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Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
Rapid Suburban
D eIopm emf Leaves
IIdls, Unused Land

Rapid suburban development
Is leaving numerous tracts of
idle, unused land on the fringe
Of cities, points out a new Uni
versity Of Delaware publication,
"Idle Land In An UrbaniZing
Area: The Delaware Expert
ence."
This unused land has con-
tributed to rising public costs
and seriously interferes with at
tempts to plan or direct proper
suburban expansion, according
to one Of the authors, Gerald
F. Vaughn, former U.S.D.A.
economist at the University Of
Delaware and now an extension
specialist at Texas A and M
College.
Idle land adds to the problem
OF extending highways, utilities,
and services into developing
areas. Regional planning agen-
cies say that orderly suburban
development would be facilitated
If many idle tracts were brought
into use.
Vaughn, along with Edward C.
Moore, consultant in planning
for the University's Division Of
Urban Affairs, conducted re-
search on idle suburban land in
Delaware. The purpose was to
aid regional planning efforts in
guiding land resources into de-
sired uses and to increase the
understanding Of "rural-ur r b an
fringe" land use and ownership
problems.
In northern New Castle
County, developed areas have
increased from $4,000 acres in
1887, to $4,000 acres in 1860.
In the development process,
many idle tracts were left.
Vaughn and Moore found that in
1860, 163 privately owned idle
tracts comprised 13 percent Of
all tracts Of ten or more acres
outside incorporated municipali-
ties and suburban housing sub
divisions.
Most Of the owners of this
idle land say they acquired the
land for resale and more than
a third indicated that this land
was idle in 1860 because it was
for sale or under option.
Vaughn and Moore note that
nearly 70 percent Of the idle
tracts had physical-locationa
characteristics that seriously
detract from their development
potential for uses such as hous-
ing or industry. Probably the
best use for a number Of these
tracts would be as "open
space: parks, outdoor recrea-
tional sites, wildlife manage
ment areas, or other pertinent
uses, they say.
However" says Vaughn,
comprehensive regional PLAN
ming might indicate that certain
suitable tracts should be moved
into more intensive uses at the
earliest possible date" The
publication cites several meth
DDS for bringing land with ex-
cellent or fair development po-
tential into intensive use.
The booklet is published by
the Division Of Urban Affairs
and the Agricultural Experiment
Station at the University OF
Delaware. A copy may be OBJ
tained from the University's Di-
vision Of Urban Affairs.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
1924 Bound Brook Lane
Alexandria, Va.
Sept. 16, 1868

Dear Friends:
Can hardly wait for this week
end to come to see the old
homes at Milford and to see
the ingenuity you all at home
have produced this year. Mrs.
Craig Robertson, my school
classmate, has asked me to be
hostess with her In her home
so how much of the rest Of Old
Milford Days l will see I don't
know. Will get to see a lot OF
people and this I'll love.
was walking with an
Alexandria native this past week
In Old Alexandria and she said,
81 believe this Is the street
where our busy-body is" The
instant she said the word knew
that that was the name of the
antique we saw in Elfreth's
alley, In Philadelphia this past
July. Years and years ago home
owners placed this tin, iron
ornament on their upstairs win
dow sills, outside, and from
their rooms inside they could
see, by reflection, who was at
the front door or what events
were taking place down the
street. The 'fbusy-body" was
V-shaped and did double duty
that way. My friend here In
Alexandria has had one on her
house for years, and it caught
collectors eye here In town
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

pleasantly wicked.
This week I've read two vast
ly different books. One was
"With Gall and Honey", by r.
Leslie Course, a story of an
American girl In Israel which
depressed me no end. But the
second book I enjoyed very
much. It was entitled "Flying
Saucers have Landed", written
by Desmond Leslie and George
Adamski. 1t intrigued me so
much that If you see a lady
walking around with her nose
pointed skyward from now on,
it's me scouting for flying
saucersl / do not believe /
should be afraid II l saw one;
only curious, think.
My good neighbors, jeanette
and Mary, have been handing me
lima beans. Now to people in
lots of states, Iimas are Just
another vegetable, but to Della
wareans, they're very special.
Tonight we had our favorite one
dish meal just big bowls Of
buttered Hmas, cooked with
piece Of country ham and laced
through with tiny, slippery
dumpltngs. Dessert was avail
able but not wanted. We were
surfeited with our bean bowls.
Glancing through Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations the other
day, / came upon excerpts from
Robert Louis Stevenson. One
gave me lift when / was feel
ing low. Il goes thusly: $50
long as we love we serve; so
long as we are loved by others,
I would almost say that we were
Indispensable; and no man is
useless while he has a friend"
And l like this one from
"Travels with a Donkey" "To
love is the great Amulet that
makes this world a garden"
And this one ifBooks are good
enough In their own way, but
they are mighty bloodless SUBJ
Stitute for life." l must remem-
Der that when / am tempted to
read too much. And I've been
tempted to read too much all
my life. Always I've read any
thing and everything, and my
reading was not restricted.
read est. Elmo" when l was
seven. Whenever the family
called and didn't answer, they
knew they would find me huddled
in a corner with my nose in a
book. "Lawsy me-" said my
little Scotch grandmother, ''the
child will surely lose her
mind"
When Great-Aunt Rebecca
came to visit, she decided /
needed more exercise, so she
proceeded to hunt up a hoop
and a stick and teach me to roll
a hoop UP and down the lane. I
spent many happy hours with
this, but 1t did not curb my
reading. Friends say, "When do
you find time to read in this
busy world7" Well, I do lot
Of reading when the family is
watching TV shows that I do
not care for. ! do not like
Westerns, soap operas, or mys-
teries, and that gives me quite
bit of time. And when Pm not
reading, I scrfDble like this.
Hoping you all will read samel
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
Bubson Discusses:
Bubson Discusses:
EXPANDING SCHOOL SYSTEM

Babson Park, Mass. Every
fall ! become interested all over
again In the continuing expan-
sion of our school system, af-
fecting every part of our country.
Being an economist, I am par
ticularly fascinated by the i'm
pact OF the "school explosion"
on many different business
fields.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

ditions can be easily diff
ferentiated from cancer by
simple methods.
"There is a clear-cut need
to increase the diagnostic po-
tential Of adenocarcinomas of
the Kidney" the researchers
said.
These cancers do not cause
any apparent symptoms in one
third to one-half of patients,
they said. Symptoms occur late
in the course of the disease,
they said, and one to two years
often elapse between the onset
Of symptoms and the establish
ment Of the correct diagnosis.
"It Is clear from the data
presented that the meas
urements Of alkaline phospha-
tase and LDH activities in urine
are precise, accurate, and
sensitive diagnostic aids" the
authors said. Furthermore.
elevation of these urinary en-
lyme activities is not dependent
on the existence Of symptoms
or signs Of urinary tract carci-
noma.
"The occurrence Of elevated
urinary engine activities in pa
tients with asymptomatic carci-
nomas permits prompt dag
nosis, thereby improving the
probability Of permanent
cure"
The development Of the two
engine tests was made possible
by the recognition and elimina-
tion of substances that inhibit
the activity Of the engines in
urine.
The normal range Of alkaline
phosphatase activity was de-
termined in 38 healthy adults,
the researchers reported. An
elevated alkaline phosphatase
activity was then found in IL Of
Is patients with proven cancer
Of the kidney, they said. LDH
activities were also elevated in
IL Of these 13 patients, they
said.
Simultaneous elevation of LDH
and alkaline phosphatase actiH-
ties also were found in six pa
tients with asymptomatic cancer
Of the kidney, they said.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
New Test Can Detect
EurIy Kidney Cancer

A new laboratory test for de-
tecting cancer Of the kidney be-
fore symptoms become apparent
was reported today in the cur
rent Journal Of the American
Medical Association.
The tie st is based on the
measurement of the activity OF
an engine, alkaline phos-
phatase, through urinalysis, ac-
cording to Elias Amador, Md,
Theodore S. Zimmerman, ABB,
and Warren E. c. Wacker, Md,
Harvard Medical School, Boston.
The report follows by a year
the finding of DR.. Wacker and
Harvard associate Lionel E.
Dorfman, Md, that an elevated
level Of another engine, Tactic
dehydrogenase QDH), in the
urine can indicate cancers OF
either the kidney or bladder.
Measurements of LDH activity
are uniquely suitable as a
screening test for the detection
of cancers and other serious
diseases Of the urinary tract,
the Harvard group said in the
latest report. In those patients
found to have elevated LDH
activity, the alkaline phoS-
phatase activity may then be
used to aid in pinpointing the
affected area, they said.
Increased alkaline phoSphataSe
activities have not been found
in patients with localized can
GERS or other diseases of the
bladder, they said. Therefore,
a higher than normal level Of
both LDH and alkaline phos-
phatase activity, along with
x-ray evidence Of a kidney
mass, IS proposed for the
diagnosis OF cancer Of the kid
ney, they said.
Alkaline phosphatase, dis
tributed throughout the cells and
fluids Of the body, is especially
abundant in the kidney tubules,
the authors said. It's activity has
been shown in previous studies
to be altered markedly by dis
eases Of the kidney, they said.
Although simultaneous eleva-
tion Of the activity Of these two
engines have been seen in pa
tients with other kidney dis
eases, they said, these con-
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

Blood pressure may go up
with exertion or excitement. Or
dinarily such changes are nor
NAL. This does not mean "high
blood pressure" is present. Only
the doctor can tell when a per-
son has high blood pressure, ac-
cording to Your Heart Assocta-
tton.
Strokes affect hundreds of
thousands of people every year.
Over 10000 Americans died
Of strokes in 1861 but many stroke
victims recover to lead useful
happy lives, Your Heart Associa-
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
RIPPLES WIDENING OUT

AS a matter of fact, look
for the climb In school costs
to have a steadily more power
full effect on business In general
over the years ahead. One line
that has been radically changed
by the swift growth of school,
ayers Is textbooks. This used to
be a relatively conservative bus
mess, but now the textbook COM
panieS have to run full tilt all
the time to keep up with the
need not only for more books
but for new books with a mod
ern slant. Educational process
es have been changed greatly,
and new teaching approaches are
generally employed. This means
great boom for textbook
houses, and they expect sales
for the current fiscal year to
top last years. by 1870 2o%.
Recent reports show that
schoolroom furniture has become
tremendously important busi-
ness as a result of the big
splurge In school construction.
Definite figures are hard to come
by, but best estimates indicate
that companies which make
school chairs, desks, tables, ETC.,
are selling about $l00, 900
worth annually. Special emphasis
is placed upon movable furni-
ture, since the trend today Is
toward classes Of varying sizes
and special groups for different
categories of study.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
HONOR GUEST MISSING

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) ~
The Scottsville Police Depart :
ment held banquet to honor
Chief Louis Borders. Someone
forgot to tell the chief, though.
Instead of being the honor guest.
he was on an ut-of-town busi-
ness trip.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
Cub-Fesf From Trails End
by Pat Hatfield

A cold East wind bloweth In
from the sea this weekend. Pm
glad we went to Atlantic City
last weekend. I fear the ocean
breeze would have been a bit
too bracing this Saturday.
It was a fine experience to
go with the bus load of folk down
to Atlantic City and attend the
finals of the Miss America con-
test. So many pretty girls, and
our own Diane was so lovely.
We were proud of her.
Our bus arrived about noon
and we enjoyed the boardwalk,
the shops, and the food. After
a nice seafood dinner between
five and six O'Clock, we began
ambling toward Convention Hall,
and Joined others of our group
in finding our seats in that vast
b u 1 ldtng. 1t seats IS 900
persons, so the usher told us,
and believe him.
I looked longingly at the roller
chairs on the boardwalk, and
confided to Irene that it had
always been my secret ambition
to ride in one for the whole
length Of the boardwalk. My poor
little budget has never stretched
to include that yet, but maybe
I'll make 1t some day. Instead,
l bought a pretty leopard wallet
for my daughter; and, like all
Mons, that was more fun than
the ride l coveted.
Incidentally, I had TO take a
ride that l did not want. When
we reached the place where they
were taking the tickets, I noted
with horror that the only way up
was by esca1ator. Whenever
confront one of those "crawl-
ers", l Immediately panic.
Chicken? Well, l guess so, but
I know a number of persons
(more important than I'll ever
be) who just can't ride 'em'
either. I got one foot on and
wanted dreadfully to go home.
But somehow, with Irene push
ing me from the rear, the other
foot got on and / swayed up
ward with the crowd, trembling
in every limb. BY the time l
had stumbled off the top, l was
really shook and began making
elaborate plans to get a Job
there and spend the rest Of my
life rather than face the down
trip.
We had very fine seats on
side balcony right opposite the
stage, and 1t was breathtaking
to look out over that mass Of
seething humanity. Breathtaktng
In more ways than one to me,
because I am afraid of heights
as well as escalators, and
felt that / might pitch forward
at any moment. However, we
all enjoyed everything, and were
pleased that our group got the
attention of the ISaacs In their
box and we all waved wildly.
We discovered a back stairway
outside our balcony door, so
escaped the escalator and that
was good. We laughed, sang,
told Jokes, slept, and enjoyed
rfbbing our good driver, John
Annett, on the way home. 4:30
am. is no time for an old Mama
like me to come dragging In,
and l went to sleep feeling
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

TtAOLI says
Rheumatic fever may affect any
part of the body. The effects on
most parts of the body are tenn
porary, but damage to the heart
may be long-lasting, says Your
Heart Association.
Rheumatic heart disease is
usually the result of soaring Of
the heart valves caused by rheu-
matte fever. This may interfere
with the work of the vital Hpump"
according to Your Heart As
Sociation.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
in THE AIR FORCE
BY Elaine Townsend DickersOn

and he paid a handsome price
for the antique.
October the 18th is Alexandria
Days and 1t t. the same as our
Milford Days In that there will
be several homes on tour for the
day. Here they very specifically
specify that those on tour wear
touring shoes and not spike
heels that will mar the wide
board colonial floors. Think
perhaps you at home should
make the same announcement.
Pll tell you what kind Of shoes
l plan to wear under those
colonial skirts when l stand In
the RobertsonS' home tennis
shoes.
Monday night, the 23rd, Hayes
and l are leaving for few days
in New England. He must at
tend a convention in Boston ana
Pm able to tag along, since
Mother DickerSon has kindly Of
fered to stay with our three
daughters. Our first night on the
road we're staying In New
Jersey with Bernard and Flossie
Clements. We haven't seen their
new home yet and It's been
years since we've seen their
three daughters.
Have lots planned for next
week, SO T'll have much to tell
you In my letter to you then.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

those OF last year by approxi-
mately so, reflecting the climb
In consumer spendable income.
My studies of population trends
show that there will be no let
down In school building or In
the purchase of school supplies
for many years to come.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
We Kid Ourselves

Information about failures of the
Peking government has been exagger-
ated. When the great leap forward"
stumbled, one would have thought the
downfall Of the regime was imminent.
Agricultural disasters, and the conse-
quent purchases Of Australian and Can
adian wheat, were hailed as the begin
ming Of the end.
There is a great deal Of evidence
that the American people are kidding
themselves about China. With regard
to this Communist-governed nation Of
some 700 millions, Americans have for
many years INDUCED in wishful think
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

By the same token, hopes for col
lapse Of the Peking dictatorship have
led us to minimize OF even pretend not
to notice the striking economic advances
made under the Chinese Communist
government. Little has been said in the
United States about Peking's successes,
which are considerable even though the
living standard is still not within shout
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
CALIFORNIA
A PRIME EXAMPLE

With California now adding
people faster than any other
state, it Is interesting to look
at what is going on there. AS of
now, the Californians are laying
out more than $4,000, 900, 900 a
year trying to keep up with the
demand for school space at all
public educational levels. The
scope of this demand can be
graphically demonstrated when
one set of figures is shown:
Back In l947 the school popu-
lation was increasing some
10000 annually; at present the
rate of growth is 100000 per
year. There is every indication
that the gain will persist.
So wide are the needs of the
nation's school system that
tremendous number of products
are absorbed, either directly or
Indirectly. So I advise my read
ers who manufacture goods to
look into the possibility of SELL
ing them to those constructing,
furnishing, or running schools.
Many services may also find
markets in this important field.
WHAT ABOUT THE
YEARS AHEAD
More billions are going to be
spent in the years just ahead,
and those on the inside track will
get the largest slices of this
pie. It will be worth while In
many instances to watch for
school building Intentions. Also,
get to know your municipal Of
ficials and the contractors most
likely to land the JOB of putting
UP new school buildings. If you
are too shy to do this, you will
simply watch others walk away
with the markets that you might
easily have shared.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

ing distance of ours There has been a
tendency to ignore the rising interest
among our notably Britain,
West Germany and Japan-in trade
with mainland China.
All this springs in part from our
lack Of information about China. For
years we have had no reporters there
we have depended on crumbs Of infor-
nation picked up by correspondents
from other countries. The less infor-
nation available to Americans, the
more vulnerable they are to wishful
thinking about China
AS in other situations, WishfuI
thinking does no good and may do enor-
nous harm. We cannot afford to kid
ourselves about China, to pretend that
the regime is weakening, to suppose
that the threat Of Communist China
will dwindle and 60 away China is a
fact. We need to know more about it,
to think hard about it, to deal with it
in some more effective way than our
present head-in-the-sand attitude al
lows.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20

Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-20
H eurf Shorts

ltion says.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
Magazine Survey Shows GOldWater Ahead
NEW YORK R

NEW YORK R - Surveys by news magazines today found that Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona is the front contender for the Re- publican Presidential nomination and that he could give President Kennedy a tight race.
 NeWsWeek said it's check showed that GoldWater probably has 500 of the 655 COP convention votes needed to win the party's nomi- nation, and the prospect of con- siderably more.
 Simultaneously, Time Magazine said a state-by-state survey indi- cated that Goldwater could give President Kennedy a 'breathlessly close contest" in the present eli mate of opinion
 Assessing the likely swing of electoral votes in various states, Time said the outcome in a Gold Water-Kennedy race could hinge on how Texas went. The magazine added
 "If Texas went Democratic, Kennedy would have 290 electoral votes, 20 more than the 27O needed for a majority. If Texas went for GoldWater, Barry would have 266 with an excellent chance of pick ing up more than the necessary additional four from among the Kennedy hating unpledged cleo tors of Alabama and Mississippi.
 NeWsWeek said the results of its survey, showing Goldwater with 800 convention votes, did not in- clude the 290 votes held by New York, California, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
SEVEN DEAD ON CURVE

BUFFALO, NY. tR - Seven youths were drowned Sunday night when their automobile failed to negotiate curve, slammed through a steel fence and plunged into a shipping canal.
 The tangled bodies of six were found inside the car, and a sev- enth body was found by divers this morning. The car was raised from the Black Rock Canal by police and fire Wreckers after it's headlights were seen shining in the water.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
Monday. Sept. 90. 1863
New Postmaster General Takes Binding Oath

WASHINGTON R = With his wife and children looking on, John A. Gronouski took what President Kennedy called "a much more binding oath than the rest of us" and was sworn in as Post master General today.
 Supreme Court Justice Byron White administered the oath, which includes a promise to turn over to the Treasury any money Gronouski collects for the govern ment. In that respect, it differs from the oaths that other cabinet members take.
 We're very glad to have the new member of the Cabinet" Kennedy said after the ceremony, held in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
FAIRBANKS BUSINESSMAN REVIEWS INTEREST IN
 SIBERIAN TYPE WHEAT CROP

JUNEAU R = The award of a certificate of merit to Fairbanks businessman Robert l.. Bloom was announced Saturday by Gov. Will liam A. Egan's office.
 The award was made, Egan said, Tn connection with Blooms work In revlving interest in a strain of Siberian wheat which more than 10 years ago produced grain for the Panama Valley Flour Mill then in operation.
 Bloom harvested 30 acres of the wheat this year, after planting it on the Yankovich farm near Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
NEW YORK-By keeping num-

NEW YORK-By keeping num- Der of armed bombers and refuel- ing tankers always in the air, the Strategic Air Command has great ly increased the deterrent effect of it's manned aircraft. A signifi- cant force is always in position to retaliate in the unlikely event an aggressor eluded all alarm sys- tems and knocked out the bulk of the bombers on the ground.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
MARINE EXPANSION

OSLO R - NorWay's big mer- chant marine is growing larger. The Norwegian periodical ''Nor- wegian Shipping News" said Nor wegian ship owners at mid-month had ordered a total of ITO ships of more than 1000 tons for future delivery.
 Norway now has the worlds third largest merchant marine, about 2,OOO ships totaling almost fl million tons.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
Juneau Businesswoman Dies

SEATTLE R - Mrs. Marie L.. Hayes, for many years a Juneau businesSWoman, died here Thurs day.
 Mrs. Hayes husband, Jack C., an engineer for the Alaska Road Commission, died in 1922.
 Mrs. Hayes went to Alaska in 1917 and operated a gift shop in Juneau until about 1850. In, 1857, she returned to Seattle to live with her daughter.
 She is survived by her daughter, Jewel Kelly and a sister, Mrs. Mamie Wessberg of Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-30
NEW YORK

NEW YORK - Wheels have been used for about 30 centuries III some parts of the world, but in America, as far as anyone knows, no wheels existed prior to 1492. Today America is the home for five of every six wheels in the world.