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Evening star., 1962-09-21
Welfare Rolls
Drop 8 After
Buying Probe
BY BETTY MILES
Star staff Writer

Eight District relief cases
have been dropped from the
rolls as q result of a special
investigation of recipients s.
whose observation-disclosures ac-
counts are held by a Montgom-
cry County credit firm.
In addition, Al Oc tober
checks are being held while
the investigation continues.
Three Of the cases dropped
will be cut off with their Octo<,
Der check. Five initially had
their September checks held.
These checks now have been
Cancelled.
Nineteen Of the 81 September
checks held still have not been
released. Seven have been sent.
In all, 1856 active cases and 2
pending applications are in
volved, Welfare Director Ger
ard M. Shea said.
The public assistance division
has reviewed one group of 85,
and is turning to an additional
So recipients this week.
In all. 220 names Of present
or former relief recipients were
recorded by the Welfare De-
partment at the Montgomery
County firm. Fifty are closed
cases, and 80 were rejected.
One of the recipients whose
September check was Cancelled
is in the hospital and could be
reinstated at a later date. Un-
satisfactory explanations of
their resources and living ar
rangements dominated in other
cases.
One Of the recipients whose
October check was Cancelled has
gone to work.
Many of the credit purchases
are expensive items. Some re-
cipients had two or three
accounts with different stores.
One had credit commitments
totalling $1,04l.
Possession of luxury items
like television sets doesn't dis
qualify a recipient for assist
ance, but does raise the question
Of unreported resources.
Evening star., 1962-09-21

PEOPLE WHO REACH into
their pockets at the toll booth
often come up with nothing.
or not quite enough change
to make the 81 charge. Others.
unable to face up to such an
embarrassing situation zoom
right on through without an
explanation. They come In
Cadillacs and jslopies.
If they don't have the re-
quired toll. they must leave a
deposit. Some of the settle
ments left behind to be sold
at an annual auction include
rings, watches. car jacks. spare
tires, cameras and overcoats.
Most people however, come
back to reclaim their deposits.
Sometimes. although they
are not supposed to do this.
bridge employees will lend their
own money to those with less
than the required toll. Usually.
they never see this money
again.
Overhead and underneath
the lines of moving automo-
bileS is a crew of hardy, fear
less painters who daub $500
gallons Of aluminium paint a
year on the superstructure.
When they finish one coat
they start all over again in
their never-ending grind. They
work as high as 354 feet above
the water.
Evening star., 1962-09-21
Municipal Court
Limited by Senate
Shrinks Radius
For Subpoena
To Is Miles
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

The Senate has yielded TO
Senator Robertson, Democrat
Of Virginia, by shrinking the
proposed subpoena power Of
the District Municipal Court
to IS miles.
The Virginian called back
from the White House legisla-
ton passed by both Houses TO
let Municipal Court call wit
nesses within 100 miles Of the
District.
Such subpoena power should
be reciprocal If it should exist
at all, the Senator said.
The Senate District commit
tee tried to talk the Senator
into a 40-mile limitation.
But Senator Robertson was
expected to oppose a bill to
enhance the dignity Of Num-
cipal Court unless he could be
satisfied on the shorter sub
peona distance. Late yesterday,
the Senate agreed unanimously
to pass a bill reorganizing Mu-
nicipal Court with 25-mile sub
poena power.
The House probably will ac-
cept the Senate bill on the
floor.
Except for the Robertson de-
mand. 1t parallels a House.
passed bill to increase the juris-
diction of Municipal Court over
civil cases from 5000 to $lO,-
900. Local courts in most States
take care Of claims UP to $10,-
900. Congress has Jagged behind
in giving the District the same
power.
The effect Of the legislation
will be to shift a number Of
cases from District Court to
Municipal Court here. The Fed
eral docket is backlogged, and
Municipal Court judges have
managed to keep abreast with
their case demands.
The name Municipal" would
be erased from the local court
titles under the bill. Locally,
the District would be served by
a new District of Columbia
: Court of General Sessions, the
old Municipal Court, and by q
z District of Columbia Court Of
4 Appeals, the old Municipa
: Court of Appeals. ,s
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method of capture is to find a
cub or cubs with their mother,
shoot the mother and then net
the small ones from the water.
Mr.. Sweeney said it was the
plan of the Becker Sweeney ex-
petition to use a tranquilizing
gun to put the mother bears
temporarily out of commission
and accomplish the captures
without bloodshed.
Not Permitted
The government of Norway
would not permit use of this
method so the equipment was
not employed. he said. The
actual captures we're made in
the traditional way by the ex-
petitions Norwegian guide on
an ice pack some distance from
the Heimen.
The Beckers and Sweeneys
shot seals to feed the hungry
cubs on the trip back to from
soc where they were left for
shipment to America. The two
cubs destined for the Detroit
Zoo are already there. Cookie
and Donny Boy were held up
in Oslo when the Norwegian
state veterinary director. Rel
dar Vollan, decided their cages
we're unsuitable.
The cages we're dangerous
and too small" he said. "The
bears could not stand up ir
them and they we're so flimsy
that the bears could break
out"
Zoo Director Theodore Reef
welcomed the prospect Of add
ing two cubs to his polar bea.
population of two. He alread,
has Old Joe, an adult NAL
who is past middle age, an
: Snowstar, a three-year-old fe
! male. Donny Boy is expected I
: be turned over to the Zoo hen
4 at $50 a m. Monday.
e Mr.. Sweeney is a vice pres.
: dent of the Explorers Club an
} chairman of the washineto
4 group. Both Mr.. Becker an
I Mr.. Sweeney are members O
the Friends of the Zoo organ
! iZation.
Evening star., 1962-09-21
z Interior. Employees
Get Superior Awards

Two Washington employees of
the Bureau Of Land Manage
ment each received a $500 su-
perior performance award
Thursday.
Miss Haruko Ishiyama, Sec
retary in the division of plan
ming, and Clark L. Gumm,
chief, branch of cadastral en-
gineering, received the awards
from associate director Harold
r. Hochmuth.
Evening star., 1962-09-21

son and daughter of two of the
expeditions sponsors. Cookie
was q baby nickname of Har-
riet Sweeney, IA, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c,
Sweeney. The male cub is
named for Donald Becker, is,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph E
Becker, of 2916 Thirty-second
street NV. Donald didn't 60 on
the trip.
Harriet attends Potomac
School and Donald is a stu
dent at st. Adams. 81,
The male cub arrived in New
York today by Pan American
World Airways plane from Oslo
and was shipped on to Wash
ington by train. His sister has
been staying in a maintenance
building in the Norwegian cap
ital waiting for a sturdier cage
Families Are Sponsors
The sponsors of the gifts are
Mr.. Becker, a Washington at
torney, and his wife, Ann. anc
Mr.. Sweeney, a member of the
Subversive Activities Contro
Board. and his wife, Catherine
Also along on the trip with thu
Becker and Sweeney families
were Capt. Finn Rome. USNR
the Norwegian American ex.
plorer, and his wife and daugh
| ter. Karen, IL. The Ronne'
hive at 1923 WiScassett road
Mohican Hills, Md. Jahl
Rome. Is, a nephew of tn
captain, was with the expedi
ton. He returned home to Nor
way.
Mr.. Sweeney said the thre
families, accompanied by tn
children and a Norwegian
guide, Fritz Olen, made tn
capture last month on q voy
age to the bleak Spitsberge
Islands on the edge OF tn
Arctic ice pack. They sale
1 from Tromsoe. Norway. on Il
chartered 97-foot sealer He
men to explore the area and
capture polar bear cubs for bot
the Washington and Detro
= Zoos.
The traditional Norwegia
Evening star., 1962-09-21
ARCTIC EXPEDITION
D. c. Group Gets
Bears for Z 90
By JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
Star staff Writer

Two polar bear cubs captured Arctic foes off Nor
this by expedition of three prominent Wash
ington families today route to homes in the National
Geological Park.
The month"; cubs weighing about rs pounds each
have been named Cookie Donny Boy after
Evening star., 1962-09-21

corrupted other parts of the
State,
Maryland should be able to
solve this problem since the
counties apparently have not
been able to do it," Mr.. Steers
said.
A pledge to eliminate slots
was made two weeks ago by
another Republican, Joseph M.
Baker, jr., candidate for Con-
gress in the 5th district, which
includes the four slot machine
counties.
In the populous urban coun-
ties of Montgomery and Prince
Georges. Republicans were
skeptical.
Gilbert Guide and Richard ".
Waldron, G. o. P. State Sen
ate candidates from Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges, respec-
lively, contend that Gov.
Tawes' new stand is a move
strictly for political expediency.
Commission Favored
Mr.. Guide said he favors es-
tablishment of a commission to
see If the slot machine situa-
ton is as bad as claimed by
Gov. TaweS.
Gov. Tawes' campaign mana
ger, Herbert r. O'Connor, jr.,
declared the Governor would
not have changed his mind if
he had been thinking only of
political support.
Support Of the Tawes stand
and subsequent legislation has
been promised by the Demo-
cratic State Senate candidates
in Montgomery and Prince
Georges, Mrs. Margaret Schwe-
inhaut and H. WinShip Wheat
ley, jr., respectively.
Support Promised
The II candidates for the
General Assembly from Mont
gomery County wired Gov.
Tawes praising his courageous
stand" and pledged to support
any legislation necessary to i'm
plement his program.
In a separate message, the
Governor was congratulated by
the Democratic State Central
Committee from Montgomery
County.
The ten Prince Georges
County Democratic candidates
for the House of Delegates
hailed Gov. Tawes' position as
sound" and a sign of political
courage"
In the four counties directly
affected, candidates were
speaking cautiously or still
mulling over the new approach.
J. Frank Raley, Democratic
candidate for the State Senate
in st. Marys County, said that
although he does not agree
Evening star., 1962-09-21

structures over water-the Z
mile long bridge that wanders
4 miles over the salty Chesa-
peake, looks a little crooked
and unsteady.
But this is only one of many
problems that confront the so
employees working at the $45
million span. A decade ago,
after IS million vehicles and
s4z million in tolls, the prob
lens all began.
The gephyrophobiac is q
man or a woman, young or old.
They come by on the average
Of one a day. If the bridge
Supervisors have a man handy,
they will get him to drive the
frightened motorist across. If
not, q motorist in another car
might volunteer. When the
phobiac is driven across, his
head usually is glued to his
knees. On a weekend day,
when $4,000 vehicles pass
through the six toll gates, he
may be in trouble because the
maintenance men are busy at
ether chores.
The bridge has recorded
four suicides since it opened
in 1852. Most Of them leap
from the highest point. which
is a dizzy 19S-foot plunge from
the roadway into 70 feet Of
water.
Evening star., 1962-09-21
Wants Rigid Control

with Gov. Tawes, he would
still work for his election.
Wants Rigid Control
Mr.. Raley said he stood by
his primary campaign promise
to pledge action and legisla-
ton. if necessary, to rigidly
control the machines" He also
reiterated his intention to seek
revised methods of taxation"
In neighboring Charles Coun-
ty, State Senator John T. Par
ran. jr.. campaigning for a
second term on the Democrat
ic ticket. said, There's an
awful lot of talk going on
among the people and / and
the other candidates need more
time to find out the feeling"
David Scull, Republican
State chairman, said Demo-
Gratis also have a rift in their
ranks over the issue.
GOldStein Mentioned
Governor Tawes may take a
new posture as an anti-slot cru
sader," Mr.. Scull said, but I'm
sure at least one of his running
mates, Controller Louis Gold
stein doesn't agree. Mr.. Gold
STEMS family has had slot ma
chine interests for years."
Mr.. Goldstein was not avail
able for comment because of a
death in his wife's family.
Mr.. Scull described Gov.
Tawes' agreement with his pri-
mary opponent, David Hume, as
a cynical attempt" to capture
the Hume vote in Metropoli-
tan areas. He said the Cover
nor has mistakenly figured
that the Hume Landslide in
suburban Washington was an
anti-Slot vote, when it was
and still is an anti TaweS
vote"
Evening star., 1962-09-21
Steers, COP. Candidate for House,
Supports Democrat Towes on Slots

The anti-slot machine policy
Of Gov. Tawes won the support
today Of another major Re-
publican candidate, Newton I.
Steers. jr., seeking Maryland's
at-large seat in Congress.
Mr.. Steers support Of the
stand taken by the Democratic
Governor widens further a
breach in the G. o. p. cam
paign ranks. Frank Small, jr.,
opposing Gov. Tawes' re-elec-
ton bid. has refused to bulge
from his stand that operation
Of slot machines is a matter Of
local option for the four
Southern Maryland counties
where the gambling devices are
legal.
Mr.. Small today challenged
Gov. Tawes to a debate on the
slot machine and other issues.
He charged the Governor in
the past has broken campaign
promises to teachers, State
employees and organized labor.
For State Solution
Mr.. Steers said he agreed with
Edward T. Miller. Republican
candidate for the United States
Senate, who said local preroga-
tives would have to be over
ruled If the machines brought
in out-of-State interests and
Evening star., 1962-09-21
4,27S Names
On Charter
Plea 0kdyed
Pre-TriuI PurIey
Brings Ruling in
Prince Georges
BY JAMES B. ROWLAND
Star Staff Writer

Opposing forces on the Prince
Georges County charter ques-
ton have agreed that 4.27S Pc
tition signatures are valid.
The agreement came yester-
day after q Commute pre-trial
conference with Prince Georges
Circuit Court Judge Roscoe H.
Parker and attorneys for both
sides.
The 4,278 81 signatures were
ruled acceptable when all par
ties agreed that while a dupli-
Gated name on a charter ref
erendum petition would be
scratched, it would not invali-
date the other names on the
sheet, Judge Parker said.
Attorneys today hoped they
could get together to begin
work toward accepting the
other 5.722 signatures needed.
Election board officials orig
inally ruled that 1897 sigma
lures were acceptable from the
$4,000 names filed by charter
advocates.
10000 Needed
A total of 10000 signatures
are needed in order for the No
vember 6 ballot to carry the
referendum question on whether
or not a five-member charter
board should be authorized to
draft q new form of government
to replace the county commits
Sioner setup.
Attorneys for both sides
agreed in Judge Parker's cham
bers yesterday to sit down to-
gether with the petitions and
see what other signatures would
be acceptable to all.
Certification of the petitions
by the Prince Georges Board
of Election Supervisors has
been held up because of a
Maryland Court Of Appeals de-
cision last week on a Balti-
more County referendum drive
challenging a school bus law.
The appellate judges ruled
that petition circulators must
prove that all other signatures
on a sheet are bona fide when
one signature is found to be
invalid. The court did not pre-
scribe the method of proof.
No Date Set for Suits
No date has been set for two
suits on the matter. One was
filed by charter advocates ask
ing the election board to GER
tify the petitions.
The other was a taxpayers
suit filed by Joseph H. Deck
man, OF College Park. He asked
for an Injunction to block GER
tification because Of improper
petition signatures.
Present at yesterdays meet
ing with Judge Parker were At
torneyS Theodore L. Miazga
and Francis x. Gaegler, jr.,
representing charterites; John
w. Mitchell, representing Mr.
Deckman; William L. Rigoli,
election board counsel, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Leitch, chief
clerk Of the election board.
Evening star., 1962-09-21
The
Rambler
-. leurns of
Gephyrophobiocs
BY JOHN SHERWOOD

Looking out at the graceful
curve Of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge. the typical gephyro-
phobiac suddenly re ealizes
that he is "at the rendez-
vous."
And to this variety Of pho
biac - who fears crossing
Evening star., 1962-09-21

George Kennedy is III. He will
resume his column on his return.
Evening star., 1962-09-21

with Gov. Tawes, he would
still work for his election.
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when I got married at least
my children would have an
understanding father and my
wife q kindly husband, be-
cause of what ! had been
through. And here I'm doing
the dastardly things I SUI
fered through myself"
I referred him to a psy-
chiatriSt, Mrs x. He i'm
proved so much, and the
interfamily relations became
so warm and happy that
they bless their doctor every
day--and occasionally throw
me q rose from their bou-
quets. Perhaps II you can get
him to go to a psychiatrist
your husband can be
Strengthened out. too.
Do the grandchildren suf-
fer because the parents have
developed a habit pattern Of
hostility and resentment in
their own children? AS I
said, I don't know. All this
underlines the Importance of
the environment of children.
II they grow in a happy
home, chances are they will
make q similar dwelling
place for their children.
80 -
For Mrs. D.: / think the
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general opinion Is that
medicines will not dissolve
cataracts. Operation is still
the ideal method of treat
ment.
For Mrs. c.: A broken toe
which is still stiff and
bothersome six months after
the accident certainly de-
serves the opinion Of an
other orthopedist in consul
tation.
- -
Dear Mrs. K: Let your
doctor make the decision. An
Iodine uptake" test Is oniy
one Of the methods for as
Sessing the thyroid gland. II,
for some reason, you are still
afraid to have this test made,
probably he will take a pro-
tein-bound iodine test or do
a basal metabolism.
\ y
Dear Mrs. D.: I know some
doctors do not approve female
hormones for hot flashes.
But many do, and I also
agree they should be used to
control these discomforts.
C3ell Syndicate Featured
Tomorrow; FFustrotion
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behind the Kennedys. ALI Of
them. ss
WELL, I WASN'T going
to be caught this year. Frank
Sarpolus. o top-flight boat
man, always had q yen to
take q boat down the In
land waterway to Florida.
So ! said: Take the Away
We Go W" Frank said:
Good idea" So he did. 1t
saved me the Is days re-
quired to sail 1t south.
Before he left. I asked the
marina to haul the boat
out and fix anything requir-
ing fixing. They did. Never
tell a marina Elk anything"
Be specific.
The bill came in for over
$500. It was itemized in sea-
going language which no one
can understand. Then Frank
wanted some gasoline
money. This. ! was stunned
to find, comes to about
$500. I was thinking Of SELL
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STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Cause Of Upset
Still a Mystery

Dear Or. Steincrohn: I
wonder II you could tell me
why q man whose parents
caused him TO leave home be-
cause Of their neurotic be-
havior is acting more and
more like them2 I'm speak
ing about my husband.
He criticized their lack Of
self-control. nagging and
fighting. One by one the chill
dren, who had suffered all
their lives because neither
his father nor mother tried to
control their nasty tempers,
left home too early to get
proper education. etc.
And now he has caused his
own son and his wife to al
most wish he were dead be-
cause he. too, goes into tan
trums over nothing. This Is
not because he Is older, ell
Their. This has been going on
since he was IS,
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ing an article entitled Con-
fessions Of o Boatman," but
no magazine wanted It. I
couldn't even afford to 80
to the bon voyage party.
Well. I thought, we can al
ways live on the boat. It
sleeps six. We can save
money. We can cook good
rousing meals of frankfurt
tiers and beans on the gal
ley stove. The idea sounded
better and better. After all,
the Away We Go Is only
three years old and hasn't
been used 800 hours. A boat
requires use.
Sarpolus left the boat at
the West Palm Beach Marina
after q voyage Of unmarked
shoals, whole gales, stark
terror and cold weather. His
wife. who doesn't care for
the main, bounding or not,
may start speaking to him
at Christmas. The dock
master. George Eggleston.
took the keys to the boat,
and said he'd take care Of 1t.
That's that. The boat Is
In Florida. I've waited three
years TO get It there. There's
only one weakness in the
scheme. Now / can't afford
to go. I'm north. the boat
Is south.
The main reason I can't
go south Is that / have q
. book to write. This Is the
true reason. It's q novel call
ed Honeymoon Diary. II I
don't keep pecking at 1t,
the principals will spend
their honeymoon In the old
folks home. I'm only UP to
page 200 and lover boy Is
already gray haired and
round-shouldered.
My agents phoned yester-
day and said, as casually as
q governor denying o COM
mutation of sentence:
"How'S the old novel coming
along?" At once I knew that
the nearest ! would get to
Florida would be q half
grapefruit at breakfast. So I
went back to the typewriter.
Work must come first.
THIS MORNING, q letter
came from Capt. Whitley
Klesinger Of the Princess II:
"I'm tied UP at West Palm
Beach Marina about 100 feet
east Of you. Is there any
thing l can do toward look
ing after your boat"2
Yes, Cap. You can. It's too
good a craft to sit swinging
ct q dock. Sell 1t. Give it
away.
King Features eyndieates, Inc.
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BY DR.. PETER J. sTEIElcRoHN

Will he go completely off
mentally or do some people
do this all their lives2
Mrs. x.
IS 1T HEREDITY? Is It
environments Or q mixture
Of both2 / have seen many
like your husband-and wish
! knew the answer.
I recall one middle-aged
man who married late and
had two beautiful youngsters.
He came to me one day and
burst into tears saying: II
don't know why I treat those
wonderful kids and my wife
like strangers, like enemies.
I'm always picking on them
for nothing.
"One Of the reasons I put
off marriage was my own un-
happy childhood. I had q IA
ther who lnistreated me and
q mother who did not I'M
derstand me. I vowed that
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JIM BISHOP

I think I can say, with
out fear Of contradiction,
that ! have never made Q
small mistake in my life.
Stupendous, yes. But never
little ones. II ! trip over a
step, 1t is always at the top
Of the stairs. II / say the
wrong thing, everybody
starts swinging at once. At
me.
Every year. I 60 to F'lofi-
da. I like the fishing and
the sun and the palms. But
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So Away We Go
Without Owner

/ miss my boat. I'm south
and the boat is north. Each
year, ! ask myself what's
the use Of having q beauti-
full 35-foot Richardson with
q flying bridge and enough
instruments to sink it, II
it is high and dry at Blue
Water Marina in Sea Bright,
NJ. and I'm In Miami?
Stupid. I was forced to
charter and borrow boats.
When brains were given out,
/ must have been standing