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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
Good Eggs and Bad

The annual Easter Monday egg
rolling at the White House has become
something just bit more than an insti-
tuition in the Nations Capital. 1t has
become sort of a friendly exercise in
democracy-a kind of good neighborlineSS
between thousands of junior citizens,
visitors as we'll as local residents, and the
FIRST family" living at 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue. And when it is all over the pleas
ant sense of it is worth far more than the
cost of rehabilitating the White House
lawn, or treating a few cases of small
sized Indigestion, or even of restoring the
peace of mind of a few lost parents.
According to all accounts, this years
event was one of the best.
1t is the more sad, therefore, to con-
traSt this years happy disorder at the
White House with the unhappy events
at Fort Dupont Park. For the disorder
there, also bidding to become an annual
affair, was one of violence and destruc-
ton that seemed to have no meaning.
Throwing sticks, stones and even knives
at passing automobiles and at mounted
policemen hardly qualities as good, clean
fun. Indeed it is difficult to imagine it
being fun of any kind. And yet strangely
enough the same pattern of uninhibited
violence and vandalism is found in our
neighboring city of Baltimore, where it
has become the Easter Monday practice
of juveniles to destroy the gardens and
terrorize the animals at the Druid Hill
Park ZOO.
If there is a solution to all this, or
even an explanation, they are not easily
discernible. But the contrast on one
hand, and the parallel on another, are
provocative problems in youthful human
behavior
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Mysterious Viruses Beinu Studied
By THOMAS r. HEl

flexibly in nature may be ex-
pected to throw important
light on evolution in general"
Il y y +
An abandoned town is float
ing around the North Pole.
A few months ago it had
five inhabitants - intrepid
scientists. By now they prob
ably have left and will be back
in civilization in a few months.
The town has substantial
housing, plenty Of f6el and
plenty Of food. 1t is open for
anybody who wants to go
there, and has a legitimate
excuse for being there.
For a long time it was the
most northern human settle
ment in the world, within 10
miles of the North Pole. 1t
probably is the most northern
settlement still, although at
latest reports about 100 miles
from the Pole.
This town" is the United
States Air Force base on Ice
Island T3, occupied for two
years by Air Force officers and
soldiers. 1t may be occupied
again as a weather observing
station during the coming
international geophysical year,
although no plans have been
made for this occupation.
T3 is probably the largest
OF the Arctic's ice islands,
something new in geography.
They are floating masses of ice
broken loose from Arctic ice
shelves. Essentially, however,
they are floating islands with
hills, valleys. brooks and lakes.
Any explorer who spotted one
would claim that he had dis
covered a new island.
Loses Weather Post Value
The island first was occu-
pied by the Air Force when it
was undoubtedly the worlds
northernmost land" It now
has drifted to within 1870 miles
Of the northern coast of Files
mere land, so that its impor-
lance as a weather station,
considering the difficulties Of
keeping up a supply chain,
largely is lost.
Some of the wanderingS of
T3 were described at a SYM
postum here under the auspices
of the Arctic Institute of North
America. In the past IL to Is
years it has made a complete
circuit of the western half of
the Arctic ocean, now recog-
nized as separate ocean quite
distinct from the eastern Arctic
north of Siberia. 1t now is at
point in it's journey where,
on a clear day, the topmost
peaks of the Ellesmere noun
tainS can be seen from its
shores. Depth of the water
beneath it has decreased from
100 to 400 fathoms.
The last citizens" of T3
were intrepid American scien-
fists interested in the biological
and geophysical problems Of
the Arctic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ASKN SERVICE
By THE HASKIN SERVICE


named for Davy Crockett
l.. I. X.
A. Yes. She was launched at
Mystic, Conn. on October 10,
1858, for the New York to San
Francisco trade. The old ships
figurehead is one OF the most
popular exhibits of the Mari
time Museum in San Fran
cisco. II represents Davy
Crockett in coonskin cap and
carrying his rifle. In an ex-
cellent state Of preservation,
the figurehead was mounted
only while the ship was in
port; during voyages it was
kept inside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

And the hand?
The thing is growing nicely,
in a sense, and one hesitates to
apply the axe" That is Just
the way it seems. An ak, which
We always think looks better
spelled axe"
Perhaps there is no better
way to prune than to first
adopt the suggestion Of our
correspondent, and feel that 1t
is public duty.
*
1t is much the same here as
with the bushy headed fellow
who needs a haircut.
He goes along. until sud-
denly he sees himself in a mir
ror. and asks. who's that?"
why. that's me-" he'll say.
a bit ungrammatically, but
who cares about grammar any
more?
He gets a haircut, and the
barber rejoices. So do his
friends.
The need in shrubs is to
stand off and look the land
over with the same critical
eye.
Then it is easy to see what
should be done.
The way of it must also in
clude the duty one owes others.
This last is always a good
lesson for any human being to
learn. since the eternal ego
Of the species makes duty to
self paramount.
If an overgrown bush pulls
us out of ourselves. and helps
make us think of others, it has
done double duty. and will live
forever in the heavens where
all good shrubs go.
Stand off. today or tomor-
row. or Sunday, and look how
far out bushes and evergreens
and hedges stand. and deter
mine what you can do about,
them, before somebody forces
you to do something.
Foundation paintings need
an overhauling every rs years.
How long since yours has
been?
Shrubs, and bushes, and
hedging materials. and tree
branches often obstruct subur-
ban sidewalks. and offer real
danger to walkers eyes.
In the words Of our cor
respondent. reform yourself.
If you have been creating a
public hazard for others.
In thus helping them, you
will help both yourself and
your property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
Arab Refugee Problem

The letter by James NJ.
Thomson on March 90, dealing
with the Arab refugees, raises
certain questions to which
there are factual answers.
1t should be noted, first of
all, that there would not be
a single Arab refugee today If
the United Nations resolution
on partition in l947 had not
been rejected by the Arabs
who waged war against the
resolution and Israel.
Nevertheless, Israel has re-
peatedly offered to pay COM
pensation for the abandoned
Arab property. AS Mr., Thorn
son notes, our government has
also affirmed its readiness to
help Israel in this effort. More
over, Israel has released Sc
million in blocked accounts of
AfaD refugees.
Arab leaders, however. have
turned down all these efforts.
They have rejected all of
Israel's offers by their stub
born insistence on repatriation
and by their economic block
ade of Israel, which limits
1srael's ability to pay compen-
sation. They have also never
offered to release the blocked
accounts of Jewish refugees
who were forced TO flee from
their native homes in these
Arab countries.
Our government has repeat
eddy pointed out that resettle-
ment rather than repatriation
Is the real solution to the Arab
refugee problem. 1t has given
the United Nations consider
able funds for that purpose.
and initiated the Johnston
plan for the Jordan Valley de-
velopment which would make
thousands of acres of barren
land arabic and fit for reset
Element purposes. This, too,
the Arab states have blocked.
In 1854. Representatives.
Lawrence H. Smith of Wiscon-
sin and Winston L. Prouty OF
Vermont made an official
study 4 the Arab refugee
problem. In their report to
Congress. entitled Special
Study Mission TO the Near
East" they said:
The United States should
serve notice that it will not
support the return of the
Arab refugees TO their former
homes within the boundaries
Of Israel under existing con-
ditionS.
IF it is made clear to the
Arab countries and the refu-
gees that their former homes
in Palestine cannot be re-
stored and that their future
will inevitably be in the Arab
nations. the process Of resettle-
ment should be greatly facil-
itated."
To Mr.. Thomson, and any,
one else who really wants the
facts, it should be obvious that
the Arab leaders are callously
exploiting the Arab refugees
and prolonging their misery in
order to blackmail the West.
BY using these unfortunate
men and women as political
pawns in their undeclared war
against Israel. the Arab lead
erS are committing a crime
against humanity.
s. Hauser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
Election Plan

Senator Mundt, Republican
of South Dakota, in the recent
debate on 81. Res. 81. a pro-
posal to change the method OF
electing the President and Vice
President. expressed fears that
States small in population are
we'll nigh permanently ex-
cluded from the presidency,
that said presidency is a per-
manent possession of the big
States. This need not be so.
For instance. if the IS smallest
States in population, which
had a bit less of one-flfth of
the United States population
in 1850, would stick together,
they could just about always
control the presidency. This
would entail splinter parties in
other sections of the Nation.
but that shouldn't be too hard.
The small States could create
a situation which would pro-
duce a new Dixiecrat Party
tfor the Southern States out
side the small State bloc), and
the rightist Republicans could
probably be induced to split
off from the leftist Republic
cans. etc. All this would no
doubt prevent any one slate
from getting the necessary 266
electoral votes. thus throwing
the election Of the President
to the House of Representa-
tives, at which point each
States delegation has one vote
under the unit rule. This
would, you see. elect the small
State candidate, because he
would have Is votes, a major
Ity Of the 40!
What is more. this plan is
IOOlpr0Ol. because without the
consent of at least Is of the
small States. the Constitution
cannot be amended to get rid
Of this beautiful small State
system! So, all in all, why
should Senator Mundt or any
one else from a small State ar
que that the present electoral
college system works against
them? 1t seems to me that all
the small States have to do to
elect their man is to use a
little honest, constitutional in
genuity.
Henry StOner.
Avon Park, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

@. Is the great pitch lake
in Trinidad becoming smaller
as a result of all the asphalt
removed from it? Will the
supply eventually be eX-
hauSted?-J. v. S.
A. Though the level of the
lake has dropped about 20
feet curing the past century,
there still Is plenty of asphalt
for the supply is apparently
replenished from deep below
the surface. Within a week
after solid Jumps of asphalt
are dug out the hole is filed
up again.
Q. Was there a clipper ship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
Inteqrotion Views

William Baker. in letter
Directing to Dorothy Thomp-
sons recent column about Au-
Uterine Lucy, manifests an all
too typical integrationist view
point. And because of the dam
gers that lie in a lack of I'M
Outstanding on this issue, a
couple of points should be
made.
First of all, Miss Thompson
was right in her premise that
a law cannot be forced upon
an unwilling majority. And in
the case of the Supreme Court
decision, the majority of peo-
pie in those regions affected
by the decision are decidedly
against it. To make the un-
Substantiated claim that most
people in the United States
favor forced indignation and
that, therefore. majority opin-
ion supports the decision. is
invalid since the ruling was not
made for the country as a
whole. but by implication for
those areas wherein segrega-
ton was practiced, and directly
only for the five cases before
the Court.
If Mr.. Baker and his friends
would stop beating the inte-
grafton toms long enough
to give a fair appraisal OF the
Southern position, they might
come to realize that said posi-
ton is not based on a Negro
hating philosophy. Looking
Steadfastly at the end of his
nose, he sees social separation
of whites and Negroes. and
quickly draws the conclusion
that. therefore, Southern
whites hate Negroes and want
to punish them. If, however,
he would let his eyes and mind
focus beyond the tip of his
proboscis, he could see that
separation Is practiced to in
sure preservation of the races
and their respective cultures.
And don't tell me there is no
such thing as a distinction be-
tween races and between Gull
lures!
Contrary to what some per-
sons claim, Southerners have
as much native intelligence, as
much genuine religion and as
strong a sense of justice as
anyone else. And If they insist
on separation of the races, de-
spite the Supreme Court, the
Administration, UNESCO, the
Communist Party and q lot of
wcll-meaning but myopic
citizens from other sections of
the country, then there must
be a lot more to the issue than
Mr.. Baker and Co. realize. And
] suggest they start trying TO
understand right away before
some real tragedy occurs.
Everette Severe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
Spring Gardener

April comes aStride a cloud
To tend her garden. She is
proud
OF buds awakened everywhere
And fowerS pertaining the air.
OF cherry blossoms. dd6odilS,
And golden poppieS in The
halS.
she Sprb,klcS them and begS
The sun
TO spread his warmth on
euery one,
until that happy, glorious ddv
When there are bdSketSjul for
May.
Mekkin S Perkins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

Mysterious viruses. the ma
jority known only in animals
but which potentially may be
serious menaces to man, are
being investigated by Rookie
Teller Foundation scientists.
Most of them were encoun-
tered during the foundations
studies of yellow fever.
OF % now being studied, the
foundation announces, eight
are known to cause serious and
often fatal illnesses in men.
Four result in a disease SINH
lar to encephalitis. Several of
the others are associated with
grippe-like infections. The
rest have been found only in
lower mammals and insects,
although there is indirect evil
dence Of human infection.
Important Advances
An entirely new virus, tenta-
lively named mayaro, was iso-
lated during the past year
from a moderately ill patient
in Trinidad. Tests show that
it is closely related to a group
Of viruseS already being stud
led and which produce en-
cephalitis. Its closest relative
is the Semliki Forest virus,
discovered by Rockefeller sci
entists. which supposedly is
confined to the dense jungle
of East Africa. Blood samples
from a large part of South
America indicate that mayaro
is fairly we'll spread. Several
other new viruses, isolated
from men, animals and mos
quitoS in the Amazon valley
and Trinidad, are in various
stages of study.
For the past seven years,
the foundation reports, the
main emphasis of it's work has
been on the identification and
characterization of unknown
viruSeS and of the clinical
symptoms they might cause.
The program also is studying
mammals and birds which may
serve as reservoirs for these
disease agents.
Several important advances
have been made recently. Bio
chemical studies. for example,
have shown that an antibody
which lnhibits the action of a
virus in a test tube actually is
composed of two substances.
One has a general action
against a group of viruseS, the
other against a particular
species.
There is still a wide gap"
the foundation reports. be
tween what is known about
viruses from physical and
chemical studies and the
knowledge derived from cpl
Neurological and immunologi-
cal Investigations. Viruses are
agile enemies. They easily
adapt to different hosts and
can change their virulence for
a given host. They have sew
eral points of similarity to the
genes of high organisms. The
study of how they evolve so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
A lady out Kensington wa

A lady out Kensington way
writes:
You have a very subtle
way of pointing up unpleas-
ant facts and making people
think"
She says it would be a pub
lie service if this column could
get people to look at the plant
ings on their property and
reform themselves"
She means, of course. their
hedges, shrubs, and sometimes
trees.
We have spoken Of this.
from time to time. for gears.
without any appreciate re-
form, as far as we can see.
Large bushes still cut off the
view. and hedges at times are
a real danger. too.
Overgrown paintings of all
kinds may cause traffic acci-
dents, as we'll as constitute a
hazard to small children, who
have an unfortunate habit of
suddenly appearing out of
nowhere.
y 4
1t all goes back to a funda-
mental defect in human ma
ture:
Nobody likes to prune.
Perhaps it is worse than
that.
No one, really, knows how
to prune.
1t is easy to read about it
in the gardening books, but
the moment the average house
holder takes a pair of snip
pers, or a saw, in hand, his
mind becomes a blank.
He is, in plain language,
afraid to cut.
He almost finds himself in
the position Of Hamlet, in his
famous soliloquy ca very hard
word to spelD.
Whether TO cut, or not to
cut; cutting may lead on to
failure. whereas not cutting,
ali! there's the rub - the
blamed thing is just a traffic
hazard, o PoloniuS.
x X
Too large plants. OF any
kind. are called leggy.
They are worse than that:
they become miserable looking.
and never do well. like some
poor human beings.
Sometimes people try fertil-
izing overgroWn evergreens
and shrubs, with no results.
The trouble is they need to
be cut back severely. but
where is the heart to do it?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

saying on March %. 1856: 1--WE
are determined to hold our
western territory despite in
dependence demands by Pa
than tribesmen."
This is a direct admission
by Gen. Mira that it is the
Pakhtun people themselves
who want independence.
Aurang Shah, MD.
President, AZad Pakhtunis-
stan Association of America,
Sacramento, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

Pen names MAY be used II
letters carry DTiters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

Q. Was there a clipper ship
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-11-29
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Telephone TIE 4-8935

1CAcPuOuc he 4-6SJo
Sympathy is extended to Mrs.
G.B. Fox and family in the
recent loss of their husband and
father and to Mrs. Alice Coe
in the loss Of her brother.
Mr.. Fox was born is Troy
and through the years retained
a deep interest in his former
home and often returned to the
community to keep up with his
friends. A number Of families
from here attended funeral SER
vices in Burton on Sunday after
noon.
There is something very inn
pOrtant coming up soon that
has our wholehearted support
and we plan to plug for real
results. The ladies Of the Aid
and Political Club are planning
to collect canned food that can
be used at the Pope Home.
The gathering depot will be at
the Community House and will
be on Dec. 13. That Is the date
for their annual joint Xmas
party.
In particular we are looking
for quart or 2 of either canned
fruit or vegetables per donor
or any amount of jelly or jam.
BY the way, do you know why
the two strawberries were cry
ing? Their mother was in a
jam.--The food may be home
canned or timed. Money dona-
tions will also be welcome. There
is no good reason why this
appeal shouldn't bring in many
hundreds of quarts Of food for
very worthy cause. Anyone
living on Jug Rd. North that
wishes to give may contact me
(Self Appointed and will pick
up your offering.
A man with a suit case
doesn't create much of stir
at Sagers for he is usually a
ooASoAiAdAA Va q PdOCCASCl Oll tllC
bus line, but there was stir
when it was discovered that the
man was Mr.. Robert Sager of
the Panama Canal Zone. He
hasn't been back for about fift-
cen years. At present he finds
our climate rather chilly and
has gone to visit his father Mr..
BE. Sager and brother Lyle
and family in Woodstock, Vir-
ginia.
If you missed the Amateur
Show, you were the LOSER! !!
There was a very nice show
with quite a variety Of acts.
Principal, Mr.. Johnson was the
NC and kept the show rolling
along at a steady pace with
his cater and jokes. First
prize was awarded to an aero
batic team, Jean Ann Rajak-
owSki and Barbara Teeple, Sc
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-11-29
FenWick
Herd Tops
in nGeauga

The dairy herd owned by
Robert Fenwick Of Claridon had
the best D.H.I.A. production
record for October in Geauga
and Lake Counties. This herd
of 25 Holsteins with 8 dry cows
produced 1857 pounds OF milk
and 48.4 pounds of butterfat
per COW for the month accord
ing to the Dairy Service Unit
released by Leland D. Schuler,
County Agricultural Agent of
Burton.
Rating second was a herd of
80 HolSteins with 2 dry cows
owned by Merton Beardsley &
Son Of Montville. This herd
averaged 1874 pounds of milk
with 45.9 pounds Of butterfat
per COW.
Other herds In the Counties
top ten were Ed Struna, Mad
iSon; Howard McNish, Dan Wen
gerd, Middlefield; Cora Sack
ett-Dan Fisher, Parkman; Ho-
ward & Donald McNish, Bur.
ton; Herbert Langshaw, Perry;
HIN. Stephan, Burton; Mrs. D,
w. Shallenberger-Elmo Rogers,
Chester and RIA. Grieg & Son,
Leroy.
The high individual COW in
milk production was owned by
Howard McNish F. Gingerich
Claridon. This COW produced
$500 pounds of milk testing 3.a
per cent.
The high individual COW ir
butterfat production was owned
by Ed Struna of Madison. This
COW produced $50 pounds o1
butterfat testing 4.3 per cent
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-11-29

cond prize went to Margaret
Esser for vocal solo and
third to Elaine Jahn for an
accordian solo.
PTO president, Helen Kangas
wishes to thank everyone who
helped to make arrangements
and who worked in the refresh
ment booth at the Amateur show.
We are always pleased to re-
ceive news from our out Of
state friends and the following
came from Ocala, Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Brosius
fLaverne Wagner) are proud
parents Of Rachel Laverne born
October % and weighed IA.
Rachel has a brother Raymond.
The grandparents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Wagner (Jessie Tay-
lori and Mrs. H. Brosius. Rach-
els great grandmother Mrs.
Amelia Taylor, has arrived In
Ocala, Florida and is also ex-
cited over the new baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Imhof
announce the arrival of their
second child and first daughter
on November 8, at st. Lukes
Hospital. The wee miss weighed
TO and has been named Ellen
Janet and both mother and
daughter are feeling just grand!
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Renner
and children joined the CA.
Whitlam family for Thanksgiv-
ing dinner. The guest of honor
was Mrs. Florence Kendall of
Detroit, who spent a long week
end visiting her sisters family
and who especially came to
help her mother Mrs. Lucy
Mathia celebrate her birthday
The Melvin and Bill Wood
families enjoyed the 10th wedd-
ing anniversary party for Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Chamberlin In
Hambden on Sunday afternoon,
There will be no regular PTO
meeting in December as is the
usual custom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sodo and
daughter Regina attended the
Opportunity School Benefit Turk.
ey dinner In Chardon recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kocisko
and family Of Euclid were Sun.
day afternoon and supper guests
of his brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. and Joseph Kocisko
| Yours truly was the winner
of that fine basketball recently
Evidently the Editor thought
was too old for such sport
Well, I'm mott!
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bono
entertained their three sons and
their families for dinner las
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Lewis
OF Kent were Sunday dinnel
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Buster
Kleinshrot and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rosen,
green and Nancy spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs
Neil Mattson
Buster Kleinshrot and Virgi