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Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
The Bear Dances

| From Washington comes steady
stream OF CUFF and gush about how
| charming, how well-dressed, how
excruciating hospitable are the Mix
hail Menshikovs, lately come to oc-
cupy the previously fOrDidding Red
embassy and to soften up the silly
Americans for the next Yalta. And
the fact that they are getting such
a big assist from newsmen, society
reporters and commentators who
are presumed to have newspaper
experience may indicate what trOup-
ers these Menshikovs arei
Within hours of a U. S. rejection
of the Red suggestion that the sum-
nit conference be held on these
shores, the Ambassador (whom no.
body seems to think of as a RedD
came up with the idea that it would
be a fine thing for President Eisen-
hover and Bully Boy Khrushchev
to meet privately. Khruchs boy in
dicated that he could get his boss
| to come here for such an occasion.
But before this seed was even
planted, the Kremlin's man-of-let-
.,
off another nasty one to Britain S
Prime Minister Macmillan accusing
his country and our of stalling talks
with the USSR while making "war
preparations" But you may be sure
that Comrade Menshikov will keep
trying-and keep the charm turned
on.
The latest word on summit talks
is that President Eisenhower will
vided that disarmament and the
reunification of Germany are the
main topics and provided further
| that preliminary huddle of foreign
ministers secures some assurance
that some decision can be had on
at least one of these subjects.
In spite of Mr. Menshikov's spell
binding efforts to make us forget
the Red enslavement of half the
world, the Soviet record of total de-
ceitfulness in violating no less than
26 out of 26 agreements with the
U. S. since 1917, its adoption of
| wholesale murder as an instrument
0f policy and most recently, the
wanton butchery in Hungary. an
other summit meeting looks no more
promising now than it ever did
If the Reds really want to play
ball. all they have to do to imple-
ment disarmament is to accept
President Eisenhower's aerial in
epectiOn plan and get busy on full
filling their 1855 Geneva agreement
on German Identification. And until
both of these developments are put
in motion there would seem to be
nothing to say-at the summit or
elsewhere.
In the meantime. let those who
Nave the stomach for it enjoy their
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28

ing" is like relieving pain with a
mustard plaster when a surgical
operation is really needed.
From the stories of bread lines
in places like Detroit, Michigan;
Saco and Biddeford, Maine; Long
Island; the West Coast; and a num-
ber of other areas where major in
dustries have slowed down, it seems
that consumers have greatly over
extended themselves. Frankly. this
kind of situation scares me to
DEATH | have talked to merchants
in some of these areas. One, a typl-
cal hardware store operator who
gives the outward appearance of
being very successful. says that
he could be folded up very easily
All that has to happen is for a
few of his creditors to press him
for the payment of a few bills and
he is done The situation in many
areas of our country parallels the
old game you used to play with
dominoes Remember how you used
to stand the dominoes on end next
to one another in long line, then
knock The first one down. and away
went all? A business depression is
like many an illness; only change
in our habits and attitude toward
life can permanently cure it.
Who Is To Blame!
Without doubt much of our cur
rent recession was precipitated by
our labor leaders l believe in labor
unions and once was Assistant to
the Secretary of Labor in Washing
ton. We could count on full en-
ployment as long as wages and
production kept in balance. When,
however, wages were dragging be-
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
BABS0N DISCUSSES YOUR POCKETBOOK

hind production, we had severe
strikes; but when production did
not keep up with wages, we had
recessions. Both labor and manage
ment will now take a licking un-
til prices again come down and We
consumers get fair deal. This is
natures cure; government plas
ters will not help the situation
1t is easy to blame our present
difficulties on Mr.. Eisenhower, OF
the Republicans, or the Fedora
Reserve for their attempts to bal
ance our economy. But | personally
believe our problem goes back a lo'
further than the Eisenhower Ad
ministration. 1t started when labor
leaders were exempted from tho
Antitrust Laws. Economic trouble
was also spawned for us all at thf
point back in the thirties wheT
we demanded "womb-to-tomb" Sc
curity. When we shrugged off Tho
responsibility for our own welfarf
and held the government account
able for our jobs, the education o
our children. and what happens t.
us in our old age, we headed for
trouble. We have lost our sensc
of values and Justice We don't save
for that ''rainy day" any more; We
don't bother about nest egg for
the education of our children; We
don't purchase adequate life in
surance, but depend instead upor
social security. Perhaps this present
reversal in business conditions
could turn out to be blessing in
disguise for many. Let us all 90
a little soul searching into the
question of how we got into this
situation, both individually and col
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY EIoins Townsend Dicksrson

pie she runs into" Sheeeeeee!
Wednesday the Officers Wives
Club had bridge and most of our
bridge club attended. 1t was this
day that was told two of my good
friends here were leaving with their
husbands to go PCS permanent
change of station) to Columbus,
Ohio and the SAC base there. One of
the girls is Terri Phillips, of Will
mington, Delaware When / talked
to her about it she said, "Just think,
Elaine, We'll be able to go home
on three day pass"
Ballet for Dawn, scout skating
badge for Lynne and working at
Dependents Assistance help speed
some more of the weeks hours.
Friday afternoon there was
farewell tea at the club for the wife
of Colonel. 1t was the only near
spring day we've had and all the
girls really looked like fashion
plates. | wore a beige Sun WITH
straw hat trimmed with an Grange
chiffon band and a big pusy bow
over my right ear orange shoes
! (the ones that were on sale, not my
size, too small. but l bought them,
remember?) and gloves. One of the
loveliest wives there sat at the tea
table when was served. She is a
| professional model, a mother and
the wife of full colonel. The tea
table was covered with a white
cloth with lavender netting placed
over it. The netting was gathered in
several places around the table and
here pinned punches of lavender
and purple flowers. Just pretty
enough to eat. There sat Grace in
a perfectly plain black linen dress
with small diamond circlet pin
fastened to the left side of the dress
collar. She wore a small hat that
sat squarely above her eyes, just
covering her hair line. This hat was
completely covered with a garden
of violets, that seemed to be an
chored by tiny black band The
silver candelabras with deep pur-
pie candles. the flowers and cloth
and the pretty party food just SEEM
ed to be the proper background for
this good looking woman. 1t was
lovely party.
Something that was not so lovely
was the. NCAA meet in Louisville
this past weekend. Kansas State
went there to meet Kentucky, Tenn
pie and Seattle to find out which
would be the victorious basketball
team of the top four in the nation.
Kansas played Seattle Friday even
ing and lost the game by % en-
barassing points. They also ended
up in the cellar and Kentucky the
victor. It's been an exciting basket
ball season here in the Wheat State,
but things have certainly cooled
since the weekend.
My Dad will be 50, March 31st.
Wish | could be home in Delaware
to help him celebrate his birthday.
Have a happy day, Pop.
Always,
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
Milford High
School News
Ba Seball Practice

Baseball Practice
Coach Bob Hoch is being ham
pered by inclement weather, but
his baseball aspirants are prac-
ticing daily in an effort to be ready
for their opening game of the sea-
son on April 8. The Bucs will open
the season against formidable op-
ponents, Wicomico High of Sails
bury, Maryland.
The Bucs will have a more eX-
perienced squad this year as few
players were lost through gradu-
alton. The first home game of the
season will be played Friday, April
IL, when the Riders of Caesar Rod
ney invade the local ball yard.
Track
Coach Barney Briggs track can
1idates are busiIy preparing for
their 1858 season. Activities have
been curtailed somewhat by the
eold weather. Thirty-four boys are
competing for place on the squad.
Four returnees from the 1867 squad
will form the nucleOus of this
Jear's team. The first meet will
)e held in Milford on April 8, wea-
her permitting. Wicomico. pow
,r in track, on the Delmarva Pen
nsula will provide the opposition.
Honor Roll
The following pupils have quail
fed for the honor roll for the
ourth marking period.
GRADE Z: Everett Bennett, AL
an Dallas, Donald Gibson, Richard
'erread, Sandra Tebbens, Carol
Woodrow, Carolyn F'innity. Mary
Iudecz. Judy Jaquette, Mary Lou
.ankford, Christine Lundstedt,
florence Scott, Ted Lewis, Greg
Try Wilson, Kay Mercer, Laraine
Williams, Virginia Workman, Lar
y Davis.
GRADE 8: Jacqueline Belts, Ja-
OBJ Friedman, Eugene Holden, Da-
id Talbot, William Huyler, Joseph
.ewis, Charles Murphy, Virginia
3oyce, Linda Grier, Elaine Esaacs,
Nancy Clendariel, Norma Lee Hop
Tins, Donna Lynch.
GRADE 8: Donald Fisher, Glenn
1enton, Sharon Hit, Kenneth Kerr.
ieorge Leighty, David Pack, Frank
'aquette, Donna Lee Lingo, Sue
Ietz, Sarah Milbury, Patricia Rog-
RS. Carol Jean Strahle, Saralee
Webb.
GRADE 10: Pat Harrison, Bar
ara Hill, Bill Mayhem, Elaine Rutt.
GRADE IL: Sally Ann Belts, Bet
Y Jane EDEis, Connie Parvis, San
Ira Fitzgerald, Greta Friedman,
ruth Pfeiffer, CaroIe Steiner.
GRADE IL: Bob Pase, Grace Lof-
and, Peggy Parsons, Connie Co
zen. Robert Pack
Menu March 81 TO April 4
MONDAY
Platter: Milk. Hot Dog, Baked
}eans, Celery Sticks, Cherry Pie.
Soup: Milk-Tomato Soup, Sand
vich, Peaches
TUESDAY
Platter: Milk, Meat Loaf. Mash
ed Potatoes, Peas and Carrots,
Bread and Butter, Fruit Cup.
Soup: Milk, Bean Soup, Sand
wich, Pudding.
WEDNESDAY
Platter: Milk, Fish Fillet, Pota-
to Chips. Green Lima Beans, Hot
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
2806 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
March %, 1858

ZoU0 NCAIiSiCT
Topeka, Kansas
March %, 1858
Dear Friends:
They say this is the seventeenth
consecutive day we have had tenn
perature below normal, an average
of 70 below normal. It's a dark, wet
day here in Topeka. The females
this morning in church were dress
ed in their winter attire, but next
Sunday. Palm Sunday, even if there
is a blizzard I'll bet they'll be in
their spring bonnets, don't you?
Before Hayes left on this TIDY
1.-TWO weeks away from his home
base) we were riding out in West
Hills. That's a lovely residential
area west of town. For five years
l have wanted to meet one of the
male residents of that area. Up
ahead of us along a dirt trail !
thought l could see this man. tolo
Hayes, Turn here / think that is
he" Pretty soon we caught up with
the equestrian who, on this fine day
was being followed by lovely col
lie, and he must have been riding
his favorite mount 1t was pictur-
esque way of seeing ALI Landon
for the first time. He waved to us
as we passed and gave us pleasant
smile. l had met Mrs. Landon ear
lier in the year. She's close friend
of my antique dealer in town and
I'm sure to see her again as long
as we're in Topeka.
Have tried to keep busy this
week while Hayes is away. Let me
tell you about him first He and
his good crew flew General Sweeney
(of the Sth Air Force) to Puerto
Rico for a three day conference.
While they were there Hayes had
chance to SWIM in the club pool.
Thursday they were back in Spring
field, Mass, and settled back to
"enjov' the blizzard. l talked to
him Friday evening and then they
had ten inches and it was still
showing.
Monday my bridge club was again
sin session. We had adjourned for
a couple of weeks while several
members got settled in the new base
housing, Capehart. This week we
played in one of the new homes and
enjoyed seeing the new draperies,
newly upholstered furniture, etc.
Some of the girls have done such
an excellent job of redecorating.
that their homes were in today's
paper-a Iull page spread showing
their artistic talents. One of the
girls in my bridge club had her
home photographed. She happens to
be the base commanders wife. I
was real pleased when she asked
me last week if she could copy
my living room cafe curtains. | take
no credit for them, Whatsoever
someone else made them for me.
Naturally l told her to come around
and take measurements. Nell had
hardly walked in the front door
when my neighbor across the street
came pounding on the door. She
had just backed into Nell's station
wagon and had neatly wrinkled the
left fender and mutilated the hub
cap told my neighbor's husband
Your wife certainly picks the peo-
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
Washington Letter : BY Robert Nelson Taylor

free caviar at the Embassy-and
forget Mr.. Khrushchev's boast: 1--WE
will bury you.
$50
Trade Can Be Reciprocal"
Hearings of the House Ways and
Means Committee on the five year
extension of the Presidents au-
thority to make Reciprocal Trade
Agreements have indicated stubborn
opposition from industries which
have suffered hardship under the
program and whose relief is left by
present law to Executive whim.
Among the early witnesses was
President William Erwin, Of Dan
River Mills, Danville, Va, spokes-
man fcr a vast majority of the cot
ton textile industry. He reviewed
the original good intentions of the
reciprocal trade theory that for
eigners would sell us goods which
were in over supply and which we
needed, while we would sell them
what they needed of our surpluses
and traced the disintegration of
this noble idea. Today, he noted,
Japan is buying cotton from the U.
S. for about 20 per cent a pound
less than American mills must pay,
making it into cloth with 13-cents-
an-hcur labor compared with $1.50
in the U. So and dumping the fin
ished product into the already
glutted U. S. market to undersell
domestic mills.
Mr.. Erwin told the Committee he
realized his industry was but one
of many that had suffered, and
that, he felt sure that what all
American business sought was
legislation that would make foreign
trade truly reciprocal mutual
advantage to the nations concerned.
He thought this objective could be
more nearly accomplished by HR11-
$50, introduced by Rep. William
Jennings Bryan Dorm, of South Car
olina.
Mr. Born proposes that the Tariff
Commission be renamed the For
eign Trade Board that it be made
indepedent of the Executive De-
partment and accountable to Con-
gress. Trade agreements would be
bilateral and for three years dur
alton. Peril points" (below which
sales would involve loss) would be
determined by the Board as well as
quota limitations. Existing GAIT
agreements are to be reviewed,
nnd the BOARD is to recommend to
Congress appropriate rates of duty
or compensatory adjustments
on raw materials. semi-processed
or finished goods made from these
materials.
1.-The bill I have proposed" said
Mr. Dorm" -. constitutes an en-
tire replacement of the existing
foreign trade machinery. This is
critically necessary The existing
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
Benjamin Banneker
School News

Spring is here officially and we
are beginning to experience its ar
rival realistically. The activities of
the children, the appear" nee of the
robin, the springing forth of grass
es and certain flowers make us
mindful of natures triumph over
the horrors of winter. AS we OBJ
serve the triumph of nature we be-
come mindful of our educational
efforts and wonder to what extent
have we triumphed in our activi-
| ties.
The student council, under the
| fine supervision of Mrs. Eva b.
Evans, entertained the parents and
patrons with a splendid fashion
show on Wednesday evening, March
| 12, 1853 The theme was Book of
Fashions" The stage was decora-
ted with a large book through
which each model emerged to show
her Sunday Dress, Casual Dress,
! Sport Dress and Formal Attire.
The participants were pupils from
all grades in the Bannei:er School.
The commentators were Mrs.
Celestine Gray and Mrs. Bertha
Morris. Mrs. Dorothy George, one
of our former teachers who is now
teaching at the Booker T. Wash
ington School i'm Dover, honored
US with a solo. The show was very
cuccessful and the student council
is to be congratulated for a job
well done.
In keeping with the celebration
of New Homemakers Week and as
an outgrowth of knOwledges gained
from membership in this great
organization, the Banneker MIA.
presented an assembly program
on Friday, The outstanding fea-
lures of the program were the
Emblem Ceremony and the Award
ing of Degrees of Achievement.
All parents and patrons were in
vited; however, only a few found
ii convenient to attend
Our annual yearbook is being
compiled and will soon go to
press. 1t will be much larger than
the previous one and VIII contain
many more pages of interesting
facts about our school.
The ninth grade is working very
hard this year to raise funds for
another activity of great educa-
tional value. They would like to
take an educational trip. The chief
obstacle in the way for such an
adventure is sufficient funds. An
all out effort is being made Fri
day afternoon when the class will
sponsor a chicken dinner. Dinner
will be served from $50 p. m. un-
til 7:30 p. m. Your support of this
project will be for very worthy
project and will add a wealth of
encouragement to the group.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28

Bahson Park, Mass, March 27.
Bread lines which have now sprung
Ip in some of our cities only six
months after prosperity was BOOM
ing along last summer suggest that
something is pretty radically wrong
with peoples economies! What,
'eally. is the natter?
How Big Is Your POcketbOOk!
For several years, | have been
warning that we could not con-
tinue to live it up forever without
One day paying the piper l often
wonder when l am driving around
in an eight-year-old automobile how
the average factory worker could
afford his one or two shiny new
cars.
Strong appetites have been whett-
ed for housing and cars and appli-
ances and luXuries; and consumers
have jeopardized the family finances
by overbuying. Don't get me wrong.
am all for as many new homes
and TVS and cars as the family
pocketbook can stand. All these
represent a higher standard CT
living. But ] am for these things
only after the worker has first set
aside portion of his weekly pay
check in some form of liquid saw
ings.
Bread Lines VS.. Bank Accounts
When are you spending too much
and not saving enough? When you
have extended yourself to the point
that you don't know where next
months rent is coming from if you
lose your job this week, then you
have obviously overextended. I'm
employment insurance. or tax-cutt-
ing. or any form of pump prim-
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28

Biscuit, Butter, Mixed Fruit.
Soup: Milk, Chicken Soup, Sand
wich, Rice Pudding.
THURSDAY
Platter: Milk, Tomato Soup,
Grilled Sandwich, Celery or Car
rot Stick, Jello.
GOOD FRIDAY
School Closed
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28

free caviar at the Embassy-and
forget Mr. Khrushchev's boast: I'VE
will bury you.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28
THOUGHT FOR SPRING

Spring fosters mostly pleasant thoughts
The passing of the vernal equinox sets us all
to dreaming of new growths, and happy
summer times. One unpleasant thought needs
to be mentioned. DR.. Leroy Burney, the Uni
ted States surgeon general, brought it up
when he noted that thousands of Americans
may suffer in serious outbreak" of polio
myelitis this summer if Salk vaccinations
are not speeded up.
DR. Burney sc..d that some 48,50O,OOO
Americans under 40, including 19 million
under 20, have not yet received the vaccine.
This is not because vaccine has not been
available; it is ready in great quantity.
Whatever the reasons, the fact remains. If
you or your children have not received this
protection against dread polio, prompt ac-
tion may still forestall summer tragedy.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28

All the water vapor on Mars
equals that found in box of earth
ly air two feet wide, two feet long
and ten feet high. reports the Ma
tional Bureau of Standards scien-
lists
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-28

u. S. foreign trade machinery and
the policies which govern it's ad-
ministration today threaten disas-
ter to American industry and death
to thousands of American jobs"
Obviously, Mr. Erwin and the
cotton textile industry are in agree
ment with the Congressman. And as
the hearings proceed we may expect
snowballing support from other
manufacturing industries fighting
the impossible competition of i'm
ports subsidized by the American
taxpayers dollar
***
Long Tail On Our Cat
A better understanding of the tre-
mendous job done by newspapers
and their supporting industries to
inform, advise and amuse their
readers and to serve their adver-
tisers by putting buyer and seller
in touch with each other should
come from a new study just COM
pleted.
Any reader or advertiser who
3
ed an adequate supply of paper and
the printing and distribution ia
cilities required to get newspapers
before the eyes of America is in for
a surprise at the armies of people,
the huge sums of money and the
vast natural resources that are de-
voted to his service.
30
paid out nearly a billion dollars in
1917 for paper alone-almost six
and-a-half million tons of news
print-according to the study just
released by the Newsprint Infor-
nation Committee OF this enormous
acreage of printing surface, the
lions share-well over half-was
used by advertisers to satisfy pub
lie interest in information about
available goods and services.
To produce the newsprint re-
quired for advertising space alone,
the Committee estimates, $4,000 men
worked for a year in woodlands and
mills, harvesting and processing an
estimated rs million trees repre-
senting the annual growth from
thousands of square miles of for
ests. To do this staggering job, the
mills themselves called into play
production facilities having a re-
placement value of one-and-one
third billions of dollars!
These are mighty impressive to-
tails, any way you slice 'em. And "a
this time when we are more aware
than ever of the Importance of con
tinuing to buy the things we need
and the things we'd like to have
the Committees survey brings into
sharp focus the vital role of the
newspaper-and the industries that
support it-in our interdependent
national economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-14

pointed a Registered Jeweler
OF the American Gem Soci-
ety.. A limited number OF
jewelers. In the United States
and Canada get the accolade.
This is done after completing
a series Of written eXamina-
lions and lots and lots of
intensive laboratory work
where gemology is concerned
The title must be rewon by
the jeweler each year so Mr.
Schwartz is already boning
up on his homework.
Beginning Wed esday
there will be a special dia-
mond showing at Charles
Schwartz and Son, 1918 F
street. NV. Included in 1t
will be the Diamondscope
which only a registered
jeweler in the American Gem
Society can have. The high
powered binocular microscope
goes right to the heart OF
the diamond or other stone
being viewed. TO discover
flaws and to find out the
worth of the stone. Part of
the exhibition proving that
diamonds are girls best
friend" will include other
testing instruments. diamond
cutting processes. and rep
licas of the worlds famous
diamonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-14
FASHION NOTEBOOK
Various Happenings
In Fashion Set-up

can merely tune in our FASH
ion dial. Good clothing should
remain attractive season
after season and that 1t
should be collected like jewels
which you certainly do not
toss aside after a seasons
wear" On the present che
mise trend he says it's for
the young"
incidentally all the short
sleeved suits this year re-
mind us that back in 1851
Adrian was focusing atten-
ton on them, as were. other
leading California designers
like Irene. Edith Small, and
Don Lopez.
MATERNITY MINDED?
The next showing Of The
Maternity Clothes Rental
Service will be tomorrow at
$3.50 pm at the home of Mrs.
John DAILY, 1929 Fourth street
NE. Sponsored by Parent g.
Child. Inc. the rental service
is something we're constantly
being asked about.
A FIRST Charles
Schwartz has Just been ap-