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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

will not fly until the investiga-
ton at least reaches the public
hearing stages" That was esti-
mated at about two weeks.
There had been confusion over
the total number aboard the
plane. Police and Northeast Air
lines announced today that 1902
were aboard. but later it was
found that 2-year-old Richard
Kronen of Plainview, N. Y. also
had been listed under the name
Ricky Kronen. The boy was one
Of the injured. That brought the
total down to 1Ol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

want to get to the base Of these
troubles"
II don't think people expect us
to come up Immediately with the
answers of what happened and
why" he said. But we've got to
try to find out as soon as we can
what can be DONE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

Island in a driving Snowstorm
OF the 81 who got out alive, 6;
we're hospitalized. some with seri.
Gus injuries and burns. The rest
were practically unframed.
A few seconds after Sol pm
the pilot of the four-engineC
Northeast Airlines DC6A radioeC
he was airborne over the boardel
marker of LaGuardia Field.
A few seconds later an cert
orange-red glare lit up the pen
itentiary island in the East River
Just three-quarters of a mill
from the edge of the airport.
Six Agencies Probe Crash
Six Federal and local agencies
started Investigations of the ac'
cident. The FBI. as a mission O
mercy" offered any help it coult
give, such as identifying burned
victims through fingerprints.
How did it happen? The dazet
pilot, Capt. Alva Marsh, 40 said
Il just couldn't get her up
Her power just drained out bu
none of the instruments showed
it. She just wouldn't go up.
II could feel something wa
wrong. however. on the con-
trolls. and it was confirmed b!
the shudder of the plane at take
off"
In the fieeting seconds before
the plane struck, Co-Pilot Basi
,Dixwell shouted, Ground com
ling up ;" That was all he hat
time for.
Struck Pole. Some Think
Some crew members, all o
whom survived, thought the air
liner struck pole on Rikers Is
. land as 1t swooped low, fighting
flor altitude.
Was the plane overloaded
The DC6A's are rated to carry
about 100 passengers. Six o.
these aboard we're babies Of
youngsters in arms. and did moi
count as seat passengers. One
child was killed.
The plane had waited fol
three hours and Is minutes be-
fore it finally got clearance from
the tower and roared down the
runway into the snow-lashec
night air. Other scheduled air.
lines also were operating at the
time.
Between 2 pm. and 6 pm. 4.
planes arrived and 81 took of
under conditions similar to the
Northeast planes takeoff.
/ At the time Capt. Marsh de-
cided to take off-and got clear
ance from the control tower
conditions were above the mini
NUNS set by Federal regulations
The ceiling was about 500 feet
and visibility three quarters Of
mile.
Wings Were De-lced
] Passengers grew uneasy during
the long wait for better weather
I Meanwhile. the plane was
taken back into a hangar to
have its wings de-iced. An alco-
hol-type anti-freeze was used.
Some advanced the theory that
engine exhausts might have ig-
nited this substance while the
plane was in fight. The liner
was equipped also with heated
boots on the wings for de-icine
while airborne.
The agencies investigating the
accident were the Civics Areo-
nautics Administration, the Civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
New York AirIiner Crash
Probed by Six Agencies

NEW YORK. Feb. ( Government agencies responsible
for air safety today Joined New
learn why Mambound arner night
after its takeof.
Twenty the 101 killed
she'd in RkerSl
Evening star., 1957-12-16
The House of Beck

Breezy Dave Beck. who clawed his
way up from obscurity to a position Of
great power and wealth, now stands be-
fore the world as convicted thief. A
Jury has found that he stole 81 900 from
his Teamsters Union, and thus the
father goes the way Of the son-Dave,
ir.. having been similarly convicted two
weeks ago Of pocketing $4.650 which be-
longed to the union.
Thus, what might otherwise have
been one Of the more spectacular Amer
lean success stories comes to miserable
end. One may draw his own moral
from the rise and fall of the House Of
Beck. For us, 1t recalls the familiar
dictum to the effect that all power cor
rupts and that absolute power corrupts
absolutely.
Evening star., 1957-12-16

advantage OF the intermediary good
offices" offered by the King of Morocco
and the President OF Tunisia. And 1t
has gone. on from there to express the
wish" that new talks and "other appro-
pirate means" win be utilized to bring
about a mutually satisfactory settle
ment "in a spirit Of effective co-opera-
tion" and "in conformity with the
purposes and principles" Of the U. N.
On Its face. this may not seem TO
amount to much Indeed, II differs
little from the Assembly's compromise
action on the same issue last February.
But its value ought not 10 be underesti-
mated. For the French have accepted
1t in good grace, and the Algerian Ma
tional Liberation Front--the guiding
genius Of the rebellion-has declared
itself satisfied with IL. Accordingly.
more so than for months past. there is
some reason to hope that the warning
sides-with Moroccan and Tunisian help
may be able to resolve their differences
without further large-scale bloodShed.
At any rate, this Is the hope of the u. N.
and Of all friends Of peace in North
Africa.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
All HoiI, Joe Biqqs!

Joe Biggs sounds like our kind Of
mana direct-action, ,do-it-yourself, let
nothing-yo -dismay sort Of fellow. Joe
is a part-time Post Office employe. one
Of the many on duty these days to keep
the mails moving In the pref Christmas
rush. In earlier times, Joe might well
have been rider on the famed pony
express courier unstayed by snow
or rain or even those hostile Indians.
Joe's sterling virtues-and let 1t be
emphasized that the world today would
be better for having more of same
were brought to light on a recent eve
ming when the City Post Office en-
trusted him with "the New York mail"
Somebody had 1t In mind that Joe
would deliver his load to the local rail-
road terminal. Joe obviously reasoned
that getting the mail to New York
meant getting it there, period. Hours
later and 228 miles away from the City
Post once, Joe's truck ran out Of gas.
BY telephone, rescue arrangements were
made. Joe, with his truck regassed,
came home and the mail went on TO
New York.
There are those inclined to COM
plain these days about the postal serv-
ice. But we like the picture Of Mr..
Biggs setting of to do his work. And
we feel more assured that the mails
will get through as long as his sort Of
hardy spirit prevails.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
Good Investment

The National Science Foundation Is
carrying out sound congressional idea
In sponsoring summer institutes to give
supplementary training to teachers spe-
cializing in mathematics and scientific
subjects. The idea was first put to work
on a small scale back in 1858, but now it
has grown to be an impresSively large
educational undertaking well designed
to help meet the needs of our super
chronological age.
Thus, next summer, there will be no
fewer than l08 of these Institutes at var
ious colleges and universities through
out the country. Operating over a six
week period, they will have as their
student body total of about 5000 high
school and $50 college teachers, all OF
whom will learn good deal more than
they already know about such subjects
as mathematical analysis, physics,
chemistry and biology. AS result, they
will return to their regular fall classroom
tasks with increased knowledge and
improved teaching equipment.
AS Congress has provided, all these
individuals will be paid modest weekly
stipend while attending the institutes.
Special funds have been earmarked for
that purpose In the National Science
Foundations appropriations, and there
can be little doubt-judging from re-
suits so far-that the investment will
be profitable one. Alan T. Waterman,
the foundations director, Is fully con-
vinced on that score. AS he has put 1t,
Good science teachers are apt to be the
first to stimulate an interest among our
young people In the secondary schools"
In that respect, these summer insti-
tutes are playing an effective role--even
II only an indirect and relatively small
one-in the overall effort TO encourage
competent youngsters to pursue the re-
quired courses in an educational system
geared to turn out much larger sup
ply OF scientists, engineers and technl-
clans. The money being spent to that
end Is certainly money well invested.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
Out of This World

Major General John B. Medaris and
DR.. Wernher Won Braun, the Army's top
missile authorities. have made a power
full case for an all-out American effort
to win control Of outer space. As set
forth Saturday before the Senate Pre-
paredness Subcommittee, some Of their
views may seem to the earthbound to
be altogether out of this world. But 1t
is for that very reason that they are
fundamentally realistic ideas of prime
importance to our Nation in the revolu-
tionary new age now unfolding before
us with dizzying speed
Certainly, as indicated by things
like Russia's SputnikS. the years ahead
are full Of so many tremendous po-
tentialities for good and evil that con-
troll Of the heavens above us, like con-
troll Of the seas in other times, could
easily determine whether we are to sur
vive or perish as great power That is
why General Medaris has appealed. with
urgency. for the launching of a far
reaching program designed to meet the
Soviet challenge and insure that we will
not drift into position of hopeless in
feriority. Among other things, he would
have such program aim at developing,
by 1861, rocket engine with a Million
pound thrust-a rocket far more power
ful than any We have today. Otherwise,
in his opinion, I'VE will not be in pace
we viii be out Of the race"
Similarly. and with the same meas
ure OF urgency, DR.. Won Braun has pro-
posed that the United States immedi-
ately establish Federal agency (more
or less comparable to our Atomic En-
ergy CommiSsion) that would spend
about SIS billion year on special prof.
ects which in times past would have
been ridiculed as sheer fantasy. One
OF these projects (they would include
sending vehicles TO the moon) would
strive TO have man orbiting the earth
on a returnable basis" within the next
five years. Another would set as its
1867 goal the completion and successful
operation Of a manned machine or
spaceship that would loop around the
globe, hundreds Of miles up, keeping a
watchful eye on everything below.
None Of this Is fantastic any longer.
Actually and potentially. the ideas of
General Medaris and Dr. Won Braun are
tailored to realities already here or on
the way. And they are ideas whose
essentials have been strongly indorsed
by scientific groups well equipped to
speak with authority on the subject. AS
a result, Senator Johnson and his fellow
investigators are certain to press hard
during the next session of Congress for
really thoroughgoing space program,
and the response should be affirmative.
For we cannot follow a policy Of too
little and too late without inviting a
Soviet victory that could literally drive
our country, as we know it, out of this
world.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
Timely Warning

The hearings on an airport site
before the QueSada Board have shown
the complexities of the problem which
Congress has assigned the board. The
testimony, for the most part, has indi-
Gated that there is no place In Northern
Virginia where strong local opposition
to new airport does not exist-whereas
Maryland would welcome a decision In
favor Of Friendship as Washington's
second air terminal.
Against this background, therefore,
the warning by Arlingtons State Senator
Fenwick that Northern Virginia can Ill
afford to lose the dement's of such an
airport is quite timely. Senator Fenwick,
in radio address, pointed out that the
future prosperity Of the nearby Virginia
counties and towns in general and Of
Fairfax County in particular depend
largely on increased revenues from IN
dustrial development. Home owners, he
said. cannot reasonably be expected to
produce the tax revenues necessary to
carry on and expand the public services
and facilities entailed in future growth.
'If we lose the supplementary airport"
Senator Fenwick. who Is chairman of the
Virginia Airport Study Commission, said,
"the homeownerS will be confronted
with a staggering tax burden :. The
evidence presented to our commission
proved beyond doubt that the establish
ment Of an airport brings industry,
and such an established airport has In
creased land values far beyond normal
expectancy"
Senator Fenwick urged the residents
of Northern Virginia to reconcile their
differences over the location Of second
Washington airport and get together in
q constructive plan Of action" This is
easier said than done, Of course. But
the possibility does exist that Virginia
may forfeit its chance Of getting the air.
port and Of setting up an authority to
control the present and new airports by
a continuation of the conflict over
suitable site for the project.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
N. Y. Subwoy Strike

II Is incredible that In the
United States of America. the
most advanced nation ON
earth, and In our largest and
most powerful city. a small
band OF enforced and CO.
creed unionists under reck-
less and irresponsible leader
ship is permitted wantonly
and ruthlessly to infiict un-
told hardship and suffering
upon millions Of innocent
and defenseless persons who
must depend upon the city
transportation service to
carry on their means Of live
lihood.
II we. the common people
Of America. cannot rely upon
our Government and all of
It's legislative. executive and
judicial branches TO protect
us from such outrageous and
intolerable labor union tyr
amy. then I say our Govern
ment has failed usl
Harvey II. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
Washington Bypass

/ lay no claim to being a
construction engineer. traffic
expert or combination Of the
two. but know from expert
enee that a freeway or ex-
pressway is needed to get
volume traffic from Rock
vile into downtown WASH
ington.
However. there are other
areas in the Metropolitan
Area that need relief as
much as or more than the
240 area. and I think 1t only
sensible and practical TO pro-
vide that relief more expe-
ditiously If agreement can
not be reached on the 240
route Immediately so that
construction can get under
way. The funds available for
the 240 route or the funds
that will be allocated once
the route Is flnalized could
be used In bringing to an
earlier completion the Ana
costa freeway. II the Ana
costa freeway were spurred
to earlier completion. then
perhaps the Jones Point
bridge and connecting Vir-
ginia accesses could be
speeded up TO provide a
north-south bypass Of WASH
ington. Much Of the traffic
congestion in Washington is
due to through north-south
traffic having to go through
the heart of the District.
Now that the Baltimore
Harbor tunnel is open. more
through trafiic will be COM
ing through the District in
stead of using the more ex-
pensive bay bridge and 30l
south.
An early completion Of
either an eastern bypass or
western bypass Of Washing
ton would relieve the District
OF much of its trafiic prob
lem. The Baltimore Harbor
tunnel in one week proved
that once through traffic is
routed around a large metro
politan area. the metropolis
tan area achieves immediate
traffic relief. Once the prob
lem of through traffic has
been eliminated. then the
problem OF local traffic con-
ditions can be more realist-
ically approached and dealt
with.
Robert A. williams.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
Parks Are Essential
Robert A. williams.

Many people are for busi-
ness reasons under the ne
cesSity Of living in cities. One
of the compensations is the
presence. scattered here and
there. Of parks which give
them a bit of nature readily
accessible. For children es-
pecially. this is a birthright.
To deprive them Of these
privileges would be unfair as
well as shortsighted. Glover
Archbold Park and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
should by all means be kept
in rs natural condition as
possible. both for the sake Of
the present generation and
for future generations.
Frank c. Seymour.
Evening star., 1957-12-16
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
Antarctic Cold Body Effects Studied

University Of California; DR..
William z. Sri, who has had
considerable experience with
polar expeditions and will
act as operations director,
and DIR. Gerhardt j. Hill
debrand, psychologist from
Karlsruhe, Germany.
The work Of the expedi-
ton will consist Of two parts.
First, detailed physiological
observations win be made on
the personnel In Antarctica.
Tests will be made, for ex-
ample, to determine the ef-
feet Of the cross-continent
hike on the heart, body
fluid volumes, body heat ball
ance and sensory perception.
Second. fluid samples-es-
pecially blood and urine.
will be taken from subjects,
frozen and returned to the
University Of California for
analysis. The analyses are
expected to reflect the ex-
tent TO which environmental
stresses derange body metab-
olism.
In addition saliva samples
will be frozen for shipment
to California where studies
will be made of association
between certain types Of
mouth bacteria and upper
respiratory diseases in cold
climates. These studies. it is
expected, will be important
in relation TO a large pro-
gram TO study effects of hui
man stress of many kinds.
Several Of these now are be-
ing carried out at the White
Mountain laboratory on top
of Mount Washington. 14,250
feet.
Area Believed Germ Free
1t long has been a matter Of
common observation - per-
haps. however. not an en-
tirely established fact-there
are no germs harmful to man
in the Antarctic. Certainly
colds and other respiratory
diseases completely disappear
shortly after a party has
crossed the Antarctic Circle.
There remains the possibility,
however. that certain mala-
dies are caused or accentu-
ated by long exposure to ex-
treme cold. Among these is
polycythemis vera. an ire
versible proliferation of red
blood cells, and a rare type
of anemia which eventually
caused the death of Admiral
Robert E. Peary. Few indi-
viduals will have exposed
themselves more completely
than the personnel Of the
British trek across the con-
tinent.
Evening star., 1957-12-16

tail. from the word for a
constellation. the Cynosure.)
But there was Christie. the
center of attraction. as she
sat so poised and calm,
though inwardly heaven
knows how. ~
You never can tell about
young girls.
They may look so placid.
but inwardly they are seeth-
ing with emotions, as they
used to say in stories.
After reading Nile. Sagan.
one reader can't be at all
sure about the young girls.
There was Christie. seated
so poised. with everybody
looking at her. everybody
talking to her. so that the
hero Of the occasion-there
was one-was forgotten. and
it served him right.
1t had been the same along
the way.
AS she sat beside the
driver, those in the back seat
could see people along the
road looking in.
They were looking at
Christie.
Who wouldn't?
It was amazing, on the
spot, to see how every one.
women. men. even children
if they had been there. were
looking at Christie.
She caught the eye. un-
doubtedly, but wasn't 1t more
than that?
Anybody can catch the
eye. with a Quirk or some
thing. an uplifted corner of
the mouth. a strange scarf
around the neck. even a walk.
One remembered Milly. the
girl who walked along F
street once with a big dog on
leash and her feet gliding.
Milly was q beauty. her
memory survives still. but
Christie didn't even have TO
put on a glide to make people
love her.
Surely it was because some
how. In that beautiful face
Of hers, in that so superbly
poised head. she represented
for all beholders something
Botticelli put into his Spring.
Leonardo Da Vinci into his
Mona Lisa.
Christie had it. and let us
not forget. 1t takes a little
thought. she is so gone. in
this busy business world. but
she is worth II.
We viii remember Christie.
Evening star., 1957-12-16

An international American,
British and German expedi-
tion, sponsored by the ONCE
OF Naval Research, now is
on its way TO the bottom of
the world to study effects
of the stress Of Antarctic
weather on the human body.
A six-man team Of Ameri-
can physiologists has just
left the University Of Cali
fornia to take part in this
work.
An American expedition or
ganized by DR.. Nello Pace
Of this university started a
series of studies on the per-
sonnel Of Deep Freeze ! ex-
pedition two years ago. The
American group plans to fol-
low up this earlier work.
study personnel who have
wintered in the polar regions.
and determine effects Of long
exposure to polar cold.
The British scientists will
concentrate on the l5-mar
expedition now preparing to
make the first land crossing
Of the Antarctic continent.
The crossing win start from
the Luitpold Coast Of the
Weddell Sea, solth Of Africa,
and proceed across the South
Pole TO the United States
base at Ross Island in the
Ross Sea. A New Zealand
party led by Sir Edmund Hill
larry, conqueror of Mount Ev-
crest, will be based at Ross
Island and will act in sup
port. They viii travel inland
TO establish a supply depot
on the Beardmore Glacier,
the titanic ice river flowing
into the Ross Sea. which will
be the last leg Of the route.
1t was here that the South
Pole party Of Sir Robert Fall
con Scott perished on its re-
turn journey from the earth's
bottom.
Two Objectives
The British Medical Re-
search Council has set UP
a program for physiological
studies Of this expedition
One British psychologist, DR..
Alan Rogers, will make the
trek with the party. Two
others. DrS. L. c. G. Pugh
and James Adam Of the Brit
ish Army Medical Corps will
meet the expedition at the
terminus and carry out
tests on the trekkers, as well
as on members Of the New
Zealand support group.
Other members of the in
ternational expedition are
DR.. Jack w. Miller. COM
manding officer Of the Navy's
medical research unit at the
Evening star., 1957-12-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN SERVIC
by The HASkIN SERVICE
%
postae

is q British possession ordi-
narily closed to visitors. In
order to be admitted. a visi-
tor must have had an invi-
tation from one of the in
habitants (who number
about 1907 and the visit
must have been ofi1eially ap-
proved by the Pitcairn vii
lage council.
@. Has there been any
great decrease in cigarette
smoking recently?-B. w.
A. Apparently not. The In
ternal Revenue Service has
reported that manufacturers
paid taxes on nine per cent
more cigarettes in January
1857 than in January 1856.
Tax-paid shipments TO re-
tailers totaled nearly 36 bill
lion in January 1857, as
compared with 32.S billion
the previous January.
Evening star., 1957-12-16

haps Mr.. Lawrence Is q trifie
confused. Or II he has some
secret" information that
his readers do not have about
persons in high Office who
have stopped to low political
attacks on the President. who
now more than ever deserves
the support and good wishes
Of all Americans regardless
Of party Affiliations. he should
come forth and name names
so that those persons may be
held in public contempt for
their unfair treatment Of the
President.
This kind of Journalism
does not enlighten the public.
J. E. Vargas.