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Evening star., 1962-10-02
English. Glasses Test
Programmed Learning

of the same color on the third
page. There he finds the an
swer to the blank, and another
statement and question. And so
on, to the end Of the book.
Then it's on to the next band
down. The questions get harder
in each unit.
This mean immediate REIN
forcement of learning. We're
interested in students learning
and answering questions with
out the teacher having to hand
back test papers" said Mrs
Charlotte K. Brooks, assistant
director of the English depart
ment for the school system
students will find the answer
on the next page.
One girl asked yesterday
there would be any grammai
rules" given out. The anSwel
was that she'd learn them a!
she went along.
The book will be used in Sc
lected classes at MacFarland
Paul, Deal, Garnett-Patterson
Randall and Kramer junior
high schools. and in one tenth
grade at Cardozo High School
The youngsters will be tested on
each of IL study units, such as
punctuation, simple subject and
verb, nouns, pronouns and COM
pound sentences.
Some of the classes will pro-
coed at their own pace. Mrs.
Brooks said, and it will be UP
to the teachers how fast they
go.
The book will be used for a
maximum of one semester. A
final test will indicate how well
the book worked.
How about cheating? said
Mrs. Brooks: THE student can
go ahead and look at the next
page, but what happens when
he takes the unit test? He's
cheating himself"
Evening star., 1962-10-02
By DAVID BREASTED
Star Staff Writer

Behind a table with a stack
of books and a $3.95 watch
alone under the lights in the
center of the stage, stood Bur-
CESS Meredith.
MIR. Meredith, who has tried
his hand successfully as actor
producer and director, was try
ing still another medium OF
entertainment: a reading.
In a two-day stand at the
Library of Congress, he is offer
ing everything from the Book
of Proverbs to THE Cremation
of Sam McGee.' Charles
Laughton put him up to 1t, ne
said, and helped him choose his
material.
Evening star., 1962-10-02

Ninth graders at six DisCrlct
junior high schools have never
before seen the likes Of their
new grammar textbook
They'll read through it IL times
to finish it. for one thing.
It is a book. all right. but
there ends the resemblance to
conventional textbooks. Eng
lish 2600" is a programmed
text" the Districts first large
scale experiment in what is
called programmed learning
English $500" is not divided
into ordinary chapters. 1t asks
$500 carefully ordered ques-
tions, each preceded by bits oi
information which add to thu
students fund of knowledge
Successive questions start will
the simplest bits and advanc,
to higher levels of knowledge
The experimental program
beginning this week in sever
schools is intended to see
whether programmed learning
in which the student continu-
ally tests himself, lives up to Its
billing.
Two ninth grade classes re-
ceived their books, a prelimi-
nary test, and an Introductory
explanation yesterday at Paul
Junior High School.
The youngsters found the
pages of English 2600" divided
into six alternating gray and
white bands, or frames. Each
frame has a piece of informa-
ton and a question IN it.
In the study unit on the
simple sentence, the youngsters
will start with the frame at the
top of the first page which con-
tains the sentence Birds fly"
The frame says I'VE know
what this sentence is about. 1t
is not about dogs or horses
It is about -" Then the
student turns to the frame
Evening star., 1962-10-02
HE SAID THAT members

HE SAID THAT members
of medieval religious orders
used to carry the books in
their rucksackS as they
trudged the terrain minis
tering to people. A Guten-
berg Bible, the one first
printed on movable type in
1455, weighs some 10 pounds
and would take considerable
physical and spiritual effort
to lug.
So little books with big
titles, such as the "Thesaurus
Spiritualis," we're designed to
relieve the load. The Thesa-
urus, about Q inches high,
was printed in black and red
in 1900.
To qualify as a true mini
ature, a book must be no
taller than 4 inches. The IL
brary's smallest miniatures
are two copies of "The Rose
of Omar Khayyam," printed
by Commonwealth Press of
Worcester, Mass, in 1882.
Each '27-page copy is nine
thirty-seconds of an inch by
five thirty-seconds of an
inch.
A wooden card-file cabinet
holds nearly a thousand Of
the books, ranging in subject
from Old English child-rear-
ing to accounting and cook
ing.
They're even printing
President Kennedy's inaugu-
raj address in miniature" he
said. But it hasn't arrived
yet"
Here's a book that con-
tains the earliest woodcut
mentioning ALL" he
said, producing "A Little
Pretty Pocket Book" a 1887
English child-rearing man
uaI. But the woodcut prob-
ably shows cricket rather
than baseball" Mr.. Goff
added.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
THE MANUAL CONTAINS

THE MANUAL CONTAINS
illustrated poems about such
games as pitch and Hus-.
SELL" probably for the train
ing of ad men, and proverbs
such as Its a good Horse
that never stumbles; It's a
good wife that never grum-
bles.p
The. book, printed in the
wiggly Old English which
confuses esses with effs. also
advises:
would you have a Healthy
Son E. keep him as much
as Poffible from Phyfick;
for Phyfick is to the Body,
as Arms to the State; both
are neceffary but neither to
be ufed but in Cafef of Emer-
pencv and Danger.
Another gem is "a Little
Cookie Book" which reads
as though it provides regu-
lation sizes and amounts of
cookies. It's fly page states:
"a batch of 1000 of this
book has been baked on
Warren's Thintext paper by
the Elm Tree Press of Wood
stock, VT. The type is .6-point
Caledonia with Garamond
frosting. The bindery was
cooked up by the Vermont
Bindery of woodstock and
applied by the New Hamp-
shire Bindery, Concord"
But don't nibble this book,
excent intellectually. Tn e
Rare Book Room doesn't
agree to supply aspirin.
Evening star., 1962-10-02

political science at North
western University, which Is
located in Evanston, a Chicago
Snburb.
Before going to Evanston. he
served as City Manager OF
Lebanon, Mo-, and Boulder,
Colo. and as finance director
in Winnetka. Ill.
He resigned his post in
Evanston last night, effective
January l, the Associated Press
reported.
Evening star., 1962-10-02

the need of UGF funds to pro-
mote citizenship.
In every community there
are former poor orphans who
become great citizens" Rabbi
Gerstenfeld said. There are
delinquent children who have
become pillars of law and order
and there are creatures OF
the slums who have added pre-
cious beauty to the society that
helped them grow,"
The Most Rev. Philip Han
nan, Auxiliary Bishop of the
Evening star., 1962-10-02
BY WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

Eight Democratic and seven
Republican candidates received
the Endorsement today of
Montgomery's bipartisan Coun-
ty Above Party Committee.
The newly formed alliance
of conservatives and moder-
ates, which expects to indorse
a complete slate Of local off
GERS by next week. said these
candidates would give the
county, "the kind Of sensible,
well-managed government the
taxpayers so. badly need"
Almost as significant as the
committees choices were
names missing from its first
draft of candidates. Although
CAP is supposedly dominated
by conservatives, two Of the
most outspoken Republican
conservatives were not named
in the first draft today.
Screened First
The spokesmen for the COM
mittee said the candidates were
chosen after a screening pro-
cess in a search for middle-of-
the-road candidates to do
battle with the more Liberal
faction which now controls the
local. dominant, Democratic
Party.
Among those receiving to-
days Endorsements, were six
incumbent Democrats They
are Councilmen Jerry T. Will
liams and Grover K. Walker,
tof the First and Second Dis
trict respectively; House Of
Delegates member Mrs. Edna
Cook; States Attorney Leonard
T. Hardy; Register Of Wills
Mrs. Virginia Black and Or
phan's Court Judge Miss Ella
Plummer.
other Democrats to receive
CAPS support were John P.
Moore for the House of Dele
gates and Ralph W. offutt for
sheriff.
Others Shortly
Republican County Council
candidates indorsed were John
Floyd in the Fifth District and
Miss Kathryn Diggs and DR.
Thomas Wilson for the at
large seats.
Republican House candidates
indorsed were Thomas M. An
derson, jr., Charles s. Bresler,
and James r. Miller, jr. Mrs
Evening star., 1962-10-02

Catholic Archdiocese of Wash
ington, pointed out that the
UGF feeling of brotherhood
helps to unity the community
"Our participation in this
fund will prove not only wheth-
er we are worthy members OF
this community. but whether
we have a community" Bishop
Hannah said.
I'VE can have a million in
habitants without having a
community but If we hao
only two persons who shared
Evening star., 1962-10-02

their resources and burdens, we
would have a community" he
said.
Those who viewed the Spe-
cial one-hour program on tele-
vision and the volunteer work.
ers saw a 16-minute film that
was especially prepared for the
occasion by the Evening Star
Broadcasting Co.
The "UGF Newsreel." pre-
pared by WMAL-TV. illustrated
some of the ways UGF money
helps citizens in need.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Fascinated Audience


! he said. Particularly If you lay
an egg"
Fascinated Audience
There was no danger of that
with the first-night audience.
They listened in fascination.
In the hospitable closeness Of
a small hall it was as If every
body had dropped in to hear
somebody's amusing and tai
ented uncle and enjoy the fare
with him.
Mr.. Meredith suggested that
Everybody shut his eyes when
he came to "a Child's Christ
mas in Wales" Dylan Thomas
rich hymn. He drew his listen
ers with disarming ease through
the chains of childhood associa-
tions, chuckling occasionally
himself, and leaving the smells.
tastes, sounds and feel Of
Christmas hanging in the air.
It was perhaps his best effort
Of the evening.
Even Mark Twain can be
butchered if not read right, but
Mr.. Meredith's treatment of
Twain's own first solo venture
on the lecture stage left his au-
dience with everything Twain
tried to catch in the printed
sentence.
To follow Twain with Ham
let's third act soliloquy is the
measure of somebody who
knows what he is doing, which
Mr.. Meredith does as gifted
Hamlet on regular stage.
Then it was on the general
subject of women. Mr.. Mere
dith, So, recalled his somewhat
volcanic marriage to actress
Paulette Goddard. II was the
Eddie Fisher Of my day." he
said. He then followed e. e.
cummings Cleopatra" with
two readings from the Book of
Proverbs, one on the vrtuous
woman, the other. Chapter %.
which Mr.. Meredith pointed
ont dealt wonderfully with the
hangover.
He then went off to the red
light district of Dublin and
James Joyce's Ulysses in
Nighttown," complete with the
hiss of beckoning street walk
ers
Mr.. Meredith directed a hit
stage adaptation of the Joyce
work.
Thurber's HumOr
Last night. partly in memory
of his friend, the humorist, Mr..
Meredith did the marvellous
fiasco in the Thurber family,
1.-The Night the Bed Fell on
Father" and The Last Flow
err" He conceived and directed
THE Thurber Carnival" one
of the memorable Broadway
productions of the past several
years.
Later, over Scotch in a
brandy glass, he said he is
planning a musical on the
promising foundation OF
Thurber's THE Male Animal" "
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Lee Potter to Speak

Lee Potter, who is in charge
of Operation Dixie" the
Southern regional organiza-
tional drive of the Republican
National Committee, will speak
before the Arlington Young
Republicans at 8:15 o'clock to-
night at the Broyhill Building
auditorium.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
The
Rambler
Looks Into
Some Little Books
By JANET KoLTUN

DJ SAANbA AOLAO Wv
Are little books for little
minds?
Frederick r. Goff, chief of
the Library Of Congress Rare
Book Room, will tell you no.
THE earliest miniature
books were made for prac-
George Kennedy is III. He will
resume his column on hiI return.
tical purposes and were used
by members of religious or
ders. Their subject matter
indicates they were of fire.
quent reference" says Mr..
Goff, a scholarly man, be-
specialized and gray-haired.
Viewing the library's col
lection of more than 1000
miniatures is somewhat cas-
ier than attending a CHA
conference, the substitute
Rambler discovered. You
must register and fill out an
Identification sheet at the
second floor Rare Book
Room across from the Wood
row Wilson Room.
Mr.. Goff exudes a pleasant
air of authenticitarianism-
that's like eStabliShmentar-
ianism, only more so-as he
explains his miniatures be-
tween chats with rare book
patrons Ono, madam, I
don't have the record of the
print your husband gave in
1921 at my finger tips, but
we'll find it.")
Evening star., 1962-10-02

Manager Job
In Arlington
Appointee to 81, 900 Position
Now Holds Similar Post in Illinois

Arlington has chosen the city manager of Evanston ILL.,
as its new county manager
Appointment of 47-year-old Bert W. Johnson was made
yesterday after week end Of informal conferences
among count yboard members.
It concluded search among 10 applicants for q
Evening star., 1962-10-02

successor to A. T. Lundberg,
who. retired last June after
serving as the county's chief
administrator for so years.
Mr.. johnson, who is nation
ally known In his profession, Is
expected to begin his duties in
Arlington before the end of
the year.
Impressive Enthusiasm
Board members, who selected
him in preference to two other
final candidates, reported that
they were impressed by his
enthusiasm and congeniality as
well as by his professional
knowledge.
After talking to businessmen
and civic leaders in Evanston
and county managers else
where, / am confident we have
picked the outstanding man Of
the United States" said Board
Member Leo Urbanske.
Arlington initially will pay
Mr.. johnson, the father of five
children, $4,000 annually,
which is only $500 more than
he has been receiving in Evans
ton where he has been manager
for the past nine years.
"I think a major factor in
ducing him to make the change
was his belief that Arlington
and the capital area would
offer him an opportunity to
provide an excellent education
for his children" Mr.. Urban
ske said.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Highly Recommended

Mr.. johnson did not apply
for the job in Arlington. but
was approached by the board
after he was highly recon-
mended by professional col
leagues elsewhere.
A native of Wisconsin and
graduate of the University, Of
Wisconsin, he has lectured In
Evening star., 1962-10-02
THE LONELY STAGE
Actor Meredith Reads
To Fascinated Group

1T can be lonely out there, !"
J he said. Particularly If you lay
an egg"
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31
Felix Frank lurter Steps Down from Supreme Court
By James MarloW
Assoeiated Press Ne,ps Analyst

WASHINGTON tR = The great est irony in Justice Felix Frank furter's life is this: At the begin ming and end of his career on the Supreme Court an attempt was made to give him a red tinge.
 It was ironic because this prim and pedantic justice Wl1o retired at 79 Wednesday because of ill ness went on the court as a hero to liberals and as the years passed increasingly disappointed { h c m with his conservatism.
 His whole life was dedicated to American constitutional and de- mocratie processes but he could be painful He lectured lawyers before the court, picking and pruning his way through their arguments.
 When President Roosevelt ap- pointed him to the court Jan. 5, 1889, and the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on the nomination, extreme right-Wingers protested and made the air of the committee room foul with anti semltism.
 It was Mrs. Elizabeth billing, author of the Red Network who tried to put the Red tag on him. She said he had long been one of the principal "aides to the Red revolutionary movement in the United States
 Last May, while Frankfurter was home with illness which forced his retirement, an extremely conserva- tive Mississippi Democrat Sen. James Eastland, attacked the Stu preme Court in the Senate and said "a majority of the court voted in favor of the positions ad- Vocated by the Communist party
 He put Frankfurter in the group Eastland's performance was called disgrace by the assistant Re ! publican leader, Sen. Thomas K Kuehel of California
 The day after Roosevelt ap- pointed him, to the delight ot liberals, the New York Times ir remarkably clairvoyant editorial predicted he would reveal an s'organie conservatism" "
 He did
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31

ton after 1t has been ratified by the voters.
 The brief also said that records of the Constitutional Convention indicate clearly that the designa- tion of Juneau as the capital was meant to be a portion of the con- stitution which could not be changed except by constitutional amendment.
 Robert Boochever, the Juneau at torney who filed the re-hearing brief, noted after filing the docu- ment that under the Supreme Courts rules the brief did not have to be filed until Sept. IT.
 If the maximum time had been taken by the petitioners, Boo chever said, "it would have been impossible to place the matter on the ballot in time for absentee voting.
 We did not want to deprive the people of the right to vote on this matter in the event that the Supreme Court should deny the petition and hold that this is a matter which may be decided by initiative.
 For the reason, we expedited the preparation and filing of the brief"
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31
Traffic Court Judge Lectures ViOIators
 Behind Empty Coffin

SANTA MONICA, Calf. B - \ traffic court judge leetufed traf. fie Violators Thursday as he stood behind an empty coffin.
 Judge w BIair Gibbons refer red to the coffin as the careless driver s overcoat. " He showed 2 motion picture depicting the bloody aftermath te=traffie accidents and told the men and women in his courtroom:
 The odds are that one out of cal. three persons =inlthis court today either already haHeor= will become involved in an automobile accident sometime during his life ,
 Judge Gibbons is the Municipal Judge who has invoked unusual terms Of probation to dramatize accident hazards for traffic Vio- lators He has ordered them to clean streets of accident debris, to visit the city Jail for a 30-minute stay, and to observe victims arriving at an emergency hospital.
 He said he brought the coffin to court to emphasize the need for safety over the approaching Labor Day holiday.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31
Friday, August 3l, 1862
Water Shortage Forces Closure of Fish Processing Plants in Kodiak

KODIAK #lP A water curtal- ment forcing the closure of three fish processing plants was ordered Wednesday, by city manager Bill Poland
 Poland said the curtailment was necessary because of an extreme ly dry sumner and q heavy drain on the eity.s water reservoir due to a heavy salmon canning season.
 Officials said King Crab Inc. Alaska King Crab and Alaska Packers would have to shut down by Saturday.
 City officials said thc festrie- tions might be relaxed if there was an extremely heavy rainfall this week
 Voters in Kodiak will be asked to pass on q S630,000 bond issue in a special election Oct. 2, in eIuding a S500,000 water improve nent program and a S130,000 sewer system program.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31
SOBLEN DESCRIBED AS
 A POLITICAL REFUGEE

LONDON R - Dr. Robert Sob len was described by his lawyer in the Court of Appeals yesterday as political refugee meriting sanctuary from the arm of Ameri- can law.
 The lawyer argued that the Of lenses for which Soblen was con- vieted in America passing war time secrets to the Russians - touched upon the sovereignty of the United States
 Soblen, 61, is appealing against a high court decision last week which approved British deportation order.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31
Cities of Juneau Douglas Ask Court
 To Re'rear CapitaI Relocation Case

JUNEAU jR - Attorneys for the cities of Juneau and Douglas and g individuals asked the State Su prome Court Wednesday to re hear the controversial capital relo- cation case.
 The high court, on Aug. Is, rul- ed that Section 20, Article XIV, of the State Constitution, the section designating Juneau as capital of Alaska, could be changed through use of an initiative.
 The Supreme Court also ordered Secretary of State Hugh Wade to place on the Nov. general cleo tion ballot an initiative filed by an Anchorage-area group which would move the state capital from Juneau to Western Alaska.
 The high court, in 2-1 decision, placed great emphasis on the pre- amble of the article in question. The preamble reads:
 ITO provide an orderly transi- tion from territorial to a state form of government it is declared and ordained:'
 Considered Preamble
 The Juneau-Douglas brief said the high court should have con- sidered the preamble as an "as- sistance in construction only in case of ambiguity" in the section involved.
 In each case in the constitution where it was intended that the provisions could be altered by means other than constitutional amendment, the brief said, appro- priate language has been inserted.
 The brief said there is no am- biguity in Section 20, which the brief said states simply that Ju- neau shall be the capital of Alas ka, and that the section must be regarded as an integral part of the constitution.
 The JuneauDouglas brief saie the court apparently confused the word transition with the worc stransitory.'
 The first word, as used in the constitution, the brief said, does not mean or imply temporary while the latter word, according to the dictionary, means not en- during.
 Change of Status
 The brief said the concept of { temporary change of status may not now be written into the constitu-
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31
NOTICE TO PROPERTY. OWNERS

The Nome Common Council will sit as Board of Equalization on Wednesday. Thursday and Fri day. August 2s. 30. 3l. 1862. be- tween the hours of 8 10 g pm. in the City Hall.
 104 Robert F. Scott,
 City Clerk
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31
GoLDEN. ICE PICK

SEATTLE lR = The skipper of the nuclear-poWered submarine, the Sea Dragon, has pulled an about-face in custom.
 Instead of Seattle officials pre- senting him with the key to the city. Cmdr Charles Summit pre- sented Seattle city fathers with a key to the Sea Dragons city.
 The city: The frozen Arctic
 The key: A golden ice pick
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31

SEATTLE R The Alaska Steamship Go. vessel, the Nadina, is heading back to Seward, Alaska, with a stoWaWay on board But this stoWaWay isn't the usual type
 It's a big Alaska malemute.
 The ships crew found the dog sleeping in shower after the Nadina had left Seward When the vessel docked here, crew mena- bers had to baby-sit the animal.
 The Nadina is due in Seward this weekend.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-31

The brief said the concept of temporary change of status may not now be written into the constitu-
The Republican., 1962-08-09

FOR SALE-Portable 7l2 h. p.,
one cylinder gasoline engine with
tilt table wood saw; 3O-gal. cast
iron butchering kettle with heat
ing unit, uses wood Will sell
cheap. Call SH 6-2241. ADV. 21-
4t
FOR SALE-Seven room dwell
ing and store bldg. Will sell sep
arately or together Modern con-
veniences Doing good business. Rt.
AZ, miles from Allegheny Front,
8 miles from Kitzmiller Ralph
Wolfe. Elk Garden, w. Va.-AdV.
24-4t#
FOR SALE - Three bedroom
house, full basement gas furnace,
storm doors and storm windows,
and garage. Situated on three lots
facing highway on Loeb Lynn Hill.
Price, S8,00O Call for appointment,
DE 4-4754 or see Leona M. Hardes-
ty, Oakland. Md. ADV. 24-3t.
FOR SALE-1948 Ford l2ton.
Sl25.OO cash as is; 1856 Buick Spe-
cial. sharp, $79500 cash; Allis-
Chalmers tractor, new paint, good
tires, S250.00 cash. PS If interested,
better have a good arm, as it is
crank start Gibson's Auto Parts,
Loeb Lynn, phone DE 4-3429. -
Adv. 24-1t