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Chides Court

Although we have IN re-
cent years become somewhat
accustomed to the sad and
Somber spectacle of the Su-
preme Court placing itself
above the written law of the
land (the Constitution and
also arrogating unto itself
the legislative powers of Con-
greSS, a recent decision clear
ly set the majority of the
Supreme Court beyond the
reach of any known code of
morality.
I refer to the rather silly
and thoughtlesS decision
based upon an unrealistic,
doped-up Interpretation of
the First Amendment by the
court approving a motion
picture that advocates an
idea - adultery! Senator
Johnston of South Carolina
describes this supposedly
legal advocacy of immortality
as follows:
1.-THE Supreme Court has
now placed itself above God
who handed down to Moses
for us the Ten Command
ments, the set of laws under
which all Protestant, Cath
ole and Jewish people abide.
Thou shalt not commit
adultery is a commandment
of God. This Nation was
founded under God and we
recognize this fact IN our
pledge of allegiance. Our
history is filled with an
abidance with God and His
code of law.
Il know of no civilization,
organization or religion in
the world that upholdS the
theory of adultery except
perhaps a majority of the
Supreme Court"
OF course, the lower the
Supreme Court sinks in it's
extralegal and sociological
interpretations and decisions,
the lower the Congress must
also sink in its implied ap-
proval Of the Supreme Court.
Franklin T. Miles.
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about Is years ago. At first
considered somewhat fantas-
tic. it has been supported by
most observations since then,
but the picture might be
changed by observations from
the moon.
The second theory, out
lined by DR.. O'Keefe, ap-
pears at first even more mys-
tical, since it seems to do
away with the concepts
perhaps inherent in the lin
tied human mind but not
necessarily in nature-of be-
ginnings and endings. 1t was
developed quite recently by
an English physicist, Thomas
Hoyle, and seems sharply OPP
posed to the LeMaitre thesis.
According to Hoyle'S con-
cept, as outlined by DR..
OKeefe to a Senate COM
mittee, lone supposes that
the creation of matter goes
on all the time. Hydrogen
atoms just pop up every so
often in space. After enough
of them have popped up,
they collect into galaxies,
then the galaxies spread out
slowly and finally disappear
into the distance. They go
away so far and so rapidly
that they can no longer be
SEEN"
This is the idea of a limit
less and timeleSs creation
of absolute inf1nity. There
are no boundaries Of time or
space.
Here also considerable
light may be produced by OBJ
Servations from the moon.
Such a lunar telescope, of
course, must wait for a soft
landing" on the moon, and
human observers probably
would be necessary.
The telescope on an arti-
fetal satellite poses less of a
problem and is definitely in
the works. But, says DR..
O'Keefe, I'VE plan a little bit
further on to put a tele-
scope on the moon where the
SteadinesS of the ground and
the freedom from atmos-
phere means we can work
better than we can in a
satellite"
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Fairfax, Va.

FdlrIdX, va.
Dear Sir:
Il was struck by your re-
cent article about lightning
and thunderstorms. Some Of
the things you wrote were
borne out a few days later in
another storm.
LAS a child I was terribly
afraid of such storms, being
equally appalled, by lightning
and thunder.
MY father and mother
and siblingS, as they call
brothers and sisters today,
tried to cure me by pretend
ing that I was not afraid.
II wonder if this is good
psychology?
Anyway, it did no good,
for I was scared of thunder
storms until I grew up. Just
how I outgrew this fear I do
not know, but it probably
came about because I had to
calm the fears of others.
1T seems to me that the
best thing to do in a storm
is to think of other people,
not ones self, and in this
way the terror of the mo-
ment passes.
Sincerely, M. j. O."
X x X
Our correspondent has hit
on one of the standard ap-
proacheS to a happy life,
whether in a weather mani
festation called thunder
storm, or in the big storm
we call life.
To think of other people
does. indeed, almost as a side
effect, as the doctors say, re-
move fear.
The fear is replaced by
concern, concern for some
one or some group.
This is, in a sense, the basis
Of religion.
1t also is a very practical
way Of helping ones self in
the daily life we all live.
Il 81 Il y
The trouble comes, Of
course, in adapting this good
concern to a mind not ex-
actly fitted for it. Not all
people can be "do-gooders,"
as the phrase puts it. This
phrase carries its own criti-
ciSm, a slight sense of sheer
ing, as it were.
We all do good, at times,
but we like to do it in our
own way, not at the behest or
prodding of others.
1t comes natural to some to
prod others.
The dictator does it with a
big stick.
The do-gooder gets there
just the same. He or she
cajoles us into helping others.
If this does not work, he may
use sterner methods. He gets
our dollar, somehow.
4 X \
A local thunderstorm sums
up good and bad in little.
While the fireworks are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-04
THE POLITICAL MILL
Nixon Scores Behind Iron Curtain
By GOULD LINCOLN

Vice President Richard M.
Nixon has done a great serv-
ice to the American people
and to the people Of Russia.
This may, or may not have
won to himself votes for the
presidency next year. The
good he has done goes be-
yond that. The service he
has rendered in his ten-day
visit to the USSR, and par
ticularly by his final speech,
carried by radio and tele-
vision to Millions Of Russian
citizens. has set an impor-
tant precedent. 1t should in
crease the probabilities of
world peace.
1t seems unthinkable that
any people should believe
that the United States is
bent on aggressive war of
conquest. Certainly, 1t is in
credible. The Russian people,
however, have been told over
and over again that the pur-
pose Of our Government Is
to overthrow the Communist
government and force upon
the Russians the American
brand of democracy.
And now Mr.. Nixon has con-
veyed to the Russians the
plain and simple fact that
the United States wants
peace-not war. President
Eisenhower has stated this
time and time again. But the
statements of the President
have been withheld from the
people of Russia. The Iron
Curtain was pulled aside to
permit the Vice President to
tell the Russians the truth.
This. in itself, is a hopeful
sign.
President Eisenhower has
now announced that RusSia's
Prime Minister Khrushchev
has been invited to visit the
United States, and that he,
Mr.. Eisenhower, will visit
Russia later. Having allowed
the Vice President to speak
directly to the Russian peo-
pie, it would be strange, in
deed, if the President is not
accorded the same privilege
when he goes to Moscow and
other parts of the USSR. Mr..
Khrushchev. of course, will
be free to talk to Americans
when he comes here in Sep
TENDER.
These interchanges of Wis
its of the heads of the two
most powerful nations in
the world may lead to better
understanding, to better re-
lations and to a more easy
peace.
Cites Drive Against Nations
Mr.. Nixon's address to the
Russians included a frank
invitation to the Russian
Communists to lay aside
their announced program of
world communism and world
domination, the ultimate
result of that program He
told the people quite fatty
that as long as their leaders
persist in this drive for COM
munizing the world, includ-
ing the United States, they
must expect the United
States and its allies of the
free world to maintain their
military bases within easy
striking distance of the
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NO PIPE DREAM
Telescope on Moon Enviisioned

can be reached with some
plausibility from earth-based
observations.
But the galaxy itself is
only a little part of the
whole. About conditions be-
yond its ultimate frontier
there is little agreement and
more reliable observations,
such as could be made from
the moon. are essential for
much further progress.
A present disagreement
which, according to DR..
OKeefe, observations from
the moon may help clear up
concerns the origin of the
universe - whether it was
created" at some specific in
slant of time or whether it
has no beginning and no
ending and is continuously
being destroyed. piece by
piece, and recreated.
The NASA scientists do
not consider this at all a
mystical or impractical ques-
ton and point out that the
eminently practical Russians
probably are giving much at
tention to it.
One theory outlined by DR..
O'Keefe and which appar-
emily best fits most religious
concepts sis that the universe
began to materialize as an
egg tout of some sort of pri-
maeval matter some of which
may be collected with satel-
lites and rockets)." This egg
was "a small nucleus, ex-
tremely hot, in which all
kinds of particles reacted
with each other. From this
theory we can explain in a
logical way the expansion of
the universe tnow generally
accepted by astronomers and
the rate of which is used as
a measure of astronomical
distances) as a blowing up of
this egg and the observed
gradual retreat of the GAL
axieS in all directions"
This theory is associated
chiefly with the French
prizes ST. astronomer, Rev.
Georges LeMaitre. It was
reached almost purely from
mathematical deductions
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Rockville Project

1t is regrettable that Rock
vile, Md, has requested Fed
eral funds in order to clean
up its "blighted areas" and
that the Housing and Home
Finance Agency has approved
the city'S request to partici-
pate in the urban renewal
program. Rockville citizens
should bear in mind that
urban renewal is not slum
clearance. Urban renewal is
a federally financed program
which requires city govern
ments to seize homes and
property from some private
citizens and resell them, at
below cost, to other private
citizens for developments that
city planners consider de-
Sirable.
Urban renewal has become
a national movement with
frightful implications and
dangers. Congressman Bruce
Alger compiled a file reveal
ing these dangerS-a file of
authoritative material show
ing that both urban renewal
and public housing open
veins of public money for
corruption. vote-buying and
graft. Urban renewal and
public housing programs
destroy private property
rights under the pretext that
slum clearance will eliminate
causes of crime. But Slums do
not breed criminal behavior.
Delinquency and crime breed
SlumS.
Urban renewal and public
housing are authorized by the
same Federal laW-and urban
renewal is the more danger
Gus of the two, because it
authorizes the seizure not
just of slum property. but of
all private property in a
whole section of a city.
Incidentally, if Rockville
can't afford its own slum
clearance program, how can
the Federal Government,
which operates under an an
nual deficit of $12 billion.
afford it?
Montgomery Countian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL

going on, the silent and
sometimes shrinking victim
may help himself by enlarg-
ing his viewpoint.
Instead of viewing himself
as the destined point for
that jagged streak of light
ming, he may think of the
whole territory covered by
the storm. and thus see how
little he is, after all.
Also, he may pull down the
blinds, or close the curtains.
This is one practical way
to lessen the plain fright an
afternoon or night storm
brings to many otherwise
brave characters.
Going downstairs is a
practical step. Millions of
people still live in two-story
houses, despite the vogue for
the one-Story place.
1t will help, in any storm,
to seek the center of some
room as far away from big
trees as possible.
The possible danger comes
from the tree falling on the
house, not from the light
ming itself and per Sc.
Ones courage is also en-
HANGED if one is all set and
ready to run, in case of
need.
Running is still in the back
OF every human beings mind,
in time of trouble. We either
run or want to run, some
times mentally. sometimes
physically, sometimes by both
routes.
Let us not be ashamed.
This desire hes deep, deep
down. in the famous I'M
conscious unearthed and
brought into the open by Sig
mund Freud.
So if we want to run, or
maybe even run, let us be
sure we are in a position to
run well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-04

@. Does the oyster have
any natural enemies?-P. j.
A. Yes. The oyster drill, a
small snail, boreS through the
shell; drumfish and skates
crush the shells between
grinding teeth; conches chip
away opposite the shells
hinge, to enter; starf1sh pry
the shells apart. MuSselS may
starve an oyster colony by
growing over it and cutting
off it's food supply.
@. What kind Of sound
does an ostrich make?-N. F.
A. An ostrich makes a
deep, hollow rumbling sound,
so much like a lions roar
that hunters have been de-
ceived by it.
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USSR. Further, he said that
this country will continue to
increase its military strength.
Mr.. Nixon's whole tone was
Arm, but distinctly he
engaged in no saber rafting.
His warm appreciation Of
the Russian people and their
hospitality to himself and
Mrs. Nixon was a strong,
everything theme.
To those who have fol-
lowed the Russian Commu-
mist drive to engulf and, in
deed, to enslave the peoples
Of Central and Eastern Eu-
rope, 1t seems almost hope
less that USSR leaders will
accept Mr.. Nixon's invitation
to give over their ideas Of
world domination. But there
1t is, as Mr.. Nixon laid out
the proposition for a real
world peace. Thinking Rus
slams, as they come better to
understand the real purpose
Of the United States and its
people-which is to live and
let live. to allow each people
to select their own form of
government-may take a new
look.
Grasps Essentials
Mr.. Nixon has again shown
himself a master at grasping
the essentials of the most
vital problems which confront
the United States, the USSR
and the whole world. His
whole bearing during his mo-
mentouS visit to Russia at a
tense moment, with the East
and West in virtual dead
lock over the problems of
West Berlin and all of Ger
many, was a credit to him.
self and to his country.
Whether he was engaged in
rough and tumble debate
with Rusisa'S Khrushchev,
or whether he was being heck
led by persons in the throngs
which greeted him, Mr.. Nix
on never lost his dignity and
he was never at a loss in
meeting the situations as
they developed.
The United States has en-
gagged in four wars since the
closing years of the 18th
century-two of them world
wars. 1t has opposed world
aggression by a conquest
mao emporer. 1t has fought
world conquest by Fascist
and Nazi leaders. Finally. it
has fought a war - the
Korean War-againSt Com
munist aggression. In none
Of these wars has the United
States failed in it's detectives.
But it seized no territory of
other nations ana made it its
own. This is the simple truth,
and Mr.. Nixon used if efec-
lively in his argum ut to the
Russian people they ICED
fear no aggressive action by
Americans as2 inst heir
people, their government; and
against their prCg;u.s to
better and better living.
If Mr.. Nixon has beer able
as it seems he mlst-to
remove this mote from the
eye of the Russian people, to
disprove the teaching of their
leaders, he has done meal
culable good. The price of
peace for the Russians is
not their own freedom. It is
the abandonment of world
aggression,
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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hearted support Of every American as
he strives to make the best use of what
may be last opportunity to reverse a
course of events which has been leading
all of us closer and closer to ruin.
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11
At High School December 18th
Choruses To Present The Nativity"

cons and deaCOnesseS OF the Antioch
and Bagby Baptist Churches will be
held Sunday. December 13, at II
am at the Antioch church,
Miss Mary Carroll, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Carroll, Will
have the leading role as the Virgin
Mary in the Christmas pageant to
be held at the Woodland Methodist
Church, Friday. December Is, at
7::30 pm. The pageant entitled
Christ Is Born" is produced and
directed BY James T. Wiseman-
Tie Central High School chapter
O the Future Farmers Of America
W re host at dinner for the Pied
mont FLA Federation at the school
cafeteria Thursday night December
Ted alexander, principal Of Buck
ngham Central. gave the Welcom-
ing address. Frank McCraw, Of the
Buckingham Chapter, the fedora
ion's delegate to the national FLA
convention held in Kansas City, re-
1crted on convention activities.
County children collected S201
last month in the annual house-to-
house canvass for UNICEF.
Central High School got off to a
good start Friday night in its first
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11

BUCKINGHAM, Dec. 10 The
Nativity" will be presented at the
Buckingham Central High School
Thursday, December II, at 3 pm.
hv the girls and bows choruses,
under the direction Of E. B. Knapp,
Farmers have untll December 81
to sign up for 1860 conservation
practices. The ASC office is now
accepting applications from farmers
who wish to apply one or more of
the approved conservation practices
to their farmland
A candlelight communion service
will be held Sunday. December Is,
at 80 pm. at the Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church Everyone is vel
come. The Buckingham Elementary
School Chorus, the buckingham
Song Birds" will sing.
Mrs Gene Elcan is visiting with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. r. j.
Deal, in Huntington. W. Va.
Mrs. H. B. Springer visited for
several days this week with her
son, Jennings Springer, in Rich
mond.
Boy Scout Troop SIS held its
annual court of honor Sunday night
at the Veterans Memorial Hall
An ordination service of the dea-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11
The Littlest Shepherd Will Be
Presented At Gainesville Dec. %

CARTERSVnLE, Dec. 10-Plans
are being made for a Christmas
pageant, The Littlest Shepherd :"
1t is to be given in the Gainesville
Baptist Church Dec. %, at 8 pm.
Mrs. r. w. billiard. Mrs. Linda
Walton, and Mrs. j. Alex Ransone,
with Mrs. Erie Jones, Of Cumber-
land, attended the regular meeting
and Christmas party afterwards
for the Fork Union O.E.S. Friday
night at the Masonic Temple In
Fork Union.
Mrs. G L. Planton, Jr., and chill
lren are visiting her parents In
osrll Carolina.
Johnny Boegs, OF Gainesville, a
iunior at the University Of Rich
mond, was made co-captain of the
football team there for 1960-1961.
Mrs. D. H. Turner, of Richmond,
is spending several DAYS with her
daughter, Mrs. M. E. Blanton, Jr.,
at TamWorth
Mrs. E. r. Coils and children, Of
Chase City, spent the week end here
with her sister, Mrs. G. L. Blanton.
Friends and relatives were here
Sunday afternoon to attend the
burial at the Gainesville Cemetery
of Mrs. Lillian Parker Phillips, OF
Richmond, formerly Of Gainesville
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11

basketball campaign by defeating
CreWe, $3.50 Linwood Thomas was
high scorer with % points for the
boys In the girls game Nancy
Bennington was high scorer with
Is points to help give the girls a
1929 victory over Crewe. The next
home game will be December II at
y pm.
Post 8446 and the Ladies Auxih-
airy of the WV held their regular
monthly meeting F'-idav night.
HI Christmas story n so-g and
seen win b s'aeed b. mem
-rs Of the M7vsvilla BAPTIST
Church Sunday, December 10 at
: 30 m at the church. The public
is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Taylor spent
several days this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Rosen and family
at Staunton.
The Elementary Song Birds
sang Christmas carols Sunday at
the three o'clock service at Pleas
ant Grove Baptist Church.
The Ruritans met Thursday night,
December 10, at the Arvonia Elo-
mentary School. R. S. Ellis, ~
chairman Of the agricultural com
mittee, had charge Of the program
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son in Emporia. Saturday.
The young people are practicing
on Christmas programs at the diff
ferent churches.
The senior class at Cumberland
High School expects to present the
play. Little Women" at school
Friday night.
Recent callers in the Jones home
were Mrs. A. B. Jones and son,
Joe, from New Canton. Mrs. Robert
Earl Bryant and son, Mark, of
South Carolina. Robert Jones, and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. wilkinson. of
Richmond
Farmers are busy getting tobacco
ready to sell before Christmas.
They are also butchering hogs.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11
Tobacco Sold
In Tennessee

TRENTS MILL, Dec. 10-Mr. and
Mrs. Wade Bryan. Mr.. and Mrs
Curtis Connatser and Ed Whaley
were recently in Tennessee to sell
tobacco and visit relatives and
friends
John Emerson is improving at
the hospital. They think he will be
able to be home before Christmas.
Nj. and Mrs. NJ s. Jones visited
DR.. and Mrs. W. I. Knight in Rich
mond. Mr. and Mrs. Reubin David
son and Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. David
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11

Mrs. Lavone Baker and Miss
Austa Abernathy spent Monday in
Richmond
Recent guests of Mrs. Hettie
Davis and her daughter. Mrs. Win
ME Hooe, we're Mr. and Mrs. j. w.
Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Pat
terson and two little daughters, Of
Richmond.
Johnny Boggs, with two of his
classmates from the University of
Richmond, spent a day at his home
here recently.
Mrs. George J. Whitlock spent
Saturday in Farmville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-11

Bruce Jones parents have heard
from him since he arrived in Mime
sofa, where he is stationed. He re-
ported that it is plenty cold there
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18
Mending Car, Be Fun
BY DOROTHY ROE
ociated Press women's Editor


Even mending can be glamor-
Gus, if you do it with artistry.
Take foundation garments, for
instance. 1t pays to take the time
to repair these important under
pinnings, and do it with care. It's
Just as easy to use dainty ribbons
as prosaic cotton tape, and when
the mending job is done, the bra
or girdle can look better than when
it was new.
Here are some professional tips
on refurbishing worn foundation
garments, worked out by local
sewing center experts.
First examine bra straps for
frayed edges or torn ends. Next
check elastic parts and decide
whether they have enough life left
to justify repairs. The small elastic
band at the back of some bras can
be replaced, but elastic sections of
girdle are better left alone;
when they have lost elasticity, the
whole garment should be replaced.
It's easy, however, to repair a
bra so that it looks fresh and
dainty. Worn straps should be cut
off and replaced with dainty new
ideal choice Use nylon ribbon il
the bra is nylon. Zigzag stitching
line flexible enough to hold under
strain. If you like, you may add a
matching ribbon bow just for fun.
Ribbon also may be used for re-
binding worn edges on girdle or
corselette
Worn slips also may be. refur-
bished with new ribbon straps and
trimmings, in matching or contras-
ting colors. Some young girls like