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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
Hard Look at Lebanon

EACoiuCnb EAoCLlnOWeE has given
Congress and the people candid and
realistic report on his decision to send
the Marines to Lebanon. For our part,
we think he was wise In doing so.
1t is clear now that the Marines
were not put ashore at Beirut solely TO
safeguard American citizens and by
their presence to assist the government
Of Lebanon" OF course, the precise scope
Of their mission is not clear. Presumably
this will be determined by events-by
the reaction Of the Lebanese rebels, the
Nasserites and the Russians But Mr..
Eisenhower made two significant COM
fnentS
He said ut is recognized that the
step now being taken may have serious
consequences" And he also said that
this initial dispatch Of troops will be
augmented as required"
These statements, we think, should
be taken to mean that the United States
intends to see this thing through. The
Marines are not in Lebanon as a. gesture
or as mere show of force. They are
there to do whatever needs to be done
to prevent the violent overthrow of the
lawfully established Lebanese govern
ment. And the logic of the situation
suggests that the same thing applies to
other threatened governments in the
area.
No one should suppose and certainly
the President does not believe that
armed force alone is an answer to the
problem raised by the nationalistic tide
that is Surging through the Arab world.
The most that force can do is to main
tain the status quo while other efforts
are made to find more permanent solu-
tons. But without this, If we were to
permit the savage, bloody destruc-
ton Of the government in Iraq to be
duplicated elsewhere, there would be
nothing upon which to build, no oppor-
tunity to work out durable solutions.
To have fiinched from using force, to
have done nothing, would have been to
let the Middle East 60 by default, and
that, as the President has rightly said,
would have gravely threatened the
safety and security of the United States
Whdb 10 lcCuCO, IlOW IIldI Itlc pluIlB6
has been taken, is a firm determination
not to be diverted from our purpose by
the shrill cries coming from Cairo or by
the untruthful contentious being ad-
vanced by Mr.. Sobolev in the Security
Council. 1t is true, we suppose, that the
landing of Marines at Beirut will cost
the United States something in terms
of good will in the Arab world. But
the Arabs are not fools. And as with
anyone else, they will not respect weak
ness and vacillation
In any event, the landing has been
made If this has inflamed some Arab
elements, that is water over the dam.
What is required now is a determination
to hold our ground, while making every
effort to devise a settlement in the Mid
die East which will recognize all legiti-
mate Arab aspirations and which also
will safeguard the equally legitimate
and vital interests of the free world.
Perhaps this cannot be done, But the
effort must be made-with good will and
In every possible way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
High Cost of Drugs

There are many topics of
conversation on which peo-
pie viii differ. such as politics,
religion. mental illness and
the recession; but there is
one subject on which all will
concur Fundamentally, and
that is the price on drugs.
Many thousands of people
throughout the country have
TO suffer because they cannot
afford the high prices de-
manded by the drugstores
and the pharmaceutical man.
ufacturers.
After a person has seen a
doctor and he. in turn, ex-
tracts his fees from the pa
tent. there is usually no
money left to pay for the
prescription the doctor pre-
scribes for his patient.
One of the greatest adj
vancements in this country
was standardization of pro-
duction. This was supposed
to produce the result of man.
ufacturing items at the low
est possible price. so as to
pass on to the consumer an
item within his means. 1t
seems to me the drug indus
try has not taken advantage
OF modern means Of produc-
ton, but preys upon a per-
sons dire need for the par
ticular drug to overcome his
ailment, thereby charging an
outrageous price.
The only way TO eliminate
this unhealthy state Of affairs
is to bring pressure upon
Congress to TO do something
about 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
THIRTEENTH STREET

lf11rtl EENA oArSGGA'
Dear Sir:
"You seem to write about
everything. May ! ask your
opinion of chocolate?
when I was a kid. ]
liked nothing so well on or
of earth as this delicacy.
Now that / am getting
old, / find / cannot eat 1t
any more.
What is the best thing to
do? How does one solve what
I like to think OF as the
Chocolate Problem?
Il can recall my mother
always came down with a
severe headache when she
ate chocolate. and now ] am
finding I suffer the same way.
"Out of your experience,
what is the best thing TO do?
Sincerely. E. ""
This is a purely personal
problem, but life is made up
Of them, and this is one OF
the reasons life is interest
ing.
II everything had to be
solved on the mass basis,
something would 90 out OF
life,
The personal approach Is
always the best, except IN
community affairs.
1t Is amazing. perhaps, that
some persons exist who hon
estly take no interest in COM
munity affairs.
They say, "You can have
charge OF such matters. II you
will let me have charge OF
myself"
Whether this is o good at
titude, we wouldn't know. but
IL Is A real one, and reality
is what counts. Ask any
pSychiatrist.
Chocolate Is one OF the
great finds on earth.
It came originally from
South America, where at first
it was confined to the rulers
alone.
With the discovery Of the
Americas, chocolate went into
worldwide circulation.
Its taste Is unique.
Please never say very
unique" Unique means single,
there is no comparison. and
this Is particularly true Of
chocolate.
Its taste is what does 1t.
The small stimulus from
its cadeine-like portion is
not enough TO account for the
universal liking.
II is the taste.
- $50
Our first acquaintance
with chocolate came In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16

the sun on October II prom
ises 10 be one Of the major
events Of astronomical his
tory.
The period Of totallty dur
ina which the solar disk win
be covered completely by the
moons shadow. as calcu-
lated by astronomers Of the
Naval Almanac once here.
viii be as much as I'VE min
utes at some points In the
long sweep across the Pacific
from sunrise Just north of
Australia 10 sunset on the
coast OF Chile. =
II comes almost at the
climax of an extraordinary
cycle Of sunspots. Present
observations indicate that
there win be at least twice as
many of these whirlwinds Of
FIRE In the solar atmosphere
as during the last total eclipse
in 1887. Il comes almost In
the middle Of the nterna-
tional Geophysical Year
when astronomers OF most
nations are equipped and
ready TO observe II. and when
they are provided with tools
for observation never before
available. Approximately Is
expeditions now are sched-
uled. These include six from
the United states.
Inconvenlent Area
The area of totality, how
ever, hardly could be more
inconvenient. Most Of the
sunrise to sunset path is over
water with only a few scat
tered islands. Probably the
most notable Of all the ex-
petitions will be that from
the United States Naval Re-
search Laboratory here which
will carry out observations
never before possible and
which well may confirm rev.
dictionary new concepts Of
the sun itself and Of inter-
planetary space. For an
observation point the Navy
has selected the Island Of
Pukapuka, one of the Danger
Archipelago 900 miles east Of
Samoa In the direction of
Tahiti. It Is q barren.
mosquito infested reef built
UP around a lagoon with
about TOO Polynesian in
habitants. q possession Of
New Zealand. Some other
expeditions may use the other
two Danger islands. Motto Ko
and Motto Kavata.
Pukapuka is the largest Of
the group but the seas around
it are so rough that there is
practically no possibility Of
landing heavy equipment and
the entrance to the quiet
lagoon is too narrow for a
large ship. Consequently the
landing ship USS Thomaston
which will carry the Navy
scientists will serve as a
floating hotel and warehouse
for the personnel. The
Thomaston will arrive at the
site about September ] ana
leave about November 1. 1t
will cruise continually around
the archipelago but for OBJ
servations impossible to carry
out on the rolling deck Of a
ship astronomers viii be
landed by helicopter on Moto
Ko, southernmost Of the
Dangers.
Most Of the work Of the
Naval Research Laboratory
group. however, can be car
ried out from the Thomas
tons deck. It's nature is such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
MIC IL,

I notice that the missing
Air Force rocket mouse was
named Mia H." This name
is most appropriate, since the
initials MIA" mean miss
ing in action" in military
language. L trust, however.
that the I'll" doesn't mean
that the Air Force anticipates
establishment of a mouse
dynasty. If so. I feel sure
that the dictionary of Air
Force Technology has names
or terms more suggestive Of
success and that such names
or terms could be used for flu
ture members Of the mouse
dynasty-even though many
or all will no doubt be mem
bers of the House Of MIA.
John Greer Irwin, Sr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
Political Debate

The letter from Edward d.
Storm about the c. a. o.
Canal Park is the most ri
diculous thing I've ever read.
He admits in the first para
graph that it is a Democrat
who is blocking the bill and
then he goes on to blame the
Republicans for it! This.
surely. is 1884 thinking. The
Democrats are blocking it,
so blame the Republicans for
it.
The same principle applies
on many more important
issues. The Democrats. for
example. bleat their cynical
lungs out about small bust
ness but It has taken them
over four years to pass an
Eisenhower recommendation
to make the Small Business
Administration permanent.
And they refuse to enact the
Presidents small business
tax relief plan.
They cry about econom-
ically depressed areas but
have stalled the Presidents
Area Development program
for Just as long as the SBA
bill.
They wall about the plight
of the unemployed but took
over a month and a half to
pass the Eisenhower bill to
extend unemployment insur-
ance. About a half-million
persons exhausted their ben
efits In the time the Demo-
Gratis were playing politics
with the bill.
The Democrats say on the
stump that they want public
works. But they scuttled the
Administrators plan to
build 10000 new postoffices
to be financed, not by direct
taxes, but through the tenn
porary addition of a penny
of postage on some kinds of
mail.
Let's get it straight. Those
dissatisfied with Congress
have only the Democrats to
blame. They are in charge
there completely and have
been for the last four nom
productive years.
M. J. Macdonald.
+
/ am amazed at finding
my old friend, Ed Storm of
Frederick, advocating the
totalitarianism of one-party
government. For this is ex-
actly what he does in his
letter published July IL.
Because the Democrats are
now in control of the Con-
gresS, he states, Republican
Congressman cannot obtain
committee approval Of good
legislation If it bears Repub-
lican sponsorship.
He cites the pigeonholing
by Democratic Representa-
tive Oracle Pfost Of the bill
by Representative Hyde,
Republican. to establish a
c. a. o. Canal Park.
"A Democratic Congress-
man." he said. could get a
fellow member of the ma
jority party to go along and
bring the matter to a vote"
Therefore, he reasons, only
Democrats should be elected
in the Sixth Congressional
District and in Maryland in
general.
If this placing Of party
label before good legislation
and the public well-being is
the new policy Of Mr.. Storms
party. it should be enshrined
in the Political Hall OF In
fanny with that slogan Of
New Deal days-"Tax and
tax; spend and spend; elect
and elect"
Albert w. Quinn,
Aide to Governor
AHrK olf1fV,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
Nice Lady
Ellis o. Jones.

Just want to say thank you
for the most wonderful news
paper in the whole world:
no. Of course, I haven't read
them all, but why should !
when my own Evening Star
must top them all, and golly.
I wouldn't have time to read
all of them, even if / could
get hold of them.
Over thirty years ago ]
bought my first Evening Star.
Since that time l have seen
such wonderful features in
troduced into this daily
paper. Mr.. Haskin's column.
Readers Clearing House."
and now our wonderful "Fea-
ture Page" with everything
including Jim Bishop; and
just recently you started a
small but very interesting
mystery. How much more can
a reader ask for? On Thurs
day we have Violet Faulkner;
on Monday Gold in Your
Attic; no need to go on. it
really must be the best news
paper in the whole wide
world.
The Star Comics, everyday
and Sunday too; This
Week." with so many won
derful items. It is all so
wonderful. Really, I believe
you are a human newspaper,
too.
Not long ago I wrote a
letter, not a very pretty one
/ must say. telling you that
/ didn't think obituaries and
amusements should be listed
side by side in the heading.
Not once since then have l
found this in The Star.
l say that it is a truly
remarkable daily paper and
how fortunate We of WASH
ington are to have it delivered
to our door, once a day. 365
days in the year.
Grace l.. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Wide Study Planned Of Suns Eclipse

that It win be little affected
by weather. buebear Of most
eclipse expeditions In the
past. A total Of six rockets
viii be fired. with q multiple
ity Of observing instruments.
TO an altitude OF az least so
miles. They are expected 10
remain at this altitude. or
above. during the entire
period OF totality, which Is
expected 10 be about four
minutes at Pukapuka The
other rockets will be fired at
intervals while the moons
shadow Is advancing and
retreating and successfully
larger segments Of the solar
surface are cleared.
The Naval Research Labo-
ratory astronomers headed by
DIR. Herbert Friedman. head
Of the rocket research branch.
have three major detectives
two concerned entirely with
the suns corona. the circle
Of pearlish-gray light which
lies around the sun like a
halo but which is visible 10
the naked eye only during
the period Of totality. This
crown" begins about $780,
900 miles above the ordinarily
visible solar surface. It con-
sists chiefly Of atoms of the
lightest OF elements. hydro
gen, at enormous tempera-
lures. With the hydrogen are
relatively minute amounts Of
other elements and dust
particles. The extent Of the
corona Is unknown but there
recently have been claims
that the earth itself lies in
its outer edge. It grows more
and more tenuous, however,
with distance from the sun.
Emits Ultraviolet Light
The band visible during
totally has. 1t is estimated, q
temperature Of we'll over
l million Gas distinguished
from the solar surface whose
temperature is only about
5000 c, except for usually
brief intervals in particular
places. The hydrogen in the
corona emits chiefly ultra
violet light. chief concern Of
the Navy astronomers. This
light consists Of very short
wave lengths which are in
visible to the eye. These
merge into the still shorter
X-rays and gamma rays.
Very little of this ultra
violet from the corona ever
reaches the earth's surface.
1t cannot get through the
thick blanket Of atmosphere
and 1t is necessary TO have
instruments at an altitude Of
more than so miles to record
a major part Of 1t. A great
deal Of 1t is just beyond the
limits Of the human retina.
This would be a strange world
IL this were not the case and
II more Of the invisible short
range radiation would get
through the atmosphere.
For one thing. DR.. Fried
mans rocket observations.
already show. 1t is about I'VE
times more intense than the
total Of all the light which
comes through TO the earth
from all the hundred billion
stars Of the Milky Way
galaxy. If it were visible 1t
would drown out all starlight.
The heavens would be star
less and the night sky q vio-
let dome Of some shade of
violet which man never has
experienced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16

violations were entirely acct
dental and without any evil
intent whatsoever or advan-
tage to be gained.
This childish display Of
much ado about nothing
merely shows the Soviets are
struggling frantically to over
come a lingering inferiority
complex.
Ellis n InnaS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16

Our first acquaintance
with chocolate came in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-16
Soviet Absurdity

Annapolis, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
By EUGENE GILBERT
Gilbert Youth Research Co.

Say, Nom and Dad, maybe
you'd better get those artillery
type ear plugs after all. This
rock and roll racket is going
to be around quite a while.
How long?
Well, a year ago when many
observers were predicting that
the frantic wall of the rhythm
and blues artists would soon
disappear from the land. our
poll accurately predicted that
rock and roll was far from dead
or dying.
At that time. only 10 per
cent of the girls and 6lz per
cent thought it would fail to
survive into 1858. A majority
wished it long life and continu-
ing success.
This year, rock and roll gets
an even larger vote Of youthful
confidence. Only S per cent in
q Sampling Of about 500 boys
and girls predict an early de-
mise for this musical mahem.
The rest-prepare yourself
for an acoustical shock-figure
it will last at least five years.
maybe more.
Instead of dying out. rock
and roll is making further in
roads on the musical field.
One major record company
figures that teen-agers now ac-
count for 80 per cent Of all
single (7S or IS speed record
sales and almost so per cent
of all long-playing (331s) rec
ord albums.
The result is that more and
more rock and roll artists are
signing contracts with major
companies for long-playing-
and in some caSes-multiple-
record albums.
Instead Of three minutes Of
sustained blues shouting. par
ents Of hep teen-agers win now
be exposed to 20 minutes or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
YOUNG PEOPLE THINK
Rock and Roll Continues
As Teen-Age Fuvorite

more, and Dad may have to get
in line to use his hi-fi set.
Parents who hoped that rock
and roll would be carted of
to the musical bone-yard by
the time their small fry reached
junior high or high school are
also in for disappointment.
Our current survey showed
that many Of them have young
er brothers and sisters in the
5 through z age bracket who
already have caught the beat
and think rock and roll is the
most"
A new generation Of foot
stamping. hand-clapping rock
and roll addicts is in the max
ing, but whether their enthus-
iasm will survive or be cap
tivated by some new trend re-
mains to be seen.
Even now. however. this does
not mean that all teen-agers
like rock and roll music or pre-
fer 1t to the exclusion of all
other types Of musical enter
tainment.
What sort Of teen-agers
comprise the real rock and roll
cheering section?
Definitely the side-burned,
black leather jacket, prune
picker type" says a 17-year-
old Alabama boy.
mo-" insists a 16-year-old
New Jersey girl. Bright kids.
stupid kids, rocks and goodie-
goodies all like it. It appeals to
very responsible teen-agers az
well as the undesirable ele-
ment."
Mainly" says a 17-year-old
Frankfurt, N. Y, girl, 1T at
tracts those who like to get up
and make fools out Of them
selves"
Adds . 15-year-old Kansas
City boy, "the only ones who
don't like 1t are the sentiment
tai slObs."
CuriouSly, none Of these
youngsters wanted their names
used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
PERSONALITY PARADE
Champion Strutter Takes Stote Honors
By Fiji GoRSKA


Anne Pierce has something
to strut about. Shes cham
pion-a champion strutter.
Besides having the strut to
prove it, Anne's got a big green
and gold trophy with these
words engraved on it: Virginia
State Champion Majorette
Strutter." Another trophy
names Anne the number one
majorette strutter in the Ma
ton in the junior division (girlS
IL to Ia.
But these aren't the only tro-
PIXIES 14-year-old Anne won at
the George Washington Me-
mortal Baton Twirling Tourna-
ment last month at Washing
ton-Lee High School. She out
twirled Sc girls from all over
the country for first place as
Baton Twirling Soloist.
Altogether Anne won four
trophies and four medals for
strutting and baton twirling.
With her baton-twirling part
ner, Linda Scott Of Falls Church
High, Anne won second place
In Virginia and second nation
ally in the baton twirling duet
contest. Besides that. the group
Anne twirls with, the Hillwood
Majorettes of Falls Church.
took first place in group COM
petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
filings Boton Around

II always wanted to be q
maIorette." says the Swanson
Junior High School eighth
grader, lever since / saw my
first parade. I got my first
baton when ! was 8 with q
Halloween costume. That's
right. I dressed up as q major
cite. Then ! watched parades
on television and initiated the
majorettes. I just flung the
baton around"
Anne hasn't smashed any an
tique vases around her house
at 985 North Quintana street.
Arlington. but she knocked the
spokes out Of the wall heating
vent. Now she's banned to the
basement for baton practice.
In class. when things get
boring, I twirl q pencil around
my fingers" Anne says. That's
called q finger roll A pretzel
Is when you wrap the baton
around your legs. Then there's
the fun hand and the 'hori-
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zontals.' All the baton twirling
tricks have names. It's Q lot
more complicated than spec
tators realize.
''ToSses give me the worst
trouble, though. That's when
you throw the baton skyward
and hope you get it back again.
I'm working on q toss. or aerial.
where you turn one and a half
times while the baton'S in the
air." she explains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

I smile all the time, in addition
to rearing back my shoulders.
lifting my knees, pointing my
toes and thinking about
smoothness. speed. precision
and grace"
Anne has to think about
these things when she marches
in parades. too. I've marched
in 100's." she says. land I love
it," Anne's parade mileage is
recorded by q hole in her white
marching boots.
TN the Winchester apple
blossom parade last year. we
marched 6 miles," she recalls.
Lots Of girls tainted. You
can't. stop to rest, naturally.
you just have to keep going. I
march in lots Of flremen's
parades and cherry blossom
parades-"
When shes not practicing or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
Keep Smiling

A baton-twirling routine lasts
"a minutes in competition.
Anne says. Personality goes .
long way with the judges, so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

parading, Anne goes to major
cite meetings where she ex-
changes tricks with other girls.
In the summer, she goes to
Pennsylvania to majorette
clinics where she gets profess
sional criticism. Anne's selling
greeting cards to raise money
for this summers clinic in
Pennsylvania and also to buy
her majorette equipment.
When she's 16. Anne wants
to teach baton. But for the
next two years she just wants
to win more trophies and
medals and practice twirling
and strutting.
And how do you practice
strutting?
why" says Anne. you just
strut"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-11-12

EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa.
- On Sunday, November 30,
CFU Lodge al will hold a
Banquet and Dance in honor
Of the Ladies Ten Pin Bowl
ing Champions.
The team, comprised of
Lodge al members Kassy
Sardoch, Mary Hydock, Pearl
Bobich, Freda Pribanic, Violet
Stifura and Pauline Pribanic,
took top honors at the CFU
National Ten Pin Tournament
held last May in st. Louis,
Mo.
The fete will be held at the
South Slavic Workers Hall,
corner of Electric and North
Avenues. Tickets will be $3.50
per person, for the banquet