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The Nome nugget., 1957-05-15
Instruments of Science Vie in Traffic Court

OKLAHOMA CITY, R,-A po- lice radar report lost out to a truckers tacograph in traffic court yesterday.
 Judge James Demopolos fa- vored the tacograph record that showed truck. driver Charles Ray Dyer, 20, was not speeding. A tacograph is gadget attached to vehicles that records speed and time.
 Demopolos said the radar check showing that Dyer was travelling 45 mph. in 30 mph. zone could have been wrong and dismissed the speeding charge.
The Nome nugget., 1957-05-15

CALCUTTA, LR-A 4O-year-old Hindu sadhu-a religious beggar has been arrested on a murder charge after authorities found the skulls of six children in his pos session.
 The man reportedly said inc skulls were given to him by his mentor for use in practicing magic
 A number of headless chil- dren's bodies have been found re- gently on the outskirts of Cal cutta.
The Nome nugget., 1957-05-15
3 Jets Fly Nonstop From Enggla1 Id To California

LOS ANGELES, R--For three young US. Air Force pilots, it was a breakfast of steak and eggs in jolly England and an afternoon round of drinks in ibalmy Los Angeles.
 In between was an historic IA hour, 5-minute nonstop flight of 6,710 miles the longest ever made by ingle-engine jet planes. The hop was made at an average speed of more than ATS miles an hour
 After they brought their F1O0C Super Sabre jets down here Mon day, the fliers described the trip as routine long-rarlge, cruise control flight. But Air Force brass regarded it as something more dramatic than that. Gen. Otto P. Weyland. com
 mander of inc Tactical Air
 Command. wired the pilots:
 Your flight !. gave added
 emphasis 10 TAGS position as global deterrent to limited
 war. As demonstrated by inc
 mission today. TAGS atomic
 forces can reach any point
 when aggression occurs.
 The three swept-wing Super Sabres were piloted by Capt. Jack Bryant, 28, Muskogee, Okla; Capt Alan Engle, 28, Oden, Mich; and It. Theodore Workman, 9, Oxford, Mich. They were part of a flight of six planes sent over the Atlantic to Jamestown, Va, 10 help celebrate the 35Oth arlni- versary of the founding of that historic colony The other three planes in the flight landed near Jamestown.
 The California bound jets broke the nonstop distance record for single-seat fighters set two years ago by a flight of F84Fs. These planes flew from England to BergsOn Air Force Base in Texas-a distance of about 5000 miles
The Nome nugget., 1957-05-15
FEDERAL JAILS CHIEF MAKES OFFICIAL VISIT HERE

George Parker, the new super intendent of federal jails in Alas ka, made his first official visit here this week.
 He succeeds Harold Cox, who leaves Alaska for job as warden in Connecticut.
The Nome nugget., 1957-05-15
100 MEXICAN COUPLES
 WITH ABOUT 100 CHILDREN MARRIED IN ONE CEREMONY

VERACRUZ, Mexico REAbout 100 couples-the parents of al- most 200 children-were married in a mass ceremony here Friday.
 The multiple marriage service was authorized by city officials, who said the couples were all poor and in the past had either not had the money or the time to get married.
The Nome nugget., 1957-05-15

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., R-The Internal Revenue service here ex- plained why it sent bill for taxes due to a New Mexico tax payer.
 It seems that in the rush to meet the April Is filing deadline, the taxpayer had forgotten to list his wife and 12 children as de- pendents.
 Another tax return corrected the oversight.
The Nome nugget., 1957-05-15
ca ncer mans crUeIesf enemy
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
Root of u. S. Military Troubles

available to the military serv-
ices Of the United States, Ko-
rea had to be considered BY
the Joint Chiefs, including
Gen. Eisenhower, a. outside
Americas defense perimeter."
When American forces were
ordered out Of Korea in 1913
and 1949, 1t was q policy deci-
sion by President Truman. The
military leaders concurred be-
cause they could not, with the
limited financial means ct
their disposal. keep on the
Asian mainland troops which
were vitality needed elsewhere
to protect the defense line of
the United States.
What was the responsible
ity Of President Truman in the
face Of the world situation as
q whole? What were Amer
ica's obligations at that time?
There was, to be sure, in Mr..
Acheson's speech of January
1850 q vague reference to the
United Nations as a possible
defender of the Korean area.
But the Communists were
certainly not deferred by this
comment. They attacked
South Korea In June 1850.
Mr.. Truman rightly inter-
vened. But why didn't his
administration tell the mill
tary chiefs in advance that
such action might possibly
have to be taken under
United Nations auspices and
that. since the United States
would have to bear the brunt
Of that action to repel agrees
sion. the necessary funds for
manpower and equipment
would be made available be-
forehand?
The failure then, and the
failure now, to let the mill
tary chiefs obtain the funds
they need to maintain ade-
quate forces to fulfill obliga-
tons imposed without warning
by the civilian branch Of the
Government is at the root Of
the military troubles Of the
United States. Small wonder
America was caught unpre-
pared at Pearl Harhor and
again in Korea. When will
the lesson be learned-that
the American people pay In
lives for the mistaken judg-
ments made by their civilian
leaders? How much longer
will the advice Of the military
leaders be disregarded when
budgets are prepared, and
what will the penalties be in
terms Of casualties In future
wars?
0eprodueticn Rishts Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
TH0MAs l. STOKES
New Mixed Parties Rise in Conoress

posed 1t. under heavy q. o. p.
political pressure to hold dis.
affected Middle West farm
votes.
Another surprising shift 10
that Of q number Of Southern
Democrats. especially in tex.
tile districts, away from the
traditional low tariif attitude
in the South. This came out
in the last Congress when q
number Of Southern Democrats
voted against extension Of the
reciprocal trade program. it
self sponsored by q Southerner
and q venerated one. Cordell
Hull Of Tennessee. Southerners
in textile manufacturing Sec
tons were aroused over the
threat Of cheap japanese i'm
ports.
Likewise some Southern
Democrats are departing from
their traditional International
ism to complain about foreign
economic and military aid.
President Eisenhower will have
them much in mind when he
makes his second television ap.
peal tomorrow night in an
effort to avert too heavy cuts
in the foreign aid program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
Yet ReoIists in Congress Feel Certain
Cuts Must Be Restored Next Year
DORIS FLEEsON

President Eisenhower has
lost his budget fight. A run
away Congress is going to
make an economy record be-
cause amid the present confu-
sion it seems a political nee
essity to do so.
The realists among them
know that they will have to
restore some Of the cuts next
year. They admit they will
have to accept the Presidents
judgment in any real plans Of
crisis that he chooses to make
later.
But they are satisfied that
they will be taking the per-
sonally prudent course in view
Of the Presidents failure to
rally the public or to sway i'm
portant segments Of the press
which have left him on the
issue. Why this is so now be-
longs to history whose indub-
table first chapter will be that
press conference last January
at which Treasury Secretary
Humphrey predicted q hair
curling depression" II spend
ing trends were not altered.
The issue to which the Pres.
ident must now turn his at
tention is the repair Of con.
fidence in the Governments
credit. It is really much the
more important. Supplemental
appropriations are an accepted
technique but mass emotions
can get out of hand.
Reputable financial journals
finally are speaking freely Of
the debt crisis. The figures for
the first four months Of 1857
with respect to E. F and q
Government bonds are in.
They show that investors
cashed in $3.2 billion worth Of
these obligations but bought
only SIS billion.
1t Is such developments
which pinch the Treasury for
cash and send 1t to the in
creasingly expensive short
term money market while 1t
has to postpone indefinitely"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
Eisenhower Budget Fight Called Lost

the President has been able to
induce his first Secretary of
the Navy and later Undersec-
Rotary Of Defense. Robert
Anderson Of Texas. to risk the
outstanding Anderson reputa-
ton in the first Treasury hot
spot. It is also believed that
the Eisenhower choice for I'm.
dersecretary to succeed Mr..
Burgess is Sloan Colt Of the
Bankers Trust Co. of New York
but that Mr.. Colt is q reluctant
dragon.
It would seem obvious that
the Treasury's special require
ments at the moment are for
men with great prestige. clar-
ity of vision and wide political
understanding. These are
never in too ample supply in
any administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20

rights bills sequestered in COM
mittee In exchange for South
ern support against welfare
bills.
However. this changed in
the last session. A number of
Republicans with large Negro
constituencies bolted the alli-
ance with Southern Demo-
Gratis on civil rights. finding 1t
was becoming politically dan
gerous to play footsie with the
Southerners.
These Republicans teamed
up with Northern Democrats
in q new coalition that forced
the administrations civil rights
bill to the House floor last ses-
sion where 1t was passed, only
to get pigeon-holed in the
closing days Of the Senate.
This session the same thing
is expected to happen in the
House. but with q change in
the Senate. Senate G. o. p.
leader Knowland Of California,
who acquiesced last session in
the quiet burial Of the civil
rights bill. now Is demanding
action loudly and seem to mean
1t. Any time they want to.
Republicans can get . civil
rights bill to the floor Of the
Senate In cooperation with
Northern Democrats.
So the shift Of coalitions
here helps President Essen
hover.
Another old coalition be-
tween Southern Democrats and
Midwest Republicans Is the
combination on agricultural
matters. It was variously
labeled the beef-cotton bloc
and the beef-corn-cotton bloc.
That. however. was shattered
last week when Southerners de-
serted their old Midwest Re-
publican allies to knock most
Of the props out from under
the soil bank program. You'll
recall that the soil bank was
sponsored In the last Congress
by Secretary Of Agriculture
Benson. who originally had OPP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
DAVID LAWRENCE
Shortsighted Defense Cuts Seen Costing
Notion Repeatedly in Lives and Money

President Eisenhower, in q
few brief sentences in his tele-
vision speech on the budget
recently, touched on . bit Of
Hateful history. He spoke Of
Q tragedy that proved costly
in money and lives to the
American people. He char
acterized the policy that
caused 1t as both 'unwise"
and "foolhardy." He said:
"Our armed forces became
90 starved and depleted that
by 1850 we had to withdraw
our military strength from
South Korea. That area was
then declared to be outside
our defense perimeter."
Dean Acheson, who as Sec
rotary Of State in q public
speech in January, 1850. de-
clared Korea to be outside the
defense perimeter" Of the
United States, issued q state
ment last week bristling with
indignation. But actually he
missed the point. For Presi-
dent Eisenhower gave Mr..
Aeheson q real alibi by point
ing to the budget-cutting Of a
drastic nature which began
long before he became Secre-
tary Of State in January, l949.
1t was this economizing which
made it necessary for the
United States late in 1948 to
order its military forces with
drawn from Korea move
ment completed In July, 1919.
The only indiscretion on Mr..
Acheson's part was that, In
his January. 1850, speech, he
otncially revealed to all the
world the strategic decision Of
the United States Joint Chiefs
OF Stan not to regard Korea
rs q primary obligation Of our
defense planning.
It was actually the Truman
administrations decisions of
1s47. 1913 and 194o which
caused the severe cut in the
military budget. and 1t was
this which Mr.. Eisenhower was
emphasizing last week In his
pointed reference to the cur
tailment Of funds for the mill
tary establishment prior to
1850.
The facts are readily ascer-
tained by reading 1.-THE For
restal Diaries" The late James
Forrestal. as Secretary Of De-
tense from September lel7 to
March ls49. kept stenographie
records Of many Of his con-
terences. There is revealed In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20

plans to refund maturing obi
cations with q long-term bond
issue.
Part Of the Presidents prob
lem is the change Of manage
ment scheduled for the Treas
ury this summer. Mr.. Hum
phrey has stayed longer al
ready than he wished and
when he goes he will take
Undersecretary Randolph Bur-
CESS with him. Politically, their
departure is timely, for the
Senate Finance Committee Is
about to investigate the whole
question Of Government debt
and money management.
But men approached to take
their places realize they will
be moving into the hottest spot
in Washington and facing
cruel problems Of operation Of
the Department. Also, in the
present inauspicious atmos-
phere heavy new borrowing
lies Just ahead and the new
corners would have to struggle
with it.
1t is widely reported that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Republicans mpore Treasury Secretary Humphrey
quit With Humphrey who'll face Ike the spend
ing issue-and warn him that the next administration will
to save money?
Vice President Nixon hopes to qhay for the pres
dental race by announcing that he would John
Paul Jones-and broken Gen. Pershing to private.
Democratic administration would be match for the
Russians When Khrshchev boasts that Communists invented
the telephone Senate Leader johnson retor Ah
Democrats invented thrift"
Ted Williams is fined $25 another baseball incident.
Ted cnch to win the mostvouhe award
The Nation celebrates day Big competition
the services The called Button! Button
push the button?"
Archaeologists find that houses built in $500
substantial than those built years
discovered the wheel-and the trend speeded up
es cabinet against military spending This
ia time to tre with fate The Communist time table lists
American election this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
Coalitions That Trouble President
Are Helpful on Civil RIGHTS Issue

II you watch closely the op-
Grafton Of Congress these days
you notice q change in pattern
with new combinations with
in the two parties. This era
sure Of party lines to create
new mixed parties accounts
for some Of the trouble Presi-
dent Eisenhower currently is
experiencing, though helpful on
one issue. civil rights.
To the Presidents discomfi-
ture, the old familiar coalition
between Republicans chiefly
from the Midwest, and conser-
vative Southern Democrats still
functions in the field Of social
welfare. We had Q graphic
demonstration Of that recently
In the House raid on appropri-
ations for the Department Of
Health. Education and Welfare,
which Republican conserva-
tives made with the aid OF
Southern Democrats.
An analysis shows q ma
jority Of House Republicans
sided against the administra-
ton In the case Of IL out Of IA
cuts made in that departments
appropriations. with Democrats
casting . majority Of the votes
TO slash two Of the appropria-
ton items. In the IL other
cases. Q majority Of Democrats
voted with the administration.
Dramatizing the Republican
revolt was the fact that on
nine Of the II cuts, both House
Republican Martin and Party
Whip Les Arends voted against
the administration.
Republicans could not have
succeeded in cutting the social
welfare funds, however, with
out the help Of the Southern
Democrats.
50 the old coalition stays
hitched on social welfare
issues.
Formerly this coalition also
worked on civil rights meas
ures. Republicans. chiefly
from the Midwest, contributed
enough votes to keep civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
Frost in England
For Lecture Tour

LONDON. May 20 R.-Rob-
ert Frost. famed s3-year-old
American poet. new into Lon
don today to make Q lecture tour
Of England and TO receive hon.
orary degrees from Oxford and
Cambridge Universities.
The white haired New Eng
lander carried three manuscripts
with him and said he spent part
of the flight from New York
checking and revising them.
They are much too long. but
I shall edit them down and the
three together will make one
book" said Mr.. Frost, four times
winner Of the Pulitzer prize for
poetry.
It Is the poets first visit 10
Britain since 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20

this book the whole back
ground Of the budget-cutting
Of those days.
The military chiefs. for in
stance. struggled in 1913 and
1949 with the budget for the
fiscal year beginning July /.
l949. and ending June 80. 1850.
They had recommended $685.
billion for that year. Secretary
Forrestal endeavored to per-
suade Mr.. Truman to agree to
a military budget Of at least
SITS billion. and later urged
the Joint Chiefs to go along
with q budget Of SIS billion.
But Mr.. Truman was adamant
and recommended to Congress
defense appropriations totaling
only $13.6 billion. Congress
appropriated $13.2 billion. and
later on in 1949 added $873,-
DOC, 900 for aircraft, which sum
Mr.. Truman announced he
would impound and wouldn't
spend. The Korean War sub
sequently cost the United
States almost $40 billion and
$4,000 casualties. The con-
tinuing defense Of Korea is
still q big annual expense to
the American taxpayer.
In the period just before the
Korean War. the Soviets had
blockaded Berlin, and q Com
munist invasion Of Indo- China
was in full swing. The situa-
ton in Korea. moreover. was
plainly far from stable. Mr..
Forrestal, In october, 1913. adj
dressed q letter to Secretary
Of State Marshall. asking for
guidance and mentioned that
he had written the previous
July to the National Security
Council to get q clear-cut idea
Of what the international dan
gers were. but had received no
reply. It was a constant pass
ing Of the buck back and forth,
with no policy at all-not even
a brink Of war" philosophy Of
deterrent action 80 far as the
Far East was concerned.
In January. 1949, Gen. Ell
senhower was called in as q
special adviser on military
budget affairs. He examined
the military budget then. as
he did when he was Chief Of
Stan Of the Army in l947. but
only in terms Of the defense
OF the United States Itself
not in terms Of hypothetical
international situations, such
as Korea, involving the Asian
mainland. With the money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20

Robley E. Winfrey, Of the Bu-
reau Of Public Roads, will adj
dress the annual dinner of the
Iowa State College (AmeO
alumni at Z pm. tomorrow at
the Westmoreland Congrega-
tional Church, Western and
Massachusetts avenues NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Federal Supply BowIers
First in Champions Event

Members of the Federal Supply
team in the GSA Mems League
at the Lucky Strike were set
today to whack up a $500 melon
won in the eighth annual Cham
pion of Champions Duckpin
Tournament. They prevailed in
a record field of 773 teams,
representing 3l7 leagues, all but
"a of which are sanctioned by
the National Duckpin Congress.
The winning bowlers and their
scores were Gerry Springborn,
348: Harry Binck, 293; Burk
Vidnovic. 346; Fred Randall, ISL,
and Andy Varhach. one of the
bright stars of the tournament,
with 420. including games Of III,
166 and 1877.
Federal Supply shot 1853 from
scratch and crossed 2.09l with
q handicap Of 1888 to nose out
the Battlewagons on the MSTS
Mixed League from Colonial
Village by four pins. worth 500
apiece.
The payoff:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Decision on Status
Of Hurvie Ward
Is Due Tomorrow

CHICAGO, June 6 R.-The
questioned amateur status OF
Harvie Ward. National ANA
teur golf champion the last two
years. will be aired tomorrow
by the Executive Committee of
the United States Golf Associa-
ton.
Ward, who lives in San Fran
cisco. will attend the meeting at
headquarters of the Western
Golf Association near here.
The session is scheduled to
start at II am. Washington
time and a member of the COM
mlttee who did not wish to be
identified said:
1T may take an hour or it
may take until the middle of the
afternoon. but however long, 1
know We will come out with the
right decision
The question Of Wards stand
ing arose during a grand jury
investigation of the tax affairs
OF Eddie Lowry. San Francisco,
Wards employer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
SPLIT DECISION UNPOPULAR
Doctor Releases Turner:
No Conclusion Found

torium. The Philadelphia vet
Ieran was awarded a split deci-
sion over his opponent from
Bimini in the Bahama Islands.
Turner's manager, George
KATE, said Turner suffered great
pain from the fourth round UNI
til the end of the fight. :.
KATE claimed that only a butt
could have caused the injury
but Kaplan said a punch could
have done it. Bahama said he
didn't believe that he had butted
Turner at any time during the
fight.
Turner's victory avenged a
beating he took from Bahama a
year ago but there was a great
difference of opinion over who
actually won last nights rousing
scrap in the Miami Beach Audi
torium.
There were loud boos from the
crowd of 2.068 when it was an
nounced that Turner had been
given a split decision. Judge
Gus Jacobson voted for Turner
96-95 and Referee Cy Gottfried
gave Turner a 1896 edge.
Judge Stu Winston gave Ba-
hama a 1894 margin and the
Associated Press also. voted for
Bahama 1897.
Bahamas manager, Bobby
said the decision was
the worst I've seen in 80 years
in boxing" He said he would
like another match with Turner
but not in Miami"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-06
Ia WrestIers
On Capitol
Card TONIGHT

Fourteen wrestlers will see &C
ton tonight at Capitol Arena
with a match between Czaya
Nandor and Karl Won Hess
opening the program at $50.
This bout will not be televised.
Wilbur Snyder and Danny
McShain will make their debuts
here, Snyder taking on Eric Won
Hess, brother of Karl, and Nc
Shain facing Ted Levin.
Tarzan killer Kowalski and
The Great Scott. who put on a
rousing battle at Griffith sta
dunn last summer, also have
been matched tonight.
In preparation for their big
match Monday night at the sta
dunn. Anton1no Rocca and Ricki
Starr each will take on two
wrestlers and then 60 through
special exercises. Rocca will
wrestle the Smith brothers. AL
and John. while Starr encounters
Larry Simon and Bobby Wallace