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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
NucIeor PeriIs

At last. part of the public
and a few governmental
leaders are becoming aware
of the immense danger to
humanity from reckless test
ing of nuclear bombs. This
problem is far from being
solved, since there are still
no international controls
over atomic weapons. But it
is not too early to recognize
and act against the indis-
criminate pollution of our
air, food and water by the
rapidly growing non-bomb
uses of atomic energy.
The magazine Chemical &
Engineering News recently
reported that the following
method has been recon-
mended for disposal of atomic
wastes from nuclear-powered
ships and submarines: The
"hot" waste material would
be dumped into the water
and dispersed by the vessels
propeller. This would presum-
ably protect the crew, but
with what eventual danger
to fish, much of which will
be used as food? Small-scale
tests of this disposal method
were made in Lake Michigan.
Large-scale use could be dis
aStrous.
Instances of misuse of
radioactive substances grow
more common as the number
of power reactors and nu-
clear vessels increases. The
Public Health Service should
Immediately be given author
ity to impose much stricter
controls on these dangerous
enterprises, whether civilian
or military.
william ii. Payne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Referendum on Berlin

The distinctive difference
between our cratic
system and any totalitarian
system, including commu-
nism, is the matter of free
choice by the people.
Yet under the pressure OF
daily thruSts by the Com
munist rulers, we seem di-
verted from emphasizing this
fundamental precept of de-
mocracy. The Communist
ruling class still pointedly
refuses to extend freedom of
choice to the "proletariat" in
whose name it declares it
governs.
Under the spotlight of
world attention, Berlin now
presents a unique opportu-
nifty.
Let the people in West
Berlin hold a simple refer
endum: Do they now want
the Western forces to leave?
Or do they not?
Let them invite election
observers from the United
Nations or from East Ger
many, Poland, India, Finland,
Switzerland.
Let the West Berliners
invite the East Berliners to
hold a similar referendum
with observers, regarding
Soviet troops ir their zone.
If the East German officials
block such a move, the West
BerlinerS could provide the
East BerlinerS with serial
numbered straw ballots which
the latter could send to the
United Nations or to a neutral
newspaper.
Let those at the forthcom-
ing foreign ministers meet
ing, and at the possible sum
NIT meeting to follow, nego-
tate in full light of what the
people of Wesv Berlin them
stlves have clearly chosen to
be Jiiair immediate future. 1t
will be our duty to honor and
defend this choice.
E. G. Rowan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Stands With With

I read with dismay the
"chastisement" of Conrad
Wirth, director of the Ma
tional Park Service, for his
stand on the Gao Canal.
Representatives Pfost, Ull-
man and Morris obviously
are uniformed concerning
the philosophy and basis for
establishment of the N.P.S.
Apparently they believe a
national park should have
ferris wheels, billboards,
dams, and other natural
phenomena.
Mr.. Wirth's stand is proper
and anything less than AL
park or nothing" is contrary
to laws setting up the park
service in the beginning.
Whereas the aforemen-
toned Representatives APP
pear so limited in their
knowledge of the philosophy
and laws of the N.P.S., Rep
reSentativeS Aspinall and
Saylor are so we'll informed
that perhaps Representatives
Pfost, Ullman, and Morris
could sit at the feet of the
Well-informed and so become
wise in the field of conserva-
ton and learn the funda-
mentals of our fine national
parks, the laws governing
them and the service that
administers them.
Is the C & o Canal Park to
become an eastern "Dinosaur
Park" another congressional
blunder? 1 doubt that Rep
resentatives Pfost, Ullman
and Morris have ever walked
the towpath, but if they
should they may find the
park an excellent place to
enjoy our great heritage, the
national park.
John G. Gruber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

AA-A4@A Cs
Dear Sir:
DO you think I should
worry about small holes that
have appeared all over my
lawn?
MY grass would take no
prizes, at the best, and these
holeS-there must be at least
a hundred of them-tend to
worry me.
Should I ignore them, let
nature cover them up, or will
they get worse?
II come from a section of
the country where a good
lawn is no problem. Turf gets
plenty of rain. and the sum-
mers are not too hot.
Here I find much dry
weather and extreme heat.
Whether these are the rea-
sons for poor lawns I do not
know, and now I am worried
about these holes.
Let me know about this.
Sincerely, ALP"
X
The best policy for a grass
grower hereabout is to forget
it.
Forget it, that is, to the ex-
tent of selecting some other
garden work to be enthusiast
tic about.
The lawn enthusiast in
variably ends up this way, so
why not try to get the jump
on nature, which also in
cludes human nature?
Select any phase of garden
work except grass.
This is an advice of de-
spair, undoubtedly, but the
thing about it is that it
works.
All agree that a reasonable
amount of care be given
lawns. There must always be
care.
What we suggest is that
the homeowner get himself
or herself into a state of
mind where he does not
much care whether his grass
is the greenest in the COM
munity or not.
Rivalry has it's place, not
ably in war; the competition
and stress and strain there
normally lead to the defeat
of the other party.
In neighborhood affairs,
unfortunately, lawn rivalries
lead to nothing much except
home worry.
X 4 +
The best thing to do is to
forget the whole thing, as
the saying has it.
Forget it
Then the blamed lawn will
bloom like the rose. maybe.
Sunshine and rain, after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Coffee and Culture

With the many police-ap-
proved bars operating in the
area of Ninth and K streets
NV, the beatnik coffee
house would be a welcome
relief.
Coffee and culture are just
what the area needs!
Adrianne Blue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

days! And with nigh a dec
ade of Gay Nineties before
awakened from a warless
dream by the cry of RE
member the Maine"
Benton MacKaye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Broin CeIIs Constantly Reqeneroted
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

acting as mere conducting
wires In a communications
net but are In a dynamic
state OF constant self renewal
which renders them suscep-
tible 10 progressive changes
OF biochemical character and
constitution.
This introduces a new
dimension into our concepts
OF adaptive and operative
mechanisms of nervous and
mental functions. including
learning"
An antibiotic secreted by
an abundant soil bacterium
now promises to be effective
against some forms, at least,
OF human cancer.
This material is a new
form Of actinomycin, the first
forms Of which were first
isolated by DR.. S. A. Walks
man Of Rutgers University
nearly 20 years ago. 1t first
was considered as a germ
killing agent, but proved ex-
tremely poisonous.
DR.. Waksman. who reported
the new findings together
with DR.. A. w. johnson Of
Nottingham University, Eng
land, to the National Acad-
envy Of Sciences, lost interest
until four years ago when
reports came from Germany
that the drug was being used
successfully in depressing ex-
perimental tumors in animals.
1t since has turned out that
these reports we're exag-
gerated but it stimulated the
discoverer to seek another
and chemically purer form Of
the antibiotic.
This now is being tested
widely against cancer. Re-
suits have not been conclu-
sive, DR.. Waksman said, but
notable temporary regres-
sions of malignant growths
have been reported and sew
eral of the investigators be-
lieve they are on the right
track.
Quotes Cancer Specialist
He is not claiming any
thing approaching a cancer
cure, DR.. Waksman stressed,
and in the end the results
to date may prove quite il
luSory. He quoted, however,
a cancer specialist of the
Harvard University Medical
School:
"Actinomycin D causes
striking repression, in the
mouse, of a number of I'M
related forms of transplanted
cancer. When administered
intravenouSly to patients suf-
fering from disseminated
cancer of many different
kinds important temporary
regressionS have been OBJ
served. In children the most
rapid effect has been OBJ
tanned on mestases to the
lung of a form of kidney
cancer"
"Actinomycin D has a
slight but definite effect in
producing tumor repression
in cancer patients" testify
specialists of the Sloan
Kettering Institute.
The antibiotic, DR.. Walks
man said, is chemically ex-
tremely complex and he is
now trying to unravel some
of this complexity. The
chemical composition can be
modified.
THE preliminary results"
he reported modestly, "sug-
gest the possibility of modi-
f1cation of its chemo-thera-
peutic potentialities."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

The nervous system. In
GLIDING the brain cells which
are the organs Of thinking.
constantly are being re-
generated.
This was reported 20 the
National Academy OF Sciences
by DR.. Paul Weiss OF the
Rockefeller Institution.
Hitherto II generally has been
assumed that this nervous
system. perhaps alone OF all
parts Of the body. remained
the same throughout life.
other than in certain excep-
tional cases Of injury. Some
years ago DR.. Weiss showed
that certain parts Of nerve
cells we're capable Of re-
growth when experimentally
injured.
The new finding is that
this goes on all the time.
Normally perhaps the brain
never really grows old except
through the slowing down Of
natural processes.
The pattern Of the typical
nerve cell in the brain and
elsewhere, the Rockefeller
scientist said, consists of a
central nucleus with very
fine filaments connected TO
muscle or sensory cells or TO
other nerve cells. Over these
filaments the cell receives and
transmits semi-electrical i'm
pulses-the most complicated
patterns of which may be
considered TO constitute
thought.
New Evidence
The individual, man or
animal, is born with a full
complement of nerve cells. 1t
has been shown only that
when a f1lament is cut it may
regrow. Apparently matter
was drawn from the central
nucleus to form a new fla
ment. According to the new
evidence presented to the Ma
tional Academy these fila
ments naturally are degen-
Grating all the time and are
being renewed by the same
process. 1t is almost a case
of new brains for old. so far
as the connective pattern is
concerned.
This happens" DR.. Weiss
said, Ito every stationary
mature nerve fiber.
THE fundamental import
ance for our concepts both
Of the mature nervous system
and of cell growth in general
made direct tests by use of
radioactive tracers impera-
tive. A nerve suitable for the
tests was found in the Mexi-
can aXolotl, a large salaman-
der. After a simple intraperi-
toneal injection of amino
acids labelled with Carbon IA,
a radioactive isotope of car
bon, the animals were kept
for from 1913 to PA days.
Then the nerves were excised
and radioautographed.
"At 1913 days the first def
finite signs of radioactivity
in the nerve had just arrived
at a point about $50 MILL
meters from the cell body
confirming an advance rate
down the fiber from the cell
nucleus) of about a MILL
meter a day. From the far
end of the fiber towards the
center the radioactivity in
creased steadily, indicating
consecutive supply waves
progressively staggered in de-
parture time from the cell
body. Two nerves from OPP
posite sides gave identical re-
suits.
These results prove that
the elements of the nervous
system are by no means stat
ic and innnnI1tablp fiYtlIrpS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

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names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Pelly Demands Japan Cut Down Salmon Catch

SEATTLE, R. m Washington Congressman Thomas M. Pelly demanded Tuesday that the US. arrive at an agreement with Japan for the latter nation to cut down it's catch of salmon on the high seas.
 Pelly made his request in let ter to Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton in connection with the September meeting of the Ameri- can section of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commis- sion and the November meeting of the full commission, govern ing body of the high seas fishery. Canada is the other participating nation.
 Pelly said the abstention agree ment should be made either in side or outside of the existing regulatory treaty. He described the Japanese catch as a threat to the American salmon industry.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Two Young Climbers
 Die on N. H. Mountain

FRANCONIA, NH, LR - Two young climbers, trapped 28 hours on a ledge halfway up the almost perpendicular granite face of Profile Mountain, died Monday with rescue almost in reach.
 The White Mountains bitter weather was too much for them. Clad only in light cotton trousers and shirts, they had endured numbing 38 degree cold over night, the soaking of driving rain borne on 5O-mile winds, and thick fog.
 The victims were Alfred Whip pie Jr., 20. Gales Ferry, Conn, a sophomore at Brown University, and Sidney Crouch, 21, Ledyard, Conn, a student at Export Pa0 Bible Institute.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
House Committee Votes Down Compromise Plan For Highway Financing

WASHINGTON R-The House Ways and Means Committee yes terday voted down a compromise proposal to solve the highway financing crisis.
 The committee by 16-9 vote, reaffirmed it's previous action for a 22-month 1-cent gallon in- crease in the federal gasoline tax.
 It turned down by a vote of 13 : 12 Speaker Sam Rayburn's compromise which would limit the penny increase in the gas tax to one year instead of 22 months.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
MELODIC JUSTICE

YAKIMA, Wash, R-The de- fendant sang in his own defense and the judge turned music critic yesterday.
 Philip Lombardo, 65, was charged with creating public nuisance. He sang operatic arias- too much and too loudly, said his neighbors.
 Said Lombardo: T sing because I am full of happiness"
 When Justice of the Peace Tom Grady asked for sample, the de- fendant sang lustily.
 "Good?" he asked.
 'No," said Grady He gave Lombardo a four months sus- pended sentence.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Ike Says C 'T'isn't So"

WASHINGTON, R- President Eisenhower denied Tuesday that his brother, Dr. Milton EiSeh- hiwer, brought from the Soviet Union, a new proposal for solv- ing the Berlin crisis.
 Eisenhower told news con- ference Milton hadn't said word to him about it.
 Eisenhower said, however, that he had heard that Soviet Premier Khrushchev had proposed solving the Berlin crisis by withdrawing Allied troops from West Berlin and in return giving West Berlin a free corridor to West Germany.
 He gave no indication as to how he heard of the proposal.
 He did say, however, he had never discussed it with the State Dept. or this country's Western allies.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Army Adopts New Milk Procurement Policy In Alaska

WASHINGTON, LR - ,Alaska's three-member congressional dele gation reported Monday that the Army has adopted new milk procurement policy in Alaska.
 Sens. Bartlett and Gruening and Rep. Rivers said the Army will buy fresh grade A milk for troops in Alaska as soon as current con- tractual commitments for recom- bined milk expire.
 The Army has been serving troops in Alaska ungraded, re- combined milk, they said, but un- der the new policy such milk would be used only when fresh grade A milk is unavailable.
 The new policy was outlined in a letter from Assistant Secretary of the Army Courtney Johnson. The delegation said it followed months of negotiation between it and the Army.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.

United States Department of the In terior. Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 21, 1859.
 TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE, Teller Townsite, US. Survey 3452 A and B.
 Notice is hereby given that the follow ing described lots in the Teller Townsite will be offered at public sale to the highest bidder at 10 am. on September g, 1859, at the Teller Commercial Com pany, Teller, Alaska. The appraised price is listed opposite each lot included in this notice, and the lots will not be sold for less than the prices listed. The lots will be offered singly, and bids may be offered by all who care to do so When there are no further offers, the lot will be declared sold to the last and highest bidder. The successful bidder must make full payment at the time of the sale. Deeds to the lots will be issued to the successful bidders by the Fair banks Townsite Trustee. All persons are warned against violation of the provi- sions of 18 use. 1860 prohibiting un- lawful combination or intimidation of bidders.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Militant Segregationalist Cinches GovernorShip Of Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss, tR - Ross Barnett, 61-year-old lawyer and militant segregationist, will be- come Mississippi's next governor.
 Barnett, who publicly approved the tactics of Arkansas Gov. Or val Faubus in fighting school in- tegration, rolled to solid victory over It. Gov. Carroll Garth in the Democratic runoff Tuesday.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Super Sabre Jets Leave France

ETAIN, France, R-A group of US. Super Sabre jets left the Et- ain base Tuesday for new home in Germany.
 The planes were among 200 be- ing moved from French bases to Britain and West Germany be- cause President De Gaulle has re- fused to permit stockpiling of U. S. atomic weapons on French soil. US. bases at Chaumont and Foul also will be cleared.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26
Stung to Death by Wasp

WROTHAM, England, R-Two years ago Ivor Pindar was stung by a wasp and was rushed to the hospital unconscious. Doctors told him he was abnormally suscep- tible to wasp poison.
 After that Pindar dreamed ire quently that he was being stung to death.
 Monday, his wife went to clear a nest from the garden. An angry wasp 'buzzed past her, made straight for her 37-year-old hus- band and stung him on the thumb
 Pindar died in his wife's arms 10 minutes later
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26

Although the range of sound is very great, the absolute energy of an average voice has about one millionth of the energy needed to operate an ordiary electric lamp.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26

The first bicycle was invented in Scotland in 184O by Kirkpatrick MacMillan. Its inventor was once fined for furious riding while riding his contraption.
The Nome nugget., 1959-08-26

SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
, 1959-02-13
ABUNDANT LIFE |
A HEALING ATTITUDE FOR NEW YEAR
BY Oral RoBERTs

which you enjoyed at the home Of
a friend, the help that you re-
ceived from God in time Of need.
Sit with these good things sur
rounding you once more. Talk
them over with your family or
your friends and loved ones.
Make them a part of your New
Years experience.
But we cannot dwell too long
with things Of the past-even the
good things. The richest blessing
will soon become static If we have
nothing to add to it in our cur
rent experiences. Stories Of grand
things that happen to you thrill
your friends for a while, but if
told over and over through the
years, those same thrilling stories
become boresome. You need new
life, new experiences, new bless
ings day BY day.
It is time to reach out for some
thing ahead Of you. The Apostle
Paul said, This one thing / do,
forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto
those things which are before, I
press toward the mark for the
prize. So reach forward this
year toward Gods starbright
promises. The Lord is very close
to you at this moment.
It is the time for a new be-
ginning, a new life of spiritual
power, physical well-being, pros
pcrity and achievement.
Expect better things this year
than you had last year. Expect
to enjoy better health, a renewal
Of physical strength and we'll
being. and abundant provisions to
meet your every need. Expect
abundant life, for Jesus said, Il
am come that they Iyoal mig t
have life, and n..g,.t have It
more abundantly."
, 1959-02-13
The New Year is a time to do
three things:
i. Forget.
2. Remember.
8. Reach out.

This is a time to forget, a time
o use your wastebaSket. Just as
he time comes in a business in
Stitution when certain papers, cor
respondence, etc, must be taken
out Of the file and thrown away
to make room for current docu-
ments, so we must throw into the
waStebasket, or otherwise dispose
Of and forget, certain things that
we have been keeping in the filing
cabinet Of our minds. We must
cleanse our minds Of old griev-
anceS.
Throw out the memories Of
wrongs you have suffered during
the last year. Forget all your per-
sonal hurts, i'll feelings, grudges
and peeves. Throw them all into
the wastebasket. Do this and see
if you don't enjoy a new, clean
feeling deep down in your soul.
Then, just as it is essential to
forget certain things, it is also
important that we remember GER
tain things. Remember the good
things that others have done for
you. Remember the good things
that you have seen, heard, felt.
Letting your memory reach back
through the past year and recall
all of these beautiful experiences
will give you a chance to enjoy
them all again. 1t will be just like
going through the same pleasant
experiences again.
Remember the pleasure hat a
little child brought you, that good
letter that you received, a precious
gift from a friend, the prayer that
somebody offered for you, a meal
.H
, 1959-02-13
N D N MONDAY

Warner Bros. presents in Color
From Herman Wouk's great Best
Seller the Novel that belcQgs
to young lovers of today!
MARJORIE MoRNINGsTAR"
Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood,
Ed Wynn, Everett Sloane,
Claire Trevor, Carolyn Jones
This is the picture that more
than any other is the story Of
every young girl, who ever had
to choose between decency and
desire!
LATEST NEWS
, 1959-02-13
FOR SALE

One 16 foot Boat with a
16 H. P. motor.
$65O.OO
Boat can be seen at Hansen
Boatyard, Gallows Bay.
Sidney II. valley
, 1959-02-13
TRIO

tain Of the schooner "Mer-
posal" had gone out in his
dinghy and had the men and
boat in tow. He turned them
over to the captain Of the Easy
Seven whose boat was more
powerful.
The submariners declined to
go aboard the boat but swan
along with the half sunken
boat to the harbor.
, 1959-02-13
LATEST NEWS
Apartments For Rent

'Unfurnished : 8 Large Rooms
Furnished 4 Large Rooms
Rent Reasonable
See Mrs. Benners
2:3O 4.sO pm. or 8 : 10 pm.
at No. IS Queen Cross st.
, 1959-02-13
CARLOS JARDINE
Expert Mechanic

Expert Mechanic
Repairing and Cleaning all makes
Typewriters, Adding and Calcu-
lating Machines, Monograph ma
chimes, Cash Registers, etc. Spare
parts kept in stock.
Address Queenshill Apt. w
3rd Floor Phone 320W
, 1959-02-13

ATURD Day
list Feature:
pm. pm. : s:co pm.
Based upon the life 8 Music of
w. G. Handy, Daddy Of
RHYTHM AND BLUES
Paramount Pictures presents
st. LOUIS BLUES"
Nat eKing" Cole, Eartha Kit,
Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald,
Ruby Dee, Mahalia jackson
You'll hear: Harlem Blues, st.
Louis Blues, Yellow Dog Blues,
Careless Love, Bea1 Street Blues
and many other songs. The
warm and wonderful story of a
man, whose rhythm and Blues
Beat became all Americas Heart
Beat
End Feature:
Universal Pictures presents:
y in cinemascope
MAN IN THE SHADOW"
Z
orson Wells, jeff Chandler,
Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander
For your convenience we will
have an extra 2 pm. Performance
this Saturday.
LATEST NEWS
, 1959-02-13

Nat aKing' Cole, Eartha Kilt
Pearl Bailey. Ella Fitzgerald,
Ruby Dee, Mahalia Jackson