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Evening star., 1961-09-11
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Remember When TV Was Youno?

1t was the November meet
ing. The lady treasurer
walked up to the stage lee
tern and announced that the
PTA had a surplus in the
treasury. There was a patter
OF applause. She sat, simper-
ing. The lady president asked
Tor the next order of busi<
ness and some fat man stood
to a point of order. What"
he said, "are we going to do
with the extra money!"
A QUESTION. Hardly
moot, but a question. All
year long, the PTA of st.
AnastaSia in Teaneck, N. j.,
had been meeting and con-
tributing small sums to the
coffee and cake, and the
winter dance for fathers and
mothers. Now there was a
surplus.
Another man said it would
be nice if the PTA used the
money to get a present for
the nuns who earned their
heavenly wings by facing our
little monsters with fortitude
five days a week. This evoked
so much applause that three
doing fathers awakened.
The lady treasurer said:
How about a televiSion set?"
and everyone thought that
this was a wonderful idea.
There were some misgivings
because this was November,
l947, and TV was so new
that the only place a man
could see it was in a pro-
gressive saloon. One of the
misgivers said that maybe
the poor sisters would be
looking at the wrong things.
This was good for Is min
utes Of debate. But the tele-
vision set won. At Christmas,
a great big life-size set, II
inches, was delivered to the
convent. 1t was placed in the
sitting room opposite the
entrance. In the evenings,
when the dishes were done
and there were no test pa
pers to be scored, the nuns
gathered in expectant silence
as the thing was turned on.
One morning, they learned
that the provincial of the or
der was about to pay the
convent a visit. In a trice,
the nuns realized that they
had no permission to have
a CeleVlSlon set. NO one dared
to blame anyone else. The
defense would be: The PTA
gave it to us; is it all right
to look at it when there is
something elevating to look
at?
The provincial was an ell
derly Irish nun with a broad
brogue and a short fuse for
the materialistic things of
life. She believed in prayer,
prayer and more prayer. So
all the nuns in st Anastasia
began to pray. And what
they prayed for was that the
mother provincial would let
them keep the television set.
Came a sunny Saturday
Evening star., 1961-09-11
THE LYONS DEN
Whitey'd Pick Him orr
By LEONARD LYONS

Maris-M s-Mantle race to break
Babe Ruth's home run record,
and said that Ruth never had
the same strain and anxieties.
After all, Ruth was only try
ing to break his own records.
Blanchard then spoke of Ty
CObb's feats: HE could never
get away with them today.
Stealing them bases? In those
days the pitcher reared back,
and a runner could get a start.
Whitley Ford'd pick him off.
Evening star., 1961-09-11

DEAR ABBY: Thank you
for your wise answer to
Church Widow" AS a pastor
I am aware that many peo-
pie regard church fund-rais-
ing activities, such as bingo
and carnivals. as a service to
God. Yet we would do better
to leave undone much of
what has been done in His
name.
I disagree when you say
that most churches need
funds land fund-raising) for
survival. They do need funds,
but fund raising affairs hurt
more than they help. Our
churches need significant
gifts from dedicated mem
berS. But Embarrassing af-
fairs are only excuses to get
non-members to help the
church pay its bills. Very
sincerely,
SANFORD WRIGHT,
Westminster Presbyterian
Church.
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DEAR ABBY: We are hav-
ing an argument in our X-ray
department about the differ
ence between an old maid, a
spinster and a career girl.
Would you please settle it by
defining each?
THE ROENTGENS.
A career girl is an un-
married woman who doesn't
feel the need to apologize
for being single because she
is married" to her job. An
old maid is a single woman
because either (a) nobody
has asked her, or (b) no
body whom she wanted has
asked to marry her. A spin
Evening star., 1961-09-11
BY Otto o. Binder

morning and an old car drew
up and the provincial stepped
out. Sister Margaret and
Sister Eileen helped her UP
the old steps and she fixed
her Spectacles on the bridge
OF her nose and said, abb
sent = mindedly: "Oh yes.
Good morning, sisters" 80
Inside, all the other nuns
stood lingering their rosaries
at their sides. One extra ap-
peal to heaven couldn't hurt.
The white corrugation
around their faces trembled
as the provincial came into
the sitting room, nodding
and smiling right and left.
She looked around and saw
the opaque eye. And what"
she said pointing, would
that be?" Everyone gulped.
That" said Sister Margaret
in an off-hand manner, 'is
a television set."
INDEED" SAID the old
nun, "how does it work?" All
the hands went back to the
rosarieS. What kind of a
program could anyone get on
a Saturday morning? Still,
it was tantamount to an Or
der, so the set was turned
on.
There was some sound,
then a clear picture of some
rocks in Arizona. Some men
in big hats were shooting at
some other men in big hats.
All the sisters stood be-
hind the provincial and gave
each other the sudden-death
glance. The old nun beamed.
Don't worry, sisters" she
said, "the right will tri-
umph." There was a moment
of silence. Then she said:
Just watch for a man on
a white horse"
Copyright, 1861, King Features,
Syndicate, Inc0
Evening star., 1961-09-11
DEAR ABBY
A Pastors View on Benefits
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

SHHSHSSS
ster in an old maid some
what advanced in years.
= y
DEAR ABBY: What does
a married woman do when
she finds out, after several
years of marriage, that her
rings were originally in
tended for someone else?
While chatting with my
mother-in-law, the subject
was turned to a girl my hus-
band once went with. I said
I never knew anything about
the girl. My mother-in-law
said, We'll, the rings you
are wearing were once hers"
I was so shocked and hurt
I didn't know what to say.
My motner-in-law asked me
please not to say anything
to my husband when she saw
how hard I took it.
I haven't said anything to
him, but I have taken my
rings off because I don't want
to wear them again. Am I
wrong to feel my husband
has deceived me? Is there a
solution to this problem?
HURT.
Lets start with the as
Sumtion that the rings given
yeu came from the man who
loves you. And end with it.
Wear the rings, ignore your
mOther-in-law's unsolicited
newscasts, and cherish your
husband.
Are things rouoh2" Let
Abby help you Solue your
problem. For a personal
reply, incloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope and send
to Abby in care of The Eue-
ming Star.
Distributed bv McNaught Syndicate. Inc \
Evening star., 1961-09-11

NEW YORK.-They sat in a
corner of the Harwyn Club
Mickey Mantle and John Blan-
chard, the Yankee catcher
outfielder. Blanchard, whose
home run had been the win
ming run in a game a few
hours earlier. ordered jiggers
of cream. Ballplayers, Mantle
explained, shed as much as 10
pounds playing a double-head-
er on a summer afternoon.
Blanchard mentioned the
Evening star., 1961-09-11
Films of More Than Routine Merit

THTS VI VlOTS j HUH NOUtmS WSIu
"GONE WITH THE WIND"-Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable
in the Civil War classic that packs enduring waIOp.
LETS MAKE LOVE"-Fun and games backstage pitting
Marilyn Monroe against Yves MOntand.
ION THE DOUBLE"-Danny Kaye a wry CT assigned to
mpersonate high Living British general
PEPE"-MuSc- marathon that fun whenever
CantinflaS is around, which fortunately is often.
THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY"-Fred AStaire as a
jaunty man of the world in a funny family fable.
THE SUNDOWNERS"-DebOrah Kerr and Robert Mitchum
find life dramatic in Australias "Outback" country
TUNES OF GLORY"-AIex Guinness and John Mills in a
dramatic duel proper military conduct.
TWO WAY STRETCH"-Peter Sellers makes prison life
drOll and charming in frOlicsome British import
Evening star., 1961-09-11

nodded his agreement about
the importance of runs batted
in.
Blanchard finished his steak,
and drank some more cream.
81 like this place." he said.
Mantle asked him: Did you
ever see the Black Cat Res
taurant in Commerce, Okla. g?
I used to spend my Saturday
nights there, watching the
tourists go in and march out.
1t was the only joint in town
that had neon sign"
TRICK: When Frank Sinatra
and Dean Mratin arrived at
London's airport to fly back to
the United States, they were
taken first to the tourist sec
ton. Someone had phoned,
saying he was Sinatra and re-
queSting that his first-class
seats be switched to economy.
The callers identity never was
discovered The practical
joker who made the call was
Vic Damone.
FEUD: When Gene Barry
and Monique Van VOOren CO.
starred in "Destry Rides
Again." they had a bitter, pub
licized feud. Both now are
working in Houston. On Mon
day night Barry went to see
Miss Van Vooren's nightclub
act. She has one scene where
she calls upon a customer to
come on stage and help her re-
move her skirt. She selected
Barry, who obliged - except
that he. took his time, making
sure that this, too, would be a
co-Starring role.
- -
LOSSES: The manager of a
motel operated by the Hotel
Corporation of America report
ed to the president, A. M. Son.
nabend, that he'd cut the
5000, ,000-a-year loss down to
100000. Sonnabend told him:
That's like the duffer at golf
saying, I'm missing the ball
closer"
MEMOS: David Susskind
probably will buy the movie
rights to Theodore Whites No.
l best-seller, THE Making of
the President, 1860" John
Meyer, vice president of Nor
gan Guaranty, may accept the
Craftsmanship of the Presidents
Business Advisory Council :.
Franz Alters, the conductor,
will get a weeks leave of alb
Sence from "Camelot" to con-
duct the West Berlin opening
Of MY Fair Lady" Despite
the weather, nuclear bomb
testing and the Berlin crisis,
S. HurOk has over 100000 in
the box office for the Kirov
Ballots run in New York.
HHH
BATTLE: Bob Wagner and
Tommy Sands portray GIs in
THE Longest Day." One scene
show them talking at the edge
of a foXhole when some Ger
man soldiers start piling out
from behind a bunker. Sands
wheels and cuts them down
with a burst Of bullets from his
automatic. When the scene was
filmed, Sands gun jammed
and only one shot was fired.
But all the Germans dropped
down dead" Sands beamed:
Nov that's the way to fight a
war"
DRINK: Former 1t. Gov. Joe
Hanley, who died recently,
never drank after the Spanish
American War. He served un-
der the 300-pound Gen. Shat
ter. who needed three men to
help him mount a horse. i
Some soldiers found a bottle
of whisky and Hanley shared
the bottle. He mounted a desk
in imitation of the General,
who walked in just then and
said: IF you know how redicu-
lous you look, you'll never drink !
again." I
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
YOU AND YOUR LEGISLATORS

With the Montana legislators convenlng IN Helena the
citizens of Rchand County are no doubt wondering what
new laws will be enacted, and if there will be changes made
in present laws. 1t is natural to expect our senator and re-
preventative to do everything in their power for the best in
terest of the people of this area. .
That is just what Senator ThieSsen and Representative
Kvaalen will strive to do. If they did not do just that then the
majority of the voters of Richland County made a poor choice
in casting their ballots.
Again this year Senator Thessen said that he will send a
letter to the paper every week and give the readers of the
Sidney Herald as much of the picture of what is going on in
Helena as possible. Last year Senator Thiessen as well as Re-
preventative Kvaalen tried to give the news of interest in the
state legislature.
1t would be well for those people that have some special
interest in certain legislation to write and tell their Senator
and Representative their views and desires. Otherwise it is ra-
ther difficult for our legislators to know how you as a Rich
land County citizen feel about bills that may be presented.
AS the legislators are interested in everything for the
benefit of the people of this area we also should be interested
enough to express our views.
Senator Thiessen and Representative Kvaalen are in
Helena as your representatives and they have a right to ex-
pect you to express your views, as much as you have q
right to expect legislation for your best interest.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04

d0O IA
professional men, doctors and lawyers, wno are working as
waters, busboys, car-hops and bootblacks.
Florida has appealed to the federal government Tor assistance
meeting the problem and Washington officials have been
ordered ITO cooperate. AS a result some additional relief funds
and supplies can be expected to come out Of Washington.
Long range. the administration is studying plans to re-educate
and rehabilitate the refugees preparatory to moving many Of
them out of Florida to high employment areas OF the country
where they can be absorbed.
a DULLES, HUMAN SIDE REVEALED-The late Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles was a weight watcher, even as you
and I. On fishing trips, to "get away from 1t ALL" his lunch
often consisted of a crust of dried bread, dipped in the water
to soften it,
He was also a most excellent husband, since one of his hob
bies was washing dishes.
These and other entertaining facts are included in a just
published biography, John Foster Dulles, Soldier OF Peace" by
Deane and David Heller.
The book also comments on the wide difference between
Dulles austere public personality" and his warm, witty private
personality"
d RAILROAD Observation-Disclosures of a swank Washing.
ton suburb complained recently that a Baltimore & Ohio spur
on which trains thunder through their backyards is a COM
munity nuisance and should be removed. They Indignantly
wanted to know why the railroad was routed through their
community in the first place.
What they didn't know, or stop to realize, was that the rail-
road spur has been there for an even 100 years
long before the $4,000 to 100000 estates Railroad
ever were built there. Vi
Originally, the line was used to serve George ~ "s's
town, the city on the Potomac River that was Fisl
there before Washington was established. Now,
it is a busy thoroughfare that carries many items of freight
for the government.
It's manifests include such things as food supplies, and paper
for the Army Map Service, steel for the new bridges being built
across the river, cen INT, flour, lumber and coal. And, each
year, it carries the huge White House Christmas tree.
Like the mail, these trains will go through.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04

rapidly with Nike-Hercules, an
Atomic = Capable, surface-to-air
missile with far greater range and
kill-power which is operated from
the same launching sites as Nike
Ajax.
Missile-launching sites manned
by highly trained missile and
electronics specialists may be
found in proximite to metropoli-
tan and strategic defense areas
from coast to coast and border
to border.
The Nike family of surface-to-
air missiles is adjudged to be so
potent that Missile-launching sites
manned by U. S. Army missileers
~ also established and being es-
tablished in Alaska, certain of the
Nato countries, and at strategic
Pacifice defense bastions.
AS a volunteer into the US
Army you will receive your choice
OF initial assignment from among
more than 80 metropolitan and
strategic defense areas in which
the missile sites are located, you
may choose your on-the-joO-quid-
ed-miSSile training at, Abilene,
Texas; Albany, Ca; Baltimore,
Nd; Boston, Mass; Caribou, Man;
Detroit, Mich; Gary, Ind; Los
Angeles, Calf; Milwaukee, Wis;
New York, NY; San Francisco,
Calf; Seattle, Wash; Washing
ton, DC. and many others.
The opportunities for advance
ment are unlimited. What you do
With the opportunities is up-to-
you.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
(3(s&&s PaREnI PROBLEMS
Shy 13-Year-Old Boy
Fears Going To School

radios and making things. He
reads a lot of science books.
HE goes to school without
breakfast the whole school
year."
Needs Psychiatrist?
My reply in part:
Perhaps you should ask your
physician to refer you to q
psychiatrist.
I hope Dad spends a lot OF
time with that boy, going places
with him, having fun with him.
attracting other boys his age
to your home and encouraging
him to cultivate some skills
other boys his age will admire.
Helpful Suggestions
A summer camp might do
him a great deal Of good. r
hope he becomes a Scout or u
member OF a boys club.
Perhaps you and Dad could
help him with his homework
by reading his textbooks with
him and helping him turn each
paragraph into a. few words Of
his own. Better still, you might
be able to find a man tutor for
him. Even If you have to pay
a high price for a tutor, It
should be a good investment
my bulletin 1.-THE Lonely.
Timid Youth" may be had by
sending a self-addressed, u. 81
stamped envelope to me In carel
Of this newspaper.)
Answering Parents Questions ;
Q. Our children are seven
and nine.
Can we hope to cultivate a.
high degree of responsibility In
them by not requiring them to
do at home what they don't
feel like doing?
A. A thousand times "No"i
Tres Syndicate. Inc.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
COP. PLANS TO MODIFY

Senator Everett Mckinley Dirk
sen stated tAat the Repuollcan aim
IN the new Congress would be to
modify, not oppose, PreSident-elect
Kennedy's program.
In the legislative field, Mr.. Dirk
sen made it clear, Republicans
expect to get the kind of support
for conservative action they have
had in the past from many South
ern Democrats.
He insisted they had no inten-
ton of trying to make a battle
out of hearings on Cabinet appoint
mentS.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
S. MISLED ON A-pLANT

United States officials explained
that they were originally led to
believe that a plutonium = produc-
ing reactor being built by Israel
with French assistance was a tex
tile plant.
Suspicious had arisen that Is
rael, was secretly attempting to
develop a capability to produce
atomic weapons.
However, the French Foreign
Ministry and the Israeli EN-
oassy in Paris confirmed that the
two nations were engaged in a
joint project to build a natural
uranium reactor in Israel.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
CUTS CURB

The Government has eased its
controversial order limiting the
number of military dependents
overseas, SO now there are loop
holes some families may squeeze
through.
American service men and their
families spend American dollars
while overseas, and these dollars
sometimes are redeemed for
American gold by foreign banks
Eisenhower's order November II
was an effort to stop the flow of
gold from the United States.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
DID
Oh
KNOW
BY M/SGT
BILL AINSLEY

What is the United States Army
Air Defense Command (USARA-
DCCM): 1t is the Army's con-
tribution to the North American
Air Defense Command (NORAD)
which is comprised of elements
representing all branches of the
services, including the Royal Can
adian Air Force, charged with the
responsibility of protecting the
North American Continent from
aggressor air attack.
USARADCOM is currently armed
with Nike-Ajax, the first opera
tional surface-to-air guided mis-
sile, a deadly defensive weapon
capable of destroying any bomber
type aircraft flying today. The
present missile is being replaced
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
so GRAIN RECORD SEEN

A 1860 bumper crop of barley
and oats is being predicted by the
Department of Agriculture'S For
elgn Agriculture Service.
Most of the world barley crop
increase is due to prospects in
Western Europe and Australia,
while the United States is mainly
responsible for the increase in
oats production.
Total production for the grains
is now forecast at las. 000. 1000 Short
tons, an increase of 1000, 900 tons
over 1859.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04

Notes.
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

The United States and Commu-
mist Romania have reached an ex-
change agreement covering grad
uate students, tourists and scien-
tific, industrial and cultural pro-
grams.
The only other exchange agree
ment that has been set UP with
a Communist nation is one with
Russia.
The exchange agreement is to
include swapping of various exhi-
otis, books and radio and televi-
sion programs.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
AID TO LAOS RESUMED

The United States has ordered
resumption of full military and
economic assistance to Laos.
State Department press officer
Lincoln White reported that Laos
Officials expect the new Govern
ment 10 sever relations with the
Soviet Union due to a Russian
weapons airlift to 1eftists in the
battle for Vientiane. 4,
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04

The CAB decision appeared I"
open the way for the twelve DO
meStic trunk airlines to ask new
fare increases.
Industry sources said it was
unlikely, however, that there
would be any rush to do this.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
Acc. MEMBER RESIGNS

John A. McCone, chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission,
has disclosed that he would re-
sign when the Kennedy admins
tration takes owe January 20.
Although his term expires in
1868, the 58-year-old Republican
said he was determined to return
TO private lie next month.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
CAB MAY HIKE AIR-FAREE

The Civil Aeronautics Board
has decided to allow the airlines
a much greater rate of return on
their investment than they are
now earning. This could mean an
eventual boost in fares.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
BY GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

OCCASIONALLY in this col
umn I have discussed children
of the primary grades who
show dread of going to school.
An Ohio mother writes of an
older boy:
my son is 13 years old and
going into the eighth grade.
Worries Himself Sick
"He worries about school so
much that it affects his stom-
ach. Every year we have to
take him to the doctor during
the first weeks of school. The
doctor usually gives him a
sedative.
HE does quiet down some
after a. few weeks but he is
nervous and upset to some ex-
tent most Of the school year.
The doctor says his health Is
excellent.
Shy And Quiet
"He has lots of friends and
gets along well with the boys.
but Is shy and quiet in school.
His teachers say that they wish
he would break q. school rule
once in g. while.
Ellis grades are poor, but
they tell me he is intelligent.
"This all seemed to start in
the first grade. He had a very
strict teacher. She hit the chill
dren with a ruler. She had him
frightened until he would vomit.
Fears Punishment
Sand he still fears punish
ment in school.
"He Is a normal rowdy boy
outside Of school. The only diff
ference from most boys that 7
can see is that he is just as
happy by himself. Most boys
need companionship. My son
can spend hours working on
@ 1850. King Feat
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04
KENNEDY ON FILIBUSTER

Liberals of both parties cheered
President-elect Kennedy's plug
for Senate action to curb civil
rights filibusters.
Kennedy told a news-conference
that he and Vice President = elect
johnson agree that it is up to the
Senate to decide what changes, if
any, it wants TO make in the rule.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04

have SufflclenL JOD OPPUIUu1HVIOS g "0S0IS
them nor does she have the kind of resources
needed to supply even subsistence assistance
indefinitely.
ONLY a relatively few of the early escapes
had the opportunity to bring out some Of
their savings and possessions. The Castro
regime has progressively frightened up on the
flow of money and valuables out OF Cuba to
the point that many Cuban students IN the
United States can no longer obtain the funds
from home they need to continue their edu-
cation.
Florida employment offices are swamped
with Cuban job applicants, many Of whom
are unfamiliar with the English language and
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-04

The reason it has been arrang-
ed for the meek 10 inherit the
earth is that they are easily salts
fled and accomplishing.