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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21
THE HAY FEVER SEASON

with the SnltfleS and SneeZeS in the late sum
mer and fall can get ready for bumper ha.
fever season. The annual peak of the rag
weed season is approaching.
The height of the season comes at slight
ly varying times in different parts of tn
country. In the more northern sections, tn
peak of the pollen season comes between
August 18th and September 18th. In NOR
southern areas the peak is experienced slight
ly late in the year.
AS general rule, most people can toler
ate a pollen count of less than twenty-five
grains of pollen in each cubic yard of air
However, some are bothered by count o.
ten or fifteen, while a few cannot tolerate
count of five or less.
Hay fever is not a disturbance to be takel
lightly, and it is estimated that several peo
pie out of each hundred in the United States
suffer from its effects each year. That woulC
mean that millions of Americans are af
fected by it.
Perhaps the best remedy for most peo
pie today consists of injections of an extrac
from the ragweed plants. Allergy tests, ant
such injections, can help large percentag
of sufferers. This method is coming int
increasing use and should be considered b!
all who suffer from hay fever.
@N&@N&
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21
LESSON FOR KRUSHCHEV

At a recent meeting with reporters Pre-
mier Khrushchev mockingly pretended to
turn his pockets inside out by way of under
scoring his insistence that he would come to
the United States bearing message of
peace. There would be no rockets in his poe
kets, said he and he wanted to see no u. S.
military installations.
Not long after that incident, Secretary
of Defense McElroy said he would like to
have the Soviet boss visit some u S. mill
tary strongpointS when he comes to this
country. McElroy apparently hopes to per-
suade Khrushchev to change his mind about
refusing to have look at war installations.
AS usual, Khrushchev's remarks cannot
be taken at face value. He is entirely cap
able of talking peace and sweet harmony
out of one side of his mouth and spouting
threats of war from the other side. Nor can
it be assumed that McElroy's intention is to
frighten the Soviet leader with a show OF
strength.
McElroy's purpose Seems to be to give
Khrushchev such a good look at U. S. war
power that he will not make the mistake Of
Understanding it. This was indicated by
the defense secretary's remark, Eve are
more concerned about a wars starting be-
cause somebody makes a miscalculation of
our strength than any other factor"
Whether KhruShchev agrees to visit u.
S. strongpoints is actually not of basic i'm
portance. Soviet intelligence probably gives
the Kremlin fairly solid idea of U. S. mil
itary capability. The more important thing
will be to try to make Mr.. K. understand that
we are free, happy, vigorous people suff-
ciently dedicated to our way of life to make
attack on us the act of a madman.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21

Burncoat Head, Nova Scotia, on
the Bay of Fundy has the highest
tides in the world. They range
from IS to "a feet above low water.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21
EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS

AS the hiatus of summer draws to a
close, there is always a resurgent lay inter
est in education. This seems like good
time, therefore, to focus attention on some
of the facts and questions that confront par
ents whose interest goes beyond mere con-
Germ with JOhnny'S immediate school prob
lens.
It is easy to become sunk in a morass of
statistics about the educational scene. Still,
it is worthwhile to have some of the figures
in mind. One ought to know, for example,
that the approximately 40 million elementary
and high school pupils now enrolled will
swell to total of more than so million by
the end of the coming decade. Lay along
side this the fact that the average cost per
pupil went up from $76 in 1910 to 5000 last
year and is bound to go much higher.
Those figures tell something about the
magnitude of the task of providing the ma
tion'S young people with good education.
To attract enough skilled teachers and as
sure that there will be adequate facilities,
taxpayers are going to have to dig deeper
than ever before. The fundamental prob
lens of public school education go far beyond
matters of finance however. The ferment of
discussion that began after the launching of
the first Russian satellite has quieted down
somewhat, but there is still much debate
about both goals and methods
Parents and educators should think in
tently about what they want the schools to
achieve. They should get away from vague
acceptance of goals not clearly defined, which
has been the bane of many a school system.
Once they know what is desired for the chill
dren in their community, they should do
whatever is neceSSary-even if it means
spending more money, even if it involves
experimenting with new methods and tech
niques-to progress toward those goals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Plane Markings

Recently the Federal Avia-
ton Agency abandoned plans
to require the civil airlines to
use bright orange fluorescent
markings on their aircraft as
an anti-collision safety meas
ure because at would impose
burdens on the public not
warranted by the probable
gain in safety"
This same high visibility
orange paint is widely used
on military aircraft. The Air
Training Command (pilot
training) Randolph ALB,
Texas reports an IS per cent
reduction in mid-air COLI
sions and a 100 per cent re-
duction in fatalities since it
began marking it's planes two
years ago.
In 1861 ATC counted 81
deaths from mid-air acct
dents. In 1958-59-none.
I don't know what bur
dens" the FAA has spared
the public by it's ruling, but
if it's only the matter of a
cent or two tackled onto the
fare, let's have the orange
markings painted on the civil
aircraft. Safety comes before
economy.
Paul McIIvaine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Bull Loses as Usual

What an eloquent protest
against the sadistic barbar-
ism of bull-fighting was the
heart-breaking picture of the
fleeing bull on the front page
of The Star. Surely every
person with any degree Of
sensitivity or fair play must
have been saddened by the
last terse sentence of the
picture caption: "Ie didn't
make it "
Your paper is to be con-
graduated for having print
ed this deeply moving picture
in such a prominent place.
One of the reasons, why I
take The Star is because
your paper gives such excel
lent coverage to animal sto-
ries. The stories are always
written with sympathy and
often with a touch Of gentle
humor.
Therese Ann Olson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

hover should have chosen this time Of
his seth birthday to visit again the
home town which has remained always
so warm in his memory, and to attend
ground-breaking ceremonies for the
new library. To his fellow Americans,
and without doubt to millions of people
throughout the world, 1t is an occasion
for extending the most sincere of best
wishes.
And on this occasion, too, it was
likewise fitting that Mr.. Eisenhower
should have included in his address yes
terday statement on the faith of his
and our forebears that sums up in fact
the faith which has shown through so
much Of his own life and works. "They
had faith" he said, faith in the reli-
giouS concepts that dominated their be-
ings, faith in the virtue and success of
their own labor, faith in their neighbors
and in the inexhaustible potential Of
free men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Bending the Twiq

The new eight-point pro-
gram released by the Nation
al Education Association in
the book Delinquent Be-
havior: Principles and Prac-
tees" and the book by
Eleanor and Sheldon Glueck,
Predicting Delinquency and
Crime" should give Com
missioner Mclaughlin his
starting point Immediately.
AS he stated, it is not neces-
sary to spend extra money for
a survey when records are
available. The allotted money
may be used for immediate
needs.
The pattern Of all juveniles
who become adult criminals
is the same. More surveys
Will snow nothing That is not
already recorded in past
available surveys. Working
with known facts and start
ing at the bottom, maybe the
future generation may be
taught, and the growing gen.
Grafton of America helped by
encouragement, understand
ing, and learning the Ten
Commandments and eight
Beatitudes.
Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is
the whole duty of man. For
God shall bring every work
into judgment. with every
secret thing, whether it be
good, or whether it be evil.
(Ecclesiastes 12:13-1N
Dorothy DenisOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Evil Must Be Faced

1t was a cynical argument indeed
that Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
KuznetSov raised in the United Nations
against the -Malayan proposal for
a full-dreSs discussion Of the Tibetan
question. 1t was, in brief, that such de-
bate is designed only to assure "a re-
newal of the cold war;" that it amounts
to "a rude and unceremoniouS attempt
to intervene in the domestic affairs of
China" and, in effect, that what is past
must be tolerated and forgotten.
Fortunately for the conscience Of
free mankind, it was an argument that
did not prevail. BY vote of 43 to II,
with only the nine-nation Soviet bloc
plus IndoneSia and YugoSlavia opposing
the action, the General Assembly has
placed this episode of brutal and ruth
less cruelty on its agenda. If what is
said and done when the debate takes
place does in fact reinvigorate the East
West bitterness so often displayed in this
international forum, the guilt will be
upon those who perpetrated and those
who defend the crimes. Certainly, as
Ambassador Lodge told the Assembly,
the world and the smaller nations most
of all would be in grave danger if the
U. NJ should make it policy to turn
our faces away from evil" as the price
for not offending others.
No charge has been made, of course,
that the Soviet Union was responsible in
any way for the mass killings, the de-
struction and the dissertations that have
taken place in Tibet It is against Com
munist China, persistent applicant for
admission to the United Nations, with
all that implies in the way of respecting
the high principles of the U. N. Charter,
that the accusations are directed. AS
of now, the most chilling indictment
has been uttered by the Dalai Lama, the
spiritual and temporal leader of his
people, who fled to sanctuary in India.
His story, released to the world last
spring, was shocking one.
Actually, the Assembly resolution
does not PREJUDICE the case and its
sponsors indicated that their ultimate
objective is primarily to mount an ap-
peal for respect of human rights. If
Red China is guiltless of the alleged
crimes, or even less guilty than charged
by the Dalai Lama, there will be oppor-
tunity for this to be argued-even pos
sibly established. Presumably, Peiping
will not be short of defenders among
it's Communist friends in the Assembly.
The larger concern of those favoring
the debate is not renewal" of the cold
war or the making of an opportunity to
castigate a nonmember nation. 1t is
to demonstrate that there is sense
of morality and conscience among the
peoples joined in the United Nations,
and that it can be modified on the side
of the oppreSsed-anywhere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Please Note

1t has not received big headline
treatment, but an Associated Press dis
patch from London should nevertheless
be of considerable interest to those peo-
pie in and out Of the State Department
who have been eSpousing the doctrine
that Mr.. Khrushchev, as leader of the
Communist bloc of nations, is charge
able with some responsibility for the be-
havior of those nations.
Our view of this theory is dim one.
We do not believe, for example, that
Mr.. KhruShchev can tell" Red China
what it must or must not do, and we do
not think that suggestions to the con-
trary contribute anything to the better
international climate which the Soviet
Premier and our own President are try
ing to create. For suggestions such as
these, If Red China should kick over
the traces, necessarily impute bad faith
to Mr.. KhruShchev, and this, we be-
lieve, is nonSensical.
But let's get get back to the AP dis
patch. 1t reports that "Secret diplo-
matte information" from Peiping indi-
Gates that Mr.. KhruShchev on his re-
cent visit there raised with Mao TSe-
tung the question of releasing five Amer
leans held captive by the Chinese, and
also urged Mao to do what he could to
promote an East-West reconciliation.
This, on its face, is made of pretty
thin stuff. Without knowledge of the
nature of this "Secret information" it
should be taken with grain or two of
salt. Still, it may be true-and Chinese
Communist behavior in recent days
lends some encouragement to the hope
that it is.
If so, Mr.. KhruShchev is trying to
keep the agreements he is believed to
have made with the President. While
he cannot dictate to Mao, he is at least
trying to persuade him to call off the
dogs. And as long as the available evil
dence points in this direction it would
be better, we think, for the verbal
Snipers to pipe down. 1t would be easy
for them to blight the fragile blossom
which has opened on the better-rela-
tons plant, but it wouldn't make much
sense to do it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
His Story Is Essential

!. Those whose faith in TV quiz shows
has been shattered by the revelations Of
House committee will experience a
sense of relief over the announcement
that Charles Van Doren, outstanding
''quiz whiz" of the defunct "21" show,
finally has agreed to testify. Mr.. Van
Doren'S strange failure earlier to reply
to an invitation to appear before the
committee, and his recent unavailability
to process servers when subpoena was
issued as a last resort, had added to
public disenchantment over the once
popular quiz programs.
2 Now an attorney for Mr.. Van Doren
has declared that his client is ready to
accept the subpoena. The lawyer ex-
planned that the Columbia University
English teacher did not know sub
poena had been issued for him until
Monday night. However, a committee
spokesman said that the attorney was
advised last Saturday that the subpoena
had been issued.
The explanation of this somewhat
confused state of affairs may lie in the
lawyers statement that Mr.. Van Doren
was disturbed" over his suspension by
NBC, with whom he had $4,000 a
year broadcaSting contract, and that he
Gust went off," It is understandable
that the personable young member of
famous literary family was disturbed
over developments growing out of the
hearings. So are committee members
and televiSion viewers generally. We
are glad, therefore, that Mr.. Van Doren
will accept the opportunity to give his
side of story that has tended to in
volve him in the sordid rigging racket
which beSmirched several of the quiz
shows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Fiscal Responsibility

With limited Federal aid funds
available for highway construction dur
ing this fiscal year, it is logical that
President Eisenhower has set quotas on
the amounts which each State should
expect to receive for work placed under
contract. At the same time, it is natural
that this restriction has stirred resent
ment from congressional sponsors who
hate to see the big national roads pro-
gram slow down.
The major objection was raised by
the programs chief architect in Con-
gress. The Senator's position, as we
understand it, is that if States are ready
to go ahead with projects, within the
broad Federal aid appointments voted
previously by Congress, they should not
be bound this year by the arbitrary
reimbursement quotas proposed by the
administration. In kilograms to each of
the so Governors, he has suggested that
they ignore the quotaS-a suggestion
which the Governors are not likely to
follow.
Senator Cores hope presumably is
that the administration borrow from
general revenues to supplement any in
adequacy in the SGT billion available
for highways this year. The President,
however, already has stated his convic-
ton, entirely properly, we think, that
this would be fiscal responsibility" of
the worst sort. The real cause for the
spending limitation, as the President ex-
planned in letter to Senator Gore, is
Congress failure during the last session
to grant the full 112-cent per gallon in
crease he requested in the Federal gaSo-
line tax. The quotas were established
after the tax raise was held to per cent
per gallon.
The only meaningful answer to cut
backs of the type protested by Senator
Gore is for Congress early next year to
buckle down once more to the job of
finding increased revenues for the ma
tional highway trust fund, which pro
vides the Federal aid A major reason
for the inadequacy of the action at the
last session was Congress penchant for
piddling around until almost the eve
OF adjournment before working out
stopgap solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Rats, Monkeys Have BuiIt-in Clocks
By THOMAS R. HEINZ

thing to eat until the deSig-
mated number of key pres
sures have been made.
In other words, say the
Army psychologists, they
learn TO count, but the mate
ability must have been there
in the first place.
Then the experiments be-
come much more complex.
After the subjects have be-
come conditioned to expect
food after a designated num-
Der Of key pressures the ap-
paratuS is so arranged that
there is no delivery - no
payday - unless the key is
pressed again within a few
seconds. Otherwise the whole
cycle starts over again.
The animals must learn
this for themselves. by ex-
perimental trial and error.
The timing is extremely pre-
else, within split seconds. In
a relatively brief time the
hungry subjects solve what at
first seems a complete mys-
terry. They can tell the time
within which 1t is necessary
to act to get any food. Soon
there is no hesitation and
there are no mistakes. The
ability to Judge time within
two seconds has been estab-
lished. 1t is considered prob
able the subjects can do bet
ter.
BuiIt-in Time Sense
The only explanation ad-
vanced is that the creatures
have a bWlt-in, quite precise
time sense of some kind
which is about as accurate as
a mechanical watch. Thus far
the experimenterS have been
unable to find the location of
this physiological watch. 1t
would have very little sig
nif1cance in their normal lives
where their jobs Of earning a
living are not regulated by
time clocks, as are those of
men.
1t has been recognized for
some time that there are
physiological clocks of some
sort throughout the animal
kingdom, especially among
insects. So far as known,
however, these are accurate
only to within a day or So
not in seconds like those Of
rats and monkeys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Cost of Culture

There's a place in our
town where a boy can't even
dream" says the United Civ
ers Fund ad in its dramatic
appeal for help in bringing
stabilized adventure and ex-
element into the lives of this
city's youth.
And there are places in
this town where girls, and
men and women cannot
dream. And yet, in an effort
to make dreams come true"
a plan is proposed for a pa
latial National Cultural"
Center, designed to enhance
the dreams of those few who
believe that culture" comes
IN huge empty auditoriums.
gllStenS only under crystal
chandeliers, has separate
doors for those who must hide
their automobiles as against
those who are transported
thither in Cleopatra like
bargeS!
Collect $50 million from
the people for it's support?
Let us in turn say, Millions
for the defense of true cul-
ture; but not one cent for
false tribute!"
Loretta Goldberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

President Eisenhower has revealed
on many occasions his love for Abilene,
the little rural community in central
Kansas where he spent so much of his
early life. 1t is there that the Eisen-
hover Presidential Library, financed by
public subscription, will one day soon
become the repository for most of the
written records of his own distinguished
military and political career. To these,
fortunately, will be added other signif-
canC documents bearing upon period
which has been momentous in national
and world history.
It is fitting indeed that Mr.. EiSen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Commends McGM

This is to commend your
Ralph McGill for his Sept.
80 column concerning the
puerto Rican Community
Self-Help Program" Our
union, the American Fedora
ton of State, County and
Municipal Employees, ALL
CLIO, is in process of trying to
make a contribution in Puer-
to Rico, and it was upon my
return from San Juan that
I read McGill's article with
much pleasure.
I wish every American could
talk with residents of Puerto
Rico, as I have had the priv
ilege of doing. I wish Nc
ellis article could be read
by everyone. Not one resident
of Puerto Rico with whom I
talked, from high officials of
the commonwealth to en-
ployes Of the commonwealth
government, and citizens in
private employment there, ex-
pressed anything but their
love and high regard for the
Government and people Of
the United States. Many con-
trasted the relationship of
the United States to their
com m on we alth with the
frightful treatment meted
out to the citizens of Hun
gary by Soviet Russia. This
"black and white" contrast
is understood by everyone
with whom I had contact.
If every resident of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Wide Open Road

James II. Connell'S letter
on the "Highballing Buses"
struck close to home. I, too,
have often been scared by
these behemoths of the road
and by the seemingly careless
way in which they are OPP
Grated by what should be
professional" drivers.
On Skyline Drive, I had
stopped at an overlook. I hap
pened to glance at the road
way when a fully loaded bus
came highballing down the
mountain on the inside lane,
swinging far past the white
center line into the outside
lane. and into the direct path
Of a sedan coming up the
mountain. The incident &C.
CURED on a curve and had
there not been the overlook
Cat which I was parked and
into which the sedan swerved
to avoid collision, we would
now be reading about another
of those fatal "headon" acct
dents or else the sedan
would have been forced over
the side of the mountain. I
doubt if the driver could
blame a tight" schedule for
his recklessneSs. The bus was
chartered.
On Route 240, near Fred
erick, I was proceeding south
at the speed limit. CHANGING
in my rear view mirror, 1
noticed a double -decker bus
headed towards me at high
speed. I edged close to the
roads shoulder to allow
plenty of room for passing.
The bus whizzed by, literally,
as If I were parked. Although
there were no cars immedi-
ately ahead or behind me, and
240 is a divided lane highway,
the bus brushed so close that
air turbulence nearly threw
my car out Of control. He
swung out to pass just as he
came up behind me, and
swung in again so quickly,
that I had to apply my brakes
to avoid collision. I watched
this bus as it sped down the
highway, nearly forcing sew
eral other cars off the road.
Using my speed as a guide.
and quickly estimating the
rate OF separation between the
bus and M car, I determined
that he was doing between
rs and 80 miles per hour.
Speed limit for autos along
this stretch, incidentally, is
SIS m.p.h.
I wonder how many acct
dents are caused by bus (and
truck drivers in forcing cars
of the road, causing rear-end
collisions as oncoming cars
brake suddenly to avoid a
head-on crash, and so on
without the bus itself being
involved?
Perhaps the answer is to
equip each bus and truck with
recording, locked Speedome-
tiers. applying severe penalties
against the driver who ex-
ceeds posted limits.
Scared AutOiSt.