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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05

HAVANA, Cuba, June (AP).
The 4.2O0-mile sailing race
from Havana to San Sebastian,
Spain. has been postponed until
next year because Of shipping
difiiculties. sponsors said to-
day. The race was scheduled
TO start June IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
BY EARL II. vOSS
star star WrIter

The secret report nuclea test detection which both ad
vocates and foes of seeking py out Of the
White House contains three parts.
prepared by the called Bener panel Of scientists
headed by Lloyd Berner president Of Associated Universe
ties nc and virtually completed shortly after the rst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05

Tics, A4tCss M&AA W1o NAsSNAAS -
Of the year.
The first part. prepared main-
ly by seismologists. win help the
advocates Of d test ban. It con-
tains proposals for improving
the detection system to COM
pensate partially for the un-
expected difiiculties encount-
cred after last October's series
Of underground nuclear tests
in Nevada.
The seismologists purpose
improving the sensitivity Of
the seismographs In the world
wide network Of control sta
tions by using 100 array
seismographs instead Of the
l0-array instruments consid-
cred adequate when East-West
experts agreed on q detection
system last summer.
The first part Of the Berkner
report also contains suggestions
for placing seismographs In
deep holes. perhaps as far
underground as q mile. where
earth shocks can be picked up
with little background noise
or interference.
Improving Techniaues
There also are sections on
improving the techniques Of
reading seismograms-the rec
ords OF underground disturb
ances-to distinguish between
natural phenomea and nuclear
explosions.
Seismodogsts now suggest
that more attention be paid to-
surface waves arising from UNI
derground disturbances. Last
summer 1t had been assumed
that the first motion" regis
tered on the seismograph would
be the principal. If not the only.
indicator Of q nuclear explosion.
These improvements. II Is es-
timated. could not bring the
detection system back to the
level Of sensitivity expected last
summer at the EaSt-West ex-
perts' conference without In
creasing the number Of stations
beyond the $50 then recon-
mended.
It was estimated last summer
there would be 20 to 100 under
ground shocks per year above
5 kilotons (the equivalent force
Of 5000 pounds Of INT which
could not be definitely identi-
fied as earthquakes and would,
therefore. require on-the-spot
investigation.
But this estimate was based
on only one underground nu-
clear explosion. After four SUBJ |
sequent tests below the surface. |
American experts decided there
could be as many as $500 TO |
5000 unidentified shocks Of 5
kilotons or larger each year.
improvements suggested by
the Berkner panel are now esti-
mated TO have brought. this
$500 figure back down to about |
800 unidentified events per year
Of 5 kilotons or larger. But
scientists allow themselves an
error by q factor of two. mean
ing the range Of their estimate
is from $50 to 900 per year.
Calculations Theoretical
Seismologists are understood
TO warn in the first part Of the |
Berkner report that these cal-
culations are only theories.
Since the Soviet Union has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
COP. Dinner-Donce

The Prince Georges County
Young Republican Club will
hold its annual spring dinner
dance at $50 o'clock tonight at
the Prince Georges Country
Club. The public also is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
Secret Report Outlines
Attest Detection Plans

gotiating with the Soviet Union.
Simultaneous publication OF
the reports Is then expected
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

roughly one -sixth Of the worlds
land, American ofiicials esti-I
mate that the improved system
would involve SO on-site M
spections per year inside the
Soviet Union. but allowing for
% margin Of error. the number
Of inspections sited inside RUS
STA could vary from rs to 100.
Last summer the East West
experts had estimated only 3
TO II on-site inspections would
be required inside the Soviet
Union each year.
The second part Of the Berk-
ner panel report studied the
possibility Of cheating on q
test ban. This section report
eddy contains q long contribu-
ton by DR.. Edward Teller. one
of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion's leading scientists and a
foe Of ending nuclear tests
now.
Muffling Discussed
Methods Of mufiiing earth
shocks, or ''decoupling" the
energy Of underground explo-
sions 50 that seismic signals
are not carried far. are dis
cussed In detail.
The conclusions Of this Sec
ton repeatedly indicate that
little is known about the pos
sibilities for cheating.
Part three Of the report con-
tains papers on fundamental
research in seismology as It
applies to detecting small EARTH
quakes and underground ex-
ploSions. nuclear and chemical.
It is understood to outline q
program for improving scien-
tiflc knowledge in this field.
Another scientific report on
detecting high-altitude nuciear
tests has also been kept under
wraps at the White House. It
was prepared by scientist Wolf
gang Panofsky, q Stanford
physicist.
The State Department has
insisted In the past on keeping
both these reports from the
American public until they are |
presented in the Geneva test
ban negotiations with Great |
Britain and the Soviet Union. |
This Is intended to show good
faith on the part of the United |
States.
Russian Refusal
Until last month. however, |
the Soviet Union had refused
to reopen technical discussions
on detecting nuclear tests. prin- /
cipally those underground. So
Wet Premier Khrushchev May
Is indicated he was willing toE
reopen technical talks on de.
tecting high-altitude tests only. /
When the recessed Geneva /
negotiations reopen next Mon
day. the United States Is ex-
pected 10 accept the Soviet /
and to table the Pa
nofsky panel report.
At the same time. Ambassa-
dor James J. Wadsworth, the /
chief American negotiator. is !
expected to press the Soviet |
delegation to reopen technical |
discussions Of methods for de-
tecting underground explosions |
as well.
Partly because Of pressure |
from Capitol Hill and other
sources inside the United States
the American delegation is now |
also expected to table the Berk-
ner panel report, thus meeting
its standards Of good faith me- |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-05
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Group Will Exhibit
Teen Art From Israel

An exhibition Of teen-age
paintings from Israel will
open on Tuesday. December
8, in the Cleveland Park
Branch of the District Pub
lie Library at Connecticut
avenue and Macomb street
NV. A preview is slated for
December Z.
A feature of the exhibition
is an imaginative and boldly
colorful picture called ''Disas-
ter" painted by 14-year-old
identical twins. The painting
Is one Of 80 produced last
summer at the Louise Water
man Wise Youth Center in
Jerusalem. and being shown
under auspices of the Amer
ica-Israel Society.
The young artists who
painted Disaster" are David
and Jonathan Gerstein, who
were born in Jerusalem. The
painting has such unity of
design that no one would
guess that it was the work
Of two individuals.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
START TO WORK NOW
Get q Head Start
On the Holidays

and windows, and individual
ize them with a variety Of
unusual ornaments,
A wreath of pine boughs
with a della robbia effect
supplied with tiny crab ap-
pies, kumquats. lemons, holly
and doo-dads that are avail
able in variety stores is a
charming departure from the
usual wreath.
Evening star., 1959-11-29

Other paintings in the COL
lection range from decorative
design and distractions to
landscapes and portraits.
Recently shown at the
Junior Museum of the Metro
politan Museum of Art in
New York, the exhibition is
being circulated throughout
the United States by the
American Federation of Arts
by arrangement with the
Youth Center, which is sup
ported by the American Jew
ish Congress.
Chairmen Of arrangements
for the showing of the exhibi-
ton here are Mrs. Garfield
Kass and Mrs. Alexander
Chase.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
By VIVIAN BROWN
AP Newsfeatures Writer

Why not start Operation
Santa Claus" now, and enjoy
the festivities that Yuletide
brings to the home?
It's the last minute cram
ming that wears out the
homemaker, and the million
little jobs that could have
been done long before that
leave her ragged.
It's not too early to put
your house in order right
now, taking it in easy strides,
and getting everything ready
SO YOU can enjoy the shop
ping, gift wrapping, tagging
and all the parties that go
with the holidays.
Who's for cleaning cur
tainS, draperies? Do the job
now. If you're a stickler for
freshness, hang the washed
or drycleaned window hang
ings on a hanger in the closet
until time to use them. Wash
the windows and sills while
you are about it. These can
always get last minute
touch-ups. but the main
cleaning job will be done.
Prepare Now
Are you planning to use all
the silver you own during the
holiday festivities? If so, get
every last silver ash tray or
vegetable dish polished. Wrap
each piece in polyethelyn film
tightly, put away until the big
day.Awkward pieces could be
sealed by tape.
How about that good china
that is used only for those
special events? Wash it all in
soapy water. If you don't do
this job now, you may try to
get by without using that very
special tureen that will put
the finishing touch on the
holiday table.
What about that cut glass
that is getting increasingly
popular for table setting? It's
just as glamorous as it was
in grandma'S day, and many
pieces are almost indispens-
able to a festive dining table.
Compete, footed pie dishes
and cake plates are other USE
full pieces that are easy to
blend with today's china. And
don't forget about your stem
ware for the table. Shine it
up, protect it from dust, and
have it ready.
Odds and Ends, Too
This is a good time to
stock up on candles, to locate
the tree stand, to take an in
ventory of the Christmas or
namentS.
Where will the Christmas
tree stand?
Why not bend some heavy
wire coat hangers into large
circles and prepare them for
wreaths? You can decorate
your own wreathes for doors
Evening star., 1959-11-29
For Point Spots

Try a mixture of turpen-
tine and ammonia for hard
dry paint spots on clothing:
soak a while then wash out
the turpS with warm sudsy
water.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
triangle poutt, lovely holiday
shaping, based on a
realistic
cold w ave

The new headline from Poris for hoIi-
doy glamour the hair slightly
longer, gentle rising high and wide in
O flotterine pouff. And whatever the
coiffure you prefer for the holidays, our
experts will be glad to style to your
desires !. bosine it, of course, on the
soft noturol-lookine beauty of q realistic
cold wave. $40 and up.
Prince Georges PIoza Headlines
we ore hoPpy to welcome two we'll
Known and outstanding hoir styIists to
our Prince Georges PIozo SoIon, Mr..
Vincente and Mr. Herbert. Come meet
them and let them style the trioneIe
pouff for you.
Use your Charge Account or Revolving Choroe
Account CALL IVA. $500 for an appointment
(APpleton 7-34oo for Prince Georges PIozo).
BEAUTY SALoN-ALL 4 STORES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
Thor in the Heavens

Progress in Spatial science continues
apace, The latest measure of it, accord
ing to our Air Force, is the fact that the
nose cone of one of our Thor ballistic
missiles intermediate range) has
achieved the first stabilized, nontum-
bling flight-hundreds of miles up
ever recorded by us. The Russians may
have succeeded in the same sort Of
project, but they have not said so. In
any case, the development is a poten-
TALLY important one. For what it sug-
gests, wholly apart from its military inn
phcations as to accuracy and the like,
is that American rocketry is undergoing
a highly significant "Sophisticating" or
"perfecting" process. The process is
vital not merely in terms of our national
defense, but also in terms of fabricating
the right equipment for such ventures
as probing the moon and placing an
American safely in orbit around the
earth. Every advance we make along
this line deserves to be hailed (and so do
those responsible for it) as something
that helps to close the gap in the space
race between us and the Russians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
Zoning Error?

BY recent ruling, the United States
Court of Appeals has placed the District
Zoning Commission in an embarrassing
poSition-throwing legal shadow over
the coming of some thousands of prop
critics which were reclassified in the
city-wide zoning revision a year ago. If
the decision holds, the likelihood is that
the commission will have to schedule
brand-new public hearing to give every
one a crack at criticizing the official
coming rule book, after which the COM
mission presumably could Immediately
readopt the rules. Nothing more serious
than this appears to be involved
The Corporation CounSel'S Office,
however, has made a strong plea for
review by the entire Court of Appeals
a request which the city's attorneys GER
tainly have the right to make if they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
Tolerance Week

1t seems to me that in ad-
dition to Cor in place of
Captive Nations Week, it
would be a good idea to have
an Anti and Pro-Segrega-
tionists' Week. days. dur
ing which time the two OPP
posing groups would come
together in each community
throughout the United States
to work toward and pray for
better racial understanding.
so that the problems Of
school indignation and hous-
ing discrimination could be
solved without the hatred
and bitterness that now exist.
With the revamping of our
own social order. racial unity
would develop strong enough
to protect us from ever be-
coming one of the Captive
Nations" The relationship
between whites and nom
whites would be so closely
knitted that any foreign
policy of enslavement could
never penetrate or obliterate
our democratic principles.
We might use the theme for
such a week: Together we
live; divided we parish"
ID, N. Latham,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
Dilemma in Oreqon

AS has happened before, the State
of oregon and its unusual rules on preSi-
Dental primaries are plaguing Adlai
Stevenson, currently disclaiming interest
in third Democratic nomination. From
Florence, Italy, about as far from Oregon
as it is possible to get, the former Illinois
Governor has appealed to friends not to
"embarraSS" him by entering his name
in the party'S primary contest on May 20.
Even this appeal is not enough, how
ever, to assure Mr.. Stevenson that he
can remain on the oregon Sidelines BY
Oregon law, the Secretary of State is
authorized to place on the primary ball
lot the name of any person generally
advocated or recognized in national news
media" as a candidate. One line of eS-
cape is provided, namely, if the indi-
vidual signs an AFFIDAVIT that he is not,
and does not intend to be, candidate.
This escape route itself may be blocked,
however, by provision that an individual
may be entered through petition signed
by 1000 voters, and the law is inter
preted to mean that the Secretary of
State should then ignore even an affi-
davit diSavowing candidacy. At least two
powerful Oregon Democrats - Senator
Neuberger and Representative Porter -
have Endorsed Mr.. Stevenson publicly
and have not yet, at least, indicated
they will abide by his appeal from
Florence
Mr.. Stevenson encountered dilem-
mas in Oregon under earlier State pri-
mary laws. In 1852, when he was avoid
ing primary tests, he was placed on the
ballot. His strategy then was to ask his
friends not to vote for him, thus detract-
ing from the significance of Senator
Kefauver'S victory. In 1856, when both
recognized that even a handful of votes
would bind the Oregon convention dele
cation, they engaged in belated cam
paign for write-in support-won by Mr..
Stevenson.
Actually, the Oregon law may yet
embarrasS other reluctant dragons
Republican as well as Democratic-by
forcing them into either diSavowal or
acknowledgment of presidential ambi-
tions, or even landing them on the pri-
mary ballots in spite of anything they
say. In this event, the voters in the
Beaver State will provide an interesting
preview next May of the national con-
ventionS due in the coming summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
Turnout for Nixon?

b Why not give Vice Presi-
dent Nixon a rousing recep-
ton in the true American
way on his return from Rus
STA? He deserves well of his
country.
Handicapped both by Con-
gress and the President, Mr..
Nixon nevertheless showed his.
mettle by trading brickbats
for brickbats with Khru-
shchev.
In the rough and tumble
of politics, it was not sur
prislng that Congress should
have passed a resolution,
ostensibly to pray for deliver
ance of captive peoples, but
in reality to embarrass the
Vice President. Some of those
prayers might be better spent
in an effort to release many
thousands of our own citi-'
zens who have been captives
of the labor racketeers in our
own front yards!
The President could easily
have ignored the Congress
sional resolution, or withheld
it until after the Nixon visit
to Russia, rather than sub
ject the Vice President to an
undignified and humiliating
experience. But fortunately
Mr.. Nixon was equal to the
emergency and acquitted
himself with glowing colofs.
John T. ParkerSOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
STAGGERED Hours

District and Federal officials for
years have been talking-and doing
nothing more-about the obvious need
to re-examine Government employees
working hours as possible means of
reducing the regular morning and eve
ming brushes of rush-hour traffic. The
present system of staggered hours dates
back to World War II. And while it was
well designed for that time, conditions
have changed drastically since then in
the entire metropolitan picture of home
to-work travel In view of this, it is
especially timely that the D. c. Transit
System is nearing completion of three
year study of the effects of working
hours on transportation.
D. C. Transit, of course, has its own
ak to grind, and its survey naturally will
emphasize the BENEFITS of a greater
staggering Of hours to bus operations.
These same benefits however, also apply
to automobiles. AS soon as the study is
finished, therefore, the Budget Bureau,
the Civil Service Commission and the
District government should analyze it
with view to determining whether
anything substantial can be done about
spreading out the volumes of traffic. It is
interesting to note that New York City
has just invested 100000 in a study of
this precise problem. AS an example of
the effects there, New York experts
figure that half-hour shift in hours of
half the working population may reduce
transit requirements by more than 20
per cent.
1t is the flood of peak-hour traffic,
of course, which causes virtually all of
our congestion problems. 1t is this peak
for which the hundreds of miles of
multi-lane SuperhighwayS are being de-
signed here, and for which multimil-
lion-dollar transit facilities have been
newly proposed. Any reduction in this
ruSh-hour demand can result in a COM
menSurate cut-down in these expensive
facilities, moving us just that much
closer to solution to the tranSporta-
ton problems of the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03

In your recent front-page
story of the arrest of two
convictS for the kidnapping
Of Peter Nielsen, you point
out that one of these crimi-
mails is mentally retarded.
This observation is unfortu-
nate in that it might tend to
prejudice the public against
all our mentally handicapped
children.
The mentally retarded do
not have more evil tenden-
cies than normal people, but
they are more easily misled
if they do not have adequate
supervision. I have found
retarded children to be ex-
tremely docile. obedient and
affectionate when the home
environment is desirable. 1t
is too bad that they are so
often clasSed as delinquents.
Dorothy A. Faller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03

believe the decision was in error. But
they should recognize that the earlier
ruling might we'll be permitted to stand
and that, in any event, it would take
some time for a review to be accom-
plished. The Corporation Counsel says
the ruling would cause widespread "in-
stability and administrative chaos"
That may be. But such effects have
nothing whatever to do with whether
legal error was made last year. If
mistake was made, the only thing to do
is to correct 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
Park Road Plan
Reader.

Since no one seems to want
in their vicinity a proposed
road connecting downtown
Washington with Maryland
suburbs in the Northwest,
and since the Park Service
wants to retain park lands
las is" I would like to sug-
gest that possibly some
thought might be given to
the following:
Rock Greek Park and Glow
er-Archbold Park are natural
valleys. Why not build a
roadway at the lowest level,
construct sides and roof as
in a tunnel, cover same with
soil and debris bulldozed out
for the roadway construction,
and wilderness growth would
soon take over. That way the
Park Service would have
their woods and commuters
would have a road, with very
little destruction of taxable
property.
r. d VI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-03
THIS AND THAT
> BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

lady on a bus-a bus excels
for this sort of sport-rub-
bling her upper left arm with
her right hand, and vice
versa.
1t is especially bad when
they pull off a bit of skin and
casually drop it in the aisle.
The queer thing about sun
tan is that no matter how
well one is tanned, or how
long. it still itches.
This is because human
skin resentS being sun
burned.
1t builds up all sorts of
dark spots, plaques and other
designations. }s ...t
The careful sunbather will
note that when one of these
small designations comes on
the right shoulder, another
will appear as if by magic on
the left.
Nature loves to do every
thing by twoS, in balance. &.
If an eruption appears on
the right side of the face, one
will surely appear on the left
side, too.
Nervous movements and
motions in public places are
often only minor, and can
be corrected at once if one
happens to think of them as
such.
Even a tremor of the hand
can be overcome by willing it
overcome. Fact! All you have
to do is to hold the hand out
with palm up, first. This is
easy. Then turn the hand over,
with the palm down. This is
harder. The hand will shake
at first. but by commanding
it to be still victory may be
won.
One cannot set back the
hands of time, by refusing to
make nervous motions All
that it is possible to achieve
is to fool few people, maybe,
mostly by not attracting at
tention.
And calm the inner man.
Something is done. without
doubt, along this line. when
an oldster knows himself well
enough to know when he is
faltering and does something
about 1t.