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launched a cherry bomb fire.
cracker at the bathers.
The two friends who pulled
his body from the water
padded about the lake in a
canoe for 30 minutes yesterday
afternoon, re-creating for police
what they did that night.
On Second Dive
James K. Landlord, an Agri-
culture Department research
co-ordinator, showed the Of
ficers how he chased the boys
in his canoe for several hun
dred yards. Then he and Ralph
E. Spencer, an Agriculture De-
partment economist, retraced
the route they took in Lank-
ford's canoe when they started
looking for the missing Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26
DANGEROUSLY LIVE
Civil War Shells
Soaked for Sofety

cording to Army Sergt. Briggs
X. Stella, of the 57th Ordi-
nance Detachment at Fort
Belvoir. He said the shell, de-
signed to be fired by Union
cannon, can send shrapnel
over a "sure-death radius Of
10 feet"
Rare Find
Pvt. Black said that this and
a similar shell, a Is by 7-inch
augmentation projectile weigh
ing SO pounds, were very
rare"
Sergt. Sicialia said the small
projectile would be soaked for
two weeks to a month at TT.
Belvoir before attempts are
made TO deactivate 1t.
The long soak is necessary
because Of the high quality Of
black powder used by the
Northern forces, he said. AS
long as this powder is COM
pletely wet, 1t is inert. However
he said, If 1t then dries out. the
powder is much more suscepti-
BILE to shock.
The other shells have already
been deactivated. They will be
on exhibit in the museum OF
the Arlington Historical Society
at the old Hume School, in the
1900 block Of South Arlington
Ridge road.
Miss Rose said the shells
were exhibited once at the
Hecht Co. store in Arlington,
about three years ago. She said
the society, with voluntary
help, hopes to open the mu-
scum on a regular basis in the
fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26

in the huddIe
>. follow Lew Atchison's complete
coveroee Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26
BY KENNETH CAMPBELL
Star staff Writer


Some rare Civil War shells,
once exhibited at an Arlington
department store. were about
to become historical relics at a
local museum yesterday when
one shell was discovered to be
dangerously live. 1t was sent
to Fort Belyior for a bath.
Miss c. B. Rose, a past presi-
dent Of the Arlington Histori-
cal Society and a research
assistant for county manager
Bert Johnson, said that the
three Union shells were do
mated to the society by Mrs
Edna r. Horstman Of 274l
North Marcy road. She is a
descendant OF the Donaldson
family, which has owned the
North Marcy farm since Co.
lonial days.
The shells we're brought from
the Donaldson farm yesterday
morning to Miss Roses car
which was parked on the
county employees lot near the
Arlington Court House.
Oozing Powder
A half hour later, Miss Rose
said she saw one Of the shells
oozing black powder as 1t lay
on the floor in the back seat OF
her car.
County Police Pvt. H. s
Black, a weapons collector
said that the oozing powder
was beginning to liquefy anc
in a highly dangerous state"
The five by seven-inch shell
an eight-pound fermentation
projectile, is very lethal, &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26

Grimsley a few minutes later.
They pointed to a spot about
40 feet from shore where Mr..
Landlord yesterday said he
found the body on his second
dive from the canoe. Mr.. Lark
ford had previously told Of
ficers that he found the body
on his first dive.
The spot they indicated yes
terday was about 10 feet nearer
shore than police had been led
by earlier testimony to believe
In requestioning witnesses,
police also hope to clear up a
discrepancy in the testimony as
to when the youths launched
the cherry bomb. They told Of
ficers last week end that they
fired it toward the swimmers
as they were padding away
from the beach. Mr.. Landlord
said yesterday that their canoe
was approaching the beach
when the firecracker went off
In the first re-enactment
Wednesday, four teen-age life
guards from the beach rammed
canoe into a floating water
melon, to test a police theory
that Mr.. Grimsley may have
received his fatal head wounds
when struck by one of the
canoes.
Results in Dispute
DR.. William F. Enos, a path
ologist, said the canoe could
have caused the severe in
juries to Mr.. Grimsley's head.
County Medical Examiner
Claude E. Cooper disagreed.
After yesterdays restaging,
Mai. Durrer said the boat
piloted by Mr.. Landlord
couldn't have done 1t"
Detectives earlier this week
virtually cleared the four teen
ayers and Mr.. Landlord from
responsibility in the death. All
passed lie-detector examina-
tons, according to Mai. Durrer.
A full week of intensive police
work has failed to yield any
firm clues as to the source
of the blow that caused Mr..
GrimSley's death.
Mai. Durrer said yesterday
that in addition to requestion-
ing the 10 witnesses who were
on the beach, police also hope
to test the canoeing ability of
the four boys.
Two of the youths, aged is
to II, face juvenile charges for
exploding illegal fireworks. The
other two have also been put
under jurisdiction Of the
County Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26
Film on Anturctico

1t. Cmdr. Douglas w. Madi-
son, public information officer
Of the United States Naval
Support Force. Antarctica, will
present a film talk entitled
Portrait of Antarctica" at a
luncheon meeting Of the Ser
toma Club OF Washington In
the Willard Hotel at 1915 pm.
Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26
PorIey Called
On Pickets at
Auto Firm

Representatives of Royal Mo.
tors and CORE will meet to-
night to negotiate the removal
of pickets from the front Of
the auto agency's salesrooms al
4l00 Georgia avenue NV.
I'VE are willing to correct
any wrongdoing," said Joseph
r. Myers, the firms general
manager. I'VE want to help our
business and the program OF
CORE as we'll"
Julius Hobson, chairman OF
Washington CORE, said mem
bers of the civil rights organi-
cation will picket the firm dur
ing the meeting.
Royal Motors became the tar
get of CORE pickets last Sat-
urday, Mr.. HobSon said, be-
cause I'VE were unable to see
any Negro sales people working
there" and because the agency
did not answer a CORE letter
asking for a conference about
Royals employment practices.
Mr.. Myers said Royals SO
employees include II Negroes,
three new-car statesmen and IA
in the parts and service de-
partment. OF these IA, six are
mechanics, one supervises the
new-car make-ready depart
ment, one is a crane operator.
one is assistant to the parts
department manager and five
work in unSkilled jobs, he said.
Mr.. Myers said the firm had
no record Of having received
CORES letter.
Mr.. Hobson said a letter from
Royal Motors yesterday ex-
planning the company's en-
ployment picture Impressed
us, but we were not impressed
after an inspection tour"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26
Democratic Meeting

The Fairfax County Demo-
cratic Committee will meet at
the County Court House at
$3.50 pm. Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ruff
ner Of 1900 st. Clair Drive,
NARROW Heights, Md, cele-
brated their 5Oth wedding
anniversary recently. Mr..
Ruffner is retired from the
d. C. Fire Department. The
couple has four children
and IL grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-26
REDSKINS FOOTBALL
The Stur

This week, the Washington Redskins
ore opening preseason training at their
new comp in Carlisle, Po Right on their
heels Is The Stor's veteran football
expert, Lew Atchison, giving you on
authoritative look at the team in action.
His reports on The Stor's Sports Poees
will onoIyze the Redskins efforts to get
into the thick of the NIL Eastern
Championship roee.
You're in on the huddls every time with Lew
Atehisons complete eOveruSs Of REDSKINS FOOT
BALL on the Sports Posss Of The Washington stur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

Tomorrow: Reducing.
CBell-Meclurs syndieate)
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sion. Add them all I'D or sub
tract some Of them, and there
Is the cause Of the neuroSis.
The rem edy must come
from the viii to fight in the
patient himself. Nevertheless,
the doctor must be there al
ways willing to help and en-
courage. Sometimes the pa
tents family doctor needs the
advice Of a psychiatriSt in
helping the frightened patient.
There's a condition c allied
Representation" Gin which
the patient signs a lot,
breath e S too fast and too
deeply which causes extreme
nervousness and palpitation.
Often the patient improves
rapidly when this phenomenon
is explained to him.
As I see it, Mrs. S., your
first job is to accept your doc
tors diagnosis and be thank
full you do not have heart
disease. Listen to his advice,
take the necessary medica-
tons he prescribes and have
faith that you will never lack
for oxygen. The time will
come when breathing will be
easy again.
Tomorrow: Reducing.
Bell-Meclurs syndieate)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Psychoneurosis
Often certifying
: BY DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

AS easy as breathing? Non
sense. Sometimes 1t can be a
terribly trying procedure.
Most of us aren't even aware
Of the intake and outgo Of air.
However, there are thousands
of Americans who 60 through
life saying they can't take a
satisfactory breath. AS a re-
suit, they fear they have
heart trouble or something
else wrong.
LIFE FOR THEM becomes
mere existence rather than
living. For example:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: l have
quite a problem. / suffer from
shortneSS of breath. l have to
try and try until l finally get
a deep breath. In the mean
time, / feel weak, cold, and
can hardly walk. l went to
a heart specialist three years
ago. He took an electrocardio-
gram and examined me. He
found nothing wrong. Can that
be possible? He gave me
some sedativeS and tranquil
izers. One time while in his
office l talked with my husband
and felt faint. l had shortness
of breath and could hardly
think. l screamed for oxygen.
The ambulance got there Just
in time. This has happened
quite often.
l also get a choking sensa-
ton. l have to gasp for a deep
breath. At night, just as l am
about to fall asleep, 1 feel my
heart skip. Then l have to get
out of bed and walk up and
down until / get that long,
deep breath that ! need.
This has been going on for
years. It's not my magma
ton, believe me. Sometimes /
may be on a bus or car and
have to get right out and walk
to try to get a deep breath.
When / explain this to people
they don't seem to understand
or b elieve me. Can you
help?-Mrs. S.
ICAN ONLY GUESS, but a
good bet is that you are suf-
fering from what we call an
anxiety state or psychOneurO-
sis. / repeat, this is only a
guess. But your symptoms
call to mind hundreds Of pa
tents like yourself whom l
have treated over the years.
And let me say right off, it's
not imagination. (Send for my
leaflet, Maybe Your Heart
Troubles Imaginary.")
Write me in care OF The
Star and incloSe IS cents and
a stamped, Selt-GddreSSed en-
Uelope.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU suffer
the tortures of the damned.
Many's the night l have
popped out of bed in answer
to what the telephone voice
said was a heart attack. I'd
get there, and find the pa
tent - eyes wide with fear
a n d breathing laboriously-
sitting up in bed and saying,
Doctor, I'm dying. l can't
catch my breath" I'd give
reinsurance and a sedative
and within minutes the pa
tient would quiet down. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
ON THE SIDE
'Steel-TroP' Minds
vs.. EIectronic Brain

suspicious, of course, but en-
bezzlement isn't a charge to
be made lightly.
The m a ma er purSed his
Gps-a not inappropriate ex-
preston for a banker-and
said: "See here. Your correct
number is two-two-zero-eight-
space XII -twO-Six-Space-three
fOur-one-Six-M."
What's the difference?"
'The difference is greater
than you realize. You forgot
the dash between three-four-
one-six-zero and NJ. It's the
sort Of thing that drives COM
puterS crazy. Your deposits
undoubtedly were credited to
account number two-two-zero-
eight-Space-XL-two-Six-sp a c E.
two-four-one-six-M instead Of
twO-two-z e r o-eight-Space-XL-
dash-M. We can't expect the
machine to be any more &C
curate than the data we feed
it, now can WEI"
It was all too plain that I'd
lost face with him. In his
steel-trap mind, l was an ogre
who goes around feeding false
data to innocent young COM
puterS, thereby driving them
insane. / had my $50, but l
knew l could never do bust
ness with this bank again.
Both the manager and the
machine had lost confidence
in me.
So l crawled to another
bank and transferred my &C
count. This bank has automa-
tic bookkeeping, too, but it
provid e S deposit slips and
checks with your a ccount
number printed on them. At
least, / won't have to copy my
new mum b er-three-three-
space-zero-eight-s e v e mime
dash-DC-f o u r-five-X-three-
three - space - MI - every
time l make a deposit or write
a check. The saving on ink
alone, not to mention my self
respect, should make the
change worth while.
Steel-Trap Solution
A friend of mine was star
tied to find that his telephone
bill, instead of showing the
usual monthly charge, gave
him a credit of $50. With his
next check, he incloSed a let
ter calling attention to the err
ror.
But his bills continued to
credit him with $50. Finally,
after four phone calls and
three more letters, he took a
day off from work and went
to see the credit manager.
This could have gone on
forever" the manager said.
Somehow, the computer was
fed the wrong data. But once
it makes an error, you can't
correct it. Wen just have to
close your old account and
open a new one"
The third steel-trap mind
would have dealt differently
with that particular electronic
brain. "You should have de-
manded the $50 in cash." was
his ready comment. "That
way, the company would have
saved the costs Of killing one
account and setting up anoth-
er, and you'd have gotten
something for all your trou-
ble."
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DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: l am a jun
ior in high school, but quite
mature for my age. A good
friend of the family, who is 40
and married, has taken an in
terest in me. He said, IF
there is anything you want to
know about the facts Of life or
anything you want to confide,
come to me b e auSe you
wouldn't want to 60 to your
parents with things like that
would your" He's right. There
are some things l wouldn't
60 to my parents with. There
are a few things l would like
to know more about. Should l
confide in him?
QUESTIONS
No. In my opinion this family
friend is out of line. A young
girl should cOnfide in her
parents. The best thing you
can develop between this man
and yourself is distance.
+ x
DEAR ABBY: My son is in
Germany and has been there
for five months. He got a
Dear John letter" from this
girl in our home town who
had promised him she'd wait
forever" We, being in the
same town, knew she was
writing our son this letter and
we worried for fear he would
take it very hard. We worried
in vain. We heard that he put
her picture up on the bulletin
board with her name and ad-
QreSS unoer II, and across the
top he printed AVAILABLE.
Now she is mad at all of us
because she got six letters
from soldiers in his outfit.
CASEYVILLE, ILL.
= 4 4 4
DEAR ABBY: Would you
kindly inform me as to how
soon a bride is expected to
get her thank-you notes out for
her wedding gifts? l was mar
ried three months ago. Over
700 people attended our we'd
ding. We went on a two-week
honeymoon, but the day after
we returned l started back to
work again. / have a five
room apartment to take care
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Ask Parents, Sis,
Skip the Friend
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

~ SNSAS" WV
of, so you know l am not just
sitting around doing nothing.
My m o t h e r-in-law told my
husband that if l didn't hurry
up and get those thank-you
notes out, she would offer to
do it for me. I'd like your
opinion of how guilty Of negi-
gence you think l am.
VERY BUSY
Very! You S hOuld have
started writing your thank
you notes the day after you
returned from your wedding
trip-if you had to burn the
midnight oil while doing it.
CdcNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

a days work. Impressed by
her dignity and her brave
front, be offered to put in a
good word for her.
please, you mustn't do
that" she protested.
But Durante was already on
his way to the front office.
Only when he was about to
enter did it suddenly hit him
that the lady was Ethel Barry
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
ON THE SIDE
By PHILIP H. LOVE

Among your relatives,
friends and acquaintance,
there is almost certain to be
at least one person who is
said to have "a mind like a
steel trap" l happen to know
three people with steel-trap
mindS-one of them, surpris-
ingly enough, a beautiful
woman.
She's so beautiful, In fact,
that | never suspected her of
having that sort of mind until
another woman told me. It
was an unfortunate piece of
intelligence b because now,
whenever I'm with the lady, l
keep wondering what's really
going on in that lovely head.
Once, / could have sworn |
heard a distinct clanking as
she talked. But, as my wife
explained later, the brighten
ing sound was made by a bra
celet with several huge
charms dangling from it.
BOthersOme Question
A question that's beginning
to bother me as / read more
and more about automation
is: How are these people with
steel-trap minds going to fare
when the electronic brain
takes over completely?
Electronic devices of one
kind or another are being
used even now to open and
close doors, turn lights and
appliances off and on, set
type, and h andle payrollS,
bank accounts and billing OPP
erations. Can they also be
made to spring Steel-trap
minds?
My bank recently installed
an electronic boo k-keeping
system, and the first state
ment l received thereafter ig-
nored two deposits totaling
$50. The manager is one of
the two other people / know
who have steel-trap minds.
THE machine can't make a
mistake" he snapped. "The
human mind can. Maybe you
only thought you made those
deposits"
maybe l only think these
are receipts" l retorted. "But
to my human eye they look
like receipted carbon copies
of deposit slips. One shows
$50, the other $780,"
He glanced at the slips and
demanded, whats your &C.
count number"
l fished into nv pocket for
my numbers book. This is a
little black notebook in which
l keep, for more or less ready
reference, the myriad Of num-
bers by which l live: Social
security, insurance policies,
automobile (engine, S erial,
title, tag, driv S permit,
AAA), club memberships,
charge accounts, credit cards,
etc., etc. Finally, near the
bottom of the third page, be-
tween the sizes of various
things worn by my wife and
my new and growing list Of
ZIP numbers, / found it.
A mere glance told the
manager why l hadn't been
credited with the $3.50. It had
taken me three nights Of solid
work to discover the shortage,
and / still didn't know how it
had come about. l had my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
MEMORY: Jimmy Durante

MEMORY: Jimmy Durante
has q poor memory for faces.
One day In Hollywood, as he
was strolling about the lot be-
tween scenes, be was stopped
by an elderly lady who was
seated on a bench. Her clothes
were shabby and the frayed
black shawl draped about her
shoulders added to her pathetic
appearance.
''Mr. Durante," she said
hushly, reaching for his
hand, 81 think you're wonder
full"
Touched, Durante sat down
beside her and chatted with
her for q while. She was OBJ
viously an extra who needed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
LONG Living Women

ATHENS (AP). - Women
In Greece live longer than
men. Men outnumber women
up to the age of "a. But above
the age Of "a there are more
Greek women than men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Texas Thinks Bio

HOUSTON, Tex. (AP).-A
sign In the window Of q local
furniture store proclaimed:
use our e asy-payment
plan: 100 per cent down and
nothing else to pay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

heart would be perfectly all
right.
The reason these symptoms
latch on for years is that the
patient remains nervous. It's
the doctors job to discover
what is causing the trouble.
Not an easy job, l assure you.
1t may be that family trouble
is at the bottom of it. Perhaps
financial problems. Love.
Hate. Resentment. Fear. Ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14

A Spring vacation In Britain
makes delightful sense.
The countryside is a riot Of flow
ers. Spectacles, shows and festivals
are In full swing. And many prices
are actually reduced.
Here are a few facts to set you
thinking and planning.
s2.oo buys a good seat at London's
theatres. For IS cents you can see
Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-
Avon, where the season begins early
in April.
$2.S2 gets you the best seat at the
Royal Windsor Horse Show. For 10
cents, you can browse around the
Chelsea Antiques Fair in London.
And IS cents is the average price Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14
HEAR A HAPPY SURVIVOR
Drive Yourself in Europe

There are no speed limits on
the open road in Europe, but
don't let that frighten you;
you're no more likely to see a
car going 80 miles an hour
there than you are here.
The thought Of driving on
the left in Great Britain strikes
terror into many American
hearts. but 1t needn't. It's easy
to get used to, and the only
real problem is passing q truck
or bus on O two-lane highway,
because it's harder to see the
road ahead from q left-hand
drivers seat.
The major menace I encoun-
tered on the road In Europe
had nothing to do either with
speed or with driving on the
left: 1t was the French driver
after dark. French cars are re-
quired by law to be fitted with
q m Der colored headlights,
which means, inevitably, that
French drivers expect everybody
else to have them too.
II you don't have amber
lights, the driver you're meeting
viii signal his displeasure un-
til he's thoroughly convinced
that you've given him the dim
NEST light you've got, after
which he'll bide his time until
it's too late for you to retaliate,
then throw his bright lights In
your face as he speeds past.
This happened to me with
exasperating regularity, and the
only solution ! could think Of
was to stay off the highways
after dark. There's no problem
In towns, where you drive with
parking lights and use head
lights only to warn other driv-
ers and pedestrians: that's the
same in other European coun-
tires.
The price Of gasoline in Eu-
rope is a major item, and q
traumatic shock for an Ameri-
can. Premium gas costs about
S. cents an American gallon
In Britain and--steady now -
about IS cents In France and
Italy. France and Italy issue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14
TruveI Club Sets
WILLIAMSBURG Tour

The United Travel Club has
scheduled q two-day trip to
Williamsburg and jamestown
for members and guests next
week end.
A motorcoach will leave
railways here at . am. Sat-
urday,. arriving In jamestown
for lunch. Saturday night viii
be spent In Williamsburg and
q Sunday tour is scheduled with
return to Washington Sunday
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14

village as the fancy takes you.
$500 a week Is all Il costs to rent
a car. This includes insurance, and
there's no mileage charge. Bus trav-
el Is 2 cents a mile. Economy train
travel Is 80 cents per mile. Or you
can buy a special Guest Passover
days Of unlimited train travel for
only 5000. Get one from your
travel agent before you leave.
Free New s6-page booklet, 'Inns
Of Britain" which includes details
on costs, accommodations. and a
helpful map showing where to find
the contest inns. Pore over II, then
call your travel agent.