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pounds. q lot to gain also
in ways thinner people don't
often consider.
"For instance" says the
suddenly slim Mrs. Fowler,
II can battle now without
fear Of being wedged into the
shower or tub"
An international group
called TOPS (Take OFF
Pounds Sensibly) helped her.
1t claims $4,000 members.
When Mrs. Fowler dropped
from a size 81 dress to q
trim IA this year, tops
awarded her first place in its
greater improvement con-
test"
Husband Wiley Fowler, q
mechanic, was so impressed
he took her to Las Vegas
(where there's a whole
town Of big losers) to get
married again. They had
never separated but Wiley
thought remarriage would be
q good idea. His wife looked
like q new woman.
The ring, as usual, was q
problem. But not in the usual
way. Mrs. Fowler's was now
too big. So, Of course, were
her size 81 dresses.
She got q new outfit all
around, including the ring.
One dress was retained,
though, for big dress" pa
rades ct TOPS conventions.
They're sort Of commemora-
tives affairs with no tears
being shed, Just pounds, an
other woman can fit in Mrs.
Fowler's dress with her.
TOPS operates on the group
therapy plan. r'Misery loves
company" twitted one OBJ
server.)
The group shucked an in
ternational total Of 242,32i
pounds last year, its 18th
year in existence. It started
in Milwaukee.
In the Southern California
conference, claiming nine of
IL overall champion win
ner-losers besides Mrs. Fow-
Ter, 1891 pounds rendered
out.
Mrs. Fowler joined the
group last year only after
numerous other methods of
losing weight proved unsuc-
cessful. About the only thing
she hadn't tried was sever
ing O lCe.
She worked her own
diet and submitted it to a
doctor for approval. TOPS
insists on seeing q doctor,
saying 1t won't recommend
diets on its own.
Mrs. Fowler,s diet would Be
easily recognizable to most
slim people, q stranger to
many frustrated. pill and
powder fat people. She con.
centrated on meat, fish,
poultry and low-carbohy-
drate vegetables such as
string beans, broccoli and
green leafy vegetables. She
lost 100 pounds In about
half o year. $50 in Is months.
II follow the same sort Of
diet now" Mrs. Fowler
said. II measure my food.
But ! enjoy it. I'm eating
real well. Anyone who Is
dieting and is hungry Just
isn't dieting properly"
The secret, she says, is con-
troll. TOPS helped her get It.
Backbone of the organiza-
ton Is the local chapter. It's
q study In human un-
relenting-psychology.
Mrs. Fowler got phone
calls Of encouragement from
older members in the rugged
early days.
Much Of the therapy takes
place at weekly meetings. An
unidentified knocking sound
heralds the call to order.
TITS not who pounds but
what pounds" one member
intones.
Members, either male or
female, weigh In at each ses-
sion. Those who gain weight
between gatherings are
pigs" They are sentenced
to stand In q line and sing
to the tune Of the Whit
fenpoof song:
We're plump little pigs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

Editors Note ladies; Here 10
bic news ebout on organization
devoted to reducing life to-its smoII-
est dssrss--Gor buIsins bellies tired
Of being ettired In tents. The soIs
hsvs q party peeIins off their pom
dsrous poandose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
When Losers Are Winners
BY JOHN r. LYNN
Associated Press Writer

LoASITA, CALF. March 2.
Luckily for Dottie Fowler,
she Joined q club where the
winners are the biggest losers.
At 3231s pounds. she had
q lot to lose. And to hear
her tell it at her present l43
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
WHAT'S.
BEHIND
TEE AGE
VAN ALISN

male II like Barbara She is emOtiOnally disturbed
Although she is quite aware Of what she is doing,
she is unable to get firm enough grasp on reality
to relate her actions to consequences. Like thou
sands Of other youngsters in this classification she
appears to be sincerely rePentant. She apologies
sweetly, I'm sorry. swear I'll never do it again.
and repeats the Ofense as soon as she can.
Professor Martin has studied the cases Of hun
dreds of youngsters like Barbara Peter and Ted and
has made some surprising observations:
Contrary to popular opinion, vandals are not pro-
duced by our shifting, mobile population - many
have lived in the same neighborhOOd for years.
> The statistical studies that have been done tend
to show that vandals are almost exclusively boys,
and vandalism is not confined to any one racial or
ethnic group.
, Vandals' families have for the most part high
level of tense parent-to-child conflict.
Most civil authorities We talked to were not
nearly concerned with analysing juvenile vandal-
ism as they were with putting an end to it. Many
had tried One-shot panaceas like punish.theparent
laws or ten o'clock curfews.
These methods are not only probably uncon-
stitutiOnal, know they are unenforceable," one
police judge told u.s. I'VE tried curfew here in this
town. found out that people really don't want their
kids off the streets after nghtfall they want other
peoples kids of the streets!''
What then should be done to halt vandalism?
We talked to authorities at both the local and
national level, asked them for suggestions. These
are four recommendations heard most frequently,
all aimed directly at reducing 0DOmie They suggest
a combination of supervision affection, diversion,
and discipline:
> Parents must adopt "3-W'' supervision. They
should insist on knowing -confsvsd o. page Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
Venezuelan Reds
Rescue Terrorist,
Kill Policeman

CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 81
AP). - Three pro- Communist
terrorists spirited a fellow ter
rorist from a hospital yester-
day after killing a policeman
in a gun battle.
The incident occurred short
ly after the police brought Ra-
fael Tedlecher Oronoz, %, a
university student charged with
terrorism, from a nearby prison
to the Vargas hospital.
The three terrorists, wearing
armbands identifying them as
members of the FIN terrorist
organization, disarmed three
policemen guarding Tedlecher
Oronoz. AS they emerged from
the hospital, a municipal DO
liceman tried to stop them but
was shot dead. A hospital por-
ter was also seriously injured.
In other activities by ter
rorists attempting to topple the
government Of pro-Western
President Romulo Betancourt,
an oil pipe line belonging to the
United States-owned Creole
Petroleum Corp, was blown up
in Maracaibo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
Beating, ScaIding Charged
In Mississippi Vote Effort

Negroes and Puetro Ricans in
the construction industry. The
statement declared:
1.-THE leaders Of the building
trades unions are so confident
that neither the Governor nor
the Mayor will enforce existing
State and city anti-discrimina-
ton laws that they openly
flaunt them"
There was no immediate COM
ment from Gov. Rockefeller or
Mr.. Wagner.
The Joint committee called a
hearing into job opportunities
by the city commission on hu-
man rights a smoke SCREEN"
and charged that its chairman,
Stanley Lowell was ordered by
Mayor Wagner to play down
union discrimination against
Negroes and Puerto Ricans.
Mr.. Lowell, who adjourned
the hearings indefinitely during
the day, replied that the joint
committees accusations border
on the irresponsible and some
of the people involved don't
know their own friends"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
SOUTH CAROLINA
CLOSING PARKS

COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. 81
(AP). - South Carolina's 26
public parks will be closed in
definitely September S to avoid
racial Indignation.
A Federal court order in July
said the parks should be in
tegrated within so days.
The State Forestry Commits
sion issued the closing order
yesterday. Twenty Of the parks
are for whites and six for
Negroes.
State law permits only seq
regated park facilities.
Negroes brought suit against
segregation last year after they
were turned away from a park
near Columbia.
The parks terminate summer
activities after Labor Day so
effects of the closing won't be
felt until next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
JOB UNIT HITS
TWO OFFICIALS

NEW YORK, Aug. 81 (AP).-
Republican Gov. Rockefeller
and Democratic Mayor Wagner
were accused yesterday Of
lacking "the will and political
courage to enforce existing
State and city anti-discrimina-
ton laws"
The charge was made by the
Joint Committee for Equal En-
ployment Opportunity, a racial
bloc pressing for more jobs for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21

this Mississippi River town to-
day after abruptly calling off
one last night.
They asked Negroes to as
semble today at the Plymouth
Rock Baptist Church.
Sixty-one Negroes have been
arrested since protest demon
strations broke out here Mon
day night. Cafe Sit-ins erupted
yesterday as Negroes applied
more pressure in their demands
for racial concessions.
Negro leaders called off a
protest march las night after
a meeting at the Baptist
Church.
But Rudy Lombard, a Con-
gresS Of Racial Equality leader,
said, I'VE will be coming. We
are not coming tonight, but
we will be coming"
City police and sheriff's dep
utieS - reinforced by State
police from Baton Rouge, 20
miles away-blocked off streets
In this town of 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81
(AP).-The son of a San Fran
cisco criminal lawyer charged
yesterday that he was beaten
by police in Mississippi, chased
out of town and scalded by hot
coffee for his efforts in behalf
Of Negro voter registration.
Terence Mailman, a son of
Vincent Mailman, who ran for
President under the Progressive
Party banner in 1852, held a
press conference on his return
from six weeks work with the
Student Non-Violent Co-Ordi-
mating Committee. Mr.. Halli-
nan, 26, is q law student.
He made these charges:
He was arrested August 8 in
Clarksdale and beaten by po-
lice. He was held incommuni-
cado for three days and it was
only after fellow civil rights
workers got in touch with the
Justice Department that he was
freed.
Littering Charge
He said he was rearrested
the next day on a littering
charge while passing out hand
bills. The National Council of
Churches bailed him out both
times for a total of 1903.
In Greenville, Mr.. Mailman
said, he took part in a Sit-in
at a segregated lunch counter
and a waitress poured scalding
hot coffee on him. Mr.. Halli-
nan said he still bore the burn
marks.
Then, in Ruleville, while at
tempting to take IL Negro vot-
ers inside q polling place, Mr..
Mailman said he was threatened
by armed whites who told him
to leave town. He did.
Arrested by Chief
Mr.. Mailman said Clarksdale
Police Chief Ben Collins ar
rested him the first time on a
charge Of vagrancy, picking him
UP personally after calling him,
"C'mere. niger lover"
Mr.. Mailman said he faced a
possible 80 days in jail If he
went back to stand trial. He
said he didn't think he'd go
back.
In Clarksdale, Police Chief
Collins said there was "abso-
lutely not" any truth to the
charges.
When I picked him up, he
was dirty. We gave him some
clothes. He hadn't shaved in
days." Chief Collins said.
Police Chief W. c. Burley of
Greenville, said Hr. Mailman
never had taken part in any
sit-in demonstration.
He did parade twice." Chief
Burley said, land we issued a
permit (for the parade) and
gave police escort"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
MARCH SLATED
IN PLAQUEMINE

PLAQUEMINE. La, Aug. 81
(AP).-Negro leaders called for
a daytime protest march in
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04

approximately I,lOO Michigan
Korean Conflict Veterans have
about months in whicn TO take
advantage of approximately $lo4
thousand in special insurance
uIyiuends 10 be paid to those eX-
changing KS" insurance poll
cies bearing the letter W..
Robert M. titzGerald, VAS re-
gional manager for Michigan, said
today that this special dividend
offer expires September l3, 1868.
II applies only TO Korean Coh-
flict veterans whose insurance
policy number is preceded by the
letters KS No other govern
ment life insurance policynoiders
are eligible.
To get his dividend, the RS
policyholder must either.
/. LAcnange MS KS ter m
policy at, generally, only one
thru OF the cost he is now paying.
Although the term cannot De re-
newed alter age 90, protection
can be continued ~ converting
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04
Insurance Dividends
Available To Veterans

10 a lOW-cUsi permanent plal
insurance policy al any time
wnne the term is IN force.
Z. Convert ms RS policy TO
a low-cost Nv" permanent plan
insurance policy now.
Ii the rs pOlIcynolder takes
either OF these steps on or be-
lore September Is, 1868, he viii
receive his spe cial dividend.
these dividends average ABOUT
500, depending upon the age
Of the pOncyhoIuer and the lens n
Oh time ne mas he'd his policy
He mus act on or before
SEPTEMBER l3, 1868, however, or
the ulvidend cannot be paid.
About 100000 Korean Conflict
pOllcynolders through hout the
United States have already cndns-
vd No poiicles 10 Nv polcies.
Approximately S38 milnon has
Dcen distributed IN olvidcnus
since the Dlll establishing tn.s
dividend became law on sep
tember l3, 1861
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04

Sc l. NJ a, Ala. - In a stat .
where a white integrationiSt was
murdered last ni',ht and the home
of a Negro registrant was sho'
into two weeks ago, the Reverend
and Mrs. Bernard Lafayette
young couple " IN three years
experience in the civil rights
moyement---are working for tn
Student Nonviolcnt Coordinating
Committee on a pilot project here
10 re lster Negro voters.
On April IL, nightridcrs shot
into the home OF L0nnie Brown
OF Alberta, Ala, (Wiic0x County.
Blown had been active IN VT
er registration drive IN the cJLii
ty Initiated Dy lie Laiaycttcs
Last night. a white iatcgraiolis
walking from Chaitanoosa t.
Jackson, Miss, William Moo. G
of Baltimore. was iotnl murder
ed in a ditch near Attaia. Ala.
Lafayette and ms vie Coma
Liddell Lafayette, both p, are
veterans of the movement.
Lafayette was leader IN the
Nashville stu d ent communi y
wnrn sit-ins began there in the
spring of 1860. lie was one of
the first to volunteer to continue
the Freedom Rider in May, 1861,
after a Greyhound bus Carrying
Negro and white riders was burn
ed in Admission.
Lafayette, who has been ar
rested 10 times in four South
ern states, went to Selma last
fall TO make contacts in order
to set up voter registration
project.
Mrs. Lafayette, native of
Jackson, Miss, was student at
Tougaloo Southern Christian Col
lege, and a pre-law senior when
she left last November to get
married and work full-time ior
SNCC.
She began to work with Robert
Moses, director of SNCC's Miss
sippi voter registration project
IN Jackson and in the Delta. she
and other workers in the state
spent the summer oil 1862 taking
Negro citizens to register al court
houses in counties like Amt
Leflore, and Coahoma-deep III
the heart OF the Black Belt.
The Latayettes, married on No
vember 20, 1862. began work IN
Selma in February, 1868 They
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04

ieatICr puIs 81 accessories, DVtn
lIcf snll4e anu her slyle VIII "
doubled.
Nneuer MONS the type for
Candstd or Gaining, the stOeN
nlaI net or the supcindi net, tnt.c
is leather handbag mat the
perect SIZE ana shape iol ner.
mere are salcneis, podcnes,
boxes, clutches, envelopcs ana
even crcsccnts, reports Leather
industries of America. In leather
coos, the handbag spectrum
ranges from sucn eye-opcncrs as
scarlet and kelly green TO subtle
neutralS such as biscuit, otter
and taupe. Always available, of
course, are ever popular navy,
black. brown and summer white.
From smooth polished calf
skins 10 nappy Suedes and brush
cd feathers, the choice of leather
textures IN hanubss Is greater
than ever this sprine> GliStenlng
.cnLlne patent leather has never
been more varied in color, nor
easier TO care for
Afternoon bagS Of ant;qucd
leather are new and smart--and
il Nom enjoys stepping out IN
real style. a new evening bag IN
soft lustre leather or delicate
suade leather will make hcr
Mothers Day. To insure that the
bag you buy is real lcather--nol
an imitation-look for the distinc-
tive bllck-and-g ii Genuine Lea
ther" tag.
Why not declare a gift dividend
and stock Mons new handbas
with a handsome set of matchins
leather purse organizers? In
smooth. grained or lustrc leather,
these wallets. french purses, key
cases and cyeglass cases come in
an infinite variety of colors and
are both beautiful and practical.
A new pair of leather gloves
in kid or cskin. TO com
plcmen, &C: spring and summer
wardrobe. is a Mothers Day gift
that will have her clapping her
hands-to show them off. And
if she drives, a pair of "split
leather" or pigskin gloves will
look chic and. at the same time.
protect her with firm grip on
the wheel.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04
WEST INDIES TALES:
The Witehing Lands !"

Too small TO lure the con
vcnt.0naI tourist, the Etolle at
l~cts guests OF more lasting
lnt~. 81, writes the owner OF
the Wcs. Indian Hotel that serves
as mise en -.en-. for most OF the
stories in Hugh B. Caves new
Look, The Witchins lands This
collection of fourteen tales OF
love, religion and politics Carib-
bean style will be published by
Doubleday on May TO-
Like an exotic Wines5urg. Ohio,
the mythical ST. Joseph CITY,
wnerc the Etolle is situated, Is
notable for the interplay OF lives
wItnln its borders and envir0nS.
Foreign service officials, men
from outlying plantations. doc
tvrs ana nurses nom Dack-county
hospitals, mining and construc-
ion engineers, scientists, teach
erS, artists and writers converge
Jh the L,oilc.
MI. Cave has spent many yea, ;
in tho Caribbean. wearing out
four jceps IN his explorations
of the area. lie has written scv.
cral books, including a recent
novel about voodoo and Chris
tianity, ''The Cross on the Drum,
and a non-fiction book about
Jamaica. -Four Paths to Para
disc" His Haiti: Highroad to
Adventure" is recognized as a
supcrlative description Of that
country.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04

NEW ORLEANS - An over
flow interracial audience of more
than 400 consisting OF represen-
tatives from the civic, frateriiai,
business, labor and government
life of the city, jammed the aud
itorium of Xavier University APP
ril l8 to celebrate the 25th An
nual Meeting of the Urban
League of Greater New Orleans.
Featured speakers at this meet
ing were two leaders OF the Ma
tional Urban League. Whitney
M. Young, Jr., executive d'rec-
tor, and Henry Steegcr, presi-
dent, both of New York.
Jointly in the addresses, they
brought a message to the South
of an exhilerating new image oil
the Urban League in which they
stressed the new role that the
League is playing in dealing with
the troubling problems OF toi-y
They emphasized the kind oil
craftsmanship that is required
to deal with these problems. The
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04
? Urban League Leaders Cite Ageneys
New Image to unmeeedentedLa Turnout

tionally known spokesmen OF the
stature of Mr.. Young and Mr..
Steeger been presented togeth-
er to express the urgency OF the
situation which confronts both
white and Negro leadership work
ing toward making real our dem
ocratic ideals.
A number of other UL officials
outside. of New Orleans were
present. They included League
Trustees Wlnthrop Rockefeller
of Little Rock: l.. - Mcleod
OF New York; and joan G.. Lewis,
Jr. OF Baton Rouge. Also League
officials Il. X. Schwab OF Chi.
cago and Clarence ID. Coleman CT
Atlanta. Lester 3 Granger, re-
tired Null executive direc' or,
was present. Mrs. Charles Keller,
Jr., a member of the local and
National League Trustees also
attended.
A high point of the event was
an award presented TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Elvy Albert Turner of New
Orleans as the Urban League
Family of the Year
Year"
Married 40 years, the Turner's
are proud parents of twelve
children and an adopted child.
Nine OF tleir children have gone
''.. ough college. Two others are
cur rently in college, and the two
Youngest are preparing for coll
egc.
MIR. Granger presented the
League citation 10 the Turner
family as exemplifying not only
tie greatest in American tradi-
lion of family solidarity and pro
gress, but also the goal of the
L ian Leagues pro Tam which
is directed toward the strength
cni1g of family life.
Congratulatory kilograms were
received from Vice President
Lyndon b. Johnson: FILA Ad-
ministrator Robert c. Weaver.
and from a host of other officials.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04
Owe late Taxes?
Here S Some AdWee

Wayne County Treasurer Lo
II. Funk today advised taxpayc
that titles TO their property IS
in jeopardy if they still o. 9
1855 and or 1860 taxes.
Complying with the provisi :
of the General '; operty Tax l..
of the State. the 1859 delinquc (
and taxes were sold May /, Il }
and may be redeemed only un |
May 8. 1868.
All unpaid 1860 taxes must he
offered for sale beginning Nav 7
and can be redeemed during the
next IL months at a much higher
rate of interest.
Funk estimated that 1900
Wayne County descriptions will
be offered at the Sale and that
the taxes would amount TO ap.
proximately $600.00O.00.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04
Atty. Goodman to
Give Speech On
USSR and Ghara

The extent and kind of person.
al freedom enjoyed by individuals
in the Soviet Union and in Ghana
will DC discussed by Ernest Good.
man OF the law firm of Goodman.
Crockett, Eden. Robb. and Philo
Detroit, at the May 10 meeting of
the G'obal Forum.
Attorney Goodman, recently re-
turned W m VISIT % 10th co IN.
tries, will speak In the Central
Congregational Church, 1926 Lin.
wood. corner lIo 'arth. lie is wcu
known for his defense of legal
and constitutional ri'hts of Amer.
leans in the courts of this coun.
nv White abr al he was u,,es.
toned by lawyers in the USSR
ana IN Ghana on u. S. personal
freedom cases that he had plead
81 h'forc tho u. S. Sprrcm +,
Court of which they had re-.
ceived abstracts. This was his
second trip to Chana.
A contribution of one dollar
to help cover expenses is in
dicated by the forum, with stu
dents and unemployed giving
so cents.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04
Dodge Sets
New Records

DETROIT. Nich.--Doigc deal
rrs sod 24.O94 passenger cars
from April l through 20, Dodge
Ienerdl Mana GER byrOn j. Mica
OILS reported toady.
Nichols said sales in the period
were:
1. The highest for any April
100 period in the company 5
history.
2 The highest for the first 20
lay per OIL OF any month since
June 100. 1860. and the second
highest on record (Thc June 100
sales totalcd 24.833 in 1862
3 Eighty per cent higher than
sales in the same period year
ago. when 1850 cars were sold.
Since introduction of the 1868
Dodge cars have been sold. That
is a record for the Oct l through
April 20 period, he asserted.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-05-04

chase more in the suburban mar
ket."
He emphasized a need for
stringent measures 10 change
some OF the racial patterns IN
American communit es, and ad-
monIsned that.
Certainly, the public should
not have to pay for the lnequi-
ties often caused by segregation
and discrimination"
He noted that racial violence
frequently occurs when a Negro
family attempts to move out oil
the gnelIo, and that tine image
vi .lo.ence undoubtedly makes
an impression ana Causes otter
ness not readily erased
al. JacAson stressed urgency
that actions be taken swiftly,
wiln leaucrsnip coming from the
federal government, 10 loosen
the housing moose from the neck
oil Negro citizens" as one OF the
primary necessities oil a wnoie-
some childhood.
Inc Urban League, ne pointed
out, long has been IN the lore
front OF the struggle 10 secure
such action-a struggle that has
acnlevcd some lmpvitant gains
in recent years.
Similarly, MIR. Jackson urged
equdlly swift and drastic action
,U~aru opening doors Tor Negro
WOlkers III iaLor market besct
Dy increasing autOmation, along
with programs TO provide ade-
quate ana Iqudi opportunity IN
euucdtiOn, II negro yOutn Of
to-day are to share equlIaDly in
ne changing economy OF to-
mOl1oW. inls, too, nc stressed
as a vital foundation stone OF
national unity.
lie deplolcd growing tendcn-
cies III many alcdS oi the nation
to pcnalize individual and ethnIc
groups as a result OF 'incon-
gruities directly traceablc TO a
faulty public image OF social
welfare" rather than ito take a
good hard look at the problems
stemming from urbanIzatlon' and
devise realistic means TO elinri-
nate them and the abuses that
sometimes arise from them.