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Evening star., 1960-03-18

Effects of emotions on
blood flow now can be meas
ured precisely for as long
as a month in conscious
animals.
This super lie detector" is
made possible by a blood
flow measuring device only a
20th Of the size of any used
in the past, according to a
report to the National Acad-
emy of Sciences by Drs. A.
L. Kolin and Raymond T.
Kado of the University of
California.
The miniature blood meter
can be installed inside an
artery less than a millimeter
in diameter almost anywhere
in the body. according to the
report. Such devices used in
the past could only be put in
large external arteries of
anaesthetized animals.
The animal is completely
unconscious of the new min
iature device, once it is in
stalled, according to the re-
port. 1t remains fully aware
of anything happening in its
surroundings. The measure
ments Of blood flow change
are extremely precise.
Cannot Be Concealed
1t long has been known
that emotions of all sorts
affect blood flow, but there
has been no adequate means
OF measuring the changes.
BY the new device the emo
tional life of an experimental
animal can be followed con-
stantly as long as the expert
menter pleaseS.
There is no possibility of
concealment. Blood flow is
entirely automatic and out
side of conscious control.
The experiments reported
were with conscious cats.
Different experiences, they
found, produced quite differ
ent results. Different pat
terms of change, for exam
pie, we're produced by the
smell of catnip, the presen-
tation of food, and by the
startle produced when a
strong light is thrown on the
eyes without warning. The
sight of a dog, the cats ira
ditional enemy, produced a
very definite pattern.
Increases or decreases Of
blood flow are measured by
electric currents produced in
the blood stream.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Bonn and the Summit

From the standpoint of propaganda
at least, Chancellor Adenauer has done
an effective though questionable thing
in proposing that plebiscite be staged
In West Berlin prior to the Anglo
French American Russian summit
meeting in May AS he has explained to
the National Press Club, the purpose of
such vote would be to enable the free
BerlinerS to make clear to the whole
world whether they want to retain their
present status or change it along the
lines set forth by Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev.
Actually, in effect, West Berlin's
municipal election of December, 1858,
constituted kind of instant plebiScite
on the subject, with the overwhelming
majority of the voters resoundingly re-
buff1ng Mr.. KhruShchev's ideas only a
week or so after he had first proclaimed
them in ultimatum-like form. Nor can
there be any doubt that the free Ber-
liners are as opposed as ever to those
ideas. Nevertheless, although no spe-
DR.. Adenauer is in favor of conducting
one to provide presummit dramatiza-
ton of how the city really feels toward
the Soviet plan.
With such a vote in hand, as the
Chancellor has put it, "the Western
powers could go to the summit and could
point to the fact that the people who are
Immediately concerned, the Berliners,
absolutely reject" Mr.. KhruShchev's
efforts to make them residents of de-
militarized and defenselesS "free city"
entirely surrounded by Communist ter
ritory. 1t is not clear, however, whether
France, Britain and the United States
need or want the backing of a special
plebiscite as they prepare to negotiate
with the Soviet Union at the May heads
of-government conference. After all,
departing from customary diplomatic
practice, Dr. Adenauer has made his
proposal at the Press Club without dis
cuSSing it beforehand with President
Eisenhower, Secretary Herter or any
other allied leader, and the State De-
partment has been UNDERSTANDABLE eau
tious and noncommital in commenting
on it.
AAlC plCuLoC1Ic IuCd, VI COuISS, Is all
of piece with the Chancellor's obvious
and dutiful effort to do whatever he can
to insure that the United States, to-
gether with France and Britain, will
yield no vital ground at the coming sum-
NIT meeting. To that end, for example,
he has succeeded in having President
Eisenhower reaff1rm that any agreement
worked out with Mr. KhruShchev must
be acceptable to both Bonn and West
Berlin.
We assume, however, that this does
not mean that DR.. Adenauer has won
kind of veto right. Certainly, If Mr..
Khrushchev is prepared to talk seriously
and offer concessions on fair quid-pro-
quo basis at the summit, it would be a
very strange thing indeed If the West
German Chancellor were able to delimit
the bargaining power of Mr.. Eisenhower,
President de Gaulle or Prime Minister
Macmillan.
Evening star., 1960-03-18

cent increase in serious crimes charged
to juveniles during fiscal 1859.
As for the need for more men on
the street, congressional conference
committee is trying to reconcile differ
ences between House and Senate appro-
priations for more policemen. The
House voted to give the department
so additional men, while the Senate ap-
proved the Commissioners request for
$50 men. The crime report is an argu-
ment for congressional approval of the
Senate bill
Evening star., 1960-03-18

@. When was the first an
nouncement made that an
atom of uranium had been
split? I'll.
A. In January 1889 it was
announced that two German
scientists of the Kaiser Will
helm Institute of Berlin
Otto Hahn and Fritz StrasS-
mann-had split the uranium
atom. Their discovery of fiS-
sion was announced in the
German scientific publication
"Naturwissenschaft" (Physi-
cal Science). The experiment
was Immediately repeated in
laboratories in the United
States and in other parts of
the world.
Q. Were the draft horses
that pulled the Conestoga
wagons IN the l800s a special
breed? KIN.
A. These sturdy, heavy
boned horses were specially
developed for the purpose by
Pennsylvania Dutch breeders
in Lancaster County. Penn
sylvania They we're a mix
ture-descended from horses
brought from Holland by the
Dutch who settled New Am
sterdam. work horses of the
Swedish settlers on the Della
ware. horses brought by set
tiers from England and from
the Palatinate and Flanders
and other countries.
Evening star., 1960-03-18

dinals, bluejays, and so on,
at our feeding station. But
the birds downtown simply
delight me every time I catch
sight Of them"
&% hH
NJ. H. K. of Fairfax, Va,
makes a plea for big trees:
In a recent column you re-
lated your views about the
dangers Of large trees near
the home.
Although I found your
views interesting, ! am not
in agreement.
Trees are an excellent
natural air conditioner for
the home in summer, and in
the winter, certainly they Of
fer shelter from the north
winds.
This, to say nothing of
the beauty they offer, is JUS
tification enough for their
presence. 1t is my opinion
that large trees attract a
larger variety of wildlife than
do Just small ones. A home
without large trees, to-
gether with small ones and
shrubs, is like an unfinished
painting-what is there, is
beautiful-but there is some
thing missing.
True enough, a tree may
fall and do extensive dam
age, and may injure or kill
individuals. The same is true
with a car. I could, if I
wished. do without a car and
ride the buses because of the
possibility of having an ac-
cident. and killing members
of my family or myself. But
no, I prefer to have a car
simply because it is more
convenient, and the possibil-
ity of a serious accident is
only possible, not probable.
1T is possible a tree may
fall on our home, causing
damage - but this is not
probable. However. If the
tree is partially dead or
dying, or has shallow roots,
this is a different story. BY
all means, the tree should be
destroyed, just as a car
without brakes should be
repaired"
Evening star., 1960-03-18
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY
Emotions Register on Blood Meter

The device in its present
stage is intended purely for
physiological and psycholog.
ical experiments. The experi.
menters themselves make no
suggestion of using it as a
measure Of human reactions
AS. for example, to lying.
Soil of an area may make
the difference between good
and bad teeth.
The extent of the effect
now is being investigated BY
Capt. F. L. Losee of the
United States Navy Dental
Corps at the request of the
government of New Zealand,
where poor teeth among chill
dren is a considerable prob
lem. There is reason to be-
lieve. according to a Navy
report, that the condition
may be due to some soil de-
f1ciency which is passed on to
both vegetables and meat the
children eat.
Concentrate on Two Areas
DR.. Losee is associated in
his investigation with DR..
G. N. Davies Of the Univer.
sity of Otago at Dunedin,
New Zealand.
D Extensive preliminary sur
veys. says a Navy report, in
dicate a strong influence of
regional soil types. The re-
search is designed to deter
mine the relationship be-
tween trace elements in soil,
pasture, food and water in
selected areas and trace ele-
ments in bones and teeth of
sheep and in the urine and
teeth of children living in
those areas.
The study at present is
being concentrated on two
communities where the Incl
dence of dental carries is low
and in which trace element
content of locally grown
vegetables appears high in
the elements molybdenum,
aluminium and titanium and
low in copper, manganese,
barium and strontium.
The New Zealand survey,
it is expected, may throw
light on dental conditions in
some parts of the United
States which are reflected
among Navy recruits. In New
Zealand the situation is more
clear-cut for purposes of in
VeStigation.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Trade Partnership


broader and closer partnership between
Government and private enterprise in
his program for stepping up American
export trade. 1t is a program that is
born of many-Sided need, a need that
is new in the modern history of our
country, to expand our sales and earn
ings abroad sufficiently to Offset more Of
our vast foreign expenditureS-for eco
nomic and military aid, for investment
through private channels and for our
purchase of goods for import.
Even though our normal commercial
trade, by one set of statistics, continues
to register favorable margin of ex-
ports over imports, the additional "out-
payments" in other categorieS have left
us in recent years with a net deficit in
the international balance of payments.
One result has been disturbing, and po-
tentially dangerous, drain upon our gold
reserves as foreign creditors have de-
manded exchange of their dollars.
There are, of course, numerous possibil-
tiles of counteraction - among them
restrictions upon convertibility of the
dollar, tariff and quota barriers to i'm
ports, encouragement of American
private investment abroad and reduction
of our expenditure for economic or mill
tary aid.
All of these are incompatible with
American foreign policy and, in fact,
would be destructive to our leadership in
the free world. The alternative chosen is
to expand our export trade, and the
launching pad" for President Eisen-
hower'S special message on the subject
has been under construction for months
past. Last october, for example, Under
secretary of State Dillon warned a
worldwide trade meeting that "out-
moded" restrictions against American
exports would have to be trimmed down
or eliminated. Britain, Japan and
France promptly announced relaxation
of these barriers, most of them erected
in the reconstruction period Immediately
following World War II. More recently,
Secretary of Commerce Mueller gathered
nearly 200 of the Nations business lead
erS to enlist their cooperation with gov
ernment in an export trade drive in what
have now become highly competitive"
world markets.
The program which Mr.. Eisenhower
has now submitted to Congress repre-
SentS what the administration is willing
to do, in the first instance, to support
such drive. Perhaps the most extreme
of the proposals, and one not requiring
additional statutory authority, is that
the Export Import Bank inaugurate
a new program of guarantees of non-
commercial risks for short-term export
credits. In other words, insurance will
be given against losses arising out of
political action-such as imposition of
licensing restrictions, confiscation Of
goods or even civil strife. In addition, the :
Government will give higher priority and
increased service to trade promotion.
The President describes the steps in
this program as modest ones" There is
little doubt that both the Government
and the American business community
are aware that there will be nothing easy
about an effort to capture substantially
larger share of the world market. Never
theleSS, the effort is a vital one. Congress
should indorSe it, and American business
should do its utmost to make it work.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

EAST MELROSE ST.
Dear Sir:
Our neighbor in back has
a kind of double lot facing
on Newlands street and he
has on it a stand of about a
dozen tall and mature white
oaks and other trees. 1t is
ideal for birds and squirrels.
Yesterday morning I was
contemplating the now leaf
free tops of some of these
trees when I became con-
scious of what I thought must
be a hairy woodpecker taking
up position on one of them.
But it slowly dawned on me
that this fellow was bigger
than a hairy, had a lot more
white and showed too much
flaming red.
II charged for the binocu-
lars and was fortunate enough
to get them on the appari-
ton as he shifted to another
tree. Sure enough, the marks
were unmistakable; crow size,
white patches on wings,
white stripping on the neck
and that screaming, flaming
upswept red crest. In short,
His Nibs the Pileated Wood
pecker.
while we have had over a
period of years all the smaller
ones except the red-headed
woodpecker, / did not think
that this monster would
adapt itself to civilization
and man in even so small a
degree as to pass through
Chevy Chase. The middle
sized woodpeckers. too, are
scarcer now than they were
Is years ago.
Sincerely yours, w. T. j."
y =
There probably aren't half
a dozen of these large wood
peckers in the whole Metro
politan area, so our corre-
spondent may congratulate
his neighborhood.
From Silver Spring, Md,
j. L. F. writes about smaller
but beautiful birds seen in
the downtown areas:
Il work at the World Gen.
ter Building located at 10th
and K streets, which as you
know is a mighty busy sec
,tion. l have noticed on sew
eral occasions a lady cardi-
nal. In fact, in the mornings,
when I go out to get coffee.
I can hear the cardinals call
very distinctly.
The other morning I hap
pened to pass the National
Geographic Building at 10th
and M streets, and heard the
call again, and sure enough,
there was Mr.. Cardinal in all
his beautiful coloring. So, I
am assuming that these
cardinals are all of the same
family. Two blocks apart
would not mean they were
from two different families.
incidentally, l have no
ticed a big mockingbird fly
ing from the small tree in
front of our building to the
higher ones on 10th street.
Il don't know whether it
is the same mocker, but !
have seen one perched in a
tree in front of St. Johns
parish hall at 18th and H
streets, one in front of the
Commerce Building on the
18th street side, and one u
on H street near 18th.
what amazes me so is
how these wild birds con-
tinue to thrive in the teem-
ing sections of the city. l
know the sparrows and pi-
geons seem to get along all
right, but here right in the
dead center of Washington
we have these lovely birds.
What do you suppose they
eat?
I'VE live in the suburbs and
enjoy all the chickadess, car
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

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mail. to any question Of fact by
writing rhe star Information Bu-
reau 635 F street NV Washington
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Evening star., 1960-11-06

tional showing at julius Gar
finkel g. Co.. couturier salon.
THURSDAY
Barron's salutes the Navy
Wives at the Army Navy
Country Club luncheon FASH
ion show with co-ordinated
Vincent and Vincent hair
styles. A Models Guild show.
Goubaud de Paris cos
metic representative will lee
ture at the open to the public
event Of the Models Guild.
Experiment with Color" the
theme of the cosmetic talk.
Time: 6 pm. at COS Four
teenth street NV.
Phyllis Boddie's Modelling
Agency presents q Tea Room
fashion show featuring fash
ions from the Rose williams
Shops: coiffures by Ann Novel
from IL to 2 pm. at Fran
cisco's Restaurant.
Jelleff's presents the fash
ion show for the Northwood
Woman's Club featuring holi-
day fashions at the Sligo
High School at 8 pm.
Frank r. Jelleff will have
beauty expert Thelma
Thomas Of Helena Rubin
stein today and tomorrow
for a skin beauty clinic.
Evening star., 1960-11-06
IT'S A DATE

Guild in charge of the pres
entation.
Beauty Brunch for the
ladies attending the National
Lumber Manufacturers Asso-
citation m e eetings. Phyllis
Herson in charge Of 4conven-
tionshow by the Models Guild.
Jacque Lynn millinery spot
lighting fabulous fur hats.
Gartenhaus Furs presents
its weekly Wednesday show
ing of beautiful furs at their
Eighteenth and Columbia
road store with refreshments
being served from 6 to 8 pm.
at the informal showing.
Phyllis Bell presents the
fashion show by Ardyth
Davis at the Charter House
Motel on Shirley highway,
Springfield, Va, at l pm.
Mid-Week Fashion prome-
made. Good Earth Restaurant
in Bethesda. from noon to
2 pm. with Katherine Mizell
presenting the informal
fashion showing Of clothes
from Ruth Williarnsons'
Hawaiiana, Polynesian and
Hawaiian Apparel, Bethesda.
Golden Wand hairdos.
Rogers Lingerie representa-
tive. Maxine Bampie, will be
at Julius Garfinckel & Co.
today and tomorrow for con-
sultation in the lingerie shop.
Hulitar Ball Gown COL
lection, s pm. private invita-
Evening star., 1960-11-06

at the Silver Spring store. and
4p.m. at the downtown store.
Teen Fashion Board members
will model.
WEDNESDAY
Hecht's presents Fashions
de la Fiesta" for the Assump-
ton Mothers Club at 8 pm.
at the Assumption School
Auditor um.
South Gate Motel, infor-
mally modelled fashions at
1890 pm. with Dorbets styles,
and Vincent & Vincent coif-
fures. Charlotte Taylor in
charge of the Models Guild
show.
Congressional Country Club,
monthly luncheon show, fea-
turing Pearl Kristen fashions
previewing the inaugural.
Guilbo tiara hair styles. Ginny
DeFranceaux of the Models
Evening star., 1960-11-06
TOMORROW

Jelleff's presents the in
formal fashion show at the
Presidential Room of the
Mayflower Hotel at 1890 pm.
Call Eric for reservations.
Miss Harper shop fashions,
and hairstyles by Anne Novel
from $50 to $3.50 pm. at
Francisco's Restaurant staged
by Phyllis Bells Modelling
Agency.
TUESDAY
Jelleff's, fashion show at 8
pm. for st. Ambrose Church,
Cheverly, Md.
Teen Fashion Show starring
Brenda Lee, the famous teen
recording star, at Hecht's
special presentation Date
settlers, U. S. A." in co-opera-
ton with Celanese fabrics and
Seventeen Magazine at II am,
Evening star., 1960-11-06

Be q holiday b ellie
wearing stondout white
to contrast against the
eolorfuI and sparkling
Christmas decorations.
At left is q white tof-
feto, fuII-skirted, done-
ine-dolI dress with the
bodice fashioned into
q V and droped. At
right the top is studded
with blue and white
shiny sequins and the
skirt Of white oreonzo
biIlows out for q pretty
party effect. Both at
Lonsbureh' h's.-Stor
Stoff Photos by Arnold
Sochs.
Evening star., 1960-11-06

How blissful to sit back and relax while someone
with the hands Of angel all tiredness and
tension from your face!
Lost contours coaxed back tiny lines are
smoothed gently away to the vanishing point.
And particularly your eyes respond to these magic
knowing treatments. Haven't you notced-as you
add birthdays-that your eyes seem to get smaller!
It's really the relaxing of the muscles around the
eyes, And Elizabeth Arden's deft gentle message in
this tiny neglected restors that lost big eyed
look the happiest result that any woman could
wish Telephone for appointment today
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Case for Medical Research

An impressive case for expansion
Of the Nations program of medical
research has been presented to the
Senate Appropriations Committee by
distinguished committee of experts as
signed to advise Congress on the prob
lem. The consultants reported their
belief that Federal aid for medical re-
search IN the past has been inadequate
and recommended that appropriations
be stepped up substantially this year and
for the next ten years.
The report was made public as the
Senate committee began hearings on
President EisenhowerS budget request
for the National Institutes of Health.
The President wants to hold the appro-
priation for 1861 down to $400 million,
the amount which Congress provided
Tor medical research last year. That
was $100 million more than the admin
iStration asked for at the last session.
an increase which The Star had urged
editorially. This year the House has
added $55 million to the proposed $4OO
million research budget. And the ad-
visory group, headed by Dr. Boisfeuillet
Jones, vice president of Emory Univer-
sity in Atlanta, has urged a 1861 appro-
priation of 1864 million-an increase of
66 per cent. The experts called for a
gradual increase each year until about
81 billion is reached by 1870.
The advisory report of 1873 pages is
replete with persuasive facts and figures
on the life-saving potentialities of an
enlarged research program. 1t is pointed
out that mankind generally would bene-
f1t from the discoveries which may be
expected to develop as the intensified
study of diseases and their causes goes
on. Experience has shown that the
dollars invested in this vital field of
research pay big dividends in terms of
lives saved and suffering alleviated.
Unfortunately, the recommendation
for huge additional appropriations for
medical research comes at a time of
greatly increased world tension. The
collapse Of the summit conference and
the ensuing threats to peace already
are bringing demands for immediate
strengthening of our defenSes against
sudden attack. The administration and
Congress undoubtedly will want to take
another look at the military budget, in
the light of Mr.. Khrushchevs explosion
in Paris. National defense naturally
must take precedence over other pro-
grams-even one as important and as
beneficial as public health. Certainly
this does not seem propitious time to
approve any budget-upsetting increases
in Federal appropriations beyond those
which may be required to improve
national security.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
New Twist on Twisters

In the wake of the recent tornado
alert here, local residents will be espe-
cially interested in the new approach
to tornado forecasting taken by the
weather Bureau, as another twister
season is beginning. The bureau has
launched three-year program of close
up reconnaissance and scientific study
OF the storms, with equipment ranging
from a radar network in the heart of
the Midwestern tornado belt to Jet air
craft and rockets.
While bureau experts have improved
their tornado-aler system In recent
Evening star., 1960-05-23

years, there has been an urgent need
for more observation stations in the
tornado-prone areas of the country.
Congress last year granted $3.50, 900 for
tornado research, as a result of which
a string of radar stations is being
heightened and new-type radar facilities
installed. The stations not only will
watch the development of the twisters
but record rapid variations in pressure
and humidity that accompany their
formation. The ground stations will
be augmented by plane observers. A
central headquarters will have direct
communication with a rocket-launching
site at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
We in the East, where tornadoeS are
relatively rare, can hardly grasp the
seriousness of the problem in the severe
local thunderstorm" belt where twisters
are more commonplace Last year there
were more than 600 tornadoeS in the
United States, with 216 of them occurring
in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. Nearly
so deaths were attributed to the storms
and property damage was enormous.
The time and money allotted to the
Weather Bureaus research project are
therefore well invested.