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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
LIZARD THAT RUNS
OUT OF ITS SKIN
FOUND IN PALAUS

Smithsonian scientists have
found an animal that can
run right out of its skin.
This is the small brown
gecko lizard of the Palau
Islands. When grabbed. 1t
doesn't Just shed its tail. as
even run-of- the-woods liz
ards can do. It leaves the
hunters hand holding q
complete skin. what was Inc
side the skin scurries OF.
Biologist Frederick M.
Bayer, who brought back
some specimens Of this
lizard, said he wasn't able to
find out whether such a self
fiayed lizard could survive.
He thinks, however, the
process is not good for the
gecko's health.
DR.. Doris Cochran, asso-
ciate curator of reptiles,
doubts II peropus mutilatus,
as she thinks Of gecko. is
able TO grow back q whole
skin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Wave of Affection Greets
IAdenouer on 80th Year

BONN, Germany. Jan. 5 (R.
Konrad Adenauer
today celebrated his e0th BIRTH
day, the Western worlds oldest
chief Of government Of q major
nation.
Tributes flowed In from
around the globe.
Pope Plus XII awarded the
West German, leader-a Roman
|Catholic-thc Vatican's second
highest award, the Order Of the
Golden Spur.
Indian Prime Minister Nehru
Photographed congratulations and
Expressed the hope that Mr..
IAdenauer might long continue
Ito serve his people.
President Eisenhower sent Q
personal letter of congratulate
Itions, Prime Minister Eden's
message saluted MIR. Adenauer's
work for West European Coop
Grafton and another noted octo-
Igenarian, Sir Winston Churchill.
wished the Chancellor greatest
happiness and success"
Wave Of Affection
The big bag Of mail delivered
Ito Mr.. Adenauer's home this
morning was postmarked with
roses in homer Of his birthday
HE is an ardent amateur rose
grower and the post ofiice
stamped the floral tribute on all
letters In the capital for the day.
That gesture was Just one sign
of the spontaneous wave OF al
lection sweeping the country.
But because Mr.. Adenauer
recovered from a serious attack
of bronchial pneumonia only six
weeks ago, his family and ply
sicians urged him to take 1t
easy. The celebration was
spread over I'VE days. and many
Ioficial well wishers were mar
shaled into convenient groups
to avoid undue strain on the
chancellor.
| Der Alte-the old one-as Mr..
Adenauer is popularity called By
the Germans, was honored last
night at dinner given by Presi-
dent Theodor Heuss.
This morning the chancellor
was serenaded by q chlldren's
choir outside his home.
Band Plays Hymn
He arrived at his office shortly
after 9 o'clock accompanied by
his son Paul, a Catholic priest.
He was met there by two other
sons and three grandchildren.
Members Of his staff greeted
him while the first military band
Iof the new German army played
his favorite hymn. Praise the
Lord"
Then the old man stationed
himself at q gift-laden table in
the chancellery's reception hall
to receive greetings from a long
line of diplomats, cabinet min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

ing, it was stated. Miss Query
related what happened outside
the club around 1880 pm, wher
Miss Miller was shot:
HE reached into his vest and
pulled out a gun. / screamed. He
shot, hesitated a few seconds
and shot some more. ! tainted"
Miss Miller also described the
events that preceded the shoot
ing. She was wounded in the
abdomen, chest and left arm and
was hospitalized at Fort Belvoil
for nine days. She stated she
saw the lieutenant often after
meeting him last June.
Last August ~, Miss Miller
testified. Balloon broke her jaw
with his first. They were In
his apartment at 207 Belle View
boulevard near Alexandria. she
said, and had been talking about
"the times ! had stood him up"
Waiting in Car
Minutes before she was shot
last October, Miss Miller said,
the lieutenant approached her
near the Pines Club. She had
been sitting in q car waiting for
her friends and had started back
inside to look for them. She
testified he said: sylvia. why
are you doing this to me?'"
She said she told him: II don't
care to discuss it."
Still another assault charge
was placed against the lieu
tenant In connection with a leg
wound suffered by Army Capt.
william N. Ball during the Octo-
Der is shooting. The captain was
inside the officers club
and was wounded slightly above
the right knee by a stray bullet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Westinghouse
Word Awaited

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 (R.
Federal mediators and union Of
ficials today awaited a decision
|by the Westinghouse Electric
Corp. on the latest proposal
aimed ct ending a Nationwide
strike now in It's Slst day.
The AFL-CIO international
Union OF Electrical Workers last
night accepted a suggestion from
Joseph F. flanagan, head of the
Mediation and Cancellation
Service, that a three-man board
be appointed to consider points
in dispute and make q recon-
mendation for further negotia-
ton.
The opinion Of the board
would not be binding. Each side
would select one member and
Mr.. Finnegan would choose an
impartial chairman. The me-
ldiator asked the union and
Westinghouse to make known
their selections to him within
"a hours.
Day-Long Parleys
The proposal followed q series
Iof day-long separate conferen-
ces held by Mr.. Finnegan with
the company and the union yes
Iterday.
James B. Carey, president of
the TUE. announced union ac-
Iceptance shortly after the pro-
Iposal was made public. He
added that II Westinghouse
management would take the
further step of making the
boards recommendations bind
ling. the union was. ready to ask
Its members to return to work
at once under the provisions of
the current contract "as modi-
fed by the findings"
In Pittsburgh last night. q
Westinghouse spokesman said
the company was studying the
proposal. but added that the
Qualifications" Mr.. Carey placed
ION it. change the original pro-
posal so substantially that he,
lin effect. has rejected It,"
Mr.. Carey was not available
for comment.
The union has offered several
times to submit the issues In
dispute to arbitration, but the
company has refused. =
Amounts to Arbitration
Mr.. Carey's added proposal
last night that the board flnd-
lings be binding would be, In
effect, arbitration.
Westinghouse and the IUE
signed a two-year contract In
l1954 which does not expire
until October Is. The strike re-
suited from inability to nego-
Itiate a new wage scale under a
lreopening clause in that con-
tract. Also In dispute are COM
Ipany time studies and an ex-
tended contract proposal. The
TUE struck 30 plants October II.
On october 26 the independ-
ent United Electrical Workers
Union also called out some TO-
500 employees in 10 plants.
Workers in both unions av-
eraged' $40 an hour. The UE
dispute centers around similar
points of discussion. Both seek
one-year contracts providing Is
cent-an-hour pay increases. The
company offered a 1lve-year pact
that it said provides 231a cents
an hour In increases over that
period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

on the home grounds to the gate
ct First street and Michigan
avenue NV, objects to the plan.
GSA officials fear the lots
patrons would tie up trafiic into
the Hospital Center. now being
built. Mr.. Watson said. He win
appear before Z co-ordinating
committee Of the National Capf
ital Planning Commission Oh
Tuesday to talk over the matter.
II 0SA Is adamart. the DoI-
diers Home lot viii have To sbe
postponed. ct least until sched-
uled road construction through
the grounds Is complete. Mr..
Watson said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Proposal 10 Kill
Fringe Parking
Project Studied

The Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency today has before It Q
committee plan to abolish the
entire fringe parking program.
Also presented at yesterdays
meeting was a report that Gen.
|eral Services Administration OBJ
Ijections might kill the proposed
Soldiers Home fringe lot
Reporting for q committee on
possible public subsidization Of
bus transportation downtown
from fringe lots. B. Allen Row
land said q majority Of two
favored outright abandonment Of
the fringe parking plan.
Mr.. Rowland. who Is q special
assistant to the Secretary Of
Commerce, said he a:1d Harry A.
lSwagart. ST.. a private parking
Operator. favor dropping the pro-
gram.
The third member Of the COM
mittee. FRANK Coleman, q retired
physics professor at Howard Uni
versity. declared the group had
not met and moved that con-
lsideration of the idea be post
lponed until the next meeting.
His motion was carried. No date
has been set for the meeting.
Cost Figures Presented
Mr.. Rowland, combining figures
from the agency staff and from
the Capital Transit Co., said the
cost to the city. If each parker
were fully subsidized, would run
between IS and so cents
The three lots now in opera
tion-South Capitol street, Carter
Barron Amphitheater and Co
lumbia Island--average 43S cars
q day in spaces that could ac-
commodate more than 1000, it
was reported at the meeting.
Mr.. Rowland said he does not
believe in one mans substituting
lanother's ride to work.
Cost estimates for the Dis
Itrict's operation Of the lots, in
Guiding capital outlay amortized
over q 20-year period and guard
service. maintenance and elec-
tricity. were presented at the
meeting.
They show that it costs 10
cents a day to park a car at the
South Capitol lot. This would
be TT cents q day If all the
spaces were filled.
Equivalent figures for Carter
Barron are 8.8 cents and SO
cents: for Columbia Island, 42.5
cents and 8.3 cents.
The Soldiers Home lot, al.
ready approved by the agency
and the Commissioners, received
both aid and encouragement
yesterday.
The Capital Transit Co. In
formed the agency it will pro-
vide bus service for the lot, even
though other operations Of the
kind were losing it money.
GSA Objects
Then Lewis r. Watson. execu-
tive director Of the agency re-
ported that GSA. which controls
half the, road from the lot site
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Envoy conont to Fly
Here for Consultations

BONN. Germany. Jan. S tR.-
DR.. James B. Conant, United
States Ambassador to West Ger
many. is flying to Washington
tomorrow for consultations" the
United States Embassy an
nounced.
The Embassy said Or. Conant
also would address the National
Citizens Commission for Public
Schools in New York on January
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Detroit Executive
Is Believed Suicide

NEW YORK, Jan. s R. -
Montague H. Duval. SIS, q De-
troit trailer firm executive. was
found dead in his hotel room
yesterday Of an overdose OF
sleeping pills. Police called him
an apparent suicide.
He left five notes, one OF
which informed a New York
friend that he intended to dc
the Dutch act" - slang fol-
suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

attempt 20 undermine the cre0l-
bility Of Miss Sylvia Miller. the
shooting victim. questioned the
dental officer on her statements
last August when she was
treated for q broken Jaw.
Balloon also was charged with
breaking her jaw with his fist
on August ~ and is accused Of
identifying Miss Miller as his
wife ct the hospital. 1t. Clements
testified he was told the Jaw in
jury was suffered In an auto
mobile accident.
Claimed Living Allowance
The prosecution earlier intro
duced Q document showing Bal
com last summer claimed q liv-
Ing allowance rs Q married man.
The Army record. testified to
by First 1t. Irving Hoag Holt. IT,,
covers the period from July !
through September 81, and lists
the neutenant's dependent wife
ss Mrs. Jean e. Balloon. The
evidence was offered by Capt.
Ekillis M. Chandler. the Army's
prosecutor, to substantiate the
charge that Balloon made false
ofilcial statements last August.
The false statement charge in
wolves his alleged identification
of Miss Miller as his wife at Fort
Belvoir Hospital. where she was
taken for treatment Of the
broken jaw. The Army con-
tends the lieutenant had Miss
Miller listed as Jean Sylvia Bal
con, his dependent wife.
Balloon, whose home is in
Nashua. N. H., is being tried
before Q military court Of nine
ofIicers on several charges. In
Guiding assault with intent to
commit murder. Defense attor-
neys are Army Capt. James T..
Rice and Grimm T. Garnet, jr,
an Arlington attorney. The pro-
secution officers are Capt.
Chandler and LIST 1t. James L.
Diamond.
Shooting Described
An eyewitness to the shooting
was called to the stand dur
ing the first day OF the trial
yesterday. The witness was Miss
Diana Query. 10, who was with
Miss Miller and two Army ON
GERS at q party IN the Pines Club
at Belyoir prior to the shooting.
Earlier in the evening. Miss
Query testified. Miss Miller was
upset and crying" after refus-
ing to talk to Balloon. The
lieutenant was in the bar drink
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Popcorn vs.. Octopus

TOKYO. Jan. 5 (H9.--Popcorn
Is gaining favor with young Jap
anese moviegoers, q survey Of
theater owners showed today.
Previously movie fans with an
urge to MUNICH had favored dried
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

District voter registration b
under way. Have you quail
fed to vote In the elections
May I? Registration head
quarters are on the ground
floor Of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
A New Sunday Star Exclusive!
Carolyn Hagner Shaw
advises you etiquette in the Women's Section

Mrs. Shaw Is the well-known
authority on etiquette and she's the
woman who knows Washington
protocol inside and out. Her column,
Modern Manners" is both
informative and entertaining. Don't
miss it =. now a regular and
exclusive feature Of the
Women's Section Of The Sunday Stor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Arguments Concluded
In BeIvoir Shooting TrioI

Army lawyers general martial Of First 1t George
Balco charged with assault with intent to commit murder
the shooting of syearod girl today concluded the prose-
cution
defense after recalling prosecution witness heard
yesterday First 1t Theodore Clements dentist at Fort Bevoir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
GSA Objects

Then Lewis r. Watson. execu-I
tive director Of the agency re-.
ported that GSA. which controls
half the, road from the lot site
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
Scouts Launch
4-Year Program
During Scout Week

This week, February 6 to IL,
marks the 46th anniversary of
the Boy Scouts organization.
Since 1910 more than 24,500, 900
American boys and adult leaders
have been identified with Scout
ing units. This week Scouts are
being helped to launch their
Four-Year Program known as
Onward for God and My Coun-
try.
The new program will provide
for an increasing number of the
boys of the nation experiences
and values that will help them
meet their future more adequate
~ prepared.
"As Scouting influences the
lives of three million boys today"
says DR.. Arthur A. Schuck, Chief
Scout Executive, we must help
them to the realization and accept
ance of God as the guiding power
eff the universe. We must inter
pref and find additional methods
to help a Scout in his own reli-
gious life to fulfill his obligation
to God as stated in the Scout
Oath and Law.
Scouting experiences he
continues, must help the boy to
understand his country and its
ideals, its opportunities, and its
customs, and to understand the
values of our democratic system
and what it has meant to the pee-
pie of America. 1t must give
him such opportunities that he
can help to carry out those ideals
and character traits expressed in
the purpose of this Onward for
God and My Country program. y
The theme of the new program
is illustrated by a painting of
George Washington in prayer
above the heads of a Cub Scout,
Boy Scout, and Explorer. The
original painting was presented
to President Eisenhower, Febru-
airy 8, the birthday of the organza-
ton.
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
Sorority Plans
Bake Sale and
Spring Style Show

With the American Heart Asso-
citation campaign about to get
under way in the Palmer area,
members of Theta Chapter Beta
Sigma Phi have announced their
plans to sponsor a bake sale on
Saturday, February Is, with pro-
ceeds to go to the Heart fund.
The place and time of the sale
will be announced as soon as de-
termined, they stated.
Another planned event, sched-
uled for early April, will be the
sorority's annual Spring Style
Show. Palner's two chapters,
XII Eta and Theta will join for
ces for this presentation. Plans
for the show will be announced
from time to time prior to the
show.
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
Republican Speaker
Makes Brief Visit
To Palmer This Week

A hurriedly gathered group OF
area residents were on hand at
the Matanuska Hotel to greet
Irwin Lee Potter, of Washington,
d. c., assistant to Chairman
Leonard w. Hall of the Republic
can National Committee, when he
stopped in Palmer for short
time Wednesday afternoon.
Speaking to the group Potter
urged the need of consistently
working together. Il have noticed
here in Alaska, the friendliness
of gatherings :. everyone seems
to know everyone else keep
these close contacts. and get be-
hind your candidates and let
them know you are supporting
them," he urged.
When questioned about Presi-
dent Eisenhower, Potter said
that the Republican party is go
ing along on the assumption that
President Eisenhower will be a
candidate for reelection. AT the
present time the President is
keeping a full schedule +. his
only change in routine is 'siesta'
at noontime probably after a
check-up he will have at the
Walter Reed Hospital next Mon
day we will know more about
his plans" he said.
Prior to his trip to Palmer
Potter was a luncheon guest at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. Lee Nc
Kinley of the Butte. Travelling to
Palmer with the Washington Wis
itor were Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Hinkle of Kodiak (Mr. Hinkle,
delegate to the constitutional con-
vention, spoke briefly of the
convention); Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Calhoun of Seldovia; Mrs. Marie
Mcdowell of Chugiak; and Mrs.
Thomas Wharton, president of
the Anchorage Womens Republi-
can Club.
Mrs. Wharton extended an in
vitation 10 all valley residents to
attend the Lincoln Day dinner
planned at the Idle Hour Coun-
try Club this evening. MIR. Pot
ter will be the featured speaker
at the dinner.
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
Continued from page y
M.V.F.C.A.-

kShS
grown in the Tanana Valley
The Tanana Association last
year produced around $500, 900 in
produce.
Tanana Valley grains have
been proven of superior type. ID
the grains can be grown in suf-
ficient amount necessary for
dali y and poultry consumption
the possibility of shipping the
grains to the Palmer area where
they would be processed appears
good, DurTant said. The merger
will be worked into the planned
extending program of the local
Coop. he added. IF we can
eventually build grain mill
here, it will be one way of keep
ing those dollars in Alaska. AT
the present time expensive feed
shipments from the States is par
tally responsible for the high
cost of feed, and resulting retail
, price of milk.
More than 100000 pounds OF
fresh whole milk was produced
last year in the M.V.F.C.A. This
is the largest production figure
established by any Alaskan
dairy group. With the merger of
the two associations, it is now
hoped that dairy farmers in the
Tanana Valley will be encourag-
ed to expand and better their
present herds and farms, and
build up a good milk supply for
the Fairbanks area.
The local Coop was first or
ganized by the AFRO in 1885, at
the time of the Valley Colon
fzation. A change-over to the
present operating system was
brought about over a period of
years, during which the Coop
had many ups and downs. Each
year they have gone ahead in
sales and expansion-this past
year they built and now have
in operation the modern Matan-
uska Dairy in Anchorage from
which services to the Anchorage
area are dispensed. Two years ago
they constructed the Matanuska
Dairy in Fairbanks where thou
sands of half-pint containers are
filled each day with recon1bined
milk for the military; ice cream
and other Matanuska Maid pro-
ducts are also packaged and dis
tributed in the Fairbanks mar
kets. Over 100 individuals are
employed by the Coop in it's
various departments and thou
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
FinuI pIuns--

Continued from page y
Chairman of the Alaska Soil
Conservation District Board;
Harold Jorgenson of the Bureau
of Land Management; Thomas E.
Hampton, Farmers Home Admin
istrator.
Others include c. A. Brewer.
Manager of the Matanuska Elec-
trio Association; Lew Hanks,
District Agricultural Agent; Will
liam Hecker, President of the
Matanuksa Valley Breeders Asso-
citation; DR.. Charles Lodgsdon,
Secretary of the Alaska Crop
Improvement Association; Mrs.
Marylou Rideout and Mrs. Carol
Whey, University of Alaska
Home Demonstration Agents;
Mrs. Doris Tegstrom and Mrs.
Faith Krauss. Presidents of the
Anchorage and Palmer Home
makers Councils; and Tom Moy-
er, Master of the Northland
Pioneer Grange No. /.
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
GERMANS LEARN
OF UNIVERSITY
AND ALASKA

Germans this month are read
ing about the Territory of Alaska
and its university.
'Deutsche Rundschau,' a Ger
man magazine similar to The At
lantic, carries a story by DR..
Robert RE, assistant professor OF
German and French at the Uni
versity of Alaska.
The story tells about the terri
tory and points out that despite
the university's location it boasts
an educational program, faculty
and campus similar to many of
those in continental United
States, and can be easily reached
by most forms of transporta-
ton.
The article also emphasizes the
growth of the liberal arts pro-
gram since the university's
founding in 1922.
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals for the con-
struction, including the supply of
necessary labor, materials and
equipment, Of rural telephone
project to be financed pursuant to
Loan contract between MAT
ANUSKA TELEPHONE ASSO-
CITATION, INC. Hereinafter
called the "Owner,n and the
United States of America by the
Administrator of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration, dated
January 80, 1856, and to be
known as Project Alaska 504 ABB
which is to be part of the System
known as Matanuska Telepohne
Association, Inc will be receiv-
ed by the Owner on or before 10
o'clock AM, Alaska Standard
Time, February %, 1856, at its
office, -P.O. Box 1876; Severns
Building, Palmer, at which time
and place the proposals will be
pdblicly opened and read. Any
proposal received subsequent to
the time specified will be prompt
ly returned to the Bidder unopen-
ed.
The Project will consist of APP
proximately $50 miles of tele-
phone line and facilities located
in Third Judicial District in the
Territory of Alaska.
The Plans, Specifications, and
Construction Drawings together
with all necessary forms and
other documents for bidders may
be obtained from the Owner, or
from the Engineer, Alaska En-
cheering Associates, Box 1916,
Palmer, Alaska or at the latter's
office at Severns Building, Pal
mer, Alaska upon payment of ten
dollars $4,000. which payment
will not be subject to refund.
The Plans, Specifications, and
Construction Drawings may be
examined at the office of the
Owner or at the office of the
Engineer. A copy of the Loan
Contract may be examined at the
office of the Owner.
The owner reserves the right
to reject any or all proposals.
MATANUSKA TELEPHONE
ASSOCIATION INC.
Robert D. Partridge, manager
Published February 2, 8, Is, 1856
The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
Lurge Attendance

CONTINUED from page u
early SO the meeting may be OPP
ened on time. All proxies must be
registered in order 10 obtain bal
lots.
This week members received
by mail notice of the annual
meeting. A list of questions to be
put to the membership during the
course of the meeting were in
cluded. Members were request
ed to study the proposals prior
to the meeting SO they may be
familiar with the text and ready
for discussion. Other items on
the agenda include annual re-
ports, orientation on the Ford
Foundation invitation, and a re-
port on the hospital auxiliary. It
IS hoped the meeting will. adj
journ before 1890 pm.