davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-11-02
Poll Shows Many Uncertain

not only are q few States so
close as to- be virtual toss
ups. but the electoral table
that results is itself close.
It addsup to 2sO for Senator
Kennedy and 247 for Mr.:
Nixon. with 2ee electoral
votes needed TO win.
If. ON the other hand. the
editors JUDGMENT in only one
big State is wrong-that is.
II Mr.. Nixon's home State Of
California goes for hiri1--the'
result would be turned around
to q Nixon victory with 27o
votes against 258 for Senator
Kennedy.
The reason q forecast based
on either tabulation can be
wrong is that many Of the
editors in the rural part Of
a State may not be familiar
with the voting situation in
the big cities. while editors In
the big cities cannot always
appraise accurately what the
vote is likely to be in the
rural areas. particularly this
year on the so-called religious
issue.
But here Is the way the
actual table comes out after
noting in the first four
columns all the answers re.
ceived UP to the time Of
writing. and then allocating
the electoral vote on the
basis of the majority of the
judgments in each State.
Evening star., 1960-11-02

people around. In New York,
a living wall of blue pro-
tected the person of the Dem
ocratic nominee. Here, men
and women swarmed over
him, and what they did to the
motorcade cars loaned by Re-
publican Henry Ford will
make some slight bulge in
his annual cost of doing
business.
Vice President Richard Nix
on will assuredly get a big
parade, too. There are enough
Republicans with money and
political savvy here to insure
that, even If he were not a
local product. What hap
pened to Senator Kennedy
suggests the magnitude Of
their task and underwrites
the growing conviction that
there exists a drift toward
Mr.. Kennedy which will be
hard to reverse at the last
minute.
Senator Kennedy does not
spare himself in his response
to crowds. He is, in fact, the
despair of his aides. He stands
up; he extends both hands;
he tries to answer people who
call to him. It has been said
that he has established COM
munication with the people.
He is apparently trying to
show his gratitude and to
keep them coming his way. He
is hoarse and his eyes are
Evening star., 1960-11-02
POTOMAC FEVER
BY Pete Wy.ns
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Kennedy offers to let Nixon bring Ike for help to nth
debate Democrats trying to more music out
Of this phantom Kennedys Fifth than the London Phlha
monic has out Of Beethoven's.
Nixon takes Ike to New York City with him. Nixon is
starring in his Broadway role "The King and l."
II Kennedy loses, he claim he good
Already his motorcade has outrun half the school kids
the country.
Both presidential candidates leery of corruption
charges In close election, neither take chance
losing the sinner vote.
Cooks glossary Cornbread-A temporary alliance Of
crumbs before making contact with butter.
Stevenson may be Secretary Of State and Symington
Secretary Of Defense in Kennedy adinistraon-n the
remote event Jack out Of relatives
Evening star., 1960-11-02
The Campaigns Two Basic Issues

need q surgical operation
here. Mr.. Nixon thinks a little
beeing-up Of the power diet
would be enough, without
going to the operating table.
It is easy to say that Senator
Kennedy is simply going
around crying havoc: it is
also quite unfair to the facts.
It is easy to say that Mr..
Nixon is simply going around
with tranquilizing pills: 1t is
also quite unfair to the facts.
This is no place for schoolboy
sloganeering, either way: it
is a great and honest ques-
ton.
Point 2-the economic
issue-masters all other do
mestic things, medical care,
school aid, or whatnot. Sem
ator Kennedy thinks that II
business begins to slip, even
a little, the Government
ought to step in to ginger it
UP. Mr.. Nixon thinks the
greatest possible freedom
should be left to private
enterprise: The Government
should get into the act only
with great reluctance and in
the face of manifestly urgent
need.
Anybody who examines all
the implications Of just these
two issues can find quite
enough on his plate to
handle. without bothering
about Mrs. Nixon'S wardrobe
or Mrs. Kennedy's hair-dos,
or even who goes to what
church and when.
Evening star., 1960-11-02
RALPH McGILL
Only the Timid Haven't Decided

a new economic fact of life.
The fears in the industrial
regions may Offset the anti
Catholic sentiment. This fear,
too, runs deep. It has been
revealing, and disturbing, to
talk with people who have
been laid of from jobs even
though they had 10 or 20
years of seniority. These peo-
pie are the victims of cruel
rumors which may turn out
to be even more corrosive
facts. The story runs in the
industrially depressed areas
that when the new machines
are installed that only the
younger workers will be re-
hired. The machine suddenly
becomes the enemy Of the
middle-aged and older work.
ers. A man of so, let us say,
is Is years away from social
security and retirement. But
today no one is hiring men
of that age.
This is why today's unem-
ployment is a new factor.
Many Of the men now laid
off will not again work regu-
larly. Much Of Americas in
dustrial production and in
vestment is moving overseas.
The nervousness about gold
and the dollar is a part Of
the picture.
Vice President Nixon is
trapped. He cannot talk
about this because to do so
would be to criticize the
Eisenhower administration
and admit that all is not well.
The people really haven't
been told the true story of
our time. Senator Kennedy
has made a stab at it. But he
has not said enough.
So, while one cannot in
terpret the unknown, it is
just possible that Senator
Kennedy will win a substan-
tial electoral victory if in
dustrial fear and discomfort
wipe out the losses imposed
by religious prejudice. This
Is q very real possibility.
Evening star., 1960-11-02
Jobs Discomfort and Nixon 'Entropmen1
Are Viewed as Pointing to Kennedy

they will hardly change a
single. mind.
This is the time Of the
echoes and we will just have
to put up with it until the
last gasp on the evening Of
November Z.
Because Of the religious
issue, one can't make firm
predictions. But it is signifi-
cant the Republican party,
with all its tremendous ad-
vantages. is edgy and worried.
1t is Of some meaning that
Mr.. Nixon himself is more
strained and tension-ridden.
He has never really been
himself in this campaign. It
may be that he is striving to
present an image, rather than
himself. This has disap-
pointed many of his closest
supporters. He has not run
the sort of campaign they
wanted. He has not stam-
peded the voters. And it re-.
mains to be seen whether
Mr.. Eisenhower's speeches
will change any minds,
popular though he is. q
Viewing the scene as of
now, it seems to me that the
G. o. P. candidate should
be ahead. But there is no
assurance of it. There are
some reminders of 1948 in
this campaign. The indus
trial areas are for Senator
Kennedy. And they are emo
tionally committed. If the
great cities in the large States
give Senator Kennedy tre-
mendous majorities, he will
win the election. This Is a
strong trend and it will not
disappear.
America does not know
itself. We are not aware of
how the traditional other
half lives. We are up against
Evening star., 1960-11-02
RALPH McGILL

At this period in any elec-
ton one begins to hear
echoes. It is inconceivable
that any great number of per-
sons have not decided which
candidate they will support
for the Presidency.
Yet the echoes continue. A
concerned Republican Party
is asking the President to
make additional speeches and
to slug away at the Demo-
Gratis in the fashion of Harry
Truman, minus. Of course,
any mention of hell which
word, as we all know, an old
soldier wouldn't use anyhow.
The candidates grow more
irritable. Rumors fall over
one another in their rush to
be heard. From now on the
tempo of campaigning will
step up to the last-night
frenzy of television spectacu-
lars.
But surely only the timid
souls have not yet made up
their mind whether they will
vote for Senator Kennedy or
Vice President Nixon. The
Nation has yet to go through
the worst of the anti-Catholic
attack. Yet even here, surely,
minds are made up. There
just isn't anything that can
be done with a man who
doesn't believe Jack Ken
nedy. There isn't any way to
change the mind of those
who ignore the fact we have
had many excellent Catholic
mayors and Governors and
none has done the country
any harm. No one has made
a more eloquent testament
Of faith in the Constitution
of the United States than
Jack Kennedy. But the voices
Of prejudice and of irrele-
vance will continue though
Evening star., 1960-11-02
California G. 0. P.'s Big Task

puffy. What he says report
ers can recite by heart, as
they can also repeat Mr..
Nixon's basic speech.
But the Senator gave q
convincing show Of a man
still enjoying himself. His
step remains light and ath-
letic.
The Vice President has.
taken President Eisenhower
to New York with him in an
effort to overcome the pro-
Kennedy evidence Of polls
and crowds in the biggest
State. The President viii 60
also to Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania In q final effort to
reverse the apparent tides
there.
In his home State, the Vice
President will be singularly
alone in a campaign crisis for
the first time. The then
popular Governor, now Chief
Justice Earl Warren. helped
all Republicans in the State
wide races Of Mr.. Nixon's
earlier career. Mr.. Nixon then
raced twice with the invinci-
BILE Eisenhower.
This year Republicans have
one United States Senator,
Thomas Kuchel, a Warren
protege and still largely re-
garded as such, who is not on
the ballot, and one minor
State official. Their legislative
power has notably diminished.
Mr.. Nixon has before him a
large task this week end at
home as we'll as nationally.
Navajo times., 1960-11-01
BY WILLIAM GIANDONI

Fidel Castro repeatedly is think
ing about "nationalizing'' Cuba S
children.
So seriously taken are persist
ent rumOrS to that effect that
even parents who cannot get exit
permits from Cuba are sending
their children abroad to keep them
out of CaStro'S hands.
Fears in Cuba are that the Cas-
tr0 regime is going to take chill
dren away from their mothers
and fathers to insure their PRO
per revolutionary education.
Castro's Education Minister Ar
mando Hart is said to be drawing
up laws which would give the Gu
ban government exclusive right to
education of the nations children.
Laws prepared by the educa-
ton ministry practically convert
all children between five and IS
years of age into property of the
state" the Cuban exile newspap-
er Advance" reports.
"A great number of (standard)
text books have been suppressed,
in favor of free education open
ing the way for Communist indo-
crinatiOn in all schools.
Teachers who do not follow
orders of their Communist super
iors are replaced or discharged, "
the Miami printed newspaper
says.
Cubans, barking back a quarter
of century to the last days of
the Civil War in Spain, when the
Spanish Republic government ship
ped children off to the Soviet
Union, are afraid that some
thing similar may happen in their
homeland.
According to Advance, one of the
Navajo times., 1960-11-01
Indian To Make
Mystic Movie

short subject, ''The Ritual" bas-
ed on another story from the
Hindu Book of Purana3. Agnes
Moorehead will narrate and Shiv-
IRAN, Hindu dancer WHO makes
periodic appearances IN San Die
go, will dance in a principal role.
Next summer in India. Merchant
plans to produce a feat Ice-length
film, Destiny of Life which
will tell of an American woman
coming to India after the death
of her son through her ,ault. The
woman will be seeking the Book
of Life which legend says con-
tsins the past, present and fut-
ure of every person Oh earth.
While there, she will meet her
son, reincarnated as an Indian.
Obviously, Igmar Bergman,
whose 1.-The Seventh Seal'' and
The Magician caused much
comment in America, is going to
have some competition from Mer-
chant in the making of mystic
films.
Navajo times., 1960-11-01
Letters To
Myself

Editors note: Mr.. Abney writ
es these letters to himself because
some things are too personal to
discuss with others. We pilfer
them from his desk while he is
asleep during working hours. CNS)
Dear Me:
The loud bOOms you keep hear
ing are not sonic bOomS. It is the
population boom echoing around
the planet at the rate of 1OO,OO
new folks per day.
At the same time, Science Di-
gest says that no one knows just
how many inhabitants are around
these days. 1t is a matter of spec
ulatiOn and some people are bet
ter spectators than others.
Moving briefly to the field of
fish, the Digest points out that a
pair of pedigreed fish put into a
pond will start very curious pro-
cess of multiplication. They dOub-
lie their numbers each year.
And in the simple case Of 2x2x2
ETC., for so years, the pond winds
up with many, many fish. The Di-
gest article points out that you
would have more than one quin-
tillion and says if the fish were
sparrows that weighed one ounce
each, you would have IS billion
tons of SparrOWS.
/ cannot imagine what anyone
would do with IS billion tons of
SparrOWS.
The best estimate ! can get from
a group of scientific friends is
that it would take a barn 100
Navajo times., 1960-11-01
By JAMES MEADE
The COpley News Service

SAN FRANCISCO - Ismail,
Merchant of Bombay, an Indian
film producer, is darkly hand
some man in his late 2OS. AL
though his short subject, Creation
of Woman, based on the Hindu
version Of the Creation failed to
win a prize, it was one of the
more interesting films exhibited
at the festival.
Photographed in color and en-
acted by three Hindu dancers
backed with music and narration,
the film relates that God, after
creating space earth and man,
had no materials left for woman,
there being no rib in the Hindu
story.
Thus says the film, God created
woman from everything in nature,
giving her the warmth of the sun,
the curves of the earth, the sinew-
mess of the snake, etc.
Since the Hindu story also has
no apple or original sin, when
man and woman dance, woman
continually casts to the floor the
flower offered by man as the In
dian symbol of affection.
Exasperated, man goes 10 God
and says, Lord, l cannot live
with woman. She torments me-"
and God agrees to take her back.
Dancing solo, man becomes lone
ly and goes back to God saying,
Lord cannot live without her
ether" and God magnanimously
returns her.
The short subject is filmed beau
tifully in color and the Hindu
dancers give a performance of
muscular control that must take
years of training. To the comment
that the apple Of Christian Gre
alton still is with us in that apple
pie remains a favorite dish of
American men. Merchant only
smiled inscrutably.
.~AEeFchant is acquaIntA J with
Sakajit Ray of Calcutta whose
film trilogy beginning with Path
er Panchali'' has won a number
of festival prizes and stirred in
terest in the United States.
Merchant said the first Ray
film caused no particular excite
ment in India until after its over
seas triumphs. He said exhibiting
films in India is difficult because
of the multiplicity of tongues,
Rays films being made in the
Bengal language of Calcutta while
Merchants films are made in
Hindustani, the national language.
Merchant has been in Hollywood
for several months studying Am
srican film production. While
there he will produce a 2O-lainute
Navajo times., 1960-11-01

wide to house 35 billion tons of
sparrows. It would need very
strong rafters, and would have a
very dirty floor.
Suppose nobody wants to change
the Science Digest's fish to spar
rows. That would leave them with
nearly 46 zillion tons of fish and
unless the process could be stop
ped, there would be 80 zilli0n
tons the following year. All pedi-
greed.
Where is the population boom
taking US? the Digest editors ask.
l cannot answer for the fish
and sparrow problem. But l can
give the editors some inside in
formation on the boom around the
Abney household.
The latest little explosion is a
five months old contribution to
the independence of womanhood.
At this fragile age, Miss Mary
Louise prefers to make her own
decisions and her thinking is un-
swayed by finger-pointing threats
Of violence.
It is not my fault. She takes
after her mother, a flighty lady
who will shoot me if she ever
reads this.
The rest of the family spoils
Miss Mary Louise. Out-and-out-
sabotage of my efforts to bring
her up properly.
1t is we'll known fact that lad
les, particularly five months old
ladies like to have their way in
everything. This what l wish to
avoid.
For instance, Miss Mary Lou
ise sometimes lies in her bed
thinking up things to do.
Il believe / will exercise my
lungs" she will say to herself.
And Miss Mary Louise has very
powerful lungs. Things are too
quiet to suit me SO we might as
well put some life in the party.
YE-E-E-O-O-Wi
The rest Of the family pays no
attention to her shouting. If an
adult stands around believing in
this fashion, he is arrested for
disturbing the peace. A judge
makes him pay fine
The same thing should apply to
small ladies. 1t is not good to
spoil them by letting them get
away with screeching just be-
cause they happen to like scre-
eching.
So on these occasions, / over
ride the objections of the family
and put a firm fist on the table.
Punishment must be meted out.
But Miss Mary Louise has no
money to pay a fine.
Turning aside the protests of
others, ] take the young lady to
that torture device known as The
Rocking Chair. And there ] rock
her into a state of unconscious
ness.
Sternly,
Navajo times., 1960-11-01
Pan American Report

principal goals of the Castro-C Com.
muniSt regime is to weaken reli.
giouS beliefs in the minds of the
Cuban children.
One school teacher who recently
fled Cuba tells how the Commun-
lists are working on the children
in public schools.
Il was giving a class ON NOR.
ais and civics when a school in.
spector made an unexpected vi.
Sit" the teacher recalled.
''The children all stood up and
she told them to be seated and
asked if they wanted candy.
"The class responded enthusiast
tically.
"'Then close your eyes and in
a loud voice ask God for Candy"
the inspector directed.
"The children obeyed her.
"'Now open your eyes and look.
See! God did not bring you any.
thing
"Now, shut your eyes and ask
Fidel Castro for candy"
The children again obeyed and,
while they had their eyes closed.
the inspector nimbly moved about
the room putting candy On each
desk.
CHOW, open your eyes and see
what Fidel brought you,' she or.
dered.'
The trick apparently is an old
one in the Communist book. 1t
was used in Mexico in public
schools some 80 years ago when
Reds were very active in the
public education system there.
ex,,-,,vo 60. ,Noroo1Ioo ov1I
Navajo times., 1960-11-01

Make syrup for pancakes and
waffles by boiling an equal
amount of brown sugar and water
together and adding a few drops
of maple flavoring.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04
Robertson Makes
NMI Deans List

Lexington, Mar. 3 G z d 6 +
Edward H Foherts son, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Z II Robertson,
Of Gainesville, Is among SO
Virginia Military Institute ca
diets named to tho deans honor
list for the first grading period
OF the second semester
To be named to the dean S
list cadet must have not only
a high academic standing but
also a satisfactory military and
conduct record for the period
under review.
Cadet Robertson is a civil
engineering major and d mem
her ct the first year SENIOR
class a. the Institute.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04

The Commissioner assessed
S49,5ll in such taxes. which were
slightly more than Is per cent
higher than the $42,148 paid by
business and professional men
here a year ago. There was no
change in the tax rate, and gains
represent chiefly higher level
of retain sales activity, he point,
ed out.
231 Merchants
The 231 retail merchants in
Farmville and Prince Edward
county paid license taxes OF
$37 $50 Womack estimated that
tax of that size would require
retail volume on which the
tax is based of $l7.237. 1886.
A year ago, he estimated such
| es at approximately $l5.-
600. 900.
The Commissioner pointed
out that service establishments
such as barber, beauty and dry
cleaning shops, are not subject
to the volume tax, and the re-
tail sales total would not reflect
their sales. Adding their sales
he comes up with the figure of
"about $4,000. OOO'' as that fol-
retail activity here for 1859.
A total of $50 business and
professional licensees were as
sessed with the taxes this
year, compared to 500 a year
ago. After the 231 retail mer.
chants, the most numerous cate
gories were contractors f35) and
WHOLESALERS (2l.
Tax Procedure
The roll included IS medical
doctors, nine attorneys, eight
dentists, five undertakere. two
optometriStS, and one veterinary
surgeon.
All Of the tax accrueS directed
to the Commonwealth, since
counties are not empowered tc
assess these. Local commission.
erS assess the taxes and county
treasurerS collect it and forward.
ed the total to the state.
The Town of Farmville as.
SeSses similar tax, and re.
Continued on page -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04
Opening OF 18th
Center Delayed
From Wednesday

Plans to open fourth train
ing center for Negro pupils in
Prince Edward on Wednesday
did not materialize.
The coordinator for the ten
proposed centers, the Rev. L. F.
Griffin said Wednesday night
the center near Hampden-Syd-
ney should have opened yester-
day, but there were a few little
probims to be worked out.
Weather permitting, he plans to
open that center at Loving Sis
tiers of Charity Hall, a Negro
lodge, this week and two other
centers.
The fifth and sixth centers will
be located at New Bethel Bap-
fist Church between Worsham
and Keysville and at High
Bridge Baptist Church near
Rice. Mrs. A. Leese Baker will
be the supervisor at the New
Bethel center.
No enrolment figures for the
latest centerS planned were
available. The supervisors for
the centers near Hampden-Syd-
ney and at High Bridge have
not been named.
Mr.. Griffin. who is also the
county NAACP coordinator as
well as president of the spon-
soring Prince Edward County
Christian Association, said the
three opened centers ARE NOV
ing along, doing very Well-prob-
lens being ironed out
Enrolment at the Farmville
center, housed in Griffin S
church is UP from rs pupils to
100. No change in the enroll
ment at Meherrin or Prospect
was reported.
A total of ten centers have
been proposed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04
New Contracts TotoI 10
Conservation Reserve Payments To
Yield $4,000 In Prince Edward

forestry. Contracts are signed
for minimum of three years
and a maximum of ten years.
Farmers placing their diverted
acreage into forestry will cease
drawing payments after to n
years
Additional soil building an d
landconServing practices are
approved. but cover crops used
on the land may not be clipped
OF grazed.
The conservation reserve is
the remaining phase Of the soil
bank program. A controversial
acreage reserve plan. which per-
mitted yearto-year diversion of
basic commodity crops for rent
al payments was killed by Con
grcSS IN 1853
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04
New Contracts 1otol 10

Prince Edward county farm.
ers will receive $35, $50 fer par
ticipauon in the government s
conservation reserve plan dur
ing 1860, according TO statistics
released today by tho county
ASC office.
Thirteen additional contracts
were signed for the 1860 pro
gram making the county total
SO. Don c. CAN'T, county office
manager, said the new contracts
covered TBS acres. and the an
nual payment would amount tc
$l1. 1856.
The 40 contracts carried oven
cover a total of LIP acres with
annual PAYNE nts totaling
$24, $50. The acres will be with
drawn from crop production this
year under 4 government plan
TO reduce surplus cnnnnnndltiCs
IN hd SIC crops Only land
actually taken ont Of previous
production Of crops can he put
into The conservation reserve
The state office Of Agricul-
tlral Sta hllEatlon and Cnnser.
vatlon reports that 733 contracts
we're signed on 1879 acres &c
be taken out Of crop production
this year
Virginia S farmers will receive
$6l6.l78 i'll rental payments on
their land, and an additional
$l66.3S7 for instituting approved
conservation practices on the
diverted acreage. The total pay.
ment will be $783. Ol5. The state
report showed that Buckingham
county ranked second in t h {
number Of new contracts witt
%.
Conservation practices include