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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

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tastelessness unknown since
the days of the Pharaohs."
Said the magazine Jubilee, q
Catholic monthly, in 1850:
1.-THE industry has been NOV
ing steadily beyond the reach
of satire"
High Cost Of Dying
The industry" referred to
Is, Of course, the increasingly
beleaguered American Funer-
al Industry, which loudly
claims that the high cost Of
dying in America is entirely
the fault Of the American
public. This industry-some-
times referred to collectively
as 1.-THE Bier Barons" - is.
Miss Milford warningly In
forms us, q powerful COM
bination land frequently q
powerful legislative lobby Of
funeral directors, embalmers,
casket makers, vault makers,
grave-marker makers, monu-
ment makers, funeral-gar-
ment makers, cemetery and
mausoleun and crematoria
operators, beauticians and
cosmeticians Of corpses, and,
Of course, florists.
1.-THE American Way Of
DEATH" and the many angry
magazine articles that pre-
ceded It, counter-claiHn that
the high cost Of American
burials is, make no mistake
about It, the fault Of the Fu-
neral Industry its psy.
Geological strategies designed
to shame, or trick, grief
dazed survivors into buying
caskets beyond their means
its About war with
clergymen ("avaricious
churchmen," "the nosy
clergy" and so on In the
eyes of the Industry
who try to guide their pa
rishioners away from unnec-
essary extravaganza It's
insistence on the rite Of view
ing the rouged and cosme-
tized body in "open-casket
displays" its language
(cremated remains have be-
come Cremains, cemeteries
are Memory Gardens. under
takers have escalated from
Morticians to Funeral Direc-
tors to Memorial Counselors
to-heaven help usl-Grief
Therapists).
Staggering View
I must refer you to Miss
Mitford's book for o full,
staggering view Of the i'm
mense structure of facts on
which she bases her effort to
lower the cost-$2. 900, 900 900
annually-and raise the dig
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
TO BE REVIEWED

The following books viii be
reviewed on the editorial page
Of The Stor this week:
MONDAY = "vivs JusTsE: A
Biography" BY chorIss Allen Smart.
llppineott.l
WEDNEsDAY-"Psths Of Amer
icon Thought" edited by Arthur N.
SehIsslnssr, H., and Morton White.
lhouphson- MlfHin.l
FRIDAY - Felix Msndelssohn
and His Tines" BY Heinrich Eduord
Joeob. (PFsntIes -HolI.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
High Cost Of Dying:
An Incredible Story
THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH. ]
(Simon g. Schuster; $495.)

(Simon g. Schuster; $4950
Here is Jessica Mitfords book in a nutshell:
Americans spend average Of 81 450 for the funeral
Of every adult currently dying in the United States although
transformations funeral in good taste and satisfactory
in every way, can be purchased for $3.50 or less.
The situation in which find ourselves described in
Overwhelmingly convincing detail by Miss Milford per-
haps best brefed in 1861 Saturday Evening Post article
by Tney entitled: "Can Afford to DEP" Wrote
Mr. Tunley: Burials in this country have reached pin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

Rockefeller Of New York, is
the subject Of o political
biography by James Desmond
of the New York Daily News,
which may be rushed through
publication in time for the
expected announcement Of
his availability In early
January.
THE PRESIDENTIAL
PAPERS OF NORMAN
MAILER, who is rated
doubtful" by the Kennedy
clan, comes in October. THE
HIDDEN FORCE, is q his
tory Of the young and
triumphant Peace Corps by
Francis w. Goodwin, Rich
ard Goodwin and William
Haddad, all friends.
THE AMERICAN IRISH,
by William v. Shannon, New
York Post Washington column
mist, and BEYOND THE
MELTING POT, by Nathan
Glazer and Daniel Patrick
Moynihan. assistant Secre-
tary Of Labor, should
hold the attention Of those
fascinated by national
characteristics.
Reminiscent
Moving into the field Of
literary Renaissance and
biography we have: SANTA
YANA. The Later Years, BY
Daniel Corey; THE EARLY
YEARS OF ALEC WAUGH;
APPOLLINAIRE, POET
AMONG THE PAINTERS,
by Francis Steegmuller;
SHAKESPEARE, by Peter
Quennell: OSCAR WILDE:
THE AFTERMATH, by II.
Montgomery Hyde; THE
BLUE LANTERN, by Colette;
IN RETROSPECT: The His
tory Of q Historian, by Ar
thur Schlesinger; DOROTHY
AND RED, q memoir Of Sim
clair Lewis and Dorothy
Thompson, by their friend.
Vincent Sheean; GERNTATNE,
A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME
DE STAEI. by Wayne An
drews, and SUNSET AND
TWILIGHT, by Bernard
Berenson.
NOT QUITE POsTHU-
NOUS LETTER TO MY
DAUGHTER, by Caitlin
: See FALL BOOKS. Page CO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
In the Running

Senator Barry Goldwater
was down on the lists for
LET'S TRY FREEDOM, but
he had to abandon the prof.
ect, being apparently too
busy not running for Presi-
dent.
There will, however. be q
book about him, Ralph De
Toledano's THE WINNING
SIDE, which is subtitled The
Case for Goldwater COnserva-
tism.
His rival. Gov. Nelson
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Wushinoton Authors

Washington, which threat
ened to become the scrib-
bling capital Of the world, is
less effusively represented
this fall. Still there are these
entries: Allen w. Dulles THE
CRAFT OF INTELLIGENCE;
his sister Eleanor Lansing
Dulles memoir Of their late
brother, JOHN FOSTER
DULLES THE LAST YEAR.
On the lighter side. there
will be columnist Art Buch-
wald's I CHOSE CAPITOL
PUNISHMENT, confessions Of
q repatriated ex-Parisian, and
ONE FOOT IN WASHING
TON, THE PERILOUS LIFE
OF A SENATOR'S WIFE, by
Ellen ProxInire, formerly Of
Wisconsin.
Allen Drury Of Advise and
Consent" fame has forsaken
the novel for q bit Of Journal
izing called A SENATE DE-
AIRY, "reminiscences Of o
,,auqyaanerynafl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

history win certainly line up
for ex-President Dwight Eli
senhower,s m emoirs. THE
WHITE HOUSE YEARS:
MANDATE FOR CHANGE
and for GEORGE G. MAR
SHALL. EDUCATION OF A
GENERAL. by Forrest c.
Pogue with Gordon Harrison.
JAMES FORRESTAL, A
STUDY OF PERSONALITY,
POLITICS AND POLICY, by
Arnold A. Rogow viii also bid
for their attention.
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ADVISORY EDITOR

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

I must refer you to Miss
Mitford's book for o full,
staggering view Of the i'm
mense structure of facts on
which she bases her effort to
lower the cost-$2.0 00. 600, 900
annually-and raise the dig
Montana farmer-stockman., 1963-03-15
{3lN ueHJfR VEN

A little girl was taking her first tram
ride. At night she was put in an upper
berth while her parents retired to an
other section. Alone and little fright
ened, she called out at regular inter-
walls: Daddy, are you there? Mama,
are you there?" After this had gone
on for while, gentleman across the
aisle called out in an irritated, gruff
voice: Eyes, daddy is here. Mama is
here. am here. We are all trying to
90 to sleep. Now, for heavens sake.
stop that confounded noise There
was a time of silence and then thin
little voice called out: Daddy, was
that God?"
A western rancher had asked the
district superintendent that pas
tor be assigned to his community.
''HOw big a man do you want?"
asked the superintendent.
"WelI, EIder,'' the wiry man of
tan replied, ''We're not overly par
ticuIar, but when he's on his knees
Montana farmer-stockman., 1963-03-15
we'd like to have him reach
heaven"

we'd like to have him reach
heaven"
Getting ready to baptize the infant,
the minister asked pleasantly, What
have you decided to name him?"
The mother answered proudly,
Randolph Morgan Montgomery Alfred
Van Christopher McGoOf.
The minister turned to his assistant,
"A little more water please.
Many a child who watches teie-
vision for hours will go down I'm
history-not to mention arithmetic,
English and geography - Changing
Times.
A country boy went for an airplane
ride When he came down he said to
the pilot: Thanks for them two rides
1.-TWO rides?" asked the aviator.
''You only had one
mo, sir, two," said the country boy.
my first an my last
The fellow across the street has
been married for 25 years and has
never stopped being romantic. Of
course his wife will break his neck
if she ever finds out about it.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-09

On July 1, William c. Janway Of the navy and Lydia Chichenoff Wyrosdick were united in the State Courtroom by Judge Fenner.
 On July 1, Ronald D. Johnson and Dolores Rodman, both Of Onowa, Iowa, were united in cere- monies conducted by Rev. Cletis Leverett in the Berean BaptlSt Church.
 On June 28, Walter Hansen and Edna Anderson, both of Kodiak, ex- changed wedding vows before Rev. Fred J. Mamaloff at the Church of God.
 On June 29, Hobart Dawson and Ruth Olsen, both of Kodiak were united by Rev. Woodrow J.. Phillips at the Kodiak Bible Chapel.
 On July 1, Donald Mitchell Flowers of the navy and Nelda Darlene Coyle of Kodiak exchang- ed marriage vows before Rev. Don- aid M. Bullock at St. James the Fisherman Episcopal Church.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-09
Ten Couples Get Married During
 Past Four Weeks

Ten couples were united in ma trimony in Kodiak during the past month according to the records of District Magistrate Mabel Fenner.
 On July 26, Jerry lilly of Kodiak and Farris Dallis of Salt Lake City were married by Judge Fenner in wedding ceremonies held at the home of MT. and Mrs. Walt Nestell.
 On July 25 Gerald c. Schuma- cher of the naval station and An nette DeCleene of Milwaukee, Wis, were married by Catholic Chaplin Henry T. Lavin on the Naval Sta tiOn.
 On July 20 William c. Golley of Port Williams and Helen Joyce Medley of Kodiak exchanged VOWS in the State Courtroom with Judge Fenner officiating.
 On July 20 Carl Sheridan Bixler and Erika Dawn Barnett, both of the naval station, were united by Navy Chaplain Hubert Smith Goss Jr. on the naval station.
 On July 16, Richard s. Began of the Alaska Communications Sy-  stem and Ruth Ellen Hausman of Kodiak became man and wife in ceremonies before Judge Fenner in the home of MT. and Mrs. Haus- man.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-09
PFC Ray shiveIy
 Serving In Korea

U. S. Forces, Korea (AHTNC)- Army PFC Raymond A. Shively. 23, whose wife, Judith, lives at 23O4 Haskell, Wichita, Kan, is a mem Der of the 1st Cavalry Division which this month commentaries its 2Oth year of service in the Far
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-09

East.
 The division is stationed along a mechanic in Headquarters Com South Korea from North Korea. The unit departed the U. S. in July
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-09
KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 3, 1863

1e43 for During World Lloyd Shively kodak Aska War IT, the division first arrived overseas miduy ana
 an+e Manila the first en Head1arters Com ter Tokyo pany lst bauie 1roup' o1 'no u' Shively son of Mir visions 9th Cavalry in Korea
Tundra times., 1963-08-05
MondaY, Aug. s, 1863
(Continued from Page D

(Continued from Page D intends to give the Governor notice in the near future.
 The first word that the protrac- tion sheets had been released came Thursday when the ELM in Fair banks was asked by big oil com pany to supply it with complete set of the protractions.
 Upon checking, ELM officials found that the protraction sheets were on the way to Alaska.
 For a number of reasons. oil of- ficials, state and federal land off, ficials generally express the opin- ion that the state will not make selection in the Umiat region.
 For one thing, the handling of leasing by the state would be ex- penSive and time consuming and with the ELM handling the leas- ing, the state would get 90 per cent of all revenue derived anyway.
 For another thing, according to the Statehood Act, the state is not allowed to make a selection north of the Porcupine, Yukon and Kus- kokWim rivers except with Presi- dential approval.
 Although at one time the state contemplated making a selection up north, to date the state has made no such selection.
 Thirdly, if the state made a large selection in the Umiat region and it was later proved not to have oil or gas, then the state would have a lot of low value land on it's hands.
 Fourthly, the state with every large selection correspondingly loses money from the federal aid highway program. If the state se- 1ected an area under which oil later were discovered, it would get 100 per cent of the lease money, but the big question seems to be, is it worth the gamble?
 Decision Likely
 The consensus of land officials here seems to be determination of whether or not the state would make an Umiat selection was made during the recent visit to Alaska of Assistant Secretary of Interior John Carver
 A bill is also now before Congress which, if passed, will allow Alaska ten years, instead of five years, from the date it became state for selecting lands quickly.
 Anytime after 60 days from the time the Governor is notified, by Secretary of the Interior Udall can publish a notice in the federal re- gister opening the Umiat to the public for oil and gas leasing. Then
Tundra times., 1963-08-05

Much of the rolling stock vehicles used in the exploration over the tundra terrain has been especially designed with more narrow cabs than standard in order for them to fit into air cargo craft available in Fairbanks. All this takes extra money.
 Leases Kept
 More than 1900 leases covering almost every block in the Umiat re- zion opened in 1858 has been held. Only about 20-30 leases have been dropped and most of these inad- vertently by failure to pay the lease fee.
 The forthcoming opening of an additional 16 million acres will mean that the other major oil companies will be able to get in on the "boon" in the far north.
 For the first time. Gulf Oil Go. and Pan American Petroleum have field parties on the north slope.
 Anchorage Impact
 The past five-year oil and gas development in the Kenai, Cook Inlet, the 5000-acre Swanson Rvier oil field (estimated conservatively at containing 200-300 million bar rels) has been a big boon to the economy of Anchorage.
 But according to practically everyone in the oil industry, the forthcoming five-year development of Alaska's north slope, will make the development in the Anchorage area look like peanuts.
Tundra times., 1963-08-05
Nufiues Counted . .
(Continued From Pg. ,
 System Derived

As result of the studies, Palmer said system of accurately determ- ming the ratio of Cessium 137 and K-40 in ones urine
 One of the principal costs in the program of moving the whole body counter from village to village is the fact that several tons of lead bricks must be transported to each place.
 Tons of Brick
 The bricks are used to set up a shield to prevent outside radiation from coming in while a person is being scanned for radiation.
 There are two methods of count ing being used. In one method, per- sons are moved past the counter at a constant rate on a movable table or chain. In a second method a per- sen remains stationary and the counter is moved past him at a constant rate.
 Moose Samples
 While at Ft. Yukon. Palmer and Hanson collected moose samples also, to be analysed for radioactive ity.
 In addition, the State Department of Health for some time has been collecting caribou samples from Anaktuvuk Pass and has sent the samples to Las Vegas, Nevada for analysis.
 The Artic Research Center in An- chorage is also setting up a program to analyze the amount of radio- activity in teeth, extracted at na- tive hospitals.
Tundra times., 1963-08-05

after an additional 60 days, simul- taneous drawings of the lucky ap- plications will be held.
 Long Drawing
 In 1858, when million acres in the Umiat region was opened to leasing, drawings were held all day long for four days in local theater. Reportedly big crowds attended the drawings.
 Since the region shortly proposed for opening is four times as large, it follows that drawing the lucky applications alone will take about two weeks.
 Great Potential
 The oil industry has long con- sidered the North Slope area of Alaska to be the most important new area for oil and gas of any other on the continent.
 The whole area consisting of more than 40 million acres .Gncluding Petroleum Reserve No. A is geo. logically ideal for locating oil.
 The Navy discovered the Umiat oil field, major reserve, estimated to contain 200 million barrels of oil The lowest estimate of 70 million barrels and the highest estimate is $50 million barrels an estimate made by the Bureau of Mines two years ago. sa
 Largest Reserve
 The Navy also located the Gubik gas field classed as one of the worlds largest reserves of natural gas.
 In 1858 the first large area on Alaska's north slope was opened for public oil and gas leasing and development. It consisted of to million acres in the Umiat Region.
 Leasing continued steadily from 1858 until January, 1861, when there became a stampede for leases in the area by the major companies.
 Real Interest
 British Petroleum became the first major oil company to really come out and indicate an interest when it acquired roughly 15O,000 acres in February. 1861 under a development contract. Under the contract it promised to carry on an active drilling program over a g. year period.
 British Petroleum assigned 50 per cent in it's contract to Sinclair Oil. Sinclair and British Petroleum are more or less 50-50 partners in this hemisphere.
 In November of 1861 the British Petroleum-Sinclair combine got their second development contract
Tundra times., 1963-08-05
OH Bonanza Naurs for A|usku's Arctic Slope .
TUN ORA TIMES

of half million acres contiguous with the first, This gave them about a million acre drilling area.
 In the meantime, Texaco, Califor- mia Standard, Shell and Atlantic Refining have been sort of getting squared away to get development contracts of their own. Atlantic got it's first development contract this summer of half million acres.
 Plotting Structures
 Beginning early this year, four separate seismograph companies have been hired to move their men and equipment to the North Slope to initiate programs of plotting the geologic structures.
 Three of the companies. United Geophysical Corporation, Geophy- sical Services, Inc, and Western Geophysical Co. are on contract with the British Petroleum-Sincla combine and National Geophysical Go. is on contract to Atlantic Re- fining.
 The seismograph crews are dril-- ing small holes ever so many miles, setting off shock charges and mea- surfing the time it takes the shock to bounce back to the surface. In this way the geologic structures can be plotted.
 Rig On Way
 British Petroleum Sinclair have a rig on the way now to the area It is being barged to the mouth of the Mackenzie River, then will be shipped to the vicinity of Barter Island, and cat trained to location this fall. The rig should arrive by Christmas.
 In adition to the forthcoming drilling for oil, drilling started the middle of July for gas in the gen. eral Gubik gas structure. The struc- ture is considered the most likely reservoir for supplying natural gas to the city of Fairbanks
 Colorado Gas and Oil, as the op- erator has unitized leases in the Gubik area, that is, the various leases have been pooled.
 Drilling For Gas
 All the individual owners tossed their holdings into a kitty and earnings that come out of the drilli- ng will be paid approximately
 Two rigs that had been purchased by Alaska Propane Co., from the government in 1859 were sold to Colorado Gas and Oil.
 Several million dollars have al- ready been spent since the first of this year on operations in the Umiat, much of it transportation.
Tundra times., 1963-08-05

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Evening star., 1963-05-26

50 The Sunday N Magazine Washington. D. c. Moy 26 1863
Evening star., 1963-05-26

6:2o-Eyewitness Nswsreel -
6:30-colUmbio Lectures - l3
7:0o-EarlY Riser ---------- z
Three Stooses 10
7:30-EoTlY Riser 2
Lorenzo and Friends l3
7;45-kine and Ode Show 2
e:30-RompeF Room -- l3
S:0o-LeoVe u 10 the Girls 2
Miss Rhso and Sunshine II
9:30-FuthsF Knows Bes. l3
9;40-Dioling for Dollars 2
1000 Sporstime Bowling u
Doy In Court ------- l3
l0:30-ETnie Ford d------- 10
ll:30-Peie and Glodys 2
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-19
White Soldier Beaten to Death by Five Negroes

WASHINGTON R - A white soldier was beaten to death early today in a fight that involved two other white soldiers and five Ne groes, police reported.
 Killed was Pvt. Edward Betcher, 19, of Brooklyn, NY. stationed at Fit. Belvoir, Va.
 Police inspector Lawrence Hart nett said Betcher apparently had been beaten with "an unknown heavy object"
 His two companions, Pvts. Philip Cheng, 27, and James Spencer, P, told police they had been beaten only with fists. They were not severely injured.
 The police version:
 The three soldiers were riding in a convertible and were stopped at a traffic light when a car oc- cupied by five Negro males and two Negro females pulled along side.
 The Negroes made some remarks about the blaring radio in the sol diers' car. The light changed and Betcher drove away. The Negroes followed and some distance away forced the soldiers car to the curb.
 Two of the Negroes jumped out of their car, dragged Betcher from behind the wheel and began beat ing him. The two other soldiers also were pulled from the car and beaten.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-19

in the Soviet Republic of Ka- zakhstan, the customary area for return of Soviet space travellers.
 Premier Khrushchev said:
 "She talked with a calm voice without any sign of fatigue"
 She had been in space just short of three days and Bykovsky just short of five.
 Valentino was the first down at 1l:20 am. She had tucked her blonde curls under her space hel- met and blasted off at 12:3O pm. last Sunday.
 Bykovsky followed Valentino down at 2:06 pm. He had taken off at 3 pm. Friday.
 Preparations already were under way for gigantic celebration in Moscow with emphasis on the ac- complishment of Valentino, already the darling of the Soviet capital.
 She and Bykovsky were under going the usual checkups for as tronauts and are expected in the capital later in the week. Bykovsky's 82-orbit flight ex-
 ceeded the GA orbits made by So-
 viet cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev < last August.
 v Valentinas 49 orbits was way
 ahead of the p orbits made by Air Force Maj. L. Gordon Cooper !, Jr., the US. record holder. The Soviet Union is accustomed to celebrating the return of male cosmonauts but the flight of the first woman clearly has caught the imagination of the Soviet people
 Excited broadcasters could hard l ly control their voices as they de scribed the event.
 Her eyes are like cornfloWers," said a television announcer as he ran a film of Valentino in her last loops around the globe.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-19
Climner of Hope For Racial Peace

JACKSON, Miss. R - A glim mer of hope for racial peace show ed today in Jackson - one week after the staying of integration leader Medgar Evers - after Ne groes tentatively agreed to end demonstrations.
 The agreement, with minor dis sent, came at Negro mass meet ing last night in answer to further conciliation by city officials to re- quests of integration leaders.
 Reports persisted, however, that the Congress of Racial Equality, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee would carry on demonstrations.
 An official of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People - which, led by Evers, had spearheaded the drive - said there was no truth to reports of dissension among Negro leaders.
 'The main strategy and force will be turned toward registering to vote. That's going to be the main thing" said the Rev. c. R. Haugh- ton, Negro leader who with four others met yesterday with Mayor Allen Thompson and two city commissioners.
 Thompson, spurred by telephone calls from President Kennedy and Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, for the first time set specific dates and numbers on already conceded demands for Negro policemen and school crossing guards.