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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-28

Now, one year after the
heroic and dramatic fight Of
the Hungarian people toward
once more establishing free
dom In their country. we find
an even higher order Of sig
flifieance in the Hungarian
revolution than many Of us
recognized at the time OF the
revolution itself. At a time
when the Soviet Union Is
demonstrating its technico-
military prowess to the world,
its Communist dictators are
troubled by an unprecedented
political ferment. This seeth-
ing unrest is partially caused.
and fully epitomized. by the
masses Of the Hungarian
people who through their
own and unaided efforts
experienced the full flush of
freedom for four days dur
ing October. 1856.
Whatever hope the Hun
garian sacrifice has raised
in the hearts Of other en-
shaved peoples. there is no
less reason for hope q year
later.
II life under communism is
50 beneficient to the people.
why are the people not given
q choice Of candidates at the
voting booth? Why cannot q
non-Communist run for Office
or have his name appear on
the ballot? Why Is 1t neces-
sary for a wife or child to be
held hostage each time an
intellectual attends q meeting
in the West? Why is it neces-
sary to have an informer in
each group Of workers to re-
port on any antiregime tend
encies? n this is the peoples
paradise. why Is 1t necessary
TO have the borders guarded
by machine-gun towers.
barbed wire. mined fields and
bloodhounds? To keep people
from Western democracies
out Of the workers paradise?
Or to prevent escape from
paradise? Why can the
press and radio exist only
under governmental control?
Why Is 1t necessary for the
people TO live in constant fear
Of the secret police? Why
does a. knock on the door at
night strike terror? Why are
the churches closed, priests
arrested. church schools con-
fiscated? Why are there po-
litical dossiers on every uni
versity student and virtually
everyone else? What country
forcibly imposes this system
upon its neighbors? These
questions explain the Hum
garian revolution.
These are questions which
Hungarians asked themselves.
They are questions now be-
ing asked throughout the
Communist and non-Com-
munist world. The Soviet
Union Is educating its people
on an unprecedented scope.
But the essence OF education
is searching inquiry. And to-
day more and more Soviet
youths are asking these ques-
tons more openly. This will
have more ultimate signifi-
canoe than an H-bomb or the
ICBM II mankind survives
the interim.
Since World War II and
until recently. the principal
deterrent to Soviet agrees
sion has been the scientific,
technical and. therefore. mil
itary margin Of supremacy Of
the United States and the
West. But now the Russian
Sputnik DRIFTING overhead
obliges us to assume that the
Soviet Union has an inter-
continental ballistic missile
and that thereby 1t has at
least achieved military parity
with the Western powers. But
now there rs another deter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-28

Finding Of . new virus.
apparently related to those
which cause various types Of
encephalitis. has Just been re-
ported BY two Army doctors.
The finding came, accord
ing to the report Of 1t. Col.
Kenneth r. Burns and Col.
Charles j. Farinacci, during
. survey Of bats to determine
the incidence Of rabies among
these flying mammals. They
long have been suspected as
carriers Of this dreaded NAL
ady.
The virus was found In the
saliyary glands Of rabies-free
bats roosting under the tile
roofs Of buildings at Fort
Sam Houston. Texas. It has
caused an apparent epidemic
characterized by deranged
behavior, muscular tremors
and paralysis. Thousands Of
the animals died. When brain
extracts were inoculated
into other bats from O cave
some distance away they
quickly proved fatal. They
also were fatal to mice. Other
mammals subjected to tests
seemed immune.
Gross immunization tests.
according to the report, show
some relationship to st. Louis
encephalitis. cause Of q very
serious epidemic a few years
ago, and to one Of the group
discovered among West Afri-
can mammals by Rockefeller
Foundation investigators.
Watch for Varieties
It is not identical with
either. There is no implica-
ton that 1t ever will be
dangerous, in its present
form. to human beings. Vi
ruses. however, mutate into
other forms quite readily and
a constant watch is kept
throughout the world for any
new varieties.
1t is still debatable whether
the microscopically invisible
particles actually are alive.
II so they are the most prim-
tive Of living things. They
multiply with extreme ra-
pidity. but only in living It's
sue. and whenever an accept
able host is found this multi
plication Is explosive.
Filterable viruses, the ex-
tremely minute particles
which are the agents of some
Of the most dreaded human,
animal and plant diseases.
now completely bridge the
dimensional gap between the
living and nonliving worlds.
They are subject to ex-
tremely drastic mutations. or
genetic changes. in nature.
and these are accompanied
by major changes in the
diseases they cause. Thus all
are dangerous. One which
apparently causes no disease
at all suddenly may change
into q strain which is viru-
lent or lethal.
These findings are reported
by DR.. Wendell NJ. Stanley.
the chemist who first OBJ
tanned a virus in crystal form,
and director Of the virus lab
raJory OF the University OF
California, in a paper pub
lished in the annual report
Of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton.
With the electron micro
scope which makes these
particles visible for the first
time. DR.. Stanley says, the
boundary between the ami
mate and the nonanimate
essentially disappears. The
optical microscope makes Wis
ible objects with diameters Of
about 800 millimicrons. There
are q billion millimicrons in
q millimeter and about 400
millimeters in an inch. These
are recognized as living
plants and animals. They are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-28
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry iOrfters' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to coHden-
sation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
CONNECTICUT AVE.

CONNECTICUT AVE.
Dear Sir:
'What shall we do about a
pretty little animal which
jumped from q tree into my
attic?
II think it is q chipmunk.
$50 far 1t has done no
harm. as far as I can tell.
and I am torn between leav-
ing it alone and trying to
get rid Of it.
do you think it would
nest there?
do you think ! could make
a pet Of it?
"t like all animals. and
am not afraid Of this one.
exactly. but still it is kind
Of upsetting to have 1t run
down the stairs almost as II
on wings.
what do you think I
should do about this prob
lem?
"Yours. @. @. Y"
The creature Is Q flying
squirrel.
Chipmunks are not too
good jumpers. and seldom
seek shelter inside. as long
as they can find rocky places
outside.
The flying squirrel. on the
other hand. is q seeker after
house shelter.
He often flies" down q
staircase.
Actually, he does not have
wings, but membranes be-
tween his four legs. on each
side, and these make q true
glider out Of him.
II is interesting to know
that aeronautics Is based
more on flying fishes than on
birds.
The flying squirrel Is q
rather frightening animal to
many householders.
This does not come about
because he is harmful. or
even large. but solely because
Of that gliding motion of his.
To see him so down a
stairwell is a sight to bring
fear to house-bound souls.
: Despite all they can do,
they are afraid.
Once they control their
fear, and take a good long
look at the creature, they
see that actually II ~ q
pretty, gentle animal.
Yet one does not particus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-28
New Virus Found; Others Studied

enormously larger than the
largest molecules OF the
chemist.
The electfon microscope
has rendered visible particles
which show some characters
Of living matter, down TO di-
ameters Of only 10 fnillimi-
cfons. smaller than some Of
the largest organic molecules.
Between 10 and 300 milli-
microns. DR.. Stanley points
out. "is the range Of the UNI
known void between the or
ganisfns Of the biologist and
the molecules Of the chem
ist."
Perhaps the most signifi-
cant of recent discoveries
concerning viruses, he points
out, is the mutational ability,
such that 'if q host contains
even q very mild or latent
virus the possibility Of forma-
ton Of q very viruient or even
lethal virus strain always
exists"
DR.. Stanley's own studies
have concerned chiefly the
first discovered and best
known Of the organisms
that which causes the tobacco
mosaic disease. Great num-
befs Of amino acids. the
building blocks Of proteins,
can be removed or added,
without any demonstrable
effect on the infectivity.
Eventual discovery of what
actually takes place in the
mutations. he points out. will
be Of very great significance.
Solution of the virus prob
lens, he says, undoubtedly
carries the key to the nature
of life itself, and possibly the
key to the cancer problem.
Despite their small size
the viruses represent q poten-
tial source of information
which may be far more i'm
portant for mankind than
the atom bomb or nuclear
energy. II we can discover
the secrets carried within the
virus structures we will have
gone q long way towards
making the world a better
place in which to live.
1T may appear amazing
that nature selected the bor-
derline between the living
and the moving worlds to
house secrets of such great
importance, yet sober refiec-
ton win reveal the wisdom,
If not the necessity Of this
course Of action.
Challenge to Chemists
Real properties Of matter
are but reflections Of the de-
gree Of organization within,
or the structure Of, matter.
The viruses, bridging the gap
between organisms and mole
cules. have just that degree
Of chemical structure which
is necessary to provide for
expression Of certain neces-
Sary properties. part Of which
lie in the world generally re-
garded as nonliving.
Certainly some viruses are
single molecules and the ma
ture Of the chemical struc-
ture characteristic Of such
virus molecules is q chal-
longing problem for the
chemist. Some viruses seem
to consist Of many molecules
interacting in some special
manner. and elucidation Of
this interaction also repre-
sents q challenging problem.
las yet there appears to be
no clear line Of division and
it is still possible to agree
with Aristotles suggestion of
more than 1000 years ago
that nature has made a
gradual transition from the
living to the nonliving world
and that the boundary be-
tween the two is doubtful
and nerhanS Y10nexiSfent
Evening star., 1957-12-25

Big Ten side Of the picture was
Kenneth (Tugl Wilson. the
Western Conference commits
sioner, who Is bedded with q
severe case Of influenza. Ply
sicians were dubious todhy
whether the Big Ten boss
would be up and about in time
for the week-away contest.
Coach Len Casanova sent his
Oregon squad through q single
workout yesterday. but Woody
Hayes had his Ohioans out for
10 double-shift. After the
morning drill. caterers moved
10 picnic lunch on the field and
following the meal the players
rested at the practice stadium
on mattresses transported
there for their comfort.
Last night the Buckeyes held
their annual Christmas party,
each player receiving 81 gifts
from friends and families. The
Wehfoots had their Yuletide
festivities scheduled this after
noon. and both squads were to
get together tonight at q
Christmas party sponsored by
the Rose Bowl Committee.
Each coach has q single
practice scheduled tomorrow,
but Casanova said the Web-
foots might have q double
header to smooth on some
rough spots. Following Friday
mornings workout the Buck
eyes win tour one Of Holly
woods major movie studios.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
BACK LATEST VICTIM
Ohio Stote Injuries
Continue to Pile Up,

PASADENA. Calf, Dec. rs
tR.--Ohio State and Oregon.
Rose Bowl rivals. received q
highly appreciated Christmas
gift today.
It was Q full days rest.
affording them an opportunity
to recover TO some extent from
assorted bumps and bruises
absorbed in rugged workouts.
The injury jinx, footballs
greatest levaler, continued to
cat into highly favored Ohio
States personnel. Joe Trivi-
sonno. the 20s-pounder from
Cleveland who sees plenty Of
action ct both halfback and
fullback. suffered . pulled leg
muscle In yesterdays practice.
That put another crimp In
the Buckeye ll-toting depart
'ment. with Halfbacks Don
Clark Of Akron. the teams No.
4 ground-gainer. and Jerry
Ballinger Of Marion. expected
to miss the game. Clark was
unable TO 90 in the climactic
victories over Iowa and Mich
igan. because Of q groin injury.
and Ballinger suffered Q broken
right band In practice here.
Although Clark has been
trotting up and down the side
lines. and insists hen be able
to play New Years Day,
Trainer Ernie Biggs said he
doubted II the speedster could
make II.
Another casualty from the
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Lumbeou Reported
Cundidote for
Green Boy Job

MILWAUKEE,. Dec. as (B.-
Curley Lambeau may be headed
back to the Green Bay Packers
as club president. general man
ager or both, according to the
Milwaukee Journal. Lambeau
Is the founder and former head
coach Of the Packers.
Lambeau resigned as Packer
coach In 1o4s and was head
coach Of the Redskins for the
1852 and '53 seasons. He also
coached the College All-Star
squads In 1856 and 81.
The Journal said yesterday
Lambeau has been mentioned
in Green Bay as q dark horse
candidate for the Packer Job
and added that he has offered
to help In whatever way he can
to resolve reported internal diff
dculties Of the club.
The Packers board Of direc-
tors met Monday and declined
to accept the preferred resigna :
ton Of Russell w. Bogda, club
president who Is ailing.
The board elected Dominic
Olenjniczak. former Green Bay
mayor. q director. as executive
vice president to serve until the
annual meeting in March.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
HALTED
BY HUNT FOR LOST
CONTACT LENS

MONTGOMERY, Ala.
Dec. Is @-Minnesota
Halfback Bob Schultz,
who wears contact lens
glasses, lost one Of them
while scrimmaging for the
Blue-Gray game.
Practice stopped. Schultz,
his teammates and coaches,
crawled on hands and
knees looking for the lens.
Finally. Q spectator
found it undamaged.
Schultz put the lens back
In his eye and the workout
resumed.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Ivy League Bars
Dell From Tourney

Donald Dell, top ranked
area tennis player who is at
tending Yale. was informed by
the Ivy League yesterday that
1t was prohibiting him from
competing In the Sugar Bowl
tennis tournament, whic h
opens Friday In New Orleans.
Delaney Kiphuth, Yale ath-
letic director, told Dell by tele-
phone yesterday that the Ivy
League had voted against
Dell's participation in the
tournament because the league
prohibits any Of It's athletes
from competing In any bowl
sponsored event. Dell Is at
home in Bethesda for the holi-
days.
Dell. q sophomore at Yale,
had made the varsity basket
ban team. but had quit last
month In order TO prepare for
the tennis tournament. Now
he fears he has lost too much
time to return 90 the team.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
East and West.
Stress Passing

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %
R.-East and West football
teams, honing up for the an
nual Shrine game Saturday
foresake practice for a Christ
mas party this evening.
Both served notice yesterday
they probably will attack in
the air.
Were not going to bump
heads with the big East line, "
West Coach Jack Curtice said.
I'VE are either going over them
|or around them"
With such aerial artists as
Stanford's John Douglas, Ore
gon States Joe Francis and
Tom Flores Of College Of the
Pacific. Curtice may settle for
going over"
The favored East team, in
tact for the first time since
practice began. flooded the
training field with pass pat
terms.
All-America Jim Pace, ap-
|parently over the fiu seige, was
back practicing with the East.
On hand for the first time
were Quarterback Dave Bour-
land. Guard Stan Slater and
Center Frank Kuchta. Bour-
land and Slater were delayed at
West Point and Kuchta was
detained at Notre Dame.
The East. training at Santa
Clara University, and the West.
working out at Stanford,
agreed to meet for their Christ
mas shindig at Palo Alto.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Carpenter. ToIos
In Mat Feature

Five Of the roughest men in
wrestling win see action In the
holiday show at Capitol Arena
tomorrow night.
Edouard Carpenter meets
John Tolos. the rough Greek
from Canada. in the main
event which opens the program
at $50. Carpenter. one Of the
most popular men in wrestling,
is being brought here in an at
tempt TO tame Tolos and his
roughhouse tactics.
Also Verne 0agne wrestles
Steve Stanlee: Chris Tolos.
Johns brother, takes on Ace
Freeman: Don Eagle tangles
with DR.. Jerry Graham and
Gene Dubuque meets Bozo
Brown.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Rugged Slate
For Presidents
Tonight

The Presidents begin the
first phase Of the stiffest part
Of their hockey schedule to
date tonight when they meet
the league-leading Philadel-
phia Ramhlers ct $50 at Uline
Arena. After tonight. the
Washington club plays three
games In as many nights.
The Presidents meet the
Charlotte Clippers ct Char
lotte tomorrow and Friday
night. then return here for q
game with the Clippers Satur-
day night.
Philadelphia holds Q 3-2 sea-
son edge over the Presidents.
the last game being Q s-3 de-
feat Of Washington after the
Presidents had built up q so
lead with only Is minutes left
TO play.
The Ramblers will bring in q
capable team. one that has
come along fast In the last few
weeks to take over the Eastern
Hockey League lead.
Among the outstanding per-
formers for Philadelphia are
Bill Kurtz. Russ McClenaghan,
Ross Turnbull. Rocky Ruka-
vina. Ray Savard and Goalie
Ivan Wamsley.
Player-Co Steve Brklacich
win send out Moose Lallo
Wally Kullman. Jack Porter,
Capt. Marcel Clements. Bernie
Bernaquex. Vip palladino and
Angie DeFelice among others
In an effort to halt the Ram
blers.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Groy Coaches Hoping
To Use Aerioi Attock

Saturday would give the North
erners their first two victories
In q row since the series began.
In the Is games. the Yankees
have won six times. the
Rebels IL.
The kickoff at 2 pm. will be
televised nationally tWRC-4 In
Washington with . 100-mile
radius around Montgomery
blacked out.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Hoynes, Mogicions
PIoy Here Friday

Marques Haynes and his
Harlem Magicians win combine
basketball with comedy when
they play the Boston Sham
rocks in q professional bas-
ketban game at $50 pm.
Friday at Uline Arena.
Haynes. q dribbling and ball
handling marvel, shares the
comedy roll with Sam CBoom)
Wheeler. q speedy forward W :,
Is becoming one Of the funniest
men in transforming basket
ball.
A musical floor show at half
time viii feature several nov
city acts.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Dec.
2b R.-Old Santa could have
gladdened the hearts Of three
Southern football coaches to-
day with . CHEEKY promise Of
bright, clear weather for Sat-
urday's Blue-0ray game.
II wouldn't have antagonized
the sponsors. either.
Instead, the old gent left
them waiting for the Weather
Bureau 10 say whether TO ex-
pect q warm sunshiny after
noon or Q rainy dismal day.
The weather Is o matter Of
anxious concern to Rebel
Coaches Andy Pilney Of Tulane,
Earle Edwards Of North Caro-
lima State and Sammy Baugh
Of Hardin Simmons. They hope
to win the game with passes.
They have the Nations lead
ing passef. Ken Ford Of Hardin
Simmons. on their side to-
gether with Gene Newton Of
Tulane. but . hard rain or
muddy field would Offset that
advantage.
The Weather Bureau hedged
on forecasting Saturdays cli-
mactic conditions this far
ahead.
A soggy turf would give added
weight TO the big. tough North
ern line which Edwards says
could easily be the deciding
factor In the All-Star game.
With favorable weather, Ed
wards says the Confederates
have q good chance Of bypass
ing the Yankee forward wall
and connecting with receivers
downfield.
The Northern line averages
21l pounds and includes such
giants Is Tackle Frank Rouse
Of Minnesota. who stands g.
foot-4 and weighs 265. and End
Ed Cook Of Maryland. 6-foot-4
and ass.
Yankee Coaches Murray
Warmath Of Minnesota. Don
Faurot Of Missouri and Jack
Mollenkopf Of Purdue have q
chance to do what the North
has never been able TO accom-
plish in the 10 previous Blue
Gray games played here.
The Blues won last year,
l4-o. and q repeat performance
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Fair Grounds Rider
Four in Row

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. rs (F1.
Jockey Larry Gilligan rode
four straight winners at the
New Orleans Fair Grounds
yesterday.
Oilligan won on Hap olaudi
(S6.40) In the first. Poe (t23),
Come Through (Si5.40) and
Fidget (t20.40). The daily
double paid 9l2l.lO.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

ball coach at Loyola High. Bal
timore.
Spingarn wins the Interhigh
Relays and WI the Wakefield
1nyitational track meet.
MAY-Bethesda Chevy Chase
Is winner Of the Maryland BIZ
County League track meet and
Northwestern the Class A State
championship.
Wakefield wins the North
ern Virginia Group / track
meet st. Johns the knights
Of Columbus meet and Cardozo
the Interhigh League cham
pionship.
DeMatha wins the Catholic
League baseball championship
and Washington-Lee the
Northern Virginia, Group I.
WI takes the Stotesbury
Cup for eight-oared crews, sets
. regatta record for the mile
and captures the Kings Club
Cup for varsity four-oared
shells.
One week later. the Generals
win their fourth National
Schoolboy rowing champion
ship in nine years In races held
on the Potomac.
JUNE-Coolidge Is Interhigh
League baseball champion and
Montgomery Blair titlist In the
Maryland Bi-County League.
Frank August. assistant foot
ball coach at Gonzaga. Is ap-
pointed head football coach at
Georgetown Prep and Jack
Whitcomb. Jayvee basketball
coach at oonzaga, Is elevated
to varsity coach at that school.
Groveton names Bob Tabor
head football coach, Frank
Kley basketball coach and Gus
Panagous baseball coach.
OCTOBER - Don Hillock
moves from Mackin High I'd
Georgetown Prep as basketball
coach.
NOVEMBER - st. Johns
takes Catholic League football
championship. Anacostia the
Interhigh League. st. Johns
defeats Anacostia for city title.
Bethesda Chevy Chase ID
Maryland Bi-County League
football titlist and Hammond
and Wakefield share the North
ern Virginia Group I title.
Ted Keller resigns as head
football coach at Fairfax High
to accept Job as assistant coach
at Randolph Macon College.
Prince Georges County
coaches make their announce
ment on extra pay.
DECEMBER-Distric Of Co
lumbia public high coaches give
their ultimatum on extra pay.
We may have forgotten some
thing, but there is one thing
we won't miss:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Yonks Assign Pitcher

NEW YORK, Dec. IS (R-
The New York Yankees have
assigned Rudy Serrett. 18-year-
old lefthanded pitcher from
New York, to Richmond Of the
international League.