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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
Highway Through MY House
BY COLT HENDLEY, Jr.
Stor StoH Writer

1T ALL BEGAN one day
when my wife found a
strange man sitting on our
front porch, just looking
around.
She asked him what he
wanted. He said he was from
the Montgomery County
public works department and
wanted to buy our house SO
a new street could be con-
Structed.
We were living at GIL
Gist avenue in old Silver
Spring. That happened to be
right in the middle of the
proposed extension of Fen
ton street south to make
connection with State high
way 40. 1t was and Still is
a much-needed project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
A 'NiIIoin' Appeors

For the next 49, months,
we lived in a turmoil of m-
certainty. negotiations. APP
praisers, lawyers, house hunt
ing. subpoenas and settle
mentS. Our third child also
was born.
We learned to deteSt the
right-of-way agent whose
Job it was to get our house
away from us at a price ad-
vantageous to the county.
Quite unfairly. I suppose.
we came to look upon him
as the villain. and ourselves
as poor -but-honest folks OPP
pressed by tyrannical politi-
clans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24

He told us the project was
urgent.
We cancelled our vacation.
We started worrying about
how much we should ask
and how much we would get.
We worried about finding
another house. The neigh
bors joined in, frequently and
loudly. Two other houses
were slated for immediate
condemnation also. In all.
some l8 houses in the neigh
borhood were to be involved.
The right-of-way agent ex-
planned that the county would
get an appraiser to set the
value. He discussed at length
his views on how these things
worked out. His views, l soon
discovered, would have me in
the poorhouse before fall.
Our first meeting settled
mostly that we were going
to differ on a lot of things.
An appraiser did come.
And then back came the vii
lain"
He Might as Well Sign
1t seemed the appraiser
had set a valuation of about
$l3.75O. as l recall. It also
seemed that the county never
paid more than the appraised
value, and 1 might as we'll
sign now and get it over with.
But. there was a problem
my problem.
1 had bought the house
less than three years earlier,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24

second fiTeploce in living room, double
corport. ond custom designed kitchen
omong nlony other builder -orchitect feo-
lures. A tremendous omouns OF house
TOR the money. Drive out Old Dominion
Drive almost to Mcleon left OF sions
S24, 600 : sas Nj W 's ss. asG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
TREM EN- DOUS

"a styles ore ovoilobIe in our bi-Ievel
design. with over $500 50. f. Of OR
conditioned living spoce. You con buy
5-bedroom home now. espond TO 4, s,
or even 6 bedrooms. ; full boths, poneled
tomily room room with fireplace ond
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Soft-CouI Miners
Add s. Million
To UNIV Funds
Nv the Annotated Pres

A special assessment on soft
coal miners is replenishing the
treasury Of the United Mine
Workers Union to the tune Of
about 50 million.
The assessment runs $40 for
each working miner who Is q
member of the UNIV In the
bituminous coal industry. It
applies at the rate Of $5 for
each Of four two-week pay
periods in May and June.
The UNIV executive board.
in voting the assessment. said
extra funds are needed because
Of heavy litigation against the
union and expenses In connec-
ton with UNIV troubles In
seeking to get baking East
Kentucky mine operators to
accept the new soft coal labor
contract.
The new contract was made
effective earlier this year. Sim
liar $20-per-miner assessments
have been levied by the UNIV
after successfully negotiating
new contracts In the past.
The So million estimated yield
from the new assessment u
calculated on the basis Of about
10000 working UNIV member
lin soft coal. Pensioned miners
are exempt and those unem'
ployed are expected to pay thu
levy when returned to min'
Jobs.
Evening star., 1959-06-18

DETROIT, June 1S lAP).-
The first United States space
man will decide for himself
whether to make an early land
ing or keep going in space for
"a hours.
Wilson H. Hunter. assistant
to the director Of the National
Aeronautics and Space Agency,
says the spaceman will be
strictly on his own after he is
launched into satellite orbit
from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Mr.. Hunter described project
Mercury" In q speech to the
second annual industry, missile
and space conference which
closed here yesterday.
The spaceman will be fred
into orbit in q special capsule
atop q modified Atlas-launched
ballistic missile in q north
easterly direction so that his
third passage around the earth
will extend southeast along the
Atlantic missile range. On this
third trip, the pilot can come
home for an early landing In
four and q half hours II he Sc
elects.
II he chooses to continue
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Astronout Will Decide
Space Flights Length

the Mercury Astronaut can
complete Is orbits and return
to this same sector Of water in
"a hours, hoping he lands IN
the lap Of the Navy.
Mr.. Hunter said that after
this period the astronaut could
land anywhere in the capsule,
but whether he'd ever be found
is another question"
Mr.. Hunter said Project Mer-
cury's plan rlude the firing
of experiment. Atlas and Lit
tie Joe missiles this year. After
that, ct least eight Redstone
missiles, one or more Of them
manned, would be launched.
The next procedure includes
the firing Of several Jupiter-C
type missiles to test the space
capsule at speeds much higher
than the Redstone can attain.
No manned flights in the
Jupiter are contemplated at
this time.
mo effort is being spared, ="
Mr.. Hunter said. ITO provide q
buildup Of experience and re-
liability until the first manned
orbital flight will involve no
greater risk than that faced
routinely by test pilots"
Evening star., 1959-06-18
US. Seen Getting
Man on Moon
In Ten Years

LOS ANGELES, June Is
(AP)-Hope that the United
States may be able to place q
man on the surface Of the
moon within 10 years was
voiced yesterday by DR.. Homer
J..Stewart. director Of PLAN
ming for the National Aero
nautics and Space Administers
ton.
Large Tv-relay and weather
observation satellites probably
viii be placed In orbit around
the earth In the same decade,
DR.. Stewart told the Institute
of Aeronautical Sciences.
I'VE have looked ahead and
concluded that these goals
appear attainahle II suf1cient
resources are applied to the
problem" he said.
Placing Q man on the sur
face Of the moon-with assur-
ance Of return is perhaps
marginally achievable. A use
full, manned exploration Of the
nearby planets Is not attain
able. even with the greatest
effort. In this interval"
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Spunish Reds
Flop Completely
In Strike Coll

MADRID, SPAIN. June 10
Spanish Communists failed
miserably today In their at
tempt to stage 8 2l-hcuf gen.
|eral strike in protest against
the regime of 0eneraiissimo
Francisco Franco.
Reports from labor centers
throughout the nation showed
even less absentes from work
than normally. Police head
quarters had no indications Of
any incidents M to noon.
Evening star., 1959-06-18

Nine United States scientists
will attend Geneva technical
talks starting Monday on how
to detect high altitude nuclear
explosions. l1sz...s
The American panel win be
led by DR.. Wolfgang x. H.
Panofsky, an experimental
physicist who heads the high
energy physics laboratory at
Stanford University.
Detection Important
The scientists win assemble
with British and Soviet scien-
fists in Geneva as Q result OF
Russian agreement to Presi-
dent Eisenhower's proposal for
"a study on how to detect nu-
clear explosions high up In
space--for instance more than
80 miles above the earth.
The question Of detecting
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Subcommittee Screen
Civil Rights Provisions

time. However, the admins
tration has put forth other
civil rights proposals and Sen
ate Democratic Leader johnson
has listed civil rights among
legislation to be acted on BY
Congress before II adjourns.
The bin approved by the
House committee is expected to
face sitter opposition in the
parent judiciary Committee.
where Southerners have great
er proportionate strength. Yes
terday's vote in the closed ses-
sion was not announced.
Other Provisions
In addition to the court In
junction provision. the bill
would:
Make 1t q felony to cross
State lines to avoid prosecu-
ton for bombtngs Of schools
and churches.
Require State election ON
cials to preserve election rec
ordk and make them available
to Federal authorities. Viola.
tions would be subject to crimi-
nal penalties.
Extend for two years the life
lot the Federal Civil Rights
Commission, now scheduled u
expire next fall,
Establish q commission tc
push the enforcement Of Fed
eral regulations banning d.
scrirnination because Of race
creed or national origin In en-
|ploynent for Government con-
tracts and otherwise work
against discrimination in EN-.
ployment.
Provide for the education Of
children Of servicemen where
State public schools have beer
closed because Of desegregatior
orders. Federal grants anc
technical assistance would bt
made available to help State
and local agencies carry out
desegregation.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Scientists to Attend
Atom-D Detection ToIks

high altitude blasts 10 con-
sidered important by the West
ern powers. During lengthy
negotiations on stopping atomic
testing. they have insisted that
. means Of spotting any viola
tor Is needed in any agreement
with the Russians TO halt the
tests.
So far little Is known about
detecting explosions above the
earth's atmosphere. A some
what similar problem exists
concerning underground blasts
A report by American ex-
|perts recently indicated under
ground shots can be concealed.
The Reds 80 far have refused
to join In q scientific study OF
underground explosions.
Scientists Named
In addition to Dr.. Panofsky,
scientists named BY the State
Department for the high al
titude technical discussions
are:
DR.. Sterling Colgate. ply
sicist, Lawrence Radiation Lab
oratory, University Of Cali
forflia.
DR.. Allen =. Donovan, aero
nautical engineer. director Of
the Astrovehicles Laboratory,
Space Technology Laboratory,
Los Angeles.
DR.. Allen Graves, physicist,
Lawrence Radiation Labora-
tory.
Spurgeon Keeny, jr., tech
nical assistant to President Ell
senhower's adviser.
Or. Richard Latter, theoret.
ical physicist. chief Of the
physics division, Rand Corp.
Santa Monica. Calf.
Col. Dent L. Lay, assistant
director Of the technical op.
erations division Of the Defenst
Departments Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency.
DR.. Allen M. Peterson. ex-
perimental physicist. head oi
the propagation laboratory
Stanford Research Institute
Menio Park, Calf.
DR.. Kenneth M. Watson
theoretical physicist. physics
professor at the University o
| California.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Cold War
PIun Studied
BySenutors
3, ths As.eelatea Pres.

Representa- tive Herlong.
Democrat Of Florida, contends
that q small investment to train
Americans In the science OF
combating communism even-
tually would save billions In
defense costs.
Mr.. Herlong went before the
Senate Internal Security Sub
committee yesterday to support
legislation that would establish
two new institutions to prepare
q cold war offense against COM
munism. One would be q free
dom commission within the
Government, the other a free
dom academy school to edu-
cate private citizens and Gov
ernment personnel in the best
ways to fight communism.
Academy graduates would or
ganize anti Communist cam.
paigns In this country and
abroad through demonstrations
LITERATURE. education and
preaching free world gospel.
Mr.. Herlong and Represen-
tatiye Judd. Republican Of Min
nesota, have introduced legis-
lation in the House to create
the commission and academy
Senators Mundt, Republican Of
South Dakota. and Douglas
Democrat Of Illinois, have spon-
sored an identical measure nov
before the Senate subcommit-
tee. The bills were drafted b.
o Florida group called the Or
lando Committee for the Free.
dom Academy.
Alan @. Grant, jr., an Or.
lando lawyer. told the subcom.
mittee the group had found
"our educational system wa
being run as though the Soviet
challenge did not exist"
DR.. Charles Wesley Lowry
Of Washington, chairman Of thu
Foundation for Religious Ac.
ton in the Social and 'Civi
Order. also supported the pro-
posals.
Evening star., 1959-06-18


Iork to Los Angeles in 70 min
lles or from London TO New
Xprk in 80 minutes.
A jetliner passenger, flying
1900 miles per hour, who
|fhyes London at II am. after
pfeakfast. arrives in New York
40 $40 am. In time for an
nfher breakfast, and tuoch
iown In Los Angeles at 7:45
Nm. for o third breakfast.
Then II he Is In o hurry. he
c6uld turn around. leave Los
Angeles at Q am. and be back
in London at 9:45 pm. the
s&ine day. No. not for break
tnst. Dinner.
No Fantasy, Experts Say
Sound phenomenal?
Not SO, say DR.. Robin Jami-
IN Of Englande Bristol-Sid-
dlley Engines Ltd. and Hall L
Wbbard. senior vice president
~ Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
In separate talks scheduled
kffore the Institute Of Aero.
tiNntical Sciences here today
they say supersonic passenger
planes are far removed from
the area Of fantasy,
DR.. Jamison. chief Of HI
company's ramjet department
SAID his conception Of o $50.
Messenger plane that woult
bntn the United States in n
minutes could be built with to
0at's engineering know-how.
The plane. he said, would b
poRered by turbojet engines
ned on today's Jet transport
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Knights to Celebrate

A dinner-dance celebrating
the 95th anniversary Of Frank
lin Lodge No. 2, knights Of
Pythias. Oldest chapter in the
Pythian order, win be held at
1880 pm. Saturday at the
Washington Motel, Gathers
burg, Md.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
By ths Associated Press

Efforts to give the Attorney
General broader power 70 bring
civil rights suits lost ground In
the Senate yesterday, but
gained in the House.
The actions came Is Judiciary
&ibcommittees Of the two
smbers began separately
ftAving together, accepting or
ktIectine the many civil rights
Ifoposals. Both actions face
tough opposition when and II
fhey reach the parent judiciary
committees and the House and
Senate floors.
The House subcommittee
voted its approval Of q new bill
to broaden the 1857 Civil
Rights Act generally. Among
other things. 1t would extend
the Attorney Generals au-
thority to use civil rights suits
TO enforce school deseeregation
and civil rights In general.
Also. the bin would make It
o Federal crime TO interfere by
force. threats or corruption
WIN court desesregation deci-
GI0ns.
Injunctions Limited
The use Of injunction suits
u the Attorney General Is
1fited TO voting rights cases
under the 1857 law.
The Senate subcommittee
voted SIS to kin all proposals
that would empower the At
torney General to use injunc-
ton suits to enforce civil rights
In other fields. :
While the House subcommit-
tee completed action on its
bill, there was no indication
how soon the Senate group
would finish its job. Only the
Injunction suit proposals were
considered Yesterday and
chairman Henninss. Democrat
N1 Missouri. said anothef meet
i1e win not be called untl the
mate disposes Of the contro-
geTsy over Lewis L. Strauss
lcmination as Secretary Of
Nommerce.
Drop Injunction Move
Efforts were made two years
aeo. with support Of the Ei-
seilhower administration, ID
extend the injunction authority
to civil rights generally, but
this was defeated In 9 bitter
Senate battle.
This year, the administra-
ton dropped Its advocacy OF
this power. Attorney General
Rogers said he felt 1t might dc
more harm than good at this
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Election Ends Session
OF VIRGINIA -AFL-CIO

RICHMOND, June i8 (AP -
The annual State AFL-CIO
convention ended yesterday with
final committee reports and the
election Of officers and executive
board members.
The to.' three officials were
nominated without opposition
for two-year terms and thus
were elected. They are Harold
B. Boyd. president; Julian
Carper, vice president. and
Brewster Snow. secretary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Cubo Buying Boats

HAVANA, June Is (AP).-
The Cuban treasury has ap-
propriated $9.9 million for the
purchase Of IS coast guard cut
ters and three motor torpedo
boats for the Cuban Navy. The
announcement did not indicate
where the vessels would be pur-
chased.
Evening star., 1959-06-18

and ramjet engines now found
only In missiles.
A combination Of eight or
four engines of the two types.
he said, would be built into a
delta-wing air frame made Of
steel. Il ,4
such an aircraft" said DR..
Jamison. .'offers o threefold
increase over present day
speeds and could be built with
in the scope Of existing engi-
neering techniques."
Increase In Speed
Developed even further. he
said, the planes speeds could
be boosted to q range between
four and i've times that Of
sound. Initially. the plane,
could have q range Of $500
miles and q payload Of 27.000
pounds. It would take on on
turbojet power, then switch
over to ramjets at 10000 to
rs, 900 feet, he said.
Mr.. Hibbard. whose concep-
ton Of the supersonic airliner
differed only slightly from DR..
Jamison's, also predicted the
plane would be o delta-wing
craft.
He said tests show. however.
that q smaller plane carrying
90 passengers had these ad-
vantages over the larger ones:
less time spent on the ground
for aeryicing. more schedule
frequency, less noise and main
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Fire Losses Drop

NEW YORK, June 10 (AP).
The National Board Of Fire
Underwriters estimated today
that May fire losses on insured
and uninsured p r o per I y
throughout the country totaled
ssl, ,597, ,oO0-a decrease Of a.
per cent from May L 1888.
losses. 81
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Compromise
Wheat Bill
Goes 10 House
py ths A.soelatsd Prem

The Senate stamped approval
last night on Q compromise
wheat bill that would boost
Government price supports but
reduce the planting eligible
for them.
Action came on q voice vote
at midnight ct the end Of o
long night session largely de-
voted to other matters.
The compromise between diff
fering Senate and House wheat
plans now goes to the House
for indicated final approval
President Opposed
President Eisenhower indi-
Gated at his news conference
yesterday he and Secretary Of
Agriculture Benson are op-
posed to raising price supports
In any kind Of q formula be
cause we Just believe it's not
good for the farming industry
or for the country"
Chairman Ellender, Democrat
lof Louisiana, Of the Senate
Agriculture Committee won
Senate approval Of the compro-
mise as he predicted 1t could
Icut surplus production Of the
bread grain by $50 million tc
800 million bushels.
Farmers to get price supports
of 80 per cent Of parity-about
$50 Q bushel--would be re-
quired to reduce their shares
lof the IS million acre national
Iallotments by 20 per cent or ar
Iestimated II million acres.
Senator Aiken, Republican oi
Vermont. said he was unable u
Join in the compromise because
1t would boost the price o.
wheat about IL cents a bushe
lat q time when world pricel
are downward and other coun,
tries are increasing production.
Limit Is Criticized
He said wheat farmers woult
be better OF II they retained
their present ailotments anC
offered price supports Of z!
per cent Of parity or about
$l.7o q bushel.
Senator Aiken also criticized
q $35.000 limit on wheat sup.
ports to any one producer. say.
ing that similar limits woult
not apply to cotton, corn, TO-
bacco. peanut. rice and othel
producers Of crops under sup
,, ports.
Senator Ellender pointed on
that farmers who avoided pro
duction or grazing on the di.
. verted wheat land could col
lect one-third Of their averag,
wheat yield from surplus Gov
ernment stocks.
} Senator Aiken said that in
stead they probably woult
) plant oats. rye. barley or othe
!. livestock feed grains and adj
to the overall surpluses.
Evening star., 1959-06-18

time when the embryo brain Is
developing can cause brain
damage. DR.. Morgan added.
Similarly, damage to arms or
legs can result II the fetug Is
at the stage where its arm or
leg ebudss are besinninz to
appear.
In general. DR.. Morgan said
q vast reduction In radiation
danger can be effected simply
''by removing all radiation
sources that do not produce any
benefits. "Shoe-f fitting machines
are an example. he said, but
sets rs they are made In the
United States are harmless
despite the fact that all TV
screens give Oh . sort Of low
power x-ray..
The health physicist ex-
pressed the belief that 1t Is
still too early TO evaluate the
sc-called '.genetic ELECTS Of
radiation. he pointed out that
there has always been back
ground radiation with which
the human race has lived since
its beginning. Increased fadia-
tion from x-rays and latterly
from failout has been 3 phe.
nomenon Of this century.
II feel that flrst- iieration
effects cannot properly be con-
sidered genetic .Dr Morgan
said. Even when the sperm or
oyum Is ifradiated. you are
dealing with q fairly well de-
Veloped thing
Genetic effects. he explained.
will be noticed after q longer
Iperiod Of time when it turns
out that generation after gen.
eration carries the same de-
fleets or characteristics,s
Evening star., 1959-06-18
2,OOO-MPH AirIiners
Predicted for Future

LOS ANGELES June 10 tAPl-Two aviation experts.
oking into the notdistant future predict hourly trans
influential service and dining room dilemma for commercial
1Ssengers Of 1865.
This Is what they
Evening star., 1959-06-18
.x-Roys, Not 'FoII-O -Out.
Held Present Danger

Morgan advised getting q med
ical consensus - rather than
the Recommendation Of Just one
doctor - before x-rays are
taken. especially abdominal X
rays Of expectant mothers.
"Rapidly growing tissue is
the easiest killed by radiation"
DR.. Morgan said. He explained
that this Is the secret Of x-fay's
therapeutic use against can
cerous tissue. which Is made up
of runaway cells" unfoftu-
nateiy. he said. radiation works
also against tissues - such as
fetal or infatils organs which
is growing In an orderly man
|ner. @kt 4
Evening star., 1959-06-18
3O% Or More Cut

Improved X-ray practice. Or.
Morgan asserted, can reduce
radiation exposure by 80 per
cent or more.
Special care should be taken
to minimize the amount Of x
ray exposure Of pregnant wom-
en- and growing children. he
said. Asked for q rule Of thumb
on X-rays IN these cases. DR..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-03
Chang, Nearing II,
Asks No Parties

TAIPEI, FormoSa, Oct. 3
(AP).-President Chang Kali
shek has called upon his coun-
trymen to refrain from cele-
brating his birthday October 81
The Chinese Nationalist lead
er will be 70 by Western reck-
oning, but 70 by Chinese calcu-
lation. He suggested anyone
planning parties on his birth
day donate the money for flood
relief instead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-03
Student Loon Unit
Gets New Director

John F. Morse, on leave as
vice president of Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute, has been
appointed chief of the student
loan program, the Department
of Health, Education and We'll
fare has announced.
Mr.. Morse, a graduate of
Yale University. succeeds Peter
P. Muirhead, now director of
the financial aid branch of the
Office of Education's division
of higher education. The stu
dent loan program has provided
$60.5 million to 1870 colleges
and universities in so States
the District and Puerto Rice
since last February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-03

workers negotiating team,
headed by President David j.
Mcdonald. showed up 20 min
utes after the scheduled 10 am.
starting time.
Reliable sources in the in
dustry say Mr.. Mcdonald has
been told he can have an an
nual Scent hourly pay package
increase in a contract which
contains language permitting
management more control over
working schedules. seniority
arrangements and other work.
ing conditions.
The reported Scent package
apparently would be split up in
welfare and pension benefits
the first year of a two-year
agreement and then be applied
to a pay increase in the second
lyear.
The company suggestion, APP
parently not submitted yet as