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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
Clear
Ahead!
By CHRISTIE RiNEHART
star stan Reporter

The spirit of Casey Jones
rides again at St. Adams.
Conjured by the work of
eight young rail enthusi-
asts. the old engineers new
run is deep in the basement
of Lane Johnston Hall over
a line of track that mean
derS through country so
fresh if has vet to appear.
Masterminding old
CaSev's return are the eight
members of the Model Rail-
road Club, a unique outfit
bitten by a bad case of faS-
cination for the iron horse.
Add to the love of rail-
roads a good measure of an
American bows know-how
with model building and the
scene begins to appear.
1t is an elaborate layout
of miniature tracks about
an inch wide travelled by
cars and locomotives, pro-
portioned to real railroad
stock on a scale of three
eiohts of an inch to a foot.
The set-up is powered by
charges of electricity rum
ming through the rails
NEGATIVE charge on one
rail. positive on the other)
and tiny motors in the loco
motives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10

others after they saw what
the club was doing.
II used to build a lot of
gas model planes. Paul
ByerS remembers. But the
tall eighth-grader explains
he gave the planes up in
favor of the railroads be
cause l used to crack the
planes up about every day."
The boys who started
with small layouts with the
larger models at home adj
nit these are gathering
dust in favor of the small,
more authentic HO-gauge
model set at school. Keith
explains the attraction of
the HO-gauge trains is they
are more like the real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10

Each boy buys his own
model cars SO the equip
ment is not community
owned. Putting together
one of the cars calls for at
least IS hours work. and for
the more intricate locomo-
tives. about 80 hours pa
thence is expended.
For the guy who really
has patience. you can buy
kits of scaled furniture for
cars like the cabOOSeS,"
Keith says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10

thing and you can do a lot
more with them"
The pike won't be COM
pleted this year, but that
was according to plan. I'VE
wanted something that
would take a long time to
do" Keith explains.
AS for the boys who will
graduate before the new
line is ready for service,
they don't feel put out at
all. After all, they say, 1.-The
most fun is in building it."
From the looks of the
plans, when the network is
complete, Casey Jones him
self would be proud to be at
the throttle for a quick
spin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
New Stock Pilinq Up

The eight-man club at
st Adams is two years old
now. and with each MEM
Der devoting some time at
home to faShioning locomo-
tiveS. freight and passenger
cars from do-it-yOurSelf
model kits. the rolling stock
for the new line is piling up.
With community effort on
Saturday mornings or rainy
afternoons when the play
inc fields are too muddy for
athletics. the track is slowly
extended.
The layout. designed by
club president Keith Con-
rad. a senior. will include
about 100 feet of track plus
the yards when it is COM
plete.
"Some kids like planes,
some like boats. with us it's
trains" Keith says, eX-
planning how the idea for
the community pike" got
started. "All the members
wanted to build a layout
and it's too big for one per-
son to do. SO we decided to
pool our resources and build
it here"
With the help of Science
Teacher James Graham,
who the BOYS call Doc" a
S100 donation from the
schools Fathers Club and
a monthly ante of so cents
by each member, the prof.
ect was launched in one
corner of the basement of
Lane Johnston Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10

built with the help of a little
scavenging: Rescuing some
discarded tables from the
schools dining hall and
making use of bits of scrap
lumber from the conStruc-
ton work on Washington
Cathedral.
Once the base was built.
the first section of track
was laid on its special cork
bed. which is then painted
and covered with a gravelly
substance for fill. The
track is tackled to the road
bed by tiny spikes, like
the heavy ones used to
anchor real track. Keith
estimates it costs about
S1.10 for each 3-foot sec
ton of track when the
whole job is done.
When it is complete, the
pike will have three major
trunk lines, crossing and re-
crossing on elevated lines
which will be disguised by
papier mache hills and
mountains, with about 80
switch points, half of them
automatic.
The track will pass
through a mountainous re-
gion, maybe with a coal
mining section, some hilly
country area and a city,
where to diversity the in
duStrial scene, Keith is
thinking of a possible oil
refinery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
Planes Discarded

Interest in model rail-
roads hit some of the men,
berS from sets they had at
home when they were kids,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
Scraps Help

Remodeling the big base
ment room last year
brought an abrupt halt to
progress. The boys had to
take down the layout they
had built, SO the pike had
to be started all over again
last fall.
The foundations we're
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
Londscoping Ahead

The tables are bare of
scenery at this point, but
progress on the landscape
should get under way soon.
"We're going to grubstake
the art teacher and send
him out to paint noun
tains," one member says
But whether or not the art
teacher agrees to this ex-
petition, it will be the club
members who do most of the
earthworkS.
While the track goes
through, the individual
members are adding to the
supply of rolling stock.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03

George organized baseball This and
papers Negroes all the country TO
baseball until admitted Negro players to its
ranks.
George arVays coorcd bays should be
sports his TRIBUNE column Sunday that
That mixed baseball teams big league ball just wouldn't work
stroke proceeded editorialy
George good
kindly, atherly attitude
gentlenes he engaged boxing the
prize ring probably criticism
prasng but the Negro players
Pastme pet peeves
George had least be
couple telephone calls friends George of
Moore Cola Radsson Hotel tycoon,
Negro authority Georges highly respected Negro
o ours the told
conclusions
agreed completely felt that publishing
gave validity them his friendship the Ne
in sports
popularity with either this the
Negro admired fairness his color
this months
Hickey startled the whole UsA hiring Jackie Robinson
happened Whether George Barton
the the American Negro all branches of
sports exception golf coming there
to the daily writers like
George alike their columns
period sports history when wasn't the popular thing
newspaper sautes George Barton. a and
leather his fun
the newspaper glad that he will
sporting trbe-may
retirement" but can't imagine Barton being
rings the whistle blows coming fights
or the football games
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
DRIVING Hubifs

eenagers particularly
the report study driving habits recently
three Hastings high The driving technque
both and older generally pretty survey
observations reported Hastings Gazette
types just
much fault younger $3.50"
The traffic study made Sunday afternoons
traffic driver education Hastings
high school
Three intersections studied simultaneously
boys thoroughly
the traffic manuals by Minnesota Highway department
Minnesota Editors Campaign
lease Of the survey.
They reported that didn't
how to make correct approach left with right
made slightly better The approaching
from the lane sraddling the lane
1T
reported young
wide, reckless sweeping
Coming the the
drivers
correctly and dangerously Coming of right
Of the drivers a
These driving faults preceded by another
dangerous Less than half
used correct signals before they began
other reported included failure stop
allowing pedestrians crossing room;
ding and proceeding the yellow light signals
jumping the light "-Montevideo NInn) News-Ameican
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
Republican Legislators Fail On Tax
Program

probably expect party politics ho-
during the legislature the proposals
thorough and comprehensive solution the problems
Even those Republican Legislators
privately that ho Freeman developed by the
Of state leaders good thing Tor the state
TO give real support because might help freeman politically
This group shorsghted individuals generally willing
sacrifice the interests the state It's
Governor Freemans opportunity credit for job well
There times when partisan political advantage
submerged the public good proposals
great opportunity for unsonsh TO the
ests The conservatives the legislature opportunity
TO that their greater
their interest in political Paranhp they
boat and the state the loser
There might have been Justification
man had loaded the tax study with political hacks
adheren but the composed OF leaders
OF Minnesota life without their party g
mate charge OF political group
II is dscouragng that the hard long
Freeman tax study headed
sacrificed at the altar political oppouusm package
fered by the Freeman administration good
whether Freeman DFL Republican
state Republican powers the c
hture anxious to keep Freeman getting
than doing real service TO state which needs ovchaung
by passing the Freeman program,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
A Welcome ChaIIenqe

The Augusta, Maine a wholly
mendabc challenge The ga children
paroch schools presented demand
children provided with transportation default which
such adding to the $500 children in the Maine capitals
public schools would necoate double However the
superintendent approval
dren would be permitted Immediately OF the GA
only enough require
transportation by state standards
Legislature declined bills expressly
permit transportation priyateshoo pupils by pubhcsChoN
The immediate outlay secondary possible
other subsidies non-pubc schools The
token appropriation 500 such
order that the legality OF this expenditure be tested the
The threat to enroll paooal school pupils IN the public schools
doubtless effective dramaze the
Catholics schools relieve the municipalities
considerable educational difficult believe
large
number pupils II that should follow the public
education could afford welcome and pay the change
Public schools would challenge Of this
way Augusta Christian NOM
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
"COlor Blind" George Barton Retires

George A Barton Of the Minneapolis sports
department banged typewriter at
sports desk retired this week The sports page
editors and writers nationally known
sports authorities who
An athletes color whether professional
ranks meant little nothing Barton matter record
Barton seemed often earlier days to
the Negro American boys especially those prize night
break Barton handaps
Negro athletes in the earlier OF American sports
how the fighters
had to take dives TO keep eating professional boxing
He familiar with athletics
football track and other collegiate sports
Just little bit better than the best the
This knowledge might have made him
the American rom fairness
to all and however pronounced his writings
Long before other sports u metropolitan
was openly admired sports figures
name and fame known the country
few oldtmers viii remember guest
banquet given by Negro figures and writers Chicago
early In the when would
une pinnacle Of a worlds championship
Although the nations daily sports the
~ 70 be demoeratEed their treatment OF NegroAmeesn
hgu many Of them Jagged behind the that
~eut day by day keep the Negro and their
photos off the sports pages
he only hasse III onesidel that this had with
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
But is that really the choice
Looking At II Through
Bankers Eyes

When Treasury Secretary
George NJ. Humphrey and Under
secretary Randolph Burgess talk
Of making cuts they are looking
at the problem through bankers
eyes. Helping to build schools or
raising the living standard in
backward countries are not the
kind of investments which pay
quick or certain dividends.
Here again we return to this
matter Of ornaments. Humphrey
and Burgess, when speaking of
foreign aid. do not include mill
tary hardware planes to
King Saud or tanks for other
Arab potentates. They mean to
cut down the things that might
eliminate disease, trachoma. and
malnutrition in those countries.
And when the right-wing pro-
psgsndidsts talk OF tax cuts, they
don't necessarily mean you and
me \ good mechanic. with a wife
and two children. who earns S.
600 a year, pays S416 in taxes
But a stoCkholder in big cor
poration with the same income
would pay only S2O6 in taxes.
And If he derived IL from roy
alties on oil wells, he'd pay less
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
Presidential Aide Coming To
Minnesota

Presidential Assistant win speak Mime
apos Tuesday at the annual meeting Of the Republican wo
Workshop
Morrow be remembered by Twin Citans former
field secretary for the NAACP lie Is the first American
be named a presidential assistant
or special interest 10 the internationally minded here be the
that accompanied
trip 20 the African nation Ghana other African countries
While Mr. Morows speech win probably be political and partisan
for he Eisenhower adhoent his position entities him
hearing the Minnesota his
represents
o
This newspaper happy that Mr. Morrow coming Mime
hope pleasant re-
wardng those who
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
w AT CHI
on the
p o 7 o M A c

Washington Everybody wants
taxes cut. Every politician wants
credit for cutting taxes. But
whose taxes should be cut? Where
is the fat in the national budget ,
Here we are barely six months
after a bitter national election
and we find Republicans scream
ing too big, while the Demo
Gratis are busiIy defending Ike"
Eisenhower's national budget, It
sounds crazy and II is crazy.
Certainly no well informed
Washington correspondent doubts
that there is tremendous waste in
many branches OF federal opera
tionS There have been countless
congressional Investigations of
this subject and the objective in
quiues always end up pointing the
finger in one direction the big
gest source Of waste Is in the De
tense Dept.
But there is hardly a member
Of Congress who viii get up and
talk about IL. Yet 80 per cent OF
your tax dollar goes for national
security" projects, How much
military money is miSspent OF
sheer waste we shall probably
never know
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
l. The Budget Too Big

Granted that there is consider
able waste and ineffciency, not
to mention special privileges for
certain segmentS OF big industry.
is the budget too big? Most econ
omiStS seem 70 think il has Just
about kept pace with a. our
growing population and t2) our
expanding economy. The fact
seems to be that, per centage-wise
the 1855 budget has shrunk from
one NTH Of national output in
1884 to one-siNth night now.
None OF this. OF course is con-
selling to people who feel their
taxes are too high. But II we are
going TO cut, the place would APP
pear TO be in those military areas
which were once described as
operation rat-hole" Certainly
the place is not in schools. social
security, old age pensions and
similar projects where we now
spend less than one-third OF our
tax dollar.
The suggestion that military
OUTLAWS could be made more ef-
hcient may stir up a brand new
controversy, but we are inclined
10 so along with the guy who said
Of SO and bombs. Let's get
more bang for a buck"
Copyright 1887 by Robert
C. SpivAckl
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
Realtors, Oh, What Company You


Minnesota state with open occu
pancy housing protect the rights OF minority
members 10 buy rent property. where they choose
barrage city boards Of realtors
religious discriminating home builders associations
motley bunch America Fir5ters Silver
assorted ncpent White Citizen Councillors frightened
legislators into staIins the measure TO death
respectable Twin city realtors get satisfaction out OF
their allies they welcome to IL All OF their
prosaons they and religious discrimination
purchase Of homes went out the window when
they up which would have actually aided
pousy religious dis
housing.
groups blaming housing dscrmna
general public The minute they opportunity to
public policy democracy housing they with
brighten the legislature TO death
legislature voted million dollars to
centennial for t. However
measy $40 900 to set bureau which would
pressing problems OF the descendants OF the
the Indians whom this state stolen
celebrate grand heyery but not cent
help ped this rich land without
eonsoence7
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03

tt may De good Tot HLIIt Dill
To go to school against his will
And get the rudiments of knowledge,
But what if he won't go to college?
If Bill would rather be a plumber
or labor in the fields all summer,
Why make him study atom science,
When what he needs is self reliance?
Compulsion is a nasty thing.
Who was it wrote, Let freedom ring"
Or told us ignorance is bhss?"
o, please professor, spare us this.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03

Russell Of he recently
dow to he Medco a
interesting pass
$ opportunity the of
worlds people That fact brought home to me on my recent
Mecans coming the
immigration laws allow in order to take
opportunities better themselves economically AS
supply Mexican labor low
motel where stayed said that when he built his
Mexican carpenters 80 cents
that time and
finding low rates You imagine his
prise barber shop long a
roundy spelling them
AT the present time the employs
told board Not high
pay but the girls were pretty sIo" workers ney nI @ own
things remember guest complained because her
until afternoon The next morning the maid
bright early reused the lady out of sound sleep and
insisted cleaning the at There were no more complaints
from that lady"
One of our favote Minnesota coumnists
Springfield Advance-Press offered this recently:
weakly pome quote daily The United
compulsory college 1795Prof T NJ
Sinnett, prominent educator.
1t may be good for
To go o against his will
get the rudimens of knowledge,
he won't college?
Bill would rather be a plumber,
Or n fields
Why make him study atom science,
what he $ reliance?
a nasty thing
wrote, Let freedom ring"
Ignorance is blss?"
o, please professor, us this
About per people their
Oneha per rejecting publicity
usually noisy objections Another
per honestly actually modest that they
appreciate acclaim of the printed word
among per bang, of seeing
print especially it is complimentary and in
newspaper publication There trick
getting ones in publication edits AS matter Of fact
community editors and face
apt appear uncomforably often in paper.
The day they every illness
virus these days. kept us abed we read Carl Roan latest
South To Sorrow Near the end of his chapter in which he
read stopped and
there big all out and
paragraph quotation from of 1856 editorials
Well WIFI chapter a couple times and
probably It's of those thrills Of
lifetime in book of established author publish
by a established book publisher
experience paper edited
in the earlier mentioned in Era Belle ThomPsons lEBoN1
Magazine managing editor first book American Daughter and
"Kngsbood Royal which the novelist
mentioned the you are reading
approached voting reluctantly reluctantly
Tuesday everybody should The
Minneapolis installed
machines Paul have enved the voters for
because an hour after the polls are closed the election re-
available while the old manual counting system
Hennepn County hours and hours before election
things had feeling that they might be
manipulate you acquire 5Othat
anything different to be difficult at least bothersome with
IN way polls
people voting
able them Result wrote
curtain with voted half flat! Upon
leaving laughed ooshy fear voting
machine Must be the age!-CecI Newman.
READ THE TOP GLASS JOURNAL OF
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03

You invent an A-bomb and
within a year or two it's outmod-
ed. Then YOU invent an H-bomb.
Pretty soon it's out OF date, Then
the guided missile and on and on
on and on.
Does anyone propose taking a
long, hard look at defense spend
ing9 OF course not The fear Of
Communist aggression and inil-
tration is real enough. But some
times one wonders IL the Soviet
arms-makers and our armament
manufacturers are in eshoots,
Each seems TO be saying You
throw a scare into our country
and Wen throw a scare into yours
and Wen both be prosperous"
While the pace Of the arms race
quickens, the battle for better
schools proceeds with the speed
Of snail. We hear solemn
warnings from such statesmen
as Sen. Byrd OF Virginia and
Bridges OF New Hampshire that
welfare programs must be trim
med 50 that the children Of the
future" will have a solvent gov
eminent
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
Scare roeties" Reor Ugly Head Once Aquin

We hearing reports Of tactics"
securing hstings and making sales by real estate
Time such tactics could be expected
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-05-03
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR.
THANKS & CONGRATULATIONS FROM RoNDo-ST.
ANTHONY GROUP

Editor I opportunity behalf Of the thous
persons Rondst Anthony Highway
congratulate you by the
University Outstanding Journal
ism" those who know
your uneh devotion the community which
appreciate your the
express appreciation group the
cooperation your paper ben
cause m very grateful May Bless Yours
way Organization, 1871 Rondo Az, St. Paul, Minnesota
housing minority groups Progress Realtors
tended minimize not to
trey eliminate this Objectionable practice.
the poisonous breaking conditions
This is the Feeay Persons owning housing the
path the tentative list their
sell them reduced prices before their
Ridiculous suffered condemnation
being banded
newly Freeway Minneapolis
Realtors depore these Any Reaor hungry
that stoops activity should resignation
first It would be readily accepted.
The new Freeway Committee expects to right top OF
Developments dispatch the
final Freeway routes when Until that time all
Realtors should be careful statement they make
the location Of these their
particular
you Minneapolis
REALToR
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
In Everyday Living

SOME BUSY HANDS, perhaps
yours among them, will be
making sets of decorative slip
covers during these winter
months. A lot of work goes into
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

body, MIR. Nehru proposed thai
all present military alliances be
strapped. The Prime Minister
would substitute moral force, as
a means of solving the worlds
problems.
Anyone familiar with the eff
forts of the moralists to curb
Communist activities in recent
years will readily realize the
ridiculous nature of this unbe-
lievably naive proposal. Nehru
must be living in a dream world
and is either being led, uncon-
Sciously by his Communist aide
- Khrisna Menon - or he is
living in a pink cloud.
While we are inclined to think
he is in a pink cloud, the result
for the world would be the same
if he were being led by his Com
munist friend, Menon.