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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

crude one. The reducing
game goes along more
smoothly. with more results
than without it.
The big point is that the
longer one keeps the chart,
the more determined he is to
add another week to it.
So it must be, we believe,
with the mountain climber.
Responding to the chal-
lenge. in the first place, he
sees the mountain as a part
of a chart, with him climbing
ever onward and upward.
He is the marker, the very
red line, Of progress.
If this explanation is not
true, then what does a noun
tain climber see himself as?
AS a mountain climber,
some one says, and perhaps
that is right, too.
But If he doesn't see him
self as a mark on a chart,
his unconscious mind still
sees him that Way. we feel
sure.
This is because the chart
or graph, has an inherent
fascination. for Americans.
What did we do before
graphs?
It is only within the last
so years that the business
chart, as such, has come into
being. Now we have charts
and graphs showing all kinds
of things. They are easy to
make, and very interesting to
keep. Especially if climbing
mountains or taking off
weight!
Somehow these two go to-
gether. In losing weight, one
is really climbing the noun
tain of ones own useless
flesh.
At such times 20 to 40
pounds extra will strike the
bearer as mountainous, in
deed. He is climbing noun
tains to some purpose when
he starts d reducing diet.
Food, food, everywhere food
in America! This is one of
our glories, but the tempta-
ton to get our share of this
mountain of edible products
sometimes overpowers us.
We need, then, to keep q
chart.
The mountain we climb is
an inner one, but still q real
obstacle to be overcome.
The challenge and the
chart!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
TO See Once . =

ASH to answer the many Americans
who still deplore the prospect, Vice Pres
ident Nixon has effectively re-empha-
sized the main reason why Nikita Khru-
shchev's projected visit to the United
States ought to be welcomed rather than
condemned. The reason is simply this:
That the visit may open the mans eyes
in way that will serve the cause Of
peace in super-scientific world that
has become exceedingly dangerous.
Thus, in his weekend radio and
television interviews with Senator Mundt
Of South Dakota and Senator Heating
of New York, Mr.. Nixon has revealed
that during his recent tour Of the
USSR he gathered the distinct and
disturbing impression that the Soviet
Premier labors under several miscon-
ceptions that give him a distorted
picture of our country. This is so, APP
parently, because he has not received
accurate or objective reports from his
representatives who have travelled here,
but who have looked at our way Of life
from doctrinaire or biased theological
point of view.
At any rate, after having talked at
great length with him, the Vice Presi-
dent has concluded that Mr.. Khru-
shchev seems inclined to believe as fol-
lows: ~ That the United States is
weak; (2) that it is definitely on the
downgrade economically; (3) that we
are divided as people; az that there
is no strong popular support for the
Presidents firm foreign policy as re-
CARDS such issues as Berlin, and (5) that
millions of American workers are Just
waiting for an opportune moment to
break out Of their chains and overthrow
our present system Of government in
favor Of a march toward communism.
Certainly, If this is the fact Of the
matter, then Mr.. Nixon has not exag-
gerated in declaring that Mr.. Khru-
shchev'S September visit among us "can
have salutary effect in removing his
miScalculations about United States
strength and, more important than
that, about United States will-will and
determination. :. The cause Of peace
can be advanced by what he sees here
from a number of standpoints-ca be;
you can't say it tOill, because, again,
lot of events can occur which could
change that appraisal" But there is at
least the promise that his tour of our
country will be wholesome, eye-open-
ing experience for him.
AS to that, Mr.. Nixon has pointedly
summed up the situation by quoting an
apt Russian proverb-namely, ITO see
once is better than hearing hundred
times" If Mr.. Khrushchev sees once,
sees for himself through his own eyes,
the basic strength and unity Of Amer
lea, he will be less likely to take those
risks that could lead to q. terrible war.
That is why his visit here, along with
President Eisenhower's to the Soviet
Union, conceivably may result in
breakthrough to a decent and enduring
peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

@. On what points do the
judges score competing quar-
tets in official Barber Shop"
contests?-E.F.
A. In contests conducted by
the Society for the Preserva-
ton and Encouragement Of
Barber Shop Quartet Singing
in America, Inc (S.P.E.B.S.
Q.S.A.), quartets are judged
on five points: arrangement,
harmony accuracy, voice ex-
preston, balance and blend,
and, stage presence. Each
category counts up to 20 per
cent, and each has a Judge
assigned to it.
@. Please give a recipe for
homemade incense cones
B. B. q.
A. A published recipe calls
for one ounce orris root, five
ounces charcoal, one ounce
gum sandalwood, one-half
ounce each of gum olibanum
and saltpeter. Ingredients
should be finely powdered
and mixed. then made into
a paste with enough traga-
canth mucilage to bind them
and permit shaping into
small cones.
@. Please describe the poi
son frog Of South America
w. s. Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
Caribbean WATCHDOG

The reported decision at Santiago
to strengthen the American Peace
Committee is a hopeful development.
Perhaps it may be able to explode some
Of the myths with which Fidel Castro
has been poisoning the Caribbean at
mosphere, and this would indeed be
real contribution.
The so-called Peace Committee has
been in existence for several years, but
1t could use its good Offices in dispute
between two countries only with the
consent Of both governments. Hence
forth, If the 81 foreign ministers meet
ing at Santiago finally approve the
reported agreement, the committee will
be authorized to act on its own initiative
or at the request of one party to dis
pute.
1t would have no authority or power
to compel any country to do anything.
But it could exercise kind of moral
suasion by aScertaining and publishing
facts in such matters as the bitter dis
pute between Cuba and the Dominican
Republic. At least it should be possible
to establish who is Invading" whom,
and thereby bring the force Of public
opinion into play against the offender.
Much depends on the part to be
played by Mr.. Castro. In his demagogic
speech last week, he described the San
tiago conference of American States as
a farce, and charged that General Tru-
jillo of the Dominican Republic, the
Organization of American States and
the United States State Department are
in league against his revolutionary Gu.
ban regime.
The trouble with this oratorical
nonsense is that some people in Latin
America will believe it. So it will be a
useful thing if some method can be es-
tabliShed for making the appropriate
distinction between truth and wild
fancy. If this cannot be done, Fidel
Castro very probably viii continue to
spread subversive propaganda with one
hand while trying to pull down foreign
governments with the other. This will
keep the Caribbean pot boiling, but it
may also end with Mr.. Castro and his
government being cooked in 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

sullen crowds greeted him,
and he returned to the Krem-
lin In disgust. Yes, he knows
how the West lives. And he
knows too. he must bury it If
communism is to survive.
Charles p. Beazley.
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1t came as a great shock
to read that the President is
extending to Dictator Khru-
shchev a courtesy he has
chosen to withhold from
some of our friends-that Of
meeting him at the airport.
If, in the general interest.
this person must be permitted
to enter our country, it seems
to me our conduct should be
no more than formally cour-
teous. considering the nu-
merous outrages committed
not only with his consent but
at his order.
Our sudden switch in policy
resembles the switches called
by Khrushchev himself, which
switches have always brought
from us comments of amuse-
ment or contempt. It seems
that we are not only doing
business with the devil-we
are doing it on his terms.
Doris StiversOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

Many have attempted to
answer the question why
people climb mountains.
To most human beings,
this seems an unnecessary
feat, so much so that it is
almost impossible to under
stand why otherwise normal
persons do it.
Fame. glory. trying to
excel. trying to find out
what is beyond
Those and other explana-
lions normally leave one
cold.
It is here much as it is
with old people when asked
why they have lived so long.
Their answers cover such a
range none rings true.
There must be some other
explanation. c <-
= 4 q
The explanation is two
two-fold, we think, when it
comes to mountains.
The chart and the chal-
lenge. Every mountain
climber thinks Of the pic
ture Of a chart, measured in
feet or miles, with him as
the marker.
He is going aloft, but he
goes up ahead Of time on
the red line.
1t is this "red line" of adj
vancement, on his chart
tilted into the sky, that sus-
tains him.
1t is the challenge, of
course, that starts him.
Children today are sup
posed to respond to chal-
lengeS. not just learn their
lessons. exactly.
It is the challenge they
are said to respond to, the
challenge Of something to
be done.
Every fat person who
keeps a reducing chart
knows why men climb
mountains.
Not every reducer keeps a
chart, and that is where he
or she makes a big mistake.
The chart pictures the
thing.
With the chart before one,
that fine red line creeping
up or down, he sees exactly
where he has erred when he
eats a big piece Of pie or
cake not on his schedule.
Without the chart, he is
reduced to counting the
holes in his belt, and this is
not the best way.
Keep q chart, even if a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
Grateful to Police
w. s. H., Jr.

On the night Of July 80,
as a victim Of an armed rob-
berry at a Hunt place NE.
liquor store, I faced the point
Of a gun for what seemed to
be an eternity.
While the impact Of this
narrowing experience and its
after effects are now slowly
diminishing, I become in
creasingly aware of the COM
mendable work done by the
Police Department in the
handling of this case.
It is an astonishing fact
that within IL or Is minutes
after I had first notified the
14th precinct, Officers Howard
Shorter and Merlin Howard,
operating a patrol car out of
the 18th precinct, had al
ready been at the scene and
Immediately thereafter ap-
pretended two of the three
participants in the crime.
My sincere gratitude and
praise goes to every single
member of the police force
who in any way contributed
towards the excellent work
and results achieved.
1t should be a comforting
reinsurance to our commu-
nifty to realize that its well
fare is in the hands of such
capable men, dedicated to
their duties and their respon-
sibilities.
Julia Treger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
London Impressions

London newspaper readers are dis
covering the new Eisenhower" and
under circumstances which suggest that
the free flow of ideas and accurate in
formation poses as much of problem
between friends as between enemies. g
In the case of the Communist
countries, one can always blame the
Iron Curtain. But there is no Iron Cur
tain blocking communications between
Washington and London, and vice versa,
although there are times when it seem.
as though there must be.
For example, the people in Lon
don are reading about the staggering
change in Eisenhower" Pursuing this
theme, the Daily Mail tells its readers
that "the sick man leaning away from
leadership has become the keen-eyed
with anything" The trouble with this
is that it substitutes one extreme for
another. Londoners who have been fed
a journalistic diet about tired, ailing,
weak President suddenly are discover
ing that he is Superman. Let us hope
that they don't expect miracles from
Mr.. Eisenhower when Mr.. Khrushchev
comes to visit him.
The Daily Express, with some f.
100000 circulation, is another case in
point. 1t tells its readers that Dwight
D. Eisenhower is a changed man. And
the Express goes on: make no mis-
take-the President is in full charge,
and John Foster Dulles would be shock
ed into disbelief If he were alive to see
what is happening"
The trouble with this, or at least
with the implication, is that it isn't
true. The President Is playing a strong
personal role in the planning for the
Khrushchev visit. But he is still the
same man. And Mr.. Dulles would not
be shocked into disbelief, or shocked at
all, if he were alive to see what is hap
pening. What is happening had been
discussed between the President and
Mr.. Dulles, and the latter had recog-
nized that, other methods failing, the
kind of personal diplomacy which now
is being initiated might well become
necessary.
None Of this is said in a holier-
than-thou spirit. We have no doubt
that the press in this country fire.
quently is guilty of distorting and mis-
interpreting the London scene. The
more effectively this gap of articulate
ignorance can be bridged, however, the
better 1t will be for both countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

that and said, in effect. Sweetheart,
you win"
Here is something that augurs well
for the welded future Of Steven and
Anne-Marie. Happy marriages require
lots Of things, but one Of the key Sc
crets is the husbands readiness to yield
ground to the wife on matters that have
to do with her hearts desire, and which
are not Of any great Importance any
how. The Governors son, quite obvi-
ously, is getting on on the right foot
after a false start on the wrong one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

place. so that only the radia-
ton from a very thin surface
layer Is observable from I'm
air"
A great deal already has
been learned. with worldwide
application, the Navy physi-
cists report. II has been re-
vealed, for example, that oil
sticks left in the wake Of ships
alter the wave structure suf-
flciently improve the re-
fiectivity Of the surface where
the Sticks occur, enabling
these surfaces to reflect more
radiation from the sky. Thus
these sticks appear colder, in
general, than the surrounding
water. This might reveal re-
cent passage Of enemy ships.
The radiometer also has
shown that isolated clouds
catsing shadows on the water
in daytime produce colder
areas while the same clouds
at night produce warmer
areas. The opacity Of the
clouds in daylight acts as q
shield against incoming radi-
alton from the sun and SINH
larry against reradiation to
the cold sky at night. When
these clouds drift on they
leave detachable warmer or
colder patches on the water.
Currents Radiate
So-called cats paws
water surfaces which have
been ruffled by the wind
are different automatically
from the surrounding sea,
due to such variables as cloud
cover, time Of day and abso-
lutte humidity.
Finally, according to the
report, many local ocean cur
rents are identifiable because
their radiations are slightly
different from those of the
surrounding sea. It is easy,
for example, to plot the edges
Of the Gulf Stream. In some
cases it is possible to trace
the flow Of land rivers into
the oceans.
Admittedly. say the Navy
physicists, they are barely at
the threshold of this great
field of Investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
Censorinq Mail

Much has been written
lately concerning obscene
material being mailed to and
read" by children. This prop
uganda seems to stem from
the same source which tried
to Danish Lady Chatterley's
Lover, a highly informative
book. and other books GER
tainly not read by children.
Most delivered mail is
opened by adult members of
the family. and anything
Objectionable is destroyed.
Let postal authorities con-
-centrate on providing better
mail service at lower cost and
let public opinion handle the
social problems of mail, if
any Yist.
NvernOn C. Hessick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Some Light Shed on Seas Skin

The sea has q radiant skin.
This Is O film Of water less
than q thousandth Of an inch
thick which shines" with in
visible infra-red. or BLACK"
light.
Very slight variations in
the spectrum Of this light re-
veal minute differences In
water temperatures which,
in turn. can be used to trace
the course Of great marine
rivers like the Gulf Stream
and to locate various specific
ocean areas.
This skin radiation Is be-
ing measured over large re-
gions by Naval Research
Laboratory scientists using q
two-ton radiometer (radia-
ton measurer) carried about
1000 feet above the surface
on Navy airships. Thus is
obtained q continuous radia-
ton picture Of an entire
ocean. The apparatus. de-
signed by the Navy scientists.
now is being used in flights
over the North Atlantic and
the Gulf Of Mexico. -
Operation Described
The principles of the oper-
alton are described by Drs.
c. F. Bieber and H. L. Clark
Of the laboratory staff in
q report Just issued by the
Once of Naval Research:
"All objects whose tempera-
ture is higher than absolute
zero (-460 F. emit radia-
ton, the spectrum of which
depends on the temperature
Of the objects. The sea is es-
sentially a black body or
perfect radiator with its max
imum output in the wave
length region between 8 and
Is microns part of the black
light region, depending on
the water temperature.
Fortunately the radiation
Of the sea is transmitted very
well by the atmosphere. I'm
der average conditions, about
80 per cent Of this radiation
is transmitted. Liquid water
is a strong absorber of this
kind Of radiation. Almost
complete absorption takes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17
Target Recognition

Regarding your editorial of
August 10, "Unneeded Gadg-
et," what gives? Is The Star
so anxious to make a joke
that it will distort the real
meaning Of things to do so?
Is it funny that the Army has
a radar that can distinguish
between a man and q woman?
The Army must recognize
many different targets, even
when they can't be seen. The
differences between a man
and q woman, great as they
appear to US humans, are
small compared to the
differences between tanks,
trucks, planes, guns. ships.
and marching men. Surely q
radar which can distinguish
between a man and a woman
can identify objects with
greater differences. Doesn't
The Star know about the
military Importance Of target
recognition?
w g II II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

A. This frog is Dendrobates
auratus, usually called the
Panamian Poison Frog. It is
a small, one-inch, colorful
species, which lives in the
forests of northern South
America and on up into parts
of Central America. Its color
is black with prominent
markings of pale gray-green
or gold-green. Hunters use
arrows or darts dipped into
the poison skin secretion of
this frog.
@. What Inca city, hidden
on a mountain top, was never
found by the Spaniards?-
r. Y.
A. This was Machu Picchu,
the ancient Inca capital,
which lies some 5000 feet
above sea level in the noun
tains of Peru. In 1911 its
jungle-covered ruins were
finally discovered by Prof.
Hiram Bingham of Yale
University. The story Of the
city's discovery and clearing
may be found in various is
sues of the magazine Of the
National Geographic Society,
which with Yale University
backed three expeditions
which Prof. Bingham led to
the now-famous site. = :
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Questions and Answers
Rx THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

It was a shock to me. and
I believe it was to the aver
age citizen, when our Presi-
dent gave out the news that
he had invited a criminal like
Khrushchev to becomR q
guest Of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-17

@. Please describe the poi
son frog Of South America
w. s. Il
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-06-25

CARLISLE - Carlisle grange
were guests of Kennonsburg
grange Monday evening, June Is.
A literary program was present
ed by the Carlisle lecturer, Mrs.
Anita Crum as follows: opening
song Old Glory; reading by Ed
win Crum (said the farmer to
his faithful mule); Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Archer (talking act)
song by Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley
Thompson and Mrs. Mabel Hes
son; accompanied by Mrs. Len
ley Adds; piano solo by Miss
Shila Thompson (marine hymn ;
jokes by Rayner Schehl and
Jerry Hupp; quiz by Anita
Crum; play by Lenley Adds,
Mabel Hesson, Betty Archer,
Ruby Leasure, Sadie Hupp and
Bernetta Schehl; closing song,
Bless Be the Tie That Binds.
After the program pot luck
supper was served by the Ken
nonsburg grange.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer HeWett,
of Chicago, Ill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Sorg and children, of Co
lumbus, spent the weekend with
their porents, Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Warner.
Mrs. Emma Ritterbeck spent
the weekend with her daugh-
ter, Mr., and Mrs. Willis Rath
and son, Rudy, of GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Houston, of
Columbus, Freddie, Becky and
Carla Spence, of Caldwell, visit
ed Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
Bertha Horton and Mrs. Cert
rude Kuhn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Orr, of
Byesville, have announced the
birth of daughter born June
18th. Grandparents here are Mr..
and Mrs. Wayne Mallett and
great-grandmother, Mrs. Eva
Schehl.
Mrs. Loretta Hesson, Mrs.
Emma Ritterpeck and Mrs. Cora
Jones were shopping in Cald-
well, Wednesday.
Bert Miracle visited Saturday
evening with his brother, Floyd
Miracle, of Stafford.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-06-25
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MIDDLEBURG

MIDDLEBURG - Mrs. Bessie
Eichhorn and Rev. and Mrs. Len
ley Adds and son attended
Grange Monday evening at Ken
nonsburg.
Jackie Antill spent Monday and
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Antill and family, of Macksburg.
Felix Arnold was caller at
Marietta, Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Arnold Wis
tied Tuesday evening with Mrs.
Ida Brown and family.
Mrs. Laurie Hartman and
daughter, Betty, visited Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. Eliza
beth Morrison and family.
Mrs. Beulah Hesson of Macks-
burg spent Friday with Alex Bett-
niger and Bobby.
Mrs. Bertha Hayes spent last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Morrison and girls of near South
Olive.
Charles Morrison spent the
weekend at Barberton.
Miss Nancy Hayes, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Hayes, became
the bride of James Wells Satur-
day evening. They were married
at the brides home by Rev. Len
ley Adds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Arnold and
family, of near Lowell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Woody Pitcher and children
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norbert Gerst and family.
Charles Mitchell was a caller at
GAINESVILLE, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell
were callers at Wheeling, w. Va,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clark
visited Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Fleeman of
Dungannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Arnold and
Joseph Arnold were callers at
Caldwell, Monday.