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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Broin Contains Sanity Chemical
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

A sanity chemical in the
brain / being demonstrated by
workers at the National Heart
Institute.
This is serotonin. q hormone-
like substance which occurs
both In the brain itself and In
various other body tissues.
Among the notable findings
Of psychiatrists in the past few
years Is that symptoms quite
similar to schizophrenia can be
produced by a drug, lysergic
acid. These symptoms can be
stopped. however, by the new
drug reserpine, which already
is proving Of considerable value
In treatment of mental cases.
The present thesis is that
lysergic acid in some way in
hibits the effects of serotonin,
while reserpine liberates it
from the brain cells in which it
is chemically bound, enabling it
to function. Something clos, to
proof Of this hypothesis has ;.
been made possible, according
to a report to the American
Association for the Advance
ment Of Science by Drs. Ber-
nard Brodie, Alfred Pletscher
and p. s. Shore of the National
Heart Institute, by Develop
ment Of a test which reveals
the precise amount Of sero-
tonin in the brain at any
particular time.
Reaction to Injection
1.-THE serotonin content Of
BRAIN" they report, declined
rapidly after injection Of
reserpine. Within 30 minutes
the decline was about rs per
cent and in four hours it de-
clined about 80 per cent. The
low level persisted for about
"a hours and then increased
slowly, attaining the normal
value after about seven days"
The presence Of reserpine It
self in the brain was no longer
detachable after about IL
hours. they report. but the sed-
alive effects and the changes
in brain serotonin persisted
longer than IS hours. Thus it
seems that reserpine causes an
alteration in the serotonin-
binding capacity of brain cells
that persists long after the
drug itself no longer can be
detected.
"Our present concept" says
the report, "is that serotonin
In the brain is normally present
mainly In q bound form. After
reserpine administration brain
cells lose, in part, their Ca
pacity to retain serotonin and
it is liberated"
y 4 4
There are brilliant orange
"animal bushes" Some are as
much as seven feet tall.
These animals of the shall
low sea floor are among several
thousand specimens of marine
invertebrates obtained by
Frederick M. Bayer, Smith
sonian Institution biologist, in
the Palau Island group Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Poy-os- You-Go Roads

The best and perhaps the only chance
for launching long-term Federal-State
highway program this year apparently
rests on congressional agreement on pay
as-you-go financing. Progress toward
such an agreement, with nod of APP
prevail from the White House, has been
made during the past fortnight. Legis-
lation which would raise an estimated
$12 billion from increased taxes on high
way users and would earmark an addi-
tional $22 billion from existing highway
levies has been introduced in the House.
These revenues, to be matched in part by
the States, would finance 15-year road
building program involving more than
ISL billion.
The need for modernization and ex-
tension Of the national highway system
Is a critical one. The Importance, for
both civil and military reasons, was
spelled out by President Eisenhower in
special message to Congress last year.
His own proposal for financing through
bonds to be issued by special Govern
ment corporation was rejected by both
House and Senate, however, and the
House later voted down a tax-financed
program.
The pending House bill thus repre-
sents a fresh start on the controversial
financing problem. It is virtually certain
that 1t will encounter stiff opposition from
the highway user groups that would carry
the major load Of the increased taxes.
But the administration has made it clear
1t does not approve financing such pro-
gram from general revenues, and no pro-
vision was made in the 1857 budget for
this purpose. II the needed highways
are to be built, pay-as-you-go financing
bearing hardest on those who use the
highways most-seems to offer the best
hope Of getting the job started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17

@. II a man builds his own
airplane, what requirements
must be met before the plane
can be fiown?-R. E. L.
A. 1t must be registered and
certificated by the Civil Aero
nautics Administration. The
registration fee Is 81. In order
that an aircraft fabricated by
a private individual who is a
United States citizen may be
registered, the administration
will require a statement signed
in ink by the owner and
sworn to before a notary pub
lie, setting forth that the air.
craft was built from parts and
that the signer is the owner Of
all rights. title and interest
therein. The builder should as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Missile at Air Force

Regarding your editorial.
missile Mystery" why do we
keep tanning the breeze about
the Soviets' guided missile
lead? Let's face 1t. Trevor Gard
ner resigned, not because the
Soviets are leading the United
States In missile development.
but because he was frustrated
over failure to gain an extra
$500 million for the United
States Air Force. to duplicate
the Army and Navy effort In
this field.
Why has Senator Symington
suddenly switched from build
ing up Air Force bombing
wings to guided missile domi-
nation? Can 1t be that the Air
Force is getting less money for
missile development than the
Army and Navy? II Senators
Jackson and Symington and
Mr.. Gardner have information
on Soviet guided missiles that
United States intelligence has
not passed on to President
Eisenhower, then these men
should. by all means, divulge
their information Immediately.
Surely there must be someone
in the administration author
lied to have such highly clas-
sified information.
When we tripled (uniffed)
our defense forces after the
war. the Army was automatic
cally denied the use Of aircraft.
without which a military vic
tory could not have been
gained in World War II. The
Army is now In the process Of
developing q tactical air arm
to provide the air support
necessary for modern warfare.
Now that the guided missile
is becoming practicable, the
Air Force must have the ICBM
too. Why? Is 1t because the
missile passes through the
sacred air? So does the soldiers
bullet. viii that be denied the
Army too?
Surface-to-surface missiles
are part Of a weapon system.
without which future war
cannot be waged. and 1t is
tragic that the Air Force is
intent on preventing the Army
from having a weapon that
can be called strategic. Can
1t be that the Air Force alone
knows the requirements that
describe q strategic target?
Can 1t be that the glamour
will be gone from aviation
when guided missiles replace
the aircraft? Or can it be that
Air Force doctrine teaches
that strategic delivery Of q
weapon Is decisive in war and
therefore they must have the
weapon?
More power to the Air Force
in their quest for good air-to-
air, air-to-surface or surface
to-air missiles. but God save
us all II anyone can RATIONAL
lie that surface \ to surface
missiles belong to the Air
Force family Of weapons. Are
we not q team?
Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17

viii handle his money with the
same fingers with which he
eats.
The Garden Of Eden had no
keys, but the serpent got In
just the same.
i 81
In childhood, pantry doors
sometimes had keys. espe-
cially when they held cookies.
Bookcases always had keys
when some work thought to be
detrimental to the childish
mind was housed therein.
How silly it all was can easily
be seen today.
How dull Three Weeks"
strikes the inquisitive mind
that goes back to it.
Was this the book that
threatened the morals of child
hood, and set staid universities
about the ears?
Yes. 1t is. and everything
was silly, in those days. espe-
cially this.
Women's hats were silly.
their skirts fantastic, and the
way they wore their hair was
out Of this world.
Mems high collars, tight
down the front. were silliest
of all. except the busters they
Wore when they solemnly
mounted q horseless carriage
and rode away at q breath
taking Is miles an hour.
Here is an old key that ought
to go back to someone who
might need it.
Does he ever get it?
Seldom, II ever. The hours
go by, then days, the weeks
come and go more rapidly than
the years, but they all get there
just the same.
And the man never gets his
key back, until 1t is too late,
and then you give 1t to him,
with a tag hung to 1t with q bit
Of string, and on the tag the
the mystic symbols: key to
room 723."
When the man gets it, he
looks at 1t, wonders what that
Is. and puts it away in a drawer
with 10 old pencils, q copy of
Freud's Introduction to Psy-
choanalysis." and three indi-
gestion remedies.
So old keys find their rest at
last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

How many keys should q
man carry?
The French would say two,
one to q wife's heart. the other
to the heart of q lady friend.
Most Americans will think
four keys viii do, one to the
automobile, one to his own
house, one to the locker, and
one to the desk.
Young men and boys COM
monty carry too many keys on
a chain. as In the older days, or
in a fancy keycase. as Of today.
The tendency to pile UP keys
makes q bulky chain or over
flows the case. Such multiple
keys have a habit of going out
of date.
4 4 4 4
A man suddenly looks at the
little fiat key, and idly wonders
what 1t was ever for. how long
had he had It?
There is no answer.
It is one Of those unlockers
whose function ended q long
time ago.
Yet here 1t is. hiding under
the door key.
Door keys have their own
ways in life.
Some are fiat. but more are
round. at least thick. One kind
you poke in, turn, and then
turn again. Some must be in
serted upside down, a curious
sort Of thing; and then they
turn backward. which is even
odder, or more odd, as you
choose.
There is no getting away
from the fact that keys may be
q key to character.
The careful man will take
care of his keys. the careless
carry them around higgly-
piggy, willy-nilly. or helter-
SHELTER.
There is no understanding
the way Of a man with q key.
A woman carries hers In an
inner pocket which def1es any
man to find.
The sexes diverge for keeps
right here. There is no uniting
what key has driven asunder.
The man has one way of keep
ing his keys. the woman quite
another and queerer.
Just as she wears gloves to
the very point of eating. q man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Selfish Interests Probe

It is gratifying that Senator Cores
subcommittee is going to make full in
vestigation of the extent to which selfish
interests may have sought or may seek
by improper use of financial resources
under their control to interfere with or
uSurp the rights of the people OF the
several States to elect their own Repre-
sentatives and Senators. -.
This Is quite a mouthful. It could
mean almost anything. Do these selfish
interests" include all lobbies-natural
gas, union, and what not? What is the
definition of improper use Of financial
resources? II man gives contribu-
ton to Senator because he likes the
Senator's political philosophy, is that an
attempt to ''usurp the rights Of the peo-
ple"? Or does this apply only when there
may be some purpose to influence the
Senator's vote on a particular measure?
The point is that very few Senators
and Representatives can stay in business
without accepting campaign contribu-
tions. And most people who contribute
money to candidates have selfish" in
terest in doing so. At the very least, they
contribute their money to candidates they
think will vote, in the main, as they
would like to see them vote-whether the
question be gas bill, repeal Of the Taft
Hartley Act or a new post office at the
county seat. In short, campaign contri-
buttons are an essential part Of our POI
litical system.
Nevertheless, 1t is good thing that
the subcommittee is going to conduct its
investigation. For the special committee
which has been looking into the proffer
of $4,000 to Senator Case has left many
questions unanswered. If Senator Gore
and his colleagues really intend to 'pro-
coed with caution and probity, but with
determination" they can render worth
while service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17

Carolines, now one Of the
American trust territories In
the South Pacific. He took part
In a joint expedition Of
the Vanderbilt Foundation
of Stanford University, the
Smithsonian and the Once
of Naval Research.
The sea bushes are colonies
Of coral animals, whose bril-
liant orange tissues cover o
black. horny skeleton. They
are the so-called antipatheria,
or black corals. The name is
derived from the Greek word
against" and suffering" be-
cause Of q widespread folk
belief that they are an anti
dote for any poison.
\ 4 4 Il
Is the weather getting
warmer?
II so, man may be responsible
by communicating the earth's
atmosphere faster than nature
can clean it.
This hypothesis has just
been advanced by DR.. Johr. q.
Hutton Of the engineering
laboratory OF the General
Electric Co.
The man-Inade increase in
the belt Of carbon dioxide en-
circling the earth may be
having q greenhouse effect on
the climate, he said. Trees
and plants. take up carbon
dioxide from the air and re-
lease oxygen.
Natures Work Undone
However" says DR.. Hutton,
when people chop down trees
and build factories on former
open fields they lessen the
amount Of carbon dioxide
nature is cleaning from our
air, as well as the oxygen she
is putting into 1t.
AT the same time people
are Increasing the air contami-
nation by running more auto
mobiles, trucks. trains, planes
and ships, by building more
factories and reflneries, and
in other ways pouring carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere"
The idea that atomic ex.
plosions are changing the
climate is ridiculous, he said.
How insignificant the
energy Of a hydrogen bomb
explosion is" he said, when
one considers 1t would take
exploding H-bombs at I've
mile intervals over the face Of
the earth to equal the amount
Of radiation the earth receives
each day from the, sum-"
A summer thunderstorm, he
said. has considerably more
energy than any known bomb,
yet it has no effect on the
weather pattern Of the world.
Efforts to determine whether
there Is an actual increase in
the amount Of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere. and whether
1t actually has the effect Of
preventing heat from escaping
to outer space will form part
OF the program Of the forth
coming international Geo.
physical Year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17


Judgment. win probably for
ever forbid their living to-
gether upon the footing Of per-
feet equality"
Most Of US are pretty much
In agreement that Lincoln was
a great American. AS an Amer
lean myself. / strongly resent
his being falsely associated
with the doctrine that says:
Every person is economically,
socially and anthropologically
the same as every other per-
son-or else!"
Everette Severe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Disgrace in Alabama

On several occasions ] have
criticized The Stars editorials,
but your editorial deploring
the action Of o mob attacking
q coed ut the University Of
Alabama was in the highest
tradition Of American journal
ism.
Unfortunately, good things
don't seem to last long, for on
February IL .editorially you
compared the action Of an
overzealous attorney who
charged that school officials
were responsible for the mob's
action as being as deplorable
as a mob attacking a young
woman. Mob action Is the re-
sponsibility of the local police,
and when they cannot handle
the situation 1t becomes the
duty Of higher authority to see
that order Is restored. It would
appear that the president of
the university carried out his
responsibility.
Edward ]. MacClane.
Your editorial. Disgrace in
Alabama" was most amusing.
except the closing sentence, "a
dangerous sickness is perme-
ating our human society, and
all Of us had better resolve to
root 1t out before 1t is too
late" How true Is this state
ment--not pertaining to the
Alabama case. however, but to
the controls Of our Federal
Government!
I know where the roots Of
the evils lie, and I recommend
that every American citizen
who wishes to preserve our
Constitution read Col. John
Beatty's book. 1.-THE Iron Cur
tain Over America" in order
that they. too. may be released
from obscurity. This book has
been Endorsed by both 1t.
Gems. George Stratemeyer and
Pedro del Vale.
Let us commend those citi-
zens Of Alabama for doing q
marvellous Job in exterminating
that part Of the weed appear
ing above ground--or would 1t
be appropriate to say at this
time for attempting to destroy
that part Of the evil that has
made full appearanceaa I am
proud Of my Alabama kin!
Massie C. Burgess.
Although no one remotely
suspects Alabama authorities
Of deliberately working for the
Communists. 1t cannot be de-
MED that what happened to
Autherine Lucy at the Uni
versity Of Alabama gives the
Communists wonderful propa-
ganda material. On q recent
network broadcast, 1t was
stated that every foreign news
paper is playing up this Incl
dent; and that the Communist
press is using it to point out
how far removed according to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Pork-ond-Sh Plan

The Star tells Of an award to
Oscar I. Dodek as author of
the downtown park-and-shop
plan. Four other cities, the
item says, are considering
similar plans, thus implying
that, before Washington, there
was nothing.
Surely 1t is taking nothing
from the magnitude Of Mr..
Dodek's achievement to men
ton that Allentown, Pa. has
had park-and-shop for years.
and that 1t is possible that
news from there filtered down
to Washington. so that the
herculean strain Of conception
may have been lessened.
Mycroft Holmes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Bad Weather and Schools

new school policy will place the re-
sponsibility for keeping children home in
bad weather where 1t ought to be-on the
parents. Hereafter the public schools
will not be closed when 1t SHOWS or blows
unless conditions are so severe that Fed
eral and District agencies decide to shut
down for the day.
The revised plan will prevent re-
eurrence of the ill-advised school closing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. Az
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17

@. What percentage Of the
population Of the United States
is handicapped?-J. p.
A. The Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation estimates that
throughout our country today
there are about 2 million per-
sons so disabled that they need
the comprehensive services
which the Federal-State pro-
gram provides. About ESQ. 900
persons annually reach the
point Of needing such services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17

sign a serial number to the
aircraft. In addition. it will be
necessary for the owner to
obtain q registration number
from his local Civil Aeronau-
tics agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKlN SERvIC

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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16
Souvenir Hunters
Deplete Mile Signs
On Alaska Hiway

OTTAWA, R-Souvenir hunt
ers have made it almost impos-
sible for the Army to keep. mile
age signpoSts on the Alaska High
way. The Army has had charge
of maintenance of the 1,221-mile
highway for the past 10 years.
There was a signpost every
mile along the highway, indicat-
ing the distance from Dawson
Greek, BIC, southern end of the
road, to Fairbanks. Each mile
post is numbered.
The Army said the majority of
the mileposts indicators go I'M
touched but tourists have a yen
for signs numbered 1913, TT and
1000.
With the signs disappearing as
fast as they could be put up, the
Army attached boxes to the mile
posts filled with spare markers.
The idea was that tourists want
ing markers as souvenirs could
take one of the spares. But the
travellers continued to wrench
markers from the wooden posts.
Army engineers then erected
steel posts with the markers
welded to them. So far they have
for six months, a rec
ord.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16
Il Killed, 200 Injured
In Wake of Tornado
In South Birmingham
by THE Assoc rArrD Press

Thunderstorms rumbled across
the Gulf States and northward to
North Carolina today in the wake
of tornado winds and destructive
WindstormS which struck sections
of Alabama and Georgia yester-
day.
At least 81 persons were killed
and more than 200 injured in the
tWister that ripped into suburban
areas of Birmingham, Ala, Sun
day. More than 100 houses were
flattened and hundreds of others
damaged. Some 400 persons were
homeless.
The deaths in Alabama brought
this months tornado toll to at
least 81.
Heaviest toll of dead and in
jured was in McDonald's Chapel,
a community of 5000 population
outside the northwestern city linn
its of Birmingham. Most of the
victims there were Negroes.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16
Unexpected Commonplace
In High School Play
On Thursday Evening

A test run was made of mo
More Homework" last year in
Gorden, Neb., and it was rated
tops and a sure success by a
committee of judges. The author,
John Henderson, dramatically
startles the audience in the third
act.
Romance kicks up its lovely
heels in this merry turnabout.
Who would ever have guessed
that elderly Miss Goodin carried
torch" for the confirmed faculty
bachelor, Mr.. Harper? Who ever
would imagine that "Tok," the
diminutiVe janitor, would even
tually dominate Mrs. Ratchet, the
demon scrub lady who = every
expected-rode home each night
on her broomStick? Or that some
body would accidentally lock
llmburger cheese sandwich in
trunkful of costumes for Rusty
Wings" the school play? All of
these events and more keep Act
ing Principal, Pamela Jones in
Whirl.
This hilarious three-act comedy
will be presented at 800 pm.
on April 10 in the school auditor
ium.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16
Bulganin and Khrushchev
Are First Red Leaders To
Visit a Western Power

MOSCOW, Premier Bull
ganin and Soviet party chief Mix
tia Khrushchev set out Saturday
on the first leg of their historic
journey to Britain.
1t marked the first time since
the Russian revolution that top
rulers of the worlds chief Com
munist state have left their cap
ital to pay a state visit to a major
western power.
TIE two Soviet leaders were to
set sail from the Baltic port of
Baltisk. They are scheduled to
arrive in Britain Wednesday for
their Today visit.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16
Two Men Swap Homes
To End Committing

DALLAS, R-Braniff Anyways
employe Jim Phillips, tired of
having to travel daily to Fort
Worth where he was recently
transferred, put an ad in the pa
per offering to swap his home for
one in Fort Worth.
His first caller was Branifff en-
ploye Harry Betz, who for three
years has been committing daily
from his Fort Worth home to Love
Field in Dallas, a distance of about
80 miles.
They snapped even.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16
MIMI HOSPITAL

Admitted: Mary Ahnangnato-
guk, Bert Bell.
Discharged: A. Polet Steven
Attatayuk, Mike Ahkolik, James
Moses.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16
ARGENTINE TEAM PREPARES
TO SCALE WORLDS HIGHEST
UNCONOUERED MT. PEAK

NEW DELHI, R-An. Argentine
expedition has begun its attempt
to scale rugged Mount Dhaulagiri,
the worlds highest unconquered
peak, the Argentine embassy said
Saturday.
A spokesman said the embassy
received a letter April from Col.
Emilliano Huerta, leader of the
expedition, saying an advance
party had set up camp at the
base of the 26,810-foot Nepalese
slope.
The eight-man team expects to
make the final assault on the
mountain late next month.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-04-16

Chinchillas, aristocrats of the
rodent family, are related to
guinea pigs, rats, squirrels and
rabbits.