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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-18
Burke Airport

Some years ago in a remote
section Of Fairfax County the
Government bought some scat
tered parcels OF land to build
an airport. 1t was a good start,
about 20 per cent of the land
requirement. but then the prof.
ect was delayed. Time has
passed. and now $4,000 people
live near where the airport
was to be: the remote part of
Fairfax known as Burke is no
longer remote. A handful of
people tSome Of these believed
TO be spectators in land tell
us that Burke is still a good
place for an airport. We know
better. Sooner or later a
laundering Jet transport will
crash. manning our children
and destroying our homes.
True. We live 10 miles from
Burke. but this is too close;
this is only 90 seconds by the
jet airplenes soon to take the
place Of those that crashed at
Newark, New York and Los
Angeles.
Fairfax County is a good
place to live and we want to
keep it that way.
Harold S. Lang.
! respectfully take issue with
your stand in favor of an air.
field at Burke. Va.
An airport at Burke would
be harmful to a large resi-
dental area because of the
noise made by military and
commercial aircraft. particu-
larry the intolerable noise OF
jet engines.
Schools and families would
constantly be menaced by the
possibility of aircraft crashes.
Homeowners within a wide
radius Of the site would suffer
heavy property losses due to
the lack of a market and re-
fusal Of the Veterans Admins
tration and Federal Housing
Administration to make loans
available on houses within sew
eral miles OF a jet airport.
The air traffic congestion at
National Airport can be re-
lieved by transferring all mill
tary transport service to An
drews Air Force Base, closing
the unnecessary and partially
used Boiling Air Force and
Anacostia Naval Air Bases
across the river from National.
and by diverting some CONNER
cial air traffic TO Friendship
Airport.
These moves would have the
virtues Of both providing near
er and more frequent air serv-
ice to suburban Maryland and
Baltimore. Of reducing the cost
Of operating military air serv-
ice and bases in the Metropoli-
tan Area. and Of saving the
United States taxpayers the
cost Of constructing a multi
million dollar airport. perhaps
so to 100 million dollars. The
only losers would be the land
SPECTATORS. promoters. and
similar fast-buck artists.
HarIav NJ NilIia 49,
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a red warning light when q
jump is detected.
Seven individual but ad-
jacent networks. with a total
Of los Of these indicators, have
been established and now are
in operation in an area be-
tween Fort Worth and Kansas
City. On an average. the sta
tions are 80 miles apart. Most
of them are installed at
places where somebody is on
duty through the "a hours,
such as police and fire sta
tons, telephone exchanges and
water and power plants. In
this way there is a continuous
watch Of the indicators. All
the stations are on a co-opera-
tive basis and services are
free.
Each of the networks CEN
tiers about, or is generally "up-
wind" from, a key Weather
Bureau station, which receives
the alarms from the co-opera-.
tive stations. When an alarm
is sounded at one of these sta
tons, the person on duty i'm
mediately can contact his key
station, giving the location,
time and a brief description of
the local weather. This infor-
nation is plotted and analysed
at the key station and the
results are relayed to the CEN
trail Weather Bureau station
at Kansas City where they are
integrated with alarms which
may have come in from other
areas.
Tells Direction and Speed
Thus. the Weather Bureau
points out. the networks make
it possible to determine the
direction and speed of pres
sure jumps through the whole
area. The forecaster at each
Of the key stations then can
predict the time of arrival
Of the jump in his own To-
cality and can be quite sure
that if a severe storm is to
occur-this is by no means
inevitable-it will come with
or very near the time of the
passage of the disturbance.
The pressure jump line"
says a Weather Bureau &C.
count. "can be considered as
a triggering mechanism with
severe storms occurring along
its length only at such places
where other necessary condi-
tons exist"
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adopted by the professionals.
The Jones way of climbing
steps calls for rest on every
landing.
Take 1t slow and easy, and
rest whenever you can.
Now, no American will rest
very long, unless he makes a
serious effort to do so.
Therefore, Jones says, the
stair climber past the age of
20 years must stand on the
landing and count.
Count 10. or even 20, on
each landing.
1t will go counter to all
that a proper American has
taught himself over the years.
Doesn't the favorite execu-
tive picture call for a man
to spring into an elevator and
whirl around before the opera
tor can get the door closed?
Doesn't it demand that he
run for a bus, and leap up a
flight of stairs in emulation
of himself at the age of IL
years?
Latest standards for physi-
cal fitness call for everybody
to be able to climb at least
two flights Of steps without
a noticeable raising of the
breathing rate.
The Jones system, one step
at a time, and a rest on each
landing. will secure this for
the oldsters. The youngsters
can take care of themselves.
Walking down stairs is still
fun for the inquiSitive.
The fun comes in beating
your own record, and the in
quisitive part of it lies in the
seeing how fast you can 20
downstairs still.
Jones works in a place where
there are two staircases of the
old-fashioned sort which are
just chimneys in disguise.
He found that it was easier
to walk down than fume at
the elevator operators.
At first it took him exactly
l minute. 80 seconds, to make
the trip. and he never got
down without some inouisitive
associate asking what he was
up to.
Now he does it in / minute.
20 seconds. fiat, whatever that
means. ut means precisely.
positively, Jones.)
do the boys still want to
know where you are going?"
We asked.
They do" grinned Temp
Jones.
They will" we said. even
when you cut your record to
minute. fat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-18
VSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
An Automatic Tornado Alarm Network

An automatic tornado alarm
system has been set up by the
Weather Bureau.
The up-building storm is
made to sound its own warn
ing a considerable time be-
fore it actually strikes an area.
Long experience with tor
nadoes and various other Sc
we're local storms shows that
they usually are preceded by
a Jump" Of barometric pres
sure over a limited AREA
path from 100 to $50 miles
long and for a relatively short
period of from three to five
hours. The phenomenon is
little understood. It is not
always followed by a severe
storm but one is likely to oc-
cur If other conditions are
right. But the pressure jump
itself is likely to go unnoticed.
unless it happens to be in an
area where there is a weather
observer.
This has led to invention
of the pressure jump indica-
tor" to catch the birth cries
of the destructive storms. 1t
operates on the same princi-
pie as an airplane rate-of-
climb indicator which is SEN
sitive to the rate of pressure
change with altitude. But it
operates only when the total
pressure rise has exceeded a
certain amount.
Network Set Up Here
The instruments, set up in
networks which eventually
may cover the entire tornado
belt, are the outcome of re-
search carried out for several
years under the direction of
DR.. Morris Topper of the Office
Of Meteorological Research in
Washington. Last spring a
pilot network of ten such
instruments was set up around
the District of Columbia. It's
promise was such that a pro-
gram of similar networks in
the severe storm belt of the
Middle West was organized.
The basic components of the
instrument are an insulated,
55-gallon air reservoir on which
is mounted a disc-shaped de-
tector unit for sensing the
pressure jump and an cleo
trio control unit which sounds
a buzzer alarm and turns on
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@. Why do history books diff
fer on the names of the ships
which brought the first colo
nists to jamestown. Va, in
l607?--G. A.
A. All historians agree that
one Of Capt. John Smiths
ships was named Discovery"
Historians have differed as to
whether the second ship was
the Sarah Constant" or the
Susan Constant" and whether
the other was "Godspeed' or
"Goodspeed.' Research into
original English records has
shown that "Susan Constant"
and "Godspeed" are the cor
rect names Of these historic
ships. The name Sarah Con-
slant" was a mistake which
occurred in the Colonists' sail
ing orders. The original God
speed" was turned into Good
speed" by a copyist's error
some time in the last century.
@. Does Ireland have a ma
tional health service covering
all its people?--G. v.
A. No. A voluntary health
insurance plan for the entire
country has been recommended
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names nldv be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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to the Minister Of Health of
Fire, but at present free or
partly free medical treatment
is available only to the lover
paid workers.
@. When was a Secretary Of
the Department of Agriculture
first made a member Of the
Presidents cabinet?-H. N.
A. The department was
raised to cabinet rank on Feb
ruary 8, 1889. Two days later,
President Cleveland appointed
Norman J. Colman, then
Commissioner of Agriculture,
as the first Secretary of Agri-
culture.
@. Does 1t harm tires To
drive with them underinflated?
r.. A.
A. Yes. Tire men report that
underinflation by even one
pound. If continued. will take
600 miles out Of the life ex-
pectancy Of an automobile
tire. The softer the tire, the
more the walls flex at high
speeds, and the higher the tire
temperature rises. Heat re-
duces tire life.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERyIC

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cusable discourtesies in the future. At
any rate, let US hope so.
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Eisenhower Doctrine

Ray Robert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-20

whether the reports were true " stations got
up to 200 telephone calls daily
About per cent of the letters report death
and injury rumorS and ask whether they're
true Here's a sampling of the top spelling
and grammar intact,
boy 10 Danville Va Some children at
choir practice today told me that some of the
Mouseketeers had been killed in bus wreck"
Girl. Woodland. Calf There have been
roomers going around that Annette and OAR
lene dead and cubby has broken leg which
happened roller coaster PS We hope this
roomer isn't true"
Ada. Okla The sixth grade of Latta School
would like to know if it is true that Annett and
Karen was killed in a car accident and if Cubby
was hurt We sincerely hope it isn't true"
A girl in Rhode Island 4 have heard
runner that Annette was kill in an bus accident
and that three of the boys hurt please
set me Strate"
studio mails them postcard size picture of three
MouseketeerS with printed message on the
back assuring they're all in good health
Disney spokesman says
Il haven't the slightest idea what causes
the rumorS Sure. there have been death rumors
Shirley Temple Bing Crosby. Harold Lloyd
and others
But they never lasted more than "a hours
There's never been anything as sustained as
this
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The Mousketeer Mystery
BY GENE HANDSAKER
HOLLYWOOD up .-
Walt Disney Stumped.

coast that his MouSeketeers have been killed
injured in some accident and why?
II has been going for more than year
The MouSeketeerS are IA talented kids aged
10 through Is who sing. dance. act mug and
clown through l5-minute portion OF the hour
long Mickey Mouse Club show. It's seen daily.
Monday through Friday, on about 100 ABC tee-
vision stations across the country
Generally speaking the Mouseketeers were
chosen from among hundreds OF applicants at
additions The personnel changes somewhat
from year TO year of the kids outgrow
their roles
All are described by adult associate who
has helped shepherd them from the beginning
two years ago really wonderful"
Annette's Mail Is Tops
The Mouseketeers get about 600 fan let
tiers month Annette Funcello receives about
10 times many letters any other Mouse
keteer
Annette IA born in Utica N y Is the lively
pretty daughter of an automobile mechanic
whose family moved to California in 1916 Dis
ney her in amateur program at the
Burbank Bowl in May 1855 and signed her TO
contract
Another leading Mouseketeer is Darlene
Faye Gillespie l6 She born in Montreal
of four daughters of dancers Herbert and
Dorothy Gillespie Her father is now Douglas
Aircraft Co electrical inspector
Carl Patrick "Cubby" OBrien - joined the
show a demon performer on the drumS-he
started learning by whacking pots and pans in
the family garage. He was born in Burbank. son
OF music schoolteacher
Karen Pendeton. Is, born in nearby Glen
dale, is the toe tap, acrobatic and ballet dancing
daughter Of movie studio property maker
She made her public debut at 3, singing You're
Adorable" She has her own fan club The
rumors of disaster to the MouSeketeers started
in the Boston area. spokesman here say News
papers and TV station got telephone calls
asking If 1t true that Annette had been
killed and Jimmie Dodd seriously hurt in bus
auto collision
Dodd. red haired and fortyiSh-a song
writer, singer. musician, dancer and actor-is
master of Householder ceremonies
Studio Is Swamped With Letters
T4.w@ IA. IL
Arizona sun., 1957-01-24

MRS. JAMES G. E:ikner, Chair
man, resides at Al West Virginia.
She is a housewife, has, in adj
dition to MIR. Eikner, q son,
daughter and seven grandchil-
dren. Educated in private school
in Memphis, Tennessee, she
came to Arizona 33 years ago.
Harold L. Divelbess, Phoenix
attorney with law firm of Gust,
Rosenfeld, DivelbeSs and Robi-
nette, 328 Security Building, re-
sides at 855 West Edgemont
with his wife Veda and two
daughters, Diane, a student at
Scripps College, and Carolyn at
West Phoenix High School. Born
in Holbrook, Arizona, a fourth
generation Arizonan, he receiy-
ed his Law degree from the Uni
versity of Arizona.
Mrs. Placida G. Smith OF Ill
West Granada, a graduate or
the University of Utah, and d1-
rector, Friendly House, came to
Arizona in 1928, has one son
Reginald G. Smith residing in
Pasadena, California.
MRS. SPENCER STEWART re-
siding at 145 North Country Club
Drive, is a housewife with five
children. A graduate of the Un1-
versity of washington, she has
resided in Phoenix for twenty
three years.
w. A. Robinson of 1914 East
Jefferson is a retired Phoenix
Union High School and Phoenix
College System faculty member.
Besides his wife Mabel he has
one son w. A. Jr., OF Brooklyn,
N. Y. He holds an Alb. degree
from Atlanta University and a
BIS. and M. A. from Columbia
University. Coming to Arizona
in 1945 from a dictatorship OF
Secondary Schools Study for the
General Education Board, he
was principal of Carver High
School from 1945 to 1854 and
Administrative Counsel to Su-
nerintendent from 1854 to 1856.
Arizona sun., 1957-01-24
WATCH on the POTOMAC
Continued from page q

Continued from page q
Afor a Democratic congress to
cut a Republican Presidents
budget?
ITO be perfectly frank" Hum
phrey answered, Il am only
thinking of the good OF the
country. I am not thinking OF
the political angle-what we
want is to have a good country
and that is what I am interested
in"
Later Humphrey was asked II
he favored government spend,
ing if business was on the down
grade?
'No I don't think so-----." he
replied. "I don't think you can
spend yourself rich. I think we
went all through that for a good
many years, and we kept spend
Arizona sun., 1957-01-24
BY Henry R. Kiel.

L. Cedric Austin, Superintend-
ent of Parks and Recreation,
City of Phoenix, had taken over
an hour out Of his evenings
leisure to detail the fine work
being accomplished by the
Parks, Fairgrounds and Recrea-!
tional Board for this article. An
impressive picture of work the
responsibility for which falls up
on the shoulders Of some of our
neighbors who serve their city,
you and me, gratuitously. When
we sat down to recap the picture
a paragraph from our currently
favorite book literally jumped
out at us. It said:
wink at eternity, if you must,
for winking is an involuntary
human gesture-and you will
not find the chance even in a
lifetime to do much more than
that about eternity-but what
ever you do, keep both points
of view firmly in mind; the
eternal and the timely one. They
both exist, and they exist stimuli
taneously. Combine them, or
else you will understand very
little of anything that is going
on."-(Hervey Allen, in prelude
to Bedford Village, Farrar and
Rinehart.) .
The story behind this Board
is one Of human drama based
on leisure, recreation and be-
havior patterns. It deals with
the arts and sciences. The field
of action is the past, the pres
ent and the future. The past
is exemplified by Pueblo Grande.
The future by Sky Harbor Air
port. Drama by the light shin
ing in children'S eyes as they
become intrigued with element
ary dramatics. Leisure is spear
headed by places like Horse
Thief Basin. Behavior patterns
are best seen at 35 supervised
school Fairgrounds 21a months
each year.
RECREATION? What form
do you prefer? There is a pro-
gram scientifically worked out
by trained experts designed to
fill in the needs of growing
city demanding the finest for
the best, state and national.
Take your pick from Arts,
Crafts, Music, Drama, and Ath-
letics. Let's be specific:
There are eight city parks
where one or more full-time
leaders supplemented by part
time helpers offer classes in
music appreciation, interpreta-
ton and other special interest
groups. They have children'S
elementary drama for group
participation. Arts and crafts
run the gauntlet from painting
to clay modelling. Athletics in
clude: League Soft Ball; Boys
Arizona sun., 1957-01-24

Hard Ball; Tennis, Golf, Swim
ming, Volley Ball, Badminton,
HorseShoes, SWITCHBOARD, Gro
quet, Archery.
Genius often comes from the
most unexpected places" quotes
the National Industrial Com
mittee'S Bulletin, brilliant play
wrights from the lower east
side: successful inventors from
among the men with hoe, shovel
and wrench; opera stars from
the SlumS Genius, leader
ship, ability may come from
anyone, anywhere, anytime -
when the aSpirant knows he or
she has an equal chance"
PRIOR TO 1888 the aspirant
didn't have an equal chance in
Phoenix. At least not where
Recreational Parks and Play
grounds were concerned. In that
year, when the present Charter
Amendment setting up the Parks
Board was passed by the voters
there were only three parks,
University, Esastlake and Grant.
The budget was between $40, 1000
and $25, 900, and it was admins
tered by the Division Of Streets
and Sewers.
A BULLETIN Of the Nation
al Retail Credit Association con-
tanned this provocative thought:
ibid you ever think Of God as
a landlord? Well, he is, and we
are his tenants. He owns the
earth and we occupy it. We can't
buy the space we take up, no
matter how much money we
may have. But we can and do
rent it. The rent is paid in the
service we render"
On the first Thursday in each
month five members, appointed
for a five year term Zone ap-
pointed each year, serve the
City of Phoenix without pay in
an unselfish effort to make
Phoenix more than a city-a
way of life, on the Parks, Play
grounds and Recreational Board,
They are chosen for their fine
array of talent and executive
ability. A quick rundown on
the membership reveals their
unouestioned ability to fill the
demands of this outstanding
board:
Arizona sun., 1957-01-24

ing and spending and spending,
and we still didn't help our en-
ployment or help our total posi-
ton" Since their own quarrels
have made so many headlines
Democrats are delighted to see
this COP controversy out in the
open.
BYE, BYE, SENIORITY Sen
ate Democratic Leader Lyndon
Johnson, seems to be for "sen-
iority" on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, but apparently
doesn't think much of it on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdayS-unless civil rights are
involved. He's now ready to pass
over Sen. Kefauver of Tennes-
see for chairman of the Senate
Antitrust Committee in favor
of Wyoming's Sen. O'Mahoney.
OMahoney was defeated in 1852,
but came back two years later.
This would make him almost a
freshman by seniority" stand
ards.
Arizona sun., 1957-01-24

Adolescence is a stage in file
when the kids know more than
Nom and Pop ever did or will,
and when they aren't bashful
about telling the world about it.
The men who do things with
out being told seem to draw the
biggest check.
Arizona sun., 1957-01-24

dollars provide
the leisure and recreation Of Phoenix residents the Parks Board
left Mrs. Pda G. Smith, Mrs James Ene chairman Mrs Spencer Stewart and
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OFFICIAL NOTICES

ID: c. GOVERNMENT July is.
1907 ORDERED: That the Traf-
nc and Motor Vehicle Regulations
Tor. the District Of Columbia be
and the same are hereby amended
as follows, Amend Part II. Article
XIV, Section 1863 (cl PARKING,
southwest Section. by striking out
me 9TH clause in the paragraph
dealins with D Street which reads
as follows: Between llth and l4th
Streets, on the south side. no
parking at any time. and on the
north side Z to $50 am. and
4 to $50 pm. except from 18th
street east 20 the first driveway.
no parking at any time. and sub
shutting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing; Between 18th and 14th
parking at any time. and on the
north side to $40 am. and
4 to $50 M. except from l4th
Street east to the first driveway.
and from 18th Street west to the
nrst driveway. no parking at any
time; Amend Part II. Article
XVIII, Section l66 ia) ONE
WAY STREETS. Northwest Sec
ton; by striking out the LIST clause
Street which reads as follows:
Between 18th and 14th Streets.
north of Pennsylvania Avenue for
westbound traffic only. and sub
shutting in lieu there of the fol-
lowing North f STREET. From
the cut thru roadway TO Penn
sylvsnia Avenue. to the alley east
bound traffic only. Amend Pert
IL Article XXXVI, Section ia.
TEMPORARY REGULATIONS. by
adding the following: In ccnnec-
zion with the sewer construction
on 10th Street at F Street NV.
STANDING 10th STREET NV.
Rom F Street south approximate
" 100 feet TO the lamp post. on
the west side no ;tandi1s at any
KARRICK, T. A. LANE, Commits
SionerS, D c. jy23