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Evening star., 1961-09-17
Beginning of Chance

VI SUOUQS
Following construction of the two new teaching
hospitals at George Washington and Georpetown
universities, Providence-100 years old-ouened its
fine new plant in 1855 at 1150 varnum street NE
In 1858 the Washington Hospital Center was
opened with 778 beds at Michigan avenue and First
street NV This ultra modern institution combined
the old Emergency, Garfield Memorial and Episcopal
Eye Ear, Nose and Throat Hospitals all of which had
become dilapidated landmarks here
Last spring Sibley Hospital left its rundown
quarters at North Capitol and Pierce streets for
new hospital and nursing school at Loughboro road
and Dalecarlia parkway NV.
Meanwhile, vast expansion projects and complete
renovationS of existing buildings have been underway
or planned at Children's Hospital Doctors Hospital
Casualty Hospital Columbia Hospital the GEORGETOWN
University Medical Center and the George washington
University Hospital
Within the past two years. Doctors Hospital a,
private institution owned by physicians added bed
wing Casualty and Columbia expanded and renovated
completely. The. two university hospitals have been
continually expanding and have even more plans for
the future.
Children's Hospital, the pediatrc center of the
District and large part of the East Coast built
research foundation building two years ago with
special quarters to probe into many of the battling
diseases of childhood. While it is currently in
progran of extensive remodeling of other buildings
the hospital is now planning $275,OOO rehabilitation
center for the near future
Even the city hospital, District General HOSPITAL
is modernzing with plans to consolidate three of it's
main buildings. The plan is not to add beds but to
make possible more efficient and economical medical
care The institution has already started program
OF painting rooms and wards various colors rather
than the old drab grays that always look monoto-
nouSly the same. And, the hospital is now opening
tS pSycniatrlc rehabilitation center-a $11 million
renovation job OF the old pSychiatric structure
Changes are being planned for Freedmens Hos
pal Congress acted this month to turn the hospital
over to Howard University a teaching institution
and to construct entirely new building.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

in the District, S1S per cent of the total At the
same time 682 per cent Of the population d,75700O)
will live in the suburban counties.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

mental institutions in the Nation-has some $500
beds Tor the mentally ILL., the trend as Washington
hospitals move and rebuild is to include psychiatric
care units Many persons still feel there is stigma
to being sent to mental hospital The psychiatric
units in general hospitals help here.
The George Washington University Hospital was
the first to include such unit in Washington It
has been followed by the Washington Hospital Center
and the new Sibey Hospital
Evening star., 1961-09-17
we
never
say
no
TO
progress

For the past quarter century Be7ens has been leader
in the mortgage field in the Washington area We have
helped change the profile of our City not Nth bricks
and boards but With the Uital ow of funds necessary
for its proper expansion We have always been ready
to supply such funds =. we haUe neUer said no" to
Progress. In the past year, for example, we have placed
$11O67O00 in VA loans, and $21 8OO 900 in FILA single
and ultamiy loans. Whatever the City needs whaever
the citizen needs extensive experience and total
resources are always available
Evening star., 1961-09-15

DEAR ABBY: My problem
is a boy friend who is a head
shorter than I am. When we
dance together I have to keep
my chin up because if I put
it down it looks as though I
am trying to hide. But Just
try dancing with your chin
up all evening. and you will
get a pain in the neck. 1t lis
really painful, but I love to
dance. I know it looks funny
for a girl to be dancing with
a boy when she is a head tall
er than he is, but that doesn't
bother me so much as the
stiff neck I get from it. Have
you any advice?
STIFF NECK
If dancing with this boy
is painful-give up dancing.
If it is more painful to give
up dancing, give up the boy.
Evening star., 1961-09-15
a man, your approach is
clever, but obvious.

a man, your approach is
clever, but obvious.
= -
DEAR ABBY: Can you tell
me when it is proper to wear
a hat, and when it is all right
to go without one? I always
seem to guess wrong. Even
in church some women go
hatleSS. I have felt so foolish
wearing a hat that I have
left it home on similar occa-
sionS. Then I find everyone
else is wearing one, and I
feel embarrassed. Please ad-
wise me.
HAT PROBLEM
If you are to be properly
dressed there are occasions
when a hat is absolutely
mandatory. Church attend
ance is one. Solemn Occa-
SiOnS, such as funerals, chris
Jennings and graduatiOns, re-
Quire a hat. Wear a hat to
lunch, tea, shopping, club
meetings, to the theater IA
small One), or any occasion
where you want to look your
best. With few exceptions,
like going to bed or playing
touch football (even then
some wear helmets, a hat
always shows smart groom
ing.
Are things rough?" Let
Evening star., 1961-09-15
DEAR ABBY -.
Definite Choice Offered Here
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

DEAR ABBY: I would like
a full-time sleep-in position
in a motherless home. 1t
must be a modern home in
the best section of town. I
would like the father to be
between 40 and so (no older). T..
And he must be 6 feet tall as
I am a well-proportioned 5
#. 8 in, and don't feel COM
Portable with short men
around me. I am considered
attractive, dress well and en-
joy good music and dancing.
1 am in excellent health and
35.
LOOKING
Evening star., 1961-09-15

Monday; Reducing diets.
Evening star., 1961-09-15

too good; they go to two doc
tors Cor more) for treatment
Of their illness.
I recall a heart patient for
whom I prescribed digitalis.
He returned in two weeks
with evidence of digitalis
overdosage. I asked whether
he had taken the medicine as
directed. He said he had. He
finally admitted sheepishly
that he had gone to another
doctor before he came to me
for examination. Not wanting
to waste" the previous
money spent for medicine, he
decided to continue taking
the other doctors medicine
as well as mine. You've
guessed it. The other doctor
had also prescribed digitalis.
That accounted for the digi-
tails overdosage in our man.
Moral: Don't take a medi-
cal cruise on a two-captained
ship.
4 II -
Pinworm infection is quite
a problem. You clear it up in
the children and think,
That's that" and within
months the darn things often
return. Pinworm infestation
is a widespread nuisance.
The important thing is to
make the diagnosis. Your
doctor will tell you how to
help by using swabs and ap-
plying Scotch tape to catch
the eggs. The choice of treat
ment will depend upon your
doctor. Some still use gentian
violet. Many employ pipera-
zine heXahydrate. Terramy-
Gin, an antibiotic, is some
times the choice. have even
heard some colleagues say
that their best results came
after using garlic.
AS you can see, it's quite a
problem. And better not try
to solve it yourself.
(Bell Syndicate Feature)
Monday: Reducing diets.
Evening star., 1961-09-15

In that year, the AS had
lost 20 straight. tying the
American League record.
Then Bush beat Detroit, end
ing the streak.
When he returned to the
clubhouse, Bush expected to
be smothered with congratu-
lationS. Instead, his team
mates berated him for ruin
ing their chance of setting a
new record.
Evening star., 1961-09-15

minds were so brightly scrub
bed that they needed no pSy-
Geological examination at all.
I visited the town recently.
They have a visiting psy-
chiatric service now. This
leads to another thought. The
formula for good education
years ago was 80 per cent
discipline, 10 per cent infor-
nation. Somewhere along the
line, the discipline was re-
moved.
Any overgrown boy can now
defy a teacher. Any in
solent girl can make a teach
er look like a predatory
animal. 1t is the teacher who
is now on the defensive.
Sister Marie Eustelle of st.
Patrick's whacked me, not
once, but many times with a
ruler. I look for the scars
on the hands, but they are
gone. So is she. Her ruler
was the quickest course in
blind obedience I ever had.
So. if I go to the PTA
meetings I will say nothing
because. if anyone asked me
to speak, I would say: RE
store the ruler and the birch
rod to the classroom. Use
them only when all else fails.
If you find a teacher who
resorts to them too frequent
ly, get rid of him. He's a
sadist."
WE SAT WITH the chill
dren and they talked excited
ly about the school and the
work which lays ahead. They
do not dread school, as I once
did. Kathleen showed Jack
and Dorothy Sullivan how
she could add on paper, how
she could write her ABCs
although she has never before
attended school, and she kept
asking one question over and
over: When do they have
receSS?"
That, I would say, is the
most intelligent question of
the day.
copyright, 1861,
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1961-09-15
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Third Trip on PTA Circuit
OUR SPACE AGE

Everything happens at
least twice. Live long enough
and some major events hap
pen three times. Before
school opened, Kelly and I
took the little girls to Sui
livan's Lodge for dinner. 1t
was a sort of eat-hearty-for-
tomorrow the work begins
celebration. For Karen, 8, it
means the third grade; for
Kathleen, it means the first.
For me, it is the third trip
around the PTA circuit.
All, those PTAs. I have
dozed through many a meet
ing when Ginny attended
Haworth School, and, when
she graduated, Gayle started
in the first grade and I was
in the PTA again. Now, with
the spiritual, soulful Karen
she of the fair hair and the
heart visible in her eyes; and
Kathleen, the plump flirt
who vies with Karen for her
mothers affection - I am
back in the coffee and cookie
brigade once more.
USUALLY, ONE WOMAN
is the big wheel in any PTA.
She plans dances, card par
ties, presents motions and
thinks of additional goodies
for the ong-suffering chill
dren.
I will attend the meetings,
being careful to button my
lips before leaving the house.
They wouldn't want to hear
my notions anyway. Fifteen
years or more ago, I was
asked to speak at the Tea
neck N.JD High School PTA
and I said that what was
needed was a visiting pSychi-
atric service.
We needed someone to spot
the unhappy ones before it
was too late. The lady with
the big earrings heard me in
frozen silence, and then arose
to appoint a committee to re-
fute my suggestion. They re-
ported at the next meeting
that all the boys and girls
were clean and their little
Evening star., 1961-09-15
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Tell Doctor All the Story!
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Are you embarrassed when
you go to your doctor? Are
you especially sensitive about
discussing what you consider
intimate complaints? Do you
hesitate to ask for advice be-
cause you believe your doctor
may consider your question
little silly one? Then better
get hep. Speak up. Quite
often health and life itself
may hang on the degree of
your franknesS in discussing
your problems.
THERE WAS a woman
who came in for arthritic
pains. Just before the his
tory-taking was over she said,
"Oh, by the way, doctor"
Subsequent examination by
a gynecologist showed early
cancer of the uterus. 1t was
removed and the patient has
had no trouble during the
past 10 years. A complete
cancer cure. If she had been
prudiSh, she wouldn't have
mentioned it at all, and the
condition might have been
overlooked during a routine
examination.
AS I have said frequently,
the doctor is not easily
shocked by what you say. He
doesn't sit in Judgment of
your morals or bad habits.
All he tries to do is help. If
you look upon him as your
best friend and confidant,
you will tell him everything
that bothers you. When you
do that, you Immediately in
crease your chances for sur
vival and comfort.
i 4 y 4
SELF-TREATMENT is bad.
You can get into trouble by
putting off a medical exami-
nation and experimenting
with your physical machine
But occasionally, patients get
Evening star., 1961-09-15

TIP: King Edward WI
of England was a generous
Upper. There were times,
however, when the offer of a
tip would have caused en-
barrasSment to the recipient.
On these occasions, the
King would offer the person
a portrait" Of himself, an
offer which could not be re-
fused. He then would hand
over a gold sovereign, which
bore his likeness.
Evening star., 1961-09-15
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

RECORD: The recent los
ing streak of the Philadel-
phia Phillies brings to mind
the story of Pitcher Joe
Bush. who hurled for the
Philadelphia Athletics back
in 1916.
Evening star., 1961-09-15

Abby help you SoIpe your
problem. For a personal
reply, inclose a stamped, self
addressed envelope and send
to Abby, in care of The Epe-
ming Star.
For Abby'S booklet, "Hog to
Haze GLoUely Wedding" send
Soc to Abby, Bor 1865, BeU-
erly Hills, Calf.
Distributed by
McNaught Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star., 1961-09-15
LOOKING

Are you looking for a posi-
tiOn or for a man? If it's a
position, place your ad in the
classified section Of this
newspaper, or register with
an employment agency. If it's
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preparatory to engaging it with more
effect.
No damage was done the vessels, as
far as could be aScertained. -.
The shots from the batteries were
very wild, going over and beyond to
great distance.
Several shells from the vessels burst
Immediately in the batteries. scattering
everything in all directions. =.
The steamer PocahontaS. with 10
inch gun, has been sent down to Aqua
Creek to assist in the attack. :.
From The Evening Star. Monday. June b 1851:
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT AT
AQUA CREEK. The steamer Free
born, Commander j. H. Ward. brings
particulars of the third bombardment
of the Aqua Creek batteries on Satur-
day. The firing on shore was not
so spirited as on the day before. The
heights had been abandoned, the guns
apparently having been transferred to
the earthworkS at the railroad termi-
nus, to replace the battery silenced
there on the day before.
During the last hour Of the engage
ment but two or three shots were fired
from the shore by a few individuals
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edera|s Hit Aqua Landing and Phi|ippi
Compiled by JOHN W. STEPP
Star Staff Writer
Background
Star Staff Writer

10th shores of the Potomac River
Id below Washington were in hands
unfriendly, if not openly hostile, to
the Union. Consequently, the Potomac
Flotilla of the Federal fleet had two
missions to serve. One was to keep
the waterway open for Northern ships.
The other was to halt the tranS-river
traffic between the Southern Mary
land underground and Virginia.
A vital point in the illegal trade
operation was Aqua Landing. at the
mouth of Aqua Greek in Virginia,
about IS miles from Fredericksburg
and 40 miles from Washington. This
was the terminal of a railroad line
that extended through Fredericksburg
to Richmond The only other Southern
railroad that came near Washington
swung far inland through Manassas
and Culpeper.
Farther North, the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad linked Baltimore
with the important inland port cities
of Wheeling and Parkersburg, on the
Ohio River in Western Virginia. Con-
federate forces had been massing in
that mountainous section of the Old
Dominion for two reasons: To seize
or disrupt the B6zO around Grafton,
where the line forked to Wheeling
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and Parkersburg, and to entice or
overawe Western Virginians into join
ing the secession cause. The Federal
Army, which had been conveniently
poised across the Ohio aimed to pre-
serve both the railroad and the strong
pro- Union sentiment among the
mountaineerS.
AS June began, readers of The Star
saw accounts of eruptions in both
areas as fleet forces under Comdr.
James Harmon Ward moved on the
Lower Potomac and land forces under
Mai. Gen. George B. Mcclellan took
to the trails in Western Virginia.
From The Evening Star. Saturday. June !. 1851:
THE FIGHT AT AQUA CREEK
Yesterday at half-paSt 10 o'clock am.
the Freeborn. Anacostia, Resolute and
a small schooner opened fire on the two
batteries at Aqua Creek-one Of which
is on the wharf, the other in hollow
between two hills about mile below.
At IL m. the battery on the wharf
had been =. silenced. and the vessels
all hauled down to the lower battery
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The News in Brief

Moy 29-Potomoc FIotillo Engages Con-
federote lotteries OF Aquio Landing.
Vo.
Moy 3o-Federol odvonce ouord from
Ohio reaches Grofton, W. No.
M0y 3I-6en. Lyon tokes commend OF
FederoI Department of West at St.
Louis
June I-FederoI covolry skirmishes with
Confederate outpost OF Foirfox
Courthouse, Vo.
June 2-Beoureoord's ormy reoches
Manassas Junction, Vo.
June 3-McClelIon's Federols surprise
ond rout ConfedeTotes OF PhiIppi.
W. Vo.
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who stealthily emerged from conceal
ment, and hastily loaded and fired a
single gun, the bulk of the party having
previously taken to their heels. running
along the beach In sight of those OH
the steamers.
Several shot came on board the
Freedom, causing her to leak badly,
crippling her port wheel besides other
wise injuring her.
No one on the steamers was
killed or wounded. though the enemy's
shot fell thick among the men. e.
The Freedom is here to repair dam
ages and replenish her magazine. The
Pawnee. Capt. Stephen Cleggl Rowan,
followed the Freeborn into the action.
The first shot was fired from the shore,
and was answered by the Pawnee,
her guns being of longer range than
those Of the Freedom. The latter fired
26O shot, in all. The Pawnee probably
fired as many.
just as the firing opened, those at the
batteries burned the depot houses at the
end Of the wharf. They continued
burning throughout the engagement.
as 1t was not safe for any one to leave
the batteries to eXtinguiSh the fire,
which also burned the entire wharf :.
The Pawnee had her mizzen topmast
Shivered. The Freeborn was pinked with
five or six projectileS in her hull Nei-
Their vessel was so injured as that 1t
could not do duty as usual =.
The AQuiG Landing action settled
nothing. Meanwhile. the pord from
Western Virginia Grriued roundabout
By the telegraph line east from Gin
cinnGti. The telegraph tollotDed the
railroads. and the ConJedeTdteS still
had the B. G. o. choked off at Har-
perS Ferry.
From The Evening Star, Tuesday. June 4, 1861:
A Battle in Western Virginia-Seces-
SiOniStS Routed by the UniOnists-
Colonel Kelly KiIIed-Fifteen Sc
cessiOniStS Killed.
CINCINNATI. June 3.-Two columns
of troops. commanded by Col. Kelly
brig Gen. Benjamin Franklin Kelley
Of New Hampshirel. one of the LIST Vir-
ginia Union volunteers, of Wheeling.
and Col Thomas Theodore Crittenden.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-04-15
Rec Facilities
Opening Slated

Several rccreational facilities
at Metropolitan Beach, near MI.
Clemens, will open for the first
time this season on Saturday
April Is.
James J Pompo. beach man
ager, said that these facilities
include the Par 3 golf course.
tennis courts, SWITCHBOARD, boat
launching, Marina and play equip
ment. The food bar is open daily
10 am. to 5 pm. and the 1900
foot boardwalk stretching along
the park always offers an excel.
lent view of beautiful Lake ST.
Clair
The l8hole, Par 3 golf course
Is acres and is open 9 am. TO
dusk daily Equipment is provid-
ed. Charges are IS cents Monday
through Friday and Sl.00 on
Saturday. Sunday and holidays
Four green-tinted tennis courts
are enclosed in fenced area.
Fees are IS cents per hour for
2 players and 80 cents per hour
for four players. Tennis players
must provide their own equip
ment
All equipment is provided free
at the 20 SWITCHBOARD courts
The boat launching site permits
up TO launching simultaneously
There is no charge for boat
launching. except for the usual
50-cent per car parking fee in
effect this year from Saturday,
May 81 through Labor Day.
The Marina. with space for
60 lake cruisers, has water and
electrical outlets at each boat
well. The charges. collected by
meters. are % cents per hour
from 9 am to 8 pm. and 81 for
overnight dockage g pm. TO 9
ann. 1t is open April through
October
Swings and playground equip
ment are available for use at
the 550-acre recreational site.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-04-15
Sp oRTS-
RAPHI(

Johnny McLendon, coach of the
Cleveland Pipers. champion TO
the NIBL and National AAU
titlists. will coach a l2-man US.
all.star basketball team which will
tour the Soviet Union under the
auspicies Of the us. State Depart
ment and AAU this month.
Five members of McLendon's
AAU championships Adams.
Dan Sqartz, Ben Marley, Roger
Taylor and John Barnhill--and
All-American Jerry Lucas of Ohio
State will head the team.
Also named TO the squad were
Tom Mcschery of the San Fran.
cisco Olympic Club, Mike Moran
and Lee Lane Of Denver, Jerry
Strip and Gary Thompson Of
Bartlesvillc and jim Francis OF
Akron.
George Finley, 7foot-1 rookie
the Pistons picked up in the col
lege draft meeting in ST Louis
last week. halls from Tennessee
State where he completed three
years of play although plagued by
injuries.
Senior from Chattanooga. Tenn
Finley finished with a fine 1871
scoring record and ranked third
in rebounding with 385. He gun
ned better than so per cent Of
his shots from the floor.
Though crippled by knee
injury most of his career, Finley
played a major role in helping
the Tigers to two of their pre-
cedent-setting three straight NAlA
championships.
The Pistons also selected 6-foot-
5 Walter Ward of Hampton In
stitute in the draft Some think
that the Pistons will place three
year veteran Shellie McMillon
rookie Willie Jones and forward
Archie Dees in the pro Dol with
a possibility of both McMlllon and
Jones going to the New Chicago
entry for the $4,000 purchase
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-04-15
MlBK Signs Mat Show
of Week" For Year

DETROIT - The Wrestling
Show of the Week" presented
on tclcvision every Saturday af
ternoon, will be continued for
another 50 weeks. Promoter John
DOYLE announced
The one hour show will be
offered Immediately after the
Detroit Tigers tclccast each Sal
urday AFTERNOON over WJLBTV
tChanncl p.
The spectacular thrill package
contains the outstanding bouts
of the week, filmed in arenas
throughout the East and in other
major wrestling centcrs across
the country.
The idea was pioneered by
Doyle and Jim Barnett, his part
ner. II revolutionized the pres
entation Of wrestling on feIevis-
ion and, in fact, revoIv.ionized
wrestling in this area. Dick the
Bruiser is q. classic example Of
the end result.
Officials OF Station WJLB-TV
were so cnthused over the shows
during the first year that Bill
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-04-15
Green VS.. Riley
In Graystone Bout

on Tuesday night. April rs, "a
take on Clarence Riley OF De
troil in a Hereunder
Green has compiled an amaz
ing record here. lie scored a
10th round knockout over Sonny
Hill in his first appearance last
October. He was beaten by Jim
Rcmson month later. Then. on
March %. the Skipper. here as
a substitute, knocked out Jolt
in Joe" Black, a devastating
puncher in his own right
The victory gave Green a score
OF is victories. IL Of them by
knockouts, in 10 pro fights.
Riley. a cunning boxer who has
scored nine knockout victories in
his Isst 10 fights. hoped 10 svenge
"JoIt;n joe"
Riley, at II, is a veteran ring
man. He has been a pro since
1851, has GA fights under his
belt - 40 Of them listed in the
record book; "a others while in
the Army. He won Al, drew in
four and lost 10.
Thus, the Riley-Green SCRAP
should be real sizzler with
Riley the favorite because OF
his greater experience
But, Green has demonstrated
TO the satisfaction of all concern
ed that he can punch, And. ono
good punch is all that il takes
TO win. Green proved this in
his upset of Sonny Hill
Promoter Leroy Cannon j:
working on an all star support
ing card which will start al
$3.50 pm. Admission is $500
for ringside seats; So for gen
cral admission