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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
LONGEST CONTINUOUS REPORTING
IS Years on Star Ends

Park. Forty-iive persons were
killed.
Notified by his brother who
was at the station when II oc-
Cured. Mr.. Fisk hurried to the
scene and helped to identify 80
Of the victims. He telephoned
the story to The Star. which
put out an extra edition detail
ing the wreck. and scooped the
opposition newspapers by
hours.
He covered dozens OF dis
asters, including fires, accidents
and floods. before departing
from full-time newspaper work
in 1920.
Mr.. Fisk maintained an active
hand In the business, however
writing the news of Takoma
Park and vicinity which he
delivered to The Star afoot.
He walked all the way from his
home at 1918 Ogden street
NV. He is also an inveterate
tennis player.
Cited for Work
For his coverage of the
Takoma Park City Council-his
beat" for 50 years-Mr. Fisk
received a badge and seal Of
citation in 1949.
The newsman served in World
War ! as a lieutenant in the
Navy Supply Corps. After the
war. he helped to organize the
American Legion and has been
an active member ever since.
He managed a printing bust
ness for several years, and
worked for the United States
Employment Service until re-
tirement in 1919.
Mr.. Fisk considers his service
to The Star-which he has
served in four separate build
ings-a feat Of longevity which
few newsmen in the country
can match.
He says he has set what /
think is a record in the Jour-
nalistic field"
And" he concludes, 81 might
add that every one of those
years has been interesting and
enjoyable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Boy, 4, Injured
ByCur in Fuirfux

A four-year-old boy was
severely injured yesterday when
he was struck by q car and
thrown IS feet while crossing
10 street next to the Chester
brook Gardens swimming pool
i'm Fairfax County, police re-
ported.
He Is Louis Irwin, son Of Navy
Commander and Mrs. Carl B.
Irwin, Of 1706 Mulroy street.
Mclean.
Police said the boy was cross
ing WeStmoreland street in the
l400 block from the swimming
pool when he was hit by q car
driven by william High Conine,
IL, Of 1894 Lemon road, Fairfax
County. Young Conine was not
charged. police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Bundits Grab
$4,8OOFrom
Corin ruffic

BALTIMORE. Aug. q (AP).
Two men IN q car forced an
other car over to the side Of
q Northwest Baltimore street
during the heavy moruing
rush-hour traffic today, took
about $4,000 In payroll money
and drove on.
Mrs. Sylvia Ross, once man
ager for the Marshall Motor
Co., told police she was in the
back seat Of q car carrying a
bag OF payroll money back to
the company once. The car
was driven by another employee,
James Biglow.
Mrs. Ross said they were
driving along Reisterstown
road when another car carry
ing two men darted out of the
traffic and forced them over
to the side.
She said one man, wearing a
hood. pointed a gun at her and
said, Give me the bags"
Mrs. Ross said she handed
over one Of the bags containing
a loaf Of rye bread. The gun
man looked inside, threw it
back and grabbed q second bag
containing the money.
Then. she said, he got back
In the other car and he and his
companion sped toward down.
town Baltimore.
Mrs. Ross said the car bore
dealers license plates.
She Immediately notified DO
lice at a nearby Office and a
Icity-wide search was launched.
A spokesman at Marshall
Motor Co. said Mrs. Ross had
been picking UP the payroll
regularly for 20 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

and the others obeyed orders 70
return to work,
jenkins, who was serving q
sentence for armed robbery, was
shot by r. B. Hall while trying
to escape from Q work gang IN
Q cotton Geld. the Associated
Press said.
Jenkins mother today said
her son was q victim Of circum-
stances In being jailed about
seven months ago.
THAT was his first ofiense
He never did anything WRONG
before" Mrs. Jenkins said.
She said her son grew UP In
the Oxon Hill area, and at
tended oxon Hill Elementary
School there before going tc
Hine Junior High School In
the District. He formerly worked
as o truck driver here for a
fuel oil firm.
Mrs. Jenkins said her son
was o veteran Of service with
the Army during the Korean
war. She said his body is ex-
pected to be received here to-
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

zone $50 acres for light indus
trial development. The board Is
expected to act on the appli-
cation September 8, after re-
ceiving q recommendation from
the County Planning Commits
sion.
The site, which is between
Herndon and Sterling, would
not be developed until water
and sewage facilities are avail
able. They are scheduled to be
ready when the airport opens.
The Washington and Old Do
minion Railroad and q nat
ural gas pipeline run through
the development site.
Andrew M. Barr, president
of the Barr Real Eestate Co.
OF Arlington. heads the COR
poration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

much horsepower. Pretty soon
the manufacturers will sit pr
and take notice of complaints. .
He notes that the "big
three" Of American auto
making circles-Ford, General
Motors and Chrysler-have al
announced plans to market
smaller cars in the next few
months.
Picks "Big Story"
Mr.. Fisk considers the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad disaster
of 1906 as lone of. the biggest
news stories of my career" On
December 80 Of that year, two
trains collided at the Terra
Gotta station near Takoms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

A reporter with one Of the
longest continuous career in
American journalism ends SO
years Of service to The Star
today.
Howard s. Fisk. 81. who re-
ported for work on August a,
1898, is finally retiring.
II started my newspaper ca
reer as q copy boy on The
Evening Star at 50 q week." he
recalls.
Mr.. Fisk, q native Of New
York who moved to Washington
In 1884. didn't stay q copy boy
long. Enterprising and alert.
he was taken under the wing Of
some Of the newspapers lead
ing reporters and soon was
covering stories on his own.
He introduced the use Of
bicycles to The Star. and took
part In many cross-country
races in his spare time.
Kept Physically Fit
bicycling kept me IT." he
Gays.
The Star appointed Mr.. Fisk
70 q newly created post-that
Of automobile editor-when the
gas buggy replaced the horse
Just after the turn Of the CEN
tury.
An admitted speed bug" he
participated in many trail
breaking trips in the Eastern
United States and helped to
set some early automotive speed
and distance records. Still an
authority on the subject. he
predicted two years ago:
sits the women who are
complaining that the cars Of
today are too big. too long, too
aificult to park and have too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Jennings to ToIk

SMITHFIELD. Va, Aug. 81
(AP). - Representative Jen.
nings. Democrat Of Virginia
will be the speaker at the Vir.
ginia Farmers Union picnic fol
Southampton and Surry Coun.
ties at Morgarts Beach near
herep tomorrow. The 9th dis.
trict Congressman is q mem.
Der Of the House Agriculture
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

time that we recall" said a
Central Violations Bureau Of
dcial.
Hes got everything in the
book" said one Of two clerks
assigned to file the foot-high
stack Of tickets.
Mr.. Checker. police said. had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
50 Parking Tickets Hit
DriverWith TwoNomes

breaking string Of SO parking violations overlook
5year-od televsion repairman from Port Tobacco. Nd
yesterday
Armand Pierre Checker stood alone without lawyer in
Traffic Court and pleaded guilty to the violations.
tits the highest total number charged to ANYBODY at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
NucIeor Test Man

Since he is man who has been
carefully minding his political P's and
Q's, Governor Rockefeller'S pronounce
ment in favor of resuming nuclear tests
comes as bit of a surprise. 1t is SurpriS-
ing because it appears to leave the Gov
ernor at odds with the administrations
position, and because resumption of
testing by the United States-even I'M
foreground tests-certainly would be fol-
lowed by renewed Soviet testing
1t may be Just as well, however, not
to make too big thing of this. For the
Rockefeller comment was made on a
question -and-answer TV program, and
it at least appeared to be an extempora-
neous observation. If it actually was
considered recommendation, the Cover
nor no doubt will have abundant oppor-
tunity in the near future to amplify his
remarks and explain his reasoning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28

United States, he said, already has been
priced out" Of the international mar
ketS and even the lower West European
prices are threatened by the Soviet
capability.
Prof. Melman's findings on the cost
price problem are not exactly news.
Despite our skills and our initial develop
ment of mass production techniques,
much Of American industry today is
high-cost industry fact attributable
in largest measure to the high labor
costs. In terms of hourly wage rates, it
would be unrealistic to expect reversal
in this situation. The fact remains, how
ever, that labor as we'll as management
has vital stake in seeing that American
production can compete in both price
and quality in the major markets Of
the world. If it does not, in the long run,
II this cannot be done, then both labor
and management will suffer in our own
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
Rocketinq Pace in Space

The rocketing pace OF developments
In space Is accumulated by the latest
achievement Of Soviet scientistS-the
photographing of the far side of the
moon by Lunik III and transmission of
the pictures to earth. That this was
no mean feat, involving as it did the
perfect functioning of complex instru-
mentation, is attested by the acclaim
evoked from the world of science gener-
ally. The Russians are not exaggerating
when they assert that the next step will
be the televising by space rockets Of
photographs Of Mars, Venus and per-
haps other planets. Such closeup views
of these faraway members of our solar
system would help to clear away much
of the mystery with which they now are
surrounded
1t does not detract from the magni-
tude Of the Russian accomplishment to
comment that the pictures, as released
for publication, are by no means distinct
as to details of the moons hitherto I'M
revealed other side. The moon always
keeps its back to the earth, leaving it
to astronomers and other scientists to
speculate as to whether the far side was
crater-marked like its face or smooth
or whatever. Soviet experts have inter-
preted the somewhat vague photographs
as indicating that the other side is
generally mountainous, with fewer
craterS than confront the earth. With
understandable pride, the Russians have
named several of the distinguishable
features for Soviet or Communist scien-
lists. One dark spot, prophetically, has
been dubbed "AstronautS' Bay"
To understand the difficulty involved
in the undertaking, the layman must
consider that the speeding rocket had to
be triggered by an electronic signal into
starting its radiophoto apparatus when
the Lunik was close to the moon-about
10000 miles away-and that the rocket
had to be controlled in such way as to
keep the moon in focus. Then the pic
ture had to be transmitted to the Lunik
base for eventual reproduction in the
form of photographs.
That similar system could be used
to get cloSe-ups of Mars and its strange
canals" of cloud-Shrouded Venus and
of other sister planets seems certain.
All that is needed is a rocket capable Of
making close approach to planets and
of transmitting what is visible to the
cameras eye. The worlds astronomers
will await eagerly the time when such
rocket photography is an accomplished
fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
Sprinq Will Be Better

The Old Farmers Almanac ana the
local caterpillar watchers have come to
opposite conclusions on a matter of
much public interest The almanac,
producing its 143d annual edition, pre-
diets confidently that the coming winter
will be mild one. The caterpillar
watchers, who share their preScience by
word of mouth rather than through the
printed page, are comparably certain
that the next season will be rugged.
They suggest, in effect, that people
should be as smart as caterpillarS in
preparing for it-and they cite the I'M
usually heavy coats being worn by their
fuzzy friends as proof positive that the
winter will be no easy one on men or
larvae.
Only time, we suppose, will establish
who is right or wrong about this look
into the future. In sense the cater
pillarwatchers appear to be. somewhat
more scientific in their approach. Ger
tainly if it is true that the caterpillars
are wearing heavier coats there must
be some reason for it-other than the
dictates of fashion. The almanac edi-
tor, on the other hand, declines to sub
NIT the evidence on which his conclu-
sions are based. In fact, he sidesteps
responsibility to degree by explaining
that he received the word from a man
in cave in Florida" This is doubly
strange since the editor himself lives
in Maine, and there is always the posi-
bility of garbled transmission over the
length of the Atlantic Seaboard.
Anyway, as of about next April /,
one or the other may have been proved
more or less right. In either case, it will
be good to have spring back again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
Cancer Control

I read with a great deal OF
interest the headline, END
of Cancer Deaths Seen With
in rs Years." in your paper
of October 81. I hope there
will be an end to cancer
deaths.
1t is noted that DR.. Steiner
states if cancer can be con-
trolled by prevention, hos
pitfalls for the disease would
60. This would be fine, if peo-
pie will cooperate. The prob
lem of prevention is going to
be difficult in some cases,
such as liquor and tobacco.
If people would cooperate, by
changing their attitude from
for to against liquor and
tobacco, prevention would
not be so difficult. OF course,
the liquor and the tobacco
industries would not want the
people to change their atti-
tude toward their products.
1t would put them out of
business. Would that be a
shame?
Raney Coppadge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28

the Library Of Congress
and the Public Archives. Ac-
cording to this War Depart
ment publication, issued in
1887, the American Expedi-
tionary Forces in North Rus
STA included 143 officers and
4,344 enlisted men, later re-
inforced by II officers and
486 men, all taken from the
85th Division, plus 720 rail-
way troops. They suffered
more than 500 casualties in
operations against the Boil
shevist 9Th and 7th Armies.
The American Expeditionary
Forces in Siberia included
1913 officers and $3.50 enlisted
men, taken from the 9th Di-
vision stationed in California
and the Philippines. They
lost So dead in encounters
with armed partisans.
H. E. Osann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
Curious

The newspapers are filled
with heart-rending articles
concerning the loss in wages
by the steelworkers and the
consequent difficult times
they are having.
I wonder If Mr.. Mcdonald
of the Steelworkers Union
has given up his $4,000 a
year salary while his poor
slaves walk the picket line
for that ten cents an hour
that he so adamantly desires
for them so that they can
raise their standard of living.
John ZedaliS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
Should They Be Told?

In your editorial ITO Tell
or not to Tell" the person
with cancer whether he has
the disease, it is gratifying
to learn that you consider it
kinder to be frank with the
victim.
1t is a cruel form of brain
washing" to keep the facts
from a person with cancer or
any other disease, or a phys
ical malformity. Such a per-
son will almost invariably
know the truth anyway.
When they know along with
it that they are being de-
ceived and lied to. this lat
ter knowledge causes an eS-
pecially torturous brand OF
anguish, worse than the eff
fects of the disease or de-
formity itself.
Florence Wenner.
\ 4 4 4
Recently we held a confer
ence at st. Elizabeths Hos
pital over the theme, Should
a dying patient be told the
fact of his probable death?"
and the consensus agreed with
your recently expressed opin-
ion.
A dying patient not only
can put his spiritual house in
order, but can also enjoy the
remaining days of his life
mora peacefully and calmly.
In most cases, the patient
deals with the news (ot
DEATH effectively in the
long run, if not Immediately,
But very often the physician
(being unable to comfortably
contemplate his own DEATH
attributes to the dying patient
this same attitude and be-
lieves that the patient, if told
of his death, would be ir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
The WeII-Dressed Spocemon
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Also important Is the
problem Of free movement in
space, necessary for skilled
labor.
"As long as the space
worker is in contact with the
vehicle or space station" says
the report. he can move
around by means Of cables or
hooks. But he also should be
able to move Independently.
While assembling a space
station or repairing 1t later
he will have to carry tools
and parts and place them in
the right position. 1t would
probably be impractical to
do this by connecting each
part and tool with the space
worker, with the transport
vehicle and with the space
station itself. This would
result in continuous push
ing and pulling around of,
all the parts, tools, men and
vehicles because each action
would cause an equal res
action in the opposite direc-
ton. If a cable should slip
or tear off a moving part or
even from a man, the part
or man would move away
forever, since there is no
friction in space to stop any
motion once induced.
Needs StabiIizing Device
Movement by walking or
by swimming motions in
outer space is not feasible.
Each motion of the body
will cause turning or tum-
bling reactions, but its CEN
ter OF mass would not move
an inch. To enable the space
worker to move in any de-
sired direction and distance
without tumbling a complex
propulsion system would be
necessary, consisting of
number of small rockets and
reTo-rocketS with a control
and stabilizing device. Any
impulse given to the man
would move him along in
fmitely until another impulse
of the same magnitude, but
in the opposite direction, was
applied.
THE control and stabiliz-
ing device should therefore
provide with each impulse an
equal counter impulse that
can be released by the man
at any desired instant.
Feet and legs are useless
in space. The legs can only
be used to induce some turn
ing or tumbling motions of
the body, which can also be
effected by the propulsion
system. Movements of a
space worker will be clumsy
in any case because of abb
sence of gravity, even if in
time he should acquire some
skill. Therefore complicated
movable leg sections on a
space suit are not necessary.
Movable leg sections even
tually may be attached
should a suit for use on the
lunar surface be desired. But
the types of suits that will be
needed for exploration of the
moon and planets will be
different in many details
from the space worker suit
because of the great differ
ences in environmental con-
ditions."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
Underestimoted

We appreciate greatly The
Stars coverage of the recent
convention here of leaders in
the liquefied petroleum gas
industry, Americas fastest
growing fuel industry.
However, the news story
should have mentioned that
millions of vehicles of all
types are powered by LP-Gas,
rather than only 10000.
More than 100000 farm
tractors alone operate on LIP
Gas fuel, as well as large
numbers of industrial lift
trucks, city buses. farm and
highway motor trucks, taxi
cabs and private motor cars.
LP-Gas, long used in mil
lions of suburban and rural
homes. is branching out as
a motor fuel because its
clean-burning qualities re-
duce engine wear. This re-
suits in much lower main
tenance and repair costs and
prolonged engine life.
John HartZell,
Eastern Regional Man
ager, National LP-Gas
Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
Castro Knows Better

Hitler and MuSsolini proved that 1t
Is no great trick for a dictator, If he Is
sufficiently needless of ultimate conse-
quenceS, to whip up the fury of the
mobs Fidel Castro can-and iS-prov-
ing it all over again.
Thus, it was easy for Castro to call
the peasants and the workers into
Havana, and to stage his own comic
opera entrance with the aid of hell
copter and an automatic rifle. The mob
roared its approval, as any mob would
do. 1t was easy for Castro to obtain
a shouted approval when he called for
the execution of Major Hubert MatoS,
ton who has been doomed because he
challenged the Cuban drift toward the
Communists. Easiest of all, perhaps,
was the false and hate-engendering
suggestion that the United States Is
permitting planes based on American
territory to bomb" Cuban civilians
This is heady stuff, and it may serve
for a while to divert the minds of the
poverty ridden Cuban people from more
basic things-food, shelter, clothing, etc.
But Castro, we think, knows better, and
it is pertinent therefore to ask: Why is
he doing this?
Two reasons, Singly or in combina-
ton, are indicated. One is that Castro,
a bare 10 months after winning his rev.
Olution, is hopeleSSly incapable OF coping
with the opportunities and the reSpon-
sibilitieS of that victory. The second is
that Castro, who probably is not Com
muniSt himself, is being pulled more and
more into the orbit and under the in
fiuence of the Communists who have
infiltrated his revolutionary movement.
Or-again-it may be combination OF
the two.
In any event, from WaShington'S
point of view, there is plenty OF reason
for the gravest concern over the direc-
ton which the Cuban revolution is
taking. The resurrection of the firing
squads and the hate-America propa-
ganda will solve nothing Nor is there
any discernible evidence that Castro is
capable of coming up with better an
sWerS. If events confirm this view, then
Fidel Castro'S 10Th of July Movement
will turn out to have been nothing better
than a prelude to chaoS-or worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

call places and people of the
old days and ways.
1t was mo CO." as the say
ing puts it land rather well,
we think. Because talk is
"go."D
Nothing stirred the other.
He did not care to talk.
Jones heroically tried
sports.
Though this man is a great
sportsman, he did not speak
the same language, it seemed.
Jones tried history.
Though this fellow is a
great deliver into history, both
ancient and modern, he failed
to rise to Jones bait.
What do you do, finally,
with such a person?
Why, leave him alone,
that's all.
This is Templeton Jones'
precious pearl of everyday
wisdom. Some think every
day wisdom the best kind.
The proverbs of all ma
tons enshrine this type
OF wisdom, as do the sa-
cred books. These homely
thoughts came into minds
that were grasping with
half-truth, seven ighths
truth, and whole truth.
But even when they
thought they had grasped
the truth, and had put it
down succinctly, they often
failed to see the other side.
you may lead a horse to
water" one said, but you
can't make him drink"
If a bird won't sing"
said another, archly, make
him sing"
In the face of such diver
gence of opinion. Templeton
Jones still stands:
Let him alone" he says
of the person who won't talk
when you try to draw him
out.
Let him alone.
The interest and profit he
might get from you are lost
to him, and it serves him
right.
There are as good fish in
the sea as ever we're caught"
Eli?