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Evening star., 1961-09-29
TroveI Can Benefit Decor
BY BETTY PEPIS
Contributing Writer

Buddha worked with genu-
inc beads of turquoise and
coral. Pillows made from an
Indian fabric and studded
with mirrors were originally
bright red, but Mr.. MCCARTHY
dyed them black to blend
with the metal headboard in
his bedroom. A ceremonial
obi. purchased in Japan, is
a wonderful celadon green
and will cover dining chairs,
for the shade picks up other
green's in the room. A flex-
ible fish from Hong Kong is
a conversation piece on the
glass coffee table.
A blending color scheme of
green's and colds binds these
assorted elements to former
purchases: a Spanish rug, a
black lacquered table with
black glass top, a 1925 YER
sion of a Queen Anne chair
and "the best-traveled can
dleStickS in New York" a
momento of a trip to Italy
which were carried home by
hand.
Color is the catalyst which
makes these things work to-
gether. Scale is another COM
mon element: The major
pieces are all a largish size
and pattern, except for the
tone-on-tone rug and the
fur pillows.
Questions and Answers
@. The living-dining area
in a small house we recently
bought is Is by 18. It has
only one long wall. On this
wall is a large sofa covered
in quilted beige linen with
tangerine, olive green and
some black. Opposite this,
there is a pair of chairs in
tangerine with a table be-
tween. Walls and draperies
are beige, carpet a deeper
beige. Picture window wall is
bare. Something is lacking
in this room. Can you help
me?
A. An interesting plant ar
rangement around the pic
ture window would bring a
decorative and pleasing &C
cent into the room. You
probably need another COM
Portable chair and this could
be in an olive green. Also
recommended is some good
art objects to give a Ger
tain tasteful quality to room.
@. My boys are 4 and 6.
For their room I would like
cocoa-brown walls and gay
accessories that are still easy
to keep clean. Would you
Evening star., 1961-09-29

No question about it
travel broadens taste. And
when the traveller is also a
buyer by profession, his
. home is apt to reflect his
away from home activities
and take on a highly indi-
vidual air.
Such is the case with Fer
ris MCCARTHY, a man whose
job has taken him to far
corners of the earth and
whose New York City apart
ment is a delightful concoc-
ton of furniture and acces-
sories acquired through the
years.
The skill with which this
melange is blended into a
unified whole might prove a
wonderful object lesson to
any collector of odds and
ends.
Object Spots
In his official capacity as
merchandise promotion di-
rector for a large department
store, Mr.. MCCARTHY recently
has returned from a four
month tour which included
stops at such off-beat spots
as Calcutta, Katmandu and
Kyoto, Athens and Agra,
Hong Kong and Bangkok, as
well as more familiar places
like London, Paris and Stock
holm.
A buyers work - finding
things abroad for you to use
at home-is not as simple
as it seems. 1t is a question
of developing ideas and
adapting them to American
taste, as much as out-and-
out finding things to buy.
In Hawaii. for example,
Mr.. MCCARTHY spotted some
intriguing small lamps orig
inally meant for lighting
opium pipes. These he or
dered in larger sizest to con-
vert to outdoor lanterns
when filled with peanut oil.
Enlarged Chino
In Japan, where he tray
eled $500 miles in three short
weeks, he negotiated to have
china made in sizes suitable
for American food. The
things we eat and the way
we serve them are so differ
ent from the customary
Japanese meal that such
adaptation is necessary.
What did he pick up for
himself on this latest trip to
add to an accumulation ac-
quired through the years? A
plaque procured in Nepal
which consists of a metal
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Retailers Hopeful
About YuIe Trade

= NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (AP)
"A survey of 301 retailers
shows "a per cent of them
expect their Christmas busi-
ness to be better than year
ago. the American Newspaper
Publishers Association said
today.
The association said 81 per
cent felt business would re-
main about the same, while
5 per cent expected a sales
decline. The average antici-
pated increase was 8 per cent,
the decrease 10 per cent.
. The survey was conducted
through daily newspaper men,
bers of the associations bureau
Of advertising.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Stock Prices Mixed
In Fractional Ronqe

NEW YORK, Nov. Is (AP)
= The stock market backed
away from early gains and was
irregular early this afternoon.
Trading was active.
Fractional gains OF. losses
were the general rule among
key stocks but some wider
movements appeared.
The markets advance of last
week was running into re-
sistance. Although steel orders
were reported improving. most
steel shares we're off slightly.
A drop in copper prices in some
world markets accompanied a
generally lower trend among
copper stocks.
Chemicals moved higher,
some of the blue chips making
substantial gains. Scattered
Evening star., 1961-11-13
New Newspaper
Begins Februury4 a

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (AP).
Bernard Kilgore, president Of
Dow Jones & Co., Inc, has an
nounced next February 4 as
the date for the firms new
national Sunday newspaper,
the National Observer, to begin
publication.
Mr.. Kilgore said yesterday
the NATIONAL Observer will be
the first Of its kind in the
Nation. 'It will be a news
publication of broad, general
appeal aimed at home and
family leadership" he said.
Headquarters of the paper
will be in Washington, D. c.
Dow Jones & Co. publishes
the Wall Street journal.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Nov. 13 (AP1.-ForeiSn
exchange rates (Great Britain and
Australia IN dollars. others IN cents
Today Prev. Day
Evening star., 1961-11-13
DIVIDENDS
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Nov. I3 (AP).-A mod
crate. steady demand carried grain
futures prices into q generally firm
range today on the Board OF Trade
but soybeans drifted into weakness.
Rye was up about cent in spots
but other grains gained mostly minor
fractions on support credited mainly
70 speeulators. Strength in rye was
related to q report that West Germany
viii be IN the world market on We'd
nesday for upwards of 3.5 million
pushels. a week o. SO ago, though. q
trade advance said West Germany had
substantial supply.
Wheat was h-ss cent a bushel
higher shortly before noon, December
2.03ss: corn k-ss higher, December
.O9n oats unchanged to Y higher,
December 1.42M; soybeans ss-iss lower,
November 2.42h.
Chicago Cash Markets
no wheat or oats sales. Corn No. 3
yellow 1.07:, No. Z. yellow .O.5s: No,
lS yellow pa; Soyheans No. . yellow
! g" nominal: feed 9S-1 .25 nominal
Evening star., 1961-11-13
COTTON

NEW YORK. Nov. IL (APl.-Cotton
futures were irregular today. Hedge
seiiing was Iess active than n recent
buying, impaired q steady tone to
most OF the current crop trading
Commission house sellinE depressed
new crop deliveries, reflecting con-
tinued talk Of possibly lower price
supports for cotton next year.
Late afternoon prices were 20
cents q bale higher to so cents lower
than the previous close Dec. 4,28
March $500 and May 35.44
Evening star., 1961-11-13

.ouotations for 10O-share lots
Others for 10-share lots. XXX divi.
dend. Plus extra or extras.
XXX dividend. Books closed. I Plui
extra or extras. Declared or pait
so far this year.
Evening star., 1961-11-13

buying helped some electronics.
Airlines drifted off while the
picture was mixed for oils
rails, tobaccos. drugs. utilities
and rubbers. Mail order-retail
stocks were slightly higher.
Prices were irregularly higher
on the American Stock Ex-
change.
Corporate bonds were mixed
in quiet trading. Government
bonds eased.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Leud Price Cut

NEW YORK, Nov. Is (AP).
The price of lead fell another
u cent today as producers and
smelters sought to attract
purchasers of the metal with a
new price Of 10 cents a pound.
This was the second cut this
month.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by the Associated Press
Stocks Sales
and zoos Net
Dividends (eSt) High Low 2:20 chg
Evening star., 1961-11-13
CHAIN STORE
SALES
ODD-LOT TRADING

NEW YORK. Nov. I3 CAP).-The
New York Stock Exchange reported
today these odd-lot transactions BY
Purchases Of 395,217 shares: Sales
of 423.649 shares including 2,O2O
shares sold short.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
X-Y.z


| 0dcS LSuIeS are unOt1lCiAl.
Rates Of dividends In the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
tion. Unless otherwise noted, special or
extra dividends are not included.
a-Also extra or extras. b. Annual rate
plus stock dividend. d-Declared or paid
In 1851 plus stock dividend. e-Paid last
year. f. Payable in stock during 1861
estimated cash value on ex-dividend or
redistribution date. g-Declared or paid
so far this year. h-Declared or paid
after stock dividend or split up. k-De-
clared or paid this year, an accumulative
issue with dividends In arrears. p-Paid
this year, dividend omitted, deferred or
no action taken at last dividend meeting.
r-Declared or paid in 1850 plus stock
dividend. t-Payable In stock during 1850,
estimated cash value on ex-dividend or
ex-distribution date. calculating diyi'
dend.
z-Sales in full.
cid Called. Md = Elk dividend. kids Ex
distribution. xr-Ex rights. XIV Without
warrants. ww-With warrants. wd- When
distributed. W-When issued. nd-Next
day delivery.
| Win bankruptcy or receivership or
being reorganiZed under the Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such com.
panles.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28

stocks today when everyone wants
them. The. careful investor will
not be fooled by popular demand.
which is usually wrong. Write on
the cover of your check book: -
Come into my parlor, said the
spider to the fly"
What About Insurance Stocks?
AS most people are stupid and
usually do the wrong thing at the
wrong time and never read the
fine print, I have decided to in
vest more money in insurance
stocks: life, fire, accident. and
casualty. In fact, over the past
fifty. years the life insurance
stocks have done more for inves-
tors than any other class of stocks.
All insurance companies are slow
in getting started; they cannot
pay dividends during their early
years. They must use their profits
for establishing reserves. Insur-
ance companies are carefully super
vised by state authorities. Yet,
everyone is working to help them
make money. This includes the
doctors, the druggists. the legis-
lators, the fire departments. and
the schools. In fact, even President
Kennedy with his work to help
the aged is prolonging life, which
greatly helps all life insurance
companies. Hence. instead of worry
ing about "the fine print" | am
going TO go home to Massachusetts
and buy more insurance stocks!
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
BABSON SAYS "READ THE FINE PRINT"

Babson Park, Florida, April 27.
I believe in insurance: life in
surance, fire insurance, accident
insurance, and especially in the
BLUE Cross" and blue Shield. /"
If I were not statistician, /
would be selling insurance.
The 1860 Hurricane
own property q few miles north
of here which got sad treatment
from Donna" / am now down here
settling up my losses with the in
surance company. These losses
were first on the house, which
(after some dickering) we agreed
would be $4,000. This included
leaks in the roof, windows and
screens broken, and other damages.
The insurance adjuster finally gave
me a check for the damages. When
looking at 1t, saw 1t to be for
only 100000. When / complained he
courteously asked: "Have you read
the fine print of your policy?" !
replied that I had not; but upon
doing so | learned that the insur-
ance company can make a deduct
ion of $4,000. In fact, if the loss
had been only $4,000, / would
have received nothingl
i next showed the Insurance adj
iuster where my beautiful palm
trees had been torn out. These had
cost me $500 or more each. We
agreed that my loss on the valua-
BILE trees, shrubs, etc. was at least
100000 But when / asked for a
check to reimburse me. the adjus-
ter inquired If / had read the fine
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28

was near them as they all toured
his home after the service. Since
it was obvious they were Ameri-
cans lone way you can tell is by
their attire and especially their
shoes. Hayes says. Hayes teased
Don and told him they were from
his home town, Bethany, Missouri.
Imagine with what surprise they
received the news that the Ameri-
cans were from Wilmington, Del
aware. He was a Lion and had
visited the Milford Club when
Hayes was a member. Their names
are Cobb and he is plant engineer
for the Newport Dupont plant He
knows Bob Baynum quite well.
One day shortly after Hayes re-
turn our eldest daughter was in
vited to slumber party. This is
the norm of a teenager's routine.
but the unusual part of the over
night was the exercise the thirty
females were going 10 INDULGE i'm
the following morning. They were
going to have a rip in the outdoor
swimming pool The end of Nav
- thhC CHOuSi iDI LIdL, UuI the
/ middle of April seems a bit too
early. / didn't sanction the idea
at all and imagine my shock when
Lynne said. But, mother. the pool
is heated" When we grew up we
only had the muddy Delaware Bay
for bathing. Hayes and his bud
dies had swimming hole by the
railroad track south of town.
Times surely have changed.
haven't they2
This week Hayes received a well
come letter from the Pentagon and
that little envelope really did give
me butterflies. II seemed TO make
our last six weeks in Kansas
shorter than they are. We have
gotten out the old maps and have
started to route our trip east. In
eight years We have travelled those
roads so otter it is hard to find
something new TO see before we
leave the midwest. but we believe
Wei take the children up toward
the Great Lakes enroute home.
Well. until next week.
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28

print in my policy which specifi-
cally exempted the insurance COM
pany from all such lossesi But
loss of fifty feet of concrete wall
eight feet high attached to my
house. Surely, l expected to be
reimbursed for rebuilding this
wall: but for the third time the
adjuster asked: Have you read all
the fine print?"' Upon doing so I
found that the fine print on the
policy held the insurance company
absolutely exempt from RESPONSE
bility for damages involving the
destruction of any wallsi
Insurance Companies Not TO Blame
1t Is not the fault of the insur-
ance companies If you and l fail
to read "the fine print Further
more. il all of these exceptions
were not specifically spelled out,
the premium which | paid would
have had to be much higher 1t is
the old story: I'VE cannot have
our cake and eat 1t too" When
buying insurance, or real estate, or
anything else. we cannot beat the
basic laws of mathematics. The
only safe way to try and beat an
insurance company Cor a real es-
tate agent) is to buy when inter
est rates are high and cash in when
they are low.
The same general principle ap-
plies TO buying stocks. Insurance
companies make money by selling
umbrellas when the sun is shining.
But brokers make money by selling
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
PASTE A DOLLAR BILL ON YOUR
WALL,

We are now feeling the effects of gen.
GRAFTON of extravaganza and imitation which
is politely called recession. The causes of
it are paying for work not done, paying for
over-production of crops which could not be
sold, higher and higher taxes, federal and
state debt, skyrocketing peacetime federal
spending above defense needs and promotion
of the welfare state philosophy.
1t doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to dis
cover that our national policies are penal
iZing savings, pricing our products out of
world markets and constantly increasing
the cost of living, as the purchasing power
of the dollar is driven down.
Paste dollar bill on your wall and mark
off half of it with red line for purchasing
power already lost. Then as taxes and gov
ernment debt, local and federal go higher
and higher, mark off more of it with red
lines as the dollar value decreases. Also de-
preciate the purchasing power of your in
surance, your savings account, your pension
or any other fixed dollar asset as you add
red lines to the dollar bill on your wall.
The future value of the dollar rests with
the people through the interest they take in
politics, labor, industry and economic poll
cieS.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
THE MAN WHO WoRsHIPPED MONEY

THE MAN WHO WORSHIPPED MONEY
Older people will remember the McGuf-
fey's reader, in it there is a story of an old
miser who kept his silver and gold in little
room down under his basement. Here he
would secretly go and worship his money and
let the gold and silver coins run through his
fingers, and listen to it and say: 20 My
Beauties"
One day while he was handling his mon
ey a sudden wind blew the door of the sub
basement shut. AS it fastened with spring
lock- and could be opened only from the out
side, he was made prisoner by his own de-
vices. Thus he was imprisoned with his gold
and silver, and his treasure house became
his tomb. Years later some men tore down
his old house, and they found a skeleton ly-
ing over heap of coins. He had made his
money his god and his god had destroyed
him.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Eloine townsend Dickerson

2S06 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
April %, 1861
Dear Friends:
We are enclosed" today. Tt is
SO here today and we have our
two air conditioners going full
blast. Do hope the GOODNESS of the
interior will impress someone and
they will buy our house on the
spot
Hayes returned last week from
a twelve day trip TO London, Eng
land, and Madrid, Spain. 1t was
probably the last trip he will take
with his AC (aircraft commander)
He and Don Miller have flown to-
gether for the past five and one
half years and have been as close
as brothers, almost / shall dread
saying goodbye TO the Millers.
They have three red headed boys,
while we of course have three
daughters. We've shared promo
tions together. Ann and | have
consoled each other during sepa-
rations from our husbands and we
were with them the time they lost
their new born baby, too. People
who have flown with the boys on
overseas missions or on evalua-
tion missions say they have never
flown with such a compatible
crew. Don and Hayes have seen
the Crown Jewels of England to-
gether, shopped in antique stores
in Germany, night dubbed in Paris,
bought leis for Anne and me in
Hawaii. They purchased native
costumes in Marrakech, visited the
jewel merchant in his home in
Lebanon. In Madrid they both con-
ceded to leaving the bull fight
when il became too cory.
It's been a pleasant association
close friendship and when it's
time to say adieu to these good
friends / shall wish to evaporate.
They plan to retire in the State OF
Washington, which will be about
three thousand miles from us, but
that will not deter our reuniting
occasionally.
Two weeks ago today Don and
Hayes were in John Wesley's
Church in London. Another couple
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
WHO HAS TO HUSTLE?

According to some American spokesmen,
we're going to have to hustle mighty hard
if we're to prevent the Soviet economy from
overtaking and passing ours. And, accord
ing to some Kremin spokesmen, the Soviets
are going to do just that in the next ten or
fifteen or twenty years or some other such
period of time
What can be said to that, on the basis
of the known facts, is that the hustle will
haye to be principally provided by the So
viets-and to miraculous degree.
For instance the American Petroleum
Institute points out that to make our living
standards approximate those of the Soviet
Union, we'd have to get rid of four out of
five of our homes, nine out of ten telephones,
fourteen out of fifteen miles of paved roads,
and nineteen out of every twenty cars and
trucks. We're that far ahead.
This is no argument for complaceny-or
for Understanding Soviet achievements in
science, industry or any other field. But it
makes no sense to minimize our own achiev-
ements-or to ignore the fact that the Am
erican system has done more for more people
than any other economic system known to
man.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
Civil Service Jobs
g Now Available

The U.S. Civil Service Commiss-
ion has announced new examina-
tions for filling the following pos
itions throughout the United States
and in Puerto Rico.
Electronic Engineer, with salar-
les ranging from s5.335 to $3.50
a year, for duty with the Federal
Communications Commission. TO
qualify, applicants must have had
appropriate education, experience,
or a combination of both. Full in
formation is given in civil service
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
announcement No. 25s B.

announcement No. 256 B.
Appraiser, paying starting salar
les OF $3.50 and 1886 a year, for,
duty with the Bureau of Public
Roads. Applicants must have had
pertinent experince in appraisal.
work including specialized experi-
ence in the valuation of property.
Further information is given in
Announcement No. PSF B.
Civil service announcements and
application forms may be obtained
from many post offices throughout
the country or from the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, Washington.
%, D. c. Applications for these ex-
aminations will be accepted until
further notice.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
RED TOUCHDOWN

MOSCOW (AP)-Pravda, the Of
fieial Communist organ, urging a
more subtle strategy in dealing
with religion and promoting athe-
ism, said: Especially terrible is
the jargon in some atheistic articles
which call religious meetings gang
ster meetings or 'wasps' nests. .
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
A LITTLE SLOW

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP)-Joe Lu-
pezovetz of Sheridan received a
postcard recently from his cousin
John L. Lupezovetz. 1t was mailed
in Coalmont, Colo, July /, 1872
nearly 40 years ago.
His cousin John has been dead
for several years.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
PLEBE AIMED HIGH

BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP)-Louis r.
Byrne was an upperclassman at
West Point in 1914. and one day
was giving a plebe ''going over"
Il suppose you expect to become
a general?" Byrnes asked.
"Yes. sir, | do. sir" replied
Dwight ID. Eisenhower, the plebe.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-28
AS IT LOOKS FROM HERE

Every American citizen that paws taxes
Cand who doesn't) should be taking a sob
ering, long look at the Kennedy program as
it emerges almost every day. The jet-fired
tempot OF the White House to Congress or
ders should really stir us.
The initial cost is in itself enough to
stunt the average citizen that feels a SO 900
to $4,000 yearly income isn't to be laughed
at. Now comes figures that battle our Wild
est Notwithstanding into billions and
asked for as casually as your neighbor sug-
gests cup of coffee. And most of these will
become perennials. We cannot now conceive
their total cost
Extension of unemployment insurance
from 26 to 80 weeks, enlargement of social
security promises, care for the aged under
social security, medical facilities and train
ing, assistance to distressed areas and aid
to education will cost an estimated $5.2 bill
lion the first year.
These are in the pattern of such earlier
deceptions as the income tax, which would
never (they said) take more than three per
cent of our earnings, but now takes from 20
to 81 per cent of our substance: the social
security experiment that originally took one
per cent of the first 5000 of our pay from
US and a similar amount from the boss, is
now taking three per cent on the first 81, 800
and by 1869 will reach four and half per
cent for both worker and employer. And
they will hang on as the wartime LUXURY
boosts in the gasoline tax.
We have mentioned but handful of no
less than Is measures on President Ken
nedy's list Of special priority, must" legis-
lation. On other fronts are defense, housing,
urban renewal, etc.
What is before us is merely the token
down-payment by which we can acquire
these expensive and demoralizing habits for
life-the life of the nation.