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Evening star., 1959-06-18
ObsoIescent Conventional Equipment
Reported in Many Free World Forces

nese mechanics. They had
been used by Gen. Douglas
Macarthur in his hop-and-
skip operations from Aus
tralia to Japan.
Lack Of funds is respon-
sible for the obsolescent ar
mament of the American and
ROK. ground forces. It is
true that since last year
some more modern equip
rnent has been sent to these
forces. but 1t does not repre-
sent more than 10 per cent
of the needed armament. The
Korean reserve divisions
which are training men for
the active divisions at the
front are actually using
World War ] mortars. They
are almost museum pieces.
An almost similar situa-
ton exists In Turkey, which
is regarded by our strate-
gists as our first line Of de-
fense in the Middle East. The
Turkish Army is well
equipped If compared now
with what it had In l947.
But it is not, equipment wise.
! q match for the 81 Russian
divisions in the Caucasus. A
sizable proportion of its
mechanical forces (actual
figures are unavailable be-
cause Of military secrecy is
far from being effective be-
cause of obsolescence.
The Jet planes given the
Turkish air force would have
been regarded as highly sat-
isfactory when this type Of
planes was first introduced
to modern warfare. At pres
ent. however, they are far
too slow to oppose the modern
Jets which the Russian ayia-
ton possesses in that area.
The Turkish pilots have
learned quickly how to ham
die their Jets and are, accord
ing to their American instruc-
tors, as efficient as their
teachers. But only a small
proportion Of the fighters
and light bombers is any
where near up to date. It Is
this condition Of ground and
air equipment which COM
PEELED the late Secretary Of
State Dulles to urge the An
kara government not to In
Evening star., 1959-06-18
DORIS FLEEsON
Double Assist for Mr.. Nixon

q Republican administration
which had placed q hostile
New HampShireman at the
Presidents right hand. The
particular circumstances Of
that Presidents conception
Of the presidency and his
later major illnesses con-
flrmed Gov. Adams as a fixed
star during nearly six years
which must have seemed in
tolerably long to Senator
Bridges.
The Senator Is cool and
adaptable; there were no
public quarrels. But Gov.
Adams outshone him here
and at home, enjoyed vastly
more real power and barred
q clear Bridges channel to
the President.
1t seems plain that the
Senator foresaw q similar
situation building for 1860.
Gov. Rockefeller is a liberal
internationalist; his New
Hampshire friends are much
the same stripe. If they won
for Gov. Rockfellers-as well
they might with Gov. Powell
stirring up the animals--the
conservative Senator might
have it all to do over again.
He has stepped forward to
head of such q development.
If Mr.. Nixon becomes Presi-
dent, Senator Bridges is in
like Flynn. It Is the better
gamble because the Eisen-
hover health hazard may yet
give the Vice President the
immense advantage Of in
cumbency.
With respect to Gov. Rookie
feller. the Bridges position
amounts to insurance against
Evening star., 1959-06-18
RALPH MeGILL

Second 1t. Dwight D. Ei-
senhower for q time gave UP
factory-made cigarettes and
went to a scent sack Of
tobacco with free papers at
tached.
This was one Of the sacri-
fees he made in 1916 to be
able to keep up payments on
q small life insurance policy
he had purchased as q part
Of the responsibilities Of mar
riage. ar
President Eisenhower REM
inisced about this IN his re-
cent honnily ON thrift and
imitation. 1t was a story OBJ
sctired by the Geneva Con-
ference. But without ques-
ton. 1t revealed one Of the
fuels which has caused the
Presidents popularity to
rocket upward.
The President has managed
to communicate with the
people. So long as the talk
was about imitation. Federal
Reserve interest rates, hard
money and soft, the people
didn't much seem to care. But
Of late Mr.. Eisenhower has
been talking In terms as
plain and simple as q man
giving up ready-made ciga-
rettes for q sack Of tobacco
and papers. or. as we used to
say, "the makings."
Along with this very hui
man story, the President
said:
"When I was a boy, it
was thought we could live
our lives on a little piece Of
ground In the West. and the
older folks - Grandfather
and Grandmother - could
live In the same home, after
their days Of hard work were
ended. That's the way we
took care Of ourselves and
our older people. Today,
through the changes III our
Industrial system. we as a
people have become de-
pendent for old-age security.
more and more upon pen
sions, insurance policies, saw
Evening star., 1959-06-18

The question uppermost In
the minds Of American citi-
zens who are reading or
listening to the reports Of the
Gripping by Communist Jets
Of an American Mercator
plane on a reconnaissance
mission over the Sea Of Japan
Is: Why were the cannons Of
that craft silent when the
enemy attacked? The ex-
PLANTATION from the skipper Of
the plane, 1t. Comdr. Donald
r. Mayer: The ordnance in
the forward turrets was in
operative because 1t lacked
''hard-to-get parts" Editors
note: The Navy Department,
after a preliminary inquiry.
announced that two Of the
planes gun positions had
been dismantled to make way
for reconnaissance equip
ment.)
This Is q remarkable feat
Of bureaucracy at work. We
are o nation which has been
engaged since the end Of the
war in a dance Of billions to
help foreign nations and
build up our own defense: we
are determined to take care
of the needs Of all, friends
or foes. We have been spend
ing tens Of billions Of dollars
every year on sarmaments,
including what the bureauc-
racy terms Inevitable" waste
in such huge projects. Yet the
men in our peripheric forces.
the men who mount daily
patrols In our first line Of
defense against a "conven-
tional little war" are not
provided with the wherewith
to fight back attacks by the
enemy.
This applies not only to
the planes which are patrol
ing the Far Eastern periph-
cry but also to hardware Of
some Of our ground forces.
Last year when this reporter
visited one of our divisions
guarding a portion Of the
l40-mile 38th Parallel, he
saw a number Of more re-
cent tanks" The command
ing ofiicer said these would
be kept only as a potential
reserve and that the old
tanks which were used be-
tween 1850 and 1858 would
still remain his combat
force. When asked to ex-
plain, he replied: I'VE have
acquired locally the know
how to make spare parts for
these old fellows It will
take too long to train our
men In making parts for the
more recent types"
incidentally. it must be re-
called that the tanks used in
the Korean War were early
World War II models mod
ernized" In Japan by Japa-
Evening star., 1959-06-18

his way being barred to an
other Republican President
by another block Of hostile
New Hampshire granite.
1t Is always possible that
the Senator has miscalculated
and Gov. Rockefeller can win
the New Hampshire primary.
Informed sources think 1t un-
likely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Homes to Suit
Teen-Agers

For the first time. such q
conference on housing Is be-
ing ENLARGED to give both
teen-agers and heads Of
households an opportunity to
air their opinions. Previous
housing conferences Of this
type have been limited to the
woman's point Of view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

The Family Housing Con-
ference. which aims to let
the home building industry
and its suppliers find out
what the American family
wants in the way Of q home.
will be held here Wednesday
and Thursday In the Ma
tional Housing Center. 1925
L street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Concord's Entry
In Potomac, Nd,

A home at oe4i Accord
drive In It's Concord subdi-
vision In Potomac. Mont
gomery County. Is the Fall
Festival Of Homes exhibit Of
Smith-Ashley. Inc.
The firm plans ~ homes in
the project. Models have
four bedrooms.
At present the firm Is of
fering two models. q split
level home and q two-story
one. Prices start at s36.500.
In commenting on the
homes. the building firm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

noted that both types are
fiexibly designed for expar-
sion TO meet individual fam
lily requirements"
Directions TO raech the
displays. as furnished BY the
builder. are:
Drive out River road to
Persimmon Tree road and
sign on the left tone-eighth
Of O mile before the inter-
section Of Potomac). Or. out
Macarthur boulevard To Per-
sirnmon Tree road and turn
right to River road and sign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
What You Con Do Now
To Cut Fire Hazards


to avoid rising gases. Hold
your breath IL you have to
make a dash through smoke
or flame.
Don't open hot doors. Feel
the doors first. and If they're
hot. keep them closed and
get out another way or wait
for help.
Never leave children alone
In your home. Instruct your
babysitter In your escape
plans and see that she knows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

how to get IN touch with
the fire department, parents.
doctors. and police.
Never 60 back into 4 burn
ing building for any reason
even the smallest. most
Misunderstanding fire can give
OF deadly smoke and fire
gases.
Keeping your home free Of
fire hazards by regular in
spections. The fire depart
ment can help in this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
New Project

Skyline Builders. Inc. has
announced opening Of o ZOO
acre development named
Strawsleigh in the Catoctin
Mountains In the Braddock
Heights section Of Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

nc There were over 2 million
fires in the United States
last year that took about
1850 lives and destroyed
1l.3 billion in property.
Pointing out that protec-
ton begins with prevention,
the Agriculture Department.
In cooperation with the Ma
tional Fire Protection Asso-
citation, has issued q leaf1et
listing many ways in which
the home and the family
can be made safer from fires.
{ Good home construction
md good family habits are
the points that the leafiet
emphasizes to reduce fire
hhzards.
Included among the points
Sd construction are:
Built-in fire stops. Barriers
OF wood or masonry between
studs, joists. rafters or string
cts, or built in to present
buildings to block OF open
wan channels, wiz slow up or
prevent the spread Of smoke
and fire.
Solid doors for every room
can keep smoke and fire out
for as long as 80 minutes.
Closing bedroom doors on
winter nights adds to IRE
safety.
Good escape routes lead
directly outside. not through
other rooms. Windows should
be large enough and low
enough to climb through and
be easy for the youngest
child OF open.
Interior finish. Wallboards
made of gypsum. cement, as
bestos and similar materials
are noncombustible and re-
sist the spread Of flames.
..Fire-resistant roofing. Use
material. such as asphalt
shingles, slate. asbestos or
metal.
- Proper wiring. For fire
require electricians to
use the National Electrical
. Code when wiring new and
remodeled homes.
Modern heating plants are
often equipped with fire.
preventing safety devices.
/. But furnaces SHOULD be
cleaned and Inspected reg
ularly. Do not install your
furnace under stairs or near
al entrance where fire from
: Il might block escape. Allow
: adequate clearance from
walls and ceilings and ample
air for combustion.
J Family Troining
Plan at least two ways to
get out Of every room in the
house. and escape routes for
every member Of the family.
Train everyone in their use
!. until even the youngest child
! understands clearly what to
: do. Keep exists clear. Don't
) jump from an upper story
] window-wait for the fire.
: man.
: Know the fire department
: phone number.
i get out Of the house and,
: II. possible, warn everyone
) else to get out the minute a
: fire or smoke is discovered.
Don't stop to dress the chill
/ dfen. Always have a fash
light handy.
) Stay near the floor or crawl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Most Homes
Moss-BuiIt

1.-THE American way is vol
ume and eight out Of 10
homes built In the United
States are put UP by devel-
opment builders. housing re-
searchers state. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
Wins Citution

Miss Ruth Hagy will be
given a citation by the Dis
trict Federation of Womens
Clubs at a meeting at 10 am.
tomorrow at the Willard Ho-
tel.
Mrs. T. David Gates, pres
dent, will present the award
to Miss Hagy. moderator Of
college News Conference
on a local radio station
The citation is being given
in recognition Of Miss Hays
service in bringing together
students from all over the
country to appear on her
show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
CIRcLlNc THE COUNTRYSIDE
Art Tdkes Over
In Virqinid

by the change from hard,
cold monetary facts.
The Hartleys. and other
exhibitors. some with their
families, came to . buffet
supper on Sunday night.
held in the center Of
the parrish house where the
pictures were exhibited. The
idea, which proved enormous
ly successful, was to ease the
return of exhibited pic
lures. An exhibitor ate.
mingling with other artists
and then took his, or her,
picture of the wall and went
home, doing away with the
long trek back to The Plains
on Monday.
Mrs. Alexander Yurgaitis,
jr., was chairman OF the show
this year. Among the patrons
were Mrs. Juan Ceballos. Mr..
and Mrs. Wesley Dennis,
wesley exhibited, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kingman Douglass,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Finley,
MIR. and Mrs, Thomas Fur
ness, Mrs. Henry Fairfax, Mr..
and Mrs. George Garrett, Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Graham, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Mellon and
Admiral and Mrs. Neill Phil
lips. Others were Col. and
Mrs. Harold Potter. Gen. and
Mrs. L. c. Shepherd and Col.
and Mrs. John Tyssowski.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
ny DOLORES PHILLIPS
contrtbutIns Writer

LEEsBURG. Va. The
Loudoun Sketch Club. whose
members have just finished
exhibiting at the Neighbour
hood Art Show In The Plains.
has scheduled an exhibition
at the Studio Art Gallery in
Alexandria. opening with q
tea next Sunday.
Esther Thomas Of Water
ford was the only member of
the Sketch Club who came
away from The Plains with
a ribbon. awarded to her
wood-block print. The judges,
John Gernand Of the Phillips
Gallery. Jacob Kainen of the
Smithsonian and Ralph Coe
of the National Gallery
spread the ribbons thin this
year. awarding nothing in the
monochrome class and only
three among AZ children's en-
tries.
The outstanding exhibit
tor this year was l7-year-old
Michael Paige of Delaplane.
who won the blue in the adult
oil class with a contemporary
painting Of the Last Supper.
Michael. q student at st.
Adams in Washington. also
got an honorable mention for
his watercolors Of the Cruel
fixion.
A Rear View
Beverley Bryant of Mid
dleburg. a contemporary of
Michael's, walked away with
the blue in watercolor class
with a quick sketch, rear
view, of a mother and re-
luctant child at the Middle
burg Races. Susan Booth,
a Middleburg student at the
George School, sent down a
ceramic bowl. inlaid with
wooden fish. that won the
blue in the children's class.
These prize winners, and
those awarded second, third
place and honorable mention,
were exhibited in the lobby
of the new Middleburg Ma
tional Bank last week.
The popular vote pictures
from the neighborhood show,
which. this year, showed a
marked divergence from the
of1clal judging, were also on
display. Elaine Hartley of
Washington won the popular
vote in oils with a charming
portrait, "Grandma's Geran-
ium." Valerie Trueblood of
Paeonian Springs was voted
the best in the children's
class with her oil of young
ballet dancers.
At the Bank
Don Mackenzie, new preSi-
dent of the new bank, and
Bob Mcconnell waited until
after the show closed on
Sunday night to bring the
pictures to the bank but they
were all hung when the first
depositor arrived on Monday
morning, a little bewildered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
What to Do About Bore Spots on Lawn

we'll between them. The same
applies to any bare area
that is covered in the same
manner.
If the states or tiles are
laid evenly and "bedded" to
make a reasonably smooth
surface, it will be found that
they firm up very well and
present safe footing.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
On Marble Chest Built for Two
BY ELIZABETH HILLYER
Contributing Writer

closet and a bathroom door.
Projection of furniture into
the room is held back by the
shallowness of the chest and
its white marble top. Legs
supporting the top are set
close to the wall to make it
easy to tuck under the wide
and comfortable chairs, and
even the lighting is wide but
somewhat fiat against the
wall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31
By DOUGLAS TUoMEY
Contributing Writer

The homeowner who goes
to a lot of trouble to keep his
house and grounds in good
shape knows that nothing
detracts from the general
nice appearance as much as
a bare spot anywhere in the
lawn.
Usually these will be found
at a corner where delivery
men. postman and the family
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31

are the width Of the shutters
and curtains, and curtains
touch the chest tops. A
mirror of exactly the right
height and a dressing table
tie the window and chest
units together. The dressing
table is simply two glass
shelves suspended between
the chests by means of brass
strips.
ICopyright 1859, John F. Ollie Co..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31

themselves take a short cut
across a certain section of
the lawn. They can also be
seen where a hammock is
slung from between trees and
dragging feet scuff the grass.
Actually any section of a
lawn that is exposed to con-
tinued wear will soon become
bare. and no amount of re-
seeding or fertilizing will
make grass grow there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31

Shelves no more than book
depth are set above the desk
and are finished to match the
chest. .
Decorator Nanny Shein
also created a handsomely
unified composition of a very
usual wall with two windows
separated by a narrow wall
area.
Chests below the windows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31

An excellent remedy for
these small yet defacing areas
will be found in removing the
turf, or what is left Of it, and
setting in several states or
f1agstones. This is a very
small job but well worth the
effort.
Many paths are made of
slate. If they are spaced
apart, the grass grows very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-31

Start with a single small
chest. Set an extra top on
it to wing past it's width on
both sides. So simple an
idea can turn out a double
success in the form of a desk
which two can use side-by-
side.
The double desk is in a bed
room on a typical problem
wall, the wall between q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
Jet Crash
Blasts ruck;
Three Killed

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 6
(AP).-A Navy jet training
plane faltered on takeoh from
nearby McChord Air Force
Base yesterday and sideslipped
to a fiery end in a base park
ing lot. Three men were killed.
The dead were Marine 1t.
Coils. Charles E. HOLMAN, 80,
and John Skorich, Al. both at
tached to the Continental Air
Defense Command, Colorado
Spring, Colo, and John H.
Lundeen, %, a Seattle truck
driver whose moving vehicle
was hit by flying debris.
Col. HOLMAN, from New
Matamoras, Ohio, and Col.
Skorich. from Taconite, Mimi,
were en- route from McChord
to Emf ALB, Colorado Springs.
The plane, a TV2, first cut
of a utility pole as it flashed
earthward. 1t began disinte-
grating. then sheered through
a tree. Burning chunks of
wreckage set two supply build
ings aflre. Twenty-four cars
were damaged as wreckage
splattered the parking lot.
One piece of wreckage, whirl-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Chance
of brief showers tonight, fol-
lowed by partial clearing and
much colder, lowest near "a.
Variable sunshine and cloudi-
ness, windy and much colder
tomorrow.
Maryland - Partly cloudy,
windy and much colder tonight
with snow flurries from Cum
berland westward, and scat
tered showers in the extreme
southeastern portion this eve
ming. Lowest Is to 80 in the
mountains, in the 30s else
where. Partly cloudy, windy
and much colder tomorrow
with snow fiurries in the noun
tains. Highest in the 40s in
the east and 35 to 43 in the
west tomorrow. Small craft
warnings displayed.
Virginia Partial clearing,
windy and much colder tonight
and tomorrow. Lowest tonight
Is to 80 in the mountains, in
the 30s east of the mountains
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Winds northwest
or north 20 to 80 miles per hour
tonight and tomorrow. Partial
clearing tonight, fair tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
BY the Associated Press

The coolest weather of the
season spread across the In
terror of the Nation today on
the heels Of a big Midwestern
snow storm.
The freezing zone extended
from Utah and Idaho on the
west to Michigan and Indiana
on the east and reached as far
south as Texas and Arkansas.
The mercury shrank to II
below zero in Frazer, Colo; 10
below in Lennon, s. Oak. and
7 below in Bismarck, N. Oak.
Dozens of other cities felt
the pinch Of low temperatures.
Chicago's 20 was the lowest
since March %.
The snow ended in most of
the Midwest but still fell in
Michigan. Marquette in Michi-
gan's Upper Peninsula had 16
inches Of snow. Escanaba.
Mich. had AZ inches Of snow
during the night, a record for
this early in the chilly season.
Blowing snow and icy roads
still made travel hazardous in
some areas.
The wave Of cold moved east
ward toward the Atlantic Coast
and a gradual warming trend
began in the West.
The snowfall was general
from a few spots in extreme
Northern Arkansas northward
throughout Missouri, most of
the Upper Mississippi Valley
and into the Northern Great
Lakes region. Amounts ranged
from traces in Missouri up
ward to the record falls in
Michigan and Wisconsin.
Strong northerly winds
famed the cold air from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
Cold Wave Heads East
After Snow in Midwest

Middle Gulf to the Southern
Texas border. Wind gusts aver
aged 80 to 40 miles per hour
with gusts Of 48 miles per hour
reported at Houston.
High winds also prevailed In
the Great Lakes region and
whirled the fresh falls Of snow
into drifts.
The storm was blamed for at