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The Nome nugget., 1963-12-24

Legends and superstitions are part of every theme of Christmas today. There are tales about yule logs, Christmas decorations. leg ends of carols and Christmas hymns, and even superstitions of animals and trees at Christmas time.
 One belief was that as the hour of Christ's birthday approaches, allAhe cattle fall on their knees and honor Him. Many people saw this happen and even though we, today, know cattle always rise hind feet first, with front knees still on the ground, it still makes a beautiful story.
 Also, at this hour, there was a widespread idea that oxen were able to speak. Many people were said to have heard the oxen talk ing but "the listeners never heard anything good of themselves"
 An old Irish superstition says that at midnight on Christmas, the gates of Heaven open, so anyone who dies can go straight to Para disc without entering Purgatory first. Often, if people were dying, but friends or relatives thought
The Nome nugget., 1963-12-24
Did You Ever Wonder |.

For fun with children Cor grown ups) pose these "unanswerable" questions about Santa as you en- joy fellowship around the Christ mas tree.
 What is Santa's gift bag made of?
 What does Santa's house look like?
 How many helpers does Santa have?
 Where is Santa's first stop?
 If you could ask Santa one question what would it be?
 How did Santa pick his eight reindeer?
 What is Santa's favorite food?
 ........What would be your Christ mas gift to Santa?
The Nome nugget., 1963-12-24
SUPERSTITIONS OF CHRISTMAS

disc to sing a carol in honor of the Christ Child.
 These superstitions, the pretty and the fanciful alike, are anti quated today but they still make for interesting story telling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Army Command
Gets Vote Award

The Military District of
Washington was presented the
American Heritage Foundation
Award last week for topping all
major Army commands in vot-
ing participation in the 1862
elections.
The award, which cites the
command for outstanding pub
lie service, was presented to
Mai. Gen. Philip c. Wehle,
District commanding general,
~ Brendan Byrne, the foun-
cations executive director.
Seventy per cent of the COM
mand's eligible voters cast abb
sentee ballots in the 1862 gen.
eral election.
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AMERICAN-MADE
PURITAN
FIREPLACE FIXTURES

Make your home more ottroctive and enjoy
Iong-losting satisfaction with Puritan fireplace
equipment mode in America. All fixtures
shown ore Of sturdy black metal finish
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Peasants Hail
Berber Revolt;
Gains Claimed

AZAzGA, Algeria, Oct. 5
CAP). - Berber disSidents
claimed control today of more
territory in the Kabylie Noun
tains Of Algeria and were
hailed by peasants demanding
arms against President Ahmed
Ben Bella.
A crowd of more than 5000
Berbers roared a welcome to
dissident leaders. who told
them:
"If you want arms to fight
Ben Bella, We will give them to
you"
The rhythmic chant of
Long Live Freedom" rose at
the sports stadium of this
mountain town 80 miles east of
Algiers.
First Casualty Reported
At the same time. Col. Mo-
hand on ell Hadj, military COM
mander of the disSidents. an
nounced the first casualty Of
the revolt: A rebel soldier
wounded by a government pa
troll at Port Gueydon northeast
of here. Mr.. GU ell Hadj, whose
home town this is. said his
troops arrested the patrol after
the shooting.
Give us arms" answered
the crowd, held back by young
men with green and white
brassards marked with the in
sigma of the rebel Front Of So
cialist Forces.
Late in the afternoon, disSi-
dent troops who rallied to Mr..
'ou ell Hadi claimed control Of
most towns and villages in the
heart Of Kabylie, outside the
capital of TIL Ouzou, which is
guarded by government troops.
But even in TIKI Ouzou the
government had little control
over the population. A much
publicized ro-government DEM
onstration failed to take place
when only a handful Of gov
eminent supporters showed up.
In Fort National, is miles
from TIL Ouzou, Berbers .
masSed to cheer leaders who
travelled from town to town to
demand resistance.
French Back Ben Bella
MeanwhileA the French gov
eminent was reported to have
decided to give Mr.. Ben Bella
support in his struggle.
Highly reliable French sources
In Algiers said the assurances
were given by French Am
bassador Georges Gorse after
his return from consultations in
Paris. President Charles de
Gaulle apparently feels Mr..
Ben Bella should be backed as
the best available statesman in
neutrality-suspicious. Algeria.
The French sources stressed
that the backing will not be
impaired by continuing nation
alization of French property
and plans to block French bank
accounts.
Reliable reports say the main
reason for the French attitude
is its determination to continue
atomic experiments in the Sa-
hara. France apparently plans
TO explode five more bombs be-
fore completion of its atomic
program in the desert. Despite
criticism of the French expert
ments and occasional threats
mainly for African consump-
tion-the Algerian govern
ment has done nothing to pre-
vent France from continuing
this program.
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LOOKED LIKE JELLY
40-Foot-Long Thing
Covorting in Atlantic

mouth. But, there it was, I'M
dulating along looking as If
1t were almost made Of fluid
glass"
The thing" was sighted Is
miles southeast of Times
Square off Sandy Hook.
1T was at least 40 feet in
length, and about 5 inches thick
and perhaps Z to 8 inches deep
looking something like an
enormously long flattened eel"
DR.. Walford said.
The thing" was sighted from
a research vessel as scientists
were lowering two frogmen in
a sharkproof iron bird cage"
to make oceanographic studies,
Sharks are common in the area
DR.. Walford, anxious to pho
tograph the thing" plans to
sail back to the scene with
floodlights late tomorrow.
During the last two weeks, a
large and dangerous form Of
singing jellyfish has turned up
on New Jersey and Long Island,
N. Y, beaches. Most were
about 2 feet in diameter,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
Arthur Rysticken Dies;
Maryland Civic Leader

Der OF the Lions Club, the Navy
League, the Chamber of Com
merce and the rescue squad.
He was a member Of the
Knights of Columbus and coun-
sci for the Catholic diocese.
A native of Milwaukee, he
was graduated in 1885 from the
Marquette University Law
School and worked in the Mil
waukee city attorneys office
before moving to the WASH
ington area in l94l.
Managed Housing Project
Before joining the Navy, Mr..
Rysticken served as legal coun-
sci and assistant manager of
the Federal Housing Project
at Greenbelt.
He leaves his wife, Lucretia;
three daughters, Margaret,
Noreen and Karen, all of Town
Creek, Lexington Park, the
home address; his mother, Mrs.
T. A. Rysticken, and two sisters,
Miss Helen Rysticken and Mrs.
Robert Trieschmann, all of
Milwaukee.
Services will be tomorrow at
10 am. at the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church at
Lexington Park.
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TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Cloudy
this afternoon, a few showers
followed by clearing tonight.
High this afternoon in the mid
die s0S, low tonight about 66.
Wednesday, fair and rather
warm, high in the middle Dos.
MISUNDERSTANDING showers
or thundershowers this after
noon, clearing tonight. Low
ranging from the sos in the
west to 10 on the coast. Wednes-
day, fair, high in the 80s.
Virginia-Rather cloudy this
evening with scattered thun-
dershowers. High this after
noon 80 to 88. Gradual clear
ing tonight, fog in the valleys.
Low So in the northwest, rang
ing to 10 in the southeast.
Wednesday fair, high in the Dos.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Winds mostly south
or southwest 8 to Is knots this
afternoon and variable 5 to 10
knots tonight becoming north
west 10 to is knots tomorrow.
Cloudy this afternoon and eve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
Board Splits
On Worship

A split appears to be de-
veloping in the District School
Board over the effect Of its
elimination Of the requirement
that the school day begin with
religious exercises.
Two more board members
disagreed yesterday on wheth-
er teachepe can continue the
practice on their own initiative.
The issue arose over the week
end with the statement by
Board President Wesley S.
Williams that the board will
not interfere with a teacher
who starts class with a Bible
reading or the Lords Prayer.
"AS long as there are no
protests. I see no reason why
teachers shouldn't continue the
religious opening exercise if
they care to-" Mr.. Williams
said.
Later board member Irving
B. Yochelson said the boards
action, taken in June, could
not be construed by teachers as
anything but a ban on opening
devotions.
Yesterday Carl c. Smuck
sided with Mr.. Yochelson and
DR.. Preston A. McLendon joined
Mr.. Williams.
II believe religious exercises
are out in the light Of the spirit
OF the (Supreme Court deci-
sion," Mr.. Smuck declared. He
said the boards intention in
ending the requirement for the
observance was to eliminate
it as a part of the daily activ-
tiles"
But DR.. McLendon said he
was uncertain whether the
teacher should be prevented
from holding the exercises. II
would, for the moment, let
teachers hold exercises until
they were prohibite d from
doing So" he said. II teachers
do continue the practice the
issue would be carried back to
court, he predicted.
Two other board members,
Mordecai j o h MS o n and Col.
West A. Hamilton pointed out,
however, that he had raised
several questions about the eff
feet Of the boards action and
they were referred to the Cor
poration Consel. No reply has
come from the city's legal Of
flee yet, he said.
Three other board members
could not be reached for COM
ment. They are DR.. Euphemia
L. Haynes, Mrs. Gloria K. Rob-
erts and Mrs. Louise s. Steele.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
ToiPei Units Reported
Landing in Red Chino

TAIPEI. Formosa. Aug. q
(AP).-Fifteen groups of well.
trained Chinese Nationalist
guerrillas landed in Communist
China between May II ano
the end of July, an official
agency in Taipei reported to-
day.
The agency, which declined
to be identified by name. said
(he guerrillas established Sc
cret bases according to plan
The size of the individual
groups was not disclosed. But
they probably averaged about
ia men each.
Land in 3 Provinces
The agency gave these de-
tails:
The landings were made ir
three seaboard provinces -
Kwangtung, Fukien and Che.
kiang. Fukien is opposite For
moSa. Kwangtung flanks Flu
ken in the south and Chekiane
on the north.
The landings we're successful,
largely because of the CO.
operation and support of loca
anti-Communist elements, who
are daily growing in strength
The guerrilla bands whC
landed on the Chekieng coas
encountered resistance from
Communist troops, public Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
$4,000
Theft Laid to
Secretury29

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20 (AP) -
An attractive private secretary
at the only bank in Macon
Mo-, was charged yesterday
with embezzling $4,000.
Mrs. Crayton Kinks, 20, OF
Macon, was named in the COM
plant filed by the FBI in st
Louis before United States
Commissioner William r
O'Toole, said Andrew Dinsmore,
agent in charge.
Mrs. Kinks, a petite blond
who had worked at the Macon
Atlanta State Bank for 10
years, is in Menorah Hospital
in Kansas City. She was re-
ported undergoing treatment
for a nervous breakdown as a
result of the investigation.
Mrs. Kinks was popular
among her co-workers and
president of a Statewide wom-
ems social sorority.
Mrs. Kinks husband operates
a service station in Macon. He
was not available for comment,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kinks have no
children.
she apparent shortage was
disclosed Friday by bank Of
ficials. R. B. Mackey, State
bank commissioner, said the
reported shortage was about
$4,000. There was no immedi-
ate explanation for the diff
ference in the figure cited by
Mr.. Mackey and that listed in
the complaint.
Bank officials began the in
vestigation after detecting
what they believed were spuri-
GUS entries in various records,
Mrs. Kinks had access to most
accounts and records of the
bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
E. c. Crossmon,
Retired Salesman

Evander (Van) Charlie.
Crossmon, II, a Washington
paint salesman for 80 years
and an active Mason, died TO-
day at George Washington
University Hospital after @
short illness.
Mr.. Crossmon, a native Of
New York City, moved Il
Washington in 1923 and worked
for the Valentine & Co. paint
firm until his retirement IL
1859.
He was a 32d degree Mason
and a member of the Almas
Temple Shrine.
Mr.. Crossman, a veteran Of
World War I, leaves his wife
Margie NJ. Of 1854 Ashby street
NV, the home address.
Private services will be held
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20

Arthur L. Rysticken, So, an
original resident and a civic
leader Of Lexington Park, Md,
died of a heart attack Satur-
day in his law office there.
Mr.. RySticken was currently
serving as attorney for the
st. Marys County Board Of Edu-
cation.
AS a Navy lieutenant COM
mander, he served as the first
housing officer at the Patux-
ent Naval Air Station, which
was built in a sparsely popu-
lated farm area in st. Mary's
County in 1943.
Leaving the Navy in 1916,
Mr.. Rysticken opened the first
law office in the town of Lex
ington Park, which had grown
up around the air station. Be-
fore joining the Board of Ed
ucation he was attorney for
the County Liquor Board.
Ran for State Post
An active Democrat, he ran
unsuccessfully for States at
torney in 1854.
A founding member of many
civic and charitable organiza-
tions in Lexington Park, Mr..
Rysticken was a charter mem
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curity guards and militia. The
guerrillas suffered casualties.
Although heavily outnumbered,
they inflicted greater casualties
on the Communists and sue
ceeded in reaching their as
signed areas.
The guerrillas, all seasoned
fighters. are maintaining regu-
lar contact with headquarters
in Formosa.
One Of the guerrillas' objec-
tives is to stir up and direct
revoltS against the Communists.
Commune Raid Reported
Another report on guerrilla
activities on the mainland came
today from the Nationalist Of
fetal Central News Agency. 1t
said a man named LANG, who
arrived in Hong Kong July 5
from Kwangtung province, had
given this account:
On June 20 anti Communist
elements raided the Tsang-
cheng commune in Kweiping
county, $50 miles west of Hong
Kong. They killed more than
10 Communist cadres and Sc
curity guards, seized LOO
pounds of rice and withdrew to
a mountain base.
A commune official named
Liang Yu and some militiamen
were arrested for failing to re-
port the raid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20

wounded and captured and
asked to remain in South
Korea, Gen. Cloud said, but
one is homeSick and wants to
60 North.
Gen. Chang brushed off a
list Of seven U. N. charges that
North Korean forces had in
filtrated south of the demili-
tarized zone and attacked
United States troops.
Instead he accused the U. N
Command of floating BOBBY
trapped toy balls into North
Korea on ocean tides and dis
tributing lethal ballpoint pens
and toothpaste tubes Ito kill
innocents" who picked them up.
Gen. Cloud did not reply to
Gen. Changes accusations about
the deadly toys. To another
charge that U. N. personnel
raided North Korean fishing
boats, Gen. Cloud replied: THE
evidence you produced is a
fabrication"
Then he listed recent North
Korean intrusions and clashes
in U. N. territory and told
Chang: Such provocative
measures can only lead to an
increase in tension in Korea
and further acts Of aggression
by your personnel My ad-
vice is to keep your numbering
bandits on your side and there
will be no tension in the de-
militarized zone"
Gen. Chang said the United
Nations account of a North
Korean ambush on the south
thern border Of the demilitar-
lied zone July 20, in which
two American soldiers were
killed and a third wounded,
was "a cunning deceptive
farce" fabricated by the U. N.
command.
Outside the conference hall,
an unidentified United States
Navy enlisted man scuffled
with two Communist guards
who challenged his right to
patrol the sidewalk around a
guard shack overlooking the
conference site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
New All Group
Studies Citizenship

Members Of All clubs Of six
more States are studying citi-
zenship In Washington this
week.
About 100 youths enrolled
Sunday in a week-long Citi-
zenship Short Course conduct
ed by the National All Club
Foundation here.
The youths will visit Capital
City landmarks and hear lee
lures. Some will visit with their
Congressman. This week the
youths are from Delaware,
Missouri, New Jersey. New
York, Pennsylvania. Tennes-
see and Vermont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
Rev. William H. Powell, Sc,
Student Counselor at GU

The Rev. william H. Powell,
s. j., Sc, a student counselor
at Georgetown University, died
after a heart attack yesterday
at a Kansas City (Mo.) hos
pital. He was stricken while
returning to Washington from
a visit to his sister in Santa,
Fe, N. Mex.
Affiliated with Georgetown
since 1858, Father Powell had
been assistant treasurer at the
school before becoming student
counselor in 1858.
A native Of Chicago, he was
graduated from Georgetown
University in 1929. Then he
entered the Society of Jesus at
st. Andrew's-on-the- Hudson,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He COM
pleted his philosophical studies
at Woodstock College, in Mary
land, and then taught classics
three years at Loyola High
School, TowSon.
In 1897 he returned to Wood
stock to study theology, and
was ordained in 1910.
For two years after pro-
nouncing his final vows in 1943,
Father Powell taught at Loyola
High School in Baltimore and
was an administrative officer
at Carroll House in Wash
ington.
From 1945 to 1851 he was
pastor of the Church of the
Sacred Heart at LaPlata, Md,
and from 1851 to 1853 was
parish priest at st. Aloysius
Church in Washington.
He leaves a sister, Mrs.
William w. Wallace of Santa Fe.
Requiem Mass will be offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20

SANDY HOOK, N. j., Aug
20 (AP).-A thing" - de-
scribed as a 40-foot-long hunk
of jelly-is reported cavorting
in the Atlantic Ocean.
1t undulated near the sur
face in a manner resembling
the stored sea serpentS, says
DR.. Lionel A. Walford, director
Of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Research Center here
But please be careful not
to call it a sea serpent" says
DR.. Walford, who saw the crea-
ture.
1T is an invertebrate," he
added yesterday. 1T looked
no bones, and no eyes, nose or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
North Korean Officers
Walk Out of Meetino

PANMUNJON, Korea, Aug. q
(AP) Communist North Ko.
rean officers dragged out {
meeting Of the Military ARMS
tice Commission for five hours
and II minutes today with 6
barrage Of charges against the
United Nations Command, ther
walked out.
They stalked from the meet
ing room before the American
spokesman for the U. N. Com
mand could finish his closing
statement. They gave no an
swer to U. N. demands con-
corning past armistice viola
tionS.
The only solid development
Of the session was an agree
ment that a captured North
Korean officer would be re-
turned to the Communist side
here Wednesday.
Despite a tongue lashing
from U. S. Marine Gen. George
H. Cloud and his demand for
the return of two American
helicopter pilots, Mai. Gen.
Chang Chung-hwan of North
Korea refused to discuss that
case.
The two men are Capt. Ben
w. Suits of Florence, Ala,
and Capt. Charleton w. Voltz
of Frankfort, Mich. The
United States Army said they
inadvertently strayed over the
border May II and were shot
down. The Communists called
them spies.
Three times during the Com
missions 177th meeting, Gen.
Cloud demanded their return
and asked why the Commu-
nistS refused to accept mail
sent by the pilots wives.
The Communist negotiator
said only: If you want an
swers to your questions. refer
to the records of the past
meetings"
The North Korean officer to
be returned Wednesday was
among six Reds who attacked
a U. N. work party south of
the demilitarized zone last
September S. Two officers were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
Joseph Hebert, 80;
Arkansas Resident

Joseph D. Hebert, SO, the
father of a Washington resi-
dent, died yesterday at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Leo
j. Eberenz, in Balboa, the
Canal Zone.
Mr.. Hebert, of Carlisle, Ark,
leaves two other daughters,
Miss Rachel Hebert of 20l9 I
street NV. and Mrs. Sam l..
Davies of New orleans.
Services will be held Satur-
day at Carlisle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20
School Bourd MEETING

The Falls Church School
Board will hold its regularly
scheduled meeting at 8:l5
O'Clock tonight in the council
chamber Of the City Hall at
800 Park avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20

Who cracked my house? It's only she'll, but while
it was whole, it was home. Now don't have any
SHELTER at all Does anyone know of hen house for
sale? 3 bedrooms will do. Id like full baths (brd
sNe) TOO And make sure it's big enough so won't
feel cooped up As for the terms, I'll talk turkey
onytime Please find me house in Star Classified
Whatever you seek in the way Of q home-cotoge or
country estate, rambler or roost-onywhere in the
metropolitan area, you'll find it in your price range
in Star Classified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-20

at II am. Friday in the Dahl
gren Chapel on the George
town campus.
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For high and low tides at the follow.
ing points. subtract times indicated
rom the above: Annapolis. 3h hours;
Bloody Point Light. Al hours; Colonial
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Beach. 8 hours; Deale. 4h hours:
Solomon's Island, ca hours: Point
Lookout. 7h hours.