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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10

MIR. MEIMAN championed
women's suffrage ("I was
with them heart and soul")
and even thinks one or two
are worthy of election to
President of the United
States C"Well, there was Jane
Adams and Mrs. Roosevelt.~
One major difference in
covering Washington news
today rather than in the
past, says Mr.. Meiman, is
"the world is more interested
in everything. In those days,
they only cared about read
ing about World War I, then
women's suffrage, then the
prohibition amendment.
Prohibition was when I
started to drink. You'd go
see a Congressman or Sem
ator and they'd take out the
bottle right away. But two
Manhattans and two cigars
a day is my limit"
Mr.. Meiman has a warm
smile and a fine sentiment
tality that is never maudlin.
az have three things to
celebrate this year. My birth
day last March, my wedding
anniversary, and on June
9th I celebrated my I'D
anniversary in America.
81 was very happy to get
here. We left the Ukraine
when I was. IL, After Alex
ander II died in '82, they had
pogroms and such. We were
second-class citizens every
where.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10

deny the petition "at least for
this time" He said he will re-
consider it after the youth ap-
pears for a preliminary hear
ing in Juvenile Court next
Monday.
A co-defendant, Malcolm
Leon Ward, 10, has remained
in jail under $4,000 bail.
In denying the petition,
Judge Backus noted that Bod
mer, if freed, would return to
his home, the scene of the
alleged crime, where he would
be supervised by a 21-year-old
brother, James, a sister law,
his mother and a grand
mother.
Speaks Only Once
Mrs. cooley, who was
stabbed four times with an ice
pick and a butcher knife, was
released from Alexandria Hos
pital yesterday afternoon. Her
husband died about an hour
after he was shot once in the
stomach and stabbed II times.
Bodmer sat through most of
the hearing with his hands
clasped on the table and his
head bowed. He spoke only at
one point, when Mr.. Wagner
said the youth had thought of
turning on a gas stove to kill
his parents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
Police View
Cottmun
As Suicide

Police Chief Russell Halves
of Alexandria said today that
a preliminary finding of suicide
and attempted murder had
been made in the gunshot
death of Clarence Cottman, a
stock broker. and the wound
ing of his wife.
Chief Halves said that a
paraffin test indicated Mr..
Cottman had fired the gun and
that Ibis wound appears to be
a suicide wound"
The police chief noted, how
ever, that a definite finding
could not be made until inves-
tigators question Mrs. Colt
man, who remained in critical
condition and under heavy
ISOLATION today at Alexandria
Hospital.
Mr.. Cottman, 81, Of 1902
Circle Hill road, Alexandria,
and his wife, Beatrice, A, were
found shot in the head Sunday
morning in their bedroom.
Mr.. Cottman, resident man
ager Of the Eastman Dillon,
Union Securities & Co., office
in Alexandria, was pronounced
dead on the scene.
The shootings were discov-
cred by the Cottman's son,
Clancy, 6, who then dialed a
telephone operator who, in turn,
called police.
The Cottman's children,
Clancy and his 4-year-old sis
ter, Effie, have been taken to
the home of Mrs. Cottman's
brother. Oldham Coates, in
Foneswood, Va.
Funeral services for Mr..
Cottman will be held at 1915
am. Thursday at Christ Epis-
copal Church. Burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
Virginia Turnout Liqht
In 10th District Votino

been keyed to about support
Of the Kennedy administration
and an attack on Mr.. Broyhill
as a Junior Byrdman" mem
Der of a reactionary coalition
of Republicans and Southern
Democrats in Congress.
Mr.. Lowry has pledged to
follow Virginia's dominant con-
sentative approach and cam
paigned as a Jeffersonian DEM
ocrat. He has accused Mr..
johnson Of being a rubber
stamp" for President Kennedy's
program.
Seeks United Front
Mr.. Lynch. whose record is
one Of liberalism, said he hopes
to bring the liberals and con-
sentative elements Of the party
together for a common battle
against Mr.. Broyhill in No
vember. He has charged the
johnson camp with excluding
conservatives and the Lowry
campaign with shutting out
liberals.
In the 7th District, where
Democratic nomination is tan
tamount to election, although
Republicans expect to put up
a candidate in November, those
in today's race are:
F. L. Largent. jr., As, Win
chester attorney and former
FBI agent and Mayor Claude
B. Smalts, jr., of Winchester,
46, both Of whom have support
of important Byrd organiza-
ton leaders; William Conrad
Gibbons, IS, of HarriSonburg,
former staff aide to Senate Ma
jority Leader Mansfield and
Vice President johnson; Victor
E. Click, A, Bridgewater Col
lege professor and farmer, and
John o. Marsh, jr., IS, Stras-
burg attorney
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
Passes Senute Unit
By the Associated Press

Legislation to create a South
ern interstate nuclear compact
to develop peaceful uses of nu-
clear energy was approved by
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee yesterday.
The measure, involving 16
Southern States, including
Maryland and Virginia, already
has been approved by the
House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
Vance to Be Honored

A special retreat review will
be held at 4::3O pm. tomorrow
at Fort Myer, Va, to honor
Cyrus R. Vance, new Secretary
of the Army. Mr.. Vance, who
was sworn in July 5, replaces
Elvis j. Stair, jr., who resigned
to be president of Indiana Uni
verSity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10

1--WE SETTLED in Philadel-
phia. When I saw milkmen
leavin G milk and b a kers
leaving bread on the steps
and nobody stealing the food
I thought I was in a great
new world. Even the police
men here said, Step on the
sidewalk, please" Mr.. Mel
man shook his head, police
saying please"
Mr.. Meiman worked for his
newspaper in New York from
1929 to 1850, then retired and
came back ito my old hunt
ing grounds"
The Meiman's live at 5000
18th street NV. Their only
son, a physician, is go years
old and lives in Washington.
Mr.. Meiman starts his day
at the unseemly hour of $50
am. He is very alert and
youthful but if a compliment
is given he says, "Oh, I look
all right, but old age is there.
My wife was two years young
er than I when we married;
I tell her she's half a dozen
years younger now.
81 say there is more honor
in being older and looking
younger than there is to
being younger and looking
older-so it's best to tell the
truth about your age"
Whether winning or losing,
Mr.. Meiman always quits
playing poker by 2 pm. IT
give them notice at the start.
I'm losing more now than
I used to. Evidently I can't
keep a poker face any more.
You know they say be sad
when you have a good hand,
look happy when you have
a bad hand and try to fool
them"
At this time Mr.. Meiman
had to go. They were calling
him back to the poker game.
As he left he said:
But I think the best thing
is not to try anything-just
play the game"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
Child Relief Funds
Sought by District
Senate Is Asked
To Aid Families
Of Unemployed
BY BETTY MILES
Star Staff Writer

The District Commissioners
asked the Senate District APP
propriat ions Subcommittee
today for money to extend re-
lief to the children of the I'M
employed, but deferred a
request for money to partially
restore cuts in relief grants.
Walter N. Tobriner, chair
man of the Board of Commits
sioners, told Senator Robert c.
Byrd, Democrat of West Vir-
ginia, chairman of the sub
committee, that the District
wants $4,000 as an amend
ment to the 1868 budget to
finance the program for fam
lilies of the unemployed.
This was deleted by the
House, which cut SCOTS, 900
from the District budget res
quest.
The House approved a budget
of $290,095, 900. Mr.. Tobriner
said the city is seeking reStora-
ton of $l.593,000. :
With the $4,000 supple,
mental request, the total amount
the city is asking the Senate
to add is $2,435, 900.
Commissioner Tobriner also
asked for $4,000 to substitute
day-care centers that will make
it possible for some mothers
on relief rolls to take jobs. He
said this program would not be
launched until January.
Also Seeks $4,000
He also asked for $3.50 to
finance the Welfare Depart
ment'S share of a training for
work program to provide the
Districts hard-core unemployed
a better chance to qualify for
jobs. He said this program
would begin in November. He
stressed that both programs
are aimed at constructive re-
Mobilization and prevention Of
a caSe-load increase.
Relief for the children of I'M
employed would be an extern
sion of the Aid to Dependent
Children program which is
financed with matching Fed
eral-State funds.
The House has passed a five
year extension of the program
on the National level. The Sen
ate has not yet acted.
Criticize Estimates
The House Appropriations
Committee criticized the We'll
fare Departments estimates of
the cost of relief to children of
unemployed fathers. They said
the city's estimates were too
elastic, after District officials
conceded available data on the
unemployed made it impossible
to pin down the cost.
Mr.. Tobriner told the Senate
subcommitte that, as suggested
by the House report, the COM
missionerS are reviewing the
data behind their cost esti-
mate and expect to complete
a study of the unemployed by
mid-July.
This will enable the District
to determine how many would
be covered under the proposed
program in time for detailed
Welfare Department hearings
later, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
As High School Youths
Hear Science Lectures

he said. These kids ask more
intelligent questions than a lot
of doctors"
Earlier this summer, a stu
dent stunned DR.. Chapman H.
Binford by asking him if the
diSintegration of cells in lep-
rosy could be stemmed by cool
ing the affected parts.
DR.. Binford is now expert
menting on that very technique.
The questioner, Timothy E.
Carmody. Is, of 4106 Seventy
second avenue, Landover Hills,
Md, said the idea, lust popped
into my head"
The experiment is the BRAIN
child of the Rev. Robert F.
Mullan, science supervisor at
Gonzaga High School.
1--WE wanted to get away from
the science fair approach to
learning into the realm of
ideas" said Father Mullan.
These boys, and others like
them, can get to the why of
things faster than adults, and
they are a lot more curious"
Volunteer Lecturers
The lecturers, speaking daily
on such topics as chemo-ther-
apy, space biology. Experiment
tai psychology and scientific
writing. have volunteered their
services.
The students each paid $25
for the course and received Is
pocket books with such titles
as "Heredity. Race and So
ciety," How to DiSsect," THE
Nature of Living Things" and
1.-THE Microbe Hunters"
No tests are given, but each
boy will write a paper on the
value of the seminars. The
best will be read at the Christ
mas meeting of the Washing
ton Junior Academy of Sci
ences.
Father Mullan hopes to pre-
sent his findings from the ex-
pertinent to the National Sci
ence Foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10

Until now, vacation has been
just a word in Comics house.
Their mothers persistence has
made it a reality. But Connie
still only can go to camp if
someone more fortunate than
she provides money to send her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10

become an active candidate for
one of the nominations, but
hoped the committee would not
find 1t necessary.
He made it clear that his
candidacy would come only if
the committee decided to by
pass the "only fair method" of
choosing the nominees. He
said this method would be to
call on the four losing candi-
dates who came closest to gain
ing the nominations in the
primary. Three of these four
were supporters of Mr.. Lee in
his unsuccessful bid for the
United States Senate nominal
ton.
Silent Until Now
At issue are the four new
House seats-in addition to
the present Six-aSSigned to
the county by recent reappor-
tionment legislation.
Until yesterday, Mr.. Lee had
been silent over the mounting
pressures being exerted on the
central committee by various
party factions. He noted in his
letter that the committee has
a difficult dual task" of max
ing appointments and gearing
up for the November general
election.
The liberal majority on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
The
Rambler
-. Sees Age
Worn With Grace
By MYRA MACPHERSON

ny MIRA macHhEhSON
Every week day morning
at II am, Ben Meiman goes
to the Press Club and has
one dry Manhattan. Some
days he has two. Then he
plays poker for three hours
and goes home.
This activity in itself is
hardly cause for converse
George Kennedy is III. He will
resume his column on his return.
ton around the Press Club
bar. The distinguishing fac
tor is Mr.. Meiman is IS years
old.
He has been one of the
boys for a long time. For
"a years a Washington cor
respondent for New York's
Jewish Daily Forward, Mr..
Meiman joined the club in
1915.
In October he and his wife
will celebrate 81 years Of
marriage. 1t has been a
pleasant way to spend more
than a half century and Mr..
Meiman says the reason is
"She is not a quarrelsome
woman, nor I a quarrelSome
man. We've had our little
spatS but never any quarrel
that leaves a spot on the
soul"
The Rambler would suS-
pect another reason is that
Mr.. Meiman has a healthy
respect for women. Without
a thought to what the fell
lows around the poker table
think, he says women should
be admitted to the Press Club
CT fought for it many times
when I was an active men,
ber.")
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10
Lee Urges Nomination
Of Top Four AIso-Rons
Says He'll Enter Montgomery Race
If Democrats Ignore Fair Method

Blair Lee III yesterday publicly entered Montgomery
tvs hasse the choice of four additional Democratic nom-
nees to the Maryland House of Delegates.
In letter to the Democratic State Central Committee Mr.
Lee, the strongest Democratic votegeter Montgomery
County in the May primary said he be willing to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-10

George Kennedy is i'll. He will
resume his column on his return.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-14
Cleveland NAACP
PicketS Biased
Apartment House

CLEVELAND. = In its first 0i-
rect action against discrimination
in private housing, the Cleveland
branch of the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Color
ed People this week picketed
Cleveland Heights apartment
house, the owner of which had
refused to rent an apartment to
a Negro couple.
Leading the picket line was Clar-
ence Holmes, branch president,
and James B. Taylor, chairman
of the branch's housing commit
tee. The picket line was started on
May 81 after the landlord, Joseph
Berger, rejected an application of
Richard Edwards, a veteran and a
laboratory assistant at Western
Reserve University, and his school
teacher wife.
Mr.. Berger told Harold Williams,
executive secretary of the NAAoP
branch, that his policy was not
to rent to Negroes unless someone
else in the the block did so first.
The six-room apartment in the
Cleveland suburb rents for $500
a month.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-14
Reverse Freedom Riders
Warned OF Job Shortage

BUFFALO. = A ranking NAA-
CP official this week said that re-
cipientS of reverse Freedom Rides
should be warned of residential
requirements and other laws that
make securing relief difficult
Gloster B. Current, director Of
the Associations 1,52O units, dc
clared that the Freedom Rides
North "are not an effective answer
to the problem which the South
must face. .
No one, he said, should accept
one-way tickets to strange city
without a firm commitment for
employment and housing.
Mr.. Current addressed the an
nual Freedom Fund dinner of the
Buffalo NAACP branch.
Evening star., 1962-12-24

mas and Happy New Year and
then assured him:
II liked the way you man
aged during the Cuban crisis"
She told the President she
saw him worship two weeks ago
at a Palm Springs church and
added: you looked different
than in a picture. You look
younger and better"
Some Are ImpersOnal
Some Of the cards are COM
pletely impersonal. Others are
signed as If the President were
a member Of the family. A
sailor on a destroyer escort
mailed a card signed simply
Jim and Betty"
Occasionally there is a po-
litical note. frequently a re-
llglouS one.
A pretty card from Indpend-
ence, Ohio. had an additional
note to the President to keep
up the good work. Good luck
in '64." One from Fullerton,
Calf, was signed by an lex
golden girl, Demo convention,
Los Angeles-1960."
There is a generous sprin-
king of spiritual bouquets
and cards from religious groups.
A Camden IN. j. woman
promised the President you
will be remembered in 5000
holy masses, 12,500 holy COM
munions, $1,000 rosaries."
And then a Jewish family in
the Bronx sent in q Chanukah
card with a written
prayer: May the Good Lord
keep, safeguard and protect you
and your loved ones. You are
indeed a fearless and dynamic
leader-God bless you"
Evening star., 1962-12-24
Maryland Coop
Tops in Safety

HUGHESVILLE, Dec. "a
Especially - The South ern
Maryland Electric Cooperative
will be named the top rural
electric system in the country
for its safety record at the
National Rural Electric Co
operatives Association meeting
next month in Las Vegas, New.
Lawrence c. Meyer, an off
cial of the firm which handles
insurance for the cooperative,
made the announcement at a
meeting of the coop, which
serves $4,000 customers in
Charles, st. Marys, Calvert and
lower Prince Georges Counties.
Mr.. Meyer presented the CO.
operative with a special plaque
for its safety record Of million
man-hours worked without a
time-lost accident, compiled
over the last three years.
Evening star., 1962-12-24
FOR THEIR FRIENDS
MERRY CHRISTMAS TEA ROOM BUSY
PiIqrims Jam Bethlehem

within the church building and
is reluctant to surrender them
even for Christmas. Last year
there was a brief bottle-throw-
ing clash between Romans and
Greeks, broken up by Moslem
police who guard the holy site.
In the dozens Of Catholic
and Protestant churches dot
ting the Holy City, services have
been under way almost con-
tinuously for several days. In
hotels, youth hostelS and other
informal spots, clean-faced
teen-agers, visiting priests and
other pilgrims and tourists
gathered to sing Christmas
carols in many tongues.
Evening star., 1962-12-24

BETHLEHEM, Dec. "a (AP)
Pilgrims from the far corn
ers of the earth thronged the
place Of ChriSt's birth today,
but Jordonian officials said
there were 40 per cent fewer
from the West than usual.
Officials blamed the drop in
Western visitors on the revolu-
ton in Yemen, which has split
this part Of the Arab world and
intensified the rivalry between
Jordan and Saudi Arabia on
one side and President NaSSer'S
United Arab Republic on the
other.
Despite these overtones Of
trouble, devout pilgrims wear
Evening star., 1962-12-24

1IIOoC 41OL1A 4AAAPOA OoAAO PNOk
sampling of those from ordi-
nary people have been for
warded to the President at his
holiday hideaway in Palm
Beach, Fla. He just doesn't have
the time to see them all. Yet
every one is counted and cata-
logued at the White House.
They come from as far away
as Hawaii and Tokyo. A 15-
year-old Japanese girl sends a
lovely card on rice paper and
a bit Of poetry to Dear Presi-
dent Kennedy" The poem:
A Merry Christmas,
A joyous day,
Then a year that's happy
In eDery D1y.
In words which a number Of
adults echoed, a 14-year-old
boy in Victoria, British Colum-
bia, penned on his card, BEST
wishes for a peaceful new
year."
About one out Of every three
cards was from a child or teen
ager.
About Cuban Crisis
From youngsters and adults
there were expression Of ap-
proval of the Presidents handl-
ing of the Cuban crisis written
beneath or opposite the formal
greetings. One card posted on
the carrier Forrestal, pictured
four Jets hauling Santa's sleigh.
And on it q member of Fighter
Squadron 103 told his Com
mander-in-Chief:
Thanks for your stand IN
the Cuban crisis. 1t makes me
proud to be an American"
In a beautiful, clear hand a
San Diego (Calif) girl who said
she was a fourth-grader, wished
the President a Merry Christ
Evening star., 1962-12-24
Holiday White House
Press Room Flooded

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. "a
(AP). - The press room for
Palm Beach's holiday White
House was flooded out yester-
day.
Water poured into the room
when a boiler burst in an ad-
joining kitchen at the hotel
which is temporary headquar-
ters for President Kennedy's
staff.
When the water reached a
depth Of several inches, all tele-
type circuits linking the news
corps here with the rest of the
Nation were shut down to min
imize electrical hazards.
Evening star., 1962-12-24

ST. JOHNS (FrancOnia, Va.)
Franconia Rd. and st. Johns DR..
Rev. Paul Meyer. Christmas Eve
Candlelight Service, 500 pm:
Christmas Day, 1000 am.
ST. PAUL (FalIs Church)
Leesburg Pike and Idylwood -Rd.
7:30 and IL pm: Christmas Day,
1000 am.
Evening star., 1962-12-24

ing the dress of India, Japan,
Arabia, Africa or the West
rubbed shoulders in Christian
brotherhood along Jerusalem's
narrow streets or walked to
holy sites in the brown Judean
hills.
Brilliant sunshine took the
edge off the brisk cold as the
pilgrims crowded into Jeru-
salem and Bethlehem. IL miles
to the south. The Merry
Christmas Tea Room" on the
tiny Bethlehem'S square was
doing brisk business selling
warming beverages to foreign
visitors.
The religious services centered
on the 9th Century Church OF
the Nativity, built over the
grotto where tradition says
Christ was born of Mary. There
the white bearded Roman
Catholic patriarch. Archbishop
Alberto Corr, will celebrate
solemn midnight mass and
place a swaddled figurine Of
the Christ child on the ira
ditional spot Of the birth,
marked by a 14-point MOSAIC
star on the floor of the ancient
church.
At the same spot the Greek
Orthodox Church will observe
Christmas January Z and the
Armenian rite will be cele-
brated January 10.
Jealousy among the three
Christian groups in the ancient
Church Of the Nativity has fire.
quently resulted in incidents
marring the Christmas season
Each group jealousy guards It's
time h onored prerogatives
Evening star., 1962-12-24
White House Flooded
By 1900 Cards q Day
By the Associated Press

deluge of Christmas cards with greetings from the
hearts of Amercanand from people in other lands
has pouring into the White House at rate Of 1900 day
They offer President Kennedy words Of confidence
and encouragement They give him thanks and praise
Those from important peope-and there many-and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28

tally incapacitated. Any of
the three are fine. Singly-but
together it adds up to nothing
more than a cynical display of
programming by the numbers.
:. For this we should protect
the networks from possible
regulation by the FEC?
What could the Government
possibly do that was worse?
The General Foods Corpora
ton has written a Washington
viewer that it knows "of no
plans at present for taking
Hennesey off the air" - and
that should be good news for
fans of the Jackie Cooper Sc
ries. Sponsors, of course,
aren't the last word-but they
still carry an awful lot of
weight.
Cost of the networks carry
ing the Glenn shot range from
Granddaughter million to So
million, If you include pre-
emptions. Haverford gave
DePauw University. of Green
castle. Ind, a good fight last
Sunday on College Bowl-and
I wish I had heard the ques-
tions. I spent half of my
time asking what did he say?"
after Ludden. Next Sunday,
John Carroll. of Cleveland,
meets a team from the Uni
versity of the South, Sewanee.
Tenn.