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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
HERE'S BILL VEEcK s4., -;
Spring Training
Brings Nostalgia

hands" eve all know what
that means: He can't hitJ
All, spring training, when
each Of the 20 alleged major
league teams is still a con-
tender. When each has been
vastly improved" by:
ca Winter trades. Il guess
that's what happened to my
Smith boys.)
tb) The fine young prospect
who hit. 234 in the Sally League
and is thus a cinch to chase
at least one veteran out Of the
country.
(c) The 100000 bonus
player who still looks like the
shrewdeSt investment since
AT&T.
I'D The new manager who
is going to pick up 20 ad-
ditional victories by his asture
handling of personnel.
And how do we know all
these things are goint to hap
pen? Why, it says so in the
beautifully lacuuered press
books, published by the clubs
themselves. What better au-
thority could anyone want?
Veterans Take Time
All, spring training . when
the youngsters report, 1.-the and
lean and full of enthusiasm
and the veterans report
usually as late as possible.
Can it only be by comparison
that they look so talented, OF
could it be that with seniority
and affluence come better
tailors who know how to cut
expensive sports clothes to hide
the slightest sign of the soft
protruding belly?
Besides, everybody knows that
veterans take their time. I've
know veterans who were still
working at it, in their leisurely
fashion, well into July.
This spring will be no diff.
ferent. The same brilliant star,
will flash across the March
skies, for in the spring al
brides are beautiful and al
rockies phenomenal.
A month later the bride /,
just another housewife with
her hands in the dishwater
and the phenomenon is fight.
ing to hang on in Peoria.
The same experts will write
the same glowing accounts tt
stir the same hopes in the
same breasts of the same fans
The same front-office wizards
will make the same speeches
about how this year, at lone
last, they have put together
a club that's going to hustle.
All, spring training . when
for a few brief weeks, every
fan can see his team as the
winner. For this is the year
is 1t not, that the Yankee.
could lose? You're darn right
it is.
All, spring training how
I wish that I were part of II
again.
Copyright, 1868. Field Enterprises. Inc }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

snapped and the fish was gone.
Pinas Bay fishing is not al
ways this excellent, depending
a lot on the movement Of the
Humboldt Current.
A party composed of Kill
bourne Castell of Arlington,
Dave Posnick of Washington.
c. D. Frank of Arlington and
Hugh McCaffrey Of Falls
Church preceded the ODon-
nells. chartering the same boat.
They only boated four black
marlin in II days but reported
tremendous numbers of sharks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

and five sailfish but lost what
certainly would have been q
world record fish on 50-pound
test line.
At that point Hank had
boated seven marlin and Jim
had said. Tomorrow, Hank,
I'm going after record fish"
1t hit the bait, a black mar
lin estimated to weigh more
than 700 pounds. Jim fought 1t
out and the marlin was almost
within reach when the worn
tackle betrayed him. The line
slipped out of a loose roller tip,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

and often had their lines nys-
teriously cut off. Once a dol
phin actually was seen biting a
line.
But there's also the story Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross H. Walker
of Richmond who fished later
than the O'Donnells. According
to an Associated Press dispatch
they caught Al marlin in 10
days with the largest weighing
1913 pounds.
Nine Of these were taken in
one day with Mrs. Walker boat
! ing six.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
BY BILL vEECK

Being a major league ball.
player isn't exactly as bad a,
two weeks in Alcatraz, moi
even when you have to play
a night game on getaway day.
Even when you're on a nine.
game losing streak. are SEIZED.
uled to address your sons PTA
meeting and have just read ir
the paper that the genera
manager is bringing up a new
infielder who can hit, there are
certain compensations.
The hours are almost i'm.
possible to beat the working
conditions are considerably les.
than onerous and the pay Is
somewhat better than good.
And for the six or eight
week period each year known
as spring training, the profes.
Sional ballplayer has, without
contest, bubble or cavil, the
greatest Job in the world.
For this is the season wher
the most dedicated doctor
lawyer or merchant prince
would happily lay down hi.
scalpel. abandon his tort or cal
off his dollar sale for the
chance to trade places with the
rawest rookie.
After every conceivable OF
inconceivable award has beer
bestowed by every possible OF
impossible postmaster, ther
you know that winter is wan
ing, the sap Is stirring anc
there is nothing for the ball.
player to do but sign his con.
tract and head South, leavinI
his loyal audiences behind Il
freeze.
All, spring training. TAX,
a mixture of sunshine. stall,
sweat and linament, add equa
parts of dreams and hopes ant
lies, and stir gently. All right
then, not lies wiShfu
thinking.
Time for Stretching
Let us say, rather, a tint
when one is permitted tt
stretch the sellers license II
the utmost, a practice lonl
since approved by the Supreme
Court itself. For who knows
Maybe Pete Ward will be thu
greatest third baSeman IL
White Sox history.
All right, so last year it wa
two guys named Smith (anC
whatever happened to them?,
who were going to hit $50
drive in 100 runs and "defenC
the hot corner like Pie Traynor
who I'm beginning to thinl
was the only third basemar
who ever stopped a ground ball
Spring training Is the tint
when every 18-year-old short,
stop moves with the speeC
and agility Of a cat" what
ever that means and "goei
equally we'll to his left anC
right and has a great pair o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
MATCH AT PLNAS BAY 2>!# ~"
Golfers Biz Score Is in Marlin
BY CHARLES COVELL
Outdoor Editor

Sometimes, under the benev-
olent influence Of a martini, a
confirmed golfer will say he
would like to 90 fishing.
Usually, when he does. he
finds that catching a big fish
is tougher than Cd blasting out
OF a sand trap with a No. 2
iron or 90 chipping to the
green with a No. 8 wood.
Not so j. Hanlon Hank
O'Donnell Of 27l2 Wisconsin
avenue NV. Hank is a golfer
from way back. and up to jan
uary / had had a little fishing
experience, for a bass or two
as a youngster and some hard
heads and rock off Piney
Point, Md.
But none Of 1t compared to
the proves Of his cousin,
James ODonnell, jr., Chevy
Chase attorney. Jim is an Or
ganizer of the Ocean City Light
Tackle Club and one Of the
three United States delegates
to the international Game
Fish Association. He has fished
north, south, east and west
and caught all the big billfish
worth mentioning.
Planned Pinas Bay Trip
Jim had a trip scheduled to
PinaS Bay, that fabulous spot
off Panama which at the mo-
ment is probably the worlds
hottest place for black marlin,
sailfish and many other spe-
cies. But for one reason or an
other, the trip was about to Le
washed out. So one night, over
the aforementioned martins,
Jim said to Hank:
How would you like to go
fishing? Down in Panama, /
mean" Hank thought a mo-
ment and laughed, Sure, I'll
go, If you will guarantee the
fish. I don't want to ride
around for days catching moth
ing"
Jim dismissed 1t later but
sure enough. Hank walked into
his office one morning and
said. We'll, when do we get
started?"
So they went, by air to Bal
boa, then on the fishing boat
equipped for two weeks at sea
with two big freezers of food
and 500 gallons Of diesel fuel.
Fish Over Sunken Peak
For two days they headed
south through the Perlas Is
lands to Pinas Bay and the
fishing ground which lies 10 or
IL miles out into the Pacific.
1t is a relatively small area,
actually a submerged peak in
a mountain ridge that rises 70
5000 feet on shore.
But over and around 1t swim
hundreds of acres of bait fish
bonito, rainbow runner and Ill
the tasty tidbits that sail, mar
lin, dolphin and other preda-
tory species love.
They fished eight days with
q steadily decreasing supply of
tackle because Jim had had no
opportunity to replace used
lines and other necessities.
Get IS Marlin Strikes
In the eight days they had
SIS black marlin strikes, posi-
lively identified by their jumps.
OF these, Hank boated IL, TAX
ing q long time with the first
but finally. under Jim's coach
ing, bringing them in handily.
All were released except one
that was dying. Ashore 1t
weighed 435 pounds.
Jim got seven blac,: marlin
, 1963-12-20

Enjoy the Buccaneers famous
nodst Beef Buffet every Sutur-
coy & wdtch the Cdribbeuns
nost spectacular Limbo Ddncer
, 1963-12-20


CONE 10 The BUCCANEER
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
Enjoy the Buccuneer's fonous
Roost Beef Buffet every Sutur-
coy 6 wdtch the Curibbedns
nost spectacular Limbo Ddncer
PRINCE IGOR
lH you come for dancing and the floor show
only. there will be a charge Of $l.50)
OTHER NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT
on Mondays, Wednesdays dnd FriddYs:
Calypso singing by Kendrick. Then.
Tuesdays its Beech drtY Night fedtur-
ing The Bucconeers" Steel Bond and
on Thursddvs If is Dunish Dinner NiUht
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Alexandra National
Adds New Director

Henry A. Thomas, Alexandria
attorney, has been elected a d.
rector of the Alexandria Ma
tional Bank to succeed his IA
ther, Henry P. Thomas, who
retired from the board.
Mr.. Thomas serves Alexan-
dria as a member Of the Board
of Zoning Appeals, the Eco
nomic Development Commits
sion and the Commercial and
Industrial Improvement sub
committee of the Citizens
Advisory committee for Com
munity Improvement. He Is
secretary and director Of Alex
andria Hospital, president of
the Young Democratic Club Of
Alexandria and treasurer Of
the Young Democratic Club
Of Virginia.
He also is a director of the
Alexandria Community Welfare
Council and vice president of
the Security Savings and Loan
Association. He is active in the
Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of
Commerce and the Junior
Chamber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
O'NeiII Is Named
AS President of
Public National

William M. O'Neill, president
and director of the Community
Bank Of Lynbrook, N. Y, has
been elected president Of the
newly chartered Public Nation
al Bank of Washington.
Walter Ogus, chairman of the
organizational committee for
the new bank, announced Mr..
O'Neill's selection and said the
new Public National Bank
Building at 1430 X street NV.
Is nearing completion.
With SO million of paid-in
capital, the new institution is
expected to open between July
! and IS. Installation Of fix
lures will start this ming
week and the vault and safe
deposit facilities are completed.
The newly elected president
has had is years Of banking
experience and is a graduate
Of the Stonier Graduate School
Of Banking at Rutgers Univer-
sity.
He Joined the First National
Bank of Woodbridge, N. Y, in
l947, became cashier in 1850
and executive vice president in
1857. He became president of
the Lynbrook bank in 1860.
The 42-year-old banker has
been active in Lynbrook civic
organizations. Hel also is a d.
rector of the Nassau County
Clearing Association and repre-
sentative to the Council of Ad-
ministration of the New York
State Bankers Association. He
was a communications chief In
the Army Air Force in World
War II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Contracts Issued
For Cargo Ships

The Federal Maritime Ad-
ministration awarded contracts
for construction Of six cargo
vessels for two American ship
lines. The Government will pay
slightly over half the cost un-
der a formula for substituting
domestic shipbuilding concerns.
Avondale Shipyards, Inc,
subsidiary Of Ogden Corp, re-
ceived q $3.50 million contract
to build three l0,000-ton ves-
sells for Gulf & South Ameri-
can Steamship Co. of New Or
leans. The company is so per
cent owned by Lykes Bros.
Steamship Co.
National Steel & Shipbuilding
Co.. San Diego. an affiliate Of
Kaiser Industries Corp, got a
1912 million contract to build
three cargo ships for American
President Lines, Ltd, San
Francisco. These will have a
cargo capacity Of around H.
900 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Nine Indicted
On Price-Fixinq
In Bedsprinqs

The Justice Department has
announced the indictment of
nine firms doing a $50 million
business in bedsprings on
charges Of illegally conspiring
to fix prices.
A Federal grand jury In st.
Louis, Mo-, returned the in
dictment, which also names
Fred Nachman, jr., president OF
Nachman Corp. of Chicago, de-
scribed as the largest bedSpring
manufacturer in the Unite d
States.
Firms named in addition to
the Nachman Corp. are:
Joseph Aron auer, Inc,
Brooklyn, N. Y; Leggett &
Plat, Inc, and the Capt.
Steady Co., both Of Carthage,
Mo-; Johnson Spring g. Ma
chinery, Chicago; Kay Manu-
featuring Corp, Brooklyn,
N. Y; Motor City Spring Co.,
and No-Sag Spring Co., both
of Detroit, and the ]. r. Greene
Co., Cincinnati.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

Twenty-four diplomas and
Is achievement awards were
presented to students of WASH
ington Chapter, American Saw
ings and Loan Institute at the
annual graduation dinner at
the Shoreham Hotel last night
Ray A. Neumann, vice presi-
dent of First Federal Savings
and Loan of Peoria, H., and
immediate past president Of the
national institute, presented IL
graduate diplomas.
w. Franklin Morrison OF
First Federal of Washington
newly elected president Of the
District Savings and Loan
League, presented IL standard
diplomas and the achievement
awards.
Charles C. Elderkin of Per-
petual Building Association,
chapter president, introduced
special guests at the head table
and reviewed the years educa-
tional program, which included
courses for savings and loan
careers. Chapter membership
this year totaled 459 and sac
were enrolled In classes.
Graduate diplomas went to:
James s. Basinger, Franklin d
Coburn, Neil A. Crichton, John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
DBA Convention Set for Record Group;
BaIderston Leads Prominent Speakers

Trust Co., president Of WASH
ington Chapter, American In
stitute Of Banking, will review
chapter activities.
Mr.. Mapes will discuss the
future Of communications and
Senator Carlson will speak on
"our problems in this confused
world" at the second session
Friday morning. Richard A,
Norris, president of Riggs Ma
tional, association treasurer,
and Ekdrige Kendrick, associa-
ton secretary, will report.
Election on Saturday
Mr.. Janeway will speak on
the economic outlook at the
final session Saturday and DR..
Carroll will discuss education
problems and opportunities.
The annual election and action
on resolutions also are sched-
uled.
In addition to Mr.. Saxon,
Mr.. Cooke and Mr.. Kimbrell,
other guests will include: Clar-
ence B. Redman, First Deputy
Controller of the Currency;
Aubrey N. Helm, first vice
president Of the Federal Re-
serve Bank Of Richmond, and
r. Coleman Egertson, Chief
National Bank Examiner.
Around $50 of the bankers
and guests will leave Washing
ton by special train Of the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Railway
Wednesday afternoon, while
others will go by auto and
plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Cool Utilization
Has New Owners

The magazine Coal Utiliza-
ton has been purchased by the
DIP Corp, which is headed by
Russ Coombes, former presi-
dent Of INFLAMMATION, Inc, it
was announced In the June Is
sue Of the publication.
Name Of the magazine has
been changed to Coal-Today
and Tomorrow and the edito-
rial formal has been broadened
substantially. Most Of the staff
of Coal Utilization has been
retained.
Offices Of DIP Corp. are at
49l0 st. Elmo avenue in Be-
thesda, Md. Stockholders rep
resent a cross section Of men
responsible for coal production
and coal use, the announce
ment said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

New Workers apportioned the
smallest percentage Of current
spending to own and operate a
car, 8.3 per cent. while Cedar
Rapids and Detroit allotted the
largest portion, 15.9 per cent
and 1876 per cent respectively.
Families in Dallas spent the
least amount, per cent, for
alcoholic drinks, followed close
ly by Atlanta, IL per cent.
New Workers earmarked 90 per
cent Of expenditures for alco-
hol, well above the national
average Of 1.8 per cent, but
far short Of the pace set by
Portland families-2.5 per cent.
After fulfilling its own needs,
the average American family
still had $500 to give to charit-
able or gift-supported institu-
lions in 1860. San Franciscans
were the most charitable, CIV
ing an average of $402.
Charity Gifts Top Average
Washington families gave
$317 to charity, a bit above
the national average of $500,
but nothing to brag about,
considering that family in
come was about a thousand
dollars higher than the ma
tional average.
On balance, the average
American family at years end
had saved $144, not much to
be sure, but quite an improve
ment over 1850 when the aver
age family finished the year
$40 in the red. The 1850 fam
lily deficit was due in part to
the rising prices and fears
brought on by the Korean War.
Even in 1860, a number of
metropolitan areas showed
family financial deficits. Buff
falo families finished the year
the deepest in tn hole, 1924,
followed by other poor budg-
eters in San Francisco, $178
deficit; Philadelphia, $144;
New York, $66, and Dallas, $64.
Washington families, with
their higher average income
and about average living costs
and tastes, wound up 1860 as
the Nations leading savers. At
the end of the year each fam
ily's assets had increased an
average Of 1851 from the year
before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Bituminous Production in the

DltumhnOuS EEOuuCtlOu III ItlC
week ended June ! totaled 8.6
million tons compared with g.
100000 in the previous week
and 100000 in the like week
a year ago. Output for 5
months was 1874, 100000 tons
compared with 180,631, 900 q
year ago.-National Coal Asso-
citation.
Crude Petroleum Stocks, do
nestle and foreign, on June /
totaled 252,262,000 barrels. up
757,000 for the week.-Bureau
of Mines. p
Apparel Manufacturers are
optimistic about the third
quarter. Seventy per cent ex-
pect sales increases, 20 per cent
think the outlook is the same
and / per cent expects a drop
Dun & Bradstreet.
Steel Industry employment
of hourly and salaried workers
in April rose to 530,907, uI
1886 from March and UP 49,.
BOT from the 1862 low in No
vember. - Am. Iron 81 Stee
Inst.
Pan Am World Always an.
nounced it has signed an agree.
ment with the Flight Engineers
international Assn. and the
United Plant Guard Workers OF
America providing for binding
arbitration in any dispute
where the machinery Of the
Railway Labor Act has been
exhausted.-Dow Jones.
Pac. Power & Light Co. ex-
poets to market $50 million OF
30-year first mortgage bonds
and to sell $40 million serial
preferred stock about July 80.
Dow Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
BUSINESS BRIEFS

]. ]. Newberry Co. May sales
totaled $23,537,475, unchanged
from 1862; for 5 months $1O7,-
530,2S7, up 81 per cent from
1862.
Lane Bryant, Inc, May sales
totaled $l0,S72. 758, up 1873 per
cent from 1852; for 5 months
$44, 740,602. UP Is per cent from
1862.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

the Virginia bank holding COM
pany.
Mr.. Worsham has been a d.
rector of the Southern Bank Of
Norfolk for several years and
was president during 1862. He
is a former director of the Vir-
ginia State Chamber of Com
merce and served as its vice
president. He is chairman Of
Old Dominion Peanut Corp,
the Norfolk Port and Industrial
Authority and Virginia Cruise
Corp. He also is a director of
Randolph Macon College.
He will be assigned to the
bank relations division of the
corporation. Affiliated banks
include: Old Dominion, Mount
Vernon National, National
Bank of Manassas, Purcellville
National, Falls Church Bank,
Richmond National, Shenan-
doah County Bank g. Trust and
Peoples Bank of Mount Jack
son, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Los Angeles Gives GE
SIG Million Contract

LOS ANGELES DD.-Gen-
eral Electric Co. was awarded
a $16,255.0 900 contract for two
turbine generator units by the
Los Angeles Board Of Water
Commissioners.
They are to be placed in
operation in fiscal 1867 at the
city's Haynes steam generating
plant under construction near
Long Beach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Budd Co. Low Bidder
On 800 Subway Cars

NEW YORK DD.-While
the orders still have not been
awarded Budd Co. submitted
the lowest Of three bids for
900 subway cars, the New York
City Transit Authority an
nounced. A transit authority
spokesman said he did not
know when the award would
be made.
Budd Co., Philadelphia, bid
$ll4.700 per unit. st. Louis
Car Division Of General Steel
Industries. Inc. bid Silt, 300,
and the Pullman-Standard
division Of Pullman. Inc.
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
BY DONALD b. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

A record attendance of
around $50 Washington area
bankers and their guests are
expected to attend the 44th
annual convention Of the Dis
trict Bankers Association at
the Greenbrier in White Sui
phur Springs, w. Va, next
Wednesday through Saturday.
Douglas r. Smith, associa-
ton president and president
Of National Savings g. Trust
Co., yesterday announced a
heavy advance registration and
listed prominent speakers for
the three business sessions.
Speakers will include: C..
Candy Balderston, vice presi-
dent Of the Federal Reserve
Board: Charles Mapes, assistant
chief engineer, American Tele-
phone g. Telegraph Co.; SEN
ator Carlson, Republican of
Kansas; Eliot Janeway, con-
sulting economist and writer
of New York; Thomas M. Car
roll, president Of George WASH
ington University.
Special Guests Listed
Among the guests will be
James j. Saxon, controller Of
the currency, who will attend
the final session on Saturday;
Chairman Earle Cooke of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
and M. Monroe Kimbrell of
Thomson, Ca. president Of the
American Bankers Association,
who will visit the bankers Sat-
urday.
Mr.. Balderston will speak on
recent deposit growth and
bank investment policy" at the
Thursday morning session and
Mr.. Smith will give the annual
presidents report, the outlook
for area banking.
L. Gilbert Vance of Suburban
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

reported Treasurer N. ]. Alt
house yesterday.
Sales in the first five months
of this year aggregated $45,-
GOT 1854, an increase Of 81 per
cent from $4l,854,995 in the
same 1862 period.
The company operated 223
stores in May, compared with
2l3 In the same month last
wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
RCA Preview Planned

Southern Wholesalers, Inc,
will display the 1864 line Of
RCA Victor home products for
appliance dealers in the States
Room of the new Skyline Inn
at South Capitol and I streets
S.W. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
GkA0UAs.7ON DINNER
40 Students Honored
By SCI Institute

T. Crowley. Taylor RUSSELL,
Charles w. Handy, jr., Garth
E. Martin, Wilbur B. Perine,
jr., N. Janice Robinson, Helen
Shearon, J. Edward Sydnor and
Wendell B. Tascher.
Standard diplomas were re-
ceived by M. Stewart Berg
mann, Gordon N. Buskey, VIII
liam B. Conrad, George c. Ed
Ter, jr., Mary e. Fannin g.
Wayne E. Hammond. James L.
Harris, Romie L. Holstein, John
F. Hueter II, M. Joseph OLeary.
Paul T. Perkins and Virginia
L. Wells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
AVERAGE INCOME
OF u. S. FAMILIES
UP 500 IN ~

NEW YORK (AP).-The
average income Of an
American family rose to
S7,140 in 1862 from 5000
IN 1861. Standard q Poor's
Corp. reported yesterday In
lo47 the average was
S4.i3O.
The statistical research
agency said that In con-
trast to the high concen-
ration In one or two in
come groups in the early
postwar period. families are
now more evenly spread
over the middle income
groups.