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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-27
80 Civic Leaders
To Tour Andrews

Thirty members Of the Inter-
community Council of Southern
Maryland tomorrow will be taken
on a tour Of military facilities at
Andrews Air Force Base in near
by Prince Georges County.
Andrews spokesman said the
visitors. civic leaders who live in
communities near the air base,
will be greeted at pm. by Col.
Marshall Elkins. base command
er. Other Air Force officers will
take the party on a tour OF the
base weather station. control
tower and other installations.
The visit will conclude with din
ner at the Of1icers' Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-27
Boy IS, Wins
BukinqContest

Donald Larry Mclean, a Is
|year-old Etchison (Md.) boy,
won the baking contest over
eight housewives at the Mont
gomery County Fair, it was an
Inounced yesterday.
Larry, a ward of the District
Welfare Department. has lived
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur r.
Burns of Etchison since he was
three years old. Mrs. Burns
taught him to bake.
In the contest Larry and the
eight housewives all baked a
butter-type cake. At the 1852
county fair he also outbaked a
group of women contestants.
Highlighting today's activities
at the Gaithersburg Fair Grounds
will be the annual horse show
with 81 classes plus 9 in the
pony division.
The horse show was scheduled
for 10 am. and 7 pm.
Promising Riders
Among the younger riders will
be some of the areas most prom
Using, including Bobbie Gard
ner, IA, of Oxon Hill; Kristie
Miller of Bethesda; Phyllis
Helm. II. Of Silver Spring, anc
Donna June Bradley. IL, oil
Olney.
/ Homemakers' demonstrations
are slated during the afternoon
and at pm. All youths will
compete in the annual tractor
operator contest at the mair
parade ground. David Butts, Is,
of Unity, who last year won the
youth championship. will be
competing again today.
Young Butts yesterday wor
top honors with his brown
Swiss yearling. which last year
had taken the junior grand
champion award.
A huge crowd TANNED the
fair grounds last night for the
Hecht Co. fashion show and
demonstration by the Army drill
team and drum and bugle corps.
Flapjack Race
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Eve
Ign Meyers of 1899 st. Barnabas
street Sc. won the grand cham
pion prize in the pancake race
which called for flapjack flip
ping while running a foot race.
The winner in the mems divi-
sion was C. G. Morris of AIT
Seventy-second avenue, Land
over Hills, Md. The children's
winner were Barbara Bust of Is
Froude circle. Cabin John;
Michael Gillion Of 5000 Sixty
third avenue, Cheverly, Md. and
Dickie Mayhem of l0714 st. Mar
garets Way. Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-27
etc Workers
Fear Threat
OF Layoffs
Firm Minimizes
Reports Of Early
Economy Firinqs

Job security for the present
land pension prospects in the fu-
tture are among matters upper
most in the minds Of Capital
Transit Co. employees.
/ Although company spokes-
imam yesterday minimized re-
iports that it may soon begin
lfurloughing some of its 600 non
union workers. the official ac-
knowledged that every feasible
step will be taken to economic. I"
E. Cleveland Giddings, Cap
lital Transit vice president. said
THE nonunion workers were kept
on company payrolls for the first
month of the 52-day transit
strike which ended Monday.
After the first month, 400 were
put on furlough.
All but a few Of these were
returned to the payrolls when
lunionized employees ended their
long strike for wage increases
and other benefits this week.
Some of the nonunion employees
have not been recalled and
Others may be furloughed again,
lit was indicated.
No Layoff Figure Given
Economies will have to be
made" said Mr.. Giddings. He
declined. however. TO state how
many or when the workers will
tbe laid off.
Meanwhile, the nonunion
iemployes are raising questions
about their equity in a company
pension fund after Capital Tran
sit surrenders its franchise next
August IA under terms of the
new act of Congress.
Mr.. Giddings said everyone
pensioned before August IA.
1855, will be taken care Of" He
said the trustees undoubtedly
will buy group annuities to in
Isure continued pension payments
for those who have retired.
| The official said employees par
lticipating in the fund who can
mot qualify for pension pay
Iments before August IA will re-
Iceive refunds covering sums
they have paid in.
The nonunion workers at
Capital Transit have a pension
fund of Sis million. This is adj
Iministered by the American
Security g. Trust Co. Almost
I60 retired workers now receive
benefits.
I Unicn employees have a 81 mil
lion fund which is administered
by the Riggs National Bank.
About 900 retired union employees
NOW receive pension payments.
Modification Provided
! The labor agreement signed
last week end by management
and the union contains provi-
Isions which virtually assure con-
/ tinuity of the the latter fund. It
calls for modification of the pen
sion plan so the accumulated
money caa- be transferred "at the
direction of the union. when
Capital Transit steps out of the
picture.
The company is bound to
execute such legal instruments
as necessary to effectuate the
transfer of the fund to joint adj
ADMINISTRATION by the union and
the new operators Of the tram
Isit system.
However, Capital Transit has
no obligation or responsibility
on its part to require the pur-
chaser of the franchise to be-
come a party to the plan.
/ Under terms of the strike
settling agreement the company
has raised its pension contrihu-
tions by IS a month per man.
making its share $16.20. The
employees increased their ante by
$3.50, making the total $S.l0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-27

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Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
HuIf-tin,e record of constitutional convention viewed
by Florence Douthiit

FAIRBANKS (F) Sometime lae last week, when all was quiet in Constitution Hall, someone pasted a sign to the wall facing the bank of seats in which the $ delegates condud- their business
 The sign reads: Its later than you think. "
 And this the delegates we'll know.
 With half their time gone, the constitution framers are running, not walking between plenary sessions and the com mittee rooms.
 Since the conventions op- ening day Nov. 8 this much has been accomplished.
 Forty-t wo proposals have been introduced to the body as a whole and referred to com mlttee: the full article repre- sentlng all recommendations of the judiciary commit tee has been approved, with changes, and sent out for engrossment; the article on elections and suffrage is halfway through second reading.
 By weeks end, it is expect cd The committees on legisla- tive branch, executive and bill of rights will complete their documents and put them into the calendar. The commit tees on government and resources are close on their heels.
 When committee reports are completed, they are placed on the calendar for presentation to 'the convention body for ap- proval on second reading. The calendar, though not yet post ed, is filling up. This means committee work will have to be (continued on page four.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Russia ioins Free China today vetoing new members 10 uN

cal1ts on which no problem ot ur1ihlcation was involved.
 But in addition to votihlg' down the applications of the 18 i'm the package deal, the council also saw Soviet vetoes reject South Korea and Viet Nam.
 Nationalist China vetoed Soy iet-supported Outer Mongolia, while Russia vetoed 13 non-com mulid countries in addition to South Korea and Vdet Nam.
 Four other Soviet satellites Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania were tentatively ap proved by the council on para graph by paragraph voting. But they finally were rejected when none of them received the required seven votes.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
19set as voting age in new state by constitution group

After the age of 19 was estab- lshed, Dora Sweeney of Jun eau moved to rescind the action because amendments putting the voting age at 21 had been subrnl.ted first, and, she said shoulId have been considered first.
 When the word 'rescind" was spoken, a moan ran thro- ugh the delegation. It was af- ter 4 D. m. and the delega .es had begun the plenary session at 9 a. m.
 The action to rescind failed to get the required two-thirds majority, losing 20-30, and del- ega es then defeated 19-30 the amendment by Barrie White of Anchorage and R. E. Robert son of Juneau to allow voting at 21.
 The arguments for suffrage at IS had these main points: The person who is allowed to work, marry and fight for his nal ion at IS also should be al- lowed to vote; the 18-year-olds of today are we'll educated and should learn early the respon- of citizenship; an ear ly right to vote will lessen po- itical apa .Lhy;; the age 21 vot-
 tcontlnued OH page iourt
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
NURSES LICENSING
 EXAMINATIONS SET

The slate board test pool licensing examination for the professional and practical nurse will be given January Fl x 22, 1856 at Anchorage.
 The professional and prac- tical nurse is required to sub init a diploma of graduation from an accredited and Tor ap- proved school of nursing, re- cord of scholastic rating and let CT of endorsement in rela- tion to character and ability in regard to nursing
 Holders of certificates from correspondence schools of nur- sing are not eligible for the ex- animation.
 Applications are fo he made to Mrs. DaPreal F. Bic, R. N, AHasko nurses eXarning board, F. o. Box TIA, Seward, on or ,efore January 1st.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Defense budget
 in excess 0f s
 billions reported

WASHINGTON (P) Presi- dent Eisenhower was reported to have laid before compression al leaders today defense bud get in excess of 35 billion dol lars with nearly half to go for the air force and guided missile functions.
 One report set the military budget total at about $35, ,200,- 100000 bu. secretary of defense Wilson said "that doesn't sound like the right figure to me" He was asked about it at the air. port just before his taIkeoff for a Month Atlantic Treaty. Organ i1ation meeting in Europe.
 Wilson suggested the report mlght rela e to some different military item such as cash spending plans ar new authori- zatlons but said: "A don't rem ember amy figure like that ?
 In three+hour White House conference will leaders of both parties, the president was said to have emphasized the neces- sity of shaping American mili- tary forces toward alverting dis aster at home in case of war and providing immediate heavy retaliation against an enemy.
 Some of those who attended the conference said the sum- mary of world conditions given by the president and secretary of state Dulles generally was optimistic despite their obvious disappointment at Russian ad:- ions since the Geneva summit conference.
 It was emphasized that nejth CT the president nor Dulles felt there was any immediate dang- CT of war.
 The diIlitary budget discuss ed at the White House meeting would be for the 12 months be-
 ,continued on page four)
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Dozen Alaskan hospitals profit byFord gift

NEW YORK (P) The Ford Foundation saned a dozen hos pisals i'm Aloska ias institutions which are believed to be elg- ible for almost $310,O00 in grants.
 The largest would be to Sew ard Sanato ortiuln at Bartlett.
 The foundation said compu- taion of grants is based on re- ports from each hospital to the American Hospital Assn. Final determination of elIgiible lhospd- tals and the exact amount of each grant will ibe made by the foundaitlon.
 The aid to the hospitals is part of the biggest givaWay in the history of philanthropy.
 Ford Foundation announced it is ,giving a Ilobail of 800 mda-
 
 hon dollars to privately financ- cd colleges and hospitals.
 A total of $500 hospitals in the staI es and territories are list ed ito share i'm 200 million in grants.
 The foundation explained that the hospital grarn-s are for use by the decision of each hos pital for any improvement or extension of hospital services, but not for operting expenses for services l.lhe hospital cur rently is performing.
 The amount of each grant was computed on the basis of the patient days of service pro vdded by each hospital and the number of birttIhs in t(he hospital The Alaska Hist and the a- mount offered to each ir1stitu- 
 ton are:
 Seward Sarlatorium, Bart led., $82, 800; Providence hospi- tai, Anchorage, $48,000; Sit. Ann's, Juneau, $38,OOO; St. Jos eIph. Fadrbaruks, $36,70O; Ketchi kan General, $32,700; Maynard cDougall Memorial, Nome, $11, 300.
 $10,000 eoch to Cordova Com mur1ity hospital; Hudson Struck Memorial, Fort Yukon; Grif- fin Memorial, Kodiak; Valley Presbyterian, Palmer; Seward General; White Pass and Yu- kon, Skagway.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Abandon residence requirements for justices, judges

FAIRBANKS (P) After a long debate, delegates to the Alaska constitutional conven- tion decided Monday to cut out the five year residence require mea1t for the three justices of the supreme court and the five judges of the superior court of the future state of Alaska. Fin al vote on ttfe measure was 32 to 21.
 The delegates had debated this issue from Friday noon to Monday.
 As it now stands, the judges and justices need only to have been admitted to practice i'm law in Alaska. There is one other qualification. The eight members of the two counts must possess such additional qualifications as may be pre- scrlbed by law"
 This last qualification was inserted by delegates to give fhe legislature fleNibilIity to meet changing times. But crit ics contendled that it doesn't  guarantee that the judges and justices be men who know some thing about Alaska.
 The orilgirnal section in the judicIary article required that judges and justices of the SUD- erior and supreme courts be at least five yelars in Alaska and have been admitted to practice law for that period of time be- for talking "a bench in either court.
 fcontinued on page four) !
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Whole use of veto svrpusses all
 previous records

UNITED NATIONS (A) Rus sia and Nationalist China to- day used their veto power to kill the proposed package deal under which IS new members would have been admitted to the United Nations.
 The wholesale use of the veto surpassed all previous records for the 11-nations security coun cfl. All hopes of breaking the membership deadlock in the near future vanished.
 The council came to grips with the problem arer the gen. erall assembly had appealed for favorable action on all apph-
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Move 10 set uae at IS lost by only seven votes

FAIRBANKS (P) Delegates 4o the Alaska constitutional convention voted in plenary session yesterday to lower the votiing age for AIaskans to 19.
 The vdJe, after a day of heat cd debates, was 28-24.
 A previous move to set the votirg age at Is lost by seven votes, 23-30.
 The issue, llr2zing i'm the background for many days, came to the front when t2e ar sicle on suffrage and elections to lbe incorporated in the con sainution was presented by the committee assigned to those subjects.
 The committee recommend ed a voting age of 20. BAs waren the recommendation came to the floor, Victor Fish CT and Victor Rivers of An- d1orage, and George Sundborg of Juneau. leaped to their feet to move 1t be anYleanded t.or-18.
 More than 20 delegates air ed their views in the debate that followed.
 And with defeat of the 18- year, lin11it, delegates Jack Cog iaill of Neranla, Douglas Gray of Douglas and John McNees of, Nome offered an amend ment setting the age at 19.
 Amendments must be writ ten and handed to the chief clerk. In the rush of amend merfts, the order of their sunb- mission was inadvertently con- fused.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Y eutchcon,bing

m Tee Cole came back from Washington, D. c. favorlng tor maybe he always believed ln) the 5 'sRs", The traditional 3 of Reading, 'Riting and 'Rath- rnatic TT and two others which are very important Reina- bllity and Respect.
 With the trend toward pro gressive" schooling many peo- ole don't instruct their chlld- i'm hhese two new ''Rs" TT butt they are very, very esser1dlal to a we'll rounded person and after all the kids are people.
 1-I-
 @ When you make out your ChrlstrYas cards - why not in cllde one for a friend who IS in the hospital wanting to know what is going on. A few words now and then make a great deal of difference in the speed of sagettin1g we'll"
 And don't wait for Dec. 24th
 -f
 Q A great many people will now say What good is the limited Nations. It is a sound ang board which actually tells a,s what the communist leaders are prepared to do.
 t-I-
 Q Walk carefulay II and you won't fall down on the ice. It has appeared in places where the walks have been cleared.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
zAEeE>,s

Marine forecast from Tues. day to Wednesday.
 Outside waters Dixon En- trance to Sltka northeasterly winds , to Is mph today becom ing easterly 10 ito 20 mph to-. night.
 Clear today. Increasing cloud mess tonight.
 Outside waters Sdtka to Va. k1tat east non -heasterly winds; 10 to 20 nph today becoming, southeasterly 15 to g nlph to- night.
 Cloudy with intermiI,&en: snow.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-13
Famed priest i'll

NEWARK, N U. (P) The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, famed glacier priest" of Alaska, was reported in serious condition today after suffering cerebral hen1orrhage.
 Father HuIbbard was stricken Saturday while visiting friends in this western New York will lage. He was enroute to Hart ford, Conn, for a lecture en- gagement.
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Farming in Iran
CONTINUED from page 14)

ent time to construct. but this will de-
pend upon the nature of the material
encountered. Solid rock is a serious
handicap to ghanat construction. The
channel is on an average about i feet
high and 21z to 3 feet wide. When sand
or gravel is encountered, concrete or
clay collars are sometimes used to re-
inforce the walls.
These ghanats have to be cleaned
every few years and sometimes a cave
in or water failure forces the moving
of an entire village because of the loss
of their water supply.
Most farming in Iran is on a share
crop basis. A standard method, fire.
quently described, for dividing the crop
is to divide it in five ways. One-fifth
goes to the person who provides the
seed; one-fifth to the owner of the land;
one-fifth for the person who provides the
power COX team and equipment; one
fifth to the owner of the irrigation wa
ter, and one-fifth to the person who does
the work. This will vary, however, with
localities and villages. In some villages,
il is customary to draw lots for the
land to be cultivated and since the land
usually changes hands each year on
this basis there is little inducement to
fertilize or build up the soil.
Low Wages, Low Prices
AT the time of my arrival in Iran,
the average daily wage was about 30
rails or less than so cents. This kind
of a wage did not permit Of high food
prices. During the past two years wages
as well as food prices have almost dou-
bled. to the point where an effort is
now being made in Tehran by the
municipality to reduce living costs by
setting prices.
Since the only hope of prosperous
farming is a prosperous consumer, a
higher standard of living and wage is
needed for the city consumer. The solu-
ton Of the oil problem may help to
provide this, but an increase in industri-
al development is also needed.
Many village owners are hesitant
about adopting modern farming ma
chinery and thereby making their vii
layers idle without an opportunity for
employment. With the present system
Of farming, IS per cent Of the popula-
ton feeds itself and the remaining Is
per cent. Farm modernization in the
United States has developed to the ex-
tent where this ratio is reversed with
Is per cent of the population feeding
itself and the other IS per cent who
live in towns and cities.
Progress in farm mechanization anc
modernization must go hand in hanc
with Reconsideration. The disemployec
farmers resulting from modernizatior
must be able to find other employment
Some progress is being made in lrar
and it will probably be relatively fast
but there is much to be done.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
MANTEO CHILD INJURED
COLLIDING WITH CAR

Jimmie Groce, six-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Groce of
Manteo, was injured late Wednes-
day afternoon on the highway in
front of his home, when he ran
across the road and collided with
car being driven by J. B. Price
of Akron, Ohio, who is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Roy Etheridge, Jr.
The little boy, who was knocked
unconscious, was taken by ambu-
lance to the Marine Hospital, Nor
folk, Va. He regained conscious
ness rapidly and word from HIS
parents, who accompanied him:
was to the effect that hospital
authorities found he had concus-
sion. No other injuries were i'm
mediately found, The maternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Dough of Manteo, left Thursday
morning to be with him.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
TOWN GROUP WINS
FIRST ROUND AT
KILL DEVIL HILLS

Some three weeks ago Judge
Chester Morris at Currituck Court
house heard an action in which OPP
ponents of the incorporation of Kill
Devil Hills sought to uphold an
election dissolving it's charter. The
election had been declared invalid.
This newspaper is advised that
Judge Morris has ruled in favor
of the town officials who filed a
demurrer to the action. According
to this ruling, unless the litigants
perfect an appeal to higher courts,
the town officials will stay in
office, and the town continue to
function.
The officials were represented
by the law firm of Edwards, San
ders and Everett of Durham. The
opposition by Forrest Dunstan and
John Hall of Elizabeth City.
The town officials are Mrs.
Emily X. Mustian, Mayor, Elton
Twiford, Herbert Morrison and
Robert Young.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-09-23
TWO DISTRICT PTA
CONFERENCES THIS FALL

PTA District No. 9 will have
two district conferences this fall,
according to announcement by Mrs.
Lawrence Swain of Manteo, dis
trict director. The conference will
be held at Buxton on October a
and at Perquimans Central in
Winfall on October 5. The same
credit will be given those attend
ing either conference.
Mrs. Hazel Crawford, president
of the N. C. Congress of Parents
and Teachers, will be present and
will speak on Building Today for
the World Tomorrow. Two other
state officers, Mrs. ]. w. Burke,
treasurer, and Miss Blanche Haley,
field secretary, will also have part
on the program.
Both Buxton and Perquimans
Central have won great interest
in making outstanding affairs of
these meetings, according to Mrs.
Swain. Registration will be at $3.50
and the meeting will begin at 10
am.