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have made the purchase price
(about $4,000 In q few years
crops.
The Army knows the bad
public relations Of taking peoples
land and quartering troops in the
suburbs. but can't help it. Mr..
Anderson's location was the only
one that met requirements. But
the Army has taken steps to as
sure citizens who live near Nike
nests that the 80 soldiers who
man each one are expert techni-
clans, thoroughly trained, and on
permanent assignment.
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It OF the photograph above.

IL o steel elevator which viii lift
the missiles to the surface and
serve o. o launcher. One mis-
sile will be kept on the elevator
in readiness. In . raid, 1t can
be lifted to the surface and fired
within four seconds.
Performance figures for Nike
are secret, but trade press esti-
mates. called by the Army "a
good guess" give it q speed Of
$500 miles an hour, a range Of
80 to so miles and an effective
altitude Of $4,000 feet. It can
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This will not be q one-night
stand" as q spokesman put it.
Were conditioning them to in
tegrate with the community"
Enough vacant land has been
allowed around each nest, he
said, to protect the citizenry In
case a missile should explode &C
cidentally.
Incidently, this is not the first
time Mr.. Anderson's farm has
been used for warlike purposes.
H. D. Miller, the project in
spector. has found a handful of
Indian arrowheads on the site
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-10-21
Football
Game IS
Rained Out

The scheduled football game
between West Geauga and
Madison for Friday evening,
October 18th, was postponed
and re-scheduled for Tuesday
evening, October 10Th. The
postponement called for a Sol
ONION" decision on the part of
school officials, both at West
Geauga and at Madison. Out
of concern for the health of
students who might otherwise
sit in the doWnpour, both
schools agreed on a postpone
ment. Postponement, on the
other hand, offered no weekend
on which a play-off could be
scheduled because of other
games, leaving only a week
night for a play-off. Although
the play-off will take place on
school night, the policy of the
schools will continue to be such
as to discourage school events
on evenings preceding school
days. Only four games will be
permitted on such evenings this
year during the basketball sea-
son, with a view toward even
tually eliminating midWeek con-
tests in another year or two.
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Council to
Schedule
Activities

The West Geauga high school
student council has been given
the responsibility of scheduling
all school activities through a
school calendar to be posted in
the high school office. The spon-
sorship will eventually elimin-
ate the conflicts in dates which
frequently take place when two
or more activities desire to
sponsor events in the same eve
ming or the same weekend. The
Student Council will serve as a
screening board for all student
activities and, subject to the
approval of Mr.. Frank Samuel,
high school principal, will
schedule such activities. Owing
to the increased use of the
Chester and Russell gymnaS-
iumS as community centerS, it
is suggested that community
groups wishing to check on
the feasibility, of a public event
on a certain date might wish
to check with the high school
office on the date. The high
school will be happy to enter
community dates on the activ-
ity calendar, thereby tending to
avoid conflict of community and
school events. Church groups
may also wish to advise the
high school of coming events,
in view of the fact that high
school students or teachers may
also be concerned with the
scheduled church activities.
Officers of the high school
council are: Dick Vargo, Presi-
dent; Carol Varga, Vice Presi-
dent; Virginia Dobies, Secre-
tary; and Ronald Dobies, Treas
urer. Mr.. Carl Maukonen is
faculty sponsor of the group.
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Start Survey
School Needs

Preliminary survey Of ell
ementary building needs has
been begun by school author
tiles at West Geauga. The in
cfeasing school enrolment at
the elementary level portends
serious housing problems for
West Geauga children during
the next two years. The en-
rollment of 608 in the lower
grades last fall increased to
634 children this September.
Enrollments of 800 in 1856 and
$50 in 1859, based upon present
data available, present need for
constructing at least three ad-
ditional classrooms at Chester
land by the fall of 1856. The
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WEST GEAUGA SCHOOL NEWS

present "a classrooms are being
used by 81 elementary grades
and 3 high school grades. If
the three rooms used by the
high school are released to
elementary. grades. elementary
facilities will be adequate only
until the 1856 year. Meanwhile,
overcrowding will be felt at
both Chesterland and Russell
until such time as high school
classrooms can be made avail
able.
Owing to debt limits inn
posed by law, the construction
of additional elementary class
rooms must be piece-meal, but
their construction will be part
of long range program which
seeks to meet the needs as
promptly as possible. The prob
lem is complicated by the pres
ent need for additional high
school classrooms to meet a ris-
ing enrolment at the high
school level
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Geauga County
Teachers to Meet

Two Fall meetings have been
announced for the Geauga
County Classroom Teachers AS
sociation. Elementary teachers
and high school teachers will
meet in separate meetings.
Elementary teachers will
have dinner meeting on
Thursday evening, October 21st,
at the Middlefield Veterans
Hall. Mrs. Uno Urpi, Assistant
County Superintendent, has ar,
ranged for workshops in the
fields of Conservation, Health
& Physical Education, and
Elementary School Music. Mr..
Robert Finlay of the State Dept.
of Education will be chairman
of the Conservation Group. DR..
Matthew Resick of Kent State
University will head the Health
& Physical Education group.
Miss Anna L. Dunn, elementary
music teacher from Shaker
Heights Schools, will conduct
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trict during this time, Anyone
having papers, magazines, ana
cardboard to dispose of is asked
to tie all paper together "S
much as possible. Glenn Battles
Senior class President. Is III
charge of the drive. Persons
having quantity of paper 10
dispose of may secure further
information from any oenlol.
If papers are not picked up py
Saturday morning, please can
Proceeds from the sale %
paper collected will be uSeo
to finance the Senior Class Trip
in the spring. Mrs. Blanche
Russell is Senior Glass sponsor
Carol Varga at PARK 9-1z'9'
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Higbee to Take
Senior Pictures

The w. Geauga senior class
has decided to have the CheS-
shire Studio, Higbee Company
photographers, do the Senior
portraits this year. Miss DaV-
export. a representative OF the
studio, has met with the class
and has agreed to take the pic
t,1res on Wed, October 29th.
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MI. Hahn. They reached the
refinery about 10:45 and with a
guido visited the plant and
heard a talk on crude oil and
how it is processed. Other
parts of the plant were also
visited. Each student was CIV
en- a booklet and a ball point
pen. The party went to Brook
side Zoo where lunches were
eaten and one and one half
hours spent looking at the ami
mails, before starting back.
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Seniors to
Collect
Waste Paper

The Senior Class of West
Geauga high school is sponsor
ing a paper drive to be held on
Thursday, Friday, and Satur-
day, October %, 20 and 80.
The class plans to cover the
entire West Geauga school dis
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-10-21
8th:-Hh Graders
Visit Sohio
Refinery

On Wednesday, october 13 the
Eighth and Ninth Grades of
West Geauga School took a trip
to Clevelands west side to visit
the Standard Oil Refinery there.
The trip had been arranged by
Nh. Seidhamel OF Russell. Bob
Smith reports that 1870 were in
the party. Mr.. GleiSer and
Carl Maukonen were in charge.
They went in two school busses
driven by Kenneth Sperry and
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we'll make electricity so cheap. .:only
the extrava9ant will burn candles

To the men and women of The Illuminating Com
pany, Thomas Edsons words more than pre-
dicton true For Edison perhaps best expressed
here the inspiration which has guided Americas
investor owned electric light and power companies
since their earliest days-the challenge of making
and keeping electricity humanys greatest service,
greatest value.
When Edison opened Americas first central-station
generating plant in New York City in 1882, electricity
available only a very few homes in the imme-
diate vicinity. Its only for lighting.
Today the industry which he founded provides
than 50 million customers with light heat,
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the music session.
High school teachers will also
have a dinner meeting, except
that this meeting will be. at
the Burton School on Tuesday
evening, October 26th. Mr.
Clyde Miller, head of visual
education in the State Depart
ment of Education, will speak
to the group. ot
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power refrigeration, air-condoning transportation,
communication, entertainment, and the energy for
thousand labor>saving electrical appliances.
And-the unit price of electricity has been reduced
from IS per kilowatt-hour in 1882 less than
2A in 1854 Today, electric light is 1900 times
cheaper than the equivalent amount of candle light
The Illuminating Company is proud of the part
it has played in this great record of achievement
proud, too, of the tradition Of service established
here by Charles Francis Brush, Cleveand's native
lighting genius, and Robert Lindsay, of the
original edison Pioneers
In this year of Lights Diamond Jubilee, salute
the past; but more important, pledge best
efforts making good Edson's vision of the future
expressed Is years ago:
"The record is wonderful" he said, "but fine it
is, it can be made still better :"
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United States below Uruguay. Where
it rates between Costa RIGA and
Chile, however, is something for al
most endless debate.
Unfortunately. the United States
nlLSt palnfuny examine this lineup
of democratic and non democratic
nations. if it wants to be regarded
as the leader of the free world alli-
ance. Its closest friends are generally
found at the bottom Of this heap.
its lesser friends at the top.
Moreover. the United States
launched Trujillo and Somoza on
their political careers when it in
teryened in the Caribbean area sew
eral decades ago.
This lineup. however, may look
darker for democracy than the facts
justify. Four countries are now SUBJ
stantially democratic. seven are pro-
ceeding in that direction, and one or
two military regimes may soon re-
store democracy in their countries.
Even firmly intrenched dictators
preach democracy and soTneday may
have to practice what they preach.
Fortunately. one Of the causes Of
democracy In Latin America sug-
gests cure for dictatorship. In
general. relationship apparently
exists between the amount of de-
mocracy and the size Of the middle
class In all these countries except
Argentina. The four top democracies
have fairly large middle classes,
while small ones are found in others.
Extreme economic classes hurts
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the trappings Of democracy as the
other dictators. Private enterprise
doesn't actually exist in the Do
minican Republic because Trujillo
and his family own so much Of the
nations wealth.
. Guatemala {? points, The peo-
pie Of Guatemala ended a long siege
of relationships in 1914 and started
on the road to democracy. Inexperi-
enced in political life, they fell prey
to the Communists who tried to per-
vert a wholesome social revolution
into an instrument of world COM
munism.
Carlos Castillo Armas recently
evicted the Communist infested gov
eminent Of Jacobo Arbenz. Castillo
withdrew the suffrage that had been
extended to illiterates, who comprise
most of the population. But he re-
tanned and improved the land re-
form program.
Now that Guatemalans have ma
tured somewhat politically, they will
probably resume their democratic
development.
How does the United States rank
with the Latin American democra-
,cies? Somewhere near the top. but.
not necessarily at the peak. It's
specific rating would be highly
subjective estimation, of course, de-
pending primarily on how much
weight one puts on the discrimina-
tions against the Negro in the South.
It's electorate, for instance, is not as
all-inclusive as Uruguay's.
Most observers would rank the
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come and join in some kind OF
-SATO { South Asian Treaty Organ
ization). Britain, the United States,
France, Australia, New Zealand.
Thailand and the Philippines are
almost certain to participate.
United Stotes Strategy
America hopes to make this SATO
the cornerstone of world resistance
to Communist expansion In the Pa
cif1c. BY this method the Krem-
Inns ''nibbling" tactic can be
thwarted. it Is hoped. as 1t was not
in Indo- China. The United States
atomic and hydrogen weapon stock
pile, augmented by its arsenal Of
guided missiles and other ultra
modern techniques in warfare, Is
still relied upon to deter the Russo
Chinese combination from launch
ing q mutually suicidal world war
III.
The question that remains in
many uneasy American minds, how
ever, Is this: Even If a collective
defense organization is set UP in
South Asia. will it have muscle
enough to put a stop to Communist
nibbling?
It takes power on the spot to halt
it. That is palmer than ever today
since the Communists called Secre-
tary of State Dulles massive re-
taliation bluff.
And what does the free world
have in the way Of power on the
spot? Here is q roll call Of free
world ground strength starting. In
Northern Asia:
South Korea. Twenty ROK divi-
sions, i've United States Army divi-
sions. one United States Marine
division. Possibly total Of 600, 900
men.
Japan. 11o.000-man Japanese po-
lice force, to be expanded to 150, 900
men and converted into an army OF
possibly six to eight divisions; ona
and q half United States Army divi-
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democracy, helps communism and
other extreme ideologies. Large
middle-class populations can agree
on basic political principles and
strike a balance between freedom
and authority. Basic political agree
ment is extremely difficult in coun-
tries Of great economic disparity.
and political movements there be-
come polarized between extreme
conservatives and radicals.
That's where the Communists and
other extremes move In.
Middle Gloss Boom
If q middle class is the key to
democracy in Latin America, then
democracy Is apparently on the
march. Most countries are expert
encing rapid economic development
and thus expanding their middle
classes Perhaps industrialization
will spur this development and spark
higher literacy, living standards, and
urban populations.
Several military relationships are
pushing social and economic reforms
with extreme vigor and, thus de-
veloping middle classes. IfNsocial and
economic democracy must precede
political democracy, as some political
scientists say, then democracy may
someday break out all over the
Western Hemisphere.
Despite occasional setbacks, de-
mocracy is riding the wave Of the
future In Latin America - not
communism or fascism.
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Tunisians and Moroccans have
watched nationalism's Red-ridden
but victorious march in Indo- China
with uncommon interest. NoW they're
going to see If they can get the
hang of it. The first move came
in Tunisia yesterday (See Review,
Page AID.
On the Far East scene. where the
Indo- China battle is now being end
ed, the triangular cold war will con-
tinue.
In one corner stands Red China
with her two yearling satellites.
North Korea and the Wet Mimi, all
eager to spread the gospel accord
ing to st. Marx by subversive or
more forceful means. Behind them
Is the massive power of Russia.
In another corner stands India
with her loosely organized, newly
independent associates now known
as the. Colombo powers: Pakistan,
Burma, Ceylon and Indonesia. This
is the i-colonialist bloc, which
recently showed growing aware
ness of the Communist menace but
still tends to fear economic domi-
nation by the highly developed
Western nations more than it fears
the Kremlin
In the third corner of the triangle
stand the white" powers, the United
States. Great Britain, France, Aus
tralia and New Zealand, with an en-
tourage of small Asian allies, the
Philippines. South Wet Nam, Laos.
Can1bodia. South Korea, Formosa,
and Japan.
The Indian and Red Chinese fac
tons have one great cause in COM
mon. They want the white" pow
ers to get out of Asia and allow
the continent to work out its own
affairs. Deep resentment Of the
unsavory colonial pasts of Britain
and France overlays this attitude.
The white" power bloc, for its part,
has q guilty conscience about the
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By EorI H. voss

colonial excuses in some of its men,
bers' pasts and would be glad to turn
its back on Asia If there were some
guarantee that Communist imperial
ism would not engulf the uncom-
mitted nations.
The limits to which the Anglo
Americana French group should 60 to
save n-CommuniSt Asia from the
Kremlin-Peiping tyranny is a matter
the Indian and Western corners Of
the triangle. but within the corners
as well. Most of the Colombo pow
ers are inclined to take their own
chances, with little or no outside
assistance.
The Big Three, which considers
itself better qualified by past expert
ence to know the quality of the
Communist menace, thinks 1t may
in the end have to force its atten-
tons on the uncommitted Asian
countries. Great Britain is more re-
luctant to do this than the United
States. because the United Kingdom
feels so close under the gun if such
activity should provoke atomic
hydrogen war-and it must defer
more to its commonwealth associa-
ties. The United States leans
more toward quick buildup of de-
fensive strength in the South Asia
area Immediately. on the theory that
If any further backward steps are
taken. there will be no South Asia
to defend.
Britain and the United States
probably will air these varying
points Of view in Baguio or some
other Pacific environment, at q con-
ference expected to be held late this
summer. The purpose Of the con-
ference viii be to set up q South
Asia counterpart Of NATO. Who
viii attend the parley is still UNI
certain. There are hopes that the
Colombo bloc can be persuaded to
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Is Free World Strong Enough Stop Red Nbbnq in Far East?

AS the dust settles in Indo- China
and new cloud Of the stuff rises
above nearby Hainan Island, the
time has come to ask: Where do
we go from here?"
Nobody expects air exchanges be-
tween Red Chinese and American
planes to flare up into anything
more serious than q diplomatic
name-calling contest. But effects
Of the Indo-C China truce will be
felt in the whole pattern of world
affairs.
These effects are centered on two
foci. one France. where both inter-
nal and external affairs seem
destined to take new turns; the
other the Far East, where the
United States hopes to halt the
Red momentum which got a new
boost from the Indo-C China armis-
tice.
Frances Other Troubles
M. Mendes-France came home
from Geneva to a warm welcome in
Paris q fortnight ago. The Ma
tional Assembly approved over
Whelmingly the bargain he had
made at Geneva. Only IL voted
against it, 462 favored it, while some
center party members declined to
vote.
Despite the satisfaction Of the
moment among the French MPs.
their mood could change quickly
when M. Mendes-France moves to
the second point in his three-part
Save France" program: Setting
the rickety French economic house
in order. The Mendes- France ap-
proach to economic affairs is
VIGOROUSLY hard-boiled. and the
National Assembly has shown over
and over again that 1t has little
stomach for the austerity that
Frances financial position requires.
It is only after this second
Mendes-F France goal. q coherent
economic program. is on the way
to attainment that the French
Premier intends to turn the National
Assembly's attention to the Euro
pean Defense Community. There is
no indication that recent events in
Indo-C hina-even the prospect cf
strengthening Frances military posi-
ton at honne-have softened the
National Assembly's attitude toward
edo. Anglo-American planners,
aware Of this. are now at work on
the intricate maneuvering that will
be necessary to diSengage the EDO
pact from the Bonn treaties which
would give Western Germany COM
plete sovereignty. There is some
hope that Chancellor Konrad Ade-
nauer can be persuaded to forgo
some Of his country's sovereignty by
agreeing to postpone rearmament.
but German nationalism is on the
rebound and It may not be polit-
ically feasible to try to block it. u
Yet another issue which M.
Mendes-France hopes to handle
concurrently with the domestic
economy and edo problems is the
rising resentment against France In
ii North African colonies. The
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sions and one Marine division.
Total: About 100000 men.
Formosd. Chiang's aging army
now numbers about 100000, plus
100000 that may possibly be ade-
quate for island defense purposes
only.
Philippines. It has q standing
military force Of $4,000 men, and .
trained reserve Of 100000 which Ia
growing annually.
ndo-ChinG. Franco-viet Namese
forces total SOC, 900 at the most. But
the approximately 10000 French
Union troops are on the way out
now. Including the small Cam
bodian and Laotian forces, there are
probably $4,000 native troops in
the three countries. Their fate In
the uncertain days ahead, of course.
is unpredictable.
ThdtlG1d. Equipped partially with
American weapons, the Thai Army
has $1,000 men now and hopes to
expand quickly to 100000.
Burma. Thirty thousand men, in
GLIDING military police.
Malaga. British, Malayan and
Ghurka forces total about 10000.
plus $4,000 police. Total electives:
10000 top.
Except for few Royal Air Force
units in Malaga and q small Chinese
air and naval force equipped with
United States ships and planes.
many Of them outmoded. the air
and sea strength to back up these
ground forces will have to come
from the United States. The 7th
Fleet, with three aircraft carriers.
operates In the F'ormosa straits.
Last week 1t was learned elements
OF the 5th Fleet are operating In
Far Eastern waters. Most of the
United States air and naval strength
in the Far East Is based at Okinawa.
The Philippines has leased around
20 air and naval bases to the United
States, but equipment and forces
there are scanty.
Reds Heavy Margin
Total Communist. forces In
the Far Eastern crescent, then, will
number something less than 2 mil
Lion when the French pull out Of
Indo-C China. Red China's regular
army strength Is million, and there
are an additional IL million home
guard militia who could step into
q uniform almost overnight. Add
to these the Wet Mimi and North
Korean forces. and the overwhelm-
ing superiority In manpower il
frighteningly obvious.
Gen. Earl Partridge called atten-
ton to the imbalance In air power
in Asia the other day. The Reds
have $500 planes to our $500. The
United States undoubtedly has naval
superiority. but 1t Is hardly enough
to tilt the scales in the Vests favor.
Nor are there any planes to aug.
ment American strength in the Far
East.
II the Red Chinese dragon gets
hungry again. he. can go right back
TO nibbling. 80 long as he doesn't
bite OF enough to provoke general
war.