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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
BY JOHN A. GILES

The Air Force has awarded
a high priority" contract tc
North American Aviation tc
develop an air-to-surface mis-
sile to be launched from the
B-52 intercontinental bombers
The amount of the contract
was not made known in last
nights announcement.
The new missile, as yet un-
named. will have a range in ex-
cess of 100 miles.
The only other air-to-sur-
face missile now in the Air
Force arsenal is the Rascal
However, the House Appropria-
tons Committee reported in
May that its investigations in
dicated a reduction in the Ras-
cal program was justified
and added that the Defense
Department agreed 1t was in
the marginal area" The Ras-
cal has a range Of 100 miles.
The award of the contract
to North American, which is
located at Inglewood. Calf.
follows cancellation of the long
range Navajo missile on which
$500 million was spent over an
ll-year period. The Navajo
was cancelled because it was
designed to carry bulky atomic
weapons at a speed of about
1900 miles an hour. Longer
range missiles of that type, de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
Priority Contract Is Let
For Air-Surfoce Missile

signed to carry more compact
warheads. would make the Nav.
aho obsolete before it got into
operational use.
The whole military missile
program is undergoing review
and additional ones will be can
celled or their production slowed
down. The Air Force said North
American was selected to de-
velop the new missile after six
weeks Of intensive and compre-
hensive evaluation Of proposals
submitted by IL competing COM
panies or groups.
At the same time the Air
Force cancelled a development
contract for an all-weather
interceptor on which it spent
$500 million.
This was the XF-l03 fighter
research contract. The air
frame for the 1903 was under
development at Republic Avia-
ton Corp. The engine is a prod
uct Of Curtiss- Wright. The Air
Force said significant advances
had been made in both fields as
a result of the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
AMovie and the Racial Issue

regard the movie as sanction
ing. if not encouraging, inter-
marriage. -
Oddly enough, while CEN
sors. have arisen in the the
atrical world during recent
years who changed the words
of Stephen Fosters songs so
as to cater to the sensibilities
of Negro groups of the North,
no comparable solicitude for
the sensibilitieS of the white
people of the South is ex-
hibited in Island In the
Sum-"
Naturally. many persons in
the South will object to any
thing that lends even a re-
mote degree Of plausibility to
intermarriage between whites
and Negroes, but at the same
time. viewed solely as q con-
troverSy in the court of pub
lie opinion, the movie is bound
to focus attention on the
Southern argument against
school indignation" For the
Southerner in the current de-
bate has been handicapped
by the refusal Of many North
erners to regard intermarriage
as one of the inevitable re-
suits of school "integration."
There are many States in
which laws exist that prohibit
intermarriage of colored peo-
pie and whites. The consti-
tutionality of such laws is still
in doubt. as the Supreme
Court of the United States
over the years has not rem
dered a clear-cut decision and
has often sidestepped the is
sue by deciding the case on
other grounds.
Judging. however. by the
trend of the rulings of the
present Supreme Court. it
seems likely that legal bar
rierS to intermarriage will
some day be removed. When
that happens. the South will
become doubly determined to
avoid "integration" in the
schools. The movie Island
In the Sun" publicizes a deli
cate phase of the whole color
problem. It's a dilemma which
is bound to cause many anx-
ious moments for the Amerl-
can people in the years to
come.
Reproduction Rishts Reserved.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

The London Times Ike doesn't do about
Syria Kindly leave Mr. Ike alone sr of your
own-f you'll pardon typical American overstatement-
empire
Pentagon conversation Incoming Defense Secretary Neil
McElroy: MY hearts in my mouth" Outgoing Secretary
Charlie Wilson: MY goodness! Where will you put your oot?"
Democrats all they need to win the presidential
election is loud noSe-like boom busting
Jimmy Hoffas teamsters paid $5O00O for the estate
Chicago mobser It's school for handling union welfare
funds-named Jimmy's Rod and Gun Club.
House Speaker Raybun Ike of taking many
stands issue Democrats want Ike to take firm stand
and stay putso they him being obstnatey
infexibe
On the loss Of Syria to Russia State Department officials
deny they merely wrngng their hands
Arabs They are doing much morewrnging them in front
of everybody
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
Turkish Unity on Cyprus Issue

come a mercurlal thing In
recent years and who knows
what the future will bring to
Greece? In the hands of any
country which might have
designs on Turkish territory
the island is like a dagger
pointed at the heart of this
country, Turkish leaders say.
The Turkish authorities
contend that they have ex-
cellent reasons to believe that
Communist intrigucs are not
at all alien to the present
state OF turmoil in the island
and in Greece itself. Well-or-
gained subversive groups can
dictate policies of the major
ity when nationalist issues
are injected, they say.
Some of the Greeks still
look at Constantinople, the
capital of Byzantium and still
the seat of the head of the
Greek church. as a city which
the Turks own by military
conquest. And they still con-
slider parts of Asia Minor
as former Greek land. The
Turks admit that the present
Greek government would not
dream of raising the question
of these territories which
were predominantly Greek in
population land civilization
many hundreds of years ago.
But, they aoo, in years TO
come nobody can say how
Soviet promises of assistance
could turn the heads Of a
Greek government with leftist
tendencies Then Cyprus
would become one of the i'm
portant springboards for ag-
erosion.
AS things stand now. the
Turks have such an immense
military superiority over their
neighbor that any such con-
Germ would appear foolish
and ridiculous. But they see
the continual agitation in
Greece for union with Cyprus.
holding only certain guar
antees for the Turkish
minority population, as an
indication that the Red
finger is in that international
pie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Education in the United States

colleges Whose requirements
are, with the pressure of
demand. becoming stricter)
carries with it no guarantee
that its holder can even spell
words in common usage.
A country woman Of native
intelligence told me the
other day of an experience
she had while cooking for a
summer camp. I've felt bad
all my life" she confessed.
because ! never had any
education beyond a one-room
rural school. But at the
camp / used to make out the
shopping list for the coun-
selor who did the buying.
Usually / wrote it down, but
once, when he was of in a
hurry to buy supplies. he
asked what I wanted, and I
said. 'macaroni.'
How do you spell ito he
asked. Now imagine that
He was a college graduated
But shucks. even I can spell
macaroni."
From the testimony Of
teachers. the profession lacks
adequate requirements not
only. or primarily. because
the salaries are low. but be-
cause they are low in COM
parison with other educa-
tional costs: because children
and teen-agers refuse dts
cipline and are backed
against the teacher by their
parents: because extra cur
ricular tasks are loaded
upon their shoulders. and
because education" has be-
come so mechanical that
spontaneous teaching gifts
are stif1ed.
The length of a column
offers opportunity only for
limited comment. But the
subject is the most important
one in America and should
not be left to the pedagogic
experts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Political Leaders Fear Gain by Reds
Should NATO Allies Suffer Rift

ISTANBUL, Turkey CBy
AirmaiD. A diplomatic
blunder bringing about a
major rift between the NATO
allies in this area would in
deed give international COM
munism the opportunity to
reap a golden harvest in the
Middle East, Turkish political
leaders Of both parties agree.
BY this they mean the fore
ing Of the Cyprus issue in
keeping with the views Of
the Cypriot leader, Arch
bishop Makarios.
Up to the present. Greece
and Turkey have been allied
against Communist, agrees
sion. The Turks hope Cy-
prus will not cause an irrepa-
rable breach between the two
countries and that the State
Department in Washington
will have the foresight and
determination to prevent
such a conflict.
The Turkish position, as
explained to this reporter,
is that Turkey seeks no ter
ritorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT what
ever. In 1925 Renal Ataturk
settled the boundaries of the
republic after the struggle
against Greece and the West
ern powers. That Turkey
seeks no further expansion
is now an ironclad law of the
land. So long as Cyprus, an
island ceded and finally sold
to Britain, remained a pos
session of the British crown
the Turks never even spoke
about this former territory
Of theirs where some 100000
Cypriots of Greek ancestry
lived in harmony with 12o,-
900 Turks.
The Greek government has
not claimed the island until
recent years. Athens felt
duty bound to follow the de-
mands Of the nationalists in
Greece who were supporting
the Cypriots headed by Arch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

Isee that the United States
Commissioner of Education.
Lawrence G. Derthick. has
forecast that 43.l35. 900
Americans, over a quarter of
the whole civilian population,
will be going to school next
year. and that 3,244.000
of these Cup over a million
from last year, will be in
universities, junior or four
year college. and normal,
commercial, nursing, or other
specialized training schools.
Derthick also stated that
elementary and secondary
schools will be short some
$4,000 qualified teachers.
In this column and else
where l have raised many
questions about American
education: What is its pur-
pose? Why don't people like
to teach? What is a quail
fed teacher? What is
higher education? Why IS
1t becoming increasingly diff
flcult for anyone. however
otherwise qualified. to get
even a secretarial job with
out a college degree? And
what can one reasonably ex-
pect of a person who is
certified to be a bachelor of
arts or science?
What percentage of all ex-
penditureS for public educa-
ton is spent on plant. equip
ment. maintenance. includ-
ing maintenance personnel.
and what on textbooks. Ii
braries, and teachers? What
percentage of plant costs
goes into gymnasiums. play
ing fields and recreation ia
cilities? And why should even
small communities be build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

The news dispatches told
the other day of an orderly
demonstration by Ku Klux
Klansmen in front of a.thea-
ter at Jacksonville. Fla.
where a movie entitled rs
land In the Sun" was playing.
The inference was that this
was a way of expressing OBJ
lection to the showing of the
film. But. unwittingly or not.
the theme of the picture is
the most effective argument
from the Southern viewpoint
that has yet been made
against indignation" in the
public schools.
For the movie emphasizes
intermarriage Of Negroes and
whites and does it with a
technique Of plausibility that
makes the whole production
perhaps the boldest portrayal
of color-mixing that has ever
been put on the American
stage on a national scale.
This correspondent. who
saw the movie recently, was
impressed by the skill of those
who directed it. The action
takes place in a British
colony in the Caribbean.
Though three couples of
Negroes and whites are shown
in dramatic situations of
mutual attraction. not a
single love scene of the pas
sionate variety is included in
the whole thing.
Indeed, in one of the ro-
mantle episodes. the Negro
leading man rejects the di-
rect proposal of marriage
made to him by a blond white
woman. He says proudly that
the people of his color would
resent it and that he could
not go back on the feelings
and ideals of his own folks.
This argument might as
readily have been made by a
white man in refusing to
enter into marriage with a
Negro woman. But in another
part of the plot, the very OPP
posite occurs. A white man
a highly educated young
diplomat in the British colo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

bishop Makarios. Ever since,
relations between Greece
and Turkey-the important
eastern outposts of NATO-
have gone from bad to
worse.
The Turks believe the
Communists had a hand in
creating these dramatic fric-
lions. They have documen-
tary proof that the outrages
against the remaining Greeks
in Istanbul some two years
ago were prompted by sub
versive elements.
Whatever the underlying
causes Of the frictions which
have resulted from Greece
strongly injecting herself IN
to the demand of the Cyp-
riots for self determination
may be. the fact is that
Cyprus has become an ex-
plosive question for the Turks
and transcends party lines.
The position of the Turks
is that as long as the island
only a few miles of the
Turkish NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
directly or indirectly under
the British crown they have
no objection. But Turkey
will not accept its self-r,le
or unity with Greece. In such
an eventuality, it will insist
on a partition along a kind
Of Mason and Dixon'S line.
The northern portion where
most of the Turks live would
become a part of the Turkish
republic. while the rest could
do whatever it wished, IN
Guiding Greece in a COM
plete political and economic
union.
According to Turkish lead
ers Of both political parties.
Cyprus is a milestone around
the necks of all concerned.
But, they say, its strategic
Importance goes further than
its present role of providing
air and naval bases for the
NATO nations. The indie
pendence Of nations has be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
Motion Picture Viewed as an Argument
From South's View Against Inteqrotion

NAL service - falls in love
with a Negro girl who is en-
ployed as a secretary in the
Office of the Governor. The
two characters are not often
shown together and, when
they are, it is with a certain
standoffishneSs not custom
airy for Hollywood techni-
clans to use in m dern
movies. But in the end the
two go off together, marry,
and sail for England.
In the third phase Of the
plot there is much ado about
a girl in a prominent white
family whose grandfather, it
is suddenly alleged, was a
Negro. The girls father is at
first distressed to learn about
the hitherto unknown rela-
tive. but nevertheless be-
comes a candidate for local
Office and goes on the stump
protesting a high regard for
the colored voters, who are.
Of course. numerous. His
hypocrisy is attacked by the
Negro leading man. Finally
the father, at a public meet
ing, having been provoked
into an outburSt of anger.
frankly a dmits that he
doesn't like colored people
and rushes away from the
political platform.
Whether all this makes
sense isn't the point. South
erners in this country have
been striving for years to
convince the North that the
real danger in mixed schools
is that it develops social re-
lationshipS which can lead
to intermarriage. The movie
tends to bring out in the open
the subject of intermarriage
and does it with good looking
people as actors so as to
minimize as much as possible
the element of revulsion
which might have been felt by
viewers as a result of less
subtle treatment of the whole
subject. There is, on the
other hand. the possibility
that youthful persons
whites and Negroes-now will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
College Opens to Men

DENVER, Aug. 30 P.-Col-
orado Womans College plans
to admit its first men students
this fall. Prof. Homer l.. Grout
Of the drama department said
"a few" men will be enrolled
IN a theater workshop course
which he will teach. He said
the course will be offered each
semester for two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
Shortage of $4,000 Teachers Called
Nations Most Important Problem

ing schools costing half-a-
million to a million dollars?
ION this subject I have
written an article currently
appearing in the Ladies'
Home Journal that is raising
hob in the northern New
England communities from
which. without naming them,
I have drawn some illustra-
tions.)
I don't know the answers
to these questions. But if the
testimony of the many teach
ers who correspond with me
is any criterion. thousands
Of young persons are attend
ing college. or plan to do so.
who are simply not material
for higher education, and at
the high-school level "educa-
ton" is spreading into do
mains encompassing activi-
ties that have always before
been the responsibility of the
home and the community
outside the school.
Once. if a person had an
A. B. degree from any repu-
table American college. one
could assume that he would
have some familiarity with
the great works of literature
in the English language:
some working knowledge of
one ancient and one mod
ern language; have studied
a n d passed mathematics
through the simple calculus:
have been introduced, at
least. to the basic knowledge
OF chemistry and physics,
and be able to give a some
what coherent account of
American and Western his
tory.
Today, an A. B. degree, I'M
less issued by the more dis
eliminating universities or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
AFTERNOON

1900
4-Tic Toe Dough. Quiz.
s-cIubhouss rs" Kids.
9-Hosel Cosmopolitan. SerioI.
Adventure seriol storing OonoId
Woods.
l2:l5
9-Love Of Life. SerioI.
1890
4-lt Could Be You. Variety.
Bin Levden. host
5-Fronkie Laine Show. Music.
7-Clown Corner. Kids.
9-SeoFeh for Tomorrow Serl.
l2:45
9-Guidins Light. SerioI.
100
4-Tex and link. Interview.
5-liIli PolmeT Show. Dronno.
7-lodies Home TheoteT.
9-Theoter Of Stars. DTomo.
Junior" Edword Arnold.
l:30
4-club so. Color.
I Hour. Howard Miller, nc.
Fontoine Sisters, guests.
5-TV ReodeV's Digest. Dronao.
7-FovoEite Story. Drono.
s-As the World Turns. Ser'I.
200
5-Lodies Be Seated. Movie.
IA Hours. Bridge Of Son Luis
Rey."'io44. Lynn Bori.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Sept. 10

1000
4-Arlene Froneis Show.
Variety proornm with Arlene os
hostess.
5-MoFnins Movie.
IN Hours. "Motinee Idol"
ComilIo Horn. lBritlsh.l
9-The Garry Moore Show.
1880
4-TSeasure Hunt. Quiz.
Jon MuEroy, host
9-AFthur Godfrey. Variety.
Peter Lind Hoyes subs.
HOO
4-Psice Is Right. Contest.
Bill Cullen. m. {.
1870
4-Tsuih or Consequences.
5-FloFion ZoDoeh Show.
9-Ssrike Il Rich. Quiz.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-04
Mainly Personal

achievement to her credit few women
can match. Sunday afternoon we
learned that she could still get into
her wedding gown of 10 years ago
and what is more, zip it. She demon
strated for her husband Joel and
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo
Hofstetter after her younger sister
tried on the gown.
AL HUGHES of 800 West Elm street
became a contender in the Indian
Lake fishing derby when he register
ed a one-pound crappie measuring
13 inches long Sunday at the Black
Hawk landing Hughes used minnow
to hook the fish. He also brought in
a number of small perch. The Derby
continues until August Is.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-04

AN AUTHORITY ON JAILS. no
less, is the grandson of a former
Bluffton resident and son of a
BHS graduate. Myrl E. Alexander S
experience, we hasten to add, has
been from outside the Jail rather than
inside, however. This grandson oi
Mrs. George Armstrong, who for
many years resided east of town, is
assistant director of the Federal
Bureau of Prisons, u. S. Department
of Justice. His mother is Mrs. J
Lester Alexander, BHS 1903.
MIR. Alexander recently wrote 9
352-page book on Jail Administration
1t has been published by Charles C.
Thomas, Springfield, ILL.,, publisher
and deals with all phases of jail
management 1t is recommended by
the National Jail association to pro-
fessionals and workers who are in any
way connected with jails and Jail
problems.
The author is a graduate of Man
chester college, Indiana, and has
served in the Federal Prison Service
since 1881
Mrs. Alexander is presently resid-
ing in Dayton, Ohio.
e
MRS. JOEL KIMMEL has an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-04
Local Students
At BGU Receive
Scholastic Honor

Three Bluffton area students were
among those honored at a scholarship
recognition banquet held at Bowling
Green State university last Thursday
evening.
The dinner was sponsored by the
local chapter of Beta Gamma Sig
ma, national scholastic honor fra
ternity in business administration
and saluted students who ranked in
the upper Is per cent of their classes.
Honored were: Dorothy Stratton,
daughter of Mrs. Helen Stratton,
Thurman St, Roberta Hause, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Hause,
Route 1, Rawson and James Schaub-
lin, son of Mrs. Inez Daniels, Col
umbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-04

MRS. JOEL KIMMEL has an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-04-04
Beaverdan

On Sunday, March 81, Mr.. and Mrs.
ing: Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Barber OF
Birmingham, Mich, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Arnold, Cairo, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Bowers, Lima, Mrs. Ella Yant
and MIR. and Mrs. Harry Yant of
Beaverdam in honor of Mrs. Merrill
Arnold's birthday.
Mrs. E. c. Pfeifer and Mrs. Stella
Burkholder attended a concert at Eb-
enezer Mennonite church on Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Grady and
Mrs. Nettie Grady of Lima were Sun
day afternoon guests of. the Driver
sisters.
Miss Doris Hall of Cincinnati was
week end guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
|. j. AmstutZ and other relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. c. E. Fairman of
Akron, Ohio, were week end guests
of Mrs. Fairman's parents, Rev. and
Mrs. T. j. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Hoff have re-
turned to their home here after
spending some time in Texas, Loui-
siana and Arkansas.
Mrs. c. N. Long, Fred Long, Glen
Long, Bruce McGinnis and Mrs. Fern
Long were Tuesday evening visitors
in the Elmer Long home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Arnold and
family have returned to their home
here from Fort Bliss, Texas.
Out of town guests at the Church
of Christ last Sunday were Joe
Romey, Pasadena, California, and
Grant Barber Birmingham, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Rupright were
Sunday afternoon guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bame in Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Long were
Sunday dinner guests in the c. NJ
Long home near Ada. The occasion
was family gathering
Miss Doris Hall, Cincinnati, and
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Leatherman and
son were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hall in Archbold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Pfeifer OF
Lima were Sunday afternoon guests
of Mrs. E. C. Pfeifer.
William Younkman has been con-
fined to his home with illness during
the past week.
Mrs. Gladys Williams has returned
to her home in Lansing, Michigan,
after a short visit with her sister,
Bernice Huber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Downey and
family visited with her father, Harry
Which, in Kenton on Sunday, cele-
brating the birthday of Mike Downey.
Miss Ruth Durkee of Lima was a
Monday guest of old friends here.
Miss Theda Wollman was a week
end guest of relatives in Illinois.
Mrs. Zola LNginbuhl is a patient at
Community hospital in Bluffton.
Week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. c. Herr were Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar