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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
THE PASSING SHOW
The Flood Come,
And Greg Left

Charming. 1t had many ele-
ments. the touching. tender,
tragic and very. very funny.
Fitzgerald is a complex char
acter as well as a fascinat-
ing one. What went wrong
with him as fate's fair-haired
boy? What made him an
alcoholic? And his marriage
such a dramatic failure?"
On the problems Of being
and actor : producer: MY
main one is out in the wide
open, that of The Big Coun-
try. and my difference Of
opinion with Willie Wyler,
the director. He's still one of
my greatest admirations, but
this was a big difference be-
tween us.
Il may be generalizing,
who doesn't. but I think di-
rectors sometimes see pic
lures too much as merely
beautiful pictures, dramatic
photography. Actors, on the
other hand think of them
as dealing primarily with
human beings, characters.
Today's best pictures, which
are very good. are best be-
cause they bother to peel
back the people in them until
some vein of truth about
them is exposed to the rec
ignition of other human be-
ings who are the movie audi
ence. 1t seems that simple to
me-"
He Edits Now
Mr.. Peck, who got no
chance to participate in the
cutting, or editing. Of THE
Big Country" was in on
every foot of the job in the
case of Pork Chop Hill"
That will be standard prac-
tice on future Melville pro-
auctions, one gathers.
On actresses: Audrey
Hepburn? She's wonder
full" he says. IAN amazing
girl, really. She can do any,
thing, without effort, and
with a genius technique for
what seems like a childlike
need to express. 1t was in
stantly evident in Roman
Holiday that she leaped COM
pletely and easily across the
space that lies between no
experience and deserved star
dom.
AVA Gardner? She's a
complicated girl, I gather,
from her troubles with the
press. We get along just fine.
We have a perfect working
relationship. The Australian
press seemed to never stop
working her over when we
were doing ON the Beach
but it never made itself felt
in our work on the film"
On his way of life: 1T
couldn't be happier. We have
a large house, we need a large
house with three children of
my first marriage and two
more since ! married Veroni-
que. All seven of us occupy
the house and do a pretty
good job of occupying the
surrounding two acres. We
make a congenial lot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
FLICKER FLAsHBACKs
Gurbo Still Packs EN- In

film capital were reluctant
and suspicious.
First they thought we
wanted free prints of valu-
able commercial properties"
said Grifhth. "And then a
lot Of them had the idea
that being in a museum was
like being dead"
Mary Started Things
The doors opened a crack,
however. after Mary Pickford
gave a dinner for industry
bigwigs at Pickfair, followed
by a screening of choice
and almost forgotten film
excerpts.
Arrangements were made
so the Museum could make
a print of available and de-
sired films. Donations of old
film started coming in from
attics, cellars and other I'M
likely storage spots all over
the country. 1.-THE Execution
of Mary Queen of Scots" was
rescued from a garbage can,
spotted with tobacco juice.
Today the library has a COL
lection of important Amer
lean and European film,
much of 1t available for
circulation to educational
groups.
Lillian Shuns Blossoms"
Occasionally a professional
will request that a special
film be run off.
The Gish sisters, Dorothy
and Lillian, are supporters
Of the library, but Lillian
will never come near a rerun
Of Broken Blossoms" which
she made in 1919 with Rich
ard Barthelmess. The au-
dience is invariably gripped
with compulsive laughter
although the film was def
initely not a comedy.
Except for some very early
pictures, and 1.-THE Tanning
of the Shrew" made with
Fairbanks in 1929, the MI
scum has been unable to get
hold of any of Mary Pick
ford's films.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
BY JAY CARMoDY

: Over coffee with Gregory
: Peck the other morning, we
suddenly remembered the adj
rnohition Of one Of the great
editors who bothered to adj
wise us In our novitiate days.
Never leave a story dang-
ling" he said. Get the end
ing even il it takes years.
So we asked Mr.. Peck:
whatever happened to you
and your house in that Man
deville Canyon flood back
there in January. 1856? We
were down the canyon q bit
at that time and everybody
kept saying what a rotten
time you were having"
Mr.. Peck laughed. Il
guess" he began. II haven't
thought Of that since the day
after the food. But it's a kind
of funny story at that. / was
living alone in that Mande-
vile Canyon house. which I
had rented and had furnish
sed with some stuff that APP
( proximated junk.
Furniture Aiioat
well. when the floods
came, I made sure that the
horses I had out there were
safe. Then, / gave a thought
to digging a trench to carry
the water around the house.
1t didn't take long for that to
look futile. so / got to think
5 ing that since ] had to be at
ssthe studio at 7 am. that day,
sI'd get a few hours sleep. !
went to bed.
Z "At 6 when ] woke up, /
went down stairs. saw the
: furniture floating around the
; living room, waded outside,
found the car and drove to
the studio. You know. and
this is the funny thing, I
never went back to the place.
Il checked with the owner
later, learned he had made
sout Just fine on the insur-
4ance, and that was that"
! Mr.. Peck made it sound
like the only sensible thing
to do in a California flood.
After that start. the CON-
5versation bobbed about much
as the Peck furniture must
-have been doing that morn
ing after the flood. 1t COW
cred a wide range Of sub
jects, on all of which the
actor spoke with the quiet
good sense of those quiet
men he plays.
Cary Called First
On comedy: Eyes, of course,
I'd like to get into this sort
Of role again. I played a lot
of it before I went to Holly
wood, And a bit afterward,
too. The last comedy I made
was Designing Woman" with
Lauren Bacall. Sure. I en-
joyed it. But when a pro-
dueer has a comedy idea
these days. he calls Cary
Grant. If Cary's busy, he
turns to Jack Lemon"
On being a producer, as in
his partnership in Melville
productions which did Pork
Chop HILL" Peck's current
starrer: I'm not committed
to our own productions. When
we have nothing, as now we
have nothing on tap. I'll do
anything that appeals to me
for anybody. I just made
On the Beach with Stanley
Kramer in Australia.
I'm about to do Sheilah
Graham's Beloved Infldel.'
You've read it, of course. It's
a tough script job, whose
main point will be the educa-
ton of Sheilah, a London
oprhan slavey. who became a
playmate Of the London aris-
tocracy, and later became
quite a person under the
tutelage of F. Scott Fitz-
gerald; Deborah Kerr will be
!. Sheilah. No, I didn't see
Jason Richards portrait of
Fitzgerald in The Disen-
chanted.'
/. tits not an easy book to
. adapt, for all it's easy look
Of Cinderella and Prince
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

Ralph Bellamy eSchewed any attempt at
physical likeness in creating his role of
Campobello," but he has captured close re-
Semblance in spirit and gesture The play by
Dore Schary about F. D. R. s bout with infan-
tile paralysis starts a five-week engagement
at the National Theater tomorrow night. This
sketch of Mr.. Bellamy, as the late President,
was done by his dresser, John Long, who has
been in the theater for quarter century as a
part-time dresser, part-time artist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
BROADWAY /
DoCosto /
Prepares
Musico!
BY WILLIAM GLOVER
Associated Press stan Writer

NEW YORK success IS
more than money. says Nor
ton DaCosta. . man who hits
the show business Jackpot
for a cool half million dol
lars a year.
Success he declares, "is
the only thing that enables
you to work without having
to listen to everyone"
DaCosta, a pale, slim man
with red hair and inventive
energy, is currently regarded
as one Of the hottest rockets
in the backstage theatrical
world.
Three AlI-Time Hits
In the past five years he
has directed three Of Broad =
ways biggest all-time hits
mo Time for Sergeants, ~
"Auntie Name" and "Thee
Music Man" CThe latter
alone brings him $1,000 a.
week.
In addition he recently
turned out the film version
Of "Auntie Name" to high
critical and boxofhce success. :
A few seasons before hit--
ting his stride as a pilot,
DaCosta was acting walk-on !
bits on Broadway stages for
coffee money.
Plans a Musical ,
Now he is hard at prepara-
ton of one Of the major pros
poets for next season, a musi-
cal based upon Edna Ferber's
novel of bicycle-and-bustle
days, Saratoga Trunk"
The stage version will be
simply entitled Saratoga"
DaCosta, in addition to di-
recting. is tackling two new,
roles for the first time, that
OF writer and co-producer.
He won permission to use
the story on a visit to Miss
Ferber in California amid
shooting of the Name" film.
The novelist, who some years
back provided the material
for one of Broadway's all,
time triumphs. "Showboat,"
had been carefully examining
the bids of others.
I'VE saw eye to eye," re-
ports DaCosta. land she OBJ
viously thought / was the
proper person for the task"
The first act was COM
pleted while he was vaca-,S
tioning in Greece. =
1.-THE script as it stands
could go on stage" he re- :.
ports. "All the dialogue and
scenes are there. From nows
on it's a matter of refining,
refining, refining"
Learned by OsmOsis
The score for Saratoga"
is being composed by Harold
Arlen, and the lyracist is
Johnny Mercer.
Although the venture ise
his first formal authorship
DaCoSta was involved in re.
writing earlier productions,
and says that Through os+
mosis I learned about cons
struction." z
DaCoSta's ascent began
with his first Broadway di-
rection stint, the musical
Plain and Fancy" It's mod
crate financial success, how
ever, did not compare with
the golden trio that began
with mo Time for Ser
geants."
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
STAGE

ARENA-"Eptaph For George Dillon" John Osbornes
angry young drama; $3.50 pm.
NATIoNAL-Dark. Sunrise at campobelo" starts to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
LATEST TV
INFORMATION

Television programs for
the week are carried in the
TeleVue Magazine with
Sundays Star. Following is
supplementary information
on today's programs re-
ceived after TeleVue went
to press.
7:30, WMAL (0-Music
for a Summer Night re-
places Topper and Our
Miss Brooks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
FIN Stutions

WRC.FM-s3.s Me.-5:3o an. to am.
WTOP-FM-s6.3 Me.-74-hour operation.
WASH-FM-s7.1 Me- an. to 12:15 am,
Monday-Sundsy.
WOI-FM-sS.1 Mc.-6.3o am. to midnight.
WFAN-FM-10o.3 Me- an. TO midnight.
WWDc-FM 10I.1 Me- an. to z am.
WGMs-FM-iO3.5 Me-S am. to midnight.
Saturday ] am. to | pm; Sunday Q an.
to midnight.
WARL-FM-tO5.1 Me.-MOndsy through SatuT'
day, 1870 am. to midnight
WGTS-FM-91.9 Me.-5 to 10 pm. Sunday
through Thursday.
WUST-FM-10e.3 Me- an. to midhight
WPGC-FM-s5.S Me- pm. to midnight
WBVA-FM-1os.s Me.-sunday 10 an. to 9
pm; Mundsy-saturdsy, an. to pm.
-FM-i01.3 Me.-s an. to 1:45 an.
WSHO-FM-ss.s Me.-s:H an. to $50 pm.
Other AM Stations
WeMS-s7O-Kc.-s am. to midnight, satur-
day ! an. to I pm, Sunday an. to
midnight.
WPlk-73O kc.-Daylight only.
WARN-7so ke.-DsyIght only.
W6AY-1050 M.-DayIight only.
WUST-1i2o e.-Dsylight only.
WFAx-172O M.-Day,ight only.
WWDc-12s0 ke.-24-hOur operation, except
Sunday midnight to an. Monday.
WEEL-1310 ke.-Daylight only.
W00k-134o ke.-2A-hour operation.
WEAM-13s0 kc.--24-houT operation, except
Sunday midnight to an. Monday.
W00h-1540 ke.-Daylight only.
WPec-t5S0 ke.-Daylight only.
WPRW-l4so Ke.-Dylight saIy.
WlNx-1s0o ke.-24-hOuT operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15


Wagon Train-"The Bile Wilcox Story" (Repeat man,
anxious to atone for the wrongs he did his brother
boy, finds him living Cheyenne warrior sworn to
vengeance against the whites The tension of brother Vs.
brother is sustained for the entire hour Chill Wills plays
white renegade brings brothers Onslow Stevens and
Lawrence Dobkin (the Indian) together with dramatic
consequences Excellent production and must for west
fans If you missed it first time round 7:3O pm,
WRCA.
Music For Summer Nght-Very pleasant interlude In
stead of the usual variety program Puccnis Mad
Butterfly" performed in an hour-ong version that
to keep most of the famous aas and the tender
spirit intact The talented cast includes Elaine Mabin
Cho-Cho-San Davis Cunningham as Lieutenant Pnker-
ton and Robert Dean Maria Martell Margaret Broder
son and William Golden in supporting roles. 1880 pm,
WMAL-7.
TrackdOwn-A repeat Ranger Gilman has to track down
six outlaws all of whom so and itching for
burst of gunght glory Henry Hull Hank Patterson
and Sam Flint playing three of the give the show
special flavor. $3.50 pm, WTOP-9
Ozzie and Harriet-"Ricks Riding Lesson" Repea Rcky
falls horseback riding instructress and preends he
can't ride $50 pm, WMAL-7
Dave King is very becoming to Dave
and in tonghts skit he's right with it. Watch him as
department store salesman waiting the attractive,
identical Loy twins and have fun For the rest there's
Peggy King (no reation) in solo and duet with Dave
Color pm, WRC-4.
Donna Reed-A repea Thanks to Hans Conried this is
passable show. Hans plays character named Popkin,
who doesn't want charity and can't afford to pay so re-
fuses treatment for his Donna takes Mr.. Popkin
under her wing and dsruptS her entire family. pm,
WMAL-7.
This Is Your Lfe-Repeat Guest is Ann Blyh gal with
long behind her despite her youth and attrac-
tiveneSS. 10 pmq WRC-4.
Jack Paar ShOw-Jack has chat with Robert Kennedy
Senate racketS committee COUNSEL brings Guido Panzni
with Mary Chamberlain an American with hrSthand
knowledge of italian (she lives in Rome has Charles
Dornan (the New England type and writer Robert
Crichton his other guests; and recalls
fresh group of "announcerS' hufts 1870 pm, WRC-4
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TeleVision omorroW-Thusdoy, July Is, 1859

h $3.50 This - To-day with eHTswaJ
ch 1ha News ss Thought Cod Pet
g-G2S, MedIioh $50 Classroom s-ypewrhng L.
Morning lis Local News, Sutton 13o, MW-SeN Sutton; las
G BaheT-Apa News Gls Captain Kangaroo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
OTHER TV
HIGHLIGHTS

500, WTTG (5-Milt Grant
Show: The Crosby boys.
500, WTTG (5)-Five Star
Feature: Flying Leather
necks." Robert Ryan and
John Wayne. A strict Ma
rine officer, disliked by his
man, makes good in war
time Q95D.
10000, WMAL (0-WedneSday
Night Fights: George Ben
ton VS.. Holly Minis in a To-
round middleweight bout.
1000, WTOP GU. S. Steel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
ON THE AIR
BY CYNTHIA LOWRY
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK.-When Joe Fri
day or Bremen or anybody else
in a TV show gives a telephone
number while the plot is un-
winding, they are passing
dummy digits.
The telephone company has
a special list of authentic
sounding numbers but they
ring nothing. BroadcasterS have
learned from experience that
the great big audience out
there contains people curious
enough to put in a call.
Bernie Harrison, TV critic Of The Stor.
is on vocation. His column will
resume upon his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
ON THE AIR
Dummy Digits Stump
Telephone Addicts

dance hall hostess Eleanor
Roosevelt.
1--WE just try to use common
sense" says Helffrich.
One of the more difficult
problems to deal with, however,
is the complaints which come
in when names Of easily iden-
titled national origin are used.
Recently there has been a lot
of TV drama concerning the
old prohibition gangster days,
and complaints have come in
notably from those Of Italian
descent.
y +
Odds And Ends: Roger Smith
of II Sunset Strip is having a
rough month. He's convalescing
from an operation which re-
moved a brain blood clot; his
home was threatened by an
out-of-control brush fire in Los
Angeles-and he was identified
in many newspaper accounts Of
the blaze as John Smith" -.
More than 80 per cent Of the
Nations 4412 million TV homes
now can dial into four chan
nels, according to recent Mel
son survey. Only 10 years ago,
about half of all TV homes had
only one channel for entertain
ment Mike Nichols and
Elaine May have been signaled
for a fall season NBC special.
ABC is tapping one of the
last untouched sources of the
investigation drama
This one, slated for fall, is
called Congressional Investiga-
tor Alan J. Lerner and
Frederick LOewe pulled out of
negotiations with NBC for a
projected special Of Lerner-
Loewe music-they wouldn't
and couldn't give permission
for scenes from MY Fair
Lady" and "Gigi" cigar
Ernie KOvacS will host
a fall ABC panel show-for a
cigar sponsor.
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TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

500, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.D--
In the Concert Hall: Prince
Igor Overture by Borodin
and Piano Concerto No. 1 in
G Major by Beethoven.
1880, WMAL-FM 1O7.3 Me-
Opera Echoes: Ariadne
Auf NaxoS by Strauss.
sos, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1885 Mc.D-Library' OF
Music: Piano Sonata No. l
in E Flat by Haydn and Pol
onaise in D, Opus 4, by
Wieniawski.
900, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1898 Me- opera
House: Das Rheingold by
Wagner (complete).
800, VOL AMIN (145O Kc.
and 98.7 Mcleod Music
time: Symphony No. SO by
Haydn and Symphony OF
Wind Instruments by Stra-
whisky.
10000, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Me-
-Nocturne Serenade No.
10 in B Flat Major for l3
Wind Instruments. K, 36l,
by Mozart.
Hour: THE Pink Burro."
June Havoc and Edward
Andrews. A woman is de-
termined to make a stage
star of her daughter.
1900, WTTG (5)-Starlight
Theater: Dodge City" Err
rol Flynn and Olivia De
Havilland. Story of Kansas
in the days of the iron horse
1880.
HIS, WTOP (9)-Late Show:
In Old Sacramento" Will
liam Elliott. Bandit posing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

1850, WTOP-Baseball: Sem
ators VS.. Detroit Tigers at
Washington.
$3.50, WRC-Monitor: Crossing
the Kalifi Ferry with Arch
Oboler in Portuguese East
Africa. Interviews with The
odore Bikel and Earl Mao.
1918, WWDC-Here'S to Vet
Grams: Featuring Rosemary
Clooney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

as a gambler eludes the
vigilantes while carrying on
his work Q946).
1880, WMAL (D-Crime Doc
tor: Crime Doctors Gam
BILE" Warner Baxter. DR..
Ordway tries to locate the
murderer of a man who
quarreled with his son over
the young mans marriage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
WiIIMup Trade Pact

TOKYO, July IS CAP) "A
West German economic dele
CATION is arriving in Tokyo next
week to negotiate a new trade
pact with Japan. The old West
German-Japanese trade agree
ment expired in March, 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15

Hunting for such items is
part of many peoples jobs in
the TV industry. One executive
employed by the National AsSo-
citation of BroadcaSters says he
caught a telephone number in
a Script-and found it was
actually the number Of a New
York physician who, if bothered
by a batch of casual calls,
might have landed on the TV
producers.
Names of characters are an
other area for watching. Oc-
casionally the networks get
squawks from annoyed citizens
who claim that their names
were given to unSavory charac-
tiers.
Some writer's and some edi-
tors, says Stockton Helffrich of
MICS continuity acceptance
department. use a system Of
taking common given names
and coupling them with a place
name-a lot of towns have
handles that do nicely as sur
names--so that complaints can
be handled neatly. And, of
course, no one would let a
script through where the VII
lain just happened to be named
Dwight D. Eisenhower or the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-15
TV KEY PREVIEWS

Tont0htS top ShoDs as previeDed BY TV KEYS stat,
who attend rehedrsalS match screenings and dndyse
scripts In NeW York, Hollywood and elsewhere Their
opinions are offered a guide to pietOerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
MOMENTS TO REMEMBER
For Whom the Bell
ToIIed Wos Puzzle

The term "greenhorn" was
prevalent in the 1905. and
Frank Nyman. 1904 Newell
Court, Silver Spring, Md. must
have felt like one on a trip
from New York to Pittsburgh.
an the mid-1920s," he writes,
when I was about Is years
old, I worked for a firm in New
York City that sent the boys in
its employ on the road to assist
the statesmen with their sample
cases.
THE salesman to whom ]
was assigned arranged to have
me meet him in Pittsburgh
an overnight train trip. / had
never travelled interstate over
night before.
"At about 1880 am. ! left
the club car to go to my berth,
When I arrived, I discovered 1t
was an upper berth and there
was no apparent means OF
getting up to it.
MY only experience with up
per berths had been obtained
through the movies. The only
time you see a person getting
into an upper berth was in the
slapstick comedies Of the day
when a man, usually in his
nightshirt. would attempt To
climb up to his berth and In
evitably step into the face OF
the person in the lower berth,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

Can you imagine an Atlantic cross
ing with 5esHsry2 That's what
you'll linda thousand miles of
picturesque French Canadian
landscape when you sail to
Europe along the sheltered St.
Lawrence River Route.
And to carry you in spacious
comfort, Canadian Pacific offers
three regal White Empresses: the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

to light since the Centennial
Commission began its work q
year ago.
But he feels that many more
old records are gathering dust
IN attic trunks. These, he said.
should be made available to
students Of the war to help in
the appreciation of the Civil
War Centennial. which he pre-
diets will be a great boon to
domestic travel.
Although the Centennial
does not get under way official
" until 1861, communities
throughout the Nation are
bustling with plans for battle
fe-enactments. marking Of
battle sites, and other special
observances Of historic dates.
Wars Beginning
There are nebulous plans for
re-enactment Of the wars
opener-the firing on Fort
Sumter.
The National Park Service is
at work on a face-lifting pro-
gram at. the fort, which
guarded Charleston. s. c. The
parade ground and IL gun
rooms are being restored. This
involves scraping away $4,000
tons Of fill.
The fill was put inside the
fort in 1894, after a hurricane,
to prevent further storm DAM
age. The gun rooms were sealed
that same year for the same
reason.
Plans for re-enactment of
the Monitor Merrimack fight
are being laid. One suggestion
is for a full-scale re-enactment.
using barges. Another is for a
mechanical indoor exhibit.
Chattanooga Convention
and Visitor Bureau will sponsor
re-enactment of the battle
there on November 1925, 1868.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
New Hotel

Work is under way on the
new Gran Hotel Continental,
in the heart Of Guatemala
City, Guatemala.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
BY The Associated Press

The American Automobile
Association says 1t does not
recommend a motor trip along
the Inter-American Highway
at this time.
1.-THE highway itself is in
poor condition, accommodate
tons and food service are in
adequate. customs are still very
annoying, and the points of
interest, especially south of
Guatemala. do not justify the
effort and expense necessary"
Executive Vice President Rus
sell E. Singer said.
He reported that mo signifi-
cant progress has been made in
the past year to alleviate high
way bottlenecks and gaps in
Guatemala and Costa Rica."
Singer cited a report by two
AAA representatives who toured
the accessible length Of the
highway from Mexico City to
Panama City between February
is and April Z.
only one-half the l,l0C
miles of highway from Mexico
south to Panama City are
paved" Mr.. Singer said. THE
remaining passable mileage is
dirt. gravel or stone. Many
stretches of the highway are
so rough that frequent car re-
pairs are necessary.
Highway conditions are