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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Weird Medical Rites in New Guinea

II was only When bne went
into commissions and started
to foam at the mouth, and
only after all the advice Of
the spirit mediums and witch
doctors had been carried out,
that they finally consented.
"She died the next day."
Father Luzbetak grimly con-
cludes.
There are several diseases.
he reports, which the Wahgi
consider incurable. Unfor-
tunate individuals suffering
with such a disease are con-
sidered totally in the power
of evil spirits. They are OUT
casts in life and death. They
may not even be buried with
their kin.
Epilepsy's "Spirits"
"The people speak also"
he reports, "of temporary
spirit possession - epilepsy.
Anyone who touches or is
close to an epileptic during a
seizure runs the risk of be-
ing possessed himself. Even
If the victim should fall into
a fire or river his companions
would not dare rescue him.
Until the evil spirit leaves
him no one will associate,
speak or eat with the victim.
IF he joins a soccer game
he is sure of a goal every
time he gets near the ball,
for no one will try to inter-
fere with him. Even the spot
where the seizure took place
is feared. But as soon as the
spirit has left him the epi-
leptic is once again accept
able until he has another at
tack"
Epilepsy, he says, is fairly
common. 1t is mostly due, he
believes, to brain injuries re-
ceived in childbirth due to
the extremely rough obstet-
RIGS.
Surgery is largely ceremo-
NAL. Amputation of finger
joints and ear lobes is COM
mon as marks of sympathy
for a deceased relative or
close friend.
The most potent preven-
tive medicines, he says, are
the great pig sacrifices Of
fered to the dead, who are
supposed to be malevolent
toward the living. At the
time of the great festival"
or Coll Kerma, several thou
sand pigs may be slaughtered
by q single tribe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04
COP. New Deal

True Republicans slaugh-
tered modern" Republican
Harold Stassen in the Penn
sylvania gubernatorial pri-
mary.
Modern Republicans sing
the New Deal siren song, only
they chant-"anything you
can do, I can do-better. P"
The only difference between
the two parties is Give 'em
hell Harry!
Republican and Democra-
tic New Dealers have united.
defrauding the American vo-
ter while they give his hard
earned money to hate Amer
lea" foreigners.
Elizabeth Lippett.
San Francisco, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04
Defends Fairfax

I cannot believe that your
correspondent who signed
himself Taxpayer" can have
studied the Fairfax County
budget. He complains that he
gets nothing for his tax mon
ey and warns prospective
home buyers to stay away
from Fairfax. Does he realize
that almost SIS cents of his
local tax dollar goes for oper-
ating the schools, and anoth-
er IL cents for debt service,
primarily for the school build
ings? He says his children
are grown and the schools
are no good anyway. If he
and his children went to pub
lie schools in this county,
their education was paid for
by many taxpayers who did
not have children in school
at the time. Each of us has
a stake in the education of
the Nations children, wheth-
err or not our own children
are in school. Furthermore,
the Fairfax School Board is
making every effort to achieve
the highest standards for our
schools. There is still plenty
of room for improvement,
but this is an argument for
paying more taxes not less.
This years budget includes
a raise in the teacher salary
scale and the employment of
more teachers in order to re-
duce the elementary pupil
teacher ratio to 30.6 to /.
You cannot get these i'm
provements without paying
for them.
He complains of inadequate
police protection and yet is
unwilling to pay a higher tax
so that the police depart
ment can add 20 police Off
GERS and 10 crossing guards
in order to give him better
protection.
He finds fault with the fact
that the county would like
to purchase land for parks.
He states that the price of
unimproved land is going up.
Quite true, but isn't it better
to acquire land now rather
than to wait until the county
is completely developed and
the cost becomes prohibitiVe?
I agree with some of TAX
payers" complaints about
county services, but a tax cut
is hardly the answer. What
services would he like to see
cut? Instead of moaning
about what he doesn't get,
he should be working for an
increase in the quantity and
quality of county services.
And he should be asking for
higher taxes to pay for those
services.
Jocelyn Fleming Gutchess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04
A Hog-Price SqueoI

One does not have to wait
for Government statistics to
know that the cost of living
is still going up. This morn
ing I went to a store, whose
prices are usually as low as
any, to buy pork chops. On
center pork chops they had
a price of $1.09 per pound,
while for the end cuts they
charged SO cents per pound.
On checking hog prices on
the Chicago Market yester-
day I found they were selling
at $22.75 per hundredweight.
So the retailer is getting
S109 for a hog the farmer
sold for SEATS; that is if he
sold it direct to the market,
less if sold through a COM
mission merchant. So there is
a spread of nearly 500 per
cent between the producer
and consumer, and in a time
Of recession at that.
Oh yes, I know all about
the higher cost of labor, proc
essing, freight, etc. But all
these put together should
not be more than the first
cost of the commodity. How
ever, they are more than
four times that cost. Grant
ing that only half the hog
is salable. that still leaves
it double the cost. But as
you know the packers boast
they use everything of the
hog but the squeal. They
leave that to US when we
have to pay such prices. And
this is a long and loud one.
NW.IA.- VI WT.szIs-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04

Since my letter to you pub
lished May %, some conflict
has arisen over a misprint.
The sentence which stated:
Between December l6, 1851,
and February IL, 1852, 1927
persons have been killed or
reported lost by United States
airlines" should have read as
two sentences as follows:
Between December l6, 1851.
and February IL, 1852, lib
we're killed IN the Elizabeth.
New Jersey, area in three &C.
cidents involving American
airliners. Since 1850. 1927
persons have been killed or
reported lost by Americas
airlines."
Victor Fetter.
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Danger Signs

According to The Stars
William Hines, a Venezuelan
newspaperman ted that
since the ousting of Dictator
Jiminez it has become very
unpopular" to be anti
Communist in his country.
Thus, although much of the
blame for the shameful at
tack upon Vice President
Nixon could be laid at the
door of the Venezuelan Com
munist Party. no politico was
prepared to place the blame
thereon. Instead, they ended
by making Uncle Sam the
goat.
Even so, according to Mr..
Hines, the anti American
campaign could never have
succeeded without the active
aid of mon = Communists"
who ignoring the fact that
the graveyards of East Europe
are full of people who col
laborated with the Reds. :.
still firmly believe that they
can use the Communists as a
stepping stone to power. and
dump them later"
Surely, there is a lesson
here somewhere for US. In
all fairness, Just how pop
ular" do we make strong anti
Communists in America feel?
And how careless are we in
promoting anti anti Com
munists?
Aren't we too. in spite of
repeated warnings by j. Ed
gar Hoover. in danger of
forgetting the lessons of the
graveyards of East Europe?
AS for example, when we seem
to almost completely bypass
the possibility of heavy Com
munist infiltration in our
most powerful American in
situations and talk in
stead of the dangers Of in
filtrating Malta"
Lila d. SOnnemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04

The man had been around
the Office for 20 years and
TIE pleton Jones hadn't
known it! Then the man
brought himself into Jones
ken by complimenting Jones
on something he had done.
This is one of the best ways
to make people know you ex-
list. You suddenly shine.
Compliment them on some
thing or other, and they ex-
pand like evening primroses
at evening.
you catch more flies with
sugar than with vinegar"
some one said.
It works on the old prin-
ciple of carrying apples to
teacher, except that it re-
quireS no expenditures except
one of good nature.
X \ 4 X
The easiest and best way
to make others notice you is
to say something nice to
them.
1t is a primary sort of
thing, but it is amazing how
many persons there are who
seem to know nothing of this
everyday tactic.
Shy? Afraid? Timid?
Perhaps-but plain mean
is another Interpretation.
They find it easier and
more pleasant, their nature
being what it is, to ignore
the other.
The sensitive person will
resent this failure, although
he does not know it exists,
perhaps. That is what it
means to be sensitive in a
world of corroding bombs.
1t is just as well that sem
sitive people do get their
toes trod on. 1t not only
keeps them in line, from the
managerial standpoint, but it
keeps them on their toes, too.
+ X
People who have their feel
ings hurt, as the expression
is, know the futility of argu-
ment IN such matters.
1t never pays to say any,
thing. Just suffer in silence,
and things may look better
tomorrow.
The last half century has
seen great strides made in
the understanding Of the hu-
man mind, how it works, and
why.
Still we do not know mucl
about these sensitive ones of
earth, who wait patiently for
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Critic of Lawrence

We have much honest and
excellent reporting in this
city. But David Lawrence's
inspiration, on accession. seems
to arise from other sources
than his own observation of
the world around him. The
excuses, the righteousness
Of his style, the frequent
distortion of the facts. seem
to indicate a writer who is
not, as the saying is, al
together his own man"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04

@. What kind of brakes
were used on Conestoga
wagons?-I. R.
A. The brakes on these
huge wagons were primitive
and inadequate. Big blocks
of wood were forced against
the wide iron tires on the
rear wheels by a lever,
thrown by a brakeman who
rode on the wagon for that
purpose and got his orders
from the WAGNER, astride a
wheel horse. Loaded, these
wagons carried from four to
six tons; rear wheels were
five or six feet in diameter,
and were equipped with iron
tires, some six inches wide.
@. Does Great Britain still
have rent control?-W. L.
A. Some 5 million dwell
ings remain under control,
even though a new rent act
which went into effect in
July, 1857, either released or
relaxed control over certain
groups Of houses and apart
ments. Through the gradual
working Of this rent act it is
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04

Medicine, especially obSteC-
RIGS, is a rough art among
the Wahgi.
They are natives Of the
mountains of New Guinea, In
contact with white men only
for the past ten years and
tenacious of their ancient
ways. Stone-age culture per-
sists essentially unchanged
perhaps not greatly differ
ent from the culture Of an
cestors Of most Americans a
hundred generations ago.
Some of the weirdest Wah-
81 practices we're reported to
the Catholic Anthropologi-
cal Conference here by Rev.
DIR. Louis j. Luzbetak, a mis-
sionary whose researches into
primitive medicine we're A.
nanced by the Ford Founda-
ton. A good many Of the
Wahgi medical and surgical
procedures seem to work
very well, Father Luzbetak
found. After all, these people
have survived in the world
for a long time and learned
a lot from practical obser-
walton.
Dangerous Obstetrics
This hardly holds, how
ever, for Wahgi obstetrics, as
described in the report:
THE expectant mother is
attended by two or three
women. was called one day
to the house of a young ex-
pectant mother. When I ar
rived the midwife was bent
forward with the mother on
her back, bouncing her up
and down. Then the mid
wife Strengthened out while
the other women would press
the mothers body against
the midwife's back in an at
tempt to force the child out
of the womb.
"Then followed m or
bouncing and banging. On
lockers howled and walled.
Relatives began to crowd
around the mother constantly
pressing the top of her head,
the door through which her
soul wanted to escape 9th
ers slapped the walls or cell
ingS Of the hut and beat the
air with their fists, punching
and slapping right and left
to force the mothers soul
back into her body.
II tried to have the men
carry the young woman to the
government hospital. I ar
gued and threatened in vain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-04

1t is a pity, perhaps. The
point is reached where one
begins to read Mr.. Lawrence
for laughs.
EraunaS Radunond
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believed that rent control will
be completely abolished in
time. but some one-third of
Britain's dwellings are still
rented unfinished under va
rious rent controls which date
back many years.
@. Why does the Govern
ment prohibit some radio
stations from broadcasting at
night?-J. T.
A. Night broadcasting has
been restricted and chan
neled" to prevent interfer-
ence. Radio signals travelling
upward disappear into space
in daytime, but at night they
hit the ionosphere about 80
miles above the earth) and
are reflected back to earth.
To prevent collision Of signals
from many stations. the Gov
eminent years ago created
clear channels" OF the IS
now established, "a are called
Glass la, and only one sta
ton has been allowed to
operate on each Of these
frequencies at night.
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FREDERIC M. PHILIPS
Leqidaei6n !nq!esa Sobre HomOseNua!idad

Ell muy discutido informe para hacer me-
nos severas las penas contra la homosexuali-
dad, fue pasado la semana pasada a la ca.
mara de los Comunes, en- la que es cast SECURE
que sus recomendaciones seran rechazadas de
plano.
Sc trata del va famoso Informe Wolfen-
den, sobre la homosexualidad y la prostitu.
cion, cuya segunda parte, la relacionada con
las mujeres de la vida, cuenta va al parecer
con ell apoyo del gobierno.
Segdn dijo ell Ministro del Interior, r. A.
Butler, las recomendaciones del informe sobre
la prostitution han planteado cuestiones que
podrian seryir de base para reglamentos que
va estan en- preparation.
Sin embargo, por 10 que hace a la homo
sexualidad, Butler dijo que ell actual. gobier.
no conservador juzga, que no Sc ~justifica por
ell momento adoptar las recomendaciones del
informe sobre Ell particular. :.
De todos modos, Butler ~prefiere que am
hos problemas s~ociales Sc ventiIen franco y
pGblicamente y la Camara de los commune Sc
esta ocupando va del asunto.
81 las r-ecomendaciones del informe Sc
adoptaran, la homosexualidad consensual en-
TIE lOS duulIOS, Id que Hdc6 m60OS ue Glen
amos era penada con la muerte, dejaria de ser
I'm delito; pero las mujeres bajo Sospecha
de ~ofrecerse para la prostitution podrian ser
detenidas por la policia sin que medic la con
dicion actual de que ell ofrecimiento Sc haga
en- forma que constituya una molestia publica.
Sir Jon Wolfenden, presidente de la Real
Comision sobre la homosexualidad y la pros.
%titucion, que dedico tres amos a SUI estudio,
estuvo presente en- ell parlamento Ell dia de la
presentation del informe.
Como representante de la referida Conf
sion habl6 Sir Hugh Linstead, miembro con
servador de la Camara de los Comunes.
Sir Hugh expuso, que a juicio de la Co.
mission, 10 que hagan en- privado adultos, con
edad de consentimiento, debiera dejar de ser
un acto delictuoso" y luego declare que Ell
Diario las Américas., 1958-12-04

numero de homosexualeS, enviados cada ano
la carcel de las Islas Britanicas es de unos
Glen.
"Proponemos -agrego sir Hugh que
Sc trate al varon que c%onsiente, con ell mismo
%criterio que Sc trata a la mujer que consien.
tie. o con Ell que Sc aplica al hombre y mu-
jer que cometan en- privado actos sexuales
que puedan considerarse contra la sociedad".
10 que los adultos de edad consensual
hagan en- privado es asunto de SUI propia in.
cumbencia y question mas bien de conciencia;
pero 10 que hagan en- publico ofendiendo la
moral, ~justifica en- cambio la Intervention de
la ley.
Por coincidencia, Ell debate Sc inici6 a
los pocos dias de la renuncia de Ian Harvey,
Subsecretario de Relaciones Exteriores y
miembro del ~parlamento, acusado de "actos
inmorales" con un joven de 10 amos de edad,
miembro del regimiento de guardias reaIes,
Gold Stream. Los dos tendran que compa-
recer ante los tribunales Ell 10 de diciembre.
Por otra parte, fue objeto de violenta opo-
sici6n, la recommendation del informe de que
Ia policia pueda aprehender a mujeres que
Sc ~ofrecen, sin prueba de que 10 hacen, con fl
mes de prostitution, por juzgarse que a~lgunas
mujeres inocenteS podrian ~reSultar afectadas.
Butler, que tambien estuvo presente en-
Ell debate, dijO que las recomendaciones del
informe Wolfenden trataban de establecer una
diferencia entire 10 que es simplemente in
moral y 10 delictivo. Sin embargo, fue muy
aplaudido cuando dijo que la comisi6n habia
tenido gran dificultad en- encontrar perso.
mas que p~udieran aceptar la homosexualidad
como algo normal.
Un diputado laborista aprovecho la opor
tunidad, para condemn la practica de enviar a
La carcel al homosexual.
"Poner a un homosexual en carcel de
hombres es como encerrar a un adicto a la
borrachera en- una cerveceria", observe Ell
diputado.
Diario las Américas., 1958-12-04

Ell derecho mandar en- la Liga Arabe, COM
puesta por II n~aciones. Como CONSEQUENCES
de clio, NasSer ha encontrado dificultadeS
para maniobrar a sus anchas no solo en-
Tuner sino tambien en- Marruecos. Y la po-
Utica que esta desarrollando ahora Francia
bajo la direction de Charles De Gaulle pa
rece estar debilitando tambien la influen-
Ella de Nasser en- Argelia.
Algunos diplomaticos Green, que Nasser
debe estar hacienda siempre algo para sobre-
vivir. Por esa raz6n ha puesto los ojos en-
Of sur, despues de sus ~fracasos en- Jordania,
Israel y 81 Oeste del mundo arabe.
isa FL reciente solps del Sudan hara pro-
bablemente mas dificil para Nasser, ganar
Influenza en- esa parte de Africa.
Aquf Sc cree que Ell golpe del general
Ibrahim Abboud, tenia por objeto impedir
una guerra civil alberta entire los partidarios
de Nasser y sus enemigos del Sudan. Los
partidarios de Nasser estaban ganando in
huencia en- csc pals despues de la oferta que
Ia Union Sovietica hizo a la RAU de pres
tarle 400 millones de rublos para la cons
trucci6n de la represa de Aswan, en- Ell Milo.
En- resumen, Sc cree que ell golpe de
ADuouu aCdUdId pOT CTedT OuO importance
centric favorable q los occidentales-aunque
Nasser Olga 10 contrario-y, por 10 tanto,
quedara frenada Ia ofensiva que emprendi6
Nasser hacia Ell corazon de Africa.
Israel, por su parte, parece hallarse
muy satisfecha de los acontecimientos que
Sc han producido en- esta parte del mundo,
desde Ell golpe de estado del Irak. Tanto los
Estados Unidos como Inglaterra estan dis
puestos a vender ahora q Israel todas las
arrnas que n~ecesite.
De hecho, Lrael no tendra mas limita-
ci6n que la que Sc imponga a 81 mismo por
razones de economic.
Durante largos amos los paises occiden-
tales han tratado de evitar una carrera de
armamentos en- ell Cercano Oriente. Ahora,
sin embargo, parecen haber eambiado radi-
calmente de polftica.
Diario las Américas., 1958-12-04
oMA MEYR
FL Sueno imperialism de Canal Nasser
THOMAS MEYR

Ell sueno de Canal Abdel Nasser de
erear un imperio arabe que Sc extienda
desde ell Atlantico hasta ell Golfo Persico y
desde ell Mediterraneo hasta bien dentro de
Africa, ha sufrido recientemente unos GUAM
tos golpes rudos.
Esa es la opinion de muchoS funciona-
rios del gobierno norteamericano y diplo-
maticos extranjeros, a los cuatro meses del
golpe de Irak y de la subsiguiente entrada
de las tropas norteamericanas y britanicas
en- ell Libano Y Jordania, respectivamente,
La impression general aqui es, que Ia
intervention de las fuerzas anglornorteame--
ricanas en- apoyo de las aautoridades ,legaksa
de los dos pequenos pafses del Cercano
oriente contuvo Ell movimiento que estaba
realizando Nasser para unir al pueblo arabe
mediante Ell uso de distintas tacticas, entire
elias la Subversi6n.
AL parecer Nasser, Presidente de la Re-
r. - Ar"be Unida (RAU) no ha osado aun
Nolar, nj siquiera indirectamente, las restric-
{ : Que lmpusO a SUI nacion la resolu-
cion de las Naciones Unidas de agosto pa.
sado. La resolution, patrocinada por los
EStados Arabes, Sc adopto por unanimidad.
Los funcionarios de Washington parecen
estar convencidos de que la prontitud con
que los Estados Unidos acudieron en- defen-
sd de los dos pequenos estados arahes amena-
2ados, sirvio para que Sc envalentonaran los
jefes de otros estados arabes y Sc atrevieran
a expresar puntos de vista distintos de los
de Nasser.
Aunque parezca paradoja, es la nacion
mas importante que tiene Nasser en- SUI con-
ira en- ell mundo arabe. Ell general Abdul
Karin Kassem, que derribo al Rey Feisal
en- ell sangriento golpe del IA de julio, ha
mostrado SUI decision de mantener a Irak
bien separado de la RAU. Y Bagdad, ca
pital de Irak, esta atrayendo ahora a muchos
arabes que no sienten simpatia alguna por
Nasser.
Ell Presidente de Tuner, Habib Bourghi-
ba, Sc enfrento con exito a Nasser, negandole