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Hope Of Saving 260
In Mine Given Up

MARCINELLE, Belgium, Aug
IL (P.-A German expert said
today there is no hope of res
cuing 260 miners entombed in
the burning Bots du Caster coal
mine since Wednesday.
Hope of bringing at least some
of the trapped men safely to the
Surface was rekindled last night
whenua rescue team reported all
at the 3.000-foot level had not
been contaminated by gas.
But today rescue workers en-
countered intense heat coming
from fire in a gallery where 1870
men were mining at that level,
Efforts were concentrated on
putting out the fire.
Only six men have been
brought from the mine alive
since Wednesday when derailed
coal truck cut a power cable and
started the underground fire.
Eleven bodies have been recov-
cred.
AMONG those believed dead are
1870 Italians. many from the same
village. Today Italian Labor
Minister Ezio Vigorelli recon-
mended studying the possibility
of recalling $4,000 emigrant
miners from Belgium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12

This is another in q series Of articles
by the widely known chief Of on
organization which hos pioneered the
field Of teen ogers' ideols and otti-
tudes. Wotch for these Illuminating
articles every Sunday in The Stor.
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suddenly rocked and rolled his
way to fame and fortune in the
entertainment world.
Mothers and fathers look with
distaste, not only on his perform
ance but also on its hypnotic
after-effectS.
Gets on "ClOud Nine"
A 16-year-old Texan gives this
description of Presley's emo
tional impact on an audience;
When Elvis sings, I'm on Cloud
Nine. He makes me forget every
thing but the music-and him
singing it."
This type of response is pre-
cisely what parents are worried
about. They express feeling of
discontinue and foreboding
about what a San Francisco
mother terms the Elvis Presley
cult"
Again. teen-agers find their
defense in the past of their
parents.
They swooned over Sinatra
and drooled over Rudy Vallee."
reminded New Jersey girl. "At
least Elvis isn't a milksop. We've
much better taste-he's a real
hunk of mani"
(Released by AP Newsfeatures)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE THINK
Youth Defends Rock N Roll
Despite the Fears of Parents
BY EUGENE GILBERT
President Of the
Gilbert Youth Research Cn.

Teen-agers regard rock n roll
as a revved-up version of the
Charleston or Lindy-hop; and
they see its most-noted practi-
toner. Elvis Presley. as a latter
day disciple of Rudy Vallee or
Frank Sinatra.
Harried parents. for the most
part, scorn this comparison with
the music of their salad days and
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Friday and a cocktail party at
10 pm. Friday. On Saturday.
sightseeing is scheduled, along
with memorial services at Ar
lington Cemetery at 2 pm.
4 The divisions only Congress
sional Medal of Honor winner,
Ralph Neppel of Waterloo, Iowa,
will arrive at Andrews Air
Force Base at 1890 pm. FRI
day. He will be met by the
divisions former commander.
Maj. Gen. Robert C. Macon, now
retired and living in California.
Md.
Jack Levin is chairman of the
Convention Committee and Rus
sell T. Hite, 1927 Alabama ave-
nue. Sc. secretary. Others on
the committee include Everett
Brewer, Andrew Carras, Quincy
IJaynes, Melvin Staff, Eugene
Trainor. Ben Kohlepp and Rep
Iresentative Cederberg, Repub-
lican of Michigan.
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A majority Of the parents in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
400 Will Attend
Annual Reunion
OF 83d Infantry

The 10th annual reunion Of
the SD Infantry Division AS
ISOLATION will be held at the Will
lard Hotel here for three days
starting Thursday.
About 400 veterans of the
Army division, which served
through five campaigns in
Europe in World War II, are
expected.
Principal event will be a ban
quet and dance starting at Z pm.
Saturday. at which the guest
speaker will be Assistant Secre-
tary of State George v. Allen.
Other events include a beer
party at 8 pm. Thursday, a
White House tour at 9:15 am.
Friday, a luncheon and fashion
show for the ladies at 1890 pm.
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terviewed looked upon rock n
roll with fear and trepidation.
1T looks like a Roman orgy
Mortified Cincinnati mother ex-
claimed.
Another Midwest mother tolc
our interviewer: II think this
primitive kind of music, if you
Their main concern: Twill
rock n roll ruin my child?"
The teen-agers laugh at such
fears.
Stop Worrying, They Say
Clergymen and educators who
see rock n roll as a noisy but
harmless outlet for youthful en-
ergy point out that every few
years some new dance craze
sweeps the country with whirl-
wind force.
And, they contend, each time
a new dance SklpS over the mu-
steal horizon the older gener-
can call it that. is downright
lewd."
The survey showed that SO per
cent of the parents would prefer
to see their children socially &C.
cupied in some other direction
but only 20 per cent feel SO
strongly about it that they would
like to see rock m roll banned
from their communities.
alton greets it with disapproval
while teen-agers run to meet ii
with open arms.
Their advice to parents: Stop
worrying, let your offspring en-
joy themselves until rock IN roll
runs its course, then relax, if
you can, until the next fad is
born.
The same goes for Presley. the
sideburned young man with the
undulating hips who has SO
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uals whose tales threw a new
and vivid light on the revolution
in Guatemala.
One of the most significant
and publicized aspects of the
Guatemalan revolution is the
vital role played by a handful of
civilian pilots belonging to the
Guatemalan Aero Club. These
aviators, often wealthy finceros
(owners of stable plantations)
served as the only link between
the anti-Communist revolution
airy army, which Col. Castillo
Armas was training on the thin
line between Guatemala and
Honduras. and the underground
groups in Guatemala City. Com
munist dictator Arbenz had i'm
prisoned all of the commercial
pilots living in the city, but this
small group of private flyers in
their Single-engine light planes,
through the fortunate circum-
stance that Arbenz considered
his own air force consisting Of
about seven World War II fight
ers) too valuable to send into the
air, was able to maintain liaison
with the revolutionary army.
Airmen Rewarded
One of these gentlemen pilots.
named Carlos Cheesman. used
his small plane to drop hand
grenades on the presidential
palace before the revolution. The
revolutionists' clandestine radio,
which began broadcasting a
couple of months before the rev.
olution, referred to Senior Chees-
mans plane as "Sulfatillo."
meaning junior version Of Sui
fato," the DEB which consti-
tuted the revolutionists' heavy
bomber force. The names Sui
fato" and Sulfatillo" became the
popular joke of all Guatemala
City: the first word is the Span
ish equivalent for EPSON salts,
and the planes were so named
because their dedicated purpose
was to achieve the results of a
strong purgative upon the Red
dictatorship. 1t worked.
For Cheeseman's exploits with
"Sulfatillo," his light attack
bomber" President Castillo
Armas appointed him head of
civil aeronautics. In recognition
of the contribution of the Guate-
malan Aero Club to the forma-
ton and stability of his govern
ment, the President donated
the plush seaside retreat of
former dictator ArbenZ to the
Aero Club as a vacation club
house.
Other interesting aspects OF
the revolution emerged as we
travelled with another member
of the Aero Club by private plane
to his various ranches. This
uaalthv fincero married tn an
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Am e rican, and quite pro-
American-as indeed we found
most Guatemalans-is the owner
of some 10000 acres of rural
real estate and pilots his own
plane to each of his fincaS three
times a week. Landing on
smooth grass runways, he parks
his plane and surveys the welfare
and progress Of each ranch,
whose cattle constitute a part
of his 8,000-head holdings. Be-
fore the revolution he piloted
his single-engine plane to deliver
funds and refugees to the lines
of the liberation army; in the
course of the revolution itself
he was forced to seek asylum at
the Salvadorian Embassy.
Asylum in Embassy
The sporting approach of this
delightful Guatemalan was sum-
married when he explained:
AFTER all, all of my friends were
in political asylum at the Saliva
dorian Embassy-15O of them: it
was the only place where we
could congregate in numbers
greater than four during mar
tial law. and besides, it was the
only place in town where you
could get a drink. :" When
the revolution was over, refugees
of the day before flowed out of
the embassy as deposed Com
munists walked in.
After a IS minute flight from
Guatemala City which entailed
climbing to 1000 feet in order to
clear surrounding terrain and
then descending rapidly to sea
level and the steaming heat of
Isemi-tropical jungle. we arrived
at Tiquisate, a major hub of the
United Fruit Corporations mas
sive banana empire. At Tiqui-
safe United Fruit has a banana
plantation of some 10000 acres,
employing about 5000 workers.
Included in the United Fruit
operation is large railway net
work and complete housing,
medical and educational facili-
ties for a small independent
metropolitan city. The fruit
company, which in its earlier
days had earned the distrust
and resentment of many Guate-
Imalans, today has an establish
ment at Tiquisate which ex-
Iemplif1es progress. Here wages
are the highest for plantation
work in Guatemala. and a new
Isingle-unit housing project for
the workers is indicative of con-
slant improvement in living con-
Iditions.
Bananas Irrigated
Banana growing is a highly
specialized operation involving
the installation in the fields of
elaborate pressurized irrigation
systems and a complicated maze
Iof insecticide sprayers. 1t takes
only IL months for a banana
tree to reach maturity, with fruit
ready for harvest: at this time
the cutters come with their
razor-sharp machetes to sever
from the trunk the 90-pound
stem of about 200 bananas. Next
the whole stem. often 8 inches
in diameter. is cut away with a
couple of quick slices from the
machete. The dead trunk is
composed almost entirely of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
LATIN AMERICA BY AIR
Capital Of Guatemala
Reminiscent of Denver

Jones Neal Blue and Linden Stonle,
Blue. both civilian pilots and under
graduates OF Yale University. ore
flying through Central and South
America. Their single engine oirpIons
will toke them over Lotin Amerieor
territory ranging from the lofty inlonc
recesses Of the Andes to the densel,
forested tropics Of the Amozon Jungle
They will send weekly Dispatches to
The Stor. This is the second.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
BY JAMES N. and
LINDEN S. BLUE

0OA L G1MhJA VI 1. WI
hours after taking off from
, Merida, a Mexican town located
at the extreme eastern end Of
the Yucatan peninsula, we were
flying under a 4,000-foot ceiling
of white cloud; our course lay
over the denSeSt jungle terrain
IN Central America.
AS our single-engine Tri-Pacel
droned along, all that was visible
in every direction was the dense
green of the Honduran jungle
where the average height of trees
is over $50 feet and the few in
habitants are primitive jungle
trlbeSmen, the last scattered
remnants of the former glory
Of the Magyar civilization.
An hour later. we were climb
Ing fast over 8,000-foot peaks
and we landed shortly afterward
in Guatemala City. located on
a 4,800-foot plateau and shell
tered from Pacific winds by an
impressive chain of towering
volcanoes.
The visit to Guatemala City
was pleasant from the start.
Yelled in an atmosphere similar
i, to Denver. Colo. in the summer,
the city is a climatic paradise
as temperate as it is picturesque.
In this country, six times the
size of Massachusetts, one can
expect to find a myriad of con-
trasting impressions: so cents
for a pack of American ciga-
rettes, % cents for a pound of
steak near United Fruit Com
pany plantation. Earnings range
. from a dime a day for remote
. Indian mountain labor and the
. national minimum of 80 cents
per day to the more-than-com-
Portable incomes of the gentle
men planters. Most noticeable
is the atmosphere of optimism
and casual friendliness one
senses in this progressive ma
ton which has the unique dis
function of having overthrown
an entrenched Communist re-
CINE.
Achieving Stability
Barring an occasional con-
additionally declared state of
siege, great progress has been
made toward economic and DO
litical stability during the two
years of Democratic government
under President land ColoneD
Carlos Castillo Armas. For us.
however, the most engroSsing
aspect of recent Guatemalan his
tory was TIE anti-Communist
revolution itself. The intricacies
of political intrigue throughout
Latin America have a fascina-
ton all their own.
The present and recent past
from the day that Guatemalan
ex-President Arbenz walked into
exile carrying suitcaseS stuffed
with currency to Nicaraguan
Generalissimo Somoza's recent
challenge of Costa Rica's Presi-
dent Figures to pistol duel
show no sign of decline into
monotony A young American
couple here brought up into con-
tact with some colorful individ-
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water, will rot away and dis
appear within a few weeks, and
small buds will blossom forth
with a new crop in matter of
months.
Again we knew the pangs of
leaving under pressure of time
The United Fruit plantations
golf course and the splendid
hospitality in Guatemala City
were strong attractions, but the
usual afternoon clouds were pill
ing up and Managua, Nicaragua,
was 800 air miles away.
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oTucieS every sunday IN ne Stor.
go even further back in history
to find a counterpart for the fad
To some of them rock N roll
with its undulating two-beat
rhythm, is lewd and dangerous, g
throwback to Greek and Roman
orgies or some primitive tribal
rite. They cite rock m roll
riots here and there across the
country, and occasional bans on
such goings on.
Opinion Is Divided
Clergymen, educators and 9TH
ers in related fields are divided
on the subject. A large percent
age deplore rock n roll and
everything connected with it. But
la growing and impressive num-
Der of men and women in these
same fields tend to agree with
the teen-agerS.
They point to the similarities
between rock n roll and other
dance fads that have swept the
country in by-gone years and
consider the latest craze q harm
less way for youngsters to use up
excess energy.
Conferred now on Presley.
whose So-called singing arouses
violent hatreds as well as loyal
ties, the controversy RACES on,
and the rock m roll phenomenon
right along with it. Every day
more and more teen-agers be-
tween the ages of Is and 10
become opponents of this new
musical form.
Why?
1915 Interviewed
Our organization interviewed
over 3.975 boys and girls and
their parents in Al cities across
the Nation to find out what
young people themselves think
about rock n roll and its inf1u-
ence upon them.
Il don't know exactly what the
reason is, but it just sends me, :"
said an Omaha enthusiast.
THE rhythm carries me
away" agreed an Indianapolis
miss. When that crazy beat
starts, I feel I could rock on for
ever"
Her answer touched on an in
teresting facet Of this new dance
mania: the music and not the
lyrics is the sending agency for
those who are "Sent" by it.
Rhythm "SendS" Them
OF those teen-agers who con-
sidered themselves rock n roll
lers. 70 per cent said the words of
the song are less than unimpor-
tant. In fact. they told us that
rarely do they listen at all to the
lyrics. It's the two-beat rhythm
that sends them.
And, they do not believe that
either the music or the lyrics are
dangerous or suggestive.
You're just not with it. man."
a Chicago devotee told us. why
is this so much different from
the Charleston or the lindy-hop?
We're only having some fun be-
fore we get too old to enjoy our
selves"
A majority of the parents in
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Visitors Took Gabriel

The District Commissioners
today tentatively approved a
plan for the police department
to sell consolidated local arrest
records to interested" parties.
They told Police Chief Robert
v. Murray to put the plan into
effect if Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West approves the
legality and form of the opera
ton.
Chief Murray said the Com
missioners had approved such a
procedure more than a year ago.
He said the department started
selling consolidated arrest rec
ords to "legitimately" interested
parties in March. 1855, at the
same time the Traffic Depart
ment set up its central viola
tons file.
FBI NOtatiOns
However, Chief Murray said,
his arrest records included no
tations from Federal Bureau OF
Investigation files of arrests in
Jurisdictions other than the Dis
trict.
The FBI, he declared, will dis
close its records only to law
enforcement agencies and the
courts. To avoid having the
FBI stop giving such information
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Funds Allotted
orAirport

Montgomery County has been
allocated $4,000 by the Fed
eral Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration for use in constructing
a proposed new county airport
The money will come from S6S
million appropriated by the first
session of the 84th Congress fol
use in the Federal airport pro-
gram for fiscal 1857.
Montgomery County Manager
M. L. Reese said he had applied
to the CAA for S250,000 Ia
match an equal amount he has
requested OF the county coun-
Gil in his proposed budget fol-
the next fiscal year. He said he
is hopeful that further Federal
aid will be forthcoming.
Representative Hyde. Demo-
crat of Maryland, also disclosed
that 1898. 500 had been allocated
to the Haeerstown municipal air.
port for use in acquiring land
extending a runway 1000 ieet
and relocating q highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Today was a red-letter day for
18-year-old Malta Veinbergs.
Six years ago, when Malta
came to the United States from
a German displaced persons
camp, she could barely manage
IA few sentences of English.
But this afternoon the pretty
Latvia born miss was slated to
give one of the main speeches on
Roosevelt High Schools gradual
ton program. What's more, she
is graduating as one of the
schools top honor students, with
several offers Of college scholar
ships.
Malta came to Washington
with her mother and father and
a sister, lie. in 1850 after SPEND
ing six years in Germany. f1ve
in the bleak surroundings Of DIP
camps
A letter of thanks for a CARE
food package sent by a Wash
lington couple. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon S. Fulcher, 47l2 Alton
place NV, brought about their
trip to this country. The
Fulchers sent clothing and food
to the Veinbergs for two years,
and eventually the family was
able to come here under the
lDP relocation program.
Their official sponsors were
another Washington area couple,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald K. Mack,
737 Silver Spring avenue, Silver
Spring, with whom they lived
when they FIRST arrived.
Malta remembers how her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Joney's Borren Life
Soors on Vacations

A little girl whose parents
won't let her love them has found
pets who will.
Janey has lived in a home for
children for several years. Her
parents are separated. Her ia
ther, who travels constantly,
writes to her about twice a year
Janey's mother rarely visits. al
though she drops in for a few
minutes occasionally on her mo-
torcycle.
Janey adores dogs and horses,
and they love her. She was
given a chance to ride through
a volunteer at the home, and
has been making inquiries since
about girls being jockeys. She
saved the rare checks her father
sends. and when she had built
her account to SIS she asked
the home if she could buy a
horse with the money.
S0lace Elsewhere
Since the horse is out Of the
question, Janey devotes herself
to other animals, any she can
find. Whenever the cat at the
home has kittens Janey adopts
one and cares for it.
Janey. who is II. has been tC
camp the past two years, and
seems to enjoy it immensely
Never sure of affection. she finds
it hard to believe the girls with
whom she lives at the home like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
DIR. Thomas Brown
.Honored for Work
With Handicapped

DR.. Thomas Mcpherson
Brown, professor of medicine at
the George Washington Univer-
sity School of Medicine, yester-
day was awarded a citation for
outstanding service from the
District commissioners Com
mittee for the Employment of
the Physically Handicapped.
A. Julian Brylawski, co-chair-
man of the committee, pre-
sented the citation which read:
Citation for outstanding serv-
ice in recognition of out
standing efforts expended in
promoting equal opportunity in
employment for the physically
handicapped in the District of
Columbia"
The action places DR.. Browns
name in the files for considera-
ton by the Presidents Com
mittee for the Employment of
the P hysically Handicapped
when the group chooses a ma
tional physician of the year.
DR.. Brown was honored for
activities in establishing arth-
ritis clinics and laboratories
where the disease can be treated
and where sufferers are given
guidance and help in rehabili-
tation.
DR.. Brown set up clinics at
Mt. Alto Veterans Hospital, the
first of their kind in this area,
as well as a laboratory and
clinic at the George Washing
ton University Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
DIP Camp Is Now Just a Memory
To Girl Honor Student at Roosevelt

At Roosevelt. she has MAIN
tanned an almost perfect scho-
lastic record while also finding
time for a demanding roster OF
extra -curricular activities.
Maija's father. the Rev. Alex
ander Veinbergs, is pastor of a
Latvian Lutheran congregation
which meets at Augustana Lu-
theran Church.
Malta won five scholarship
offers this spring. At the mo-
ment she is veering between one
to Vassar and one to George
Washington University. lie, 10,
who was graduated from Roose-
welt last year, already is enrolled
at GNU. This summer both
girls are planning to get. sum-
mer Office jobs. Their mother
works for an insurance company
here.
The whole family became citi-
zens last March. They are living
at 1927 Park road NV.
Malta won the honor of being
salutatorian at today's gradua-
ton by being the top girl in the
class. Others being honored al
the ceremonies. ali of whom
have won college scholarships
are Robert Meriwether, valedic-
torian; Ellen Antholis. Judith
Beck, Walter Goo, Richard
Green. Nathan Jaschik, Louise
LeBourhis, Babette Levin. Myron
Levin. Mary Ellen McClelland
Marcia Paper. Harry Quillian
George Simmons. Beverly Taylor
Daniel j. Tobin and Hugh Wey-
mouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
District Man Faces
Hit-Run Charge

A hit-and-run charge was
placed against a man yesterday
who turned himself in after an
accident on Shirley highway
Alexandria, two days earlier, ac-
cording to police.
He was identified by Alexan-
dria police as Sylvester j. White,
80, of 1901 Stanton road Sc
They said he reported to Wash
ington police yesterday morning
and said he failed to stop al
the accident because he was
scared.
Police said Russell B. Bushong
73. and his wife, Nellie. 63, OF
232 North Edgewood street, Ar
.lington. we're injured wher
pinned in their car after the COL
Ilision at Shirlington Circle Sat.
urday night.
Released under $1,000 bond
White was charged with rockies.
driving in addition TO hit anc
run, police reported.