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Earth's atmosphere Is about
go miles thick.

Earth's atmosphere Is about
go miles thick.
All but a millionth Of it
lies below this altitude, which
may be considered the be-
ginning of space"
The "breathosphere, how
ever, extends only a little
above four miles. This is the
term coined by DR.. Homer
E. Newell, jr., assistant di-
rector of the National Aero
nautics and Space Admins
tration, for the region in
which terrestrial life can exist
without some extra supply of
oxygen.
At least 80 per cent of
the air is below 10 miles and
SO per cent below 80 miles,
according to DR.. Newell's
International Geophysical
Year report. There may,
however, be inflnitesimally
minute traces Of atmospheric
gases for two or three thou
sand miles.
Rule Of Thumb Formula
Up to about so miles, says
the report, the chemical
composition of air is about
the same as at sea level
roughly about 10 per cent
double-atom nitrogen and 81
per cent double-atom oxy-
gen molecules. From this
point on the mixture starts
to break up. Ultraviolet light
from the sun splits the oxy-
gen molecules into single
atoms. These tend to rise
above the heavier nitrogen.
Above about rs miles there
Is more oxygen than nitro
gen and at 80 miles the air.
what there is of it-has be-
come almost pure atomic
oxygen.
There is a simple rule
Of thumb formula, says DR..
Newell, for the decrease of
atmospheric pressure and
density with altitude. These
both decrease tenfold for
each 10 miles-that is, den-
sity at 10 miles is only one
tenth that at sea level and at
20 miles only a tenth that at
10 miles.
Temperature in the ex-
treme reaches of the atmos-
phere has been calculated at
around 100000 degrees. This,
DR.. Newell's report points out,
has little meaning in famil-
lar terms. 1t refers to the av-
erage kinetic energy Of at
mospheric particles under the
constant bombardment of the
suns radiation. In the lower
atmosphere this Is equivalent
to the equilibrium tempera-
ture that can be established
between the atmospheric
gases and an ordinary ther-
mometer. At great attitudes
this equivalence no longer
holds.
Temperature of the high
atmosphere has very little ef-
feet on the heating of objects,
such as satellites or space
craft. Because of the low at
mospheric density, radiations
Evening star., 1960-03-09

last half century. This give
away has been severely crit
icized in the British Parlia-
ment; and peace-loving Ger
mans oppose it as they fear
their leaders may again pre-
cipitate war if they are heav-
lily armed.
Alice Franklin Bryant.
Seattle, Wash.
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'Pent0qonese'

~
The Army Chief Of Staff,
Gen. Lyman l.. Lemnitzer,
has just quoted an old Boil
shevik. Dimitry Manuilsky, as
saying that the Communists
would lull capitalist countries
with a spectacular peace
movement and LAS soon as
their guard is down we shall
smash them with our clenched
fist" The Library of Con-
gress has tried in vain to ver-
ify this and similar quota
tions," including one attrib-
uted to Lenin which says that
the United States will fall
like overripe fruit into the
hands of the Communists.
Although these supposed
quotations cannot be verified;
and Recommendation, VIII n
given, has proved to be phony
they continue to be used to
frighten us into supporting
the arms race.
At present our Pentagon
and Atomic Energy Commits
sion are blocking our chances
for getting agreement on a
nuclear weapons test ban
and they are determined to
give nuclear weapons to
Germany, the nation which
started two world wars in the
Evening star., 1960-03-09
Efficiency at q Fire

With regard to the major
confiagration at one of Wash
ington's most DISTINGUISHED
apartment hotels, of which I
am a resident. Hotel Twenty
Four Hundred Sixteenth
street. the following facts
stand out and are worthy of
note.
First, a blaze which could
be seen for many blocks and
which for hours brought the
Sixteenth street traffic to a
dead stop, was limited to
two rooms. This was due to
the excellence of planning
and construction of the
building, and it could serve
as a model for newer build
ings that under similar con-
ditions might have burned
W ILIe ground.
Second, in spite Of the
inevitable fear and excite
ment, there was absolutely
no panic. Not a scream was
heard, and not even the
dogs barked. One or two
aging and handicapped res
idents were removed in COM
plete safety.
Third, the floor on which
the fire took place had just
been beautifully redecorated,
which must be a deep disap-
poinment to the owners.
1t is impressive and con-
soling to note that the real
concern of the management
was for the safety and we'll
being Of the tenants, and al
ready everything is running
remarkably smoothly.
1t is a great tribute to the
competent, we'll trained
management, to the resi-
dents, and of course to our
excellent Fire Department
that what could have been
a grave disaster was held
to the minimum, and I feel
that the hotel is to be con-
graduated.
Agnes Mccall de BeSsenyey.
Evening star., 1960-03-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
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Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

a reader can get an answer py
mail, to any question of fact by
writing The Star Information Bu.
reau 635 street NV Washington
4. o. G Please inclose return postage
or self-addressed stamped envelope
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15
Supreme Court Justice Denies Chessnan Plea

WASHINGTON, R - Justice Black Saturday denied death-cell author Caryl Chessman- another stay of execution so he could make his 14th appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court.
 This means Chessman still faces his next Friday date with Cali fornia's San Quentin Prison gas chamber.
 A. l.. Wirin, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, last Tuesday mailed Black the request for a stay of execution. He said then he would ask for a certificate of probable cause of appeal preliminary to a formal appeal to the whole nine man court.
 Chessman was sentenced to death in l948 for Kidnapping, rob- bery and perverted sexual as- saults against two women. He has been in death row nearly 12 years and has escaped seven earlier execution dates through various legal moves.
 Justice Blacks statement said:
 Finding no substantial federal question presented by his record, the application for certificate of probable cause and stay of exc cution is denied"
 A new appeal by Chessman, however, will be considered by the Ninth Circuit U. S. Court of appeals today. It will act on plea that the court set aside last Mondays decision by Chi e f Judge Richard H. Chambers, who rejected an appeal by Chessman from a lower court ruling.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15
Positions Open For Young Men With State Police

JUNEAU = Interested young men able to meet the require ments for the State Police, are invited to write to the Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police, Box 2719, Juneau, and request an application form, states bulletin recently circu- lated from that office.
 The bulletin goes on to list the prerequisites:
 Applicants must be physically fit. A physical examination will be required prior to apointment
 Aplicants must be at least 23 years of age on the date of exam ination. Thirty-fi is the max imum age for police applicants.
 Height should be not less than feet, 10 inches; weight not less than 165 pounds, otherwise pro- portional to height.
 Good moral character is re- quired, as determined by a back ground investigation which will be conducted by the Department.
 Experience is not required. The Department will train all ac- cepted applicants.
 The applicant must be a citizen of the United States, and high school diploma or evquilvalent is required. College training is pre- ferred.
 Each applicant must satisfac- torily pass the written, oral and physical examinations conducted by the Department. These exam nations are administered at least once each year in the principal cities of Alaska. The examination will not be administered outside the State.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15

Probably because more of us are : better fed, better clothed, better housed and-most important better medicated.
 Certainly, the tremendous vic tories won in the war against disease can be credited to the great advances medical science has made in the past few years. And some of the biggest guns in that battle have been the antibiotics-the wonder drugs.
 Recent discoveries have provided our doctors with disease-fghting arsenal of marvellous power and efficiency. Indeed, about three fourths of all prescriptions written today call for drugs that were un- known decade ago.
 Millions of Americans are alive today because modern drugs were available to rescue them from the deadly clutches of pneumonia, tu- berculosis, influenza and other killers. Antibiotics have saved thou sands of mothers who once would have died in childbirth. And thou sands of babies who would have succumbed before their first birth day are growing up well and strong because the new antibiotics got them through their infection-ridden first year.
 American private industry has taken significant part in the fight for health. In 1858, for example, our pharmaceutical companies spent $170, 100000 in research. In 1859, they upped that figure to $190, 0,000,000. That's close to five times the total spent on all medical research in 1940 by industry, gov ernment, universities, hospitals and foundations.
 Almost all or the important anti biotics produced commercially in the United States since World War II were discovered and developed through private industry. They in clude all the "broad-spectrum" antibiotics, those that are effective
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15

ating in Alaska but that the de- partment is looking into the Ket- chikan situation.
 Speaking of the court situation in Alaska, the nomination of Wal ter H. Hodge for district judge is hanging in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
 Sen. James Eastland, chairman, has been ill. There has been no action on the nomination since a subcommittee held hearing at which no opposition was voiced.
 It is still assumed that the nom- ination will go before the Senate in due course but just when ac- ton will come is indefinite.
 A committee spokesman said a meeting is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 16 and that the nomin- ation might come up then.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15
Tongass Tribe. Carved Lincoln Totem to Honor End of Their Slavery

JUNEAU, R - When Abra- ham Lincoln issued the emanci- patton proclamation he probably wasn't thinking of Alaska, but be- cause of it the Tongass Indians carved the Lincoln Totem.
 Sen. John Coghill told the story in a Lincoln Day speech to the Senate.
 A group of Tongass Indians, part of the famed Tlingit tribe, were held as slaves by the Kluk- wantan tribe on Tongass Island.
 In 1868, year after the United States purchased Alaska from the Russians, a Coast Guard custom station was established on Ton gass Island, the slaves fled to the station for refuge and were granted asylum.
 Secretary of State William H. Seward later visited the station and told the Indians they, too, had been freed bp the Emancipation Proclamation.
 In gratitude the Tongass carved the totem pole atop which perched figure of President Lincoln, stove pipe hat and all.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15

against a wide variety of diseases.
 U. s. pharmaceutical firms not only spend millions in continuous search for new discoveries, they also have accepted a self-imposed obligation to help our medical schools train physicians and con- duct research.
 In 1858 alone, the pharmaceuti- cal industry allocated more than $20, 100000 in grants to medical schools throughout the nation. In addition, the Drug and Pharma- ceutical Division since 1853 has contributed more than 1,250,0 in cash to the National Fund for Medical Education.
 Perhaps the most wonderful dis covery of all-a drug that can lick cancer-may come out of recently organized nationwide effort. Richly experienced in finding useful new drugs amidst a multitude of com- pounds, the most important phar- maceutical firms are now playirN a major role in the National Cancer Chemotherapy Screening Program. They are helping to sift through 10000 chemicals a year in a mag nificent joint endeavor to find new ways to attack cancer.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15

from the Soviets three photos of the moons other side, a letter from the Astronomical Council of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences and book of information on the moon.
 Then an envelope came from California.
 It contained catalogue giving prices of various pictures and in- formation.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15
MUSHIN' THRU WASHINGTON


 Alaska veterans would be re- lieved of paying back to the gov ernment money received during on-the-farm training under pro- posals by the states congressional delegation.
 Sens. E. L. Bartlett and Ernest Gruening are co-sponsors of re- lief bill in the Senate and Rep. Ralph Rivers has prepared sim liar bill for introduction in the House.
 The measures would relieve veterans who received subsistence allowances while taking on-the- farm training from repaying these sums even though they took off farm employment while in train ing. Veterans who had not repaid the allowance would be relieved of liability and those who have paid would receive refunds.
 
 The Alaska delegation in Con- gress is also trying to do some thing for the hard-pressed gold mining industry by pushing for an increase in the price of gold or change in marketing policies.
 The price of gold, at $35 an ounce, has remained unchanged since 1884 while other prices have risen. This has caused mines to shut down and more will follow if something isn't done Bartlett said.
 Among proposals for solving the problem are: raising the price to $70 an ounce, putting gold on. free market, letting gold used for art and industrial purposes find its own market level.
 Bartlett has introduced a free market bill and Rivers is ready to offer measure to authorize min- CTS to sell newly mined gold at the best price available directly to art and industrial users and pro- hibit the Treasury from making any more such sales.
 This bill, he said, "should re- suit in an improved return to the gold miners, without changing the treasury price or the existing basis for settling international trade balances"
 However, because of Treasury opposition to raising the price of gold, Rivers said he sees little hope for legislation to change the situation at this time.
 
 A request that a Deputy U. S.. Marshal be retained at Ketchikan is being considered by the Justice Department at the request of Bartlett and others.
 Under the change from terri torial status to statehood, many federal law enforcement functions were taken over by the state. This has resulted in revamping the MarshaPs office, including the loss of two deputies at Ketchikan.
 Bartlett has told the Justice Department Ketchikan is the cen- ter of the fishing industry in AL aska and that without a marshal there, legal procedures will be hampered.
 Bartlett said he was told no decision can be made until the new federal district court is oper-
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15
RUSSIANS PRODUCE
 SPACE INFORMATION

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. R - Space is the hobby of Arthur Saul, 19, of New Westminster so he wrote to the Soviet Union for pictures of the far side of the moon. He also wrote to the Mount Palomar, Calif., observatory for photographs of other astronomi- cal bodies.
 Within a month he received
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-15
E S( 
SCIENCE IN
 YOUR LIFE
Private Industry Carries inc Boil

life Americans getting and in 194O the life of newborn infant the United States Today is close 70 In the 20 proved life expectancy much in the previous 90
 Why living much than grandparents?
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ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
 Wm. Oquillok Jr. and Russell Hardy. Discharged Marcus Bockman, Whitney West.
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CAVE

tudebaker-Lark-M
T445 Ga. Ave. NV. RA. 6-1122
FORD 81 Tudor; beautiful white
and blue finish, fully equip only
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INC, 34th and BenninE I'd. ne,
LII. 2-s000.
FORD '56: r. and h., s cylinder
.Fordomatic, CuStomline. Very good
cond, $500, HE. 4-7s45.
FORD 1854 Fordor; very clean;
guaranteed D. c. inspection; S495
JET ENGLISH FORD
1884 Pa Ave. Sc. Ii. $4,000
FORD so starliner VS. coupe;
radio, heater, Wv tires; red I'm.
Ash; new-car condition. 5000.
Jack Blank Pontiac
1437 irving st. NV. AID. Assoc
$3.50 14th St. NV. RA. 3-967(
BANK ON JACK BLANK
FORD $50 Mainline 2-dr. "o"
% green, good cond. S195.
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7 NOLkSWAGEN 80 conV.; yellos.
Wv. tires. $4,000 mi, i ownel
top eond., $1,000 cash. "a.
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; VOLYo SO; $3.50. FEDERAL
!, AUTO SALES. corner leth and M
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OLDsMoBILE 1858 "ss" Holiday
coupe: coral with white top; power
steering, power brakes, electric
windows and seat; special S1,995,
CCC guar.
Capitol Cadillac-Olds Co.
1922 22nd st. NV. FE. $4,000
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$3.50 or best offer; all access
sories. KI. S-906s aft. 8 pm.
oLDSMOBILE 1855 Holiday: 81, 900
miles, power steering. Sacrifice,
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
LEE d RIITIER

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top, beautiful white with black
top, full power, Butler Bonded,
only SLABS
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

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STUDEBAKER '53 VS. spt- coupe,
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ORRISON RAMBLER
704 W. Broad. ?. c. JE. 1885
STUDEBAKER '5S Silver Hawk go:
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hight-o-matic. Many other extras.
! owner, guaranteed. Special now
BOWMAN
Studebaker-Lark--Mercedes
1445 Ga. Ave. NV. RIA. 6-Il29
SIUDEBAKER SO Flight Hawk: 4
eyls.' with overdrive. all extras,
top cond.: $3.50 or best offer
Must sell. SO. 5-2975.
THIRD 81; 2 tops, auto. trans
pps2'' p;s;, T. and b., Wv. tires
THUNDERBIRD 1858 hardtop; fac
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dowS,, and seat, fun power, IN
usually clean; S3,095, CCc guar
Capitol Cadillac Olds Co,
l222 22nd st. NV. FE. $4,000
THUNDERBIRD 1850 convertible
equipped with full power and eiec.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

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wheels; immse: $4,000. RE. S.
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30 THE EVENING STAR.

Washington, D. c.
TUesdoy, July rs. 1860
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
The Hospital
Trustees Glue
A Reception

Continued from page one)
al organization of the hospitals
of the United States. This body
consists of 128 delegates prorated
among the states according to the
size of the state and elected from
the member hospitals within the
state. Delaware has one such del
egate and an alternate, in the
event the delegate is unable to
attend. 1t is the function OF the
House to review the annual re-
port of the Association, which con-
sists of reports by the officers
and trustees, and the many coun-
ellis who work diligently through
out the year covering the many
aspects of hospital administration.
The House must pass on many
recommendations presented by the
Board of Trustees or the Coun-
ellis. Each morning of the conven-
ton is devoted to a meeting OF
the House of Delegates, and if ,the
business on the agenda for the
day can be completed in time, the
delegates are free to attend the
regular Convention sessions in the
afternoon.
Mr.. Lorenz was accompanied on
his trip west by his wife, Anne,
and his children, Richard, Bruce,
Patricia and Elizabeth.
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
st. Paul Methodist Church
Rev. William M. Gee, Pastor
Sunday, September 1S

Sunudy september 10
$50 a. m. Sunday School. Mrs.
Edna Clarke, superintendent; Miss
Phyllis A. Mitchell, chairman, CON-
mission on Education.
10:30 a. m. Morning Worship.
Sermon.
p. m. Methodist Youth Fellow
ship. Mrs. Novella L. Shockley.
z p. M, Monday. Commission on
Finance. Miss Emma G.. Woodson,
chairman; Mrs. Erma G. Reese,
vice chairman.
8 p. M, Monday, Senior Choir
rehearsal. Mrs. Helen A. Mitchell,
president; Mrs. Elizabeth S. Pal
mer, organist.
p. m, Wednesday. Mid-week
prayer and study. The public is
invited.
3:15 p. M, Friday. Junior Choir
rehearsal. Mrs. Helen A., Mitchell,
director.
Friday
Boy Scout Troop No. PIP meet
ing. Kenneth D. Fountain, scout
master; Roland Holmes, assistant
scoutmaster; Charles Jenkins, as
sistant scoutmaster.
The first Sunday of each month
is Organ Fund Sunday. Your con-
tributions are always accepted.
Announcement
The summer schedule for Sunday
School and Sunday morning wor-
ship will continue through August
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Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
First Presbyferion Church
Rev. James HI. Lappen, Pastor
Sunday, September 18

Sdnodys september 10
The Lords Day begins with Sun
day School at 9:45 am. There
are classes provided for all ages
Nursery through the Adult Group.
Morning Worship is at IL o.
clock Rev. James H. Lappen. Pas
tor. has chosen 1.-The Gospel of
God" taken from Romans L: IA :
II, for his sermon. Mrs. j. Ray
mond Bennett will present the
message in song with Jesus of
Galilee" by O. Hara.
The Evening Service will begin
at 1880 pm. Mr.. Lappen's sermon
will be The Word of the Living
God" taken from / Kings II.
Tuesday, September 20, the re-
gular monthly meeting of the
Women's Association will be held
in the Sanctuary at 800 pm. The
speaker of the evening will be
Mr.. Peter Northrop, Fellowship
Director for Inter-Varsity Chris
tian Fellowship of the Baltimore
Washington area. He will tell of
the work being done on the var
ious campuses.
Thursday, September %, the re-
gular mid-week Prayer and Bible
Study hour at 7:30 pm.
The Adult Choir will meet at
$3.50 pm.
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING
A Wise Maxim: sDon't Give All
Your Candy Before Marriage.

| wish to talk to you for a little
while today about neglect / am
thinking especially about the kind
of neglect whose wounds go doub-
ly deep because of the many
solicitous attentions which pre-
ceded it. / will tell you about it
in roundabout way.
In a house by the side of the
road lives an attractive young
lady who is being assiduOusly
courted by an equally estimable
young man. The ardor with
which he pursues the object of
his affections leaves little to be
desired. Her every wish seems to
be his law. He seeks to satisfy
each whim of hers as soon as the
slightest intimation gives that
whim expression. His messengers,
bearing flowers and candy, have
beaten a path to her door. Costly
gifts are frequently bestowed. 1t
seems impossible that anyone
could be more devotedly attentive
than he. And then one fair June
day their marriage is solemnized
Here endeth the first chapter.
The chapter that follows tells
quite different story. When pur-
suit became possession, interest
cooled. Flowers and candy came
rapidly less and now come not al
all. Her desires now are subordi-
mated to his. Even the little
courtesies of love, which cost sc
little and mean so much, are nc
longer offered. In neither dress OIL
bearing does he any longer seeB
to make himself attractive to the
one he had courted and won
Where at one time he found his
highest interest in her presence
he now seeks the companionshiI
of others and returns to associat
ions abandoned for her when theil
courtship was in flower. And sucf
neglect, made doubly odious By
the attentions that preceded 1t
leads to estrangement and ulti
mately to their divorce.
And now the finger of Nathan
points accusingly at us to sa,