European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Peg 6 the stars and stripes Tutt Doy set mar 22, 1964 when Amic Speaks you can t help but listen by Dick West Washington up one of Shakespeare s plays has a Lin that reads speak be the speech i Pray thee tripping by on the Tongue for ii be Mouth ii As Many at yep layers do i had As Lief the town crier spake my  and Alflen Howard resent that remark. Me and old Alfi Edon t like anyone casting Asper Sions at town  is because me and Alfric have a plan going to make town crying a big thing again. Or rather we will have such a plan going if i can get old Alfie to help me put it  Are presently Only 28 town criers left in All of eng land. Alfric. Who cries for Lam Bert. A Borough of i Tomlon Isone of them. When i heard that Alfric was visiting Here this week i went around to see him. I had in min trying to arrange a contest be tween him and a United Slat Esholt caller. Old Alfric would t go for  we got to talking about town crying in general and another idea began to take shape in the Back of my  asked him to give me a demonstration. Believe me it was something to hear. He clanged a 12-Pound hand Bell about sixties and shouted Oyez Oyez Oyez i am commanded to announce  then he ended up with a rousing god save the Queen that was when my plan really began to jell. I became con Vinced that there is a great Nee for town criers in the vast Ameri can suburban  things now stand there is almost no Way for suburbanites to communicate with each other mtg can the hours of 4 . And11 ., which is the crucial period in Suburbia. All of thecly phone Lino Are tied up by  can of course Send up smoke signals with the charcoal Grill but that is a very unreliable medium. You can never sure whether someone is try ing to Tell you something or whether he simply left the barbecued ribs on the coals too  every neighbourhood had its own town crier it would solv this problem nicely. The crier could go around ringing his be and making important announce ments such As Oyez Oyez Oyez i am commanded to announce that Dick West who lives in the red Brick House on the Corner would ilk to borrow a cup of  i figure that it the two of i open Agency clean up. Nationwide town crier me and old Alflen pm Rise in birth Rale looms Small family trend holds in . Washington a Ameri can women arc marrying enrol or and having their first baby sooner after mar Lage than a generation ago the population refer ence Bureau said but there is a continuing trend toward smaller families in this country. The Bureau cited this trend Ashe principal cause for declines in uie . Birth rate since 1m7.it said the Rale has dropped from 26.8 births per thousand of popu lation in 1947 to 22.1 per thou Sand in 1963.although women marry earlier and have their first baby sooner. School boots stylish teen Albany. . A a sub Urban Board of education decided unanimously that Low Side buckle boots violate a Junior High school s code of proper  Richard me Quade a nth grader has Bee sent Home from school for two Days in a Row because he insist Don wearing the popular boots to classes instead of regular  parents or. And mrs. Joseph e. Mcquade. Took their pro test before a special closed meet ing of the North Colono Boardo education but to no Avail. The Board upheld the shake Junior High principal s ruling that the boots were not proper Appeal planned before the meeting the parents had said they would Appeal to the new York state education department if the Board did not overrule the  necessary the parents said they Are willing to try to carry the Case in defense of boots to the . Supreme . Mcquide Mother of six explained one of these Days these kids will grow up and Well be  we Don t teach them to stand up for Freedom and to fight for their rights now who will principal Thomas p. O Brien sold he Felt the boots had an unfavourable connotation. Therein a Strong relationship Between the Way a student dresses and  1.000 Celebration san Francisco up the Pacific National Bank celebrated its 40th anniversary by giving away 11.000. Tellers gave each customer e John �. Kenned half Dollar As a souvenir. He Bureau said they also Stop having children earlier than their mothers did. The proportion of children borne by women in their 30s and Early 40s has sharply declined in the past 25 years the Bureau said. Releasing its i my annual re port the Bureau concluded that the decline in the . By Rah rates not due to tiny change in the childbearing potential of Ameri can women. Nor can it be attributed tothe new contraceptives which have been developed in recent years it said. The decline is due rather to a changing Alti tude regarding the size of the Ideal family this downward trend in the birth rate will be Only temporary unless there is u further reduction in the Ideal family of thereto four children said Robert c. Cook president of the  i960," he said the number of marriages and the number of women in the High Fertility Ages have begun to in . Baby crop of 4,098,020 exceeds estimate Washington a the pub Lic health service reported 4.n8.020 babies were born in the United states during 19 1. This was 17,020 More than had Bee estimated. The final statistics for 1963 also put the birth rate at 21.7 live births per 1,000 population com pared with an earlier estimate of 21.6.there were 4,187,362 live births in this country during 1992, an the rate was 22.4, the service said 1963 was the10th consecutive year that More than 4 million births had Bee recorded in this country. The birth rate however has been Ona downward trend since 1957, when it was 25.3.As in previous years the serv ice said about five out of Ever six births during 1163 were White. The birth rate was 20.7 per 1,000white population and 29.7 per 1.000 nonwhite population. The Rales for both groups declined by about 3 per cent Between 1962and 1963. Coed s classes electrically Light Raleigh . Up Merlh Carolina slate College s computer went on the blink Dur ing registration for the new term. One coed received schedule with Only one course assigned touch football and hundreds of other students walled for hours trying to get their class assignments straightened out. Crease. This trend will continue for Many years. This High Fertil Ity potential unless there is change in the folkways of the people of the United states will result in a marked increase of future births Brooklyn fireman cited for bravery new York up a Brook Lyn fireman us honoured for outstanding bravery by the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animal for rescuing a dog from a smoke filled  w. Tows of Rescue company 2 received the Asp a certificate of Merit it ceremonies at the municipal  was cited for climbing three floors through dense smoke to Rescue u dog trapped in in apartment. The fire had been extinguished but there still was danger from i lie smoke. Pacifist to work for Quaker group to avoid prison Pittsburgh up a fed Era judge has permitted an in year old pacifist to join a quake group As a social worker instead of spending the next five Yearsin prison for failing to Register for the  Whitney Rodd who was sentenced after being convicted of violating the selective service act. Will work in Phila Delphia with the american friends service  this year. Todd refused to Register fur the draft and Huncl several friends staged a sit in demonstration at the . At Torney s office Here. After Rodd s conviction fed eral judge Louis Rosenburg gave him a Choice Between five Yearsin prison or working for two years without pay for the peace corps or an acceptable Church  friends operates in the United states and abroad Andis devoted to resettling refugees settling racial strife and caring for the needy. Homemade rocket fatal to boy 11 Baltimore a a 11-year-old Hoy s homemade rocket exploded when ignited near her and took the life of u Young  b. Suess jr., 11, of suburban Glen Burnle was pronounced dead at a Baltimore has Ellal. Thomas Nadolsky a neighbor had 21 stitches taken in his face both arms and both leg Sand wus released. Police said the Nadolsky boy was experimenting with the rocket a Carbon dioxide Cylinder at his Home. He had drilled a Hole in the Cylinder filled i with Mutch Heads and scaled the Hole with air plane Cement. After several attempts he managed to ignite it and it exploded throw ing fragments of the Cylinder. Conventional wedding at the world War i veterans association convention la Chicago col Herbert Houston of Chattanooga tcnn., pins a Corsage on his Bride the former  Smith. The couple decided to wed at the convention where the bridegroom was elected vice commander of the association so the colonel s old army buddies could attend. The colonel is direct descendant of Sam Houston up photo girl notices track missing five year old saves train Railroad pays Reward of $5 Portsmouth a. A -a5-year-old Portsmouth girl who prevented the possible derailment of a Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt line Railroad freight train Gother Reward a 5 Bill. Terri Lynn Cross daughter of mrs. Norma Cross was playing by the Belt line tracks near her Home. As she gathered stones to Shore Billy Rose divorced by i fifth wife Reno nov. A millionaire showman Billy Rose 65, has been divorced by his fifth wife on grounds of extreme mental cruel Doris Warner Rose 48, who married Hose in Jamaica on March 1, received the divorce from District judge Thomas 0 Craven. Up the miniature Sand caves shews digging nearby she noticed a Section of track was missing. Just then a do Csc locomotives Hunting freight cars approached the break. Terry waved furiously at the engine to draw the Engineer s at Tention to the  Engineer and Brake Raan realizing Terri s waving was More frantic than Friendly stopped the rain and got out Tosee what was wrong. They found the break in the  got a letter from j. L. Jones Belt line superintendent 15 Bill wus enclosed. Thank you for informing on of our brakeman of the broken rail you observed at Piedmont venue this afternoon the letter said. Had you not called this to the attention of the brakeman a might have had a  in Boston Tai one on Boston a firecrackers and a Parade opened the Trien Nial convention of the gee How Oak tin association marking the birthday of the indent chinese emperor Tal Shuen. Thousands lined Chinatown streets to watch a dragon with human legs dunce to the accompaniment of a 500-foot siring of firecrackers that popped an crackled for 30 minutes before sputtering out. Marching behind the colourful dragon were the elders of in Assoc Alion members of chinese families who boast of being do so indents of emperor Tal Shuen and ladies garbed in traditional the festivities held Ever three years also marked a move of the association s Headquarters of n a " Roomi Home on Harrison Avenue. Easily the most Cyc  of the Bright pageant was the appearance of the Lovely miss tin Mang Yuen the current Mats Republic of  Cec How Oak tin association is comprised of the Chin woo and Yuen families. At � scattered offices throughout of world inc younger generations a encouraged to carry out the association s affairs to help perpetuate the teachings of Tal Shuen to respect their elders and to maintain close relationship wit their fellow clansmen