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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29
ART HOBBY SHOPS S

Fourth Floor, Washington;
Lower Level, Arlington
5000 Bracelet or Necklace Sets for
loo-6ec to 40 PIostic Kits tboots, plones,
25-2.98 Plastic Horse Kit Models .--i.49
lO-2.98 Gnooy Drawing Sets, osstd., 1893
$500 Wood EoseI Box Combinations
Il in each store) $500
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
SaWmill Gets
 Boost From Loan

A loan of S1 100000, approved by the Area Redevelopment Ad- ministration last week, is expect ed to provide backbone financing for a S2,450,0OO expansion and modernization of the Wrangell sawmill.
 While the major benefits from this project will obviously be felt in the Wrangell area, it's impact will be felt state wide.' says Gov. William A. Egan. Approval of this loan to the Alaska Pacific Lumber Co. mill at Wrangell is another - and significant - step forward in Alaskas industrial de- velopment."
 The project will provide new employment for an estimated 250 persons in the production of lum- Der, a good percentage of which will be for export to Japan.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
Saturday, March 23

Cub Scout tralnlng meeting Tor committee members and den mo- thers, 6-hour instruction course at Wildwood Station chapel, 10 am 5:30 pm.
 Slikok Valley Garden Club, at Slikok Community Bldg, on kal- ifonsky Beach Road, 1 pm.
 Sunday, March 24
 kenai Community Clinic open house in new building on Home site Loop Road, Kenai, 10 a.m,-6 pm.
 Soldotna Public Library annu- al meeting and reports, public in- vited, 3 pm.
 Moody science film City of the Bees to be shown at kasilof Community Church, public invit- ed, ' pm.
 Monday, March 2
 Soldotna P-TA, film on Com munism "0peration Abolition, at Soldotna School, 7:30 pm.
 Girl Scout Leaders meeting, at home of Mrs. Tom Hurd, Soldot- ma, 1:30 pm.
 Kenai Planning Commission, City Administration Bldg, 5:30 pm.
 Tuesday, March 26
 Kiwanis Club, Parkers in Ridge way, F Noon luncheon meeting. kenai Charter Commission, at Kenai Community Library, s pm. kenai Board of Evaluation, City Clerks office, 8 pm.
 Wednesday. March 2
 kenai City Council, City Ad- ministration Bldg, pm.
 Ninilchik Fair membership meeting at Ninilchik School. Theme for 1863 Fair to be chos- ell, 7:30 pm.
 Redoubt Toastmistress Club an- nual speak-off banquet, River side House, s pm.
 Kenai Chamber of Commerce, Jet Cafe, F Noon.
 Immunization Clinic, Kenai Health Center, IA pm.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
FLA Aids Alaskan Farm Areas

Farmers Home Administration in Alaska during 1862 loaned an amount totalling $1,616,706, ac- cording to A. Q. Stine, state su- pervisor for Alaska with head quarters at Palmer.
 Three FILA officers serve the agricultural areas of Alaska, with headquarters at Palmer, Soldotna and Fairbanks. Each office is staffed with supervisor and clerk. John Bugli is supervisor of the office in Soldotna with his territory being the entire Kenai Peninsula.
 Funds loaned in Alaska for Rural Areas Development were for the following purposes: rural housing $1,13,176; farm owner ship S116,800, and farm operat- ing, livestock and equipment $366,730.
 Repayments on Alaska Farmers Home Administration loans this past year amounted to $275,S18.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
ACCA Elects New Chapter President
(Continued from Page D

Continued from Page D the therapy program are planned by the various communities. Clam Gulch staged a benefit on March 16 at which time a film was shown prior to the auction and dance. Tuesday night, March 19, a film on Alaska made by the Bri-. tish Broadcasting Go. was shown at kenai Central High School as another benefit. A bridge and pi- nochle benefit card party is plan ned in the Kenai Area-date to be announced later.
 Persons wishing more detailed information on the services of the speech and hearing clinic may contact the administrative volun- teer in their area: Mrs. Osmar at Clam Gulch; Mary (Mrs. Jack) McGuire, Kenai, Phone 283-7711; Jannette (Mrs. Harry) Casson, Soldotna; Briar (Mrs. Chester) Walker, Ninilchik, and Nina (Mrs. Jesse) Robinson, Sterling, Box 534 at Soldotna or Phone 262- 4641.
 The next meeting of the Kenai Area Chapter of ACCA will be Thursday, April IS, at 7;30 pm. in the Kenai Central High School. Everyone is asked to attend.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
HOmemakers See Hair Styling Demonstration

Mrs. Richard Heating, hair styling demonstrator washed. cut and set the hair of Mrs. Mike Oberts at recent meeting of the Sterling Homemakers Club. Mrs. Oberts' new hairdo was combed out after the meeting ad- journed.
 Twenty members of the club were present, with the meeting being held in the home of Mrs. Bing Brown. Mrs. Jesse Robinson, president, officiated and Mrs. Ken Mcdonald served as acting secre- tary.
 The group discussed the com ing spring Homemakers Council meeting to be held in Soldotna on April 2627 at which time ar engagements for the luncheon will be shared by the Sterling and Soldotna clubs. It was also decid- ed that an additional meeting. prior to disbanding for the sum- mer, will be held on May 29 so that, there may be two workshops on fiberglass construction.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22

Edward Vincent Oberts

MT. and Mrs. Michael Oberts of Sterling are announcing the birth of their first child, son, whom they have named Edward Vincent. The baby was born at 1928 am. on March 19 in the Central Pen insula Clinic, Soldotna, an d weighed 8 pounds. The mother is the former Miss Teresa Cannon, who came to Alaska as volun- teer helper in the construction and starting of the Catholic Church in Soldotna. Oberts is a construction worker and is the brother of Leo Oberts, Kenai in- Surance man.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
X Coming Events
Thursday, March 2S

SoIdotna City Planning Com mission. So dotna Community Hall, T p.ia. Soldotna City Council, Com- munity Hall, 8 pm,
 Kena Board of Evaluation, each Tuesday and Thursday, City Clerks office, 8 pm.
 Friday, March 29
 ACCA therapist, Miss Margar- ct Hamilton, to confer with Sol dotna area children with speech and hearing problems, at Christ Lutheran Church, 9:30 am. to 4:30 pm.
 Annual Kenai Central High School talent show, at school, s pm.
 Saturday, March 30
 Benefit dance for Kenai Com munity Clinic, at Kenai Central High School gym, begins p.m.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
Dana Lynn Burk

A daughter, weighing lb. 10 oz., was born to Dr. and Mrs. Donald Burk of Kenai at about II pm. on March 19 in the Gen. tral Peninsula Clinic, Soldotna. She has been named Dana Lynn. Doctor Burk, who moved to the area few months ago, is kenai's first resident dentist.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22
LunchrOOm Menus At Kenai School
Monday, March 9

Tomato and macaroni som buttered mixed vegetables, crack. CTS, cake and fruit, milk.
 Tuesday, March 26 Turkey chow mein, pickled beets, hot buttered rolls, pear halves, milk.
 Wednesday,, March 27 Meat loaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, hot but tered rolls, whole apricots, milk.
 Thursday, March 2S Chili beans, crackers, mixed vegetables, cinnamon rolls, fruit milk.
 Friday, March 29 Tuna salad on buns, buttered corn, pineapple milk.
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The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

THE Handbook Of Texas" ar
encyclopedia Of facts about his
home State. The American
Council Of Learned Societies
recognized him with q $4,000
special award for his work.
Wrote Several Books
DR.. Webb was known for his
books THE Great Plains, =
THE Texas Rangers" Divided
We Stand" "The Great From
tier" More Water for Texas
and Honest Preface"
The historian touched off
one Of the biggest storms OF
his career with a story in Har-
pers Magazine that pictured
the American West as a desert
of varying intensity-geogra-
phically, politically, culturally
and historically. Chambers Of
Commerce howled from II
States.
Recently DR.. Webb had been
working under a Ford grant on
a series Of television programs
planned for Nationwide distri-
button to educational television
stations.
DR.. Webb's first wife was
Jane Elizabeth Oliphant, who
died June %, 1860. Their only
child was Mrs. Mildred Alice
Webb, Austin, a survivor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
John F. Cormody Dies;
Indian Affairs Official

John F. Carmody, So, assist
ant chief of education of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, died
yesterday at the George Wash
ington University Hospital after
a long illness.
Mr.. Carmody. who served 81
years with the Federal Govern
ment, recently was awarded the
Distinguished Service Award OF
the Interior Department.
Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Mr.
Carmody attended Bancroft
(Nebr) High School and Mid
land College in Fremont, Nebr.
His career with the Bureau
Of Indian Affairs began In 1891
when he became a physical ed
ucation teacher at Genoa,
Nebr. After the school closed
he transferred to the Winnie
bago Indian Agency in Nebraska
In 1888 as a community recre-
alton leader.
Following a leave Of absence,
during which he continued his
education at Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, Ohio,
Mr.. Carmody returned to the
bureau in 1886 as director of
physical education and athlet-
les and later as boys adviser
in the guidance department Of
Haskell Institute at Lawrence
Kans.
In 1912, Mr.. Carmody trans
ferred to the Navajo Indian
Reservation where he served the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

youth of that area, first a.
principal of the Shiprock Board
ing School in New Mexico anc
later as assistant director anc
director Of Navajo schools, a,
assistant general superin-
ttndent Of Navajo Agency, anc
assistant area director of the
Gallup IN. Mex. office.
Mr.. Carmody was promoted
in 1856 to assistant chief OF
education in the Washington
office, where he was responsible
for planning and directing the
school construction program.
He leaves his wife, Dorothea,
Of the home address, $40 Twen-
ty-first street NV; a son,
John jr., Of GIT Sheldon drive
Alexandria; a daughter, Mrs
Joyce Allen Of Pomona, Calf.
his mother, Mrs. Mary Carmody
of Fremont Nebr.; four BROTH
ers. Willard Of Denver. Ed Of
West Point, Nebr., Gene Of Oak
land, Calf, and Emmett of
Omaha, Nebr.; three sisters,
Mrs. Pat Kelly Of Morton, Ill,
and Mrs. Erwin Harms of Pa
cific Junction, Iowa, and Mrs.
Margaret Steen OF Beatrice,
Nebr., and five grandchildren.
Mass is tentatively scheduled
for 10 am. Tuesday at St
stephens Catholic Church,
Twenty-fifth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, with bur-
ial in Columbia Gardens Gem
etery, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
IS TRAVEL BROADENING?
Teacher Sues IRIS
For Trip Tax Refund

Los ANGELES, Mar. 9 (AP).
Can a teacher make a tax
deduction Of the expenses he
incurs on a sabbatical leave2
Federal Judge Albert Lee
Stephens IT,, took that ques-
ton under submission yester-
day The American Federation
of Teachers considers it a test
case. So does Ben Addison, the
teacher who wants $538.59 back
on his 1858 income taxes.
Here's the argument pre-
sented by Mr.. Addison, his
attorney, and the federation,
which helped prepare the case:
1t cost Mr.. Addison $2,783 so
to go to Europe for six months
on his Sabbatical. A teacher
granted such leave must file
with the Board of Education a
detailed plan for the trip. and
outline how it will improve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Marie Bruckmun,
Retired Soprano

HOLYOKE, Mass, Mar. 9
(AP).-MiSs Marie l.. Brack-
man, retired concert and vaude-
vile mezzo soprano who was
known as the Gainsborough
Girl at the turn of the CEN
tury, died yesterday at the age
Of 90.
Miss Brakeman was the first
woman ever heard in a concert
over the telephone. With Court
ney easier. a bass artist, she
sang Hello Frisco" February
5, 1916. when the first New
York-to-San Francisco tele-
phone line opened.
Miss Brakeman was a Hol-
yoke native. She studied here
and at the Academy Of Music
in Brooklyn and made her de-
but with Murray Lane Opera
Company.
Her only survivors are a
nephew and three nieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Cubu Gets More
Russian on Rudio

Z ~ tAAN hoo0NAaNGa EANon
Russia has switched a large
part of its broadcasts to Cuba
from Spanish to Russian Ian
guage. the United States Infor-
nation Agency has reported
A USIA spokesman said that,
starting last Tuesday, Moscow
Radio cut its Spanish language
broadcasts from 10 hours to
Az hours a day.
On the same short-wave
length. USIA said. the Moscow
transmitters now are beaming
TO Cuba four hours a day Of
Russian language transmissions.
Presuma bly, the Moscow
broadcasts are for the 1900 or
so Russian troops believed to
be in Cuba. No reason has been
announced for the change.
The USIA said its Voice of
America has been beaming
Russian language programs
into Cuba. too. Perhaps that
Is why Moscow Radio decided
to aim its Russian language
output toward Cuba. the USIA
spokesman suggested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

his professional skills. He re.
ceives half pay while away
And he has to agree to stay
with the school system another
two years.
Obviously" said Mr.. Adel-
sons attorney. "the school
board considers it benefits his
professional skills."
But the Internal Revenue
Service refused to grant the re-
fund, and Mr.. Addison sued
the Government for it. A
United States attorney con-
tended at the hearing that the
trip expenses do not come Under
necessary and ordinary ex-
penses within the meaning OF
the United States tax code"
No date has been set for the
courts ruling on the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Stephen Crowley,
Ex-VA EmpIoye

Stephen B. Crowley. ST., So, &
retired Veterans Administra.
tion clerk, died Thursday al
Mount Alto Hospital after 9
long illness.
Mr.. Crowley was born in
Lewiston. Me-, and had lived
in Washington since 1925. He
was a Navy veteran of World
War I and served in the Ma
rine Corps from 1928 to 1927,
He worked for a number of
Federal agencies here, and re-
tired from the Veterans Ad-
ministration in 1852.
Mr.. Crowley leaves his wife
Ruth of 1923 Columbia road
NV, the home address; two
sons, Stephen, jr., Of Potomac,
Md, and Richard of Rockville,
Md; a brother, John of Port
land, Me-; three sisters, Mrs.
Walter L. Emerson of Lewis
ton; Mrs. John Mullaney of
Bedford Village, N. Y, and
Mrs. Frederick S. Barnes of
Atlanta, Ga, and seven grand
children.
Petworth Lodge No. AZ, A. F.
g. A. NJ, to which he belonged,
will hold services at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the Hines Funeral
Home, 1901 Fourteenth street
NV. Funeral services will be
there at l pm. Monday. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
ruck Upsets on Car ,
Mother, Girl Injured

%, Of 1929 Jay street NE. an
Air Force sergeant.
Police said Mr.. Paschal's car
was northbound on Fifteenth
street when 1t collided with
a fuel truck operated by Law
renee M. Collins. 80, Of 1913
Fifty-second avenue. Capitol
Heights. Md. who was driving
eastbound on d street NE.
After the collision, the two
vehicles skidded about 40 feet
before the truck overturned on
the car. police said. Both We
hicles were demolished by the
accident, the AIU officials said.
Mr.. Collins was charged with
failure to yield the right Of way
and failure TO give full time and
attention TO his driving. police
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Vivian Carlson,
CSC Official

Miss Vivian Carlson, who was
the first woman appointed chief
of a division in the Civil Serv-
ice Commission, died at her
home. 4545 Connecticut avenue
NV. Thursday after a long
illness.
Miss Carlson's career with the
commission spanned AZ years
She began in 1911 as a stenog-
rapher and worked up through
the ranks, becoming chief OF
the Service Record and Status
Division in 1898.
A native Of Falconer, N. Y,
she attended George Washing
ton University and earned a law
degree at Southeastern Univer-
sity in 1941.
Miss Carlson leaves a sister,
Miss Ruth Carlson, of the home
address, and a brother, Paul
Hotchkiss, of Falconer.
Services will be at 3 pm.
tomorrow at the Gawler Funeral
Home, $3.50 Wisconsin avenue
NV, with burial at Falconer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

SPRINGFIELD, H., Mar. 8
| (AP) Free contraceptives anc
birth-control information will
become available April / fol
approximately $4,000 mothers
on Illinois relief rolls.
The Illinois Public Aid Com
mission, plagued by money
problems and controversy
voted, 7-3, yesterday against
a move to delay the start Of the
Statewide plan.
The effect Of the vote was
to direct the IPAC staff to
start a program based On rec
concentrations of an advisory
committee Of physicians.
When a physician announced
a meeting would be held March
II to plan additional details
State Auditor Michael ]. How
lett asked IN establishment:
You mean you're going to
make plans for birth control
on st. Patrick's Day?"
Cost of Program
Harold o. Swank, the COM
missions administrative Off
Ger, estimated earlier the cost
of the program could run as
high as $50 a year per mother,
This includes the cost of visits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Harding Was Tersest
Presidentin Who's Who

CHICAGO. Mar. o (AP)-
AS far as who's Who in
America" is concerned. Calvin
(Snent Cab Coolidge wasn't
the tersest OF recent Presidents
1T was Warren @. Harding.
The publishers Of Who's
Who" offered that observation
yesterday. based on the fact
that President Harding took
only II lines TO tell his life
story and Mr.. Coolidge took %.
Persons listed In the refer
ence work submit their own
sketch and are responsible for
the accuracy Of the facts. the
publishers explained.
For what It's worth. here's
how many lines II took other
Chief Executives since the
spanish-Ameriean War 10 give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
ROBOT EXPECTED
TO GIVE LOCALE
OF NEXT CRASH

MIAMI, Fla. (AP).-The
metropolitan sheriff's Of
flee begins an electronic
accident prevention system
today.
II works like this: A
computer is asked where
the next accident is likely
to occur. When the ma
chine gives an answer.
m otorcycle officers are
rushed 10 the area 10 pre-
vent the mishap.
1t. @. L. Weaver. who
has been compiling statis-
tics for weeks. says the
answers also include what
type traffic violation is
most likely TO cause acct
dents.
The officers plan TO wait
"a reasonable length OF
time" at the scene 10 see
II a possible accident de-
velops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

A mother and her 5-year-old
daughter were hospitalized yes
terday after a fuel truck over
turned on the car in which they
were riding.
Mrs. Betty Jean Graham, "a.
and her daughter. Dorothea, Of
1912 Queen street NE. were
admitted to Casualty Hospital
following the accident at Fiji
tenth and D streets NE. Mrs.
Graham is in serious condition
with head injuries and her
daushter is in fair condition
with similar injuries.
According TO Accident In
vestigation Unit Pvts. Daniel
Boccabella and John Barrett
the woman and her daughter
we're passengers In a car oper-
ated by Thomas j. Paschal. IT,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

their biographies:
John F. Kennedy. IS.
Dwight d. Eisenhower. pres
emily 20. pared down from the
20 lines II took him in the
i946-47 edition.
Harry S. Truman. 90
Franklin d. Roosevelt, 80
William Mckinley. 40.
Herbert Hoover, IL.
Woodrow Wilson. So.
William Howard Taft, So.
Most expansive on the subject
OF himself however. wasn't
President Taft. That record
went 10 Theodore Roosevelt.
the ex-Rough Rider who had
a lot 10 tell and enjoyed tell
ing II.
He took % lines-37 more
than his closest presidential
competitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Rockefeller Sees
Nixon, Discusses
Unity of Purty

NEW YORK, Mar. Q (AP) -
Gov. Rockefeller said today he
discussed unity within the Re-
publican Party with former Vice
President Nixon at a private
meeting last week end.
Gov. Rockefeller, described
by Mr.. Nixon as the front-run-
ming candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination
next year, said again he is not
a candidate for the nomination,
THE important thing now is
to create party unity" Gov
Rockefeller said. 1T is still
too early to crystal!ze on a sim
gle candidate"
He spoke to newsmen before
leaving in his private plane for
Milwaukee, where he is sched-
uled to speak at a Wisconsin
Republican Party dinner to-
night.
Newsmen asked Gov. Rookie
Teller If he discussed next years
presidential election with Mr.,
Nixon at their meeting last
Saturday.
mot really" he replied. eve
just talked about unity within
the party and about effective
means to strengthen this
unity"
He described the meeting
with Mr.. Nixon "as just q
social visit"
The two men talked for about
an hour in the New York City
apartment of the Governors
brother Laurance. where the
Governor stays when he is IN
the city. Mr.. Nixon was In
town to tape a television show
which was presented last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Man Badly Burned
In Mount Rainier
Apartment Blaze

A Mount Rainier Md man
who jumped to escape 8
fire In his second-story apart
ment at 1904 Allison street
last night was in good condi-
iton today at Prince Georges
Hospital with first and second
degree burns Of his face and
bands.
Prince Georges fire officials
reported that the blaze caused
some $4,000 damage 10 the
three-story apartment build
ing. Two firemen we're slightly
injured.
Craig Brent. So, who is re-
covering at the hospital. was
Identified by hospital author
tiles as the man who jumped
from his window. He appar-
emily suffered no additional
injury In the 20-foot drop.
The injured firemen were
John Womersley OF the Mount
Rainier Volunteer Department,
who suffered a cut hand. and
Joseph Campbell, from the
Brentwood company, whose
hands we're burned.
Mount Rainier firemen said
they had 10 break down q door
10 awaken a woman In the
building and escort her TO
safety A spokesman for the
county fire board said the fire
apparently started from smok-
ing In bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Maj. Gen. Collins,
Ex-Occupution Leader

SALzBURG, Austria, Mar. 8
(AP) Maj. Gen. Harry J. Col
Inns, So. commanding general Of
United States occupation forces
in Austria from 1945-49, died
here yesterday.
His Austrian-born widow,
Irene, said Gen. Collins died
after a stomach operation in
Salzburg Hospital. The couple
had been living in Salzburg for
some time. Gen. Collins came
from Colorado Springs, Colo. He
will be buried in Salzburg Tues
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Dr.. w. P. Webb, Historian,
Killed in Auto Accident

AUSTIN, Tex, Mar. . (AP)
DIR. Walter Prescott Webb
IA, who became internationally
known for writings on the i'm
pact of the Western frontier
on the civilized world, was
killed in an automobile acct
dent last night.
A car driven by his wife
overturned several times on
Interstate IS about IL miles
south of Austin.
Mrs. Webb, 81, was brought
TO an Austin hospital in critical
condition. The widow of a
former member of Congress
and Mayor of San Antonio,
Tex, Maury Maverick, ST., she
was married to DR.. Webb De-
cember IA, 1861.
Ex-JOhnsOn Adviser
DR.. Webb was a former pres
ident of the American Histor-
ical Association, and at one
time served as a special ad-
wiser to Vice President johnson.
He taught briefly at the
University of London, oxford
University. Rice University and
the University of Houston. He
held honorary doctorates from
the University Of Chicago,
Southern Methodist University
and oxford.
DR.. Webb had been active in
historical research work at the
University of Texas, his alma
mater. for the last several
years, but had no teaching
duties.
He was editor in-chief of