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, 1963-09-06
NEWS & ACTIVITIES
OF ". |. COLLEGE

The students Of the College
of the Virgin Islands listened
last week to two convocation
presentations of special inter-
est. Mrs. Eleanor Morrissey,
former professor Of Humane
ties ana fine Arts at the uni
versity of California at Santa
Barbara, Michigan State Uni
versity, and San Francisco
State College, spoke on "The
Uses and Meaning of Art.
Mrs. Morrissey is the wife of
DR.. F. w. Morrissey, Profess
sor of Economics at the Col
lege Of the Virgin Islands, and
Economic Consultant to the
Virgin Islands Government.
Also speaking to the first
class of the new educational
institution was DR.. Juan Mar
tinez, Chairman of the De-
partment of Psychology at the
University Of Puerto Rico. DR..
Martinez chose for his subject
"An Introduction to Psychol-
ogy'. This lecture was of par
ticular interest to the audience
since the subject matter is not
being offered at this time at
the College.
Convocations of this type
and caliber are being present
ed as an integral part of the
curriculum of the College in
an attempt by the administra-
ton to sponsor a wen-rounded
program.
Evening star., 1963-01-06
Wet Nam 'Copter Losses
Stir Pentagon Argument

signed to various other mis-
sionS.
The Army troop-carying
helicopters flew with support
from armed Army helicopters.
The mission worked fine until
the fourth wave of 10 troop
carrying and 5 escort hell
copters came in to land.
Army Calls for Help
Suddenly a patch of nearby
woods erupted with enemy fire
and several copters were hit
While trying to rescue 61e
downed helicopter, more OF
them were shot.
When the firing started, the
Army called for help from the
Air Force. BY the time Ali
Force planes arrived, a half
hour later, the battle was over
The Army and Air Force. az
we'll as the Marine Corps
which flies helicopter missions
in South Wet Nam-agree that
the incident did not indicate
that the whirly-birds are any
Evening star., 1963-01-06
Bodies of 3
Red Victims
Sent Home

SAIGON, Wet Nam, Jan. {
(AP). - The bodies of three
Americans killed by Communist
fire in the battle of Ap BaC
Wednesday were started home
today. They were Capt. Ken.
meth Good of Eva Beach, Ha.
waii, killed while trying to rally
a Wet Namese unit; and Sergt
William Deal of Mays Landing
IN. j., and Spec, 4 Donald Bra
man of Radcliff, KY. killed by
Communist fire on U. S. hell
copters.
The three Americans dice
along with So South Wet Ma.
mese soldiers in the bloodieSt
single battle of South Wet
Mans four-year war against the
Communist Wet Cong.
Two more Americans were
wounded slightly on a U. S
Army escort helicopter fligh'
Friday about 55 miles north
west of Saigon, A single bulle
ripped through the floor anc
metal fragments hit the captain
pilot and a sergeant of thu
crew. Both returned to duty
after treatment.
Evening star., 1963-01-06

air force or newer aircraft II
the opposition proves to be
real tough.
Air Force officers say escort
helicopters will not survive any
better than troop carriers If
the enemy learns to use its
rifles and machine guns.
Vulnerable rotor blades and
low-level lowering make even
armed helicopters sitting
ducks, Air Force officers say
Army fliers, however, say the
faster Air Force fixed-wing
aircraft can give only hit-and-
run support.
Marines Agree With Army
Marine helicopter fliers in
sist on fixed wing escort
planes though there is some
disagreement within the Corps
whether the planes in Wet
Nam should be modern jets or
old, slower propeller planes.
The Marine Corps agrees
with the Army, however, that
the escort should be an in
tegral part of the unit going
into combat. 1t doesn't want
to call on another service fol
that help.
If the enemy in South Wet
Nam improves his air defenseS
and everyone assumes it viii,
then the three services viii,
have a major argument in the
Joints Chiefs of Staff ovel
limited air war tactics.
Evening star., 1963-01-06

less important in South Wet
Nam.
But the ambush does raise
the question of how to protect
helicopters If the Communists
become efficient at shooting
them down.
Army officers have a ready
answer. The Army is testing
new air mobility theories in
South Wet Nam. These theo-
ries suggest that when incidents
like this become common. the
troop-carrying helicopters must
be escorted by heavily armed
.helicopters which would strafe
the area just before the landing
and then hover overhead tc
suppress any opposition that
might still be there.
Differ on Escort Service
This would, of course, be ar
Army escort job. For many
years most Army officers have
been convinced that they car
get more dependable and ef'
fective air support II they dC
| it themselves. A new Army ali
mobility proposal asks for mort
and bigger Army planes to dC
this job.
The Air Force, however
claims to be the proper al
support organization, In Soutl
Wet Nam the Air Force want
to provide the escort service
using the fixed-wing plane
now in the South Wet Names
Evening star., 1963-01-06
INTERPRETIVE REPORT.

termine American limited war
tactics for some time to come.
Missions for U. S. Flyers
The latest Pentagon version
of what happened last week
goes like this:
American flyers on train
ing" duty in South Wet Nam
were scheduled to take part in
several missions all over the
country. Among other jobs,
American Army helicopter
crews were to ferry some South
Wet Namese troops to a spot
Is miles south of Saigon where
"a concentration of Communist
guerrillas had been spotted,
1t looked to the Army like a
fairly simple job, so the Wet
Namese air force - trained
equipped and largely run by
the United States Air Force
was not called on to support
the ferrying mission.
The Air Force planes--Small
propeller driven bombers and
fighter -bombers - were as
Evening star., 1963-01-06
Yale Gives Frost
Poetry Prize

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. S
(AP). - Robert Frost. ailing
88-year-old poet, was named
today to receive the annual
Bollingen Prize in Poetry.
"The committee for the
Bollingen Prize in Poetry of
the Yale University Library
does itself honor in awarding
the prize for 1862 TO the great
est living American poet" the
citation said.
Mr.. Frost is the 18th poet to
receive the $2,5O0 prize. Among
the other 16 were John Grove
Ransom, Marianne Moore,
Archibald MacLeish, William
Carlos Williams, w. H. Auden,
Evening star., 1963-01-06
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star staff Writer

A three-service disagreement
over how to protect combat
helicopters has been stirred by
last Wednesdays ambush in
South Wet Nam of United
States helicopters.
The Army, Air Force and
Marine Corps agree on the inn
mense value there of helicop-
ter troop carriers, but there is
disagreement over the lessons
to be learned from the en-
counter that took 3 Ameri-
can lives, wounded 10 others
and downed S helicopters.
The argument has been go
ing on for some years, but many
Army officers believe that the
Air Force will seize on last
weeks incident to justify a big
ger role for it in South Wet
Nam.
So far there is no real inter-
service fight, only a polite diff
ference of opinion among var
iouS experts. Resolution of the
differences, however, could de-
Evening star., 1963-01-06

Conrad Aiken and E. E, Cum
mings.
Mr.. Frost, winner of three
Pulitzer Prizes, was reported in
improved condition today at
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in
Boston, where he has been for
several weeks.
He underwent surgery De-
cember 10 for a urinary ailment
and later suffered a heart
attack, Later his condition was
complicated by a pulmonary
embolism-a small blood clot
which entered a lung.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
One Womun's Fib
About Age Works
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

just finished weighing my
thumb.
NICK.
- 4 Il
DEAR ABBY: / hate to go
to funerals. Last week a neigh
Dor passed away and my hus-
band wanted me to 60 to the
funeral with him. l refused
because CD l hardly knew
the man, (2) l hate to be
around grieving folks, (3) l
never know what to say. My
husband was very angry with
me because he didn't think he
ought to go without me. The
deceased was a childhood
friend Of my husbands. My
husband went alone, but still
haven't heard the end of it.
Was l wrong?
HATE FUNERALS.
You should have gone. No
one likes to be "arOund griev-
ing folks" but the presence
of friends who care enough
to come is usually a comfort
to mOurners. You need "Say"
nothing more at a funeral than
'Tm sorry"
CMcNaught Syndicate, Incl
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DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: The woman
who "lied" nine years off her
age in order to capture a GER
tain widower reminded me of
my own experience. When l
met this very attractive older
gentleman, l wanted so much
to be considered wife" ma
terial that l added five years
to my age so he wouldn't
think l was too young" for
him. We are married now, and
couldn't be happier. l later
confessed my scheme, and we
both had a good laugh.
FRAN.
4 Il 4
DEAR ABBY: My husband
has been wanting to join a
nudist colony for a long time,
but l have been against it. l
accompanied him on one trip
to the nudiSt camp and l don't
care to 60 again. l wasn't
brought up to run around ma
ked in front of strangers. l
am allowed three visits to the
camp before it becomes man.
datory that l disrobe, too. My
husband says l have an evil
mind, and that man was
much happier when he went
around naked and lived with
nature in the trees. Should I
try to forget my shame and
60 with him? He can't join
unless / do. He is Is and l
am %. We have a. child one
year old.
NO NAME.
There is nothing "eviI"
about your mind, so don't let
him change it. And you can
tell your nature-IOving hubby
that in time we all might be
living with nature" in the
trees again-SO he should keep
his shirt on.
Il 4 +
DEAR ABBY: You sure
made a big thing out of a
little kid swiping one grape.
I'm in the grocery business
and l wish l had a dime for
every person who helped him
self to something in my store.
Yesterday a woman came in
for bananas. While l was
weighing her bananas she was
eating my grapes. l caught her
in the act, but did l get ex-
cited? Certainly not, because l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
Bv HOWARD WHITMAN

To me the startling thing in
many marriages is not that
there is so much friction-but
that there is so little. Getting
along with a fellow human
being day after day, year after
year, in the confines Of so close
a relationship is quite a feat.
Two'S company, but on a
permanent, under one roof
basis, two can be not only a
crowd but a mob.
One of the diabolical devices
for torture during the Middle
Ages was this: Two men were
simply put in a cell together
and totally isolated. There was
virtual certainty that one would
kill the other within 80 days.
Family life, while not as dire
as all that, has its way Of
stirring up the passions, too.
Some people hold this against
marriage, calling it a weakness
in Gods plan for humans.
But wait. If it weren't for
marriage, could you live day
after day, year after year, with
any other human being without
occasionally reaching a boiling
point?
Or, if it weren't for your own
children, could you endure the
confines of home life with a
strangers kids without seeing
red now and then?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Always Tired
Weeps Alone
. BY DR.. PETER J. SrEINcRoHN

Often l have heard people
say "All the doctor keeps
saying is there is nothing
wrong; that my condition is
due to nerves. l sometimes
wish he could find something
like an ulcer or even worse,
so my family won't think I'm
just a chronic complainer. +"
FOR EXAMPLE: consider
this letter:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Some
time ago you had a letter
from a woman who was so
tired that she found herself
hating her family sometimes,
though she put her whole life
into serving them. l wis h
you would write a column on
the necessity of helping those
in the family who constantly
complain of being tired. l
knew just how that woman
felt, much as l have loved
my family.
M any times my tears
would fall into the dishwater
because l was so exhausted
and my constant complaints
of WEAKNESS fell on deaf ears
of those who really loved me,
but who S rem ely played
games while l worked on far
past my strength, year after
year.
Fin ally, l received the
shocking rem ark from a
daughter who loved me de-
votedly that when you COM
plain Of being tired, we new
er pay any attention, be-
cause you've always b e e n
tired-but Daddy has always
been so well and strong that
when he says he's tired, it
Scares us to DEATH"
At last a doctor has found
the cause of my chronic IA
tigue, and my children and
husband flutter around me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
Gold in Your Attic
Browning Gem Excites Bidders
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

Brownies Adventures in the
Apache Country" New York,
1862 is the first edition and
is scarce. Fine copies are
worth around $40 at retail.
Mrs. J. X. Your paper
bound copy of Rudyard Kip
ling's THE Sin of Witch
craft" Nondon, 1901 is
rather scarce in the original
covers. A fine copy should be
worth SIS to $40 at retail.
P. B.: Your paperbound
first edition Of Max Beer
bOhm'S "The Happy Hypo-
critic" New York and Lon
don, 1897 is quite scarce and
brings $40 or $50 or more at
retail if in fine condition.
Mrs. X. S.: The first issue
of the first edition of Henry
WadSworth Longfellow's BAL
lads and Other Poems" Cam
bridge, 1922 is identified by
the unexplained letter 1t" in
the word teacher" in the last
line of page SO and the omis-
sion Of the quotation marks
at the end of the first line
on page "a. Fine copies are
worth $3.50 or more at retail.
Mrs. G. O.: Thank you for
your suggestion of a book
collectors tour Of England,
Scotland and Wales" 1t
sounds like a great idea-if
can ever find the time, and
if enough people are inter-
eSted!
Selected reader questions
UiH be dnSUered in this
column. Address Van Allen
Bradley in care OF The EUen-
Star.
(Copyright 1858.
General Features CorpO
Gold in Your Attic oppeorS on
Tuesdays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
MASON ON EDUCATION
Too Easily Done
Spells Trouble

effort to aSSimilate the exact
information.
An intermediate grade
youngster may be able to re-
port what happened in some
historical episode, but not how
it happened, and perhaps not
the proper sequence of events.
He rarely bothers to think
while reading. To counterfeit
this, you should insist that he
read his lessons so well that
he can close the book and
discuss the matters intelli-
gently. This applies in partic-
ular to mathematical assign
mentS.
Even in high school or COL
lege, these superficial learners
complete reading assignments
quickly. They explain their
low grades on tests by saying
that teachers ask for trivial
and insignificant facts. Too
often they fall into the habit
of guessing.
Easier Now Than Later
It's a good idea to have a
heart to heart talk with a high
school student who has gotten
off on this wrong foot. Urge
him to lengthen his study
hours, instead Of trying to
hurry through his studies. If
he will just spend a little more
time on grasping the details
Of a general idea and fitting
the related information into
the general pattern, he will
have taken a long step
towards true learning.
College students, introduced
for the first time to such dis
cipline, criticize the laxity Of
teachers and parents who al
lowed them to drift for years.
They should II takes less
energy to jerk students out
Of their faulty learning habits
at the start than to correct
them later.
II you hare a question,
tDrite TO Or. Mason In care OF
The Star. He tDill discuss In
his column those OF most
general interest.
Thursday: MemoiTins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10

comes home from work, GIVE
had a dilly of a day, George,
so take it easy" or words to
that effect. If she doesn't send
up a flare, who's to know she
is in distress? If she tries to
play the strong, silent woman
she is only going to let George
have it with both barrels at
the first provocation.
. Take it easy at mealtime.
The evening meal is often the
family's only scheduled get-to.
gether. 1t should not be a grippe
session. Aggravation and diges-
ton do not 60 together and
proof Of this unhappy pudding
is the ulcer.
. Develop some tension alb.
Sorbers. Just as your car has
shock absorberS for the bumps,
you need some cushions for
family tension. Work is a good
one, A family which gets out
and gardens together can
drown a lot of pettineSS in
perSpiration. Games are an
other. A husband and wife who
"annihilate" each other at
chess can have fun getting their
aggreSSionS out - instead of
stabbing away at each other
in family fights and feeling like
heels afterwards.
. Recognize the buffer" prin-
ciple. Loved ones are buffers
against the Illustrations of
the outside world. That's part
Of the job of being in love. Sc
if George comes home from the
office with a head fit for shrink.
ing, serve his need by letting
him vent his tension. If he's
carping and critical, recognize
that outside tensions have
frayed his nerves. Don't take
it personally. And the same
goes for Nom when she has
had a tough day, and for the
children, too, when the ag.
gravations of young life have
ganged up on them.
Copyright, 1888. by Howard Whitman
distributed by
The Register and Tribune Syndicate)
{ Tomorrow: The small fry.
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as if they were mother hens
and l a chick. It's a wonder
full fe e lin 6 to have proper
sympathy from loved ones.
And mind you I'm not a COM
palmer. | see my doctor
only two or three times a
year.
Thank you so much for
your good column which has
kept up my spirits these
many years.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: What
is a sed rate count? l am
supposed to have a high rate.
Mrs. G..
THE FULL NAME is blood
sedimentation rate. It is a
simple test that your doctor
can perform in his office. He
takes a small specimen of
blood, puts it in a tube with
som e medicine to prevent
CLOTHING, and measures the
sediment" of red blood cells
which drop to the bottom of
the tube and times the entire
process.
There are certain normal
limits. If the "Sed" rate is
increased abnormally it usu-
ally indicates that there is
Inflammation or tissue degen-
GRAFTON somewhere" in the
body. Knowing only it is
somewhere, it is the doctors
duty to discover the cause.
For example, a common
cause in chronic illness is
arthritiS. In other cases a
high Sed rate may be the
only clue to deep-seated Seri-
Gus illness that might not
have been suspected without
the blood sedimentation rate
test.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I'm
all up in the air. My daugh-
ter, aged 10, either has or
hasn't thyroid trouble. One
doctor took a Phi test and
it was normal. Another took
a basal metabolism test and
it was supposed to show an
underactive thyroid. Where
do we 60 from here?-Mrs. B.
CALL YOUR medical soci-
ETY. and ask for the names Of
doctors who are specialists in
metabolic diseases. He will
probably repeat these tests
and make a careful clinical re-
view of your daughters prob
lem He may also use a
relatively new test of thyroid
function called the Achilles
test" which is simple and
painless.
DR.. Steincrohn'S ledtlet,
"HoW to Manage ArthrttiS, /"
tOiH be mailed on receipt OF
a stamped, selt-uddreSSed
envelope and 10 cents In coin
for handling. Address DR..
Steincrohn in care of The
Evening Star.
Tomorrow: Worry.
(Bell-McClure Syndicate)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
DON'T BE NERVOUSI-3
We All Boil Over at Times at Home

often gets assigned to one side
or the other, as old grudges are
brought up again.
One husband in his early 4Os
said to me, "My wife and
could get along like a couple
of peas in a pod if it weren't
for the kids. Everytime we have
a blowup, it's over the kids. ~
Sound familiar? 1t we'll may,
for one of the built-in hazards
of family life is allowing the
children to drive wedges be.
tween the parents. If one were
to diagram the nervous family,
it would be a triangle with
mother, father, and child at
opposing vertices. The problem
is to bring that triangle into
the consistency of a circle.
Excessive family tensions can
be dangerous. A nervous at,
moSphere punctuated by rows
and RACES has enrolled many
a man in the coronary club.
Many a wife has developed
pSychosomatic ailments over
family tension, ranging from
hives to colitis.
Can Be Controlled
Here are some ways to keep
family tension under control:
. Vent it. Like gasoline fumes,
tension becomes explosive
when bottled up. Psychiatrist
William Menninger of Topeka,
Kan, points out that the family
which will not let its differences
come to the surface is likely
to be the most chemically on
edge. Nothing is as good for
tension as a good, long talk,
In serious cases this is pro-
vided by professionals at SOS
an hour. You can have it at
home, among yourselves, for
free.
. Send up a flare. When a
wife is at nerves end after a
day of Illustration with demand
ing kids, a temperamental
washing machine, and a neigh
boris dog that wrecked h e r
garden, she would be wise to
say to her husband when he
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TO-DAY
In History
ON THIS DATE
BY the Associated Press

ON THIS DATE
In 1913, Commodore Oliver
Hazard Perry, leading a fleet
of 10 ships he had built and
assembled, engaged British
ships on Lake Erie at sunrise.
By midafternoon the British
surrendered and Perry wrote
his report: I'VE have met the
enemy, and they are ours"
In 1903, John Smith was
elected Governor of the James
town Colony, in Virginia.
in 1916, Elias Howe re-
ceived a patent for his inven-
ton of the sewing machine.
In 1899, Canada formally
declared war on Germany.
In 1910, Nazi planes dam
aged Buckingham Palace.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
He that Mould eat the nut
must first crack the she'll
PldutuS, Roman playwright.
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He's Forgiven

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N. j.
(AP).-When Gilberto Grant,
Fort Dix, N. j., finally
showed up in court On a no
tor vehicle code violation
charge, he had a good excuse
for being almost three years
late. The young soldier,
charged October %, 1860, with
failing to keep right, was
shipped out to Korea immedi-
ately afterwards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10


no subject really well, he
knows a little about a large
number Of matters. He always
has something to say when
called on in class, and in the
lower grades may even get
good grades.
In high school, he isn't apt
to do so well. He finds there
that superficial knowledge is
a poor foundation for success
in any field of advanced
knowledge. Especially in sci
ence and mathematics his
grades are apt to drop.
Finally, in college, he dis
covers that anything less than
exact understanding can lead
to complete failure.
What 10 DO About II
The habit Of learning SUPER
ficially is so intertwined with
other traits that it can easily
be overlooked. But if a parent
or teacher is observant, 1t can
be spotted easily.
"Tell me MORE" is the key
phrase for them to use with
students Of any age.
After a little boy or girl in
a primary grade has rushed
through a reading assignment
so he can play with the edu-
cational materials provided
in the classroom, ask him
what he has read. He may
come up with a pat answer
on that, but press him for
details and he is lost. The
remedy is to make assign
ments so specific that they re-
quire complete understanding
Then parents and teachers
both should insist that the
child make the necessary