davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01

Only three states have reported
marked increases over 1859; Rhode
Island, with SO paralytic cases as
of July 80 compared to two last
year; California with 152 paraly-
tic cases compared to 100 last
year; and South Carolina, with %
paralytic cases compared to IL
last year.
Puerto Rico, whose report is not
included in the State totals, has
been the scene of the nations ma
jor epidemic this year, with 1923
paralytic cases in the first 80
weeks, compared to only 5 cases
for the same period of 1859.
''These are statistics. All of us
need to look behind these Stats
tics and remember that they deal
with people-with boys and girls
whose lives are being permanently
handicapped because they have
not been immunized.
''The overall downward trend in
polio so far this year is encour-
aging" DR.. Burney said, "but I'M
less more people are vaccinated,
it may not continue
He noted that in 1858 only $40
paralytic cases occurred during
the first 29' weeks, 300 less than
for the same period of 1857. By
the end of 1858, however, there
had been 3.617 paralytic cases COM
pared to 2,499 for 1857.
It is estimated that persons
who have not as yet had no vac
cine include IA per cent of those
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01

Indian Wells. From the west the
Tuba City-Keams Canyon route is
best. Other routes are often i'm
passable in bad weather and local
inquiry shtould be made before at
tempting them.
Camping facilities including
modern restrooms, TABLES and fir
places are available at Cottonwood
Campground, near the monument
headquarters. Campers are advis-
ed to bring their own fuel. GaSo-
line, groceries and general mer-
chandise are available every day
except Sunday at shearby trading
posts.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01
Polio Vaccinations Urged

DR.. Leroy E. Burney, Surgeon
General of the Public Health Ser
vice, today issued an urgent plea
to the American people to speed
up polio vaccinations.
Noting that of the $40 paralytic
cases on which the Services has
received reports of vaccination
status so far this year, 166 had
no vaccine, DR.. Burney said:
with an effectiveness of 80
per cent or better when the basic
3 doses and the booster have
been received most of these
cases could have been prevented.
Although less than half as
many cases have been reported
SO far this year as at the same
time last year, the dangerous per-
iod lies ahead. Polio reaches its
peak in late August or early Sept
ember," DR.. Burney said. 1T is
by NO means too late to start
vaccinations. The goal should be
no less that 100 percent immun-
ization.
Dr. Burney, in making his plea
for vaccinations, reported the
following figures for the approx
mate mid-point of the polio year:
In the first 80 weeks of 1860,
States reported 61O paralytic cas-
es compared to 1888 for the same
period of 1859.
In 8 states and the District of
Columbia, no paralytic cases have
been reported this year and in
81 other states the number has
been lower than a year ago.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01

You may use your camera any.
where but the pr s.~.- Of
Navajos must be only with their
permission. A small gratuity Is
customary.
Throughout the summer there
are many interesting Navajo ac-
tivities. Fairs, roGeos and The
colorful SqusW Dance. The four
day window Rock Tribal FAR IN
September attracts thou ands.
Here, the finest Indian products
are exhibited. Fac hday is bu IT.
ing with activity ard each II; 7ht
the campfires illuminate the nres-
ent ton of ceremonial darcas.
The Navajo Arts & Crafts Guild
(open thu year around) at Wn-
dow Rock Fair Grounds is owned
and operated by the Tribe and was
established to promote qualitv in
silver work and weaving. The
Guild Hallmark Horned Noon is
your guarantee of quality. Guild
products are also available at the
Tribally owned Motels at W. 'ow
Rock and Shiprock and at Monu-
ment Valley Observatory.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01

under 20 years of age, As per
cent of those 20 to 40 years of
age, and SO per cent of those over
40 years of age.
Inevitably, polio will take its
heaviest toll among the unvac-
cinated," DR.. Burney said.
"The disease strikes pre- school
children most often. Of these chill
dren almost four million have not
had a single dose of vaccine. Since
the paralyzing effects of the dis
eases are usually most severe a.
mong older persons, it is also i'm
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01

portant that they be vaccinated.
With over "a million doses of vac
cine on hand for immediate ship
ment and use, failure to take ad-
vantage of this proved preventive
for polio is to court a disastrous
illness which can lead to life
time crippling."
The Public Health Service urges
all Navajos to go to the Public
Health Service Hospital or clinic
in your community and get polio
immunizations for you and your
family.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01
Scenic CanyOn
Wonder Spot

Canyon de Chelly, shelter of pre-
historic Indian tribes for 1000
years and tn eancestral strong
hold of the Navajos is one of the
best known scenic wonders of the
Gallup Indian Capital area.
With its awe-inspiring steepwalls,
and ruins of Indian dwellings
nesting below towering cliffs or
perched on high lodges, CANYON d
Chiefly typifies the colorful SOUTH
western Indian country.
The best approaches from the
south are by way of Gallup and
Ganado. or, from HOlbrook and
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01

Offers Fun

The joys of adventure and dis
covery await you as you explore
the wonders of the $4,000 square
mile Navajo Reservation. The I'M
surpassed grandeur of the scenery
and the many facets of everyday
life, both ancient and contem-
porary, are a challe'tge to the
imagination, whatever your inter-
estS may be.
See the deep gorge of Canyon
De Chiefly where prehistoric cliff
dwelling record cultural progress
covering a longer period than any
other ruins in the southwest; the
magnificent eXpanse Of Monument
Valley. now a Tribal Park. where
relentless forces of erosion have
carved imposing monuments. the
great natural span of Rainbow
Bridge; the ever-changing colors
OF Beautiful Valley: the Alpine
grandeur of the mountain areas
or the gigantic Glen Canyon Dam
now under construction. These are
but a few of the scenic marvels
awaiting you in Navajoland,
U.S.A.
The Navajo Tribe has set aside
many natural scenic spots as Ma
vajo Tribal Parks with Rangers
on duty. Visitors are warned not
to carry away any artifacts CAR
rowheads, Pottery, etc. nor to
tamper with any section of ruins
or burial grounds This would be
in violation of the Federal Anti
quities Act.
The Tribe has also placed many
picnic and camp areas throughout
the Reservation, complete with
tables, fireplaces and comfort sta
tons, but not drinking water. You
may camp where you wish except
near open waterholes or Navajo
hogans. Use only dead wood for
your campfire: to cut green grow
tn is in violation Of law. Please
leave your campsite clean and
your campfire daad
No emergency equipment is ne
cessary for travel on the main
surfaced roads but travel on prim-
tive trails (Which is not recon-
mendeG should be done only after
making local inquiry and in clear
weather. Watch cut for high center
roads; carry shovel, extra gaso-
line, water and food.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-09-01
WHAT YOU SHOULD LEARN

WHAT YOU SHOULD LEARN
'That there are five things in
life which everyone should learn:
/. Learn to laugh. A good
laugh is better than medicine.
When you smile or laugh. your
brain for the moment is freed e.
the load that it originally carries.
2. Learn to tell a helpful story.
A we'll told story is as wholesome
and welcome as a sunbeam IN a
sick room.
5. Learn to keep your troubles
to yourself The world is too busy
to linger over your ills and sor-
rows
a. Learn to stop croaking. II
you cannot see any good in this
world, keep the bad to yourself.
S. Learn to greet your friends
with smile. They carry too many
frowns in their own hearts to be
bothered with any of yours.
Meals and lodging are available
at Thunderbird Guest Ranch near
headquarters. Accommodations are
limited and reservations are adj
visable.
Quicksand afnd flashflcods make
it dangerous to drive vehicles into
the canyons during periods Of
rainfall and runoff. Another
motoring hazard is the deep. dry
sand in the canyon floors during
dry periods
The name de Chiefly is a Span
ish corruption of the Navajo word
''Tsegi" which means roughly
"rock canyton''.
The Rio de Chiefly rises in the
Chuska Mountains near the Ari-
IONA New Mexico state line. and
winds westward emptying into the
Chinle Wash, just west of the mon
ument. Except for the last few
miles the Rio de Chiefly and it's
tributaries are enclosed by verti-
cal-walled canyons which range in
depth from about 1000 feet to only
80 feet at the mouth of Canyon
de Chiefly proper.
In the canyons are ruins of sew.
eral hundred prehistoric Indian vii.
lagos most of them built between
A. D. $50 and 1900. Because of
their discriminating, these early
residents were known as Basket
makers. They introduced into the
area the making Of pottery, the
bowl and arrow and bean cultiva-
walton. The style of their homes
changed from pithouses to rec.
tangular houses of stone masonry
above the ground which were con.
nected in compact villages.
A prolonged drought in the area
about 1900 forced the people of
Canyon de Chiefly ands other near
by Pueblo centers to abandon their
homes and scatter to other parts
of the southwest.
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Empty Pledges

Senator Morse, a member of our
delegation to the U. N. General Assem-
bly,, says the eventual seating of Red
China in the world organization is in
evitable. Henry Cabot Lodge, formerly
our Ambassador to the U. N, says this is
inconceivable.
For our part, we doubt that Red
China'S admission is either inevitable or
inconceivable. A two-thirdS vote of the
assembly is required for approval of a
new member, and that will be quite a
hurdle for the Red Chinese to get over.
Still, If their international behavior i'm
proves, it is at least conceivable that
they will make it.
The emphasis should be on behavior,
however, and not on the pledges which
Senator Morse thinks should be OBJ
tanned. The Oregonian would not say
just what kind Of pledges he thinks
should be sought from the men in Pei
ping. We do not believe that any Chinese
Communist pledge would be worth the
paper it might be scribbled on. Per-
formance should be the acid test of their
qualifications. Mere pledges could be
worse than useless If seized upon as
proof of Communist China's fitness for
U. N. membership.
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Welcome, and SkooI!

A pair of attractive royal visitors,
King Frederik TX and Queen Ingrid of
Denmark, are being welcomed here this
week. For the traditional three days of
State visit, part of twoweek tour
that is taking them from West to East
Coast, they will be guests of President
and Mrs. Eisenhower at Blair House and
as busy as time permits. One of their
ceremonial functions will be the dedica-
tion Of the new Danish Embassy build
ing at 5000 Whitehaven street, and GER
tainly one OF their pleasurable occasions
will be attendance with Mr. and Mrs.
Eisenhower at performance of the
Royal Danish Ballet on Thursday eve
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Guide to Safety

Highway safety will be promoted by
the guideline program adopted by Vir-
ginia'S State Highway Department The
plan-already in use in some other
States-calls for the painting Of white
lines along the edges of main highways
in certain areas. The lines will aid
motorists, especially at night, in distin-
gushing between the pavement and the
shoulder at places where the boundary
is not clearly visible
This aid to traffic safety was adopted
by Maryland for portions of the new
240 route between Washington and
Frederick. Motorists have commented
favorably on the guidelineS. Virginia
will paint the lines at such accident
prone stretches as the approaches to
bridges, underpasses and other struc-
lures where swerve onto the shoulder
could have disastrous results. If the
plan Is as sensible as it seems to be, the
outer guidelines ought to be standard
equipment on all major highways.
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Ike and the Ladies

One would have to be super par
tisan to think that the Interrogation Of
the President by 10 Republican women
produced searching inquiry into the
real issues of this campaign. But ap-
parently 1t was not supposed to be that
kind of show.
Although the performance was un-
rehearsed, the questions obviously were
designed to lead the President into a
folksy exposition of Republican doctrine
in the Eisenhower image. If they had
stayed there all night we doubt that
a single embarrassing question would
have been asked, and this, of course,
detracted from the political effective
ness of the Presidents effort. Mr..
Eisenhower, we think, could best help
the Republican ticket by going to the
country with carefully prepared, hard
hitting statements Of the record and
achievements Of his administration and
the choice for the future, as he sees it,
which lies before the voters. At best, 1t
will be difficult for even an enormously
popular President to pass on his vote
getting ability to his would-be successor
It will never be done in the synthetic
type of question -and-anSwer show put
on last evening.
Mr.. Eisenhower was most effective,
we thought, in his retort to Democratic
complaints of Sagging American pres
tige. The prestige of the United States
is more susceptible of subjective than
objective measurement. 1t all depends
on what one is talking about and the
point Of view. In some areas the Rus
slams are ahead Of us. And since theirs
is a powerful nation, we must expect
that they will record new gains. The
test Of prestige, however, is not merely
a matter Of rocket engines, vote here
or there in the U. NJ, or whether one
or another of the newly emerged nations
leans toward the West or toward the
East. The real test Is concerned with
a nations overall power and perform
ance, with the essential morality Of its
stand on the great issues before the
world, with the rightnesS or the wrong
ness Of what it is trying to do and
actually Is doing In these respects it
Is nonsense, we think, to say that the
United States is falling behind. On
counts such as these an excellent case
can be made for the prestige Of the
United States, and the President is the
man to make tiff he will
Evening star., 1960-10-11

A recent correspondent.
James A. Miller, in a per-
sonal attack on me implies
that statements in my Sum-
mons to Americans" are false.
The statements are some
what unpleasant, but they
are, every one, a matter of
record. The Pope did sign a
concordat with Hitler, and
with Mussolini. Franco
Rojas and Trujillo, too. AS
for this willingness of the
Roman Catholic Church to
reach, agreements with Com
munist regimes, I point to the
fact that Cardinal Wysznski
formalized just such an
agreement with the Commu-
mist government of Poland
on December 8, 1856.
An eminent Protestant
clergyman certainly did say
that he would rather be car
rying on his work behind the
Iron Curtain than in Spain.
The clergyman was DR.. John
Sutherland Bonnell, minister
at the Fifth Avenue PreSby-
terian Church, New York
City. DR.. Bonnell is the top
Protestant leader in the Ma
tional Conference Of Chris
tians and Jews.
Priests have frequently led
political efforts which have
resulted in the defeat of
bonds and even of tax levies
for public schools. On No
vember /, 1859 the priest of
st. Joseph Church, Strong
vile, Ohio, sent a communi-
cation to all members of the
the parish urging them, to
vote against a 5-nill school
operating levy. It was de-
feated and the superintend-
ent blamed the defeat on the
priest. In october, 1859,
Evening star., 1960-10-11
No Time to Luq

With less than two weeks of the
United Givers Fund campaign remain
ing, the tagging pace of the 1860 drive is
cause for some concern. So far, only the
Advanced Gifts Unit and the always
reliable Government Unit have reported
success in meeting or exceeding their
planned mid campaign returns of so per
cent of quota. The business and sub
urban units are far behind. AS q result
only A per cent of the UGF goal of $7.2
million is in hand-and only two more
report meetings are scheduled before
the campaign ends on October "a.
Major business firms have reported
only 277 per cent of their quota, and
the District Unit, covering smaller busi-
nesses and miscellaneous contributors,
has reported only 16 per cent. Similar
small business units in Maryland and
Virginia have reported and per cent,
respectively. Bringing up the far rear is
the new Building Trades Unit, with only
four-tenths of per cent of its goal.
Representatives of the slow units
have suggested that the serious lag may
be overcome when business collections
already made but not yet reported are
received. We hope so. But If collections
actually are as far behind as the returns
to date indicate, lot of lost ground
will have to be made up in the next
two weeks. And if the business COM
munity wants to avert the return of null
tiple drives, it cannot afford to let
united giving fail.
Evening star., 1960-10-11

tion, Margaret Willett. as
sertS that there was omitted
the usual notation, Paid
Advertisement"
My contributions of time
and money to POAU are con-
siderable and have been since
1948 when it opened an Office
here. I was doing volunteer
work there when the rep
reSentative from your paper
came in, introduced himself
to one Of the officials Of
POAU, and said he wanted
to get some information as
he was going to write an arti-
Gle about it. He was shown
around and his questions
were answered. No one in
POAU asked him to write it,
and they wondered what he
would write. So the state
ment that it was Paid Ad-
vertisement" has no founda-
ton in fact.
ErneStine Matthews.
n + y X
I wish to state in defense
of POAU-with which I have
nothing to do-that those
who so bitterly condemn that
organization know nothing
about its purpose, or else
they choose deliberately to
overlook the objectives of the
people who for 13 years have
devoted themselves to the
defense of the separation Of
church and state.
Plainly, POAU, as The Star
was accused of claiming, is
not anti-Catholic, but rather
this organization is anti
anybody who wishes to =
te-church-and-state-in i'm
y-manner-wh -whatsoever-be-
he-Catholic-n o n believer-or-
Protestant.
NOn-POAU.
Evening star., 1960-10-11

In a presidential election
so highly contested. the
American people await anx-
iously the news of the candi-
dates. Many times their curl
osity is abated and their
opinion formed by what is
printed in newspapers such
as yours. Therefore. reports
concerning the candidates
would need to be accurate.
In a recent article report
ing Vice President Nixon's
campaign trip to Lafayette,
La, an estimated 100000
people were present at a rally
for him Besides the fact
that it is highly unusual and
and almost impossible for a
Republican to attain such a
crowd in the South. I was
informed by one present at
the rally that there were only
5000 to see Mr.. Nixon and
to get this number they
brought motorcades from all
over the State.
Although ! realize the diff
flculty Of an exact estimation,
1 think that there can be
more accuracy than this. I
would urge you and your
fellow members of the press,
therefore, to present the true
scene to the public, and thus
be in keeping with your ex-
cellent record for news COW
erage.
Brenda Trabulsi.
editors Note: The Stars
story from Lafayette said
''Mr. Nixon attracted about
$500 in the downtown area
of a community of about
10000" Our correspondents
rely on police or other Off
cials for crowd estimates. We
do not know where the 100,-
900 figure appeared.)
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Critics of POAU Are Answered

Archbishop Thomas A. Bo-
land and Bishop Walter w.
Curtis, both of New Jersey,
publicly urged defeat Of
bonds for the public colleges
of that State, arguing that
public bonds were unfair
competition" for their church
schools.
Father Paul L. Blakely,
S. j., in a pamphlet. May
an American Oppose the
Public School," under the
imprimatur of the late
Cardinal Hayes, wrote: "Our
first duty to the public school
is not to pay taxes for
its maintenance The
first duty of every Catholic
father of the public school
is to keep his children out
of it,"
Mr.. Miller complains Of
the POAU title, How the
Catholic Church would
Change the Constitution"
On November 81, 1948, the
bishops of that church re-
leased a statement urging all
Catholics to work for a new
Interpretation of the First
Amendment under which tax
funds could be provided for
Catholic schools.
If there is bigotry involved
here, it would seem to lie in
the doing of these things
rather than in the reporting
of them.
c. Stanley Lowell,
Associate Director, Protest.
ants and Other Americans
United for Separation of
Church and State.
4 y y y
In a letter relative to the
POAU article in your Sep
tember % issue, to which
Roman Catholics take excep-
Evening star., 1960-10-11

There is a blindness OF
nothingness.
Experiments with the weird
phenomenon of the "ganz-
feld," looking into a visual
field where there is nothing
to see, have just been re-
ported through the Office of
Naval Research. The Navy
sponsored experiments are
described by DR.. James w.
Miller of the Hughes Aircraft
Company.
A weird world indeed is
this a bsolute emptiness,
sometimes encountered by
pilots at very high attitudes.
In every direction there is
literally nothing" Then all
sorts Of phantoms tend to
appear-projections out Of
ones own mind which, never
theless, seem realities.
1t is quite a different ex-
perience, DR.. Miller stresses,
than that of total darkness.
Says the report:
Many individuals ex-
periencing total darkness for
the first time suffer various
degrees of depression, often
accompanied by a sensation
of the environment closing in.
1t is not surprising to these
individuals, however, to find
that they are unable to see
anything. But when these
same individuals face a we'll
illuminated visual field and
still are unable to see any
thing it is not only surprising
but often quite disturbing"
Actually, the report stresses.
very few persons ever have
experienced the "ganzfeld"
phenomenon. 1t is closely ap-
preached, however, by the
white darkness" of the
Antarctic and occasionally of
the Arctic. This condition may
be produced by a number of
meteorological C on ditio IN S
over the great icecaps. The
horizon and all visible de-
tails in the surroundings are
completely eliminated. One
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Foley Pickets

/ note that Mr.. Foley, the
present Congressman from
Maryland's 9Th district, has
publicly justified his march,
ing on a picket line in Wash
ington while a member Of
Congress on the ground that
he was practicing the things
which he defended as a labor
lawyer. If we follow that
reasoning, the 9Th district of
Maryland is certainly fortu-
nate that Mr.. Foley didn't
make his legal mark by prac-
ticing criminal law.
Charles w. Halleck.