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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-02
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

q. Were the first limericks
written in County Limerick,
Ireland?
A. Perhaps. One theory has
It that the first limericks were
concocted by soldiers Of LAM
erick rs barracks chants about
100. This would explain the
roug humor that character
izes many limericks. However,
the first published limericks
came from the pen Of Edward
Lear. In his Book Of Nom
sense" published In is46 and
still widely popular) he in
cluded many spriehtly exam
Piles Of this five-line verse
form.
q. Which Is correct: brought
up" or "reared"2 Every time ]
say so-And-so was brought
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up" by relatives. my boss
cringes and sometimes repri-
mands me. Since I work In an
adoption agency, this happens
fairly frequently. VIII you give
me an authoritative verdict
TIC. Toledo.
A. Bring up" in the sense
Of to raise or rear children. Is
9 perfectly correct expression.
even though many people mis-
takenly think 1t Is improper.
To set the matter straight. you
may use bring up" raise" or
"rear" INTERCHANGEABLE in any
level Of speech or writing.
q. II "car" is pronounced
like par" and star" why isn't
war" pronounced TO rhyme
with all three2-L. p. Ann Ar
Dor. Mich.
A. Partly because English
and American recommendations
follow no simple and orderly
rules. Since our language Is q
fusion Of many languages,
drawing from Latin. Greek,
French. German. the Scandi-
navian languages and . host
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by Ken BeId

but war" sounds like bore"
Except in the Deep South. that
is. where It may well sound
like "woe-uh."
tcOoyrisht. 1883. By william Morrill, .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-02

Of other sources. 1t Is never
possible to say with certainty
that one word viii sound Like
another simply because 1t Is
spelled In like fashion.
Gar" does sound like par"
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Three Soldiers
Killed In Crash
In S. Wet Nam

SAIGON, South Wet N a m
(UPI)-The bodies of three US.
Army soldiers lost when their
helicopter crashed off the coast
of South Wet Nam Saturday
night were discovered Monday
washed ashore on a remote
beach.
Names of the dead were with
held until their relatives are
notified.
An American military spokes-
man said it appeared that the
three men drowned.
Their deaths and that Of a
US. Army officer killed by
Communist Wet Cong guerril-
las Sunday raised to IL the
number Of American fatalities
in the past four days. A total
Of 129 Americans now have
been killed in South Wet Nam
combat since January, 1861,
when the us. buildup began
here. Another 20 us. troops
have died in non-combat acct
dents.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Court To Decide
Boundary Fight
In Mississippi

WASHINGTON CUPID - The
Supreme Court agreed Monday
to decide a boundary dispute
between Louisiana and MissiS,
sippi involving oil-rich land TN
der the Mississippi River.
The tribunal granted louisa
ma permission to file a suit anc
allowed 80 days for Mississippi
to file an answer.
Louisiana argued that the SUI
preme Court should exercise its
original jurisdiction over border
disputes between states. Missis'
Sippi contended there was nc
true controversy and urged the
court to reject the case.
AT issue is whether a SubSur.
face oil well under the river bee
is located in Louisiana or Mis-.
sissippi.
The well, drilled in 1854 from
the Louisiana bank Of the river,
has been producing oil ever
since. A group of private Cit.
zens filed suit in federal court
at Vicksburg, Miss, a year ago,
claiming that the well was with
in MiSSiSSippi's borders. They
asked damages from the oil
company.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Scientists To Study
Disease In Bolivia

NEW YORK (UPI) A
group Of American scientists
will Journey into the relatively
uninhabited lowlands of Eastern
Bolivia next April in an effort
TO determine the cause of the
deadly disease hemorrhagic
fever.
A team of scientists from the
American Museum of Natural
History will join with medical
teams in Bolivia in an attempt
to locate the ectoparaSites which
are believed to carry the di-
SeaSe.
The disease, which causes in
ternal bleeding and other Symp-
toms, has afflicted at least 800
persons in Bolivia during the
past four years with a mortality
rate Of approximately 20 per
cent.
DR.. Richard G. Van Gelder,
who will head the museums
scientific team, said his group
will collect mammals in the
The chronicle., 1963-12-17

area and the ectoparasites
which they carry. He said their
primary objective will be to de-
termine whether or not the
hemorrhagic fever virus can be
found in the animal population
Of the region.
The museum team will work
together with scientists from the
Middle America Research Unit
(MARU), an agency Of the Ma
tional Institute of Health and
the Walter Reed Research Insti-
tute, which has been trying to
isolate the virus.
DR.. Van Gelder said the
expedition would probably last
about six months, the scientists
would travel along the Rio
Itenez living in a 53-foot house
boat complete with a labora-
tory. They would make nu-
merous stops to collect animals
and carry out their research.
DR.. Van Gelder said the great
est problem will be one in logiS-
tics.
There are no roads, few pao-
pie, an uncertain food supply
and no adequate geographic in
formation about the area in
which we will work." he said.
"The region is biologically I'M
explored"
He said, however, that the
boat would be stocked with a
six = months food supply and
would provide purified water.
The team from MARU has
been working in the area for
the past six months in an all
out program to isolate the virus
determine what animals are
carrying the disease and find
the modes Of transmission.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Says Questions
Still Unanswered
On Assassination

WASHINGTON (UPI) - For
mer u. s. Secret Service Chief
U. E. Baughman has S a d
that there were unanswered
questions about President
Kennedy's assassination that
"Should be resolved"
Baughman, who guarded pres
idents as chief of the Secret
Service for IS years, said ''the
plain fact is that you cannot
protect the President from ev-
cry danger. And the greatest
danger is from a sniper hiding
in a high building"
In a copyright interview with
US. News & World Report,
Baughman said he didn't know
if the Secret Service did all it
could to protect Kennedy be-
cause he wasn't in Dallas on
the day of the assassination.
"But / can't understand why
Mrs. Kennedy had to climb over
the back of the car as she did
to get help" Baughman said.
News photographs showed
Mrs. Kennedy helping Secret
Service agent Clint Hill into
the presidential limousine after
her husband was wounded.
Baughman said that one rea-
son that agents weren't next to
Kennedy on the running board
of his car was that the White
House wouldn't permit it.
"'The White House has been
trying to avoid making it con-
spicuous that you're guarding
the President closely" he said.
Asked if there were any mis-
takes in the Dallas security pre-
parations, Baughman said, 'sas
an investigator, / can think of
a lot of questions, but / wasn't
there. The only thing / can say
is that the Secret Service does
not have enough men"
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Court UphoIds
Henry Judgment

JACKSON (UPI)- The State
Supreme Court Monday upheld a
$25, 900 judgment against Negro
civil rights leader Aaron Henry
in a libel suit by Thomas H.
Pearson, the prosecuting attor-
ney Of Coahoma County.
Pearson and Clarksdale Pc
lice Chief Ben Collins filed sep
arate suits against Henry after
he claimed in a public state
ment that his arrest on a NOR
ais charge was a "diabolical
plot cooked up" by the two Of
ficials.
Pearson sought SIS, 600 and
Collins SIS, 900. Each was
awarded the requested dam
ages by a Coahoma Circuit
jury. Collins victory was upheld
earlier this month by the Su-
preme Court.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Lone Survivor In
Family Facing
Bleak Christmas

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. CUPID
"A baby girl who was the only
survivor Of an auto-train COLI
sion last week which claimed
the lives of II members of her
family, is facing a bleak and
lonely Christmas.
Fut the town where little
Margaret Ann Langford, Is
months, and her father, Thorn
as Langford, now live, plans to
make the Christmas spirit
blanket the tragic memory.
Midland City Mayor John
Daniels said, 1--WE are as busy
as we can be trying to do some
thing for this family at Christ
mas time. They need so much"
The child was carried away
from the wreck in which her
mother; her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Langford; two
auntS; two uncles and four of
her cousins died Dec. z.
The wreck, in which a freight
engine plowed into a station
wagon carrying the family, was
the worst such collision in Ala
bama history.
Her father, a seasonal farm
worker and employee Of a Eu-
faula building and wrecking
firm, moved with Margaret Ann
to the home of a sister with a
stack Of medical and funeral
bills. He was scheduled to re-
turn to work today. He saidin-
Surance policies carried by
some of the victims had lapsed.
The Rev. Lloyd SneIlgrove,
pastor Of the Midland City Com
unity Church where the family
worshiped, said STA had been
received by the church in its
special fund.
Mayor Daniels said neighbor-
ing churches and towns had
added about $500, which he is
keeping to pay the bills at
Southeast A a General
Hospital at Dothan.
Daniels brought Margaret Ann
her first Christmas gift this
year-a huge, bright-red Santa
Claus doll.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Pull Out Brands
Of Liquor Firms
Planning Boycott

MONTGOMERY (UPI) LID
uor store owners around the
state are pulling from their
shelves some brands distributed
by major liquor firms which
threaten to boycott the state,
ABC commissioner James E.
Caldwell said.
Persons wanting to buy the
brands will have to ask for
them by name, he said.
Six major liquor companies
have announced they would
boycott Alabama if a scheduled
"a per cent gross sales tax goes
into effect Jan. l.
Caldwell said the brands are
being removed "to let the pub
lie see items that will continue
to be in our stores"
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
State Negroes
Denied Heurinq
In Mixing Case

WASHINGTON CUPID - The
Supreme Court Monday denied a
hearing to a group Of Negroes
fighting Mississippi segregation
laws.
The brief order leaves stand
ing a decision against the group
handed down April %, 1868, by
the US. 5th Circuit Court of APP
peals. That court affirmed a
ruling Of May 16, 1862, by Fed
eral District Judge Sidney C.
Mize.
The challenged laws allow OPP
orators of hotels and retail es-
Establishments to choose their
customers and prohibit state Of
ficials from carrying out the
Supreme Coort's 1854 and 1855
school Indignation decisions. A
third statute Furnishes conspir-
acy to overthrow or violate
the segregation laws of this
state"
Rev. L. A. Clark and other
Jackson Negroes sued for an
order barring enforcement Of
these laws.
Their complaint said that Ne
groes who had attempted to use
the city library, Livingston
Park and other public facilities
were arrested.
Mize refused to hold that the
compliments could act for all
Negroes-a procedure known as
a ''class action"
He also refused to issue an
order that the particular Ne
groes who sued could use the
public recreational facilities, al
though he ruled they had a
right to use them.
Mize said the individual de-
PENDANTS, including Mayor Allen
C. Thompson, "are all outstand-
ing, high class gentlemen" who
would not violate the terms of
a court judgment.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Wonder Boy
To Face Charge
Of Embedding

NEW YORK CUPID = Finan-
cial "boy wonder Earl Belle,
who fled to Brazil from Pitts
burgh five years ago when his
multimillion dollar manipula-
tons went sour, went before
a u. S. commissioner today
for formal removal to Pennsyl-
vania, the U. S. attorneys office
announced today.
Belle, 81, is under indictment
by a federal grand jury in
Pittsburgh on charges Of fraud
and conspiracy. Acting U. S.
Atty. Gustave Diamond an
nounced in Pittsburgh that he
was ready to prosecute Belle.
Belle, disheveled and weary
looking, arrived in the United
States Saturday aboard a jet
liner from Rio de Janeiro where
he fled five years ago, leaving
behind untold losses" to Amer
lean investors.
According to Brazilian police,
Belle had become involved in a
currency exchange fraud there
and had been given the alterna-
tive Of returning to the United
States or facing Brazilian JUS
tice. Belle allegedly wrote $7O,-
900 worth of rubber checks to
exchange houses involving the
purchase of Brazilian cruzeiros.
A short time after he landed,
the balding former financier was
taken to FBI headquarters,
then arraigned in federal court
on the 20 counts Of fraud and
conspiracy. Bond was set at
$60, 900.
Belle told us. Commissioner
John B. Clarity he had come
back to this country voluntari-
lily Ito face the charges against
me-"
The financial empire estab-
lished by Belle, and others in
Guided the Cornucopia Gold
Mines, Inc, Manufacturers
Bank Of Edgewater, NJ, two
electronics companies, a water
heater manufacturer and a
drapery firm, valued at the
time at 3.5 million.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Supreme Court
Denies Writ
Of Hubeus Corpus

JACKSON CUPID - The State
Court refused Monday to free
Negro William Smith Jr., from
a death sentence for the rape of
a white teen-aged girl.
The American Civil Liberties
Union, which entered the case
after Smith was convicted in
Madison County, charged he
was not given proper legal rep
resentation by his court-appoint-
ed defense attorney, Jack W.
GreaveS.
A request by the ACLU for q
writ of habeas corpus to free
Smith from death row was
heard and denied by the Circuit
Court Of Sunflower County. The
Supreme Court upheld the de-
NAL.
The ACLU charges, said the
high court, were answered
or explained by Graves during
the hearing. It said testimony
failed to show that Smith twas
denied any rights or that he
was unlawfully treated or I'M
conStitutionally or wrongfully
convicted"
An execution date has moi
been set for Smith, who was ac-
cuSed Of holding a knife on q
~teen-aged boy and attacking his
female companion after finding
them parked on a rural road
near Canton.
The high court voided a Lin.
coin County supervisors race ln
the Aug. 6 Democratic primary
and ordered a new election.
Leroy Leggett was apparently
the winner of the four-man race
after the first tabulation, which
gave him 1868 votes to 1874 fol-
Esco Wallace, 17S for Lloyc
Case and 50 for Alison Hart. But
Wallace and Case canvaSsed the
ballots and found that 478 were
not initiated by precinct work
ers as required by law.
The county Democratic com.
mittee threw out these ballots
but did not overturn Leggett's
victory because he had re
ceived a majority of the re
naming votes. It's decision wa;
upheld by a lower court pane
but reversed by the Supreme
Court.
Failure Of precinct workers tc
initial 478 ballots, said the Su.
preme Court, was a ''subStan'
tial" enough violation to require
the ordering of a new election
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Sellers Heudinq
Heart Fund In
George County

LUCEDALE (Special) - Os-
car Sellers was named as chair
man of the George County Heart
Fund Committee recently at the
county associations meeting.
Featured at the meeting was
Mrs. Pat Roundtree, chairman
of the Mississippi Heart Fund
Association of the southern Dis
trict.
Other officers chosen were
Mrs. j. A. Nyman, county coun-
Gil chairman; James Pearsons,
campaign treasurer, and j. F.
Averett, campaign secretary,
also Mrs. Nettie Dorset, gift
chairman
The county goal will be $110O
for the drive to be held in the
month Of February.
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
Americas CUP

LONDON CUPID - Americas
Cup yacht racing grew out of
an international world cham
pionship staged by the London
Exposition of. 1851 and won by
the United States yacht "Amer-
ica."
The chronicle., 1963-12-17
20 checks for quality
guarantee good taste

The famous flavor of Borden's Milk is assured by a
modern laboratory and the most accurate tests known
to dairy science. But we don't stop with scientific tests.
Every batch of milk delivered from the farm is person
izing and bottling under the Borden brand. After
bottling, Borden's Milk is again taste tested for flavor
to make certain it will please our best customers.
your children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
Drive Set to Cut
I'd Precinct Crime

Members Of q dozen civic
organizations viii draft plans
Tuesday aimed at curbing crime
and delinquency in Washing
toms second police precinct.
The East Central Civic As
ISOLATION and the Central
Northwest Citizens Association
will join 10 other groups at
an 8 pm. meeting at the VIM
field Scott Montgomery School.
AIS P street NV. Spokesman
for the organizations say the
session will deal with plans for
community and police action
in lowering crime rates In the
area.
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Red Cross Gives
2,100 Donations
OF Blood in Area

More than 2,lO0 pints Of
blood we're distributed last week
in the District and surround
ing areas by the Washington
Regional Red Cross Blood
Center.
The center furnished 1867
pints TO hospitals in Washing
ton. 420 In Maryland; $50 in
Virginia and rs in West vir-
ginia. Another 100 pints were
sent to other States.
Local donors may give blood
at the center. 2025 e street
NV. from / TO s:45 pm. Mon
day and from 0 am. to 4:45
pm. Tuesday through Friday.
The center's bloodmobile will
make the following stops this
week:
Tomorrow Fire Hall.
Mlddletown. Nd, 1910 PM Burtons-
VILE Fire House, Burtonsyille, Nd,
s 81. .s. pm: plsdsnsegrg Fire House.
Tuesday - sDringfield Methodist
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those who have been asked TO
testify by Representative Dowdy
Democrat Of Texas. who heads
the House District subcom-
mittee. RIA has charge Of re-
newal work.
The hearings are expected
TO range broadly over RIA
policies, procedures and actions.
It is expected they will bring
Congress up to date on this
activity and guide 1t on two
decisions needed soon.
One decision facing Congress
Is whether authority shall be
granted to permit renewal ac-
tivity in Washington to be un-
dertaken in primarily CONNER
cial areas. At present, legal
authority exists only for such
action in primarily residential,
blighted areas.
The other decision has to do
with eventual provision Of
funds to enable the District
government to make one-third
contributions towards net re-
newal costs. So far, the Dis
trict has not been obliged to
put up cash as its share, but
only noncash grants-in-aid.
632-Acre Downtown Area
A bill introduced at this ses-
sion Of Congress would amend
the District Redevelopment Act
to permit RIA to take over
"a 632-acre downtown area
bounded roughly by NJ street.
Pennsylvania avenue. Fifteenth
street and North Capitol street
NV.
This measure, introduced by
Chairmen Bible and Mcmillan
Of the Senate and House Dis
trict Committees, Is supported
by the National Capital Down.
town Committee, Inc, q busi-
ness-sponsored group which
has financed proposals for re-
newal action in the central
business district.
The approaching prospect
that future District renewal
projects win need appropria-
tons by Congress before they
can start was noted 10 days ago
by District Engineer Commits
sioner Frederick j. Clarke.
Speaking at a meeting Of the
National Capital Planning Com
mission. Brig. Gen. Clarke said
the District Commissioners were
concerned about the number of
renewal proposals.
He said it would be necessary
to give new projects q priority
listing so that Congress could
be informed Of the order Of i'm
Iportance attached to each one
Senate Failed TO Act In 1862
Referring to the protected
series Of hearings. Chairman
Dowdy last night said the.
would start with the Waterfront
: proposals and later deal wit
other questions.
I'VE are interested In tn
overall picture" he said.
At the last session Of Con
gress. the House approved leg
islation to authorize renews
in the downtown commercia
area, but the measure was no
acted on by the Senate.
In q report favoring the bill
last year, the House Distric
Committee nevertheless sal
failures and deficiencies" II
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the renewal program continue
10 exist and in some instances,
in greater degree than three
years ago"
Among questions the COM
mittee Is expected TO seek In
formation on are ones involving
methods used BY RIA to dis
pose Of land. the dislocation Of
business firms, an RIA proposal
to permit location OF public
housing in individual homes on
scattered sites, the scheduling
Of clearance operations in re-
lation TO relocation Of displaced
families. and other matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
Hearing Will Explore
RIA Renewal Policies
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington. D. c, Moreh ", 1863

House subcommittee win inquire tomorrow into plans
for redeveopment Of the Washington Channel waterfront
at first Of series Of hearings urban renewal in the
District
The hearings win begin at 10 am. in the Old House
Office Building
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wednesday-Main Navy, constitu-
ton ave. AZ 18th st. n.w,.. Room 2641.
$50 a.m.-2:46 p.ri;; Moose Home.
PsntssOn. Room sA $50, ESQ am.
2:46 pm.
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Church. Keene Mn I'd. and Spring st.,
e gTlInEii fSi.cO ys rsS acas. Pa isl
ito am. -2:45 pm; Naval Ordnance
Laboratory, white Oak, Silver Spring,
Nd. 10 a,m.-2:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17

10th and q SITS. n.w,- Main Buildins.
eth floor classroom No. 1, 10 ans
3;4b PM; Romney. Presbyterian
va, nO0n-4.4b pm Fort Belvolr
Service club No. 4. South Post. Fort
Belvoir, Va. ESQ a.m.-2:Ab pm.
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FridAy-Andrews Air Force Base
Service Club, Camp Springs. Nd, .
am;.S:ls Soc pm First HEsss'ytsSSlnn
w. Va, 1880 a.m.-4:1b pm: DAILY
Hall Mamne Corps School. 0uantico.
Va, 0 am. 10 2:4b pm.
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It can be made any de-
sired length but 1t should
project out 2 feet from the
house foundation and should
be / foot above ground
level. These dimensions may
vary slightly as @ result Of
the size brick or other ma
terial that is used in the
construction.
The bottom Of the excava-
ton for the planter should
be about 10 inches below
ground level and the excava-
ton should extend rs inches
out from the side Of the
house foundation. The length
of the excavation should be
2 inches longer than the
planned length of the planter.
These last two dimensions
should be reasonably accur-
ate. Try not to disturb the
earth at the bottom Of the
hole but If you do, compact
1t thoroughly with a tamper.
The next task is to con-
strllct a wood form. Use l by
4 inch boards for the three
sides and any available pieces
of lumber at the corners for
mailing. If the long side is to
be more than 4 or 5 feet
long, hold 1t in alignment
with stakes driven into the
earth.
The concrete footing
should be reinforced with
steel. Two % or 1a-inch re-
inforcing bars are best but
for this project you can use
discarded water pipe.
If you need lots Of con-
crete, you may decide to buy
the ready mixed type. For
smaller quantities you will
mix your own from the dry
mix to which water is added.
Fill the area with concrete
to the top of the wood form
and allow "a hours for 1t to
set; then remove the form.
Two or three inches of
coarse gravel should be placed
In the bottom of the excava-
ton but you can do this
after the brickwork is COM
plete.
II you have never done
bricklaying, you will find 1t
a fascinating art and here
is q good place to start.
Bricklaying mortar is q mix
ture Of Portland cement, lime
and sand. You can buy this
ready mixed and add water
but It Is more economical to
buy the Increment mix and
add the sand, using one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
A Planter Needs a Base

Three will give the required
24-inch projection from the
house. The joints must be
staggered. Attempt to keep
the joints one-half inch wide,
which is standard.
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