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Evening star., 1961-11-13
Skin Diver Discovers
Sand Waves Are Still

in geography at Johns Hopkins
University. .xr
The ridges, he said, probably
WeRe caused by erosion. 1ThE4
many be remnants of an Older
surface formed IA, ZOO or Is, ,000f3
years ago. ANt E
> TO test this new theory Mr. ]
Moody plans to dive again next
summer to get Q to 4-foot coreS
samples of the ridges to seea
exactly what they are made of.
His guess is that they are gravel
and mud overlaid by sand.
Studying Sediment
An analysis Of the core sam
pies may show that the md
terial is the same as what I'M
derlying Bethany Beach itsel
This would tend to confirm q
new theory.
Mr.. Moody, "a. is from Masss /;
achusetts and is a graduate Of
Harvard University. Current
he's studying $50 or so sediSs
ment samples taken during theN
summer at Bethany in pren&
aration for his doctorate. -
The Surveys ship Explorer
and several of its skin diver
also participated in part of thS
survey.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
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facts of life only once and
that was when I was ten.s 2
would like to talk to her
again about this subject be-
cause there are many things
I don't understand, but when
mention it she tells me she
will talk to me later" but
later" never comes. If it is
a word I want to have ex-
planned dealing with sex. she
tells me to look it up in the
dictionary. How can I get
my mother to tell me things
a girl should know?
TOLD NOTHING.
Not all mothers know how
to tell their children the
"facts Of Iife." (It's not their
fault-THEIR mothers didn't
know how to tell THEMl.
Your public library has some
excellent books on this sub
ject for girls just your agei :
Ask your librarian to recOm-r'
mend a few.
@ -
Everybody has a problem:
What's yours? For a per-
sonGl reply, tDrite to Abby i'ssl
care of The Euentrg Star
Inclose a stamped, selt-ud-p
dressed envelope.
For Abbv's booklet, "Ho,O to-
Haze a Lovely Wedding" y
send soc to Abby. Bor 3365,h
Beverly Hills, Calf.
Distributed by MaNausht Syndicate, Inc 4
Evening star., 1961-11-13
By WILLIAM BRIGG
Star Staff Writer

Back in August, the United
States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey announced that it's first
Iresearch grantSwould go for a
Skin dtyins sfad Or the DE
fhavior of the mysterious sand
waves that intersect the United
States coastline in many areas
from Cape Hatteras to New
York"
The announcement said that
the waves are 10 feet or more
high and that Very little is
known about these unusual
ocean floor undulations."
Today, in an interview, the
recipient of that grant said
summer diving off Bethany
Beach, Del, showed the "wayes'.
have no behavior or undula-
tions at all.
They just sit there. They
are just solid ridges, he
reported. -,,....
Seeks Geography DOctorate
THE changing sand wave
features were not present as
first thought" said David w.
Moody. Mr.. Moody. the recipi-
ent of the Surveys $4,000
grant, is a Phi. D. candidate
Evening star., 1961-11-13

There's a Woy to Find Out
BY ABIGAIL VAN buren,
Ast..--

DEAR ABBY: I would like
to know if it is possible for
a student to do his home
work while sitting in front
of a television set which is
going full blast? Thank you.
STUDENTS MOTHER.
Send me the students re-
port card and I'll send you
my answer.
50
DEAR ABBY: My hus-
bands brother is a physician.
I kept asking my husband to
please take our two boys to
his brothers office to have
them checked over. Lloyd
had a bad cough that lasted
all summer, and Clyde had a
rash on his feet that we
couldn't get rid Of. I got
tired of waiting so I took the
boys to another doctor and
paid this doctor in cash. I
have yet to hear the end of
it. What would you have
done, Abby, under the same
circumstances?
DOCTORS RELATIVE.
L would have called my
husbands brother, made an
appointment with HIM at
his office, taken the boys and
paid HIM.
sF&
DEAR ABBY: I am 13
years old and my mother
has talked to me about the
Evening star., 1961-11-13
i'm BISHOP:
REPORTER
All Convinced but Peqoy Lee

much heart and little head
and, she knows defeat inti-
mately, in business, in love,
in friendship. A long time
ago, she was Norma Egstrom,
daughter of a station agent
in jamestown, N. D. She
went to Hollywood with $l8
and her fathers railroad pass
and the movies spurned her.
She could feel the music
inside. 1t was good and it
was pure, if she could let it
out. She got q little Job
Singing on WDAY in Fargo
and went on to Midwest
hotels and a chance to sing
with Will Osborne's Band.
Later, she moved on to Ben
ny Goodman's band and, in
,cidentally, a coupe of hus-
bands and a daughter.
One night she sang "Why
Don't You Do Right?" and
it came out right. She made
the song. The song made
her. Within a month, the
ten million jazz aficionados
had turned their ears her
way. Peggy Lee was a sue
cess. She has since made 13
albums and no one knows
how many appearances on big
television shows.
In her spare time, Peggy
Lee nourishes her heart. 1t
includes giving time to her
16-year-old daughter: writ
ing songs like "Manana,"
Its a Good Day" and Cold
en- Earrings" sculpturing the
heads of friends, and paint
ing: and watering the small
jungle of plants she carries
with her.
AFTER THE SHOW, we
went back to her dressing
room to say hello. She sagged
in a leopard skin dressing
gown and turned her face
away from the big mirror
surrounded by naked bulbs.
vt was good" I said. She
shook her head. Every night
is opening night for me-" 1t
is. She forces herself on
stage and is never convinced
by the ovations she earns.
One afternoon, before the
opening. she was sitting on
the bandstand singing softly
with the musicians. Carpen-
ters were hammering some
tables together. The noise
was loud. Only once did she
stop the music. Then she
said to a nearby carpenter:
Mister, either keep up with
the drummer or drop the
hammer"
Z Copyright, 1851. King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1961-11-13
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Alcoholic Wins Battle
BY DR.. PETER }. sTEINcRoHA

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: .. I
seldom write letters to edi-
tors or to any news media,
but / felt I must write re-
sgarding the letter from Mrs
s., whose son died Of alco-
holism. She is needlessly tor
turing herself with the be-
lief that her drinking a few
beers during her pregnancy
was the cause of his alco-
holisrn.
"I am an alcoholic, and I
wrecked everything in life
that was worthwhile with
my drinking until / was 43
years Of age. I am now al
most SO and have not had
q, drink in almost 10 years.
/ am the third son in a fam
lily of six boys and two
girls, and I am the only
one out of the eight that is
an alcoholic; some Of the
others are social drinkers.
Here is the payoff for Mrs.
8. - I don't suppose my
mother ever drank a bottle
of beer in her whole life,
and if she ever tasted whis-
key I never knew it.
"She passed away about
two years ago, though I
know I broke her heart many
times with my drinking, and
God alone knows how many
prayers she said for me. Her
great mother love for me,
and her implicit faith in God
could not reach me until
one day, I found a group
of people (from all walks of
life), who like myself could
not control their drinking.
"They had found a way of
life that did not include
drinking, and this they were
willing to share with me.
They called themselves Alco-
holics Anonymous. They did
not try to tell me about God
in their way, but told me to
find Him in my own way,
however that might be. They
set up no rules or musts,
but they gave me the IL sug-
gested steps. which I could
use in my own way to develop
a way of life that did not
include drinking. They told
me there was no cure for
this disease, but it could be
arrested. This I have learned
in the years I have been on
the program of AA.
II have been able to come
to terms with myself, and
with God, as / understand
him. No, Mrs. s., you were
not to blame for your sons,
alcoholism, no more than
my good Christian mother
was to blame for the defects
of character that caused my
alcoholism. There is a book
called Alcoholics Anony-
nous" that I am sure you
can get in your public Ii
brary and I am sure that
Chapters 3 and 5 will help
your peace of mind a lot.
so in conclusion let me
say, alcoholism is a disease.
There are over a quarter mil
lion men and women Tin ev-
cry city of the United States
and in almost every country
in the world) who are now
sober, upright, good citizens
Evening star., 1961-11-13
BY Fronk Roberse
BY Walt Disney

Of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition of
IS" such as bats" cats" are not
used. 8. Only one form Of o word is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Anwers TO saturdays word-SAPIENCE
sane, scan, scape, scene, seen, seep,
snip, snipe, span, space, spice. spine,
spin, specie. acne, anise, apiece, apse,
aspen, aspic, pains, panes, pace, panic,
pease, pean. pence, peace, pecan, pines,
pieces, plea. pima, incase, ease. epic,
escape, nape, neap, nice. niece, cape,
cane, case, casein, cease.
Evening star., 1961-11-13

The club was crowded. The
lights were dim. There was
a combo on the bandstand
hitting progressive Jazz. The
walters tilted trays of drinks
as they threaded the crowd.
This was Basin Street East,
in New York. The people
were waiting to hear Peggy
Lee sing.
At 10 pm. the combo left
the bandstand. There was
silence in the gloom except
for the clank of cutlery.
Quincy Jones came on with
his big band of 16 pieces, in
cluding a girl harpist and a
Negro woman who plays first
trumpet.
MISS LEE WAS LATE.
She is always late. She has
a chronic fear of failure and.
when the time arrives to
perform, she stalls. Now, in
the wings. she stood screened
from the audience and
gulped a glass of cognac.
Her knees trembled and,
when the music said SO, she,
came out. 4
The applause was thunder
Gus. She is a pale blond
with hair piled high. Scared
skin and a lopsided smile.
She wore diamond earrings
which dripped almost to the
shoulders. Below the ear
rings were a mocha dress
with sequins and q full fig
ure that sways as the hoarse
voice hits the music.
She is, beyond argument,
the best jazz stylist in the
country. Peggy Lee can take
an old song like Say 1t
Isn't So" and make it sound
like a forlorn love letter. Most
vocalists try to work up a
style Of singing and this gives
it a slightly strained tone.
Lee sings what comes natur-
ally and what comes .natur-
ally is a jazz beat as pure
as Benny Goodman on a
clarinet or Harry James on a
trumpet.
Gayle Peggy, my younger
daughter, sat entranced.
She tried to sip her coffee
and light her cigarettes with
out taking her eyes off the
singer. Kelly, my wife, ro-
tated a glass of bourbon on
the tablecloth in time to the
beat. Miss Lee was on for
an hour and ten minutes
and sang 20 songs. Each one
is an emotional bath and the
patrons refused to permit
her TO depart.
The triumph was a long
haul for the blond. She has
Evening star., 1961-11-13
FAMOUS FABLES
Ey E. E. EDGAR

EXCUSE: During his years
in baseball, Branch Hickey
was always ready tc forgive
a player who had Lroken
training rules, if the excuse
was plausible, recalled the
late John Lardner in "The
World of John Lardner,"
edited by Roger SKahn.
"Once, during a crucial
series in Brooklyn, Flint
Rhem, a pitcher for the st.
Louis Cardinals, disappeared
for 48 hours.
ION reappearing, he said
he had been kidnapped by
gunm en-, held incommu-
nicado in a hotel room, and
forced at the point of a gun
to drink large quantities Of
liquor .--t
"Rickey, the Cardinals,
general manager, accented
the story. He said he couldn't
disprove it by the way Rhem
smelled." H
Evening star., 1961-11-13

of their communities. They
know that it is only through
a simple, basic belief in God,
coupled with the group ther-
apy of AA, that has enabled
them to build a good life,
which rises sphinxlike from
the ashes of a wrecked and
worse than useless life they
had before they found the
answer to their problems in
Alcoholic Anonymous.
There are some Of the. an
swers I have found after
more than Is years of drink
ing and now almost 10 years
of sobriety. Space will not
permit nor time allow me to
give all the details Of be-
coming an alcoholic and
then building a wonderful
life with AA as the founda-
ton to work on. Sincerely
yours.-C. B."
WHY SPOIL the impact of
this wonderfully inspiring
and sincere letter with more
than this statement: I be-
lieve that Mr.. &C. BIS letter
will save more than one al
coholic from run.
y
DR.. Steincrohn's ledtlet,
"HotD to Manage Arthritis, I"
tDill be mailed on receipt of q
stamped, self-dddressed en-
pelope, and 10 cents in coin
for handling. Address DR..
Steincrohn in care of The
Euenin0 Star.
Bell Syndicate Featured
Tomorrow: Foolish Feors?
Evening star., 1961-11-13
WORD CANE

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ting vascular bundles" Average
mark is II words; time limit
is 20 minutes.
Rules of the game: 1. Words must be
Evening star., 1961-09-15

end of the last one. For
another, capital demands
still look manageable despite
the increasingly big fiscal
1862 Federal budget deficit,
because private borrowing
demands are not putting un-
due pressure on the supply
of capital.
Rates will go higher, but
the movement of interest
rates in the immediate fu-
ture will not be pronounced,
although the whole interest
rate structure is moving up.
1t is possible that toward
the end of the year, under
the influence of a greater
demand for credit by busi-
ness and the large Federal
deficit rates will increase
moderately. Despite the ef-
forts of the administration,
a further decline in long
term interest rates is not
likely, therefore select the
home of your choice, and
buy"
Evening star., 1961-09-15

this year VS.. 1,299,OOo last
year,.
This increased demand,
plus the other upward surges
in the economy will result in
borrowing costs going up,
and a more stringent supply
of money. This is the normal,
cyclical movement that fol-
lows every recession. Now it
is plainly under way. 1t costs
more to borrow now than it
did during the spring and
early summer. 1t will cost
even more at the end of the
year than it does now.
The Berlin crisis triggered
the most recent advance, and
ended administration hopes
that it might be possible to
prevent all but marginal ad-
vances during the second
half of this year.
There is no present pros
pect of a sharp, post-1958
recession upsurge in yields.
For one thing, rates we're
markedly higher at the end
of this recession than at the
Evening star., 1961-09-15

Now is the time to buy or
build a home-to buy a new
one or to buy a good used
one.
Borrowing terms are more
favorable now than they are
likely to be, and the volume
of money seeking investment
in mortgages-particularily
in loans insured by the Fed
eral Housing Administration
or guaranteed by the Veter-
ans Administrations very
adequate.
Mortgage bankers are that
group of financial institu-
tions which represent out of
the city investors, principally
the large pension funds. life
insurance companies and
mutual savings banks. There
are 26 such institutions serv-
ing greater Washington.
In elaboration 1 want to
point out that residential
building, which has been
tagging behind last years
pace, now appears to be
Evening star., 1961-09-15

and an additional 5 mil
lion dete-iorating houses out
of our total stock Of So mil
lion homes.
OF the II million conSid-
cred SubStandard, 8 mil
lion are deficient in plumb
ing facilities and 3 mil
lion are so dilapidated that
it would be uneconomic to
put them in good shape.
In addition, we have mil
lions of other housing units
which, while not substand-
ard, are not satisfactory be-
cause they are inadequate to
meet the needs of today's
families in today's prosperous
America.
Restoration Aims
No group is more interested
in restoring decaying and
blighted areas in our cities
than the NAHB. The asso-
citation has established a de-
partment on remodeling to
help its members in home
modernization and renova-
ton projects. 1t has held
a home remodeling school
at the National Housing Gen.
ter in Washington and it has
various other projects for
See BUILDERS, Pose CT
Evening star., 1961-09-15
Home Builders Cast
Glow Over Economy

The Is million new homes
represents the floor-not the
ceiling-of the market ahead
for this decade. But even this
minimum number of new
homes will represent a resi-
Dental construction eXnon III
ture of about $3.50 billion
over the l0-year span.
To bring about an i'm
provement in the housing
picture - rather than stay
where we are, which we
would do if we build only l6
million new homes in the
1960S - certain markets
should be given attention.
Lower Income Homes
One of the most important
is that of lower income fam
lilies. This year, members of
the National Association of
Home Builders throughout
the country have been seek
ing to develop a high value
low-priced home that can be
produced in quantity for this
market.
The results of their in
dividual work will be pooled
at the NAHB Convention
Exposition in Chicago in De-
cember, so that even those
who have not been active in
this field of home building
in 1861, may be encouraged
to build for lower income
families in 1862.
Another specific market
for new homes-and one that
is growing daily-is created
Evening star., 1961-09-15
By E. J. BURKE, JR.
President, National Association Of Home Builders

starts so far this year, 1896
900 new homes will be built
in 1861. Their construction
will provide from two and
one-half to three million jobs
within the home building in
duStry itself.
Each housing unit built in
recent years has provided
from two and one-half to
three man-years of employ
ment. One man-year of work
was required on the site.
Another one-man year of
employment was needed in
the factories that produce
building materials. An addi-
tional half-year to one year
of work was required by such
services as transportation
and other multiplying effects
of growing communities.
A Few Items
Looking at the picture N
concrete terms, each 100000
new homes create a need
for:
Nine hundred and seventy
five million bd. it. of lumber,
lis million bd. #. of finish
wood flooring, i04 million
50. ft. of softwood, plywood,
470 million bricks, 230 mil
lion lbs. of cement. 1.9 mil
lion gals. of paint to name
only a few items.
Home building during
World War II was at a vir-
tual Standstill except at war
production centers. We can
all remember the acute hous-
ing shortage which arose
when the GI's streamed
home. In 1914, only 100000
new homes were built.
But as materials and
equipment became available,
the volume of house produc-
ton scared. In 1947, home
building mounted to more
than one million units a
year-and it has remained at
we'll over the one million
mark in each succeeding
year.
No Soturotion
In fact, from 1914 through
last Dec. 81, a total Of 90
$4,000 new homes were built
in this country.
This high volume of pro-
duction has given rise in
some circles to fears that
the housing market may be
approaching the saturation
point. Nothing could be fur
ther from the truth.
With our population at
more than 180 million per-
sons now and growing at the
rate of about 3 million
a year, we will need roughly
Is million new homes in this
country in the 1960s.
But this is a minimum
shelter requirement. Even 16
million new homes will bring
no significant improvement
in the way we are housed.
Evening star., 1961-09-15

by the large number of senior
citizens in our population.
There are more persons so
years of age or older today
than there was in our entire
population at the time of the
Civil War. AS a group, they
want smaller homes but
homes easily maintained.
Areas Overlooked
We should provide, too.
more housing opportunities
for minority families, and for
the citizens of smaller towns
and cities which were, per-
haps, by-paSSed for one rea-
son or another in the rush
to end the postwar housing
shortage.
Many families who have
adequate shelter now would
like to upgrade their housing
standards. In many cases.
they live in houses not suited
to the needs of their growing
families.
But More New Homes" is
but half of the current goal
of the NAHB. It also be-
lieves there should be Bet
ter Old Homes"
Data from the Census
Bureau indicates we have IL
million SubStandard homes
Evening star., 1961-09-15
Fall Festival Opens
With Buyers Market
By JOSEPH B. BYRNES
ReoI Estute Editor of The Stor

Never in the history Of
our Nation have so many
people been afforded an op-
portunity to buy so many
homes with so little money.
Coupled with this pleasant
state of affairs is the taper
ing off of the postwar
housing demand that has
intensified competition - an
other benefit to the prospec-
tive purchaser.
With all this in mind The
Star has doubled it's efforts
to make shopping for a
home more convenient. It's
annual Fall Festival Homes
is introduced with this sec
ton and will appear for the
next two Fridays. Key to
the section is the map and
index of developments on
Page 2.
Handy Guide
It has been designed with
the idea in mind of giving
our readers a handy guide to
the products of most of our
leading home builders. In
cluded in the information is
the general location of the
house in relation to Wash
ington proper; its cost; de-
scription and the builders
name.
Even if you do not imme-
diately contemplate buying a
house, the map and index is
worth saving for future ref
erence. When the projects
described are sold out it
Evening star., 1961-09-15
In This Section

Exhibit index and mop, Poge CO.
Weaver outlines housing. benefits, Poee C-S.
Bouqhmon describes Fonnie Noes role, Pcee C-l2
Industry changes noted by Reinseh, Poee C-l3.
Marie Mcclure halls resolution, Poee C-l5.
Home Weeks meaning to you, Poge CIT.
Good housing explained by Wooner, Poee C-lS
Evening star., 1961-09-15

will still be a valuable
reference for comparison.
BY referring to it at some
later date you will be able
to ascertain whether the
property you have in mind
is a bargain under future
economic conditions.
Elsewhere throughout the
section will be found photo
graphs of the builders prod
uct plus a more detailed de-
scription of the property and
a history of the builder and
who designed the house.
Keys to Nap
Each caption is keyed to
the projects location on the
map on Page 2. Under
this system it will be posi-
BILE for the reader to first
check the map for an area
in which he would prefer to
live.
Having settled that ques-
ton he may then read the
stories and check the pic
lures of the homes in that
area that best suit his pur-
pose as to price, size, loca-
ton and convenience to
schools, churches, transporta-
ton and employment.
Also included in the three
sections will be articles writ
ten by the top Federal hous-
ing officials, home building.
real estate and mortgage
banking leaders. These ar
ticles are being presented in
their entirety with an alb
sence of editing to enable all
those involved to present
their views on policy with
out interference.
Nationwide Program
The Stars Fall Festival Of
Homes is presented to COIN
eide with a Nationwide pro-
gram on the part of the Ma
tional Association of Home
Builders to appraise the
public of the latest develop
ment in the home building
industry. NAHB's official OBJ
servance will be celebrated
from September % to Oc-
tober /.
Passage of the new hous-
ing law this year has ex-
tended the liberal terms
under which a house may be
purchased. 1t imposed the
most lenient terms, by far,
under which a home may be
purchased by the low and
middle income groups.
Neterons' Loan
Passage of such an act a
generation ago would have
been unthinkable. Now 30
year loans are par for the
course for qualified Federal
Housing Administration buy
ers. If you happen to be an
individual displaced by urban
renewal or other govern
mental condemnation you