davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Who FORGOT This?

After all these years, the sight of
pile-drivers pounding away at footings
for the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge fills
lis with anticipation. Even more exhil-
arating, however, is the assurance that
the fine new bridge, instead of hanging
in mid-air, will have at least one major
arterial highway in Virginia to connect
with when it is finished in 1868.
Although not much has been said
about it, this apparently has been worry
ing highway officials stiff, because of
sudden crisis over whether the Federal
government or the State of Virginia
would pay for the long planned connec-
tion between the bridge and Arlington
boulevard. Now, happily, the Bureau of
Public Roads has determined that it
can pay 80 per cent of the costs, pre-
Sumably to the satisfaction of everyone.
What remains a puzzle is why
question as basic as this was not raised
and resolved long ago. The uncertainty
of Virginia highway plans a few years
ago made such decisions impossible. But
for some time now, the general pattern
has been clear. Even though no harm
was done in this case, we hope that the
multifariouS agencies involved in the
rest of the massive highway program
are agreed at least on who will foot the
bills.
Evening star., 1960-07-28

vigor and thrust of Communist imperial
ism. Everywhere across the earth this
force challenges us to prove our strength
and wisdom, our capacity for sacrifice,
our faith in ourselves and in our institu-
tionS."
Another trenchant and altogether
pertinent excerpt from the Republican
plank on foreign policy reads as follows:
Our time SurgeS with change and chal-
lenge, peril and great opportunities. 1t
calls us to great tasks and efforts-for
free men can hope to guard freedom only
if they prove capable of historic acts of
wisdom and courage" The Democrats
at Los Angeles, although using other
words, have said the same thing, and
they continue to say it. The Kremlin
will be making the most grievouS kind
of mistake if it thinks that America does
not know how to hold together at the
waters edge.
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Mr.. K. Has q Bad Day

Tuesdays session of the United
Nations Security Council adds up to
anything but red-letter day for Nikita
KhruShchev.
The Soviet leader, through his front
men, had asked the council to find
the United States guilty of creating a
threat to peace in connection with the
destruction on July l by a Russian
fighter of an American RB-47 aircraft.
Mr.. KhruShchevS contention was that
the flight of the RB-47 over the Barents
Sea was an aggressive action" against
the Soviet Union.
This accusation was rejected by
9-to-2 vote of the Security Council
One of the losing votes was cast, of
course, by the Russian delegate The
other came from the Polish delegate,
whose country is a helpless satellite of
Moscow.
Possibly of greater significance were
the votes cast for and against two pro-
poSalS-one for an impartial commission
to investigate the Russian accusation,
and, second, an Italian recommendation
that the International Red Cross be
authorized to send representatives to
interview two crew members of the
RB-47 who had the misfortune to fall
into Russian hands. Nine of the council
members, including the representatives
from North African, Asian and Latin
American countries, favored the pro-
poSalS. But the Russian delegate, using
his veto power blocked these inquiries.
Obviously, the Soviet representative was
afraid to submit his country'S charges
to the revealing test of truthful, objec-
tive inquiry. He was afraid even to per-
nit representative of the International
Red Cross to talk to the two captured
American crew members "a circum-
stance which suggests that it is taking
longer these days to do a complete Job
Of brainwaShing
This Security Council session, 1t
seems to us, was an occasion of con-
siderable Importance. Why were the
Russians afraid of impartial inquiry?
Why did they veto the Red Cross in
tervieW? Why was it, on this occasion,
that the votes from North Africa, Asia
and Latin America were cast with the
United States and against Russia?
Whatever the answers, they surely
cannot mean that Mr.. Khrushchev
really is winning the battle for mems
minds in the court of world opinion.
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Nixon and Lodoe

The G.. 0. P. ticket-Richard NJ
Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge-defi-
nitely ties the Republican presidential
hopes this year to the overriding issue
Of national survival in a world gravely
threatened by aggressive communism.
This is most clearly reflected, of
course, in the choice of Mr.. Lodge, our
Ambassador to the United Nations, as
the Nixon running mate. For he is known
to the American people almost entirely
for his verbal fitting with the Russians
in the Security Council. In fact his long
Identification with this arm of our for
eign policy has virtually isolated him
from the main stream of domestic
politics.
Evidence of Republican preoccupa-
tion with the international scene is not
limited, however, to the choice of Mr.
Lodge for the second spot on the ticket.
, 1t will also be found in Mr. Nixon'S COM
ment that the trend in world events may
have more influence on Americas choice
OF its next President than anything the
candidates can do or say. And this, we
feel sure, is true. If crisis is to follow
upon crisis in the world, the voters in
November can be expected to give more
careful thought to the security of the
United States than in any previous elec-
ton, except in time of actual war.
This is not to say that domestic
. Issues will be neglected. They are many
and they are important. But Mr.. Nixon
will not need help from his running mate
in carrying the ball for the G. O. P. on
the domestic side of the field. He knows
the answers; he has been given the 60
ahead signal by the President, and he
has been assured of the unstinted sup
port of Governor Rockefeller, whose in
fluence in such key States as New York
and California will be considerable. 1t
Is true that there are pockets of unhap-
pineSS in the G. o. P. family, as shown
by the fact that 10 unreconStructed dele
gates from Louisiana insisted on voting
for Barry GoldWater even after the SEN
ator had withdrawn his name. But dis
affections such as these can be and al
most certainly will be ironed out before
the big battle starts.
In Richard Nixon, the Republicans
undoubtedly have their ableSt candidate,
the man who stands the best chance of
winning in November. If he is the tough,
takec charge type, so is his opponent,
Senator Kennedy. And the Republicans
, will need a tough man. For the cam
paign Of 1860 will be a hard-hitting,
hard-driving affair with the result very
much in doubt at this stage of the game.
When the votes are counted the big
prize, to the extent that the candidates
can shape the course of events, will 60
to the man who has proved himself best
able to dish it out-and to take it.
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Saying the Same Thinq

Nikita KhruShchev and his Cocoon
SpiratorS in the Kremlin would be we'll
advised not to underestimate the fact
that the Republican Party'S platform
plank on foreign policy is essentially the
same as the one adopted little more than
week ago by the Democrats in Los
Angeles. The two differ, of course. They
differ in literary sense and in the rhe-
torical emphasis they place, in a strictly
partisan spirit on the successes and fail
ureS our country has experienced in re-
cent years throughout the world. But
the important point to be kept in mind
by Moscow is that they merge, that they
become virtually Identical on the issues
that really count.
The greatest of these issues has to
do with the preservation of human lib
erty in world implaCably menaced by
the Red totalitarians. The Democrats
have made clear in their own plank on
foreign policy that they are in full ac-
cord with the Republican Platforms un-
equivocal assertion that f1rmnesS in
the face of threatened aggression is the
most dependable safeguard of peace. We
now reaff1rm our determination to de-
fend the security and the freedom of
our country, to honor our commitments
to our allies at whatever cost or sacrifice,
and never to submit to force or threats.
... We mean to adhere to the policy of
flrmneSS that has served us so we'll"
This pledge, like the one made by
the Democratic Party, applies to all parts
of the worId-Latin America, Europe,
the Middle East, and Asia. 1t is a pledge
that promises to maintain the necessary
military power and diplomatic initiative
to deal effectively with the following
reality, in the words of the Republican
plank: "One fact darkenS the reason
able hopes of free men; The growing
Evening star., 1960-07-28
THE POLITICAL MILL
Republican Stage Set for Nixon
BY GOULD LINCOLN

CHICAGO-The Republi-
cans have picked their first
sitting Vice President for the
presidency, Richard M. Nixon
Of California. The only other
sitting Vice President nomi-
mated for President since the
nominations have been made
in national convention was
Martin Van Buren, who ran
124 years ago and was elect
ed. Van Buren was the per-
sonal choice of fiery old An
drew Jackson. With Jackson 5
backing he was both nomi-
mated and elected.
Mr.. Nixon, who is to bear
the standard and the hopes
of the Republican Party in
the coming campaign, has
come to the summit of ma
tional politics by a different
route. President Eisenhower,
his immediate superior in
the Executive Branch of the
Government for 71a years,
has never insisted that Mr..
Nixon be his successor. 1t was
not until recent months that
President Eisenhower tapped
him for the job, and then
only because there were no
other announced candidates
on the horizon.
Until Gov. Nelson A. Rookie
feller last December an
nounced he would not make
the race against Mr.. Nixon
Tor nomination-and even
long after that announcement
MIR. Eisenhower, so far as
the public and the press were
informed, kept his hands off
So much so, that Mr.. Nixon S
friends at times privately ex-
pressed resentment.
What Mr.. Eisenhower did
for Mr.. Nixon, however. was
effective. He gave his Vice
President a far more i'm
portant part in his admin
stration than any other Vice
President has ever played
And in the various assign
mentS, Mr.. Nixon invariably
made good. Further, the
President spoke of him with
utmost praise.
Mr.. Nixon has been re-
garded as the Eisenhower
heir, however, for a number
OF reasons. Chief among them
was the fact that since 1852
and the election of the Eisen-
hover ticket for its first term
OF office, there has been a
dearth of Republican Presi-
Dental material.
Taft, Warren Out
Senator Robert A. Taft Of
ONO, the runner-up to Mr.
Eisenhower at the 1852 con.
vention, died only month.
after Mr., Eisenhower hac
become President. Gov. Ear
Warren of California was ap.
pointed Chief Justice-an Of.
flee which he desires to hole
until he retireS.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey
three times Governor of New
York and twice the Republi-
can nominee for President
declined to be a candidate
for reelection as Governor
and entered the private prac-
tice of law.
Harold E. Stassen, who fol
years had been seeking q
Evening star., 1960-07-28

presidential nomination with
out success, faded away.
The stage, therefore, was
set for Mr.. Nixon. In his
years of service as Vice
President, he made himself
solid with Republican leaders
and Office holders and candi-
dates for office all over the
country. He campaigned
vigorously for them every
election year he himself was
not running. He was strongly
entrenched. He captured the
eye of the public successfully
on his trips for Mr.. EiSen-
hover to South America, to
Russia and to many other
parts of the world. He had,
indeed, been able to create a
large Nixon following. This
Notwithstanding the smesr-
Nixon drive by the Demo-
Gratis ever since he became
Vice President.
The elections of 1858. how
ever, produced a new and
dazzling Republican star,
Governor Rockefeller Of New
York, who defeated Demo-
cratic Governor Averell Har-
riman by half a million votes.
Immediately, Mr.. Rockefeller
became a potential rival Of
Mr.. Nixon for the 1860 preSi-
dental nomination.
Governor Rockefeller him
self was entirely agreeable to
the idea of running for PreSi-
dent. So he set out to travel
about the country to deter
mine if he would become an
active candidate. He was
coldshouldered by Republican
leaders in important States.
Polls of public opinion gave
him no hope Of winning in
the presidential primaries.
Governor Rockefeller de-
cided, much to everyone's
surprise, he would not enter
the contest.
No Draft Develops
This was the picture right
up almost to the time of the
partys national convention,
although a few weeks ago Mr..
Rockefeller told his followers
he would accept a draft" for
the nomination if the con-
vention wanted him. Cover
nor Rockefeller found there
was no chance of a draft.
The convention was willing
to draft" him for vice pres
ident but Mr.. Rockefeller.
at the time he said he would
not run for President last
December, also announced
he would not be a candidate
for Vice President under any
circumstances. He stuck TO
that decision, much to the re-
gret Of many Republicans who
believed he would strengthen
the ticket.
Mr.. Nixon has said several
times that he intends to
make the vice presidential
office even more important
than did President Eisenhow-
er in Mr.. Nixon's case. If he
does so, other Presidents will
probably do likewise il tcs
future. The office Of Vice
President, under such conG;-
tion may become really a pre-
liminary landing in the long
trail to tho White House. It
has paid off in Mr.. Nixon S
case, indeed.
Evening star., 1960-07-28

those deaths recently" re-
Piled the man at the wheel.
If this attitude groWs-and
1t seems to be on the way-it
may result in safer streets.
roads, boulevards, avenues.
A lower, sensible rate of
speed is the answer.
The motoriSt quoted above
inStinctively gave the remedy.
The trouble comes, how
ever, in the value this age
has set on speed.
1t is not just American.
Railroads of several Euro
pean nations have Dragged
recently of their improve
ments-notably in increased
mileage per hour.
Our own PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad has spent millions
Of dollars electrifying the
line between Washington and
New York.
Increased speed is one Of
the objectives.
We were over to Union
Station the other day, stand
ing under the umbrella sheds
over which now run the cleo
trio wires with their huge
insulators.
Such enormous inSulators
we never saw in our life.
When we thought of the tiny
glass affairs we used to use
in the early days of radio
the contrast was amusing, in
any way one chose to look
at it.
We stood there and Won
dered what the Pennsy got
out Of the increased speed
or what the riding public got
out of it.
Didn't the old trains, with
their magic Of steam locomo-
tives, haul one around fast
enough for all practical pur-
poses?
We tried our best to feel
that the romance had gone
out OF railroading-and we
failed, at once and COM
pletely.
There was Just as much
Evening star., 1960-07-28

romance as ever. 1t had sur
vived the speed mania!
When the long train pulled
out we got just as much
thrill out of it as ever.
Still, we wondered what
they want with more speed.
Where will it end?
Where will the universal
desire for speed, noise and
numbers end?
Around the world the
movement goes. In the name
of progress, aided by science.
we must have speed, noise
and numbers. no matter
what the cases call for.
We know that thousands
will assert, with much heat.
that speed has nothing at
all to do with the traffic
situation.
They put too much heat
into the argument, however.
All anyone has to do to
prove to himself, at least.
that speed is the cruX of the
matter is to watch the thing
stoot, man or beast.
Turn the masterful eve
away from the machine, for
once, and regard life.
Here is a truck bowling
along a residential street at
40 miles an hour.
When a small dog runs
out, the man at the wheel
hasn't time to turn out.
He actually hasn't time in
which to do anything.
So he runs squarely over
the pup.
1t isn't pretty sight. He
sJOps-backs up.
He protests his innocence.
Maybe he has a dog Of his
own at home.
He wouldn't deliberately
run over a dog.
He couldn't help it.
So he says, and so it is, and
that is the point.
Had he been going at 20
miles he would have been
approaching at a slower
speed, and Just the few eXtre
seconds would have permit
ted him to do something
about it.
An automobile accident is
usually the result OF a few
seconds-not minutes.
1t is all over in q twin
king Of an eye.
The eye must twinkle Just
a little longer, that is all, in
each case.
A ragged man was stand
ing at the circle when we
alighted.
We told him about the
small dog being killed.
God help US" said the
ragged man.
God help us. indeed. II was
the sincere expression Of an
honest man, and 1t will be
echoed by other honest peo-
pie who have not permitted
the god Of speed to throw
too much DUST in their eyes,
Evening star., 1960-07-28
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

There is a ray of light in
the traffic situation, after all.
The motorists are begin
ming to be afraid of each
other!
They are becoming jittery,
slowing down, seeking back
roads.
why are you poking along
so?" asked better half from
the back seat.
We'll, to be frank about
1t, I'm getting scared of all
Evening star., 1960-07-28

Mr.. TroceweII is i'll and in his OBJ
senee The Stor is reprintine some
OF his columns Of other yeors. He
requests thot no telephone or
other messages be sent 10 his
home during his illness. From The
StoF Of July Is. 1895.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22
MIGHTY MISTLETOE

Perhaps the reason that most
young ladies do not object too
strongly to paying the penalty for
standing beneath the mistletoe
stems from an ancient supersti-
tion-that the maiden who was
not kissed at least one time be-
meath the mistletoe at Christmas
would not be married in the fol-
lowing year. In olden times, a
berry was plucked from the mis-.
tletoe with each kiss.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22
Observance Was AT
One Time Unlawful

At one time it was illegal to
observe Christmas in this coun-
try.
In 1859 the Massachusetts Bay
Colony's general court passed the
following resolution: whatsoever
shall be found observing any such
day as Christmas or the like,
either by forebearing labor, feast
ing, or any other way, as a festi-
val. shall be fined five shillings."
1t is believed that the first
legal observance in this coun-
try was in 1887 when Governor
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22
Santa Claus Has
Many Different Names

has many different names in the
various lands of the world, and
even in Russia youngsters annual
ly await the arrival of two legend
airy benefactOrs.
Kolya (Nicholas) is supposed to
go about Russia on Holy Night,
leaving tiny wheat cakes on the
windoWsills and in addition there
is "Babushka" who also gives
gifts to little boys and girls Gin
repentance, a legend says, for
supposedly mis-directing the Magi
on their trip to BethlehemD
Italian Children await the ar
rival of Lady Befana," a fairy
queen who presents gifts. Some
Spanish children believe the gifts
come directly from the child
Jesus-"el NinO Jesus"
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22
Your Baby Sitter
Should Know Rules
Of Fire Safety

Baby sitters have become an
American institution, and if you
are having one in during the com
ing Christmas holiday period be
sure the sitter is competent. The
National Board of Fire Under
writers offers these suggestions,
designed to keep your Christmas
merry:
. Know the sitter.
. Be sure the sitter is adequate
ly trained, and has d sense of
responsibility and likes chill
dren.
. Be sure the sitter has met the
children and any pets, esPe-
eially the watch dog.
. See TO il that the sitter under
stands that in case of fire she
should get the children out or
the house, call the fire depart
menf and notify The parents,
IN THAT ORDER.
o Show the sitter all exits, and
give instructions as TO how TO
get the children out of the
house in case of fire.
o Instruct the sitter 10 keep the
children out of the kitchen, il
possible, and be sure that she
knows that matches, electric
cords, and appliances are not
playthinss.
. Provide sitter with flashIisht
TO use in case of light failure.
o Parents should come home at
the hour agreed upon. or teIe-
phone If UnaVoidablY delayed.
. Make suitable arrangements
for seeing the sitter home.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22
GOLDEN BOUSH

The golden Dough" which the
legendary Aeneas is tabled to
have plucked to insure his safe
Journey to the nether-world most
likely was the green mistletoe
with it's white berries. The an.
clients credited mistletoe with
many strange powers. In reality,
mistletoe does have medicinal
properties. It's active ingredient
is guipsone, which relieves hyper.
tension, a common ailment OF
old age.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22

Andres conducted services in Bos-
tons town hall. However, it was
not until 1856 that the Massa-
chusetts State Legislature passed
laws making Christmas a legal
holiday.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22
MAKE CANDLE FIT

Often a candle is too large for
the opening in the candlestick. To
remedy this, dip the base of the
candle in very hot water, then
press it gently into the holder.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-22

Why not plant that living Christ
mas tree after you are through
with it this year? Be sure to get
it in the ground as soon as pos,
sible after Christmas. The sooner
it is planted, the better chance it
will have TO survive.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-26

A Moral Rearmament play
entitled Hope" written and
acted by German miners from
the Ruhr area, will be present
ed at the National Theater in
Washington from May 81
throuh June IL.
Arrangements to send the
play to Washington were made
through German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer, acting in re-
Spouse to a cablegram sent by
IL United States Senators. In
asking that it be presented here.
they expressed the belief it can
"do much to cement unity +
our two countries at this criti-
cal time"
Following a successful six
week tour of Japan, the Ger
man actors presented their play
in Vancouver, Seattle and Los
Angeles. They were welcomed
in Los Angeles by Adm. Will
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-26
Students of ROTC
Cited by Md. u.

Donald S. Nash, OF Brooke
vile, was one of seven Mont
gomery County students -
members of the Air Force
ROTC at Maryland University,
who received awards during mil
itary day ceremonies at school
last week.
Nash, a colonel in the Reserve
Officers Training Corps, was
awarded the Disabled American
Veterans Cup for outstanding
achievement.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-26
Charles Boiling
To Head Silver
Spring Jaycees

. Charles B. Boiling, 81, a pub
JIG relations employee of the
American Security and Trust
Co. in Washington, has been in
stalled as the new president of
the Silver Spring Junior Cham
Der of Commerce.
(: Boiling, who succeeds Viii
liam D. Friis, was installed by
S. Fred Steppe, of Rockville,
State president of the Jaycee
Organization, at a formal BAN
quet and dance held at the Off
GERS Club of the Navy Medical
Center at Bethesda, Now first
vice president of the junior
Chamber, he will assume office
on July 1.
Other new officers of the Jay.
Gee unit include Paul S. Della
statious, first vice president;
William H. Taylor, second vice
president; E. N. Wyrick, secre-
tary; Clifford Kendall, treas.
1rer, and Arthur E. Neuman,
general counsel.
New members of the hoard
OF directors are Joseph Anas-
4asi, James Tapp, Sidney E.
Sussman and Stanley E. Jewett,
elected for two years, and Bert
Neale and Alfonso Appicella,
chosen for one year. Holdover
directors are Earl w. Allen and
Robert Herdtfelder.
Boiling appointed James e
Simpson to represent the Silver
Spuring group as State direc
fnY.