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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-11
BY Johnny Hart
BY CorI GFubert

not the predicate. should gov
ern the number Of a verb.
Mr.. Pluckhahn, as 1t hap
pens, is the public relations
director for the American
Bowling Congress and, In that
capacity. has a comment to
make on a recent item here
about the expression beer and
skittles." correctly identified
"skittles" as an early form of
bowling and observed that 1t
was played "out of doors by
sliding q thick fiat disk along
the grass to knock down the
pins"
According TO my learned in
formant. the game was a lot
more athletic than that. "You
see." he points out, "skittles
really consists Of hurling-like
the discus throw In track and
field games-a large elliptical
wooden cheese" at the nine
pins that are arranged In the
form Of a diamond. You don't
In other words. slide the cheese
along the grass"
Thank you. kind sir, for this
correction and amplification.
It serves TO show that writing
a column isn't all beer and
skittles either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-11
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Question: I'd like an opinion
on two sentence structures used
In one Of our recent film scripts.
The following phrase was used
to introduce a new scene: AN
other sounding board for the
Congress are State jamborees. I"
To introduce another scene,
the following was used: Still
another area for discussion are
the quarterly meetings Of the
National Bowling Council.
Here the wants, wishes and
desires. :"
! know you are going TO tell
me that II the sentences we're
rearranged, as they probably
should have been. the use Of
ARE" would be correct In both
cases. But. II the sentences
AREN'T rearranged, what is
your opinion2-Bruce Pluck
hahn, Milwaukee.
Answer: Right you are. These
backward running sentences
that never should have been
passed as they stand. Given
the present formulation.
though, the verb in each in
stance should have been "is,''
for the subject In each case
("sounding board" and "area")
Is clearly singular. Even In
these days Of highly permissive
structural linguistics," I think
we all agree that the subject,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-11
SHERWOOD ON BRIDGE
Provide Against Bad Trump Breuk

break Schenken switched 10
clubs. East ruffed the third
club and led a third round of
hearts. Schenken discarded q
diamond. and that was all for
the defense. II East led an
other heart. dummy could ruff
and then a trump to the king
would let South make the rest
Of the tricks.
Schenken's plan would work
even II he lost the jack of
spades to the queen. Presum-
ably the opponents would lead
another heart. and Schenken
would ruff with the king of
spades. He would lead another
club TO dummy to return a
trump. giving UP a trick TO the
10 OF spades. But then dummy's
last trump would control the
situation, ana dummyB last
club would furnish an entry TO
South for the rest Of the clubs,
The Italian declarer failed to
make sure OF an eventual en-
try 10 his long clubs.
Daily Question
As dealer. you hold:
AAKJ2 % oJiO5 AAJl07e
wat do you say2
Answer: Bid one club, II YOU
use any OF the standard Ameri-
can bidding methods. Tin the
world championship both teams
happened 10 be using q system
In which the opening bid Of
one club shows q very power
full hand. Hence both opened
the hand with one spadeO
General Features corpJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-11
WORD GAME
Find 20 or more words In
UCK IKE

MUG X r A IKE
meaning ITO expose corrup-
ton" Average mark Is "a; time
limit, 30 minutes.
Rules OF the gnmt. !. Words must
be Of four or more lettefh, 2, Words
which SECURE four letters hy the addi.
word q used. 4. Proper names are
not used.
Answers 10 IsoPYCNIo
iconlc, tcoln. scopic. snlp. sonic, spin,
spiny, spicy, eion, comic, coins, CODY,
cosy, eony, cynic. picnic, plny, pony
posy, pyig pyin. nisi, noisy, nosy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-11

It's often sound policy To
draw two rounds of trumps and
then run your side suit. This
line Of play doesn't work, how
ever, when you run into a bad
trump break.
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
A9873
0e42
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&KQ2
WEST EAST
40 AOlO65
0Jl075 0AKQs6
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4ss4 asa
SOUTH
AAKJ2
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oJi05
%AJi076
South West North East
IL Pass 2A Pass
80 Pass 4A All Pass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-11

Both the Italians and the
Americans got 10 four spades
on this hand In the 1862 world
championships at Buenos Aires.
At both tables. East took the
first trick with the queen OF
hearts and continued with the
ace. forcing South 10 ruff.
The Italian declarer, Mas
simo D'Alelio, thought II was
safe 10 lead out the ace and
king Of spades. He was wrong.
D'Alelio had 10 switch 10
clubs when the trumps broke
badly. East ruffed the third
club. drew South's last trump
with the queen. and then went
back 10 hearts. The hand fell
apart, and South was down
three.
Safer Plan
The American declarer, How
ard 5chenken, found a safer
plan. After ruffing the second
heart, schenken led out one top
trump, led q club 10 dummy,
and returned q trump 10 fl
nesse with the Jack.
When the trumps failed 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
Thieves Blown to Bits
In Dynamite Explosion

BUTTE, Mont Aug. 26 (AP).-The identity of the
or men killed explosion of load Of stolen dynamite
unknown today in the confused aftermath of Saturday nights
blast which caused thousands of dollars damage the Butte
area x.
The of the earth-shaking explosion remained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
Waste in VA
Pharmacy Use
Seen by GAO

The Veterans Administration
wasted SIG million last year by
letting private pharmacies
rather than VA pharmacies, fill
a large number of drug pre-
scriptions, the General Ac-
counting Office says.
The prescriptions were writ
ten by private physicians. A
large number of veterans with
service connected disabilities
are treated by private physi-
clans in areas where there is
no VA clinic.
The General Accounting Of
flee said VA established a reg
ulation in 1854 for the use OF
VA pharmacies whenever pos
sible but that this has not cut
down on the use of the private
pharmacies.
There were 764,941 prescrip-
tons filled by private pharm-
acies in 1854 and 1,209,617 In
1892, the GAO said. 1t recon-
mended that VA policy be
changed to require the use Of
VA pharmacies except in a few
authorized instances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
D. Woman Dies
In Resort Crash

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug.
26 (AP).-Mrs. Dorothy OAR
den, 43, of 633 Irving street
NV, Washington, died in At
lantic City Hospital yesterday
a half hour after being injured
in a collision Of two cars at
Tennessee and Magellan ave-
nueS.
Five other persons were
injured.
Police said Mrs. Darden was
a passenger in a car driven by
Hydron Ray Mckinney, 81, of
Atlantic City, when it collided
with an auto driven by Michael
Wakovsky, 43, also of here.
Mr.. Wakovsky suffered
bruises. Two passengers in his
car, Jacqueline Galienne, 20,
Of Paris. France, and Lydia
Wakovsky, 43, of Atlantic City,
received cuts and bruises. Mrs.
Darden's daughter, Jonetta
Haywood, IL, and another pas
Senger in Mr.. McKamey's car,
Prince w. Ginago. IS. of 1908
Thirteenth street NV, Wash
ington, suffered bruises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26

the thieves was arranged by
William P. LaVelle, jr., operator
of the LaVelle Powder Co., Of
Butte. Officers said they were
not aware that Mr.. LaVelle and
his brother, Thomas, were to be
present for the ambush.
About four tons of dynamite
were stolen from Mr.. LaVelle's
firm nearly a month ago.
The men handling the dyna-
mite were apparently unaware
they were dealing with Mr..
LaVelle. Authorities said the
men were told that money TO
pay for the explosives would be
locked in a parked pickup truck
in an abandoned smelter dump
where the explosion occurred.
They also were told the
money would be delivered to
them when the pickup was
loaded with dynamite, authori-
ties said. y
Deputy Cunningham said he
saw the LaVelle brothers COM
ing off a high mound of earth
adjacent to the scene after the
blast. I'VE asked them to
identify themselves. We didn't
know at first who they were"
he said
Deputy Cunningham and a
fellow officer were about 1870
feet away and approaching the
three parked cars and the truck
when the dynamite blew up.
Both officers were cut and
bruised but escaped serious in
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
MINERS
Rescue Operation
Nears Its Climax

whose upper portion is 2O8 feet
from the surface and whose
lower portion is 1871 feet,
through which they receive
supplies via a six-inch lifeline
hole. Their escape hole is at
the upper end Of the chamber
and they are able to crawl back
and forth.
The giant drilling rig and bit
had to cut through IA layers Of
the earth's surface as it Wild
ened the escape hole. From 289
to 298 feet the layer is soft
slate. From this point on, there
is is to 16 feet Of coal and res
cuers must be careful to pre-
vent a cave-in despite the fact
that Mr.. Throne and Mr.. Fellin
have shored up their chamber
as best they could.
Rescuers contacted Mr.. Eel
lin and Mr.. Throne every few
hours on the advice of medical
authorities at the scene. It is
near freezing temperatures ir
the 14-foot-by-9-foot chamber
and medical authorities wanted
the men to move around in the
cramped quarters.
doc told me to get you ur
every once and a while so you
could move around a little BIZ
but he also wants you to rest,
one of the rescuers told the
men at one point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
Tito Asks He|p
OF Khrus|1c|1ev
For His Bloc

PULA, Yugoslavia, Aug. 26
(AP).-Yugoslav President Tito
was reported ready today to
urge Soviet Premier Khrush-
chew to pay more attention to
the non-aligned nations in the
theological war with Red China
The report came as Mr.
Khrushchev and Marshal Tito
opened talks dominated by
Peking's hard-line opposition
to the softer policies of Com
munist countries in Europe.
A Yugoslav government
source said Marshal Tito, who
regards himself as spokesman
for non-aligned nations, would
try to persuade Mr.. Khrushchev
to support enlargement of the
United Nations Security Coun-
Gil for the benefit of the
smaller. newer nations of Africa
and Asia.
In the fight with Moscow
Communist China has played
on race and color in efforts
to enlist the sympathies Of
non-white nations.
/
Mr.. Khrushchev arrived yes
terday at Marshal Tito'S vaca-
ton retreat of Brioni Island
near here for three days OF
private talks.
The topics range from eco
nomic relations to government
and party ties. But the prob
lem of Red China over
Swallowed all.
A source said Marshal Tito
was convinced that every ma
jor problem facing Communist
countries had to be considered
within the framework of the
fight with Picking.
Marshal Tito has long been
the arch enemy OF Communist
China because it was he who
pioneered the decentralized
form Of communism and CO.
existence policies Peking re-
CARDS as treason to Marxism
But, despite the antagonism
Marshal Tito would continue
to support admission of Red
China to the United Nations
a source said, lust as a mat
ter of principle"
Marshal Tito also was re-
ported DESTROYS of getting as
Surances from Mr.. KhruShchev
that Moscow would no longer
waver in the fight with Red
China.
That struggle has brought
YugoSlavia and Russia closer
than they have ever been in
Is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26

Sheriff Bill Dalling's office
has given no detailed account
OF the incident because of con-
fusion on certain points and
official silence on others.
Sheriff Dalling's deputies,
staked out near the blast scene
Saturday night, were moving in
to make arrests when the ex-
plosion occurred. No deputies
were injured seriously.
There were indications from
officials-but no confirmation
that two or more men first
believed to have been killed in
the blast may have escaped
Early reports from officials in
Dictated as many as five per-
sons could have been killed.
Human remains were frag-
mented and scattered over such
a large area by the blast that
authorities found it difficult
to determine the number OF
casualties.
Two or three gunshots i'm
mediately preceding the blast
were reported by residents OF
the East Side Butte area.
Deputy Sheriff Ken Cunning
ham, who was tipped that
alleged dynamite thieves were
to appear, said he fired one
shot as a warning but was
uncertain of its timing in the
sequence of events.
Authorities said there were
at least two shots prior to the
defamation which we're not fired
by Deputy Cunningham. The
source of the shots was not
disclosed.
Authorities said the trap for
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Continued From Page Al
have no air power to threaten
the government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26

vent student demonstrations
there.
BY nightfall tension ap.
peared to have eased although
the antiaircraft batteries were
still posted at their stations.
At the height of the roundup
students pointed to trucks haul
ing their companions away and
jeered at a sign painted on one
truck showing American ano
Wet Namese hands clasped to-
gether against a background Of
the two countrys' flags.
War on Reds Affected
The sign is the emblem Of
United States aid to South Wet
Nam, now running to SIS mil
lion a day, mainly to finance
the war against the Commu-
mist guerrillaS.
There was a report that
former Foreign Minister w
Van Mau has been arrested
A spokesman for the Foreign
Ministry said he had heard the
report too but had no confir-
nation.
Mr.. Mau shaved his head and
resigned Thursday in protest
against President Ngo DIM
Diem'S rule.
South Wet Mans war against
the Communist Wet Cong al.
ready has been affected by
Buddhist opposition to the
Diem government and the stu.
dent uprising confronted the
regime with a new and major
crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
WET NAM
WET NAM
Armed Force Routs
Student Morchers

Continued From Page Al
have no air power to threaten
the government.
5000 Believed Arrested
Government forces hauled
students away by the truck
bad. A government spokesman
said he could give no informa-
ton on the number of students
arrested. Another government
source said they were taken to
Yuang Trung army camp to
undergo military training"
More than 1000 bicycles,
ScooGerS and motorcycles still
were piled up on the sidewalks
around the university, giving
some idea of the number of
arrests. Rough guesses put the
number at around 5000, since
many students ride double on
scooters and motorcycles and
there were many others who
walked to the demonstration.
The demonstrating students
were Joined by some Buddhist
followers who accuse the goy-
eminent Of Mr.. Diem, a Roman
Catholic, of religious dis
elimination.
Saigon bristled with barbed
wire barricades, sharply re-
Stricting movements through
out the city. Curfew was in
force, and censorship pre-
vailed.
Antiaircraft Guns Ready
Police cleared roads leading
to Mr.. Lodges residence to pre-
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MINERS
Continued From Page Al

OSAANAAAeASNA = AOAAA = e~9S a. =
Thorne would be the first up,
Mr.. Charmbury said: That's
up to the people down below"
Mr.. Fellin has said Throne
will be first up.
Pressed for a time on the
rescue hour, Mr.. Charmbury
said: I'VE are not prepared to
say the earliest they could
come up"
Mr.. Charmbury was asked
about the possibility Of sending
men down after the rescue to
try to reach Mr.. Bova.
II think it is premature to
talk Of people going down. My
feeling, and this has not been
discussed with the group. is
that we would want to have
a discussion with Fellin and
Throne before we send any
one down there and start
probing around"
Still in Good Spirits
Before the breakthrough
Mr.. Mellin and Mr.. Throne
remained in good spirits
Through the microphone, which
provides communications to the
surface through the six-inct
lifeline hole, they could be
heard talking and saving wood
Hey, Davey, are you busy
down there?" a rescuer asked
yeah" replied Mr.. Fellin
we're working pretty hard.
What are you doing?"
We're putting up snoring.
The escape hole, successfully
drilled Friday, originally was Il
inches. The giant drill dumps
tons of material down the hole
in the enlarging work, thus the
concern of Mr.. Fellin and Mr.
Throne to brace their tiny
chamber.
Helped Close Hole
After the 12-inch hole was
opened, Mr.. Fellin and Mr.
Throne helped close 1t with
timbers lowered through it. The
giant plug, prepared on the
surface, then was lowered, and
concrete poured in to seal it
During the 1890 am. lull in
the drilling, rescuers checked
with Mr.. Fellin on conditions In
their chamber.
"Davey, do you have your
respirator and the face maSkS?'
one asked.
YES" Mr.. Fellin answered.
Are you using them?"
We've got them around our
necks."
do you have enough air.
Davey?"
Eyes"
"How's HANK" Mr.. Fellin
was asked.
"Okay."
Mr.. Throne has been little
heard in conversation between
surface and the chamber to.
day.
where's Hank keeping him.
SELF" someone asked.
Hes back in the tunnel"
Mr.. Fellin and Mr.. Throne
are IN a Steep-sloped chamber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
March of Dimes Aide
Still in Fair Condition

RIVERHEAD, N. Y, Aug.
26 (AP).-BaSil O'Connor,
president of the National Foun-
dation March of Dimes, re-
manned in fair condition to-
day at Central Suffolk Hos
pital where he is being treated
for an acute heart condition.
Mr.. O'Connor, II, suffered
a heart attack Saturday at his
summer home of Westhamp-
ton Beach on Long Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
Saigon Police WoyIoy
Student Morchers

trucks kept moving through
the arrest area. They carried
bayonet tipped rifles. Other
police were armed with riot
guns and tear gas.
They're coming like lambs
to the slaughter" commented
an American who stood watch
ing the students. "They don't
have a chance"
Backed BY Barbed Wire
Troops and antiaircraft bat
terieS were placed at strategic
points on Saigon streets, backed
by strands of barbed wire. Any
demonstrators who might have
assembled would have been met
with whitening police coun-
terattack.
While students were being
driven off to concentration
areas, the bells of the Roman
Catholic Cathedral in down.
town Saigon called the faith
full to mass.
BY noon, when most Wet
Namese return to their homes
for an afternoon siesta, the
streets were quiet. Soldiers
lolled in the shade of trees and
around their barbed wire barri-
cades.
BY midafternoon mothers
were wheeling their babies past
soldiers on Tu Do, Saigon's
main street.
Another tense day passed in
the mounting resentment
against the Diem government.
But it did not mean the end
to student opposition against
the government. They have
taken UP where the BuddhistS
left off after mass arrests last
Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
Jumuicun Minister
Beoins Visit to u. S.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug.
26 (AP).-John GyleS, minister
of Agriculture and Lands, ac-
companied by his wife and two
sons, left by plane yesterday
for a To-day visit to the United
States.
Mr.. Gyles was invited by
Teodoro Moscoso, co-ordinator
of the Alliance for Progress,
and assistant administrator OF
the Agency for International
Development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
Serqt. York Improving

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. &c
(AP).-Sergt. Alvin C. York
Tennessee's World War I hero
was removed from the seriously
i'll list yesterday at Veterans
Hospital here. The 75-year-olo
ex-Soldier's temperature was
back to normal and he has
been eating better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-26
BY DON HUH
Associated Press Staff Writer

SAIGON, Wet Nam, Aug. &c
- The students never had {
chance.
They were waylaid alonl
Saigon's tree-lined streets yes
terday morning by Wet Ma
mese military police units a
they headed toward the Uni,
versity of Saigon to protest re-
pressive measures by Presiden
Ngo Dinh Diem's government
In South Wet Mans bite
Buddhist dispute.
Police, moving with militar!
precision, acted so quickly thu
students couldn't unfurl theil
banners.
Military police had cordoneC
off strategic streets in the uni.
versity area. Backing up po-
Ice were troops stationed Al
key points.
Herded Into Trucks
Trucks, many Of them car.
rying the United States aid t.
Wet Nam emblem, were parked
near key intersections.
AS the students reached thest
intersections, they were herdeC
into trucks. Police manhandlec
those that resisted.
Secret police roamed the ares
trying to prevent newsmen anC
photographers from taking pic.
lures. They put their hand
up every time a camera wa!
raised.
To make certain no students
could be organized, flyinl
squads Of military police II
Evening star., 1963-01-23
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Business Failures totaled 286
for the week ended January II,
compared with 315 the previous
week and 396 in the same week
Of l962.-Dun g. Bradstreet.
Fire Losses in the United
States rose as per cent in 1862
to an all-time high of $1,265,-
002 900, the sixth straight year
that losses have exceeded 81
billion.--National Board of Fire
Underwriters.
Capital Spending overseas by
United States companies was
1851 million in the July-Sep-
tember quarter of 1862, an in
crease Of 26 per cent over the
same period in 1861. Capital
appropriations we're 1918 mil
lion, an increase of 9 per cent.
'-Nationl Industrial Conference
Board.
General Motors Corp. has
distributed approximately $74.4
million in GIN common stock,
Government bonds and cash to
$4,000 salaried employees in the
United States who participated
in the 1857 savings fund plan
under GINS savings-stock pur-
chase program. Under the saw
ings-stock purchase program,
GIN contributes 81 for each 50
of employe savings.
Evening star., 1963-01-23
New Company
Geored to Aid

Aerojet General Corp. and
Haas a. Haynie Co. today an
nounced the joint formation
here of the International Tech
nical Assistance and Develop
ment Co.
The new company will be
geared to the foreign aid pro-
gram and will help countries
develop new plants and indus
tries through a single-package
private assistance program.
Its headquarters are at 112O
Connecticut avenue NV. In a
joint statement, Dan A. Kim
ball. Aerojet president, and
Robert M. Haynie. president of
Haas g. Haynie, said they be-
lieved an urgent need existed
for such an organization.
Aerojet will call upon its own
experience in chemical, plastics
manufacturing. and other areas
to help ITADCO. Haas a. Hay
ME, a California development
and construction firm. will be
in charge Of construction prof.
ects for the new company.
Evening star., 1963-01-23
Variable Annuity Plan
Subject to U. S. Rules

1853 that the Variable Annuity
Life Insurance Co. of America
was subject to investment COM
pany regulations. These call for
SEC registration, election Of
directors, shareholder approval
of investment advisers, semi
annual reports and other ar
rangements which Prudential
argued need not apply to in
surance companies.
Prudential contended, in ef-
feet, the 1859 court decision
affected a company engaged
almost entirely in selling vari-
able annuities, while Pru-
dental itself is primarily an
insurance company. The COM
mission decided the regula-
tions apply to variable annuity
activities Of all insurance COM
panies.
An SEC spokesman said only
two insurance companies have
registered and are selling vari-
able annuity contracts.
Three of the other four
commissioners joined Mr.. Cary
in the decision. The fifth, j..
Allen Frear. did not partici-
pate.