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Evening star., 1960-04-20
Cancer Fiqhter

DR.. John R. Heller, who is resigning
after IL years as director of the National
Cancer Institute, has guided the Be-
theSda research facility to an amazing
growth. Today, in very real sense, the
Cancer Institute is the co-ordinating
nerve center of the cancer crusade, with
the bulk of its $92-million budget sup
porting research and training programs
in hundreds of universities, laboratories
and hospitals throughout the country.
When DR.. Heller took over in 1943,
the Federal appropriation was only $l4
million, and these increased funds have
permitted investigation on a scale un-
dreamed of few years ago. Through
the institutes Cancer Chemotherapy
Center, for example, some $4,000 drugs
year now are being screened for pos
sible clinical value. Such research, along
with advances in early detection, surgery
and radiation use, now assure that one
of every three cancer victims can expect
to survive at least five years DR.. Heller
believes that one of every two victims
could be added to the five-year survival
list if it were possible to apply success
fully all the knowledge available today.
Much credit for the progress in this
direction made at the National Cancer
Institute is due DR.. Heller, and he will
be missed. 1t is we'll, however, that he
will continue the fight, as head of the
huge Memorial -Kettering Cancer
Center in New York.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
First Division

I was very interested in
reading Charles Coulter's
comments on the review of
my book. The Fierce
Lambs"
Unlike Mr.. Coulter, I was
not with the 1st Division
when it made history. He
would find, on reading the
book. however, that all state
ments Of fact are quoted from
officers and men who actually
were present. including even
Gen. Bullard, the divisions
second commanding officer.
Merle Hay. one of the three
to lose his life in the Bathele-
mont raid, was an example of
the hapless volunteers who
thought they were going to
serve some time in the coast
artillery only to find them
selves sailing for France AL
most before they knew so
much as the manual Of arms.
The First" became legend
ary as a fighting outfit. It
was, however; hurried to
France so prematurely that
the Allies felt it necessary to
train its members from July
until late October, 1917, be-
fore daring to send battalions
even into a quiet sector"
DR.. Fitzsimons was not a
battle casualty" and the
book does not so state. He was
the first American officer.
with the AEF, to die under
enemy attack. He was not at
a British rest camp in Nor
mandy when he lost his life
but at Army Base Hospital
No. 5 near Boulogne, in
Picardy-it was the famous
Harvard Unit" under DR..
Harvey Gushing. The German
pilot could not have seen DR..
Fitzsimons. as Mr.. Coulter
states, since the raid was at
night.
A. A. HOehling.
Evening star., 1960-04-20

cook very slowly until the
sugar is entirely melted and
the mixture is of syrup con-
sistency.
@. When were navigation
rules for ships first set
up?-V. G.
A. Basic laws for use by
ships at sea were established
by Phoenician navigators
and traders between about
1900 and 500 BIC. The first
known compilation of sea
laws is the Rhodian Sea Law
OF the island Of Rhodes in
the Mediterranean. The origi-
nal document was drafted in
the 4th century BIC. and the
only existing copy Is IN the
Vatican Library. Regulations
to prevent collisions at sea
and to cover the use of dis
tress signals have developed
through the succeeding CEN
turies. International Rules
Of the Road have been
adopted by all the principal
nations.
Evening star., 1960-04-20

For the past two years my
daughter has been exposed
to a certain phase of sex in
the clasSroom-that of the
expectant mother! Last year
when my daughter was in
the first grade her teacher
taught we'll into the eighth
month but she was honest
and told the children that
she was going to have a baby.
This was exciting but hardly
made up for the constant
irritability and whimsical dis
cipline not to mention that
two other teachers were called
in to finish the year. Each of
these teachers taught a diff
ferent method of printing.
This has affected her writing
ability.
Her present teacher has
taken a negative approach to
this handicap by using per-
sonal ridicule, threats, and
constantly reminding her
that she cannot write well. I
had only begun to wonder
about this unprofesSional at
titude when my daughter
mentioned that her teacher
was eating crackers in the
morning because she got so
hungry!
Now this teacher is ap-
preaching her eighth month
and it is with much sigh
ing and WEAKNESS that my
daughter manages to get off
to school for another day. In
the last two years I have seen
my daughter change from an
eager pupil to one who hates
to go to school. She has been
cheated of the normal atten-
ton and consideration a
child needs in the first and
second grades. In fact, she
has been exposed to what few
adult men must tolerate and
that is two consecutive years
in daily contact with a preg-
nant woman.
I realize that the school
board cannot be responsible
for whether or not their
teachers will become preg-
nant. 1t is possible that such
an obviously unplanned preg-
nancy can place a hardship
on the teacher and she con-
tinues to teach for purely
monetary reasons. However,
as a parent I have seen what
a teacher poorly equipped
physically and emotionally
can do to children in the two
most important school years
for forming work habits and
attitudes. And as teacher I
would never presume to in
f1ict my feminine moods on a
room Of some 30-odd first
and second graders. I resent
someone doing it to my child.
Mrs. w. z. Haywood.
Evening star., 1960-04-20

@. Can a group of adja-
cent buildings be struck by
the same bolt of lightning? Z?
C. P.
A. Usually a lightning
stroke passes to the ground
and to the conducting water
in the ground by as direct a
path as possible, so that it is
relatively rare that more than
one building is damaged by
a single stroke. Lightning
discharges are. however, pro-
verbally erratic in their
course and there are on rec
ord many very curious and
unexpected occurrences.
@. When a recipe calls for
maple sugar, how can maple
syrup be substituted?-M. D.
A. Maple syrup may be
substituted for maple sugar
If the syrup is boiled slowly
until it threads. removed
from the fire, and beaten
until thick. To use maple
sugar in a recipe calling for
syrup, add a small amount
Of water TO the sugar, then
Evening star., 1960-04-20
Bit Steamed Up

That "masterful" speech
Of Mr.. Stevenson's in Vir-
ginia, legendary home of
Southern gentlemen: How
sharp! How devastating! How
sour grapeyl How impercep-
tive and totally innocuous! /!
How much like Hubert. in an
intellectual sort of manner,
of course!
Well. if anyone wants a
phrase-making windbag for
President, they may vote for
Adlai.
I think I'll stay with the
folks who have STAYED of in
f1ation, making my few dol
lars 60 further, and who have
marked some pretty fair
Evening star., 1960-04-20

Sometimes an enemy is not
sportsmanlike or thoughtful
enough to provide good roads
for an invader. How to keep
the caissons rolling in the
face of such negligence has
become a major military
problem for the Army. which
has Just opened a mobility
research center to investigate
difficulties likely to be met.
Sometimes over mountains,
through deserts. dense jun
giles. fog and quagmire the
caissons just will not roll.
The new research organiza-
ton Of the Engineers and the
Transportation and Ordnance
Corps will concentrate on
learning at what stage of
continued traffic and under
what moisture conditions
ground structure will break
down and refuse to provide
traction. This is a field on
which almost no information
is now available.
"Off-road mobility of We
hicles," says an Army an
nouncement of the new CEN
ter set up at Vicksburg, Miss,
has long plagued Army
commanders. When a vehicle
leaves the road, advance
knowledge of its ability to
travel on the surface area
selected is invaluable. Sit
ting ducks caught in the
sticky clays of Italy and Oki-
nawa. the loose sands Of
North Africa and more re-
Gently in the rice paddles of
Korea have underscored the
need to know whether a
given vehicle will be able to
travel over a given surface
at particular time.
Needed at Two Jima
1.-Two Jima might not have
been so costly if all the We
hicles carrying troops and
supplies had been able to ne
gotiate the soft, powdery VOL
canic cinders on the beach
with less difficulty. InveSti-
cations disclose that far
fewer immobilizations at
Two Jima would have oc-
CURED if the trucks had been
less heavily loaded and op-
Grated at low tire pressures."
New information will be
especially essential in the
nuclear war of the future
which will demand rapid as
sembly of battle forces, quick
strikes. and immediate and
wide dispersal before the
enemy can retaliate. Roads
Evening star., 1960-04-20
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Temp Jones had his first
session Sthe other day with
one Of these compact cars.
He found it compact, all
right; he bumped his head
on getting in. and skinned his
right knee on getting out.
The getting out, on the
whole. was more difficult
than the getting in.
Jones had to founder his
way across the seat and
reissue into the outer world
from under the wheel.
This is no easy job for a
middle aged man with a bit
too much fat around his
midriff, even in an old-faSh-
ioned car with plenty of head
room.
When they took of the
height and put it on the
length, and width, they made
it almost impossible.
While Jones host stood
grinning on the sidewalk, our
friend greatly resembled a
sea lion on the rocks.
He slid first one way, then
the other.
His coat, he liked to think,
was made of sliding ma
terial.
He hitched a bit to the
left, then slid several inches
to the front. endangering
his head again.
Finally, he made it, after
what seemed to him many
minutes.
1t must not be omitted
from this account that, in
finally hitting the sidewalk,
he hit his brow again.
Temp Jones head is made
Of stern stuff.
A head has to be, with one
Of these compacts.
+ II
Getting in, you resemble
an accordion, or something.
The tune you play, how
ever, is according to your
nature.
If of a grim turn, you say
unutterable things.
If your disposition is SAN
guine. as the old physicians
used to say. you quickly COM
pliment the owner on his
taste in color.
Il like your blue" you
say.
IT'S gray" he says, grimly.
Evening star., 1960-04-20

scientific time with the orbit
ing of satellites that mean
something to human prog
.ress in weather and naviga-
ton, at least, and who have
been giving communism time
to start on the cycle back to
capitalism and the return of
individual enterprise, as is
already apparent in Russia
all while seeking better deals
for the great majority de-
spite a Democratic Congress
that seems to want to hurry
the welfare state along the
highway to governmental die
tation of all human affairs.
the bureaucracy of the to-
talitarians.
Earl (ScoOp) Shutz.
Evening star., 1960-04-20

oh" you reply. "A really
beautiful shade of gray, it
seems to me-"
The fellow swells with
pride.
1t doesn't take much to
make the owner Of one OF the
new compacts swell with
pride.
He has listened to so many
polite sneers. from the gas
station attendant, who said,
with a grin, You'll be sorry"
to the missus, who also said
several things.
It's no fun, really, to have
some sporting companion re-
fer to your new dream car as
the poor mans juggernaut.
Now, take this gas con-
sumption thing.
AS far as Temp Jones can
see, the whole set-up is to
save money on gas.
With the old car, you
spent $40 a month, now you
will spend $40.
For 10 measly dollars. you
have to put up with scuffed
knees, and blows to the head
that would floor a mule.
American economics has to
get to the point, evidently,
where everything is OK. just
so long as you save on gas.
Ten dollars seems a for
tune. looked at through the
gas tank, but nothing much
when it comes to going out
for dinner.
You go to some fancy
place where a big, clean nap
kin is laid over the greasy
spot on the tablecloth. Zones
says he pulled up the napkin
and saw it,
You eat food you don't
want particularly, and pay
six prices for it, and tip a
surly fellow who doesn't de-
serve it, and all this is, lust
dandy.
The bill is $l4.96 for two,
and honest, it wouldn't be
good at Is cents like you once
could get a full meal for, in
the vernacular.
Ho, hum. says Temp. as
he unwinds to get back into
his compact.
Ouch!
Bump!
Don't worry, folks. It's
only Temp Jones on his way
to the poorhouse.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
Elusive Peace

Would people entrust life
savings to convicted thieves?
Would they hire murderers
as bodyguards?
Americans will be just that
bright If they sign a dis
armament pact and cease
testing nuclear bombs. their
country's security, on the ly-
ing word of the Kremlin kill
lers that they'll do likewise.
This suicidal insanity is to
promote peace"
When America stands dis
armed and helpless, easy
prey for the well-tested,
perfected Russian bombs,
she'll know peace-the peace
Of the grave the Soviets have
ready and waiting for her!
Elizabeth Lippitt.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
Safety at All Costs

Your recent editorial,
Safety at All Costs" un-
fortunately contained three
errors in fact; first, that the
Federal Aviation Agency has
grounded pilots over so; sec
ond, that some correlation
has been proven to exist be-
tween safety and age; and
finally, that a Federal court
has heard the case on its
merits and ruled in favor OF
the FAA.
The facts are these:
l. The regulation clearly
states that no pilot over so
can fly in air carrier opera
tions. They are, as clearly,
permitted to engage in any
other type of commercial
operation, including those
carrying passengers, and fly
any type of plane for which
they are qualified, including
jets.
2. Neither the FAA nor the
medical profession has made
any studies by which it has
been determined that there
is any safety problem related
solely to age where physical
and competency standards
are as continuously checked
as for pilots.
8. No Federal courts have
ruled on the merits of the
case nor upheld the FAA rule.
They have merely declined
to grant a temporary injunc-
tion until the case has been
heard. There is quite a diff
ference between the two.
We must say that we
thoroughly agree in principle
with Judge Bicks' statement
that it would be vulgar to
weigh money against the pub
lie safety, as too often hap
pens in regulation of the air
line industry, but in this in
stance, safety has certainly
not been proven to be in
volved, medically or other
wise.
The implication seems to
be that the pilots have failed
to consider safety. This is
ridiculous and contrary to
all logic. Last year there
were $50 people killed in air
crashes, so of them crew
members. Pilots, probably
more than anyone else, have
an intimately compelling in
terest in and dedication to air
safety.
1t also seems more than
slightly ridiculous to assume
that air line pilots who, as a
group, fly some $4,000 hours
a day and have more cumula-
tive operational experience
than any other organization
in the world are incapable of
determining what is or is
not safe, but an editorial
writer, safely ensconced at
his desk, has such capabili-
ties. Ed Modes.
Director Public Relations, Air
Line Pilots Association.
Editors note: The editorial
March 16l was concerned
only with airline pilots. 1t
stated correctly that the FAA
order ruled 60-year-old pilots
"off the new and faster air.
liners of the jet era" The
editorial also made it plain
that the District of Columbia
and New York Federal judges,
in upholding the FAA order,
acted in separate injunctive
suits" 1t was pointed out
that FAA Administrator Que
sada had cited the progress
sive deterioration of both the
physiological and psychologi-
cal functions which normally
occurs with age" The Air Line
Pilots Association has ap-
pealed the rulings. Mean
while, the ban on 60-year-
old airline pilots remains in
effectO
Evening star., 1960-04-20
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Free-WheeIing Army Is q Must
By THOMAS R. HENRY

and highways no longer can
be depended upon. Army We
hicles must be able to move
across country.
An instrument for meas
uring the trafficaoility Of
soils has been developed BY
the Engineers. Known as the
cone penetrometer." it is
being standardized for field
use.
A war gas that temporarily
disables an enemy but causes
no permanent injury now is
being tested by the Army.
1t may constitute a major
step towards the ideal weap-
on of hulmane-minded mill
tary leaders. The gas, now
ever, is so effective for a short
time that, according to the
Chemical Warfare Service,
those who have tested it are
rarely willing to try it twice"
The gas is unnamed. Dis
covered by two American
chemists, it has been devel-
oped chiefly in the British
Army up to now. The United
States Army. however. has
carried out tests with volun-
teers.
1T causes" according to
the report on these tests, "se-
we're burning and watering Of
the eyes. irritation of the
respiratory passages. burning
sensation on moist areas Of
the skin, painful coughing
and involuntary closing of the
eyes"
No Threat to Lungs
1t is characterized as a
tear gas" Unlike others of
this class, however, 1t appar-
emily can cause no lung in
iuries. 1t will be an invalu-
able aide in training. the
Army believes, whether or not
it ever proves practical in ac-
tual battle.
Says the Army report:
Dispersal even in small con-
centrations-one part in a
million parts of air-causes
extreme discomfort instanta-
neously upon exposure. But
the effects dissipate quickly in
fresh air. 1t can be deliv-
cred in a grenade that dis
perSes it either as a smoke
cloud or in aeroSol form, or it
can be delivered by any of
the devices used to spread
conventional tear gas. Ex-
tenSlve testing with soldier
volunteers has revealed no
evidence of injury"
Evening star., 1960-04-20
Right Back in Style
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mdy be used II
letters carry tDrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSntton.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERYI,

- rssasT can get an anger by man
Please ncose anpsd enysop.
Evening star., 1960-04-20
Classroom Problem

Elizabeth Lippitt.
The Sidney herald., 1960-09-21

why nobody can match our low, low, low prices.
So hurry in while we still have a good choice of
smart station wagons. Prices of big used cars are
plummeting-waiting may cost you hundreds of
dollars. Buy today and save. Get a quality-bu ilt
Rambler with proved top resale value.
The Sidney herald., 1960-09-21

We Rambler dealers just set our 18Th consecutive
monthly sales record. We're winding up the big
gest year in our history, selling more compact
cars per dealer than any other dealer group.
So, our sales costs per car are lowest. Ramblers
cost least of all us. cars to start with. That's
The Sidney herald., 1960-09-21
CuIbertson News

The Lutheran Children of the
Reformation and their leaders,
Mrs. Robert Mattelin and Mrs.
Bernice Peterson, met Wednesday
after school to elect officers for
the coming year. Marian Mattelin
was elected president, Connie Lar
sen, vice president, Gay Peterson,
secretary, Kenneth Damn, trea-
surer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tavern Schled-
witt and Pete Bertino we're dinner
guests of Oliver Haugen at the
State Line Club Saturday.
Out of town guests attending the
potluck dinner at the RDLS
church Sunday were Keith Har-
vey, Regina, Sask.; Virgil Smith,
Minot; Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Wheeler and daughter Nonnie,
Williston; Mr.. and Mrs. Bronson.
Independence, Mo-; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Barber, Sidney; Candace
and Connie Amsler, Glendive. The
Occasion was Mr.. Harvey's in
PRODUCTION as missionary to the
Culbertson group.
MIR and Mrs. Ole P. Olsen took
their granddaughter, Anne Bent
sen, to Billings last week where
she and her cousin, Edith Anne
Cheney, left for their second year
at Dana College, Blair, Nebr.
The Sidney herald., 1960-09-21

bride wore a blue wool sheath
with a white orchid corSage. She
was graduated from Sidney, Mont.
High School and is a member OF
Delta Delta Delta soroity at MSU.
The bridegroom is a graduate of
Lions Township High School, a
member of Sigma Chi Fraternity,
and a student in the School of
Foresty.
Out-of-town guests in addition
to the wedding party included the
bridegroom's parents from La
Grange; r. B. Manley, Kalispell;
Mr.. and Mrs. Kennth Johnson and
children, Judith Ann, Karen and
Jerry, Sidney; Miss Carol Meehan.
RoSeburg; and Dan Balko, Mis-
soula, a fraternity brother of the
bridegroom.
The bridegroom's parents were
hosts at a rehearsal dinner al
Mon Desir Dining Inn Saturday
evening.
Prior to the wedding, the bride
vas honored at a shower given by
women of the church.
Another shower was given by
Mrs. Bruce Braaten, and the
brides sorority sisters and class
mates honored her with a shower
earlier this summer.
The Sidney herald., 1960-09-21
PUBLIC

The main purpose of the State
School is to obtain patients for re-
turning to the community. Those
who have a~nti-social tendencies, or
who cannot well be cared for at
home, may be kept in the inStitu-
ton indefinitely. A large majority
however, spend a relatively short
time in the institution, perhaps
two to five years.
Most institutions have a parole
system. Patients may be allowed
to go home, or to a working home,
for a year or more. During this
time they are visited by a social
worker on the institution staff.
If they have made a good adjust
ment, they may be discharged. If
they cannot adjust during the par
ole period, they are returned to
the institution but may be given
another trail later.
Many States offer a service in
termediate between the institution
and parole or discharge. Of this
nature are colonies, h~ostels, clubs
and family care. In all care of this
kind the state has the responsible
ity of continued supervision. Fam
lily care consists in boarding suit
able patients in private homes.
The state pays for maintenance
and supervision, and the patient
has the advantage of nearly nor
NAL home life.
The Sidney herald., 1960-09-21

through which admissions are
made. A parent should accompany
the child to give a history and sign
the application.
Often, because of the over
crowding of public institutions,
there is delay between the time
the child is examined and the time
it car be admitted.
State laws vary in regard to adj
mission procedures. Important fea-
lures are:
l. Evidence that the patient is re-
tarded. A medical or psychological
report or both may be required.
2. Evidence that institutional
care is required. Statements that
the child is unmanageable, or
that the mother is dead, are ex-
amples.
3. A statement as to financial
condition of those responsible for
care. The clearest way of putting
this is to state what the income of
the family is and how many are
dependent ON it.
Procedures in common use are
court commitment, admission on
certificate of one or more quail
fled physicians, and voluntary adj
mission.
Most institutions follow the
practices below:
/. Relatives are encouraged to
keep in touch with the child. They
may visit him at regular intervals.
If they wish to, they may bring
suitable presents, such as fruit,
toys or clothing for special &C.
casions.
2. The child may be allowed to
go home for visits, if transporta-
tion can be arranged, and super
vision at home is assured.
3. Care and supervision of the
institution r permanent, if rel
ativeS cannot resume it.
4. The institution may release
the child if he is not a danger to
himself or others and good home
care is available. The policy is tc
return to the community all who
can safely be returned.
The Sidney herald., 1960-09-21
MARMON REGISTERS
AT MIDLAND

Fremont, Neb. - John L. Mar
man of Sidney, Montana, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Marman,
has registered to attend Midland
College as a Junior for the 196O-6l
school year. He is to pursue a
course in teaching and physical
education.
Midland, founded in 1887, is a
liberal arts college affiliated with
the United Lutheran Church in
America.
Enrolment at the school has
nearly doubled in the last decade.
Recent campus improvements in
clude a new dining hall and mems
dormitory and presently under
construction is a new 16-room
classroom building. A new stu
dent center will also be ready
before the opening of the second
semester next January.