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Evening star., 1963-03-18
ON THE SIDE
Were You Ever Lost
In q Supermorket?

down, up and down--if only
President Kennedy could have
seen mel I must have
trudged at least so miles, but
still no meat counter. And
all this walking was done,
mind, at considerable risk to
life and limb as determined
housewives armed with shop
ping carts bore down on me
from all directions. One
unit Of this panzer division
ran over my left foot, an
other scraped my right knee,
still another snagged my
top coat and dragged me all
the way from canned apricots
to frozen zwieback before I
was able to break free.
Everything But Lard
Finally, I discovered a row
Of freezers along q wall in
what must have been the
next county. Surely, /
thought, the lard win be
But no. There were cheeses,
milk, cream, eggs, picked
herring, pizza, but no lard.
In the next freezer, ! found
vegetables, TV dinners, ready
to-bake rolls and buns, sea-
food, but no lard. IN the
meat freezer there were all
kinds Of steaks, roasts, chops.
ground beef, bacon, scrapple.
pudding, but no lard. The
meats had all been cut and
packaged in some hintefland.
and If you wanted a steak.
say, you took one Of the pack
ages without being able 20
tell for sure how thick II was
or If the suet was with 1t.
I had just about concluded
that grocery stores no longer
sell lard-that maybe I'd bet
ter try a drug store-when !
discovered q little window
and a sign which said, Ring
bell for service"
I rang-desperately.
Success at Last
The window slid open and
a white-clad woman ap-
peared.
do you sell lardP" I
asked.
"Of course" was the an
swer. "About the middle Of
the fourth aisle, just beyond
the hydrogenated shorten
ings."
She looked disguised. I
was.
Sure enough. the lard was
where she said it would be,
and after a few minutes wait
in one of the check-out lines,
I paid for 1t and escaped.
The experience had a pro-
found effect on me. 1t made
me forget to collect the quar-
ter from my wife.
Evening star., 1963-03-18
BY DAVID BRAATEN
Star Staff Writer

The New Frontier has just
chalked up another dazzling
first in It's relations with the
press.
The inventors Of managed
news, muzzled sources and the
subscription cancellation have
now introduced the no-news
bulletin, or non-announce-
ment.
The Presidents Council on
Physical Fitness must be given
credit for the first use Of the
new device. 1t issued q press
release titled. "A Statement
Regarding National Fitness
Week." which states:
1T has been decided that
there will be no proclamation
SetClng aSlue u NaJlonal r1J-
ness Week this year."
The release then goes on, ir
81 well-chosen words, TO ex-
plain WHY there will be ne
proclamation setting aside
National Fitness Week thi'
year.
This, Of course, represents 9
communications breakthrougf
OF STAGGERING g implications
Think Of i'll Now that the Fed
eral Government. the greatest
single source Of press release
in the universe, has shown the
way, private industry anc
Evening star., 1963-03-18

II you're q chess-playing
patriot with an urge to show
those Russians" you'll get
your chance beginning to-
morrow in The Star.
A match conducted by cable
between two top men from
opposite sides Of the Iron
Curtain will start and the
reader will have an oppor-
tunity to match his wits
against the defender Of Red
honor on the board.
Playing the principal match
will be George Koltanowski OF
the United States and Paul
Keres of the USSR. Their
play will be diagrammed each
Tuesday, Thursday and SUM-
day in The Star until the
match is concluded.
Mr.. Koltanowski is an in
ternational chess master who
held the Belgian chess cham
pionship at the age Of II. He
also holds the title Of World
Blindfold Chess Champion,
was q member Of the 1852
United States olympic chess
team and has been tourna-
ment director Of the United
States Chess Open for the
last seven years.
His opponent, Mr.. Keres,
halls from Tallin, Estonia,
and is rated among the
worlds three best players.
A Russian grand master. he
Evening star., 1963-03-18
Keith WiIIinshom
BY Bob Donovon
BY WoIt Disney

Sok gave him a list. Mac
asked Sok when he was 60
ing back.
/" 'Me2 Never said Sok.
They'd kill me. And with
reasonl he added.
when he left, Mac tore
UP the list"
ADVANCED: While staging
q play for Broadway. George
8. Kaufman was having diff
ficulty with the obnoxious
child actor Of seven who was
playing one Of the roles.
During one rehearsal,
Kaufman raised his voice
ever so slightly 10 the little
tyrant. Instantly, the child's
mother pounced on him.
you mustn't speak TO him
like that" she corrected.
Cant you see he's advanced
for his age"
"Yes. / see" agreed Kauf-
man. Hes as obnoxious as
a l2-year-old."
Evening star., 1963-03-18
Chess Match Starts
Tomorrow in Star

has been playing In inter-
national chess tournaments
since 1884. and has won from
such famous PLAYERS as Ale-.
kline. Capablanca. Reshev-
sky and Fine.
To give The Stars readers
q crack at one Of the best
the Soviets have to offer, the
series will be presented in
such q way that YOU may
play" against Keres.
From gambit to checkmate.
each article will print a dia-
gram showing Keres' latest
move. Readers can then mail
in a postcard giving the coun-
tering move they would make
If they were Koltanowski. The
cards for each move must be
postmarked before noon fol-
lowing the day of publication
of the Russians latest move.
The match win be going on
while the articles are being
printed and when 1t ends in
some eight to 10 weeks, Star
readers who have played will
be scored on the moves they
have sent in. A scale he ) been
established Of 4 points for q
top move, 3 for q good one,
2 for an acceptable one and
! for any other.
Players who make the
highest rankings In the
Washington area will be
awarded prizes of chess books
and magnetic chess boards.
Evening star., 1963-03-18
Chemical Society
Honors 9 in Area

Nine outstanding juniors
from area colleges have been
honoreG by the Chemical Soci-
ETY. Of Washington. :
Elected TO student member
ship In the society for scholass
tic achievement. leadership and
future promise in chemistry
we're. >
Nilde q. Krieghoff, Columbia
Union College; Robert Tuchsg
University Of Maryland: VIII
liam j. Logan. Howard Univer-
sity; Maureen Harris, Geored
Washington. University; Ruth
Woerner, Trinity College; Re-
gina Puryear, Dumbarton Coll,
lege; Martin X. o. Llndemannf
American College; Virginia.
Aandahl. Catholic University
and Joseph English, Georges
town University.
Evening star., 1963-03-18
Ry PHTLR n. LOVE

Until the other day, I
hadn't been in o grocery
store for years. Then my
wife-who should have known
better-asked me to stop by
q supermarket on my way
home from the office and
pick up an item she had for
gotten to get.
"It viii take only q few
minutes" she assured me.
"I'll give you the money when
you get home"
Perhaps I should explain
that my wife long ago for
bade me to shop for groceries
because, as she pointed out
at the time, You're not to
be trusted. You buy every
thing in sight" And, I must
admit. there was q certain
amount Of justice-and even
q mite Of wisdom--in her
indictment.
Gadget Collection
She has never been able
to keep me out of 5-and-10-
cent stores, however-and, as
Q result, the Loves have what
must be the largest collec-
ton of useless gadgets in all
Christendom.
Anyway. the last time I
broke loose in q grocery store,
shopping was simple. You
just asked the clerk for what
you wanted; he got 1t for you,
put 1t in q bag, rang up your
money, and that was that.
At the meat counter, you
could see the beef, lamb.
pork, veal and other delights
on display. and you could
tell the man, II want q
steak off that sirloin there
about two inches thick,
please-and throw in the
suet." Huge bolognas hung
from hooks on the wall, to
be sliced to order, and there
was q mammoth cheese on
the cutting block, ready to be
carved any way you wished.
Long Hike
But the supermarket to
which my wife sent me
wasn't like that at all. 1t
was q vast place, bigger than
10 ordinary grocery stores
put together. and almost as
crowded as Times Square on
New Years eve.
All my wife wanted was a
pound Of lard. 1t might just
as well have been an ounce
of uranium.
The last time I bought
lard, I Just walked up to the
meat counter and asked for
1t. But in this store, there
were no counters - just
shelves and freezers.
I hiked up one long aisle
and down another. UP and
Evening star., 1963-03-18

resolve to say: Go see your
doctor as soon as you can.
My guess is that you are sufs
fering from such-and-such ..
disease"
Call me DR.. Buttinski II
you will. I wish / had the
courage to deserve that name.
FROM THE merican,
Academy Of Pediatrics I have
Just received a news release
which calls attention to the
dangers Of fatal poisoning in
young children from SUBJ
stances not ordinarily con-
sidered poisonous. =
It tells of q 2Ia-year-od
who found a fifth Of bour-
bon and drank most Of It.
He soon became unconscious.
At the hospital, examination
Of his blood showed a dan
gerously high percentage Of
alcohol. He was really dead
drunk" ss
The doctors performed an
exchange TRANSMISSION Of
about five pints Of blood, and
after IA hours of coma he re-
vived. He had a monumental
hangover for a few days and
recovered. In partial sum-
mary the pediatricians re-
port: This is a prime ex-
ample Of nearly fatal poison
ing from q substance that
most parents probably do not
regard as q poison"
Tommorov: Emotion.
CBell Syndicate Featured
Evening star., 1963-03-18
STOP KILLING YOURSELF
A DR.. Buttinski'
Needs Courage
. BY pR. PETER }. STEINcRoHN

People sometimes still use
the old slang phrase: Don't
be a Buttinski" If they think
you are trespassing on their
private affairs.
I often wish we doctors
had the courage and the
moral right to be DR.. But
tinskis. But like others who
have learned to mind their
own business, we keep quiet
even when the stakes are life
or death.
FOR EXAMPLE, recently I
was sitting in front of a man
and woman on a bus. The
man said, These pains across
my chest have been getting
worse. Whenever ! walk a
block or two I actually have
to stop for a few minutes
before I can go on walking
again"
I wanted to turn around
and say, II am a doctor and
your symptoms are Quite like
those Of angina pectoris. Bet
ter see your doctor as soon
as you can" But / didn't and
1t still bothers me; even
though I was asked by q
stranger some years ago un-
der similar circumstances, not
to be a Buttinski.
Yesterday, I saw coming
towards me on q downtown
street a man who had a sore
on his cheek which looked
unmistakably like skin cam
Ger. I was tempted to stop
him and advise him, but ]
didn't.
Across the aisle from me
on a recent plane trip OF New
York sat a man, fift7ish, who
coughed almost continually
for about two hours. He
breathed and acted like a
man with chronic emphyse-
ma. Yet he lit cigarette after
cigarette. He puffed d and
coughed In alienation, and
all / could do was sit and
wonder about the diverse
ways man finds to slowly kill
himself. II / had edged over
and said that / was q doc
tor and that 1t might make
good sense for him to smoke
less, he looked Just the type
TO denounce me as a But
tinski.
I believe we doctors might
save thousands Of lives year.
ly by being WI ing to butt In
when we recognized illness
on the bus, In the street. or
elsewhere.
The next time / see mani
fest illness in a passerby. !
Evening star., 1963-03-18
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: The woman
who signed herself OUT
RACED" was right, and you,
Dear Abby, we're wrong. She
was outraged" bcca,Je three
women she knew were knock
ing themselves out working
in a church basement, try
ing to appear benevolent,
while their own mothers were
living out their years in a
nursing home. Why defend
people who leave their aging
parents in care Of strangers?
Nursing homes are full Of
lonely old parents whose self
ish children want only to for
get them.
ALSO OUTRAGED.
= 4
DEAR ABBY: That letter
from Outraged" enraged me.
Has Outraged" ever had TO
cope with a senile parent?
Has she ever tried to care
for someone who had lost
control of his bodily func-
tions? Has she ever lived in
constant fear that the aged
guest in her home would
light q cigarette, forget 1t,
and set fire to himself and
to the house2 Placing one In
a nursing home is expensive.
1t would be a blessing to the
senile one as wen as to the
fanny. We can't afford 1t.
And II we could, the LAST
thing I'd worry about is what
people would say:
BURNING.
NA
DEAR ABBY: ! believe 1t
was Divine Providence that
the evening I returned home
from having placed my dear
mother in a nursing home I
read that item in your col
umn in which you said. II
Evening star., 1963-03-18
Debate Develops
On Old Mothers
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

cannot know all the reasons
daughters place their moth
ers in nursing homes, and
neither can you. Judge not
lest We be judged" Abby, that
meant so much to me. My
chief concern was what 9TH
ers might think Of me. +
could never give my mother
the medical care in my own
home that she required. It
was q kindness to put her
In a home. Bless you for lift-
ing the burden Of gull from
my shoulders.
FEEL BETTER.
Aa
DEAR ABBY: I would like
to ask Outraged" who she
thinks looks after the ex-,
pense Of caring for aged par
ents in nursing homes? If the.
professional care they get is
not caring" for parents.
what is? My husband has
had his mother In q home for
18 years. She is FIR happier,
and better cared for thers
than she could be in the
homes Of any Of her chill
dren.
OFF MY CHEST. 7
DEAR ABBY: Children are
obligated to care for their.
parents when they are tool
old to care for themselves
just as parents are obligated
to care for their children
when they are too young to
care for themselves. -
TALMUD STUDENT. J I;
=
Stop worrying. Write to.
Abby I'm care of The EUenings
Star. For a personal reply;
inclose a self addressed, I
stamped envelope.
= CMcNaught Syndicate. Inco
Evening star., 1963-03-18
FAMOUS FABLES

NAMES: Some years back.
author ]. p. McEvoy was sent
TO the Orient on a writing
assignment. felates Frank
Scully In THE Gay Knight"
Knowing that colrmnist
George e. Sokolsky had spent
years in China, Mac asked
him for names Of people he
might see In that country.
Evening star., 1963-03-18

back in French the bond
would be s25 and he could
put 1t up and be assured Of
q fair trial In this hick town.
They put Up bond and drove
away. II looked like they
we're glad TO get going.
"Oh. yes, they forfeited the
bond"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
Navy Seeks Negroes,
Selected Officer Saws

Comdr. Thompson, now at
tached to the Bureau Of Naval
Personnel here. is part Of q
team Of white and Negro Of
ficers who have been breaking
ground with educators Of pre-
dominantly Negro colleges.
I'VE feel 1t is necessary To
talk to the educators" Comdr
Thompson said. Some Of them
had pretty raw experiences in
the last war"
The next step, he indicated
would be to follow up with
direct recruiting efforts among
Negro college men.
He stressed there are no ra-
cial quotas, that the Navy
needs good officers and con-
siders Negro college men an
untapped source.
Comdr. Thompson, q 10-year
Navy veteran, said he has en-
countered more prejudice out
side the Navy than in the
service.
Housing Was Problem
Trying to find a house in
Newport was something of a
problem" he said, but we
finally managed all right"
Comdr. Thompson said he
has had only the briefeSt con-
tact with Comdr. Gravely but
hopes to get to know the older
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27

volved in scientific activities
presenting information on theil
organization and program con,
tent for science.
The White House rates thu
leadoff spot. while the Ma.
tiOnal Acadmy Of Sciences
runs anchor presumably be.
ceuse the latter Is still only 9
"quasi-of agency" ever
though q real hot-shot in sci.
ence. Congressional committees
on science rate almost five
pages, Just to list their names.
Chief Cites Growth
DR.. Alan T. Waterman, chief
of NSF, says in q foreword:
Prom q comparatively small
scale, loosely knit effort prior
to World War II, the Federal
scientific program has evolved
into one that is large in size,
highly organized and elabor-
ately programmed"
The Government contributes
IS per cent Of all national ex-
penditures in support Of scien-
tific research and Development
at SIS billion in
1872. almost three times the
1884 national level Of $50
billion.
From this book you may also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27

| puDilChUlOIlS 1lhc AN EOAluOAOAl
photography - q Russian
English Glossary. that the
Smithsonian Institution spon-
sors "moonwatch" teams in %
countries?
If not, you may want a copy
of a new opus just published
by the National Science Foun-
jdation, Federal Organization
for Scientific Activities, 1882
Some 900 pages long, and
costing $3.50, the volume. avail
able at the Government Print
ing Office, Is described by the
Science Foundation as "a major
effort to answer the need for
information on the organiza-
ton Of the Governments
MANIFOLD activities. -"
Most Comprehensive"
And, the foundation proudly
adds:
This is the most compre-
hensive record of Government
scientific organization since
NSF's previous publication on
the same subject. dated 1856.
Its nearly doubled size reflects
both its expanded coverage and
the growth Of Federal scientific
since that time"
The book gives data on 40
Federal agencies, with numer-
Gus subdivisions, that are in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27

officer better when both are
attending courses at the War
College.
Like Comdr. Gravely, Comdr,
Thompson entered the regular
Navy through the reserve. This
was in 1858, after he had grad
uated from UCLA as an
English major.
A member Of UCLA's boxing
team in his college days.
Comdr. Thompson now plays
cricket in the summer-a game
he learned from his West
Indian father. He also is a
hi-fi addict and a sports car
enthusiast.
Married to the former Wilita
Glover Of Los Angeles, Comdr.
Thompson has three children,
all daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27

learn-or at least be reminded
that:
The Governments scientific
activities range from 1.-THE Di-
vision of Color and Costmetics'
of the Health and Welfare De-
partment to the Bureau Of
Sports Fisheries and wildlife'
Of Interior ;.
The Defense Departments
Advanced Research Projects
Agency rides herd on such prof.
ects as "agile." That's a project
ITO improve the combat capa-
bilities Of indigenous troops en-
gagged in conference.-the war
fare in underdeveloped areas"
Project "Pontus" deals with
missiles, while Principal" con-
Germs rocket propellants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
BY the Associated Press

One Of the first two Negro
officers tapped for the Naval
War College says the Navy
wants to attract qualified
Negroes into its officer corps.
But 1t. Comdr. George I.
Thompson Of Los Angeles indi-
Gated the going is slow, APP
parently because Of past history
in which Negroes did not fare
too we'll.
"It's as If we had the door
shut for 180-odd years." he told
q reporter yesterday. Were
trying to convince them the
door is open"
Comdr. Thompson, a 34-year-
old UCLA graduate concen-
trating on officer recruitment,
has been picked to attend a
course at the Naval War College
in Newport, r. L. starting next
fall.
Most Promising Picked
The other Negro officer
chosen for the War College is
40-year-old Comdr. Samuel l..
Gravely, jr.. highest ranking
Negro in the regular Navy.
Comdr. Gravely is skipper of
the escort vessel Falgout, based
at Pearl Harbor.
Only the most promising Of
the Nays officers are picked
for the War College, where they
are groomed for bigger things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
Retirees Refuse
To Coll ItQuits

LINDEN, N. ]. (AP).-Mem-
bers of the Retired Mems Club
may be retired from their for
mer jobs. but they certainly
haven't retired from work.
Refurbishing used toys to
give needy children at Christ
mas is one Of the many volun-
teer projects Of the group.
Members collected two bushel
baskets Of discarded eyeglasses
and jewelry for the New Eyes
for the Needy Foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
Agile Moonwotchinq?
Science Register Tells
ny the Associated Presn

Do you feel you're thoroughly acquainted with such Gov
eminent institutions the Armys Institute Heradry?"
Are all squared away projects Pcnus" Principal"
and "Agile?"
Do you that the Bureau of Public Roads employs
three psychologists that the Library Of Congress prepares
Evening star., 1963-01-09

a st. Johns victory in this
game were considered. From
the opinions expressed by a
number of persons interviewed
during this investigation, this
factor had a bearing on the
events that happened after the
game as will be shown later on
in this report.
"The police detail inside the
stadium was accordingly in
creased by twenty (20) Off
GERS over that detailed in 1861.
There were 81 officers detailed
inside the stadium, 10 were sta
toned outside at entrances and
walkwayS. Four (4) additional
officers were brought in from
the foot patrol of the fifth pre-
cinct. In addition there were
80 police officers assigned to
traffic control.
Police reported fourteen C14
adult arrests made in connec-
ton with the game and its
aftermath. Six (6) of these
arrests were made during the
game, three for intoxication
and three for disorderly con-
duct. Seven Cd persons were
arrested on the street after
the game. One juvenile was ar
rested for throwing stones at
automobiles. He stated he did
so because he was angry over
Eastern losing the game. All
OF the persons arrested, except
one, were Negroes.
Evening star., 1963-01-09
Tension Rises

Another segment OF the po-
lice report states: After the
melee on the field the specta-
tors in the Eastern High
School section became restless
and noisy, and tension APP
peared TO increase. Fights in
the stands increased and
police officers had TO restrain
some persons from going onto
the field"
Officers stationed at the
Eastern stands reported that
a few seconds before the game
ended, the fans started a
"countdown" and there we're
cries Of Lets fight" and
Let's get them"
Continuing with the police
report, an eyaluation OF sum-
maries submitted by 242 police
officials, II states.
Immediately after the game
was over there was a rush Of
several thousands Of persons
from the Eastern stands to-
ward the ST. Johns stands.
Officers reported II was physi-
cally impossible TO stem the
rush. Police officers were or
dered 10 escort the st. Johns
team and band off the field
Other officers proceeded 10
exits and ramps where nu.
Evening star., 1963-01-09

merous attacks were taking
place.
Many officers reported at
tacks on white persons by
Negroes in and out of the
stadium and seeing a number
of white persons injured. They
stated, in a number Of cases,
that they went to the assist
ance Of the injured persons.
They repeatedly stressed the
difficulty Of identifying the
assailants and the fact that
one assault after another oc-
Cured with the assailants dis
appearing into the crowd. The
officers concentrated on assist
ing the injured and dispensing
the crowds.
Bottles and debris were
thrown at the st. Johns band
and at several police officers.
Officers reported that a large
number of persons exited at
Gate E on the north side of the
stadium. The crowd was yelling,
cursing and generally in wild
disorder. Three priests, as yet
unidentified, were assaulted by
a group of Negroes. One priest
was bleeding about the face or
head. There were reports of un-
provoked attacks on white per-
sons by Negroes. The attacks in
this area extended to Parking
Lot 7 located north of the