosive Slvery splash
"Hurray for Belle hurray!" the audience appauds her.
and she makes proudly for the nearest tossing her
head and norting water and swapping at the sparkling
bubbles her own plunge has flung into the air"
Evening star., 1961-05-21
Alexandra Is Site
For State Meetinq

For the first time in 81
years, the annual meeting of
the Garden Club Of Virginia
will be held in Alexandria
tomorrow. Tuesday and
Wednesday, with the Garden
Club of Alexandria acting as
hostess to this 4lst conclave.
Mrs. Burdette s. Wright of
Locust Hill, of Leesburg, is
president of the Virginia
organization which includes
43 clubs with over 1000 mem
bers in all sections Of the
State.
Headquarters for the three
day meeting will be the Olde
Colony Motel in Alexandria,
and Mrs. Bruce Gunnell is
chairman. Mrs. Malcolm
Matheson, jr., is president Of
the Alexandria Garden Club
which was founded in 1928
and has belonged to the
Statewide organization since
1880.
The Board of Directors will
be entertained at dinner to-
morrow evening at Ferry
Point, the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Matheson, jr. After
registration Tuesday morn
ing the visitors will be served
coffee in the courtyard at
Gadsby's Tavern, which was
restored and is maintained
by the Alexandria club.
The highlight Of the three
Evening star., 1961-05-21

day meeting will follow a
buffet supper at wellington,
home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Matheson, sr.. Tuesday eve
ming: Native Alexandrian
Richard Bales, conductor of
the National Gallery Orch
estra and composer Of The
Confederacy" and "T h e
Union" will lead members Of
his orchestra in a program
Of 18th century music.
Wednesday the annual
meeting business sessions will
end with two luncheonS, one
to be held in the garden OF
Woodlawn Plantation. the
other on the lawn of Mrs.
Charles C. Walls home at
Mount Vernon.
Evening star., 1961-05-21
Miss Merendu
Is ENGAGED

The French Ambassador
and Mrs. Alphand announce
the engagement Of their
niece. Miss Doriane Merenda,
to Mr.. Olivier Martin, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre A.
Martin Of Paris, France.
Miss Merenda is a daush-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marc
Merenda Of Paris.
A July wedding in Paris is
planned.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Do you know anybody like them?

what I am down deep-a real
crook"
Pogo and his friends as
often as not needle real peo-
pie with current affairs COM
ments. But these comments
are not meant to be editorial,
only humorous. You can't
worry so much about what
you say as about how you say
it." Mr.. Kelly says. People
shouldn't pay attention to us.
I'm just having fun. I'm
the village halfwit. I sit
around whiting on my mind"
The trend to comic reality,
or realistic comics, now at
high tide, began about 80
years ago with two artists of
unusual talent.
One was Noel Sickles, who
drew Scorchy Smith. He has
since forsaken comics for il
Illustrative art, but he brought
to Scorchy an excellence of art
then unknown to comics.
The other artist was Milton
Caniff.
A friend of Mr.. Sickles and
influenced by him, Mr.. Caniff
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Electrical Companies
Defend Identical Bids

CLEVELAND, April 8 (AP) ..
-Spokesmen for some electri-
cal companies said today there
is nothing unusual in the fact
that practically identical bids
were submitted to the city for
II different kinds of electric
meters.
Officials at City Hall said
they were shocked when they
opened sealed bids yesterday
and found that, with one minor
exception, the prices quoted by
all the companies for all IL
types of meters totaled $68,691.
Cleveland Law Director Ralph
S. Locher said he will delay
awarding a contract until rep
resentatives of five companies
who submitted bids come in
here and offer an explanation.
The municipal light plant
wants to buy the watt-hour
meters for installation on the
lines Of consumers.
Spokesman for Westinghouse
Electric Corp, Sangamo Elec.
trio Co, and Duncan Electric
Co., Inc, said the bids were ir
accordance with published
prices.
J. E. Bixler, president OF
Duncan, said in Lafayette, Ind.
he was not familiar with details
of the bids sent here, but
am sure Duncan's quotation.
were in accordance with it!
published price schedule"
Evening star., 1961-04-09

In Springfield, Ill, James H.
Patton, manager of power
equipment for Sangamo, said
it was purely a matter of pub
lished price lists that are avail
able throughout the Nation.
That undoubtedly accounted
for the similarity of the bids"
The other firms submitting
bids where General Electric Co.
and the Allen Electric Co. Of
Cleveland. Allen does not man
ufacture meters, but offers me-
terS made by Sangamo.
There was no comment i'm
mediately from General Elec-
/ trio officials.
Three of the firms-General
Electric, Westinghouse and
Sangamo-were defendants in
recent Federal antitrust cases
which resulted in heavy fines.
Thirty day prison terms
were meted out to several high
executives, including those of
GE and Westinghouse.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

Beetle was a sort of bumbling
college boy and it seemed kind
Of unpatriotic to keep him
there" says Walker. So Beetle
went into the Army, and he's
still there.
Today Beetle appears in 300
newspapers. Millions of SOL
diers, ex-soldiers. about to- be-
soldiers and parents of soldiers
can identify with Beetle. And
on the analysts couch, the
identifying goes further.
Il try to keep my characters
simple enough that you can
describe them with one word" +"
says Mr.. Walker. Beetle is the
goldbrick; Rocky is delin-
quent; Zero is stupid. Every
body knows someone like one
of them"
KelIy's Hunks of Me"
Walt Kelly, creator Of that
darling of the intellectual
readers, Pogo" gives human
personalities to a swamp full
of animals.
They're all hunks of me"
Mr.. Kelly says. Pogo is a
born patsy. l think an awful
lot of people can identify with
Pogo because we all believe
we're big-hearted, soft, put
upon individuals.
ALBERT "a cigar-smoking al
ligator) is the brash showoff
that I am. And the owl is
Evening star., 1961-04-09

brought the same excellence
to a strip called "Dickie Dare"
and other strips he's drawn
since.
Authenticity is a fetish with
Mr.. Caniff. In his study in the
white house on High Tor, near
New City, N. Y. are rows of
file cabinets stuffed with back
ground material on a huge va
riety of subjects. Even his
background scenes are authen-
tic. copied from photographs.
When a survey was taken
in a Midwestern city among
secretaries recently, they named
as their favorite comic strip
THE Heart Of Juliet Jones, "
drawn by Stan Drake.
New Photos Each Week
1t is the story Of two moth
erless girls. pretty spinster Ju-
liet and her flighty, teen-age
sister Eve and their pop. Two
all-American girls in an all
American CITY," Mr.. Drake
says. People can identify
with it easily"
Mr.. Drake draws his char
acters from photographs of
real people. He says he has
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Kennedy Luuds
MohoIe Project
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy yesterday
congratulated the American
scientists and engineers taking
part in Project Mohole, the at-
tempt to drill into the earth's
crust in the Pacific Ocean
depths.
The congratulatory message
was sent to Detlev w. Bronx,
president of the National
Academy of Sciences, and Alan
T. Waterman, director of the
National Science Foundation.
II have been following with
deep interest the experimental
drilling in connection with the
first phase of Project Mohole, "
the President said.
THE success of the drilling
in almost 10000 feet of water
near Guadalupe Island and the
penetration of the ocean crust
down to the volcanic founda-
tions constitute a remarkable
achievement and an historic
landmark in our scientific and
engineering project"
Mr.. Kennedy asked DR.. Bronx
and DR.: Waterman to pass his
congratulations on to all those
"who have combined their tai
entS and energies to achieve
this major success"
Evening star., 1961-04-09

to or they don't seem real. He
takes a new batch of photos OF
his models each week.
When he began the strip
eight years ago. Mr.. Drake
looked around for popular peo-
pie to model his leading char
acters after. Juliet" he says,
is Katharine Hepburn with
the facial angles softened. Eve
is a teen-age Marilyn Monroe.
Pop is a combination of Casey
Stengel and Carl Sandburg. /"
About half of Mr.. brakes
500 subscribers are foreign
newspapers. II don't know
whether their readers see Juliet
as one Of them," he says, "or
whether they read the strip to
find out what America is like p
And so, in their 65th year,
American comics are mirrors
at home and abroad. And they
are finally making some sense
out Of that old salutation:
"See you in the funny
papers"
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Electric Firms
Probe Slated
By Kefauver
BY the Associated Press

Senator Kefauver, Democrat
OF Tennessee. said yesterday he
will try to learn whether anti
trust conspiracies among 20
electrical manufacturing firms
went higher up in the corpo-
rate hierarchy" than those
punished.
Senator Kefauver announced
officials of four of the giant
corporations involved in the
.conspiracies will be questioned
in the first two days of hear
ings starting Thursday before
his Senate antitrust and mo-
nopoly subcommittee.
All Of the II witnesses, he
said, are or were officials of
Westinghouse Electric Corp,
1ngersoll-Rand Co., Carrier
Corp, and General Electric
Corp. None of the II was a
defendant in any of the con-
Spiracy cases.
The overall announced OBJ
jective of the inquiry is to de-
termine whether the antitrust
laws need strengthening, but
Senator Kefauver added in a
statement:
I'VE want to know what
pressures were put on execu-
tives Of these companies to vio-
late the antitrust laws
I'VE want to know if the
conspiracies went higher up in
the corporate hierarchy thar
the individuals indicted by the
grand jury.
Should the information re.
ceived from these witnesse,
prove to be inadequate, the
subcommittee will continue tt
dig until it uncovers the whole
story"
The investigation is a seque
to the prosecutions in which
United States District Judge j
Cullen Ganey Of Philadelphia
imposed fines totaling nearl!
So million on 20 corporation
and A Of their high-rankins
officials, with additional jai
terms for seven of the officials
Evening star., 1961-04-09
This Is Newspaper Comics Week,
And What Strip Are You in Now?

Editors note-Who doesn't
knoW a Beetle Bailey, a
Juliet Jones, or a couple like
the BerryS? The tunnteS
aren't altDdys funny any
more, but they're popular as
euer-perhapS because OF a
netU golden rule.
By CHARLES STAFFORD
Associated Press Newsfestures Writer
NEW YORK, April 8. -
Guess what's gone psychology
ical in its 65th year of life. The
comic strip.
A thousand little subliminal
traps lurk among the panels of
the "funnies" to snare your at
tention so that it comes wan
dering back each day. For
better or worse, it is no longer
enough to stick a tin can on
the head of a Happy Hooligan.
or to have mouse forever
throwing bricks at a cat called
"Krazy."
In this analytical age, the
comic strip is governed by a
golden rule that says: THE
reader must be able to identify
with it."
You're the reader. And if
you see yourself in handsome
Kerry Drake" or lovely Juliet
Jones" or the guy at the next
desk in that goldbrick Beetle
Bailey" or your kid brother in
Freddy" then you're hooked,
The comics have come a long
road since that day in 1895
when Joseph Pulitzer threw a
mischievous fugitive from an
ink pot called the yellow
Kid" into his circulation war
with William Randolph Hearst.
and Hearst replied in kind. AS
the Nation this week notes Ma
tional Newspaper Comics Week.
the funnieS have taken on a
much more complicated per-
Sonality.
Fun Mirror
into their strips-some employ
of American life, a fun house
mirror that exaggerates our
national foibles to laughable
proportions, Or they are an
American story in picture form,
full of adventure or soap opera
drama.
Cartoonists use different
methods of dragging readers
itno their strips-some emplay
a reality of drawing technique.
some cast of easily-recognized
personality types. some a gen.
erous dose of comment on cur
rent events.
But, above all, they make the
range of interest broad. They
have to.
Ten years ago a University
Of Missouri grad named Mort
Walker began drawing a comic
strip about a college kid named
Beetle Bailey" Il thought it
was doing great" Mr.. Walker
says. 1T was in 25 papers and
I was making $3.50 a week. I
found out later the syndicate
was planning to drop me at the
end of the year"
Not everyone goes to college.
And colleges differ widely.
Then the Korean War began.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Style Hurts PeurIers

CANBERRA.-The demise Of
the pearl-shell button in favor
of buttons made of synthetic
materials has hit Australia's
pearling industry hard. More
than a third of last years
shell harvest is still unsold.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

Attorneys for the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People have
filed a new motion in Federal
Court seeking total desegrega-
ton of Arlington County pub
lie schools.
The latest development is a
motion seeking to admit seven
children as intervenors on an
earlier suit which has been set
for hearing February S before
District Judge Oren R. Lewis in
Alexandria.
The court had set that date,
on a motion by the Arlington
County School Board. to dis
miss the original suit on the
grounds that racial segregation
no longer is practiced in the
county schools.
In the new motion by NAACP
attorneys, mailed from Rich
mond to Alexandria, the court
is asked to order the board to
reverse an earlier order deny
ing transfer of two Negro chill
dren, Julia Ann Jeffries and
George B. Jeffries, to the white
Jefferson Junior High School
Judge Lewis also was asked
to direct the board to submit
a plan for racial desegregation
Of the county's public school
system; that the board be re-
strained from requiring any
junior or senior high school
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Conference
On Unwed
Mothers Set

The Social Hygiene Society
OF the District of Columbia and
the Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church are co-sponsors OF
an all-day Conference on Un-
wed Motherhood on January Is,
The conference will be held
at the church at Ninth street
an9 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
from $50 am. to 4::30 pm.
Mrs. Katherine Oettinger, di-
rector Of the Children's Bureau
will deliver the keynote address
Participants are expected to
come from counties and cities
from Baltimore to Norfolk, Will
liam F. Benedict, executive di-
rector Of the Social Hygiene
Society, reported.
They include Ursula Gallag-
her, specialist in services to un.
married mothers of the Depart
ment Of Health, Education and
Welfare; DR.. Grace Hewell, pro.
gram co-ordinator, Office OF
the Assistant Secretary fol
Legislation in HEW: Raleigh
Hobson, director Of public well
fare, Richmond; Stanley Big
man. Bureau of Public Assist
ance, HEW, and DR.. Ella Op-
penheimer, of the District Pub
lie Health Department.
Workshop sessions will be
held during the conference.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Bethesda Youth
Faces Charge
AS Delinquent

A delinquency charge against
a 17-year-old Bethesda youth
today was continued by Mont
gomery County Juvenile Court
Judge Alfred Noyes until Jan
uary Is.
He appeared before Judge
Noyes in a preliminary hearing
after the United States attor-
ney's office in Baltimore dropped
a Federal kidnapping charge
against the youth. The defend
ant was sent to the Maryland
Training School pending the
hearing.
The youth had been accused
of abducting his 15-year-old
girl friend from a party in
Potomac, Md, and taking her
to the home of his aunt in
Vienna, Va. He was arrested
there by the FBI and held in
$5, 900 bond by United States
Commissioner Stanley King.
The arresting agents had to
take a baseball bat away from
the youth at the time of his
seizure. The girl was returned
to her home.