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Evening star., 1961-12-17
Groveton Drops
Yorktown, 57-41

Groveton High School, paced
by Bobby Dunn's 16 points, de-
feated Yorktown. 57-41, last
night at Groveton in a North
ern Virginia Group la League
basketball game.
The Tigers now are 80 for
the season and 20 in the
league.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
RENS DISRUPT
STEERS STREAK

CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (AP).-
The Pittsburgh Rens snapped a
nine-game Kansas City win
ming streak tonight by defeat
ing the Steers, 114-105, in the
opening game of an American
Basketball League double
header.
Connie Hawkins of Pitts
burgh led all scorers with 2e
points and Al Seiden added %.
Evening star., 1961-12-17

landed a left to the body and
followed up with a short right
to the jaw to drop Pickett for
the mandatory eight count.
In the seventh round, Pick
EFT made his last charge, and
was fought to a standstill in
a battle of booming rights.
Pickett. a promising 23-
year-old. suffered his second
loss in 26 bouts. He had won
nine in a row before tonight.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Manager Named

NEW YORK, Dec. l6 CAP) -
Richard Cole. 35, a former
coach with the Chicago Cubs,
was named playing manager
Of the Auburn club of the
Glass D New York-Pennsyl-
vania baseball league today.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Ce|tics Ronlp
Over Hawks
For 9Th in Row

BOSTON, Dec. 16 (AP) The
Boston Celtics opened a big lead
in the second period tonight
and were never in danger as
they defeated the st. Louis
Hawks, l30-l13, in a National
Basketball Association game.
1t was Boston's eighth straight
victory and boosted its season. s
record to 1913.
St. Louis made a brief run al
the world champions, cutting
the deficit to 7 points midway
in the third period. However
another hot stretch by the Gel
ticc cpwad I'm tho danicioY,
Evening star., 1961-12-17

HOUSTON. Dec. 16 (AP).-
Kansas Quarterback John Hadl
signed a pro football contract
with the American Football
League San Diego Chargers
right after Kansas beat Rice
1871, in the Bluebonnet Bowl
today.
1T wasn't exactly under the
goal post but it was close. l
signed at about the Is or 90
yard line" he grinned in the
dressing room.
Another JayhaWk, Halfback
Curtis McClinton, said he signed
with the Dallas Texans before
he left the field.
Detroit of the National
League charged yesterday that
Hadl signed with San Diego be-
fore the game. The quarterback
denied that, as did San Diego.
Likes Chances with Chargers
San Diego is a young ball
club with more opportunity for
me-" Hadl said. He said he
thought Rice was about the best
team Kansas met all season.
mo, that faxed kick wasn't
planned that way" Hadl said
He gained Al yards on fourth
down when Rice expected him
to kick. The run set up the
JayhaWk touchdown that gave
them a 1877 lead.
I'VE went up to the line
planning to kick" Hadl said
The end came in real fast and
Evening star., 1961-12-17
O'ConneIIW Wins
Thriller, 57-52, on
Late Foul Shots

Foul shots by Ron Ullrich
and Tom McVean with less
than a minute remaining gave
O'Connell High School a 57-52
victory over St. Paul's of Ports
mouth. Va, last night at
O'Connell. 1t was the Knights
first victory in three games.
With lbs left, Don Mosher
of st. Paul's scored a field goal
to tie the game at 52-52. Ull-
rich senk one foul to make it
1852, O'Connel4 McVean add
ed two, then Ullrich got two
more from the foul line to COM
plete the scoring.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Attendance-3.S73.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (AP).-
Wilt Chamberlain outlaSte e d
Walt Bellamy in a sensational
scoring duel tonight as the
Philadelphia Warriors eked out
a l12-110 victory over the Chi
cago Packers. Chamberlain
m m e d in so points while
Rookie Bellamy hit As before an
In tern ational Amphitheater
crowd of 1850.
The game wound up in a
short furry of punches, with
Bobby Leonard trading blows
with Philadelphia's Guy Rodgers
at midcourt.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Prince Georges
Nails Fourth Win

Prince Georges Community
College opened a 12-point lead
at halftime and breezed to its
fourth victory in five basketball
games, 1861, last night at Suit
land High School.
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Attendance-3,360.

DETROIT, Dec. 16 (AP).-
The Cincinnati Royals finally
smashed the jinx that the De-
troit Pistons had held over
them in the Motor City by scor-
ing a 121-110 National Basket
ball Association victory tonight.
1t was the first time since pro
basketball was revived here in
1857 that the Royals had
beaten the Detroiters at home.
The streak had reached 10 in
Evening star., 1961-12-17
TOURNAMENTS
STEEL BOWL

TOURNAMENTS
STEEL BOWL
Championship
Duquesent 73 - Pitt 20
Third Place.
Duke 1S Arizona a
BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Championship
St. BOnaventure 13 Louisville ~
Third Place.
Texas 7S Western Kentucky 6S
FORT LEE INVITATIONAL
Championship
Fort Lee 16 EIon 81
Third Place.
Hamp. Sydney IS R.-MacOn "a
BIRMINGHAM CLASSIC
Championship
Auburn II VPI g:
Third Place.
LSU - Alabama sc
CITY OF ROSES
Third Place.
Houston 81 Portland 81
SCHOLASTIC
GaithersburE SO Damascus 3.
GrOvetOn 81 Yorktown I
HerndOn 62 - Garfield 8
Iandon 81 --- st. James 8
O'Connell 81 $685. st. PauPs >.
POOlesville S3 - Md. Deaf School .
Evening star., 1961-12-17

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Dec. l6
(AP). - Rookie Lee Shaffer
pumped in "a points tonight,
his personal high as a pro, and
led the Syracuse Nationals to
a 128-123 victory over Los
Angeles.
/ The Lakers' Elgin Baylor led
Evening star., 1961-12-17

london's S Squirt
Beats St. james

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec.
16 (SpeciaD .-Landon School
from Bethesda poured in l9
points in the last quarter and
outdistanced st. James, 54-44,
here today in an Interstate
Athletic Conference basketball
game.
Leigh Burke scored Is of his
% points in the first half to
lead the home team to a 1927
advantage. Landon went in
front to stay at the end of the
At;,.l ,onrioJ QE-0Q
Evening star., 1961-12-17

Three point goal-Kaiser.
Evening star., 1961-04-27

sponsibility for the safety of
the King and Queen of Eng
land on their 1889 visit.
Being Irish. Mr.. Simmons
was a little surprised at that.
But he remembers it as one of
the pleaSanter assignments in
his career.
Mr.. Simmons was on hand
in the hectic hours at the
White House Immediately after
Franklin D. Roosevelt'S death.
AS preparations we're being
made to swear in Harry S. Tru-
man, Mr.. Simmons, noticing
that Mrs. Truman and Mar
garet were not present, asked
Mr.. Truman if they shouldn't t
be. II hadn't thought of that"
he quoted Mr.. Truman as reply
ing. Mr.. Simmons dispatched
a Secret Service car to bring
them to the White House.
No Bible was Immediately at
hand for the Truman cere-
mony. Mr.. Simmons was as
signed to find one and located
it in the office of William D
Hassett "a good Protestant
Bible" Mr.. Simmons said.
Mr.. Simmons plans TO keep
his home at 1904 Twenty-third
street North. Arlington. Va,
and keep the ties of a Wash
ington life which include two
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Probers Told
0f0vercharge
On Contracts

Controller General Joseph
Campbell told the House Armed
Services Investigations subcom-
mitee today that Air Force and
Navy contracts negotiated since
1857 without competitive bid
ding indicated the Government
was overcharged almost $40
million.
He reported that $35.7 mil
lion of this has been recovered
through renegotiation and the
Justice Department is studying
five cases for possible fraud.
Mr.. Campbell and other Cen
eral Accounting Office officials
testified at the start of a new
series of hearings by the
watchdog" subcommittee head
ed by Representative Herbert,
Democrat of louisiana.
I'VE requested this testi-
mony," Mr.. Herbert said, be
cause of a deep concern over
the increasing number Of in
stances wherein incentive-type
contracting being used by the
Navy and Air Force was sup
posed to achieve less costly pro-
duction. In the last six months
the subcommittee received a
number of separate reports on
Navy and Air Force contracts
which presented an entirely diff
ferent picture. The GAO re-
ports revealed serious failures
of government negotiators."
Mr.. Campbell emphasized
that his summary and GAO
reports given at previous hear
ings by the subcommittee were
based only on q sampling ol
contract negotiation cases ir
the armed services. He said il
was impossible for the GAO tc
make an overall survey of such
contracts.
Representative Hardy, Dem.
ocrat Of Virginia, said he be
lieved it was reasonable to as
sumo that a comprehensive
survey would disclose over,
charges of at least 81 billior
during the last four years.
The summary by Mr.. Camp
bell today dealt with SO GAC
reports from February, 1857, Il
this month concerning All
Force and Navy contracts.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
'OVER-EAGER'
u. S. Aide Corrected
On Publicity Memo
'OVER-EAGER'

White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said today a
Commerce Department official
got a little over-eager" in a
memorandum Sayin gtop Gov
ernment spokesmen should give
President Kennedy more credit
in their eeches and an
nouncements.
He said that Herbert w.
Klotz, special assistant to Sec
retary of Commerce Hodges, is
incorrect" in suggesting that
the instructions came from a
White House official.
There was no directive from
Fred Dutton, one of the Presi-
dents special assistants, re-
garding the matter. Mr.. Salin-
ger added. He indicated that
Mr.. Dutton had conferred with
other Federal officials and this
was the first mention of the
identity of the White House
official referred to in the men,
orandum by Mr.. KlotZ.
G. o. P. Hits Publicity
Mr.. Salinger said nobody in
the White House thinks that
the President is not getting
enough publicity.
The issue arose yesterday
when the Republican National
Committee accused the White
House of trying to make the
entire Federal Government "a
big personal publicity machine"
for President Kennedy.
Evening star., 1961-04-27

Battle Line, a G. o. P. public
ity sheet, said that a special
White House meeting was held
on how to promote" the name
of John F. Kennedy.
It supported it's statement by
printing in full a Commerce
Department memo. dated April
IL, sent by Mr.. Klotz to top
executives in the Commerce
Department.
1t said in part:
"At a White House meeting
of cabinet assistants, we have
been advised again that
speeches of cabinet and sub
cabinet officers do not contain
sufficient reference to the
President and his personal in
terest in, and compassion with,
the problems which face the
Nation. Liberal quotations from
his speeches, past or present,
should be used.
Authenticity Admitted
1T should also be kept in
mind that, in making an
nouncements of local projects,
the President should be given
a credit line in the lead
paragraph"
Battle Line said: Putting
the entire Government to work
creating a puffed-up publicity
image of one man is unprece-
dented in American history"
Mr.. Klotz yesterday readily
admitted the authenticity Of
Evening star., 1961-04-27
U. S. HydroIoeist
Is Reelected

Max A. Kohler, chief research
hydrologist Of the United States
Weather Bureau. has been re-
elected president Of the Com
mission for Theological Me-
teorology of the World Meteor
illogical Organization.
L. J. Tison Of Belgium was
elected vice president Of the
commission at the end of its
two-week session held at the
Department Of State.
The World Meteorological
Organization is a United Ma
tionS agency created to co-ordi-
nate and improve weather serv-
ices throughout the world.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Receptionist 20 Years
Leaving White House

More than 20 years as White
House receptionist has come to
an end for William David Sim
mons, a former Secret Service
Agent who has greeted kings
and queens and the heads Of
state of most Of the countries
of the world.
Mr.. Simmons, who is 65. has
gone on terminal leave pending
retirement. But the eye troubles
which have brought about his
departure from the White
House haven't dimmed the
pleasant outlook of the tall,
balding Irishman of generous
bulk. He says:
i've had a wonderful exper-
ience. I've met all the promi-
nent people in the world. I've
had a great life"
Mr.. Simmons, who presided
quietly and unobtruSively over
the big desk in the White House
lobby, slipped away just as
quietly from his chores. Reached
at the farm he and his wife
own near Winchester, Va, he
talked nostalgically of the years
since he became the receptioniSt
in 1910 at the personal request
of Franklin D. Roosevelt. But
it was not all looking backward
for Mr.. Simmons. He was look
ing forward to some uninter-
rupted fishing and a visit to
Ireland.
There was no ceremony on
Mr.. Simmons departure. He
was there two days ago and
yesterday his successor. David
Powers of Massachusetts, a
longtime friend and associate
of President Kennedy, slipped
into the seat behind the big
desk.
Mr.. Powers, 40, is spare, but
he has baldiSh head in COM
mon with his predecessor. Until
he took over in the White House
lobby Mr.. Powers had an office
in the East Wing of the White
House where he received Wis
itors bearing gifts for the
President.
Mr.. Simmons, a native
WaShingtonian, became the
receptionist after the death of
Patrick McKenna, who had
held the place since the days
of Theodore Roosevelt. He re-
calls that Franklin Roosevelt
asked him to take the assign
ment on a trip back from Hyde
Park, N. Y.
Before that, Mr.. Simmons
had spent IA years in the
Secret Service. One of his as
signments brought him back
to Washington in the early
days of the New Deal. Lewis
Douglas, who was director of
the Budget. had received sew
eral threats on his life as a
results Of cuts in Government
pay and veterans payment, as
Mr.. Simmons recalls 1t. Mr..
Simmons, then stationed in
Huntington, w. Va, was
brought back to Washington
and, posing, as a cousin of the
Budget Director, lived for a
year-and-a-half in hs George
town home.
In a telephone interview Mr.,
Simmons said President Roose-
velt asked him to assume re-
Evening star., 1961-04-27

the memo, and said he was
proud that Commerce officials
had been promoting the Presi-
dent all along.
Every speech Of Secretary
Evening star., 1961-04-27

Hodges mentions the Presidents been doing before the memo
y programs ne noted He's was issued"
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une was of recent date entitled, WAS THIS YOU?'
Herewith:
Was this you? If it all we know about you is that
dressed RESPONSIBLE businessman and
vicinity of Third and Main the other after
Oh yes; other fact about you, but that can
a
the man." said lady who phoned about
stepped of group of people waiting for the
why he stepped crippled Negro girl was
having trouble with the rubber tip cruch; couldn't get
it to stay
stopped and helped replace the rubber
She thanked him prettiy But noticed that
he watching her she struggled the street. And
yes, the rubber tip on her crutch came off again.
The strobe and caught with her. Then he sat
down the curb took bit of something out OF his
wrapped tip the crute westled the rubber
back wggled to it tight then handed it
back to the crippled girl with SMILE But in the meantime ne
had missed his bus ~"
that the scanty Identification given by the lady
all know about for thing: small deed
little nameless kindness such that paints much lum
picture than detail physical description
And we'll bet you're pretty nice fellow.
Well dear friends and gentle people, those Christmas
stories for this Okay okay won't preach but they are
damned good examples of what Christianity should Agree
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A BOOK REVIEW

individual alive is concerned with
the weighty question of world
disarmament, of the dangers of
nuclear fall-out, of the problems
of racial discrimination, of the re-
current tragedies of starvation
and over-eating, it is refreshing
to pick up simple little book
that bears no resemblance to a
psychological treatise on VIII a
makes children delinquents; why
America is prone to mass hysteria;
whether or not Africa will become
pro-Western. If these are all that
interest you, then don't bother to
read this book.
But if you, too, have sat around
fire and heard a grandmother
or uncle tell tall-tales of a distant
past; if you've ever lost yourself
in the sing song voice of an an
cient spinning again the wondrous
days of a vanished era, then here
is book, whether you're
"Y Jung Adult, a middle-aged
parent or a venerable senior citi-
zen, that will delight and tighten
few burdened hours.
Delightful in formal, this book
is enlivened throughout with pen
and ink sketches by Gil Walker.
The illustrator has captured the
spirit of the times and brings the
past to eloquent life on almost
every page.
Here is a book for pleasure
filled giving. But be sure to read
it yourself before you give it
away.-MARYE MYERS.
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The Petal Paper

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Published by East Publica tions Co.,
Box 349 Hattiesburg, Miss.
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under Act of March q. 1879.
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pitch pine knot. With this in
hand, suffering and smoking at
the end of long stick, Father
proceeded into the low-vaulted
cavern. Except for his long
bladed SHINING knife, he was
unarmed. His task was to drive
the bear, or bears, into the open,
so his companions could get a
chance to, shoot Father had
just lighted his last roll of bark
and was holding it aloft for a
better chance to see when he be-
held startling sight. Crouched
in front of him, watching with
fierce, fiery eyes, were thre e
bears, the largest of which was
as white as a sheep :. Father
wave his torch and shouted.
Confused by the cleaning torch
and the booming voice, the bears
rushed past their unwelcome in
truder and made for the exit !.
On reaching the light of day again,
he found two tremendously ex-
cited and chagrined companions,
but no dead bears. The unexpected
appearance of the white mystery
bear caused the watching
brothers to pause until the bears
were well in the open. The ghost
of the mountain was still at large"
During the following spring the
white bear was finally caught in
one of Mr.. Roberts traps, and the
white pelt became the priced pos
session of the family.
There are many more fascinat-
ing stories of days now hopelessly
gone by. We read with amused
interest of home remedies that
brought relief to cold sufferers
innocent of the corner drug coun-
ter. Stories of the family dogs,
of making maple sugar, gathering
honey from bear trees, and the
ageless pastime of fishing. If only
our lakes and streams today had
such trout!
In time when practically every
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The Silencing
Continued from Page -

sidered. The Smith case is one
of censorship, possibly resulting
from outside pressures.
There were complaints after his
vivid portrayal of what he con-
sidered brutal mistreatment of the
Freedom Riders in Birmingham.
Smith himself is a Southerner, so
his o m m n is may have stung
more.
1t should be recalled that many
top officials in that city have been
extremely sensitive to criticism.
They even sued The New York
Times for carrying stories by Har-
rison Salisbury which they re-
garded as libelous.
Smiths account of what he saw
in Birmingham destroyed the pol
iticians' contention that it has al
ways been a peaceful and peace
loving town.
t.s,s,f
At one time or another every
newspaper, every network and
every writer has to face pressure
by indignant citizens and by va
rious groups with variety of in
terests and motives.
Granted that Smiths broad
cast was not the most popular
ever made about Birmingham,
there are many ways for networks
to handle such pressure. They
can clearly label the broadcast
opinion. They can even say
that views expressed by the COM
mentator are not necessarily those
of the network.
OF course, CHS has a good rec
ord and one of which it is justly
proud. The networks reputation
was made in large part by its
courage in carrying just such
broadcasts as Smiths.
The irony in the Smith case is
that it comes at moment when
all the net works are engaged in
a battle with Newton MinoW, the
new chairman of the F e d e a
Communications c o m m S sion.
When Minow described television
as a vast wasteland and suggested
improvement, the broadcasters
raised the cry of censorship"
They expressed fear of govern
Fment rules and regulations.
Certainly there is a case to be
made for caution in government
regulation of the broadcasting in
dustry. But there is also a great
danger of pressure from shrill
and excited citizens who may not
always like what they hear. How
does a network respond? Not by
substituting more tired westerns
or less courageous commentators. If
your man is competent you stand
by him, whether you agree with
his Interpretation or not.
The television and radio indus
try needs men with free and Gre
alive spirits-just as the press
does, or the theatre, or the arts.
No one questions the networks
right to hire or fire anyone.
But one may question their
judgment.
I looked today at a typical ra-
diO-televiSiOn program Ii t n 6.
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visiting the sins Of the fathers
on the children. ond on the
chiIdren's children
Did you know that

Did you know that
Geneticsts estimate that tests of H-bombs already
completed may ultimately mean 10 900 more det0rned
babies born? And that each test ADDS nnEOaOn
numbers to that tragic total?
The Council OF Atomic Scientists in Great Britain
has a0arred that as many as $4,000 people may get
result Of tests already performed?
9235 scientists from many countries, including
So Nobel Prize uaners haze called ending OF nucear
tests "imperatiue"!
Diplomat George F. KEENAN, writes
." haze expressly retraiaed from speaking, IN
connection 1Oith these other matters OF that aspect OF
the atomic problem that aD0rries many OF my
countryxnen most of all: namely, the damage that
may be done to human environment and to the
geetic nake-up OF human beings By the mere testing
of these fearful aOeapons not to mention their actual
80.
"Sa1rely it is better that many of should die
somewhat before time than that should liue
at the cost of prejudcg the conditions of life for our
children So long therefore, the scientists disagree
about the effects OF all this testing is duty to
be guided By our obligation to other generatonsnot
just Oa01"
George r. KEENAN,, BIC
December I, 1857.
Write the President today stop the testing of nuceo weop
And find your comodes in the struggle against
and for peace, write
The Fellowship Of Reconciliation
Box III Nyock. N. Y.
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to hear Howard Smith on the air
again, especially over the CHS
network.
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-10
Hospital Hostesses

Hospital Shop and Hospital Cart
hostesses for Milford Memorial
Hospital for the week Friday,
March 10. through Thursday,
March Is:
Hospital Shop: Friday, after
noon, Mrs. Raymond Davis-even-
ing. Mrs. George Westphal; Sat
urday, afternoon, Mrs. J. w. Bes-
enfelder; Sunday. afternoon, Mrs,
Lee Hirsch-evening Mrs. Albert
Strahle; Monday, afternoon, Mrs
John Baker, Mrs. /. ID. Short-ev-
ening, Mrs. William Lynch; Tues
day, evening, Mrs. Walter Con-
way; Wednesday, afternoon, Mrs.
Lib Ward, Mrs. Nora Jefferson
Thursday. afternoon, Mrs. Gideon
Wisseman, Mrs. Charles Nugent-
evening. Mrs. Harvey Marvel.
Hospital Cart: Friday, Mrs. Rob-
ert Masten, Mrs. Richard KINNEY
Saturday. Mrs. Roy Reichhold
Mrs. Earl Reichhold; Monday, Mrs
George Sheaffer, Mrs. Edgar Isa-
acs, Jr; Tuesday. Mrs. ID. II. Har-
dy, Mrs. J. H. SchabingeT;, We'd
nesday. Mrs Irene Webb, Mrs. Jay
Manlove; Thursday, Mrs. Lester
Adkins. Mrs. Garrett Grier.