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Three Men Parachute To
 Safety, One Dies In Crash Of 2 Jets Over Cook Inlet

ANCHORAGE, R - Three of four men aboard two jet fighter planes parachuted to safety Fri day when the aircraft collided over Cook Inlet, southwest of here.
 One of the planes was from the Alaska Air National Guard unit at Anchorage and the other from Elmendorf Air Force Base. The missing man, Capt. Blinn F. Web ster, 36, of Anchorage, was aboard the Guard plane.
 Rescued by Air Force helicop- ters after their successful bailout were:
 Capt. John T. Walker, 39, Pitts burgh, Pa; 1st It. Lloyd E. Harsh Jr., "A, York, Pa, and It. Col. John F.. Vogt, 40, Ducor, Calif., and Anchorage, senior air adviser to the Air National Guard.
 The trio suffered only minor injuries in the jump. Cause of the crash has not been determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Twining on Red Air Power

In reporting to the Senate Armed
Services Committee on his recent visit
to Russia, General Twining, our Air Force
Chief of Staff, has made cltsar that Soviet
aviation-particularly in its potentialS,
including missile developlnent-is gen.
timely topnotch and formidable thing
meriting the most healthy. kind of Ameri-
can respect. And he ,has implicitly
warned that our country must gear its
competitive pace Accord ngly, striving
constantly for improvem ent and new
advances, or risk losing is current SUI
periority and being out distanced and
outclaSSed in way that could be catas-
trophic.
AS he has told the Senators, General
Twining and his group of experts
despite having been stric lily limited and
controlled in what they could see and
hear-found the trip to Russia helpful"
informative" and "prof1ti ible" Although
confident that the Unit ed States still
leads in the sky, they have come back
impressed by many sober ing things that
should diSsipate any sense of complacency
among us. They have been shown enough,
for example, to be convinced that the
4AAChAAAl 10 OCNCAOPAlA6 "a
wide variety of aircraft" and that it's
plane designers have hit;h scientific and
engineering SKILL Above all, having in
mind the type of training and intensive
chronological and military education in
effect over there, they have returned with
a strong feeling that Wet air personnel
must be rated as very fine in quality,
from top command on flown.
Taking these and kf ndred factors into
consideration, General Twining has en-
phasized to the Senate committee the
following broad conch lsion: That his
trip has strengthened previous Air Force
estimates that the USS3 while certainly
not abreast of us today" is steadily mar
rowing the lead of the West in general
and our own country I'm particular. And
he has added: "Furtt iermore, given the
heavy emphasis which the Russians are
placing upon the fore ed development of
a new technical gen Grafton, beginning
with primary educat ion and carrying
through basic researc h and engineering
development, we must in prudence reckon
on the possibility Of their achieving
scientific breakthrough and consequent
chronological surprise in new weapons
weapons that could include, among other
deadly things, the ;,o-called interconti-
mental ballistic miss lie equipped with a
thermonuclear warn cad.
In saying all this, General Twining
has volunteered the incidental informa-
ton that If he were a Senator he would
have Joined the mai GRITTY which last week
ignored the administrations opposition
and voted in favor cf adding 5000 million
to the Air Forces budget. His judgment
as to that,may we'll. be open to question,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Action on the Stadium

We hope the Senate. will promptly
approve the amendment of the National
Memorial Stadium Commission legisla-
ton, sponsored by Representative Harris,
and overwhelmingly adopted by roll
call vote in the House on Monday.
Under Mr.. Harris amendment, the
stadium site is designated las the land
now occupied by the National Training
School. 1t may have been wise not to
designate any particular site. But GER
tain advantages are to be recognized in
doing so. The District Highway Depart
ment has already made preliminary sur
veyS which convince it that this site is
the best one now available, with special
reference to adequate parkin space and
accessibility under future his .hway plans
With the site designated, the Stadium
Memorial Commissions task would lie in
determining method of An ancing con-
Struction and making the stadium cost
Self-liquidating. Those who have studied
the project over the years believe work.
able plan can be devised.
Mr.. Harris got fine sup port for the
stadium in the House, parti cularly from
Representatives Simpson of illinois, john
OOIl VI Odll1OIIlld dIlQ DSOn OF new
Jersey. Interesting reference was made
to the Stadia erected in other world cap
itals, including Moscow, 1Eo symbolic
national policies aimed at encouraging
athleticS-a subject stressed by President
Eisenhower recently in e. :preSSing his
support for stadium in Washington. If
the Senate will approve the ] louise amend
ment-SenatorS Nicely, Ca Sc and Nc
Namara are already sympathetic with the
idea-the stadium commits sion can get
down to bedrock in prepar ing a recon-
mendation to be presented to Congress
next winter.
The Vice President anil the Speaker
have already made their appointments
to the stadium commission. The District
Commissioners, we trust, will follow suit
without further delay. If the commission
is to make the study called for, no more
time should be lost in settling it up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Stamp Collector

Why can't they legalize
grocery store stamps in the
District? Practically all the
big stores in Maryland and
Virginia give the stamps as a
reward for your trade, and
naturally that draws trade to
those two neighboring States.
I don't live too far from Silver
Spring and it is worthwhile to
me to drive that little distance
on Saturdays to do my mar
keting, which usually runs
around $25 per week. I have
several friends and relatives
that do likewise. That money
could be retained in the Dis
trict; and you get such nice
gifts in exchange for the
stamps.
My husband works in Vir-
ginia and buys our gas and
cigarettes there. Although we
are District residents, we trade
very little in the District. We
would be glad to bring our
trade back il there were
enough incentive. Maybe if
more people learned what nice
premiums you get, they would
do likewise and then maybe
they would consider legalizing
them here in the District.
Premium Happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Red Rule in Poland

In view of the horrible
atrocities committed by the
Communist regime in Poland,
shooting down defenseless
workmen and even young chill
dren because in hunger they
asked for bread, the United
States should withdraw rec
ignition Of that regime and
should withhold recognition
until Poland is free from Red
Russian domination and be-
comes an independent coun-
try in which the basic rights
of human beings are respected.
Many would also favor with
drawing recognition from Red
Russia and all of its Red satel-
liteS and expelling their spying
agents from their so-called
embassies and legations here,
and from the United Nations.
In the case of domestic
agents of the Red regimes,
they should be permanently
rooted out from all Govern
ment positions. 1t is to pc
hoped that Congress will be-
fore adjourning enact legisla-
ton to that effect, so unmis-
takably clear that even the
members of the Supreme Court
will understand it.
E. Mclean Johnson.
Brownf1eld, Me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Handwriting Experts

The Yeager and Stark July
6 article, Handwriting Testa-
mony Taken Only as Opinion"
reflects popular detective
methods as portrayed in pop
ular fiction.
Most competent document
examiners follow the technique
set forth in the Gordon Case,
SO N. j. Eq. 1877, 400, 26 Att.
268. 277 1892:
Handwriting is an art con-
corning which correctness Of
opinion is susceptible of DEM
onstration, and I am fully con-
vinced that the value of the
opinion of every handwriting
expert as evidence must depend
upon the clearness with which
the expert demonstrates its
correctness the absence of
demonstration must be attrib-
uted either to deficiency in the
expert or lack Of judgment in
his conclusion. II follows that
the expert who can most
clearly point out will be most
highly regarded and most sue
cessful."
Occasionally one does find a
witness who enjoys being built
UP as a "superman." He ex-
presses his opinion and hopes
the court will accept it. Such
experts are susceptible to two
hazards-puncture and blow
out.
The best document exami-
ners direct their testimony TO
the evidence on the docu.
ments and point out its sig
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Juvenile Home Prouress

1t is encouraging that officials in
nearby Virginia are losing no time in
preparing to set up regional authority
to build and operate juvenile detention
home. Action had been stalled until this
week, when legislation to create the
authority first became effective.
Under the legislation, Arlington and
Fairfax Counties and the cities of Alex
andria and Falls Church will designate
members of an interjurisdictional agency
which is empowered to provide the North
ern Virginia area with adequate facilities
for the detention of children. No such
facilities exist now. In the past it has
been necessary to put Juveniles in jails
or other improper places, pending police
or court action. Some of the jailed chill
dren were IN no way involved in criminal
activities or delinquency.
After public attention had been di-
rected to these conditions by The Star
and other newspapers, county and mu-
nicipal officials discussed the problem and
tentatively agreed on jointly financed
detention home. Legal advisers, however,
warned that fiscal and other difficulties
might arise unless the Joint project we're
authorized by law The last General
Assembly supplied the necessary author
ity. Meanwhile, more than $4,000 has
been pledged to the undertaking by the
four Jurisdictions. But search for a suit
able site, conducted by an interim COM
mittee, has begged down. Sponsors be-
lieve that better understanding of the
purposes of the home will eliminate
opposition of some property owners to
proposed sites. The first task of the newly
appointed authority should be to explain
the project in more detail to the citizens.
1t ought to diSpel the idea that the
home will be either Jail or reform
school, The chances are that, with more
information about the home-itS use and
its proposed appearance-the finding of
a site will not be difficult.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

Doesn't someone with au-
thority in the State Depart
ment recognize the Importance
of the public relations aspect
Of activities in the interna-
tional field?
Now that the Communist
government of Poland has
abusively rejected our offer of
food for its hungry people. why
do we not succinctly announce.
Freedom cannot be imported;
we offered food"
Must we bow to niceties in
diplomatic relations where
none exist? Witness abuse by
KhruShchev, in Pravda, and
the latest instance. Or do we
fear disapproval by neutral
lists who are quick to criticize
our stand although silent in
the face of Communist butch
cry and enslavement?
Let us not be too SNUG and
supercilious to adopt a slogan:
Freedom cannot be imported;
we offered food"
Lloyd Buchanan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Abandoned Orchard

Upon the crooked branches
Where once SDeet apples
hung,
Hangs fruit norm bored and
bitter
As dloes on the tongue.
One reads a poignant saga
That months OF drouth haze
penned
On this abandoned orchard
Where elements contend.
And tDhile the blighted apples
Drop where the dust lies
deep,
The trees NTH backs turned
windwdrd,
Are sighting in their sleep.
Inez Clark Thorson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

That would mean a bomb, if
our enemy were no more pre-
else, aimed at the White
House, would land squarely on
the Chevy Chase Club.
And there would 60 Temple
ton Jones, who lives not far
away!
The yucca stood bravely in
the heat, maturing its white
flowers inside green bractS.
One bright morning they
popped, and there they were.
with the ants crawling up to
investigate.
Temp Jones was intrigued by
one particularly busy ant
which managed to make out
of the ascent something akin,
among humans. to a climb UP
the Washington monument.
While waiting for his bus,
with plenty of time on his
hands, Jones saw the climbing
ant scurrying up and around.
He would look away, only to
see the ant emerging from be-
hind a bract. and heading for
a terminal flower bud.
The whole performance re-
minded Jones of the days
when he was 10 years old.
In those days, he walked not
only up the Monument, but
down it. too.
1t is the down part. in case
you never have tried it, which
is the hardest.
Walking up a long flight of
steps is none too easy, but it
brings into play muscles used
every day.
Walking down, on the other
loot. uses some little-used
muscles right behind and be-
low the knees.
In ordinary modern life.
these small muscles are seldom
brought into play.
We said Jones walked UP and
down the Monument.
1t would be more accurate
to say he ran up and down,
like the famous mouse in the
clock.
When you are 10 years old,
you can do such things.
And it's a long way down,
even for a small boy.
The going up is a cinch.
A small boy, Of course, isn't
a yucca.
He's a proud member of the
great race of bipeds known as
man, custodian of love, kind
ness and affection in creation.
also the inventor of the H
bomb and universal destruc-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

1t is proposed that the OBJ
Servatory be set up with funds
provided by the National Sci
ence Foundation and appro-
priated by Congress. It would
be operated, however, under
contract by some university
or group of universities-prob-
ably under much the same
arrangements as the Brook
haven or Oak Ridge atomic
laboratories.
Operations could start al
most at once, DR.. Berkner says,
with the construction of the
smaller telescopes. There
would be a small permanent
staff but more than half the
research would be done by
visiting scientists.
Investigations in radio as
tronomy have been greatly
handicapped by the fact that
there are only a few suitable
setups in this country, such
as the 50-foot receivers at the
Naval Research Laboratory in
Washington and at the Der
wood Laboratory of the Car
negie Institution Of Washing
ton. A few colleges. notably
Harvard and Ohio State, also
have constructed observatories.
much smaller than the one
proposed.
Rigid Requirements
The requirements for such
an observatory are quite rigid.
The radio emissions received
from planets, stars and outer
space are faint and on quite
narrow wave bands. 1t is ex-
tremely difficult to differentiate
this radiation from that picked
up from other sources. 1t in
creaSeS, however, MANIFOLD
the possibilities of observation
with visible light, ultraviolet
and infrared, upon which all
observations in the past have
been based. It already has re-
vealed thousands of invisible
stars" mysterious objects of
some sort in the Milky Way
galaxy which emit radiation.
They are perhaps as numerous
as all the hundred billion OBJ
Jects which send out visible
light.
BY means of the admittedly
quite inadequate observations
to date it has been possible to
detect the collision of titantic
galaxies in outer space. mil
lions Of light years beyond the
Milky Way system, and to
reach radically new concepts of
the structure of this system it.
self. Radio astronomy repre-
sents probably the foremost adj
vance IN cosmology since the
first telescope.
Its world headquarters will
be the little West Virginia farm
village.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Grounding.


AS an aeronautical engineer
of many years experience in
civil aviation-from open cock
pits to Comet jets-I feel very
strongly about the statement
made by William K. Andrews,
CAB Director of Safety In
vestigation. that since the TWA
pilot in the canyon tragedy
was on VFR visual Flight
Rules and therefore free to go
up or down without first SEEK
ing permission of CAB con-
troll, and the United pilot was
on IFR instrument Flight
Rules. whereby he was under
the control of the CAB con-
troller, that the TWA pilot was
to blame for the collision.
But when the CAB controller
gave the ok. to the TWA
pilot to fly 1000 feet above the
cloud level-and he knew from
his control of United that the
United plane was at 81 900 and
very close by-why, oh why
did he not warn United that
TWA was coming upstairs and
was very close? He should not
have relied upon the United
plane listening in" to his con-
versation with TWA.
I cannot agree that because
TWA was flying VFR (on his
own that he was no RESPONSE
bility Of the controller. That is
the impression I get from the
official statement from CAB.
II. John Redgraye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
West Virginia Site of New Observatory
By THOMAS r. HENRY

A remote West Virginia val
ley is due to become earth's
major window into outer space.
1t is Green Bank Valley in
PocahontaS County, near the
Virginia line, surrounded on
every side by from two to four
mountain ranges more than
1000 feet high, and with q
bottom of more than 10000
acres as fiat as a pool table.
This has been selected by a
group of astronomers ard
physicists working under a
grant from the National
Science Foundation as the site
for a proposed national radio
astronomy observatory for use
of scientists throughout the
world, especially those of the
United States, who are carry
ing out researches in the new
field of radio astronomy which
in the last five years has revo-
lutionized mans knowledge Of
the universe.
Best Of 20 Sites
A committee from the Asso-
ciated Universities group which
conducts the Brookhaven, Long
Island, atomic energy labora-
tory for a group of Eastern
universities. has conducted a
search throughout the United
States for the best available
site for such an observatory
which would serve about the
same purpose for radio aStron-
omy as the gigantic optical
telescope at Mount Palomar,
Calf, does for visual aStron-
omy. They studied 90 sug-
gested sites east of the Rockies
and found receivers in the
West Virginia valley had the
lowest noise level" the least
interference from terrestrial
sources.
1t Is proposed, according to
the report of DR.. L. v. Berk-
ner who headed the commit
tee, to set up in Green Bank
Valley a paraboloid radio mir
ror 600 feet in diameter. This
would be by far the largest in
the world. The largest at pres
ent is only $50 ieet III diameter.
1t is located at the University
OF Manchester in England.
The group determined after
extensive study that such an
apparatus would be feasible
and that construction costs
would not be excessive. At the
start. however, there would be
one or more 140-foot bowls"
with which researches could
be conducted.
Options to purchase most
OF the area have been OBJ
tanned. The valley is sparsely
inhabited and is used chiefly
for cattle grazing. The little
farming village of Green Bank
suddenly finds itself as one of
the potential science capitals
of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Racial Prejudice

In the controversial dilemma
of segregation and indignation
which RACES before us today,
I'd like to inject a thought
that intrigues me. I've read
most of the pros and cons.
The ICONS" usually attempt to
justify their stand on many
intangibles such as mot
ready" low health standards.
immortality, intermarriage, ira
dition, way of life, and many
others. They all seem to boil
down to personal prejudices
and emotional attitudes.
If these segregationists can
forget the Christian principles
which teach fair play and the
tenet that all men are BROTH
ers; if they can forget that
the tenets of our democracy
propose that all men are Gre
ated equal, and if their family
ideals and way of life must
be perpetuated. a paradox is
created.
In an age where two philoso-
phies are gambling for the
masses of the world and we
know that to survive we must
and expect to win the fight,
how can we make a consci-
entious and hopeful appeal to
these masses and yet perpetu-
ate the status quo? l say we
Americans must look beyond
our own back yard and face
this problem, for our very ex-
istence may depend on our
craftsmanship. We cannot af-
ford our petty prejudiceS when
the existence of all that we all
hold dear may be in the bal
ance. We all know that sur
vival is a stronger force than
prejudice.
Theodore A. Shell, DDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Uncle Sam 'BewiIdered'

Asked If he had ever been
lost in the wilderness, Daniel
Boone once replied, mo. But
I've been bewildered four or
five days at a time"
Which puts one in mind Of
Uncle Sam wandering all over
a global wilderness trying to
buy friendships that are not
worth the purchase price If
they're for sale.
1t wouldn't be a bit surpris-
ing to see Sam Juggling a
lighted lantern on one of his
daytime journeys.
Uncle Sam isn't lost, though!
He's just bewildered. And SO
is the used, abused, confused.
bemused American taxpayer.
Ernest d. Harrison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

nif1cance, much in the manner
employed by the f1ngerprint
expert. In other words, they
make the evidence testify"
The witness must express his
conclusion when requested to
do so. He will never insist that
his conclusion is in any degree
more important than the evil
dence and exhibits upon which
the conclusion is based.
Such testimony makes at
tacks upon the witness of little
consequence.
Wilmer SOuder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
THIS AND. THAT
BY CHARLES (. 1RACEWELL

There are two yucca plants
side by side.
So what?
The reader wants to know,
$50 what?"
Well, it is this!
OF the two, one has no
blooming stalk at all.
The other has a stalk 6
feet tall, and the amazing
thing is. how long it takes to
mature the white flowers.
1t has been doing this for
days, weeks.
Unless,it blooms pretty soon,
1t will have been months.
Perhaps the plant thinks
1t is still in the desert.
Under natural conditions,
in its own habitat. the yucca
must conserve its water.
Maybe it is trying to tell
us something. since we are in
a dry spell of sorts.
Conservation of water is
much in order, as authorities,
and now a yucca plant, tell
us.
Frightening pictures of a
land without water are con-
jured up, every now and then,
by the authorities, just to keep
the rest of us in order.
All sorts of authorities, and
experts, specialize in warn
ing" the dear old American
populace.
We are warned. threatened,
cajoled.
All of it seems to do very
little good.
There is an honest fellow out
Chicago way who specializes in
predicting how many wild
drivers are going to be killed
each holiday
He is. unfortunately. re-
markedly accurate.
He knows his great Ameri-
can public, you see.
The typical American re-
fuses to be intimidated.
He goes right ahead plung-
ing down the road, with the
annual result and toll Of some
10000 killed on the highways.
and the appalling figure of
some Q million injured.
Does it do any good to warn2
Evidently not.
And does it do any good to
warn of the fallout from the
bombs?
Evidently not. The Govern
ment goes right on dropping
them, just the same, missing
the target by 4 miles or so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

graphed circular on collecting,
raising and storing earth
worms will be sent to any
reader upon request, accom-
panied by a long. stamped,
self-addressed envelope, sent
to this newspapers Informa-
ton Bureau, 1900 Eye street
NV, Washington S, D. C.
!. @. Approximately how much
salary does an umpire in the
major leagues GETS. r.
A. For the first year, about
$4,000. If the umpire continues
to meet all the requirements,
physical and mental, he may
eventually boost his salary to
an average Of $13,500. Custom
arily, umpires start in the low
minors and, II qualified, are
promoted to the majors.