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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Ex-FHA Counsel
Loses Appeal to
Get Back Job

Burton c. Bovard. former
general counsel of the Federal
Housing Administration, today
lost another round in his court
battle to get back his job.
Acting unanimously, tn e
United States Court of Appeals,
Judges Wilbur K. Miller, John
A. Danaher and Walter M.
Bastian. sent the case back to
District court with instructions
to dismiss Mr.. Bovard's COM
plant that the Civil Service
Commission had used improper
procedures in upholding his
1854 firing from the FILA job.
District Judge Alexander
Holtzoi last July had dismissed
the same complaint. However.
the appellate court said the
Judge had failed to reach the
issue that should have covered
dismissal Of the case. Today's
appellate oppinion explained
that Mr.. Bovard's suit had
failed to name as defendants
two Civil Service Commission
members who joined the COM
mission after the suit was filed.
The appellate court said that
this should have been the reason
for dismissal of the complaint,
since the two new members of
the commission were ''indiS-
pensable parties to the suit"
And Judge Holtzoff was in
structed to dismiss the COM
plant on this ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Seal Mummies Found
1000 Feet Above Sea
BY the Associated Press

Mummied seals and inland pond found in Antarctica
have scientists puzzled
American and Russian scientists found the mummies
ice heights 1000 feet above level The
seals lived between 500 and 600
TIL big question is how they got to those high levels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

scientists won't even hazard q
guess.
Result Of ICY Work
The puzzle of the pond also
stemmed from international
Geophysical Year work in the
Antarctic, DR.. Harry Wexler
chief scientist of the Antarctic
program for the ICY. said to-
day.
American scientists found II
in a partially ice-free area
about 300 miles inland from
Ellsworth Station on the Wed
dell Sea.
That was puzzling enough
in itself. But the scientist;
also found algae-like aquatic
plants floating around in the
water. The plants lie dormant
but come to life again in the
polar spring.
How did the plants get there
in the first place?
"SwOrd Of Damocles"
For want Of f1rmer evidence
DR.. Wexler says scientists
theorize that maybe skuas--s
kind of seagull-picked up the
plants in their claws while
visiting the seashore, and lug
ged them inland.
DR.. WeXler yesterday de-
scribed tremendous ice accumu'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

lations in the Antarctic as "a
perpetual sort Of sword Of
Damocles hanging over the
human race"
DR.. Wexler. in saying this,
added that while there is no
present evidence, there's al
ways the potential for extensive
melting. Future generations
will have to keep a close check
on the Antarctic ice" lest the
worlds coastal cities like New
York and London be inundated,
he said.
DR.. Wexler said tentative
findings made during the ICY
suggest there may be as much
as 40 per cent more ice in the
Antarctic than previously fig
ured-even though 1t has been
known that the continent holds
about 80 per cent Of the worlds
ice.
II it should melt all ct once
which would be impossible
1t would quickly raise sea levels
throughout the world $50 to
200 feet. he said.
But DR.. Wexler added that a
more gradual raising of sea
levels to dangerous heights is
not beyond possibility al
though its effect would not be
felt for generations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
1OO-EYED ARGUS,
SLAIN BY A GOD,
GAINS NEW FAME

NEW YORK. (AP).-Ar-
gus. for whom the outer
space atomic test project
was named, was a Greek
NEUROLOGICAL character
with 100 eyes.
He was a wide awake
character, too. as he al
ways slept with a lot OF
them open. They were all
over him, looking in every
direction.
Unfortunately, just keep
ing awake wasn't enough.
He was done in by Mer-
curry.
How this came about Is
q long, complicated and
confusing story. But it
seems he was supposed to
keep an eye, or eyes, on a
princess who had been
changed into a COW.
However, Mercury was
hired to knock him OF.
Mercury let him have 1t
with a lot of rocks or lulled
him to sleep with soothing
flute music, then whacked
OF his head.
Argus still has q great
fame, though. His eyes
were put in the tail Of the
peacock. They are still
, there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
A.Rocket Seen
In $40 Years
BY the Associated Press

Congress heard yesterday
that interplanetary space ex-
ploration by nuclear powered
rockets may be possible in s or
10 years.
Industry engineers, engaged
in nuclear rocket research on
Project Rover" with the Air
Force and Atomic Energy Com
mission, told the House Space
Committee that they based
their estimate on the work thus
far done with atomic rockets.
But they also said that radi-
alton hazards, size, cost and
operational problems make nu-
clear rockets unlikely as mill
tary weapons.
T. F. Dixon. chief engineer
on nuclear research for Rocket
dyne, a division Of North Amer
lean Aviation. said the nuclear
rocket Is intended for such
long-range jobs as missions to
Mars with payloads Of so tons.
He predicted that its FIRST
application probably would be
only as an upper stage de-
vice" Of a multiple stage rock
ct. with existing chemical
powered rockets doing the inl-
tial boosting from the earti:'s
surface.
A. T. Biehl. engineer for
Aerojet-General Corp. told the
committee that because OF cost.
weight and such things as aux
Hilary power requirements ''nu-
clear systems are not always
the best"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

radiation observed by the Ex-
plorer satellites last spring and
revealed by DR.. James Van
Allen, the physicist.
Explorer ~ collected data
from these South Atlantic
shots and this data will be re-
leased through normal scientific
channels after it has been
properly reduced and studied"
(ThiS much was officially
confirmed by Mr.. Quarles and
other Pentagon officials at to-
days news conference:
project Argus involved three
''low-yield" atomic devices ex-
ploded at 300-mile attitudes on
August 81 and 80 and Septem-
Der 6. Yield of the atomic de-
vices. in terms Of INT explo-
sive equivalent, was not made
public. but it appeared to be
in each case a matter Of a few
thousand tons.
(The atomic bombs were
lifted into near space atop spe-
cially rugged three-stage rock
cts. Each rocket, modified from
the old XIII re-entry test We
hicle, was 81 feet tall and its
atomic payload was about 4
feet long. Apparently the de-
vice was about the size Of a
shell for the now-obsolete
atomic cannon.
CA task force of nine vessels
participated in the Argus Prof.
ect. Chief among these was the
USS Norton Sound, from which
the rockets were launched.
Except for the dates of the
tests and the general "South
Atlantic" area, Mr.. Quarles
would not permit anyone to
specify the exact time and
place. DR.. York. in an aside in
the course of the conference.
added that the site was in the
middle ATTITUDES" which
seemed to bear out the general
impression that the expedition
centered in the lonely waters
between Cape Horn at the tip
Of South America AMI the Cape
of Good Hope at the tip of
Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Poor Mans
Scout Rocket
Contract Let
BY the Associated Press


Contracts totaling almost a
million dollars for the Scout
rocket were announced today
The four-stage. low-cost test
vehicle is expected to be ca
pable of launching 150-pound
satellite into a 300-mile-high
orbit. or of sending a 100
pound package of instruments
some 5000 miles into space.
Sometimes called the poor
mans rocket. it is being de-
veloped as the least expensive
of a series of test rockets.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration an
nounced the award Of a $770,-
900 contract to Minneapolis
Honeywell Regulator Co.. Min
neapolis, for the guidance sys-
TEN for Project Scout. A $170,-
900 contract went to Aerojet
General Corp, Azusa, Calf, for
shipping rigs for the Aerojet
senior booster rockets that will
represent Scouts first stage.
The solid-propellant Scout
rocket is to be ready for test
firings in 1860. The initial
launchings will be from NA6A's
Wallops Island (VaD test sta
ton. The rocket later will be
fired also from Cape Canaveral
Fla, and Vandenberg Air Force
Base, Calf.
NASA also announced the
award of a $4,000 contract
to the Smithsonian Institution
for electronic tracking anC
data reduction equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Theorist on Radiation
Taught Self in Physics

NEW YORK, Mar. 10 (AP).
Nicholas Constantine Chris
tofilos. AZ, whose theory on a
man-made radiation curtain
was apparently verified by
Project Argus, was q self
taught scientist.
A native Of Boston, his par
ents took him to Athens,
Greece. when he was Z. Just a
few years before he started
building radio sets.
At IL. he decided TO become
an electrical engineer. and in
1898 he was graduated from
the National Technical Univer-
sity Of Athens with an adj
vanced degree In electrical and
mechanical engineering.
For the next few years he
worked for a concern that spe-
cialized in the installation and
maintenance of elevators.
When the Germans occupied
Greece, however, the company
was ordered to handle truck
repairs and Mr.. Christofilos
was made a supervisor Of me-
chanics.
He found his duties light and
began to read about science
largely volumes on nuclear
physics. He taught himself so
we'll that later his co-workers
at the University of CALIFORNIA;
Radiation Laboratory in LIVER
more estimated that. though
he never obtained a doctorate,
he has at least the equivalent
Of one.
In 1850, Mr.. Christofilos' idea
Of building a new-type atom
smasher was called unavoidable.
But he persisted in advancing
his views until scientists at
Brookhaven IN. j. Labortory
asked for further investigation.
The Livermore scientists re-
,evaluated Mr.. Christofllos' ideas,
plus his revised thinking on
the subject. The result was
a major contribution to high
energy physics. the so-called
"strong-focusing" principle used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Boy, II, Leads 3
To Safety in Fire

An 11-year-old boy led his
sister and two brothers from
their second floor bedrooms as
fire threatened their home at
53ll Central avenue Sc. early
today.
Police Pvt. Charles j. Skirpan
said one of the children had
lighted a candle earlier in the
evening and it apparently
burned down, igniting other
candles which set fire to the
furnishings.
Irwin West, the older brother,
said he was awakened by smoke
and rushed the children down
the stairs. Their mother, a
neighbor said, was out seeking
work. Fire damage was con-
! fined to one bedroom,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Man Struck
ByCar Dies

An Alexandria man died last
night from injuries suffered
Monday when he was struck by
q car on H road near the
Pentagon.
He was Anthony J. Stanley,
IS. Of 3l13 Circle Hill road, a
retired Veterans Administra-
ton attorney and recently EN-
lployed as chief OF the supply
section of the Red Cross re-
gional blood bank here.
Park Police, whose iurisdic-
ton includes the Pentagon
road network, said Mr.. Stanley
was injured about $40 pm.
Monday after he got out of q
car to pick up a 4-foot piece of
rope on the roadway
Police said he had been rid
ing in a car driven by a neigh
Dor and q fellow worker at the
blood bank. Howell l.. Cur6,
a.. Of 3108 Circle Hill road,
Alexandria, when they stopped
in the center lane and Mr..
Stanley got out to 60 for the
rope.
AS he did. police reported,
another car struck Mr.. Stanley
and threw him over its hood
and into the windshield. Mr..
Stanley suffered a skull frac-
ture and two broken legs. He
died in Arlington Hospital last
night.
After the accident, police
charged Mr.. Curd with stop
ping on the highway, but
placed no charges Immediately
against the other driver.
Charles r. Seetin. 48. Of 1857
Oak drive. Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
LABOR
Continued From First Pag,

Continued From First Page
financial transactions under
other provisions Of the reform
bill.
Bid for Defeat Seen
1t seemed possible that the
committee was trying to draft
a very sweeping provision in
hopes the Senate would delete
it on the floor as completely
absurd.
II a union or company officer
filed an oath admitting he was
Ia Communist, he apparently
would be barred from office.
In another action, the COM
mittee rejected by an IL to ;
vote the administrations pro-
posal to tighten restriction;
against secondary boycotts.
The committee also rejected
by 9 to 6 votes two proposals tc
revise so-called building trades
provisions of the Kennedy.
Irving bill. These provisions
would liberalize existing re-
strictionS against union Sc.
curity in the building industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

in most Of the big atomic &C
celerators today.
The Brookhaven Laboratory
hired Mr.. Christofilos to work
on the $29 million accelerator
based on his design. It is now
under construction there.
Mr.. Christofilos' current work
at Livermore is directed at
building a machine for con-
trolling the hydrogen bomb re-
action. An inveterate optimist,
Mr.. Christofilos admits, how
ever, 1t will take five to six
years more Of development.
He is described as a supreme.
ly confident. ingenious. lone
wolf type Of worker who tends
to become emotional in scien.
tiflc disputes.
AS one Of his former CO.
workers put it: Did you ever
see two Paris taxi drivers in an
argument? Well, Nick could
play the part of one Of them
without any trouble at ALL"
Mr.. Cristofilos had suggested
that electrons released by outer
space atomic blast within the
earth's magnetic field would
be trapped in that field.
He believed they also would
travel back and forth at great
speed along the lines of mag
netic force. which arch high
out into space between the
Northern and Southern Hem
isphereS.
Mr.. Christofilos also pre-
dicted that the spinning cleo
irons would tend to migrate
eastward until the effect had
been spread around the world.
These and other views ad-
vanced by the scientist appear
to have been borne out by the
Argus tests, judging from in
formation thus far released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Experts Split
On Revealing
Atom Tests

NEW YORK. Mar. 10 (AP).
The New York Times said to
day that the question Of MAJ
tanning secrecy concerning the
high-altitude nuclear blasts
last September was holly de-
bated.
Said the newspaper:
"The tendency was for the
scientists to favor publication
and for the military and po-
litical leaders to oppose 1t.
Recently. however. 1t was
learned that some Of those
highly placed in the Pentagon
favored limited publicity"
The scientists argued, The
Times said, that the feat was
a magnificent experiment Of
which this country should be
proud. They further commended
that experiments of last Sep
TENDER came under the rules
of the International Geophys-
ical Year, which called for
sharing Of data with world
scientists.
The argument against dis
closure was largely political, the
newspaper said, adding:
1T was feared that the Rus
slams would exploit the fact
that the United States had
secretly fired nuclear weapons
In a region far from its shores
and far from its known atomic
proving grounds
Scientists at Livermore
(CalifD Radiation Laboratory
voted IT'S in favor of making
the results public. That, plus
the changed attitude of some
key men in the Pentagon. the
Times said. brought a decision
to proceed with publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
New Warhead
On Atlas Fails
In Flight Test
BY the Associated Press

The Air Force fired a new
look" Atlas missile from Cape
Canaveral last night but II de-
veloped trouble and fell far
short Of the planned intercon-
tinental-range flight.
All indications we're that the
failure headed of an intended
effort to recover the new model
nose cone intact after its red
hot re-entry into the atmos-
phere from the fringes Of space
Drops into Atlantic
The Air Force said today that
the huge missile, carrying the
same type Of nose cone that
would house a deadly thermo-
nuclear warhead In combat
developed propulsion and con-
troll problems It dropped into
the Atlantic about TOO miles
from the launching pad on the
Florida East Coast.
The shoot was intended to
send the Atlas about $500
miles in a further test of capa-
bility Of its nose cone to with.
stand re-entry heat.
The Air Force gave no hint
Of the cause for the apparent
failure.
The huge white cone, a radi.
cal change from the blunt.
shaped device that usually top.
the Atlas. was the center of at
traction when the giant wal
rocket blasted aloft from a poo
of swirling flame and smoke.
On previous Atlas nose cone
re-entry tests small data cap.
sules were recovered, but the
bulky warheads were aban.
doned In the ocean.
The new cone Is described al
"ablative" type that wears
away on contact with severe
friction as the missile return,
to earth. This would allow q
thrmonuclear payload inside Il
survive the fiery re-entry un.
scratched.
The last time a new nose
cone made an appearance atox
the 80-foot missile was Decem.
Der 10 when the Atlas blasted
into orbit to become the Ma
tons largest satellite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
New U.N. Aide Named

CANBERRA, Australia, Mar.
10 (AP).-James Plimsoll, a
senior career diplomat. has
been appointed Australia's new
permanent representative to
the United Nations. He sue
ceeds E. Ronald Walker.
, 1959-09-05

The number Of registered
passenger cars was put at 3d.
$1,000, also a new high and
up 1,72O,316 from 1858. Regis
tered trucks and buses totaled
1925, 900, an increase of S97,-
600.
California continued in first
place with 7,286,OOO registered
vehicles, including 6,15O,OOO
passenger cars. New York was
second with 4,9S4,OOO total
registrations,
, 1959-09-05
August "A, 1859
c oMFoRTABL

Fully furnished efficiency
apartments, each for two per
sons, in quiet neighborhood-
walking distance Of shopping :
SIPS and $50 per month on
years lease.
u & MARY MILLAR
No / Church St., Christiansted
Phone 81
, 1959-09-05
at the BAMBOO LOUNGE
NOTICE

All interested persons please take notice that in accord-
ance with Section 4lO9 Of Title S3o the Virgin Islands Code,
dealing with the Industrial Incentive Program, a public hear
ing will be held at the Government Secretarys Office, Char
lotte Amalie, ST. Thomas, Virgin Islands on Tuesday, Septem-
Der 8, 1859 at 800 pm, and at Government House, Christian
sted, st. Croix, Virgin Islands on September 10, 1859 at 800
pm, on the following applications for tax exemption and
subsidies:
Name Of Applicant Address Type Of Business
Standard Time st, Thomas, vi. Mfg. and assembling
Corporation clocks, clock move
ments, watches, etc.
Mountain Top Estates ST. Thomas, VI. Operation of a hotel.
Empire Securities St.Croix, vi To construct & oper-
ate Housing Projects
and manufacturing
plants.
Any person, firm or corporation interested in the appro-
val or d%isapproval Of these applications may appear
and be heard provided a written statement As submitted
to the Board at least one week prior to the hearing.
JamesA. osBrYan
Executive Secretary
August "a, 1859 28-293-5
, 1959-09-05


DID
Your valuable trees
Your hibiscus
Your bougainvilla
Survive the Dry Weather
NO?
Then this year plant with
P~EATMoss
Write:
Box GAG Christiansted
TO reserve your bale of Peatmoss
for September 4th.
azRaRaRaEaRRaEaE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30

The Real McCOys-"The Bank Loan" (Repeat) Though
the McCoys are badly in need OF money, when young
bank executive down to look the farm, Cramps
fills him up with so much maarkey he turns down their
loan. $3.50 pms WMAL57
Leave II to Beaver--"The Garage Painters" Repeat)
What does family do on a rainy week end when the
TV set conks out? They read Ward recommends tom
Sawyer" and the boys not only take liking to It, they
volunteer to paint the garage doors When they try to
emulate the hero of the book lin detail however, they
run into nothing but trouble. pm, WMAL-7 9
Playhouse 9O-"Rumors of Evening" CRepeat) Barbara
Bel Geddes glowing performance is the best thing about
this wartime love story. She plays an English widow
who falls for married American pilot and tries to keep
her wits about her when he loses his John Kerr
is handsome If little wooden as her American love-
and some busy work by Director John Franken-
heimer keeps the action going. $3.50 p.m.,0WTOP-9.
Jack Paar film star Edward Everett
Horton makes his first visit to the show, joining dry
humored New Highlander Charles Dornan on the ad lib
panel Jack greeS9 George Jesse back from his recent
visit to the Holy Land introduces Betty johnson for an
Ethel Norman song tribute and interviews William Burke
Miller night executive of NBC Che takes of the shop
when everybody else goes home). 1870 pm, WRC-4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

800, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
In the Concert Hall: Peter
Schmoll Overture by Weber
and Souvenir de Florence by
TchaikovSky.
7:O5, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1875 Mc.)-Symphony
Hall: Waverly Overture,
Opus by Berlioz and Piano
Concerto in A Minor by
.Schumann.
1880, WMAL-FM (107.3 Me-
Opera Echoes: HighlightS
from the Battered Bride by
Smetana.
900, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1885 Mc.)-OrcheStral
Capitols of the World: La
moureux Orchestra of Paris
Works by Gounod, Honegger
and Beethoven.
800, VOL AM-FM (145O Kc,
and 98.7 Mc.)-Good Music
Time: MeditationS on
EccleSiaStes by Dello Joio
and Symphony for Strings
by Schumann.
1000, WMAL-FM (107.3 Nc. y
Nocturne: Victory at Sea
Volume II by Rodgers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
Group Acts to Speed
Blood Donations

A Red Cross committee re-
Gently appointed to seek in
creased blood donations from
Federal and District Govern
ment employees held an organ
national meeting this week.
Wendell B. Barnes, an Off
cial of the Small Business Ad-
ministration and chairman OF
Government Red Cross Blood
Donor Recruitment, named the
21-menber executive committee
to step up donations to the
Washington regional blood pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
OTHER TV
HIGHLIGHTS
8:OO, WTTG (5-Laurel anc

500, WTTG (5)-Laurel and
Hardy: Pack Up Your
Troubles" When Hardy
realizes he is overweight for
tn army, Laurel pretends to
have only one arm to avoid
induction.
$3.50, WRC .(4)-The Lawless
Years: Tony Morelli runs an
honest dock on New York's
waterfront, but the mob sees
that it doesn't stay that
way.
900, WRC az - Bachelor
Father: Parent Night. "
Without consulting Bentley.
Kelly offers his services for
the school play on parents
night.
900, WTOP t9)-Zane Grey
Theater (Repeat): Gift
from a Gunman. Reformed
gunman finds his past fol-
lowing him.
$3.50, WRC az - 81 Beacon
Street: THE Swindle. -
Chase and staff plan a hoax
to swindle a man out of
money he swindled from a
widow.
11:OO, WTTG ~ - Starlight
Theater: Adventure in
Baltimore" Robert Young
and Shirley Temple. A min
iSter's daughter has modern
views G948).
Ills, WTOP (9)-Late Show:
Marx Brothers at the Cir
Gus" A crook steals money
to help rescue circus from
a loan shark 1880.
1880, WMAL az - Boston
Blackie: "Close Call for
Boston Blackie." Blackie
finds himself the victim of
a murder frame-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
Other AM Stations

WeMS-s1O Ke.-s an. 10 midnight, Sat
urdsy an. to I pm, Sunday 6 an.
to midnight.
WPlk-730 ke.-DsylIght only.
WARL-1so ke.-Dsylight only.
WeAY-1o5o ke.-Dsylight only.
WUST-1I2a ke.-Daylight sHly.
WFAK-1220 ke.-Dsylight only
WWDCzs12s0 ke.-24-hour operation. e.
eept Sunday midnight to an. Monday.
WtEL-13Io ke.-Daylight oF,y.
W00k-1340 ke.-2A-houT operation.
WEAM-t3s0 ke.-74hour operation. e.
eept Sunday midnight to S an. Monday.
WD0N-1s4o ke.-Daylight only.
WPec-lSso ke.-Daylight only.
WPRW-14so ke.-Daytime only.
WlNx-1s0o Ks.-24-hOuF operation.