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Evening star., 1956-08-28
In the NucIeor Dark

With the added emphasis OF special
White House release in which the PreSi-
dent has called once again for effective
arms control, Chairman Strauss Of the
Atomic Energy Commission has issued
particularly effective statement in reveal
ing to the world that another nuclear
weapon has been tested in the Soviet
Union.
To begin with, speaking through Mr..
Strauss, the United States has for the
first time publicly and specifically put its
finger on the main Russian testing site.
It is located in southwest Siberia, north
Of India, Afghanistan and PakiStan, and
west of China. In addition, the Kremlin
has carried out some of its nuclear expert
mentation in the area of the BarentS
Sea. Not until now-certainly not from
MoScow-has there been any such author
itative revelation of where the Soviet
proving grounds are to be found.
But more important than this, from
the standpoint Of world opinion, is the
way in which Mr.. Strauss statement has
scored and underScored the Kremlin's
persistent secrecy in conducting it's tests
Of atomic and thermometer weapons.
Thus, as the Acc Chairman has said, the
United States now has reported the set
ting of Of these Soviet explosions in no
fewer than 13 different announcements
since 1949. But the Kremlin, although
the actual number Of its experimental
detonationS has been significantly higher
than Is, has issued only three brief an
nouncements about them during the same
period, and two of these followed the
revelations made by our Government.
In fact, in Mr.. Strauss words, 1.-THE
Soviet Union has never given the world
any assurances with respect to the way
in which it conducts nuclear weapons
tests and has never made an advance
announcement Of any of its detonationS."
BY way of contrast, and wholly apart
from such things as the Aces semiannual
reports to Congress, our own country fol-
lows a relatively open and aboveboard
policy under which all our testing pro-
grams-in either Nevada or the Pacific
area - "have been announced we'll in
advance and public information has been
made available about them to the fullest
extent consistent with security"
What accounts for the sharply con-
traSting Soviet secrecy? Why are Mr..
Khrushchev and his colleagues so furtive
about the matter? Why have they failed
thus far to be at least as open as Ameri-
can ofacials regarding nuclear and ther-
monuclear weapons? What makes them
give out only small crumbs of information
to the Russian people and the world at
large? Could it be that they are afraid of
building up behind the Iron Curtain a
mass pressure of educated public opinion
that might oblige them to accept such
things as the Presidents "open skies"
inspection plan?
One can only guess at the answers,
but Mr.. Strauss statement makes clear
i. that the questions themselves are none
theleSS very much to the point. In that
sense, it is statement that challenges
the Kremlin to start moving into the day.
light for the sake of trustworthy peace.
Evening star., 1956-08-28
Elephant Trumpets

The elephant does not forget
That now he is in power;
With trunk turned UP. he feels
his luck,
And scents his finest hour
When once again he'll reign
supreme
And trumpet to the masses,
Il have the strength. the
power, the steam
To beat those long cared
asses"
Lucille Agniel Gaines.
Evening star., 1956-08-28

into the coal mines in case Of
labor troubles.
Q. II Pluto Is so far away
that 1t appears like q star
even In the largest telescopes,
how did astronomers find It's
time Of rotation?-I. w. T.
A. Light and dark markings
on Pluto's surface cause very
small variations In It's bright
ness. These changes were
measured photoelectrically and
by study Of them the astron-
omers obtained a period OF
'6.3o earth days as the time
1t takes Pluto TO rotate once.
Evening star., 1956-08-28
Here is a booklover's dream:

Here is q DO0KloVer'S cream:
The reader was standing in
front of the Chevy Chase Club.
waiting for the downtown bus.
when he went into a, sort of
coma.
He dreamed that he was,
oddly enough. standing in
front of the Chevy Chase Club.
He dreamed that he noticed
a small table to one side.
among the shrubbery, and
that on this table were piled
a variety of books.
The table had an upper and
lower shelf, and both were
filled with volumes, some small,
some large.
Nothing strange about that,
eh, Cholmondelay?
What was unusual was the
state Of the books.
Despite the fact that sew
eral rather heavy rains had
intervened. the books were in
wonderful preservation.
Not a drop Of water had
sullied the covers, or seeped
through to the pages.
Perhaps the strangest fact
Of all. in this dream, was that
the books belonged to the
booklover!
Maybe it was the rushing
traffic. which hypnotized him
as he stood.
Maybe it was a heavy break
fast, containing all the high
quality protein modern diet ex-
perts say should be in it.
Maybe it was just because he
loved his books that he found
nothing strange or unusual in
finding his own in such an odd
place.
No friend Of books would.
One man carries them to
war, just as Alexander took
"The Iliad" into battle. He
was supposed to be a book
lover; one may wonder about
a man who carries a book in
an ivory casket. and yet thinks
no more of it than to subject
it to the slings and arrows Of
outrageous fortune.
Was there any evidence that
Napoleon ever read anything?
He wrote. we know, his bat
tie orations to his troops, brief
but sincere.
Surely, lawyers wrote his
Evening star., 1956-08-28

who has the proper qualifica-
tions, is allowed to run for any
Office, and all public officials
are voted for directly by the
people!
Isabel c. Moore.
The standard Of living for
the American people has ad-
vanced by leaps and bounds
since the Harding Coolidge
Hoover regime the regime
Of woe. want, misery, Squalor
and despair. This was not a
long time ago. This was a
short time ago.
I watched that hypocritical
farce at the Cow Palace-the
convention of singing COM
mercials, interspersed with
muck raking and mud sling
ing of Republican politicians
opportunists hoping to
ride in on Ike's coattails.
The Truman administration
was a continuation of the
Roosevelt New Deal. This
Eisenhower administration has
been q continuation of the
Roosevelt New Deal. Just how
many New Deal laws have
been repealed? Very few that
I can think of. So it was the
New Deal and the New Deal
only that has brought about
a more abundant life for those
who earn their living working
with their hands.
AS q Democrat / can get
much consolation out of the
numerous elections that the
Republicans have lost in the
past three and one-half years.
The Democratic Party is a
party of vim and vigor
very much alive. Let no one
kid himself about that.
Yours for Stevenson-Kefau-
yer and the straight Demo-
cratic ticket come November,
William X. Tinsley
-
Someone said in the TV
version of the Democratic
Convention that we now real
ize that we have made a mis-
take in our foreign policy in
building up NasSer, the Hitler
of the Nile. after practically
forcing the British out of
Egypt. He was sharply cut of
at this point.
I was happy to hear at least
OA4C <AAACA ASdAA 0QAAllb I4Adb VIC
might be wrong. In my estima-
ton, our foreign policy makers.
who are supposed to be BIZ
partisan, have been swayed by
forces neither Republican nor
Democratic, who hope that by
divesting France. Britain and
Holland Of their colonies, they
can so weaken these coun-
tries that they can grab the
prize, the Far East trade. A
soft policy toward Russia,
which now controls the other
end Of the trade routes, and
a soft-pedalling of Russia's
treacheries. so the American
people won't object, are. Of
course, necessary.
Reader
Evening star., 1956-08-28
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star., 1956-08-28
Convention Critics

I watched both Conven-
tions very carefully and I
found the Democratic one a
vulgar exhibition Of false
statements, below the belt
blows, and in general cheap
Coney Island honkytonk. AS a
candidate, Stevenson seems to
be more decent than the rest
but unproven as a leader OF
world wide experience. He is
a politician who would sacri-
flee country for party.
The Republican Convention,
ont the other hand, inspired me
with it's ION the level'' tone,
dignified and enlightening.
The speeches were clean. on
a high level. trustworthy.
Eisenhower's policy and
knowledge of world affairs has
given us prosperity in peace
time, an unheard of achieve-
ment. He looks healthy. vigor-
Gus and determined. AS for
Nixon, the only thing wrong,
in the eyes of his opponents.
is the true fact that he up
rooted and got rid Of the spies
in Government who were
selling our country to the So
vietS right under the closed
eyes of Truman.
1t is about time to open our
eyes and give this administra-
ton a chance to continue its
rehabilitation work.
Let's give Ike time to finish
the job.
A. S. ParnelI.
4 ~
Republican television per-
formers have referred to their
political opponents as the
Democrat" Party. I am not
sure whether this practice
stems from an ignorance of
principle reaching even to the
realm Of English grammar, or
whether is represents a spirit
of helpfulness in seeking to
streamline the Democratic
Party's name in accordance
with familiar Madison avenue
merchandising techniques.
If 1t be for the latter reason
that Republicans drop the last
two letters from Democratic,
perhaps Democrats should re-
turn the favor by trimming the
first two letters from their
opponents name, to make 1t
the Publican" Party. No
doubt this would be thought
very fitting by many people,
since. in Roman and Biblical
times, "publicans" were widely
known as collectors of spoils
and tribute, and the name was
a common synonym for "sin-
ners." Matt. 9:10.
Charles c. Galloway
The people Of the United
States and the world have
again been treated to two emo
tional binges known as political
conventions. which are a
combination Of holy-rollers
and rock and rollers. These
conventions are q hangover
from the dark ages. when
people did not have the intelli-
gence to figure anything out for
themselves, so the louder a
speaker shouted. the better he
sold his wares or ideas. They
are an explosion Of baloney,
blarney, bosh. buncum, bull.
balderdash, hogwash and tried
out cliches, which assaults our
sensibilities and insults our in
telligence.
In the meantime, how many
more years will it take the
American people TO wake up
to the fact that our ersatz
democracy. which is so extern
sively extolled. is only an IL
fusion? The only difference
between Russia and the United
States is that the Russians
are allowed 10 vote for only
one person. selected by a po-
litical machine. whereas we
are allowed to vote for one Of
two persons. also selected by
political machines.
We shall never have q real
democracy Until any person,
Evening star., 1956-08-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RY TIE HARKIN

By The HASkIN SERVICE
Eveg
Peae nelose eents fof = " ~
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want 10 tQRe me LUfleet OF one or America fe
tingleS up and dOWn your spine? Want to d.
oUer, big boy to the high priced jobs2 The
Now showing the happiest double feature of
the yearl One part is bold, Motoramic
styling The other is record breaking action
Hollywood has a heap of words that describe
it: colossal, stupendous, magnificent Well settle
for just the name Chevrolet.
Because once you've driven this sweet-handling
showboat the adjectives will take care of them
selves. Once you've sampled Chevy's hair-trigger
refexes and nailed-down stability, you'll see why
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

it's of the few great road cars built today
Horsepower that ranges up to 225 makes hill
fatter and saves precious seconds for safer pass
ing And the way this Chevrolet wheels aromc
tight turns would gladden. the heart of a dyed-in
the-wool sports car fan.
Stop in sometime soon and highway-test thi
new Chevrolet. All in all, there are 20 beautiful
new models, you know We've got one ready anc
waiting for you to drive.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23
LEGISATLIvE COUNCIL MEETING ON NOV. 30

A meeting of the Alaska LegfsIa- tive Council has been called by Council Chairman Richard Greuel for November 30 in Fairbanks.
 This meeting will be the last reg ular meeting of the council prior to the converting of the legislature in January. The council will pre- pare a final report to the legisla- ture which will include its recom mendations for proposed legisla- tion. In making it's recommenda tions, the council will review the studies that have been carried out during the past two years
 Members of the council in addi- tion to Grueul are Senators James Nolan, vice chairman. Wrangell: Earl Cooper, Anchorage; Charles Jones, Nome; and Representatives Burke Riley, Haines; Wendell Kay. Anchorage, and Edith Bullock. Kotzebue.
 At present there is one vacancy on the council. Ralph Rivers of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23
NOTICE

Invitation for competitive bid- ding to perform the service of col lecting all garbage, within the municipal limits of the Town of Wrangell, Alaska is hereby extend, ed.
 1. Bid Period: years. Begin ming January l, 1857 Ending January 1, 1862.
 2. Bid price submitted: Should be one contract price only, unless otherwise approved by the Com mon Council.
 3. Copies of the garbage contract may be obtained at the City Hall. Wrangell, Alaska, only between November 3Oth. 1856 and Decem- Der II, 1856 - Not before.
 4. Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk, Wran- gell, Alaska, until 5:O0 o'clock P. M.. December II, 1856, and pub- licly opened at 7:3O P. M., Dec ember II, 1856, at a regular Coun- cil meeting.
 ,. The Town of Wrangen re- serves the right to reject any and all bids.
 Signed this 23rd day of Novem-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23

sentative aren't successful in their move for statehood Hinting rather broadly that he isn't exactly op- timistic, MT. Hitchcock writes:
 If statehood is denied, we iu- tend to ask the 1857 Alaska legis- lature to present a memorial to the U. s. Congress in the form of a home rule bill that would include the main reforms we need to better our condition. Some of these would be elected Governor, local control of fisheries, land law changes. re- di1trictins, assure rural representa- tion, and so On."
 Meanwhile, Mir. Hitchcock re- dacy for the 1856 legislature as an ports he has announced his candi- Independent. Lost out in the last election.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all our friends and the Ketchikan Spruce Mills, for their many acts of kindness and for their contributions to local Memorial Funds in memory of our beloved son and brother, Herbert Bjorge.
 MIR. and MRS. I. c. BJORGE
 LESTER BJORGE
 and FAMILY
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23

Fairbanks resigned from the legis- lature and the council in order to
 tIalify for the office of Represent ative under the Alaska-Tennesse n1an
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23
Too Late to Classify

WANTED - Three-quarter or
 or full size roll-away bed. Phone | 4VS' l-tfc
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23

FOR SALE - Bed Daveno and two platform rockers Call 221.
 1-tfc
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23
Long Winter on the Caribou

Look like long, cold winter on Caribou Greek, up in the,Third Di- vision. Mir. Ben Hitchcock, home steader of the area, is Up with an idea to keep the home fires burn ing during the blustery days. H. is forming, he reports, a committee of independent voters to re-write the Organic Act, in the event the Tennessee-plan senators and repre-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-11-23
PERISCOPE

Continued from Page One) fat is located in room 52O. 9O5 Sec ond avenue building, Seattle 4, and is ever ready to give taxpayers ad- Vice in complying with their tax obligations, Mr. Frank advises.
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available. and u there are enough requests
Grant can arrange to show 1t again. Featurama,
incidentally, is becoming an increasingly pop
ular show with Washington audiences. Grant
was gratifed when one fellow wrote in: I'm
getting a college education watching your
show"
Patsy Cline, the cowgirl singer on WNdAL-
rs Town and Country Time has a mania for
designing her TV outfits. She recently was
commissioned to design costumes for the
mattresses in the Beverly Lounge at the Wood
ner, and according to one eye witness, Patsy
came up with "a fetching get up-very brief
with a gold and dark green motif"
12-year-old Dirk Metzger, now a resident
Of Washington, was the London Correspond
ent for the Mickey Mouse Club weekdays, 5
PM, WMAL-D while his father was stationed
in England. Dirk was selected to make short
films for the TV show reporting different aspects
of life abroad as seen by American boys.
1t took the Mickey Mouse people about
year to shoot 20 films. Now, when Dirk sees
himself on TV, he says II look about the same,
although I've gotten a little taller, but my
voice doesn't sound quite natural" AS for
going into acting professionally, Dirk said, Il
don't think So 1t was fun for a while and a
great experience, but I doubt that I'll make
a career Of it."
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The four Washington TV and radio sta
tions are going full force with their campaigns
to help underpriviledged children at Christmas
time. WTOP and the Junior Chamber of Com
merce have joined for their Dollars for
Orphans" drive, Spear-headed by Eddie Gal
laher and Mark Evans. Last year." Gallaher
tells us, more than $4,000 collected so
that, IN the true spirit of Christmas, under
privileged kids could buy presents for friends
and loved ones"
WMAL has launched its Country Store in
cooperation with the Lions Club. The stations
top stars, headed by Jim Gibbons, at the WASH
ington location Tin front of the station 4461
Connecticut avenue) are on hand to collect
food stuffS.
WTTG-5, together with the Marine Corps.
is collecting "Toys for Tots" at the ESQ and
Shell gas stations and the D. c. fire houses in
the Washington area. Art Lamb has been APP
pointed Civilian Coordination"
WRC tells us it is bringing in hundreds
of toys at it's Christmas Doll House Eleventh
and G streets N.W). AL Ross, who iSsSpending
much of his time at the downtown booth, re-
ports it is "terrificaly gratifying work" A few
unexpected things happen though, Al remarked
"One daya guy came up to me and demanded
that we give him coffee and hamburger, and
another time lady wanted us to help her
find a lost cat"
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THE PUBLIC PULSE
THE PUBLIC PULSE
Presidents Operation
Costs Him Few Votes
BY ELMO ROPER g.
ASSOCIATES

In a Nationwide survey, con-
Quoted sufficiently long after
President Eisenhower's operation
to permit measurement of to-
days impact of it. we found that
his most recent illness has cost
him comparatively few votes.
Forty per cent of the voting
public told us they had planned
to vote for Mr.. Eisenhower for
reelection before his operation
took place, and they still plan to
do so.
However. 4 per cent told us
they had previously planned TO
vote for Mr.. Eisenhower, but
since his operation they were
not sure how they'd vote.
Only / per cent of those who
had previously planned to vote
for him said fatty that they had
changed their minds and would
not. This is offset by the ! per
cent who said they were unde-
cided as to how they planned
to vote before the operation, but
now plan to vote for MI Eisen-
hover.
Another 2 per cent said that
they had been undecided prior
to the operation, but now plan
to vote Democratic.
An additional Is per cent said
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made at 2:40 am, lao am. and
2:40 am. today. Police traced
them through a telephone oper-
ator, who overheard snatches OF
The conversation while collecting
overtime coins.
Queens Chief of Detectives
Raymond V. Martin said the
men apparently were not the
kidnapers, but they still were be-
ing questioned at midday.
Calls Are Traced
Two of the traced calls early
today were made from tavernS
and one from a drugstore.
One of the callers was reported
to have said from tavern: I'm
sick and tired of this mess. Let's
get it over with"
Two of the men picked ur
were questioned about making
the phone calls, and police said
the third man may have seer
the callers.
A high-ranking police Of
fetal said two of the men have
records of minor offenses. They
are in their 20s. They were
questioned for three hours
before dawn at the Elmhurst
Police Station in Queens anc
then taken to an undiscloseo
destination. Their homes re.
portedly were searched, but
nothing connected with the
Weinberger case was known pub.
licly to have been found.
Peter was abducted from his
carriage in the patio of the
Weinbergers' ranch-style home
last Wednesday afternoon. The
kidnaper left a note demanding
$4,000 ransom. He telephoneC
the home twice on Friday ano
increased the demand to $1,000
Made No Contact =
Stuyvesant Pinnell, Nassau
County chief of detectives, tolo
reporters yesterday Mrs. Vein.
berger took $4,000 in cash ano
drove away from her home Fri
day tor a rendezvous with the
abductor. But she returned
without making contact.
MI. Pinnell declined to dis.
close anything more about Thu
attempted meeting.
There is not a thing new
he said. I'VE have no knowl.
edge OF the identity Of the kid.
Inaper; we have no leads thai
look important or fruitful"
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Highway Bridge 7 roffic
Halted by damned Span

For an hour and IS minutes
today the old Highway Bridge
over the Potomac River was
stuck wide open, knocking out
Virginia bound vehicular traf-
fic from Fourteenth street.
The 290-foot swing span, pivot
ing from a central pier, got hung
up at 1915 am. after opening
to permit a downstream oil
tanker to pass.
BY 1880 am. the bridge was
closed again, but not before
traffic had been backed up to
Pennsylvania avenue. Police
got the Jam untangled and sent
cars into Virginia over other
routes.
When the span failed to re-
spond to electric current man.
power was called into action
At first a nine-man crew, moved
to the pivot pier by harbor
precinct boat, failed to bulge
the span with a turntable de-
vice.
Later truck also was at
tached to the span by a half
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inch cable and together with
the men, got the bridge closed
in about 20 minutes.
Potomac Electric Power Co.
workmen found all the fuses on
the bridge power line had blown.
Further examination revealed
that gear key, a two-foot piece
of metal, had dropped from the
gears onto a two-inch power
cable. A section of the cable
at least 20 feet long was dam
aged.
II the damage is not more
extensive. workmen believe they
can have the bridge in working
order again today. Traffic over
the bridge may be reduced from
three to two lanes until the
repairs are completed, thus slow
ing cars somewhat.
Under new regulations by the
Corps Of Engineers introduced
this year. the Potomac bridges
now open only on six-hour no
tice. Previously they operated
each time passing craft sig.
nailed.
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London Hit Heaviest
By Rain in IS Years

LONDON, July 9 lP,-Tor-
rental transforms swept across
England today. Flooded
roads and railway lines held up
tens of thousands of commuters.
Lightning struck dozens of
homes and factories.
The weather bureau said 1874
inches of rain fell in London in
II hours. the heaviest fall re-
corded in Is years. Nine inches
of water in roads outside Buck
ingham Palace slowed morning
rush-hour traffic into the center
of London. Many of Londons
subway stations were closed by
flooding.