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The frontiersman., 1956-01-05
NEW DEMONSTRATION AGENT

Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler of Fair banks succeeds Mrs. Donna Bhatt as district home demonstration agent for the Panama Valley, it was announced this week. Mrs. Bhatt has resigned from the staff, as has Mrs. Gene MeDowell, All Club agent of Anchorage. No im- mediate replacement for Mrs. MeDowell is planned.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-05

The Nays newest aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL has sven air-conditioning systems of 500 tons capacity each, 500 tons more than the Radio City Music Hall.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-05

Each man aboard the Navy's modern aircraft carrier USS EORRESTAL will have an indi. vidual pullman-type bunk with reading lamp and air-condltion- ing vent.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-05

Each berthing area aboard the Navy's gigantic aircraft USS FORRESTAL will have it's own showers and recreation rooms with easy chairs and writing tab les, all done in soft color schemes.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-05
BUSINESS INlss6

While the best business year ln history was forecast for 1855, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States expects more moderate rise during the 1856 year.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-05

Tie largest of three rudders which will guide the aircraft car rier USS FORRESTAL weight 45 tons and equals the floor area of a tWe-bedroom home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18

regulations in eoeh siote ior nexI
November's election. One Stote j,
published eoeh doy. Woteh for yours
Todoy's instollment is for resident.
who wish to vote in New York.
Richmond - Borough Hall,
room Sl3, st. George on Staten
Island.
Hours: Monday through Fri
day, 8 am. to 5 pm. Saturday,
. am. to IL noon.
B--LocaI Registration:
% New York City and West
chester County: October s
through October IL, from $3.50
pm. to 1890 pm. Saturday. Oc-
tober -. from z am. to 1920
pm.
~ All cities, towns and vii
lagos of 5000 and more Except
New York City and Westchester
County and Broome, Nassau and
Schenectady Counties) October
5 and 6 and October IL and IS.
90 Broome and Nassau Coun-
ties; October IL. IL and Is.
"a Schenectady County: oc-
tober 5 and 6 and October 8
through Is.
go Villages under 5000 lex
cept those in Broome, Nassau
and Schenectady Counties) Oc-
tober 6 and October Is.
Note 6. If you register in per-
son during either the Central or
Local Periods. you should re-
quest and complete your Appli-
cation for the Absentee Ballot
at the time you register, pro-
vided you do not expect to vote
in person.
Note z. Federal employees (and
the spouse, parent or child ac-
companying same) who entered
Civil Service from New York
State may register and vote
from the last place of residence
IN New York City so long as they
continue in such service.
Absentee Voting: Permitted in
the general election only. Write
the Board of Elections of your
county or New York City Bor-
ough for your application for
the Absentee Ballot. The new
law now makes it possible to APP
ply by mail as well as in person
for your ballot in every county
or borough. The executed appli-
cation form will be received by
the Board from October 8
through October 81.
In person you may apply for
and execute your Application for
the Absentee Ballot as late as
October 80.
The voted ballot must be re-
ceived by the Board of Elections
not later than 5 p. m. of the FRI
day, November 2, before the Gen.
eral Election.
For further information call
Mrs. Clarence Fisher. chairman
OF the voters service, District
League Of Women Voters, DI.
7-4510, or visit it's information
service in The Star lobby.
Tomorrow: Kansas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Irish Pilots Seek Jobs

DUBLIN. Sept. Is (R.-Four
of the 81 Irish pilots who take
ships in and out Of Dublin Har-
Dor have applied to the Egyptian
government for jobs as pilots
on the Suez Canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18

Registration: There have
governing registration so check
regulations carefully.
All electors who reside in cities
or towns Of 5000 or more popula-
ton Including New York City,
must register during either the
Central or Local Registration
Periods in 1856 to be eligible tc
vote in the November 6 general
election except residents OF
Broome and Nassau Counties
who registered during 1855.
Permanent List
Note /. BY a 1854 State law
1t is now possible for counties to
adopt a system of permanent
registration so that if the elector
is placed on the Permanent List
and votes at least once each two
years and otherwise remains
qualified, he need not re-register
each election year.
ta) Broome and Nassau coun-
ties adopted it in 1854 and all
who registered in 1855 or since
are permanently registered.
(b) Schenectady County
adoped 1t in 1855 and all who
register in 1856 or after are
entered on the permanent list.
(c) Erie County (Buffalo)
adopted it in 1856 and all who
register in 1857 or after will be
on the permanent list.
Registration by Mail
Note 2. BY a 1856 State law,
1t is now permissible to register
by mail in any election district
OF the State If qualified elector
land his spouse, parent or child
accompanying HIM has work
that takes him out of the State
during the period of local (pre-
cincD registration.
Write the Board of Elections
Of your county Tor of your bor-
ough in New York City request
ing both the official Affidavit for
Absentee Registration and the
Application for an Absentee
Voters Ballot.
The completed Registration
Affidavit will be accepted in
Broome and Nassau counties
only from September IL to Oc-
tober 10, in Schenectady county
from September 5 to October 10,
elsewhere including New York
City from September 81 to Oc-
tober 10.
Note 3. Registration by mail
is regarded the same as per-
sonal registration for being en-
tered on the Permanent Registry
where such has been adopted
Note 4. Personal Registration
All persons in cities or towns of
5000 or more (unless perma-
nently registered as above set
FORTH must register during
either the Central or Local Reg
istration Periods this year to be
eligible to vote in the General
election of 1856.
A-CentraI Registration: Reg
lister with your Board of Elec-
tons, Court House or in New
York City with the Board in your
Borough, Office or Hall from May
/ through September Fl except
In Broome and Nassau Counties
MAY / through September 100
and Schenectady County (May !
through September ~.
In New York City register
through September 81.
Manhattan - Police Academy
Building. 400 Broome street.
Brooklyn-Room 600, Munich
pal Building, Joralemon and
Court streets.
Bronx-Borough Hall (Eass
177th street,.
Queens-Borough Hall, Kew
Gardens, Queens boulevard and
Union turnpike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Icunodu Plans for Fair

BRUSSELS, Sept. 10 (P.-The
1858 world fair in Belgium will
have red maple trees and a So
foot tower Of aluminium and
glass to mark Canada's exhibit
ton site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
ABSENTEE VOTING
Laws on Registration
In New York Changed
Primary: June S.

%.
Ofca to Be Eleced United States Senator: AZ Representa-
tveS to Congress- 43 members Of States Upper House 56 members
OF Lower House and county and local officers.
Residence Requirements; State year, County, city or
village months; election district, 80 days
Registrations recent changes in the laws
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18

As o service to the Districts absentee
voters. The Stor is publishing voting
regulations in eoeh Stote for next
NovembsTs election. One Stote is
published eoeh doy. Woteh for yours.
Todoy's instollment is for residents
who wish to vote in New York.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
'Kidnup' Scare
Suspect Freed

A Baltimore truck driver was
acquitted in Hyattsville Police
Court yesterday of assault with
intent to kill an Adelphi (Md.)
woman in what at first was re-
ported as a kidnapping attempt.
Roy L. Humphries, 80, was
freed by Judge Grover L. Small,
who said there apparently was
not enough evidence to hold the
accused for grand jury action.
Humphries was charged by
County Detective Sergt. Emmett
F. G. Gray last Tuesday on the
report of an Adelphi resident,
Mrs. Ada McMullen of 954l
Riggs road.
Mrs. McMullen said Mrs. Car
rie L. White, 40, drove into
her driveway Monday scream
ing that Humphries was threat
ening her with a gun. Mrs.
McMullen, who remembered the
car tag number, said Hum
phries threatened to kill her
If she did not get back into
her house and mind my own
business" Mrs. McMullen said
Humphries then forced Mrs.
White to drive away.
Humphries and Mrs. White
said yesterday they had an ar
gument but no gun was involved.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Reckless Driver
Gets Months

A Merchant Marine sailor, who
was involved in an accident in
juring IL persons, was sent to
jail for l3 months and fined a
total Of $500 in Fairfax County
Court today.
Judge Mason Grove, who i'm
posed the sentence, told the de-
fendant he considered him "as
bad, or worse. than people who
go around breaking into houses. .
The defendant, Thomas B
Harmon, 81, of Portsmouth, Va.
pleaded guilty to reckless drivine
and driving on a revoked permit
He was given a 12-months SEN
tence and $500 fine on the reck-
less driving charge, and a 30-day
sentence plus a 500 fine on the
permit charge.
Judge Grove also ordered Har-
mons driving privileges revoked
an additional six months.
Fairfax Police Sergt. Pierce
Lysinger said Harmon was driver
of a westbound car on Arlington
boulevard May 20 which ran
across the center grass plot
smashed head on into an east
bound car, and showed it into the
path of another eastbound car.
Sergt. Lysinger said Harmon's
driving license previously had
been revoked for drunken driv-
ing and was invalid at the time
Of the accident.
Harmon was released on 81, 500
bond pending an appeal Of the
sentence.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
MARYLAND-V VIRGINIA NEWS
IMinnows OK in Bothtub,
But Man BoIks at Coffee

An Alexandria (Va.) man had
company in his bath this morn
ing-32 tiny minnows.
And the situation has just
about ended the good Irish hu-
NOR of Timothy w. Callahan of
926 Second street. Two years
ago it was tadpoles-dead ones.
The Department Of Agriculture
employe said the situation wasn't
too surprising in view of the
troubles he has been having with
his water supply in recent years
Trouble Began in 1853
Starting in 1858, he has had
first dirt and muck, bugs and
then the dead tadpoles. "The
water department has been very
cooperative, though" he said.
They have worked hard trying
to clear things up"
Then this morning. he said,
he noticed the bath water was
cloudy. So he let it settle down
and made a closer inspection.
Swimming around in the bottom
were 80 minnowS, each about
half an inch long
81 was reluctant to take a bath
with them" he said. but / did
rather than not have a bath at
all"
Careful About Coffee
"When I went down to draw
water for the coffee. I was aw-
fully careful. and then I only
had one cup" he said.
Health and water officials
called in Immediately to investi-
gate, but admitted they were
"stymied."
Two years ago after the tad
pole incident. Mr.. Callahan was
told that the cause was improper
screening at the reservoir, but
Evening star., 1956-08-17

Howard c. Richards, general
manager Of the Alexandria Water
Company. said he doesn't think
that could be the cause Of the
latest complaint.
Joseph M. Dowd of the Health
Department said it is possible
the minnows, which appeared to
be newly Matched. could be small
enough to pass through present
screening. but he emphasized
this is only a guess.
Bugs Appear, Too
Mr.. Dowd said he and other
investigators were not even sure
just what is in the water. Beside
the minnows, there appear to be
some surface bugs, he said.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Galatians
bills for milk and soft drinks
have skyrocketed. since the chill
dren are afraid to drink the
water, he said.
tits pretty tough boiling water
for the baby g months old,") he
said. 1T just forms a scum
across the top Of the pan. Some
times We clear that of and boil
the water again."
Most of their drinking water
is carried from a house across the
street. he said, which is on a
different main.
But to show his humor isn't
entirely gone, Mr.. Callahan
quipped: you know, today's Fri
day. l guess / got my fish by
special delivery"
Evening star., 1956-08-17
GIVE
RESTAURANT REAL
'DRIVE-iN TRADE

MCKINNEY. Va, (P.-The
Nottoway Dining Room had
some genuine. 100 per cent
"drive-in" customers yester-
day.
They arrived a few minutes
before the restaurant opened
at 6 am. and they drove in
right through the front wall.
1t was purely unintentional.
The big 1856 automobile occu-
pied by New York couple and
their daughter went out of
control on U. S. l moments
before the restaurant was
ready to open for business.
First it Dashed into a gaso-
line pump, then rammed into
a utility pole, and finally ca
reened through the brick wall
Of the restaurant.
Fifteen feet of the wall was
knocked out, a telephone
booth was ripped away and a
nickelodeon, chairs and a ta-
BILE were demolished.
Nobody was injured.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

Cell MA. s-sioo to ordsrI
Evening star., 1956-08-17

the information should be pub
licized.
Mr.. Williams urged school Of
ficials to see that parents are
notified whenever children fall
behind normal achievement
standards. He noted that in the
District some 10th-grade classes
were being taught at a sixth
grade level, and said that showed
great masses" of children could
fall behind.
In reply to a question raised
about how he intended to use the
test figure. Mr.. Williams said he
felt such information should be
publicized at a time when the
county and State are faced with
the segregation problem.
Certainly, the District should
have publicized such information
before it went ahead and in
tegrated its schools" he added.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

months for white. and below
three years, eight months for COL
ored.
Arithmetic, five years, two
months for white, and three
years, eight months for COL
ored.
Social studies, five years, eight
months for white, and four years,
six months for colored.
Science. five years, nine
months for white, and below
three years, eight months for
colored.
Mr.. Hurley said the top Is
per cent of the colored students
would be above the four-year
score on the achievement test,
and the bottom Is per cent of
the white students would be
below the four-year, nine-month
level. He said there would be
some overlapping, but "integra-
tion would be infintessimal" if
based on achievement test re-
suits.
The board declined to make
test results public by individual
schools. but members said they
would study them privately.
Other Comparisons Urged
The board received a letter
from Mrs. Louise L. Palmer and
Mrs. Jane Wellemeyer, suggest
ing that a comparison also be
made between rural and urban
students. School Board members
decided to- compare privately the
five highest and the five lowest
schools on the basis of achieve
ment and decide later whether
Evening star., 1956-08-17

serve the headquarters of the
Central Intelligence Agency, and
expansion Of the Dogue Greek
and Little Hunting Greek treat
ment plants from primary to
secondary treatment.
Mr.. Kipp said it also might be
possible to get money for sewer
mains in areas that have inade-
quate septic tanks.
OF course" said Mr.. Kipp.
"it will be up to the Board Of
County Supervisors to decide
what projects the county needs
money for most, but 1 wanted to
make sure Fairfax had its foot
IN the door to benefit from this
Federal program as soon as pos
sible."
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Foirfox Makes First Bid
For Federal Pollution Aid

Fairfax County today put in its
bid for a share Of the Federal
pollution control fund made
available by the last session of
Congress.
Edward L. Kipp. county public
works director, wrote the State
Water Control Board requesting
information about filing an ap-
plication to qualify for some of
the money.
The water board is the agency
designated to administer the
81, ,027. .450 ALLEGATION granted
Virginia under the Federal pro-
gram.
/ Mr.. Kipp said he talked with
the water board Office yesterday
and was told no application
forms had been prepared. He
said he was instructed to mail
10 request, which he did today,
and was assured the Fairfax
communication would get prompt
consideration.
Given Reinsurance
The public works director also
said he conferred with CallaS H.
Adkins, regional engineer for the
United States Public Health
Service, and was assured that
September ! was not the dead
line for making an application as
had been reported.
Fairfax County currently is in
the midst of a $40 million sewer
improvement program, which in
lcludes the construction of three
new sewage disposal plants.
Mr.. Kipp said he understood
the Federal money would not be
granted for pollution projects
already completed, but he de-
iclared that the county still had
much work yet to be done. He
said he understood fund priori-
ties would be based on need and
the amount of pollution involved
CIA Project Involved
Several projects that Fairfax
might use the funds for are a
new sewage treatment plant to
Evening star., 1956-08-17
County Agent Quits

MAHIINSBURG, w. Va, Aug.
17.-John ]. Harvey, Berkeley
County agricultural agent here
since 1858. announced his resig-
nation yesterday to accept a
position on the staff of the Agri-
cultural Extension Service of
West Virginia University at
Morgantown.. He plans to give
UP his work here in time to be
lin Morgantown by September /.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

achleVement, since only the top
fourth of the 1900 colored stu
dents come close to the bottom
fourth of the 1880 white en-
rollment.
The comparative information
had been requested by Harley
Williams, president of the pro-
segregation Virginia Citizens
Committee for Better Schools,
to analyze the effects of an as
signment plan in Fairfax County.
John Hurley, chief psycholo-
gist of the Fairfax school sys-
tenn, presented results of the
Iowa Silent Reading Tests given
In the seventh and eighth grades
during the past two years. and
also results of the Stanford
Achievement Tests given in the
fifth grade last year and the
fourth and fifth grades the pre-
vious year.
Measure of Achievement
He said both tests were a
measure of achievement. and
not a measure of intelligence.
The School Board has specified
that no intelligence tests re-
suits be made public.
Mr.. Hurley acknowledged that
colored students did not rank
as high as white students, but
said, THAT doesn't say they are
not able to learn, other things
being equal"
Results of the Iowa Reading
Tests, given in the seventh grade
this past year, showed that the
median grade equivalent for
white students was eight years
and eight months, and for coll
ored students was five years and
two months. The national norm
was seven years and eight
months. That means that Fair
fax white students were a year
ahead of the national average in
their reading ability, while coll
ored students were 2l2 years
behind the Nation.
For the eighth grade last year,
the median score for white stu
dents was 10 years and the
median score for colored was five
years. seven months. compared
to a national norm of eight years,
eight months.
Results by Subjects
Results of the Stanf or d
Achievement Tests. which en-
brace individual subjects, were
reported by separate subjects and
also by the so-called battery
median" which takes in all sub
jects covered.
These tests were given only in
the fifth grade last year. The
battery median for white stu
dents was five years. eight
months, and colored children
were below three years, eight
months.
Mr.. Hurley explained that it
was impossible to calculate the
colored grades any lower than
three years. eight months, but
said their median was somewhere
below that figure. The national
norm for the test was five years.
three months. Broken down by
subjects, the achievement test
results we're as follows:
Reading, five years, nine
months for white students. and
below three years, eight months
for colored.
Spelling, six years, one month
for white, and four years for
colored.
Language, five years, nine
Evening star., 1956-08-17
| 900 Workers Strike

BALTIMORE. Aug. II P.-
About a thousand chemical
workers struck for higher pay
yesterday at the Curtis Bay
plant of the Dawson Chem
ical Co.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Dance at Airport

The Country Club Hills Civic
Association of Fairfax County
will sponsor a dance at the
Terrace Room of Washington
National Airport at Q pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Foirfox White Students
Top National Averages
BY MARY LOU WERNER

White students Fairfax County national achieve
ment coored students three
their grade levels according tests results public
by the County School Board last night
The results show that there would be little inegraon
county if assigned the basis of
Evening star., 1956-08-17
CLERK OF DOMESTIC COURT SWORN

commissioner Munc
chief domestic at
tons branch of Municipal Others m eD Judges Frank
Godfrey Munter H.
with
since Star StaffPh
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-30
JoANNE KNUDsEN ARRIVES

Miss Joanne Knudsen arrived Thursday to spend the summer va cation with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Emil Knudsen, and brother Skipper.
 Joanne is a student at Whitman College at Walla Walla, Washing ton. She has been visiting friends in California since the end of the school year. While in California, she attended the convention of Delta Delta Delta Sorority at the Del Coronado Hotel, Coronado, June 19 to 24
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-30
A Declaration

When, in the course of human events. it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the politi- FcaT bonds which have connected &frem with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and Ma ture'S God entitle them, decent respect to the opinions of man. kind, requires that they should de- clare tiee causes which impel them to tfle separation.
 We hold these truths to be self evident. that all men are created eguaI; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalien- i able Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness We, There fore. the Representatives of the United States of America, in Gen. eraf Congress, Assembled, appeal lag to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of our in- tentionS. do, in the Name, and by ttse authority of the good People ,vsf these Colonies, solemnly pub liSh and declare, That these Unit sd Colonies are, and of right ought to be, Free and Independent States; they have the full Power so levy War, conclude Peace, con- tract Alliances, establish Com EIerce and to do all other Acts and ' Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the sup port of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives. our Fortunes, and our sacred Honour"
 Thus was phrased in part the in
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-30
Foundation Grant Just "Seed" Money

of community understanding and support of the total needs of the modern hospital, The full job is still, and always will remain, the job of the community, the immedi, ate beneficiaries of this essential hospital care.
 The voluntary hospital is an eX- ample not only of our charity to- ward each other, but it $ also bulwark of our voluntary system The hospital is an essential social institution in our 2Oth century community.
 It is tribute to our good sense that we have not given up our primacy for reliance on govern ment alone but that we have learned how to have government and free enterprise live in a mu- tually respecting and complement tary effort.
 The Ford grants give almost total leeway to the trustees of our hospital. They now have a respon- sibility to all of us to translate this gift into maximum benefits for our community. We are sure they will prove equal to this task