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Evening star., 1960-10-26
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Kills Five in
Wheaton Drill

A hypothetical nuclear ex-
plosion in the Wheaton Plaza
shopping center last night
killed" at least flve persons
and injured" As others in the
largest civil defense drill ever
held in Montgomery County.
Shortly after $50 pm. civil
defense officials announced a
"nuclear" weapon had fallen
on the Woodward q. Lothrop
department store, located on
the south side Of the plaza.
Within two minutes. four
ambulances and two rescue
trucks from the nearby Whea-
ton Rescue Squad arrived on
the scene, which was covered
with smoke provided by smoke
pots set up on the stores roof.
Rescue workers found nearly
so victims" scattered about on
the ground near the store. The
drill had been announced ear
lier, but the extent Of the oper-
alton was not made known to
the participants.
The Casualties" who were
members of Naval Reserve Unit
537 Of White Oak, Md, were
provided with realistic plastic
"moulageS" representing such
injuries as jagged bones pro-
truding from broken limbs alb
dominal wounds and severe
cuts. Some Of the victims"
were dead"
Chief Ray Thompson of the
Kensington Fire Department,
who was in charge of last
nights operations, declared the
situation a disaster" within
10 minutes of the original box
alarm, and put in q call to the
county fire board for more
equipment.
Following a pre-arrangeC
county wide natural disaster
plan." which was organized BY
the Montgomery County Med.
ical Society. the fire board dis.
patched additional units from
all the Is county fire depart.
ments and two rescue squads
Eight fire companies from
Prince Georges County were
also dispatched under a mu.
tual-aid system which has
been in effect for the last two
years.
Rescue equipment from al
far as Laurel, Md, responded
to Chef Thompson's disaster
call. In all, more than zoo
men and IS pieces Of equip
ment were used in moving the
victims to two nearby hos
pitals.
THE purpose of the drill
was to see how well the hos
pitfalls could handle a sudden
rush OF emergency patients" /"
Chief Thompson said.
According to one official at
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda,
the test was successful and I'VE
did very we'll"
Evening star., 1960-10-26
Alliance Speaker

Mrs. Adelaide Baker, repre-
sentative to the. United Nations
for the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom,
will discuss the leagues new
Jane Addams House in Spittal,
Austria, at a meeting of the
Unitarian Women's Alliance at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow in the Uni
tartan Church Of Montgomery
County, 9601 Cedar lane, Be-
thesda. -f.
Evening star., 1960-10-26

train reached Union Station,
police added.
The young victim was pro-
nounced dead at the scene by
DR.. Frank j. Broschart, county
medical examiner,
Besides his parents Paul
leaves three sisters. Anne, l3;
Rita, 6, and Julianne, 4, and
two brothers, James, 8, and
Charles, 2.
Evening star., 1960-10-26

called the revolutionist an IAN.
cry young dictator" who needs
Sleep
Speaks for Foley
The audience roared ap-
proval as the former Governor
of Illinois asked for the re-
slection Of Representative Foley,
Democrat of Maryland's 9Th
District, who beamed beside
the candidate on the platform.
Mr. Stevenson called Sena-
tor Kennedy, the Democratic
presidential candidate, q sober
and steady" man who changes
his mind when he learns some-
thing new-and not because It
fits the picture of the moment"
He said Senator Kennedy has
told the truth. even If it has
been unpopular and not as
agreeable as the sedatives furn-
ished by the Republicans"
Mr.. Stevenson was ushered
Evening star., 1960-10-26
RETIREMENT PLAN
MEALTHIERllT paiumas are sound
investments In style and eonaforS

Heres sleeping and Iounsns comfort for
the whole fomiIyl ski-Npe sleep suits ore
knit Of winkIe-resstont and shrink-resistont
cotton fobries thot stoy soft through washing
ofter woshins never need ironing Neck
lines, cuffs ond woist bonds keep their trim
fit . keep you coy and protected from
drofts. We have sizes for nom. dod. sis.
brother :. :. and sIeepers for baby . in
wonderful ronse Of eoIors. Buy for yourself
!. and gifts. 4
Evening star., 1960-10-26

around by Blair Lee III, Senator
Kennedy's campaign manager
In Montgomery County, and was
introduced by Judge Theodore
Miller Of the county's orphans
court.
I'VE honor him." said Judge
Miller. referring to Mr.. Steven
son, "for the genius within him,
his magic with words and
ideas"
Sometime later, the ladies
walked out Of the woods and
went home to wash the dishes.
Evening star., 1960-10-26
PoroIytic Polio Eosing

BALTIMORE, Oct. Is (AP).
The State Health Department
lists 1l3 paralytic polio cases so
far this year, IA more than for
the same period last year. DR..
Glen E. Gresham of the United
States Public Health Service
said the occurrence of the dis
ease appears to be very def
nitely" on the downward trend
in Maryland, ...
Evening star., 1960-10-26
Californian Picked

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Oct. 26
(AP.-The board Of directors
of the Cambridge = Maryland
Hospital has appointed Stephen
B. Fuller Of, Pittshurg, Calf, as
hospital administrator to Sue
ceed Harold P. CoSton, who was
asked to resign by an arbitra-
tion board last summer.
Evening star., 1960-10-26
Ladies' Still Throng to Stevenson Y
ny JOHN, MeKELwAY
star star writer

After lunch yesterday, some
ladies In Montgomery County
left the dishes in she sink and
slipped away to rendezvous with
Adlai Stevenson.
They met In q little church
In the woods and had coffee
and cookies. Some wore their
fall furs SO as not to cover up
old "Adlai" buttons and many
had tears in their eyes when
Mr., Stevenson left.
There were about 1000 per-
sons squeezed inside the Uni
tartan Church Of Montgomery
County when the former presi-
dental candidate arrived for
his talk, sponsored by the Ken
nedy- Johnson-F Foley Committee
for Montgomery County.
Announcements over the pub
lie address system Of the church
had previously stated Mr..
Stevenson would "mingle." But
the ladies gave him little
chance; they bore down upon
him.
Sharp Wit at Work
Mr.. Stevenson seemed COM
pletely relaxed in the role Of
. Kennedy worker. He looked
At and alert and his wit was
Us sharp as the October sun.
He hammered ct Vice Presi-
dent Nixon, accusing him Of
assuming whatever image might
at whatever occasion.
He said the Republican cam
didate has "wooed athletes" In
an attempt at good guy-ism."
He said Mr., Nixon has shown
more faces than any man since
Lon Clancy, the late movie
actor who specialized in make
up.
He said Mr.. Nixon picks up
and discards issues" as II they
were playing cards. Mr.. Nixon's
stand on Quemoy and Matsu,
he said, was an "impulsive ac-
ton" and RECKLESS talk" He
added that the Republican
standard bearer makes "wild
political pitches"
:. Hits Cuba Spanking
Mr.. stevenson TUNED his at
BENTON to Cuba and said the
administration 3 mbargo on
goods to the Castro regime "of-
tends the charter of the Organ
lEation Of American States"
He emphasized that the action
came 20 days before the elec-
Hon. and said 1t would serve
only to "drive Cuba further
into the Soviet orbit"
:. He said attempts to deal with
Cuban Premier Castro should
only be taken after consulta-
ton with the Organization Of
American States" =
He said the Cuban people
would take care Of Castro as
soon as the Cuban people real.
be the rest Of Latin America
Is moving ahead with u.s." He
Evening star., 1960-10-26
New Headquarters

A new Oxon Hill Democratic
campaign headquarters ONCE
has been opened at 5025 Indian
Head highway. Forest Heights,
Md. Once hours are 1 to Q
pm. Mondays through Satur-
dayS.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Desertinq FideI

Another Of Fidel Castro's former
close friends and collaborators has de-
cided to desert him and become an exile.
His name is Luis Conte Aguero. A radio
commentator, he has had his fill of the
new revolutionary" regime. "Since the
truth cannot be told in Cuba" he says,
II shall tell it outside of Cuba" and the
sum of the truth is that the country
faces "Sad days" because. there is too
much tolerance of Communists who are
plotting to take over everything for the
greater honor and glory of the Kremlin.
Senor Conte Aguero, by himself,
probably can do little or nothing-now
that he has sought asylum with us-to
persuade his countrymen that they had
better look twice at the sinister bill of
goods that their queer Havana regime is
trying to sell them. Never before in the
Western Hemisphere has there been
such an off-beat kind Of government,
and the more one looks at it, with its
adolescent boards and its Hitler-like
uniforms, the more one has reason to
worry about 1t.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Guidance Needed

Despite politically favored criti-
ciSm, Welfare Secretary Flemming is
justified in his insistence that an ad-
ministration-supported plan for provid-
ing health insurance for the aged should
be "sound"-should be based upon $50
lutionS that expedite rather than i'm
pede" accomplishment of their purpose
1t has been indicated by other admin
istration spokeSmen that when and If
recommended it will be voluntary
rather than compulsory program, in
volving Federal, State and individual
participation, and not financed by an
increase in social security taxes.
This is better approach than the
costly, compulsory program-limited
only to social security pensioners-con-
tanned in the Forand bill which the
House Ways and Means Committee
already has pigeon-holed.
At the same time, there are good
reasons why the administration should
not justify the charge of labor leader
James B. Carey that it seems intent
upon studying this problem to death"
One reason is the need of older citizens,
and particularly those of limited means,
to have a wider choice of insurance
against the high costs of medical care.
Another reason is that this issue already
Evening star., 1960-04-12
De GouIIe on the Road

Looked at in any light, President
Charles de GaulleS visit to the United
Kingdom has been a striking success
Wholly apart from his heart-warming
reunion with Winston Churchill, his
general performance throughout the
course of this combined sentimental and
political journey has deeply impressed
the British people, and Anglo-French
relations have been strengthened ac-
cordingly.
1t is true, of course, as the French
leader has acknowledged in his eloquent
address to both houses of the British
Parliament, that certain Emergencies"
exist between Britain and France, espe-
cially as regards trading rivalries in
volving the "Outer Seven" group Of
nations and the "Six." But these diff
ferences seem relatively minor when
measured against the fact, as President
de Gaulle has told his hosts, that my
country turns to yours by instinct and
by reason. It feels that BritonS and
Frenchmen E. are destined to act to-
gether in order to assist in building
peace"
AS for his own views on the kind
of peace that needs to be built in our
Supremely dangerous world, President
de Gaulle has made clear that France
is prepared to welcome total nuclear
disarmament on the basis of adequate
control and policing. He has made clear,
too, that he will take part in next
months summit meeting with rational
hope" and with feeling that his coun-
try must stand shoulder to shoulder
with Britain" in striving for agreements
aimed at bringing about in Europe a
genuinely peaceful order leading to "the
progressive diminution of opposition be-
tween" the two ways of life that now
divide the continent.
These and similar views have been
received with marked enthusiasm by the
British, just as has General de Gaulle
himself Later this month he will be
visiting among us as President Eisen-
hower's guest, and it seems safe to pre-
dict that he will score another personal
triumph. Beyond that, his trip here,
together with his trip to Britain, can
hardly fail to bolster Anglo-French-
American nifty in advance of the sum-
NIT talks with Nikita Khrushchev.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Still the Deadlock

The ten-nation disarmament con-
ference has done the logical thing in
deciding to adjourn from April 20 to
June 6. After all, since resuming nego-
tiationS in Geneva last March Is, both
sides have succeeded only in proving
that they are as far apart as ever.
Accordingly they might Just as well
recess and let the heads of government
try to break the dreary old stalemate at
next months summit meeting in Paris
AS agreed upon at Geneva, the five
Western and five Communist conferees
will continue to palaver about arms
control for the next fortnight or so.
Then. during the first weeks of their
adjournment, they will prepare special
reports designed to explain to the sum-
nit get-together, which is scheduled to
begin May Is, just why the deadlock
remains. From the free worlds point of
view, of course, the explanation is simple
enough-namely, that the Kremlin keeps
fighting shy of an international policing
system sufficiently strict and thorough
to provide effective safeguards against
the danger of violations and evasions.
This persistent Russian attitude,
which also affects the separate effort
to work out trustworthy ban on nuclear
tests, is what accounts primarily for the
worlds failure thus far-after some Is
years of of -again-on-again negotiations
to make any headway toward disarm-
ament of type in which all nations
could have confidence. Possibly, If only
for propaganda purposes, Premier Khru-
shchev may submit some new headline
winning offer at the summit, but his own
and the Kremlin'S past record leaves
the West with little reason to be hope
full about the matter, or to expect an
important change for the better in
Soviet policy on arms control
But this is something that will re-
main speculative until Mr. Khrushchev
has shown his hand in Paris. Mean
while, as they meet here for the next
few days, the Western foreign ministers
will have a good opportunity to weigh
the significance Of the continuing dead
lock and to concert their views on how
it ought to be dealt with at the summit
Evening star., 1960-04-12
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Maybe in another Is years
I can report something else.
I will then be 98. What? Oh,
well, a few of us do make it,"
when we grow too old to
dream"
Then we can watch the
birds, and find solace for
many things in the unending
and undying creatures of ma
ture, and their antics, as we
call them.
The birds bring happiness.
Not only the bluebird, whose
name has been tied to the
idea. All birds seem happy.
Maybe it is because they can
not think, at least in the hu-
man sense.
When man raised himself
from the strict animal world,
and began to look around and
think, he did a great thing,
but one that has brought
much sorrow. too.
1t seems that he cannot
exactly control his thinking.
Hence the terrible weap-
ons Of war. now so monstrous
that they may happily out
law war itself, after all these
centuries.
When the idea of flying
came into mans mind, he
never gave it up, with to-
days results of planes ex-
ploding in the air.
The idea of the internal
combustion engine was a
marvellous thing, but it has
given rise to 10000 killed
each year and 2 million in
jured, in the United States
alone.
Birds have no ideas, in our
sense. 1t remains a great
mystery. Still, they do very
we'll for themselves, and
manage to keep going, ra-
cially speaking.
Nature asks no more than
that, as far as we can see of
her children. She puts them
here, and lets them function
for a time, then takes them
away, without tears or fears.
Maybe thinking isn't such
a good thing, after all!
We are sure the big Jay.
triumphant in the sunshine.
would say he can see no good
to thinking, when you get
along just as we'll without it.
Or would he, too, want TO
take a college course, and set
himself up with a doctors
degree, and tell all the other
birds what to do?
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Registering Voters

Much has been said and
written, including a public
hearing by the local Board
of Elections, to determine
how registration of voters
could be conducted here to
secure the largest number of
voters possible and certainly
If the turnout is small on
election day, there will be
some aftermath in speech
and writings. Various sugges-
tions have been offered, some
with merit and some, even
If not designed to, would
create a "three-ring circus"
Of the normal civic function
Of registering to vote. This
premise applies particularly
to suggestions that registra-
tion booths be placed in su-
per markets, drug stores, etc.,
and teams of registrars be
sent to the meetings of vari-
GUS organizations, clubs, etc.
Anyone familiar with ad-
ministrative work details
should easily realize that
such methods would open the
door for duplicate and tripli-
cate registrations, filing and
transcripting errors and pos
sibly "horSeplay" and practi-
cal Jokes by various persons.
Even worse upon request, it
would be necessary to send
a team Of registrars to the
meeting Of the Klu Klux
Klan. the Saturday Night
Seven and Eleven Club and
many other organizations,
clubs ETC., existing for vari-
GUS purposes.
Before taking residence in
this territory. I was a regis
tered voter for short periods
Of time in three different
States and always prime re-
sponSibility for bringing out
the voters belonged to the
candidates for office, political
and civic organizations and
leaders and others who might
have reason for same and
there does not appear to be
any logical reason that same
Is not applicable here.
Innocent Bystander.
Evening star., 1960-04-12

j. H. Carter criticized the
Presidents request for leg
iSlation to permit increased
immigration into our coun-
try. 1t is very unfortunate
that so many Americans hold
this view. Most Americans
don't even begin to realize
how well off we are as COM
pared to the rest of the world.
While we take for granted our
many luxuries and great ma
terial wealth, more than half
of the worlds population
isn't even getting enough to
eat. Yet for a country which
still considers itself a land of
opportunity, the record of
our immigration policy since
World War II is nothing to be
proud of. After the war, when
other countries. including
some far smaller and poorer
than ours, we're taking in
thousands of war refugees,
the United States admitted
but very few until the belated
Refugee Relief Program of
1854. And these refugees had
lost their property, home
lands, and in many cases
their entire families during
and after the war.
1t is too bad that those
who oppose the Presidents
proposal cannot visit some of
the truly poverty stricken
areas of the world, or better
still, experience some of the
hardshipS of these people.
They might then realize how
selfish their views are. To be
sure, such increased immi-
grafton would add somewhat
to the problems of housing,
employment. school facilities,
ETC.. but our country is GER
tainly large enough and our
economy healthy enough to
asSimilate several additional
thousands of immigrants
without i'll effect. And it
would seem that from any
Christian or humanitarian
consideration, we should be
willing to do far more than
We have in the past to help
out less fortunate people in
this way.
Robert Harmon.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
MCKINLEY STREET.

Dear Sir:
Yesterday I witnessed an
event in the bird world which.
to me at least. was unique.
OF course, as frequently
happens, what is new to one
may be an old story to others,
But anyway, I decided to re-
port it to you.
During the snowy weather
I placed sunflower seed be-
meath a small oak in the back
yard. The branches of this
tree extend horizontally in
all directions and seem made
to order for perching birds.
"As we know, the blue jay
is not equipped to shell the
sunf1ower seed in the neat
manner of the cardinal or
other tropical seed eater. He
takes a seed, ordinarily. to
the branch of a tree, and
there pecks vigorously at it
until he frees the kernel.
Now for the happening
Of yesterday. A lady blue jay
was hammering away at a
seed held on one of the little
oaks branches, but not ac-
complishing much, apparent
ly. Suddenly a male blue jay
appeared on a branch Just
below and peered up at the
action with evident interest.
+ +
"Oh, me, I thought, here
= comes a fight. But no. He
simply hoped to the higher
limb and snatched the seed.
The lady made no objection;
just moved a few feet away.
Her boy friend successfully
freed the kernel in short
order and then few over and
delivered it to her, bill to
bill!
"Of course. we have both
seen this trick in the cardi-
nails love life, but I have
never thought to see it in
that of the jay. I fear have
heretofore given this bird
credit only for being a nest
robber; never supposed he
had finer feelings and was, at
heart, a really romantic fell
low.
"Or could he just be putting
on a clever act?
IF so, we might take one
Of Aesop's morals to end the
story and say that the villain
sometimes parades as the So
fascinating gentleman.
Sincerely yours, G. NJ. r.
PSI inclose a clipping
showing a copy of what I be-
lieve was my last letter to
you-25 years ago-and your
always appreciated comment.
Evening star., 1960-04-12

The underdeveloped coun-
tries of the world appear to
have the affluent nations.
particularly the United
States. over a barrel.
The President is asking for
81 billion to spend on foreign
aid, and it will not even earn
us credit for benevolence or
altruism; for we are told that
we have no choice, because if
we do not pay up the Com
munists will move in.
1t looks like a form of
blackmail that has unlimited
possibilities.
It seems worth noting that
81 billion would raise the
monthly benefits of an esti-
mated five million Americans
past IS on Social Security,
who are now getting less than
$40 a month, by $50 a month
and leave 81 billion over.
Benjamin KirsOn.
Holicong, Pa.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Still Anqn

According to your April 6
account of the meeting of the
Fairfax County School Board
at which the decision was
made to reduce from $29 to
$26 million the amount of a
school bond proposal, I IAN
grily" criticized the proposal.
The current proposal Jumps
together funds for elemen-
tary schools. intermediate
schools, senior high schools
and additions and altera-
tions to existing plants. 1t
also incorporates a major
change in school policy in
that it provides for vocation
al high schools as we'll as the
present comprehensive type
high schools. The voters are
not being allowed to pass
separately on the vocational
schools which are much more
expensive to build, equip and
operate and for which there
has been no real showing of
demand or need.
The school administration
is trying to railroad" this
bond issue to approval with
out any real public discussion
or consideration. The bond
issue resolution passed by the
school board is on the agen-
da of the County Board Of
Supervisors April 13 at the
unusual hour of 9 am, and
an effort will be made to get
the Supervisors to rubber
stamp the presentation of the
$26 million blank check"
proposal to the voters at a
poorly attended special elec-
ton in May. The PTAS are
being counted on for their
usual one-sided Vote for the
bond issue" campaign to get
out Just those voters who
consider the public debt and
tax burden of little or no
concern.
I believe our community,
State and Nation would be
better of if a few more IAN
cry" citizens made themselves
heard and felt.
Harley M. williams.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Requiem for Church?

1t seems that the Amer
lean Protestant Church has
outlived its usefulness. Joseph
Mccarthy weakened it con-
siderably, and the United
States Air Force has deliv-
cred what might be the final
death-blows. American Prot
eStants, once celebrated for
their vigor, apparently are
too embarrassed and too
disarmed to protest the de-
cline Of basic religious free
doms. and Mr.. Luther's fling
seems to be quite finished in
America.
But if, 20 years from now,
my children should ask me
who the Protestants were
exactly, I will tell them that
they were very charming
people, with rare taste in