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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-14

tried their hands. or paws, at
driving their masters automo-
biles we're a boxer in Black River
Falls. Wis, and a Doberman
Pinscher in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Both crashed into obstacles.
! Dog "Shoots" Boy
In New Liberty, Iowa, 12-year-
old David Dahl placed his rife
against a ladder in the barn and
started to climb to the loft. His
dog. Terry. jumped on the ladder
and struck the rife trigger with
his paw. The young master was
shot. according to the council,
"just below the hayloft."
Last June a jackrabbit made
news near Grand Forks, N. OAK,
when 1t leaped high into the air
directly into the path Of a CROP
busting plane being flown close
to the ground by Leo Mondry.
A badly damaged propeller forced
the plane to land.
A fish story that figured promi-
nently was the freshly caught
catfish which Topped around in
the bottom of Bobby Bright's
boat, struck the trigger of his
rifle and shot him in the arm.
That happened near Gonzales,
Tex.
Swallows Toothbrush
Mrs. Dorothy Gazzeny Of De-
Itroit broke into the papers when
she brushed her teeth so vigor-
ously that she swallowed the
toothbrush.
A green traffic light in Atlanta,
Ga, played a strange trick on
motorist e. T. Drake, jr. AS he
dutifully obeyed the overhead
signal that flashed him a green
Igo-ahead the light fell on top
Iof his car and sent him to the
hospital.
The Sapp brothers-Stanton
and Daniel-ran into each other
on the street in their home town
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-14
Flood Gives Runch
"A TunqIed Problem

LITTLE ROCK (P.-A flash
flood put one merchant out OF
business, wiping out his entire
stock.
Curley Burks appealed to the
Red Cross for aid. and the agency
tried to help him replace the
lost merchandise
Mr. Burks operates a worm
ranch to supply fishermen with
bait. He said the food washed
away 5000 worms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-14
Dogs, Robbit, Fish Play
Roles in Odd Accidents

CHICAGO. Dec. Il Three dogs, rabbit and fish all
played roles in some Of 1855 oldest accidents.
Each year the NATIONAL Safety Council rounds up
unusual mshaps that emphasize the old saying
anything happen" For instance:
Two CANNES which ended in the dollhouse after having
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-14

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-02-25

Young as I was. it made such an
impression on me. I've never for
gotten it.
Sometimes they ask me if l
wasn't once hailed as a second
Benny Leonard. I tell them yes,
that's true. I tell them that every
Jewish kid coming off the East
Side in those days was second
Benny Leonard
But that the difference be-
tween Benny and the rest of us
was that-well. speaking for my
SELL didn't have the toughness
of body and mind that Benny had.
That's what makes a great fighter
and Benny had it. Charlie White
knocked him out of the ring. In
their first fight. Tender had him
out on his feet. Richie Mitchell
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-02-25

and counting for the knockdowns.
Recently sports columnist Frank
Graham interviewed Ruby and
wrote quite extensively about his
life and his experiences in the
fight world. Naturally, the newt
able question finally was popped:
who was the greatest fighter you
ever saw?
RubY's answer is worth repeat
ing. Said Ruby: Benny Leonard.
The night he fought Lew Tender
at the Yankee Stadium. my bro
Their loaned me pair of his long
pants and took me to see the fight.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-02-25
JEWS IN
SPORTS
BY BILL WOLF
Copyright, 1855, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

Fighters Ruby Godstein. good fighter in
referee Of the out
standing the fights just wouldn't be the
breaking cnch
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-02-25
"Center of the Peach Belt

the greatness in him that enabled
him TO take those punches and
come back off them and win. !
was a Second Benny Leonard
but only up TO the line that di.
vides the great fighters from the
others"
= y =
Benny Friedman, the famed
football player and coach, is going
to be a director at camp this
summer. Friedman who is the
Athletic Director at Brandeis Uni
versity, will be at Ramp Kohut, a
camp for boys at Oxford, Maine.
This won't be Friedman's first
venture into working at a camp.
Back in the ls20's when he was
an All-American quarterback at
Michigan. he first became coun-
selor at a camp in Wisconsin.
-
The National Jewish Welfare
Board is planning one of its
largest basketball tournaments in
the organizations history this
year. JWB had been known for
the wi espre d competition
throughout the country in YIN
HAS and community centers.
Some excellent players have come
out of the ranks of such competi-
ton, and frequently the Compel
ing teams have been of a high
caliber.
More details on the tournament
schedule will be announced in a |
later column.
y i + u
Speaking of basketball, Jimmy
Houston of BrandeiS turned out to
be a top-flight star for the Judges
this season. Jimmy, who halls |
from Fairview, New Jersey. had
shattered several records before |
the season was little more than
half way through. In a contest
with Tufts, he set mark for high
scorer in a Brandeis contest by
tallying A points. BY the time the
first IL games had been COM
pleted, Jimmy had dropped in a
total of $50 points.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Why Not Stay Here?

Allen Dulles, director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, has told Senate
Appropriations subcommittee that he
still favors a site at Langley, Virginia,
for his agencys new building, but that
other possible locations "have not been
ruled out" Among the other sites that
have been suggested is one in the to-be-
developed Southwest section Of Wash
ington. We hope that the advantages
of keeping the CIA in the National Cap
ital will not be overlooked by Mr.. Dulles
and his associates, or by Congress.
Since there is no indication that CIA
considers the Washington Metropolitan
Area unsafe in the atomic era (Langley
being in the general target zone on civil
defense maps), the security issue is not
involved. And since the residents of
Langley are organizing to fight an Gin
vasion" of their quiet residential COM
munity by small-sized "Pentagon," the
CIA would be well advised to give serious
study to becoming part of the proposed
Federal Center in the new Southwest
All the public services and facilities
needed by q large Federal building will
be available there, at no extra cost. vt
Evening star., 1955-07-24

participating personally In a solicitation
Of business for the Mulhgan firm.
Mr.. Talbot has acknowledged the
validity of this question even while stat
ing with obvious sincerity that he feels
he has not acted improperly. He invited
the Senate subcommittee on Investiga-
tions to hold public hearings in order
that all the pertinent facts might be
laid openly on the table, He has taken
the further initiative of offering to sur
render without compensation his part
nership and interests in the MuIligan
firm II the committee feels by so doing
he would be helping the Air Force and
the administration" The committee, de-
Gliding it is not within their province to
advise Mr.. Talbot on this question, quite
properly has decided to continue It's in
quiry and to hold further open hearings
on the case.
The tough question posed for Presi-
dent Eisenhower--as arbiter Of standards
in public offlce-relates now to the in
jury, rather than the help, that Mr.. Tai
bolts retention may cause the Air Force
and the administration The Presidents
decision presumably will be based upon
full disclosure Of the pertinent facts.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Sunday Business

We are delighted with the
position taken by Archbishop
O'Boyle OF the Catholic
Church, with reference to SUM-
day business. We are being
confronted, in our community.
with an increasing number Of
business places opened on this
traditional day Of worship.
Recently a number of auto
mobile salesrooms have opened,
and some are even advertising
that they are open on Sunday.
The Washington Federation
Of Churches. more than q
year ago, sent out q letter to
all Of the clergy Of Metropol-
itan Washington suggesting
that they urge their people not
to shop on Sunday. The fed
Grafton has also commune
Gated with those business Arms
which have advertised as being
open on Sunday, urging them,
in the interest and spiritual
welfare Of our country, to close.
On December IL. q meeting
was held by representatives Of
the Board Of Trade, the Jewish
Community Council, the Cath
olic Archdiocese Of Washing
ton and the Washington Fed
Grafton Of Churches, ct which
time q Joint statement was
adopted which stated that, "the
members Of the group appealed
to the merchants and public
at large Of our community to
respect o day Of rest and
worship"
The Washington Federation
Evening star., 1955-07-24
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The Hiqhest Summit
By REV. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain. United States Senate

secret which man has so often
missed and. missing. has
reaped but vanity and disil-
lusionment. For man has
acted as If 1t said: Blessed
are ye, for ye shall have. His
conferences with destiny have
been held, alas. too often on
the levels of that false as
sumption.
The sign set up by that One
who had not even a place to
lay His head is: Happy are
ye - not for anything you
have, but because of some
thing you are. II you stand
your ground in a deathless
cause. no matter how cruelty
you are prosecuted, then, be-
cause of what you are, yours
is the kindom of heaven. If
the lenses of your inner life
are kept crystal clear from
the smut of the world, If you
are really pure in heart, you
will not have any question
about God: You will see Him.
If, instead of grasping for
your rights. you belong to the
mighty meek the meekness
that does not mean weakness
then. instead of the empty
rewards Of getting and grab
bing, you will inherit the
earth. Commented a cynical
writer, Perhaps the meek will
inherit the earth; but when
they do real estate will not be
worth as much as it is now"
And a magazine urging getting
as the summit ambition Of life.
rather than being. offered a
prize to any meek person who
could be found who had ever
made good. But one whom the
years had made truly wise de-
clared: "It is only the meek
who do make good in any
kingdom that Is worth while" :"
At the last it is always the
meek who sit upon the thrones.
and the proud who bow down
to them.
Getting and spending-that
is, spending to enhance the
self-is but to lay waste the
soul. That goes for individuals
and nations. The Master Of
life was pointing to hills of
health and healing when in
words He prophesied would
outlast the heaven and the
earth He proclaimed the i'm
mutable law: "He who saves
his life shall lose it. And who
soever loses his life for my
sake shall find It,"
With our eyes upon that
highest summit, where to give
means to live,
II give you the end Of q
golden string,
Only wind it into a ball;
1t will lead you at last to
heavens gate
Built in Jerusalem's wall"
Evening star., 1955-07-24

Phrases which are lanterns
Of insight are often flashes Of
genius. The idea now realized
that there ought to be a con-
ference "at the summit" that
is, at the top level Of govern
mental authority, has sent a
new. phrase running down all
the verbal highways Of the
world. That Alpine word SUM
NIT" has a strange power to
capture the imagination. Man
the explorer is irked at any
part Of the terrestrial ball
which has not surrendered to
the mandate given him millen-
NUNS ago, ''have dominion"
The loftiest pinnacles Of this
spinning island-in-the-sky are
the last isolated solitudes to be
invaded by creatures made In
the image Of their Creator,
who are determined to tear
down all mundane no tres
passing signs. Man must stand
on the roof Of his whirling
home.
The battles for the ascent Of
Mt. Everest speak eloQuently Of
that. Every peak of desolate
grandeur waits for the pilgrim
feet Of pioneers whose valiant
hearts ache for conquest. AS
we read the epic chapters con-
tanning the faith annals by
which men have reached sum-
NIT after summit we are i'm
pressed by the fact that
heights can be scaled not by
lone individuals, but by linked
teams. Every member Of q
mountain climbing partner
ship is part and parcel Of every
other member. There is no
brotherhood more real and
imperative than that Of the
companions Of the summit.
Often climbing partners are
actually tied together.
Someone wrote this signifi-
cant sentence: 1.-THE Golden
Rule Is nowhere so CLAIMANT as
among the crags Of the sum-
nit" And so the exploits OF
climbing have grown not out
Of lone figures who stand out
lined at last atop the high
est pinnacles, but out Of the
conferences" about the sum-
NIT and on 1t.
It is also true that in the
spiritual pilgrimage of the race
the highest SUBMITS are yet to
be attained. In a striking cur
rent cartoon are drawn the
jagged peaks Of the Alps,
stark against stormy clouds,
and tagged Geneva" Leap
ing skyward far above is the
outline Of a white, conelike
peak with its beckoning un-
scaled purity. And then above
all is this caption, WORD From
the Highest Summit" Thus,
once more a cartoonist stands
among the most eloquent and
Evening star., 1955-07-24
The Talbot Case

Mr.. Talbot has been competent
and forceful Secretary Of the Air Force.
When he appeared in early 1853 before
the Senate Armed Services Committee for
q hearing on his appointment he agreed,
in keeping with the conflict of interests"
law, to divest himself of stock holdings
and directorships in several companies.
At the same time, he Informed the COM
mittee that he planned to continue as
special partner" in management engi-
neering firm, Paul B. Mulligan 81 Com
pany, which specializes in clerical efl-
cheney studies for other firms. He advised
Mr.. Mulligan, however, that If the COM
pany undertook any work for firms pre-
dominantly" engaged in defense con-
tracts he (Mr. Talbott) was not to share
in the income. The Armed Services Com
nittee recommended confirmation Of his
appointment.
The issue that has arisen now falls
In what might be called a twilight zone.
While serving as Secretary Of the Air
Force, Mr.. Talbot talked or wrote to q
number Of friends in business about en-
ploying the Mulligan Arm. There were
cases in which these friends were con-
nected with companies doing work for
the Defense Department although this
relationship appears to have no real in
volvement with the nature of the Multi
gan services. There is valid question,
however, about the propriety and the
good Judgment Of the Air Secretary In
Evening star., 1955-07-24

on the common ground, are
huddled representatives Of the
captive peoples of the world
the chained people in the sat
elite states. And from this
highest Of ethical submits,
streaming as on a broadening
shaft Of light, are emblazoned
the words: Blessed are they
which are prosecuted for right
eousness sake, for theirs is the
kingdom Of heaven" This
highest moral height the ages
have called the Sermon on
the Mount. At that summit is
the solution Of every question
which today vexes and divides
mankind in all the tangled
problems of living together.
The final solution cannot be
found on any lower levels Of
compromise and expediency.
Here are indicated the only
sure paths to the happiness
which even our Declaration of
Independence declares man
has a right to pursue. But
even that document does not
tell him how to capture the
happiness for which he is SO
eager. A conference on any
lesser summit about the things
which matter most has to do
with getting. The steep ascent
to human perfection to which
the great Galilean pointed,
and which His own feet scaled,
has to do always with being.
How to be happy is the vital
question faced by those
matchless opening sentences
Of that which is the summit
of the teaching of Jesus of
Nazareth. The ages have
called those directions and
those directives for abundant
life the Beatitudes. They are
the final and Interchangeable
signboardS to true blessed
ness for individuals and ma
tions. At the summit of the
Sermon on the Mount is dis
closed>the simple yet profound
Evening star., 1955-07-24

have fallen upon us, wherein
we prate Of a nonexistent
controlled" atomic war and
should meet at once with the
great-power prime ministers
for the solemn purpose Of
outlawing atomic weapons.
Then, If war does some day
come, the world will face only
the losses Of life which con-
ventional weapons bring at
the sites Of battle. not the
ever widening, nightmarish
death toll Of atomic weapons
and their radiation.
Concerned.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
Prefers OId-Style War

DR.. Donald Soper. the Brit
ish Methodist leader, has
rightly said: I'VE must take
risks for peace as we took
risks for war, by renouncing
the weapons Of war;" Now.
when we are faced with the
great peril Of o world atomic
war, our President should
shake of the suicidal hypnosis
and frightening drifting which
Evening star., 1955-07-24
THE GAME OF POLITICS
The Democrats TONIGHT?
BY FRANK R. KENT

dominant for so long In the
Democratic Party is the d.
minishing enthusiasm not only
among party leaders but
among voters generally for
the leading Democratic presi-
Dental aspirant-Adlai Ste
venson. It Is fair to say that
Mr.. Stevenson is the leading
Democratic candidate because
now his candidacy is recog-
nized and transparent. It is
also fair to say that in recent
weeks there has been q rather
marked lessening not only Of
the notion that Mr.. Stevenson
is the inevitable nominee Of
the next Democratic conven-
tion, but that he Is the only
Democrat who can win. There
are several reasons for this
change in Democratic feeling.
One is that Mr.. Stevenson's
recent speeches, which back
In 1852 were hailed as witty,
and even classic, have not
really "rung the bell" AS one
Of his old friends recently
remarked. they just do not
quite make the grade"
Hartman q Contender
Partly. this is due to the fact
that Mr.. Stevenson-and no
other Democrat-haS been able
to make out q case against the
President; and partly to the
fact that Gov. Averell Harri-
mans candidacy for President,
backed by Tammany Leader
De Sapio, is Of such strength
as to make Mr.. Stevenson
something less than the unani-
nous choice Of his party-to
say nothing Of the country.
It is true that Mr.. Hartman
says he Is now for Mr.. Steven
son, but definitely he does not
say 1t in such q way as to re-
pudiate the De Sapio indorse-
ment.
Thus, the Democratic Party
appears left in q position where
its leading candidate - Mr..
Stevenson-whom Mr.. Eisen-
hover beat pretty badly in
1952-is the probable nominee
in 1856, though no one claims
that Mr.. Stevenson has gained
any voting strength since he
then ran and nearly everybody
comedies that Mr.. Eisenhower
has greater mass popularity
than he had then. The un-
doubted showdown" Of Ste
venson as q candidate is too
clear to be mistaken. At the
time this is written Mr.. Eisen-
hover. is still at Geneva and
there is no opportunity to assay
his performance there.
The one thing to be said
now is that, though nothing
can. change quicker than a
political situation, If he comes
home without some bad break
in his luck, it is very unlikely
there will be anything to pre-
vent the Eisenhower renomi-
nation and reelection next
year. Nearly all politicians in
position to have a Judgment
agree to that now-though it
cannot be said certainly until
after the return from Geneva.
Evening star., 1955-07-24

Though the Democratic
management is all set for an
other attempt to reveal q win
ming anti-Eisenhower issue for
1856 (if one can be found),
there Is no expectation. even
among themselves, that they
win succeed. Tonight that vol
uble but unfortunate gentle
man, Chairman Paul Butler Of
the national committee aided
by Senators Estes Kefauver
and Albert Gore of Tennessee.
is scheduled again to blast
away at the President and his
administration.
It is not only that the
Messrs. Butler, Kefauver and
Gore do not, themselves, con-
stitute Q particularly formi-
dable party trio and are not
exactly at "the summit" po-
litically. which makes the rally
at which they are to figure
seem less than momentous.
There are other facts consid-
erably more overwhelming that.
unless they explode some truly
amazing charge, will keep it
from a place in history. For
example, the absence Of the
President at the Geneva con-
ference concededly is a great
handicap to politicians such
as are performing tonight.
Partisanship Difficult
Obviously, it imposes restric-
tions and restraints upon them.
Any violent personal attack
would certainly react unfavor-
ably on the attacker. It Is. in
fact, o little difficult to see
what could be said in the way
Of criticism which would not.
to say the least, appear in bad
taste while the President, in a
time Of great national crisis, Is
representing the Nation in a
foreign country. It will be in
teresting to see how the Ten
nessee Senators and the new
national chairman handle that
situation and still make their
disapproval Of Mr.. Eisenhower.
and everything he says or does.
emphatic and effective.
But, entirely aside from the
international situation In
which the President is playing
so outstanding a role and for
whose success the great bulk
Of the American people. re-
gardless of party, is deeply
anxious-wholly aside from
that, the Democrats are not
devoid of other troubles, most
ly Of a domestic nature. For
one thing, there is the serious
illness of their Senate leader,
Mr.. johnson, of Texas.
Though his successor, Sena-
tor Clements, of Kentucky. is
a capable and sound party
man, they miss the Johnson
ian legislative skill and ex-
perience. While by no means
the political marvel many of
his journalistic admirers por-
tray, he still was the best
available man as the Senate
leader. ,
Another thing more than a
little discouraging to the labor
and left-wing elements $50