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Evening star., 1959-12-07
Bios on Capitol HW
The Stars December / edi

The Stars December / edi-
torial. Bias on Capitol HILL"
sought to define the issues
involved in the systematic
exclusion Of Negro mechan-
les from major Federal con-
structioh projects in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. The edi-
torial raised the question of
compliance by the McCloskey
Construction Co. with the
nondiscrimination clause in
United States Government
contracts covering Federal
projects including the reno
vation Of the east wing of the
Capitol and of the new Office
building for the House. 1t
was suggested that the Nc
Closkey Company's contrac-
tural obligation not to dis
criminate against rodmen
and other workers because of
their race might be bypassed
by the company's agreement
with the union (which con-
trolls the hiring process. In
this case Local 201 of the
Rodmen'S Union (AFL-CIOO
has a referral list, system
which presumably establishes
a fair standard for refer
ring workers upon request
from the contractor.
The unassailable fact, how
ever, is that the unions re-
ferral list system has the ef-
feet of denying Negroes en-
pioyment on the McCloskey
Company's construction prof.
ects. An employer operating
with Federal funds must not
receive immunity from the
nondiscrimination clause in
the Government contract
simply by turning over the
hiring function to a labor
union,
Your editorial seems to
suggest that the Presidents
Committee on Government
Contracts is in a dilemma as
to further action in this mat
ter. I, Of course, cannot speak
for the committee, but it
seems clear that the COM
mittee's obligation is to Sc
cure broad compliance with
the terms of the Federal
Government contract.
There can be no question
that the standard nondis-
elimination clause included
in all Government contracts
requires the contractor to
hire on the basis of merit.
Employers must not be per-
mitted to take refuge be-
Evening star., 1959-12-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

been through grade S, and
spoke correctly
II know how to handle
bees" replied Grandfather
Josh.
But maybe the bees know
how to handle you. too,"
smiled Grandma.
"I know bees" said the old
man.
His white chin whiskers
wagging, Grandfather went to
the barn and got a big long
ladder.
In those days, there were
no collapsible ladders. Every
ladder was long and heavy,
but Grandfather was q very
strong man.
He leaned the big long lad
der up against the tree, right
to the point where the black
cluster of bees hid the bark.
you had better get your
smoke pot, JOSIAH" said
Grandmother.
II know what I am doing"
he replied. ~
Grandmaw, who had been
watching him for many years,
wondered.
Up the ladder he went,
headed right into the bees.
Then, commotion-
Nobody, least of all Grand
paw. knew what happened
then, but within two seconds,
count 'em, he was back on
the ground the hard way.
He had fallen, and was all
ready covered with a mass
OF bees.
One arm broken, the old
man got to his feet and made
for home, with a million bees
right on his neck.
Grandfather knew tension
at that moment.
II told you, Josiah, to let
those bees alone"
Grandfather brushed q
thousand of the crawlers
from his right shoulder.
II let them bees alone" he
moaned, but they wouldn't
let me alone"
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VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Modern Man Retoins Primitive Uroes
BY THOMAS r. HENRI

The ''brain." like q frugal
old lady. never throws any,
thing away.
In its 200-million-year evo-
luton from reptile to man
and from. primitive urges Of
anger, hunger and fear to
the highest intellectual proc
esses Of man. the nervous sys-
tenn has replaced outmoded
parts with better ones over
and over again, but it always
has found makeshift uses for
the castoffs.
There has been no trash
pile in mental evolution, says
DR.. George P. Bishop of
Washington University, st.
Louis, in a report to the ONCE
Of Naval Research.
The conclusion is based
primarily on studies, both
by DR.. Bishop himself and
others, Of nerve channels Of
various sensations, such as
pain and temperature, from
spinal cord to areas Of the
lower brain and thence to
the relatively recent devel-
oped cerebral cortex, or top
Of the brain, which is the
seat Of consciousness Of man
and higher animals.
Nothing Ever Discarded
It has been assumed in the
past, he reports, that Diff
ferent sizes Of nerve flbers
carry different sensations
big ones, touch; smaller ones,
temperature and pain in
general, and the smallest,
burning sensations, a special
kind of pain. But, DR.. Bishop
said, recent work has shown
that bundles of all three Of
these actually carry all. the
sensations-but the more re-
Gently evolved carry them
more efficiently UP to the
cortex itself.
But the most primitive
still function, however OUT
moded.
THE vertebrate nervous
system" says the report,
never has thrown anything
away, whatever makeshift
uses it may have found for
its secondhand parts"
AS q result of this par
simony, DR.. Bishop says, "the
behavior Of higher organisms
is about IS per cent Of q very
low order"
The large flbers which have
been associated primarily
with touch, he points out,
appear to have been the
latest to evolve and, from
their extensions into the
cortex, would seem to be con-
cerned with the higher de-
grees of thinking. But, he
says, the actual advantage
offered by large fiber diameter
we do not yet understand.
With the time it takes to
think. we cannot assign this
advantage Of speed of con-
duction."
=
A changeless world would
be close to uncomfortable.
This is the import Of
Harvard Medical School ex-
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Qualification

The Stars account of my
recent talk to the Rivers and
Harbors Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade
would make it appear that I
am somehow engaged in a
dispute with the Office of the
United States District En-
gineer. This, of course, is not
the case.
In my remarks on the silt
problem, principal emphasis
was placed on the Importance
Of keeping the soil on the
land and the use of a reten-
tion dam or dams as q
second line of defense"
Dredging was presented as a
last resort and reference to
the possible creation of
islands for disposal Of
dredged material was used
quite incidentally as an illus
tration of the dilemma con-
fronting the engineers who
must cope with silt once it is
deposited in the Potomac. It
is entirely true that we can
i'll afford the further loss Of
water areas which are in
valuable for their pollution
control functions and their
loss must be resisted. This
simply gives added emphasis
to the Importance of con-
servation programs in the
Potomac watershed which can
materially reduce the volumes
of silt which must be disposed
Of in the lower river.
David v. Aud,
Director of Sanitary
Engineer 6, D. C.
Government.
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dent, this being street railway
generally.
I have no suggestions. The
weather will take care Of
itself. Leo e. Chandler.
It's elementary that less
traffic congestion will help
speed transit service and
tend to reduce costs. It's also
elementary that traffic con-
gestion cannot be lessened
by encouraging every owner
of a private automobile to
use 1t to get downtown, often
riding alone, in lordly maj
esty. On this subject, the
Cleveland Plain Dealer has
pointed out:
"In all the thinking about
the transportation problem
of the cities, far too much
emphasis has been in terms
of providing facilities for the
movement of vehicles in
stead of peoples (transit).
There has been altogether
too much stress on serving
the convenience Of the owner
Of the private automobile for
whom, once he gets into a
congested area by private
vehicle, a parking place for
the vehicle must be provided.
No city can afford to build
de luxe thoroughfares for
everyone to drive his own
automobile into the con-
geSted heart Of a city"
When planning and traf-
flc officials take definite and
positive steps to reduce
downtown traffic congestion
they help to make transit
service faster and help the
transit companies to get
riders to work, to shop or
recreation more quickly.
The thing to do is to ease
the squeeze, in Washington
and everywhere. Streetcars,
which Washington ought to
be thankful it still has, and
buses can only move as fast
as traffic will permit. This
is a fact that many cities
have so far failed to act
Evening star., 1959-12-07

Then I'll resign" yells
one.
THAT, too, can be ar
ranged" says the boss, with
dire prophecy.
AL the hands strain their
ears. you can positively see
them wagging.
This is an Office scene that
does not happen often
enough for the gossips.
Actually, it is a good thing
to blow off steam in this way.
Every Office in which it
happens is the better of
for it.
Every employe, in any kind
of office, is allowed one blow
of every six months.
Tensions do it.
We have been hearing q
great deal about tensions in
recent years.
To listen to some, you
might think tension some
thing new, known only in
this era.
Actually, Grandfather
knew it, too, that time the
bees chased him out Of the
apple tree.
The queen had led a
swarm, and there they were
in the big tree, with its wide
spreading boughs and its
blossoms.
I'm a-goin' to git those
bees" chortled Grandfather.
This is the actual way he
said it, being a good coun-
try man, not q speaker for
a dictionary.
He liked to say git" Tor
"get," and 9Th e m" for
"those," and who doesn't?
"It's me-" is now almost
classic American.
4
Grandpaw's moment Of
tension had not come yet, but
Grandmother didn't want it
to come at all.
Josiah" she said-she al
ways used the full name in
moments of Importance
you better let those bees
alone" Grandmother had
Evening star., 1959-12-07

periments reported to the
Once Of Naval Research,
In which volunteers were kept
for as long as 80 hours in an
apparatus similar to the
respirators used to keep
paralytic polio victims alive.
The volunteers, mostly
medical students Of high in
telligence, were shut of from
all contact with the world
outside the apparatus, but
they were not blindfolded or
their senses interfered with
in any way as has been the
case with most previous isola-
ton experiments. Each could
see and hear everything in
his lonely little world, but
there was nothing to see or
hear except blank white
walls and the changeless
drone Of a motor. There was
no way Of keeping track Of
time, food being provided at.
irregular intervals.
There was an enormous
difference between individ-
uals, reports DR.. J. H. Mem
delson. Two Of them became
so panic stricken after about
three hours that they tried
to fight their way out Of the
tank before there was time to
release them. Not one out
Of 40 has been willing to res
peat the experiment. Three
hours was the limit for sew
eral but a few were able to
complete the entire 80 hours.
Special HaIlucinatiOns
Nearly all experienced hall
lucinationS of a special kind,
such as sometimes have been
reported by polio victims. All
the hallucinations were in
vivid color and in three di-
mensions so that the figures
looked actual. They were
not necessarily terrifying, al
though some were. After 16
hours, for example, one SUBJ
ject reported: r.
There is a large animal
climbing up the back. It is.
black and has a lot Of legs.
I'm afraid of it." Then he
began to- scream and it was
necessary to take him out Of
the apparatus. 3s
The normal sleep pattern is
greatly disturbed. A few Of
the volunteers who were ex-
hausted with work and study
nao looked forward to the
experiment as a fine oppor-
tunity for a long rest with
nobody to disturb them. Actu-
ally they slept only in
snatches Of about two hours
each. There were no long
sleep periods.
The experiences resembled
to some extent, DR.. Mendel-
son reports, those reported
by shipwrecked sailors on
desert islands but were more
intensive as the environment
was more restricted. The
sailor, after all, sees some
change, such as sunrise and
sunset, moonrise and STAR
rise. He knows whether it is
day or night and can walk
around freely. These volun.
teerS could not.
Evening star., 1959-12-07

registered ton Of the vessel,
and in addition pays a ton
mage toll on cargo. This is
based on type of cargo. There
is a special charge for each
passenger carried through
the Seaway, and various
other special charges are
made.
@. When were the ranks Of
staff, technical and master
sergeant created for the
Army?-R. E.
A. The ranks of staff SER
geant, technical sergeant and
master sergeant were author
lied by an Act of Congress
June 4, 1920. The authorize
ton was contained in War
Department General Order
So, dated June 10, 1920.
Evening star., 1959-12-07
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can get answer By mail to any quest
writing The Information Bureau 635 street W
d Please ncose return postage sef-addressed sta
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the garden. If you lend your
tools to the neighbors, GER
tain colors painted on the
tools will help you identify
them and remind the bor-
rover to whom they belong.
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Tool Handles

Painting the handles Of
your garden tools not only
protects the surfaces, but
helps you spot them quickly
if they become lost in tall
weeds or in areas around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30

Tuesday Hours: Washington. $3.50 to 8; Silver Spring,
PARKington and Prince Georges Plaza, 10 to 8.
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SPRING PLANTING BEGIN
WITH THE HEIGHT co.

everything garden fine
There are planter
fertilizer peat selection of quality seed plus all the tools
or backyard outdoor cooking portable bar
Washington, Silver Spring.
PARKington and Prince Georges Plaza
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At least l2 points.--Matthew s. john
son, 100 Webster street NV; John W.
Belk,. 4339 German terrace Sc;
Charles r: Fields, 1929 18th street
Sc; Roy L. McDade, 512 First street
NV; Eddie I. Thomas, I'LL 2lst
Baker street NE. James r. Spain,
"a 10th street Sc: Otis Hicks. Star
Route 2, LaPlata, Nd; William M,
Allen, 141b 44th street NE: Edward
A. Leech, 1884 Fairmont street NV;
Ozetta B. Cain, 800 Hollywood place
NE; oscar o. CAN'T. 5712 sth street
NV, Thomas d. Moore, l42s Taylor
street N.W.i James T sprigss. 1909
T street NV. Arthur F.. Cordell,
1871 Kendall street NE: Ralph r.
Stalder. tr.. 2i0s Pennsylvania avenue
NV; Roosevelt Thomas, 93l Florence
street NE. Warren ?. Wilson, 1850
1 r street Me-; John r, Smith, 220
Hamilton street NV: Louis r. Knight.
l2122 viers Mil Road, Silver Spring;
Leroy p. Nowlin. 2I27 18TH street
street NE; John +. .Sowell. 902 22d
street NE: Thornal Coachman.
White, r.. Myer. Va; Walter U. Cole
man, 1907 Plyers Mil road, Kensing-
ton Nd. Thomas Z. Richmond, 1853
Bruce place 8 E.; BENJAMIN L. Black
well, 907 Sth street NE: Auguston c.
y rrison. SAC Providence street NE:
Paul Hawkins, 1851 Fl. Dupont street
Sc: Henry T. Bennett, $3.50 nth
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ing Authority's board had pro-
tested that the original con-
struction proposal, which called
for a l5-foot space, would make
the $4,000 dwelling "un-live-
able"
Plans for the ramp, part of
the freeway's Interchange C.,
have been a subject Of dispute
between the two agencies since
early spring. The Hopkins
Apartments now are under con-
struction.
In addition to shifting the
ramp 10 feet. highway officials
also have agreed to build an
eight-foot chain link fence on
the retaining wall as a safety
factor and to plant screen
Shrubbery.
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Ramp to Housing
Project Solved

District highway and hous-
ing officials have settled q dis
agreement over construction
plans for a Southeast freeway
ramp near a public housing
project.
Agreement was reached after
highway officials revised plans
to provide a 25-foot clearance
between the ramps retaining
wall and a three-story Hopkins
Apartments building at Twelfth
and K streets Sc.
The National Capital Hous-
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accumulated record Of at least
IL points.
The complete list Of revoca-
tions for the past week as re-
leased by the Department OF
Motor Vehicles follows:
Revoked for driving while drunk
Richard T.. Ross, 4046 Grant street
NE: Lewis Daniel, 42s 24th street
NE: Farrell l.. Chapman, 1908 18th
street Sc; William II. Powell, 362S
Georgia avenue NV, Evelyn c. Greene
] Hawaii avenue NE; Miles A. Kump,
1916 s. Broddock street, Winchester,
Va; Samuel Covington ~, 1923 In
dependence avenue So ohm Z.
6tephens, 1112 46th place Sc.
Revoked for operating after revoea-
tiOn tperiod Of revocation etxended)-
Eyarts street NE: Raymond Belts,
IS Bryant street NV; Grady HAM
monds, IT,, 1905 Trinidad avenue N e.
LLOYD Earl Deans, jr., 404 Maple road,
Morningside, Nd.
Revoked for operating after suspen.
sion-William H. Redman, S42 Laurie
place N E.; John Farley Nicholson, $40
pelaheld place NV. Arthur Joseph
ManSerall, 603 N. Howard street, Alex
Revoked for aasrant dIsregard for
eafety OF persons Of property-Mark
Z. stevens. 1910 Connecticut avenue
Revoked for accumulated record Of
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49 Operators Permits
Revoked by District

Forynine operators permits revoked here last week.
the District Department Of Motor Vehicles announced today
OF the permits revoked nine for driving while drunk
four for operating after revocation period Of revocation
tended three for operating after suspension for fragrant
dsegard for safety Of property and 80 for
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MEMS AND W0MEN'S FINE
EXPANSION WATCH BRACELETS

Replace your old wotch band with one Of these
welI-mode expansion styles and make your watch
look like new! Choice of yellow or white gold
filled styles Rugged ones for men :. dainty
ones for women
The Sidney herald., 1959-09-02

AS far as we are concerned, few
television plays make any sense.
The Sidney herald., 1959-09-02

Miss Marlene Larsen, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Larsen of
Beach, N. OAK, and Paul Skolsky,
son of Mrs. Anna Skolsky of Beu-
lah, N. Oak, were married in a
double ring ceremony, performed
by Rev. Michael O'Hanlon, in ST.
Philomena's Catholic Church in
Sidney, Aug. %, at 1000 am.
Gold and bronze glads and NUNS
decorated the altar.
Miss Ann Raisler sang "On This
Day o Beautiful Mother, 30
Maria, and Soul of My Saviour,
accompanied by Miss Pet Marman,
who played the wedding music.
The bride wore a full length
gown of Chantilly lace over white
taffeta, styled with a Queen Anne
collar. Her fingertip veil of silk
illusion net, fell from a crown,
covered with pearls and sequins.
She carried a bouquet of talisman
roses and white chrysanthemums,
and a white pearl rosary, a gift
OF the groom.
Matron of honor was Mrs. Rus
sell Zinsli, sister of the bride.
Darolyn Madison and Doris Godale,
were bridesmaids. and Sherry
Zinsli, niece of the bride, was
junior bridesmaid. They wore
identically styled street length
dresses with balloon sleeves, in
avocado, green, Chartreuse, pale
c~hartreuse, and dark green, res
pectively, with matching shoes
and lace trimmed picture hats and
lace mitts matching the lace of the
brides gown. Their flowers were
bronze and yellow NUNS and pom
pons. The dresses were made by
the brides mother.
Clemence Skolsky attended his
brother as best man, and the
groomsmen were Darrell Gietzen,
nephew of the groom, and Gale
Abbey. Ushers were Leo Skalsky
and Russell Zinsli, brother and
brother-in-law of the bridal
couple. All wore white dinner
jackets.
Mrs. Larsen wore a champagne
dress with copper and brown ac-
cessories, and a corsage of gold
and bronze NUNS and pompons.
Mrs. Skolsky wore black, with a
corsage of white glads.
The wedding reception was held
in the Moose Home, for about 100
guests. The Women of the Moose
Drill Team, served dinner and a
400 pm. luncheon.
Colleen Kukowski cut the bell
shaped wedding cake, which had
been decorated by Mrs. Lois Lang.
Beverly and Dolores Meyer had
charge of the gift table, and
Helen Kukowski kept the guest
Mr.. and Mrs. Skolsky left on a
wedding trip to Glacier Park, and
on their return will live in Sidney,
where he is employed at Webber's
Furniture Store. He is a graduate
of Beulah High School, and an
Army veteran. Mrs. Skolsky after
The Sidney herald., 1959-09-02
BEST ECONOMY. SOCK AWAY
YOUR CHEVY SAVINGS Az sum

as two Chevy Skies won their class in
this years Mobilgas Economy Run, get
ting the best mileage of any f~ull-size carl
The Sidney herald., 1959-09-02
Hay Creek

Mrs. Clifford Briggs, of Seattle,
Wash, and her grandson Chris,
left from Williston Tuesday morn
ing to return to her home after a
visit with her mother, Mrs. Mag
gle Ditton of FairvieW.
Elaine Henderson arrived home
from Minneapolis, Mimi, on Sat-
urday morning for a weekend visit
at the home of her parents, MI.
and Mrs. w. T. Henderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Ullman
drove to Glendive Sunday to meet
Mrs. Ullman's sister, Mrs. Ken
Morley and her daughter, of Mis-
soula, Montana. Mrs. Morley
plans to visit with her parents
and brother and sisters here for
two weeks.
Mrs. Scoop was hostess at a
coffee party h%onoring Mrs. Doro-
thy Ford of California, and Anna
KiZiar.
Mrs. Ellen Dore of Denver, Colo
RADIO, and Mrs. Henry Levno visit
ed at the home of Mrs. Celia
Stromfeldt Thursday.
Misses Paula and Cynthia
Zadow of Sidney guests at
the Chef Dore home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Brodhead
and family of Fairview, and Mr..
and Mrs. w. T. Henderson and
family were Saturday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Thomas in Fairview.
Kenney Olson of Sidney is a
house guest of Dwight Linde this
week.
Adolf Strand of Andes visited
MI. and Mrs. Sig Rude, ST., on
Sunday. Mr.. Strand has just re-
turned from a trip to Norway
this summer where he visited
the parents and family of Sigurd
Rude, Sr.
The Sheriff. Henderson family
of Sidney were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Houc-
hen, and Ed Houchen.
Arlene Henderson and Jeanne
Hillman are attending the All
Club Congress at Bozeman this
week.
Miss Sharon Henderson was
a dinner guest of Miss Bonnie
Atchison of Sidney at the Erwin
Atchison home Friday evening.
Sharon Henderson attended a
barbecue at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Labidee and Judy
Hagan in Sidney on Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Allen of
Flint, Michigan, MI. and Mrs.
Herb Hutchinson Of Ostego, Mich
igan, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. T..
Henderson and family OF Fair
view visited at the Riley Banta
home in Sidney Sunday.
The W. T. Henderson family
were Williston shoppers on Fri
day.
Marvin Berry of Glendive was
a Tuesday visitor at the Jack
Berry home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Olsen Of
Lake South Dakota and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Olsen visited at
the Jack Berry home Sunday.
Wayne Berry returned Mon
day from Boys State.
The Sidney herald., 1959-09-02
DIR. AND MRS. b. w. STUNKARD
VISIT SIDNEY FRIENDS

DR.. and Mrs. B. w. Standard Oh
Owatonna, Mimi, visited among
old friends in Sidney several days
last week.
The Standards will be well re-
membered in Sidney, where they
made their home for IS years
while DR.. Stunkard practised the
dental profession here. They
moved from here to Owatonna Is
years ago, where they continue to
make their home.
Both DR.. and Mrs. Standard ex-
pressed themselves as amazed at
the beautiful city they found on
their return visit. They comment
ed on the many beautiful new
homes, new and improved business
blocks, and the new city improve
ments, among which were the new
street lights and the paved alleys.
DIR. Stunkard said that one of
the first places they were going
to visit when they arrived in town
was their old home and that they
were pretty much mixed up"
when they found a filling station
at that location. on North Central
Ave. The home, now owned by
Dave Peer, has been moved and
converted into a duplex.
During their short visit here DR..
and Mrs. Standard were guests at
the ElRey Motel and called on as
many old friends as their time