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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22

@. Were many different
tops used on open cars In the
early l900s2-C. T.
A. Three types OF tops were
in general use: cape, canopy,
and folding. The cape top,
also called the Victorian was
a short hood which could be
raised TO protect the passen-
gers on the rear seat In a
chauffeur driven car. The
canopy top was permanently
fixed in place and had side
curtains which could be
pulled down. The first fold
ing tops were supported In
front by brackets; I. took two
people TO raise or lower them.
About 1910 the so called
zone man tops" came into
use, equipped with hinged
braces which made front
supports unnecessary. Special
winter tops" were also avail
able from accessory makers.
usually built with solid top
and equipped with detachable
glass sides.
O. How many children now
In grade school are expected
to finish college7-K. B.
A. Only two out Of 10 grade
school children will finish
four years Of college. al
though four out OF 10 will
continue their education
after high school. Seven out
OF 10 grade school youngsters
will graduate from high
school.
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Inevitable Response

No one should be surprised at the
chaos which now envelopes the Wash
ington area transportation picture. 1t
was as practicable as the rising sun.
Long before its studies of "bal-
anced" rapid tranSit-highway program
were finished, the National Capital
Transportation Agency made known its
intention to propose a regional rail-
transit system so attractive and so eco
nomically feasible that large portions
OF the long-planned area freeway pro-
gram could be strapped. 1t then pro-
ceeded, not In concert with area high
way officials, but unilaterally, to draft
its plan, in the apparent belief that the
basic premises Of its complex traffic,
cost, engineering and travel-habit COM
putations would prove so universally
acceptable that the outcome would be
: virtually interchangeable. The basic
sfallacy in all this, of course, was the fact
that no such scientifically precise math-
;ematical formulas for reaching these
conclusions are available-to the Meta
or to anyone else.
81, This is the major point of the dew
astating 100-page analysis of the Meta
proposals which the District government
is preparing to submit to the White
House. The Commissioners declare at
the outset an "unequivocal support" for
rapid transit, and indorSe a start on
limited segments Of the Meta system.
With no mincing of words, however,
they charge that their own analysis Of
the Meta data shows that the estimates
OF transit costs are too low, the revenues
too high, and the means of predicting
future transit use subject to incredible"
and ridiculous" error.
On highways, as might be expected,
the Commissioners indictment is even
stronger. On page after page their
report challenges the worth of the free
way reviSionS proposed by Meta. 1t
accuses the agency Of assigning traffic
volumes to freeways far in excess of
their capacity, of undertaking. the de-
sire of motorists to use their cars, of
Shattering the concept of the interstate
highway system, of downgrading the
potentialS of express buses on freeways.
This is not an area in which highway
officials are impartial. 1t is one, how
ever in which they can speak with
good deal Of authority.
; What happens now? The danger is
in the tendency to throw up ones hands
over the transit situation-and that
must not happen. There can be no
doubt that efficient highway and tran
sit facilities are both essential Perhaps
the White House will be unable to send
a comprehensive transit highway pro-
posal to Congress within the next few
weeks, as 1t had planned. The admin
iStration possesses both the authority
and the information it needs, however,
to end the unwise restraints now i'm
posed on the freeway system, and to
get on with the job of resolving diff
ferenceS over the transit proposals 1t
will not be the first time that such a
dispute has been settled at that level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Mental Health

An expanded mental health
program is much needed.
Drive out to Spring Grove
State Hospital, near Cations
vile, Md, and see some Of the
Anticipated buildings housing
patients. Inquire how many
patients there are to each
doctor, and how many pa
tients are cared for by how
few attendants, especially at
night. One building housing
many patients was built, I
believe, in ITS. The doctors,
nurses, psychiatric aides and
attendants have to be dedi-
Gated to helping people or
they would not put up with
the conditions in these an
cient buildings.
True, vast strides have
been made in the care, hous-
ing and therapy at this hos
pital during the administra-
tons Of Gov. Tawes and
Commissioner Tuerk. There
are fine. new buildings and
two new ones in process.
However, there are probably
more than enough patients
in the buildings unfit for
human habitation to fill the
new Tawes Building. This
hospital has been doing a
wonderful job Of late OF get
ting people we'll and back TO
their homes.
! hope that the money pro-
posed by President Kennedy
will be used to find physical
causes OF mental illness, TO
provide housing outside hos
pitfalls for those, including
the forgotten elderly. who
have no homes TO go TO and
for emphasizing rehabilita-
ton getting the patient well.
out OF the hospital and back
TO work.
In the interests Of my fell
low man, / am grateful that
President Kennedy has seen
the need. l hope that pub
lie interest will be aroused
and sustained. No political
note should be interjected
into mental health.
Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Mess in Montgomery

After experiencing three
flat tires last month on main
thoroughfares in Montgom-
cry County Georgia avenue.
Viers Mill road, and Six
tenth street,, noticed that
along the curbing Of most
arterial streets there was a
large accumulation OF debris.
which included glass and
nails. / telephoned the
county road department TO
learn the reason for made
quate road cleaning despite
extremely high county taxes.
The reason was remarka-
BILE: All county roads that are
State highways re not only
built by the State OF Mary
land but are maintained by
the State. Thus, there Is
no single public authority
charged with cleaning and
maintenance OF all the county
roads. but instead q split ju-
risdiction renders public re-
sponsibility and accountable
ity impossible. Further, /
learned that for all Of Geor-
gia avenue from Aspen Hill
10 the District line not a
single mechanical stree I
sweeper is available: a con-
tingent OF men would need to
sweep II with brooms and
shovels II II we're TO be
cleanedl
Since the apparent intent
Of establishing a county
charter form Of government
was TO enable the county as
a whole 10 be governed as a
municipality. and this estab-
lishment recognized the ur-
ban character Of Montgom-
cry County, the logic Of this
position requires county re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Guiana Factions

Jerry OLeary, jr., did a
fine job in his front page
story on Cuban shipments of
arms to British Guiana. How
ever. there is one point which
I feel needs Qualification.
He quotes a British Off
cial concerning the amount
and kind of danger of Com
munist subversion in Guiana.
This official is quoted as say
ing that "the most dangerous
element there are members
of the Guianese United Youth
Movement"
According to reliable in
formation which I have, the
Guiana United Youth Society
is a militantly anti-Commu-
mist youth organization. AS a
matter of fact, this group
has requested help from
Americans in the form of
anti Communist materials,
books. films, tapes or money
in order to further their
work.
The youth arm of Cheddi
Jagan's pro-red Peoples Pro-
gressive Party is the Progress
sive Youth Organization, the
PYO, whose members are paid
a generous wage to operate
as organizers and agitators
for Jagan's party. These
youths have been described
as "hooligans" by a recent
visitor to British Guiana.
Perhaps this is the real group
to which the British official
in Mr.. OLeary's story was
referring.
Car0I n Rauunau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Long Life of Literary 'Propogondist
By DONALD MINTZ

what was true when it was
also unbelievable.
Mr.. Sinclair is extraordi-
narily frank about his per-
sonal life. 1t is remarkable
that any man, whatever his
age, could be both so open
and so totally unpsychoana-
lytic in the seventh decade
Of the Goth century. AS a
matter of fact, it is hard to
think of a prominent name of
our time that does not ap-
pear in the index. But there
is one: That of Sigmund
Freud.
CHEER IF YOU LIKE, but
this points to an important
intellectual blind spot, and
in an indirect way explains
one of Mr.. Sinclair's peculiar
enthusiasts: Prohibition. He
tells of the prominent people
he knew who were done in by
demon rum and of some not
so-prominent ones including
his father. But he never
seems TO understand why ex-
hortation and pledge-taking
did no good and he still seems
to be in favor of the good old
Volstead Act.
Among the many praises Of
Upton Sinclair that are
scattered here and there
throughout the book, is a bit
Of German doggerel which
Mr.. Sinclair translates:
Whom does the dirtiest pot
not attack?/Who hits the
world on the hollow tooth?/
Who spurns the now and
swears by the morrow?/Wh
takes no care about being
'undignified'? The Sinclair
is the valiant man/If anyone.
then I can attest it,"
The author is Albert Elm
stein. Now there is some
thing for a man TO be
proud Of.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF


342 PIP. (Harcourt. Brace &
World; $685.
Is Upton Sinclair, now in
his mio-80s passe? A quick
answer, at least from those
he calls "highbrow critics"
is bound to be a strong
Yes"
But as he proudly tells us
in his autobiography, a num-
Der Of his earlier books are
coming out in paperback,
among them that sensation
of the beginning Of the GEN.
tury, THE Jungle" an ex-
pose of conditions in the
Chicago meat industry that
had far-reaching effects.
Mr.. Sinclair never claims
to be (or to have been) a
literary artist. though he
quotes some reviews Of his
works which make that as
sumption. He thinks Of him
self as a propagandist, and
so in one sense at least, those
"highbrow critics" are dis
armed in advance.
Upton Sinclair's autobiog-
raphy came out in November
Of last year, but it was over
looked here, and we now re-
pair the omission. 1t is a
delightful book, vigorous, full
of fun, almost devoid of Bit
terness, and full Of enthusi-
asm for Mr.. Sinclair's old
causes including telepathy
and strange diets as we'll as
socialism.
theology may be dead, but
Mr.. Sinclair has not been
told. He looks at the COM
plexity Of our society, at the
phenomena Of big business,
big labor and big govern
ment and comes to the same
conclusion he arrived at
many years ago: The rich
are robbing the poor.
AS A YOUNGSTER, how
ever, he says that 81 was the
haughtiest little snob that
ever looked down upon man.
kind from the lofty turrets
Of an imitation-Gothic col
lege." Mr.. Sinclair's father
had taken to reading Hearst's
Evening Journal. "a sort OF
steam calliope which
had Just broken loose
on Park Row"
"Oh, the lofty scorn with
which I spurned my father!'
continues Mr.. Sinclair. u
would literally put my fingers
into my ears In order that
my soul might not be sullied
by the offensive sounds OF
the Hearst calliope. I do not
think my father ever sue
ceeded In making me hear a
word OF Brisbane's assaults
upon the great and noble
minded Mckinley, then en-
gagged In having the presi-
dency purchased for him by
Mark Hanna"
Mr.. Sinclair tells how he
became a radical, how his
divorce from his first wife
became noisy, how he
founded colonies for COM
munal living, how he ran
for Governor OF California
In the early days OF the New
Deal when his organization
EPIC END Poverty in Cali
formal won the Democratic
primaries, and above all, how
. he wrote his books. He is
most eager 10 show that some
OF his most improbable epi-
sodes were In fact taken from
hfe and remarks that he was
never able 10 take Lincoln
Steffens' advice to leave out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
THE PASSING SCENE
AQuickeninq of the Republican Pace
By WILLIAM S. WHITE

The Kennedy administra-
tons manifold present trou-
bles, in a world which large
ly it never made but a world
nevertheless for which 1t
must bear ultimate respon-
sibility, are immensely quick
ening the pace Of Republican
presidential politics for 1864.
The reason is simple. For
the first time, realistic ma
tional politicians in both
parties are beginning to see
as possible what until recent
ly had been thought to be
substantially impossible -
President Kennedy's defeat
for reelection.
The @. o. p. nomination,
in a word, is commencing to
look as though 1t might have
a practical and not merely
an honorary value.
This is the undoubted ex-
PLANTATION, an important part
at any rate, of the now
stepped UP and quite open
campaign of the front-run-
ner for that nomination,
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller Of
New York.
The heightened tempo is
manifested in Gov. Rockefel-
ler's insistent efforts to pro-
woke q running national de-
bate on taxes and general
economic matters with Mr..
Kennedy. (T'his Is the one
field Of issues In which the
Governor can with perfect
logic presume to speak for all
Republican wings, for on this
point alone there Is little real
difference as among all
shades of Republicans
Second Thoughts on Ticket
1t is manifested also in
current speculation that
under some circumstances a
Rockefeller Goldwater ticket
in 1864 might not be so un-
thinkable as it would only
recently have appeared to
be. While it would be far too
much to suggest that Gov.
Rockefeller at this early date
would be prepared to welcome
Senator Barry Goldwater as
his running-mate, it is per-
fectly clear that some Rookie
Teller hackers are not now
excluding such a possibility.
Senator Goldwater, him
self, is not at all ready to
consider the second place,
especially since the top place
is still wide open. Moreover,
he has a livelier appreciation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Kind Word for Schools

Much has been said
and written lately about all
the faults and shortcomings
OF the d. c. school system.
but here are two voices which
say: Thank you, Dr. Hansen,
for making an excellent ed
ucation available TO our GILL
drenl"
Mr.. and Mrs. II. q.
LamensdOrf.
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affect "the entire National Capital Area
park program" Mrs wilkins credentials
as faithful champion Of aesthetic
interests are not open to challenge, and
her forecast of the shape of things to
come certainly will be indicated If it
should be ascertained that Mr.. Udall
has acted capriciously and arbitrarily.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tOriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used will be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22

sponsibility for the mainte-
nance and cleaning Of all its
roads. The new regimes
in Annapolis and Rockville,
therefore, would be well ad-
vised to transfer this respon-
sibility for State routes to
the county along with the
present State revenues used
for this end. Tyler Haynes.
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Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can set an answer by
mail, to any question Of fact by
writing The star Information Blu
reau. 635 p street NV, Washington
Z. D c Please inelose return post
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Hiking Craze

Carol ID. Bauman.
The frontiersman., 1963-01-31
Legal Notice

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. Land Office, Cordo- va Building 5s5 Cordova Street An chorage Alaska
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Warren Robert Visnaw entrynan. of Spenard, Alaska together with his witnesses or an Wendell McNillin of Wasilla, Alaska and Peter Joseph Corcoran of Wasilia, Alaska has submitted final proof on his Homestead entry Anchorage Serial Number 02804G for Q tract of land des- cribed as
 SEA- Sec 20. w aSWi4 SWh4, Sec. 21, Wi2NWi 4NWi4 Sec. 28. Lots ana 5. Sec 2e. T. ls N, R. w. SIM, containing l52 93 acres, and ii is now Tn the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any person, corporation, or as sociation having or asserting any ad- verse interest in. or claim to- the tract of land or any part thereof sought, may file in the Anchorage Land Office dur ing the period Of publication or within 90 days thereafter under oath, an ad- verse claim setting forth the nature and extent thereof. and such adverse claimant shall, within sixty days after the filing of such adverse claim, begin action to quiet title in court of com petent jurisdiction within Alaska. and thereafter patent shall De issued in con- fcrmity with the final decree of the court
 ALFRED P STEGER
 Chief. Lands Section Published Januarv g February 2, IA,
 q and 28. 1865
The frontiersman., 1963-01-31
boW|iillu News

Now that our annual tourna- ment IS over, maybe we can settle down to bowling with an aim to improving ourselves for the state tournament. Those planning to go to Juneau should sign up immediately for plane reservations, as the larg- CT planes are being filled first. There IS a sheet posted at the Bowling Center for this pur- pose. There are reservation blanks available, and the price of the fare should be sent to insure your reservation.
 Team No. 5 in the HANDI- CAP TRIO is narrowing the lead held by Team No. 2. Team No. Z has won 49 games and Team No 5 has won A. Midge Hudgins rolled a 232 game and 532 series, while Erma Liebing boWled 211 for her high game and 531 for her series. Team No. 4 won the high team game with 557 pins and series with l516 pins.
 The HOUSEWIVES are still led by the Frontiersman team, with Bert's Drug Store follow ing. Marion Burgan starred this week with 230 pins for her nigh game, Aggie Reed had 2l2 game. Punky Pullen earn ed the high series with 553 to- tai pins, while Aggie totalled 543 pins.
 The PINPOPPERS mixed doubles league is most interest ing to watch. There are only three games difference between the four top teams. At pres ent Paul's Chevron is still lead- ing with 4713 games, then Macs Plumbing with 46 games, Matanuska Valley Bank with 45 games, and Bush Lanes with 44a games. Gerrie Hamrick rolled a high game last week of 243 pins. and Ray Mccartney had a 253 game. Gladys Hayes boWled a 624 series and Rich ard Horton a 629 series. Macs Plumbing had the high 839 game and made the high sea- son series with 2401 pins.
 Bess's Beauty Bar holds six game lead over Hamrick Ac- counting in the SCRATCH TRIO. Some nice games were boWled including Bev Schroe- der's POP, Midge Hudgin's l99 and Mary Edmiston's l94. Mary Edmiston rolled the high ser ies, totalling TIP pins. Bev Sch Toeder was second with 677 pins. Bess's Beauty Bar had the high team of 527 pins and ser ies of 1915 pins. Matanuska Telephone Association followed closely with 524 team game and 1905 team series.
 The KING PINS have chang ed their team standings. Rudy's Maintenance has taken the lead with 4712 games. and D & A Grocery follows with 4612 games. Wanda Marcus came through with the high series of 603. and Chuck Goetz with 617. Libby Martin had the high game with 220 pins and Chuck with high game of 250 pins. Wright's Travel Agency came through with the high series of 22l5 pins, followed by MONY with 2205 and Rudy's Mainten- ance with 2204. Rudy's had the high team game of 617.
 The Glass Bar still leads the Four Aces in the KNIK BREEZES. by five games. Mar la Frost came up with 230 game. Nancy Goetz PIT. and Alethea Scheibl 2o9. Nancy Goetz rolled the high series with 596 pins. The Glass Bar rolled high team game with 920 pins and series of 2563 pins
 The Grown Jewel Bowling Ball which was rallied by the Woman's Association was won by Sally Worledge. Sally also won one of the money prizes, and Irene Vasanoja the other.
 Happiness comes easy to peo- 4o
The frontiersman., 1963-01-31

Happiness comes easy to peo- pie who have forgotten how to worry.
The frontiersman., 1963-01-31

Published Januarv 5l February 7 H.
 q and 2s, 1865.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22
Carpenter Says
He Secreted Body
OF Wife in Wall

LOS ANGELES, Sept. q
(AP) Police said an aged re-
tired carpenter told them to-
day he killed his 70-year-olc
wife and sealed her body
behind a plaster wall because
"she was running around with
other men,"
Joseph Lewis, ~, was ar
rested earlier by a mentioning
police detective as he waited in
a service station for his widely
sought auto to be serviced.
Detective Lieutenant Charles
Howe said Lewis told officers
he was unaware that the body
had been found and was re-
turning home when arrested.
He says he thought he had
succeeded in hiding her body
and was planning on not get
ting caught" 1t. Howe said.
1t. Howe said he and othel
officers believed that Mrs
Lewis unfaithfulness existed
only in her husbands magma
ton.
A murder warrant agains
Lewis was issued after thu
decomposed body Of his wife
Anna, was found seeled insidl
a wall of the couples neat
two-story home here Septembe
IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22
Diplomat Nizinski Dies:
Took Asylum Here

Walter w. Nizinski, So, a
former Polish diplomat who
detected and took asylum in
the United States in 1850, died
of pneumonia Friday at his
Rockville MD home.
Mr.. Nizinski, born of a noble
family at Pultusk, Poland, en-
tered the Polish Foreign Serv-
ice after World War II, coming
to the Washington embassy in
1916 as a specialist in American
politics.
Before his detection, he
gained a reputation among his
colleagues for a report to his
office predicting the election
Of President Truman in 1948.
Since 1850, Mr.. Nizinski, a
naturalized American citizen,
had worked as a free-lance po-
ltical researcher.
A graduate of Warsaw Uni
versity, he went into the pub
fishing business in Poland and
served on the editorial board
of an encyclopedia firm before
World War II. >.,Ga
A lieutenant in the artillery
corps. he was with the last
Polish division to surrender in
1899. He then spent five and q
half years as prisoner Of wal
in the Woldenburg Camp in
Germany.
He leaves his wife, Sophia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22
Church Council
Elects Officers

CLEVELAND, Sept. 81
(AP).-Dr. J. Earl Danieley of
Elon IN. c. College, was re-
elected chairman today of the
Council for lay life and work of
the United Church of Christ.
Other officers named at the
second session of the councils
t hree-day meeting were Mrs.
Gardener L. Brown of Akron,
first vice chairman C. Don
Snyder Of Oklahoma City, Sec
ond vice chairman; Mrs. Ar
thur r. Achtemeier, SCOTS
bluff, Neb., secretary; and
Walter s. Wood of Cleveland,
treasurer.
DIR. Franklin H. Littell, a
Chicago theological seminary
professor, told 40 delegates:
1.-THE scandal of our churches
is in indiscipline and faithless-
ness. This is far more threat
ening than what the Nazis or
Communists have to offe.'."
He said he thought recovery
of a Christian standard of
thought and action could come
only If lay groups rededicated
themselves.