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Evening star., 1960-05-22

Operating as an adjunct to the Mary
land Powder Factory, the Virginia base
was referred to as Lower Station until
1921 The village was then named Dahl
gren, in honor of Admiral John A. Dahl
gren.
Before Admiral Dahlgrens time, it
was almost as dangerous to operate
the guns as TO be in front of them. This
condition fired the Admiral with a zeal
for safety in naval weapons, and he strug
gled to take the guesswork out of their
design and construction.
When the first guns Numbered at
Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, Dahlgren
was the only one Of the three officers
at the Washington Navy Yard who did
not resign because of sympathies with
the Confederacy. President Lincoln ap-
pointed him to the command fthe Yard,
and he retained the post until his death
in 1855. Thus, he had the opportunity to
play a big part in design and improve
ment of naval armament.
Inside the main gate at Dahlgren is
bust of the Admiral alongside model of
one of the famous guns he designed.
The Naval Weapons Laboratory COM
prises about 5000 acres adjacent to U. S.
Highway 301, about SO miles south of
Washington.
Dahlgren's MORO is the fastest and
most powerful electronic calculator in
operation today. Operating since 1855,
it has held its leading position through
ability to attack large, complex prob
lens in ballistics, satellite travel, and
other scientific areas at rate of Is, 900
operations per second. These include ad-
dition, subtraction, multiplication and
Evening star., 1960-05-22

SUNDAY WASHINGTON. MAY %. 1860
Evening star., 1960-05-22
What the Navy Is Doing at DahIgren
By EDNA III. CONRAD
Contributing Writer

DLANNING a trip to the moon? If
Il so talk it over with the physicists
at Dahlgren (Va) naval base. Let them
map your route, and tell you how much
and what kind of fuel you will need.
Many of them firmly believe that the
time is not far distant when their Naval
Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC)
will be making such calculations.
The 41-year-old base, formerly the
Naval Proving Ground, officially be-
came the United States Naval Weapons
Laboratory on August IS. The new name
is more in line with the work now being
done there
The Navy has maintained a shore
station since 1872 for testing ordnance
material for the fleet The first Proving
Ground was at Greensbury Point, In
dian Head, Md, and is still known as
the Naval Powder Factory. Here ma
terial for the fleet continued to be tested
until 1918, at which time President
Woodrow Wilson was authorized to take
over 1853 acres of land between the
Potomac River and Machodoc Creek in
Virginia, as a proving ground site.
Reminiscing with Benjamin D. Tub
man, who has watched the changes TAX
ing place at Dahlgren, we get picture
of its early days. Housewives took turns
shopping for one another in Washington
Roads were practically non-existent, and
the trip by boat up the Potomac to the
Navy Yard and back took IS hours.
Barges brought materials ashore.
Some had to be carried from small
boats through ankle-deep mud. 1T was
something fierce in those days." Mr..
Tubman recalls.
sHINOTON D. c., MAY %, 1860
Evening star., 1960-04-03
Justices
Son to
Take Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Pearce r.
Franklin of Newark announce
the engagement Of their
daughter Georgianna Alex
andra to Mr.. William ]. Bren-
nan III, son of the Associate
Justice Of the United States
Supreme Court and Mrs.
Brennan Of this city, formerly
Of South Orange and Rum
son, N. j.
Miss Franklin, whose father
is former Newark Commits
sioner, is a graduate of the
Beard School in Orange and
an alumna of Sarah Lawrence
College, Bronxville, N. Y.
she studied art and Euro
pean history in France and
Italy and is presently a fea-
ture writer for the Newark
Star-Ledger. She is a pro-
visional member of the Junior
League Of Newark.
Mr.. Brennan was gradu-
ated from Newark Academy
and Colgate University, and
served as a lieutenant in the
United States Marine Corps.
A member of the Military
Naval Club Of New York. he
Is now a law student at Yale
University.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
Democratic
Club PIunninq
Annapolis Trip

Annapolis, ahoy!" is the
current by-word of the
Woman'S National Demo-
cratic Club. The group will
visit the historic old city
April 13 at the invitation of
the Governor Of Maryland
and Mrs. j. Millard Tawes.
The days schedule will in
clude a visit to the Capitol
Building, once used as United
States Capital and now the
Oldest State Capitol Building
in legislative use. The Gov
ernor will receive the group
in his State House Office and
Mrs. Tawes will entertain the
visitors at the official resi-
dence. Government House.
Also on hand to greet the
club members will be State
Senator Edward S. Northrop
and Delegate Margaret c.
Schweinhaut, who is a men,
ber Of the organization.
Guided tours of several
historic houses in Annapolis,
plus luncheon at the Com
missioned Oficers' Mess at
the United States Naval
Academy and a review Of the
Midshipman's dress parade
will round out the day.
Buses will leave the club
house at 9 am. and return
about $50 pm. Reserva-
tions may be made through
Mrs. MINER Hostetler, chair
man of the days activity.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
L'AIIionce Froncoise To Hear Author

Mr.. Michel Butor will ad-
dress the members Of PAL
lance Francaise de WASH
ington on Friday at the
Powell Auditorium. Tea will
be served at 4:30 and the
lecture will begin at S pm.
Mr.. Butor's subject will be
Evening star., 1960-04-03
Election Set

Election of officers and a
New England quiz" will be
featured at Tuesdays lunch
con meeting of Phyllis Lyman
Colony, National Society of
New England Women. The
event is set for 1890 pm. at
the home Of Mrs. Clifford w.
Hurley. All Ellsworth drive.
Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1960-04-03

lie Roman ct la Poeie." Mr..
Butor received lie Prix the
Opteraste Renaudot for his
novel La Modification" In
his most recent novel DE-
gres," he attempts to study
the reactions Of students to
a given course of history,
Evening star., 1960-04-03
THE WONDER OF A FARM

group Of youngsters from the cooperative play school Of the
Congress Heights Recreation Center had wonderful time last
Friday ropng all form. They invited to Bowers
Farm Fort Washington Nd by its Mr. Donald Bowers
and went out bus rented by the PeSchoo Parents Club
Accompanying the children about mothers the group
leader Mrs. Morlene Smith, called Miss Me by the kids and
by the playground program director Mrs Helen Deoson The
children prepared for this annual outing by talking about animals
and drawing pictures of em and y doubtless still be talking
and drawing and pigs and horses for months to
Above, Katie OF4oro, S. daughter of Mr. and Mrs George
O1oro and Donald Thoe also S. Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Thoe have words with q stubborn billy eoot.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
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Evening star., 1960-09-25

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Evening star., 1960-09-11

A SMALL boy up in Albany, N. Y, where DR..
IA Mary Christine DeRisi used to practice
dentistry with her sister, asked his mother
once, Are there men dentists?"
His view of dentistry thus far had been
limited to the DeRisi sisters, and it was not
surprising he had concluded that all dentists
are women.
1t would be startling question from al
most any other American, however. Women
are so few on the nations total roster of den-
fists as to constitute only little more than
one per cent.
This low proportion contrasts strangely
with that of other countries. report in the
January issue of the Journal of the American
Dental Association by Nell Snow Talbot, asso-
ciated with survey of the American Council
on Education notes that 30 per cent or more OF
all dentists in Finland, Russia, Latvia and
Lithuania are women.
Half the dentists in Greece are women, she
reports and in Norway, Sweden, France and
Denmark, % to 30 per cent are women. Also,
women dentists in most South American cOun-
tries range from 10 to 40 per cent and in Great
Britain they compose about ~ per cent of
the total
Why the low percentage in the United
States?
Dentistry educators who would like to
see more women in the field believe its advan-
tages as feminine vocation have not been
very widely disseminated.
I'VE have not yet become accustomed
to women as dentists" speculates Dr. DeRisi,
now associate professor of prosthetic den
tistry at Georgetown University
1T is strange that so few women apply to
study dentistry" says Dean Clemens V. Rault
of Georgetowns School of Dentistry 1T offers
so many opportunities to them for rewarding
career Practically all countries of the world
have higher percentage of women in den-
tistry than does the United States
The Very Rev. Edward B. Bum, president
of the university, has. indorSed the schools
hope to enroll more women. Georgetown will
graduate its third woman dentist in June, DR..
Alma Hertelis, who comes from Latvia. Back
there, she says, dentistry is considered
womans profession"
Dean Russell A. Dixon of Howard Univer-
sitys School of Dentistry believes that the
opportunities for women in the profession
have not been sufficiently publicized.
He has long advocated the induction of
more women into dentistry, not merely to re-
Evening star., 1960-09-11
Wanted: More Women
To Become Dentists
By HARRIET CRIFFITHS
Star Staff Writer

lieve the shortage of dentists, but to take ad-
vantage of their undoubted capabilities for
good dental work. The dental school at How
ard, completed in 1855, was planned with
women students in mind There are attractive
women's lounges, and even carts which women
students can use to move their heavy inStru-
ment cases. There are three women dentists
on the faculty. DR.. Jean Sinkford, DR.. Elena
Liatukas and Dr. Maria Silberkweit.
An admitted deterrent to many women
who might otherwise enter dentistry is the
length and cost of education. More women 60
into medicine, however, which entails equal
or greater educational requirements. And
the average income in dentistry is superior to
that of women in most other professions.
Here are some of the qualities with which
educators say women enrich the field of den-
tistry:
. A natural liking for and patience with
children. Many women dentists specialize in
pedodontics, or childrens dentistry
OSmall hands, pliable fingers and light
touch" With modern techniques and tools,
dentistry no longer demands extraordinary
strength, even to pull TOOTH
o A good esthetic eye for matching and
Strengthening teeth.
GA liking and aptitude for teaching.
Possibly, says Dr. DeRisi, dentistry lacks
''the glamor and drama associated with medi-
cine and law. But once they get into the work,
women like it very much"
DR.. Mildred w. Dickerson Washington
periodontist and former president of the Asso-
citation of American Women Dentists, declares
that "all women dentists are agreed it is
fine profession for a woman, and they are
happy in il"
In 47-year career as dentist in Washing
ton, practicing with her husband, DR.. Rosalind
Balm says she had as many men patients as
women. At 80, and retired since 1916, she is
still enthusiastic about dentistry for women.
Former patients frequently come to visit her.
Women dentists have not found marriage
and homemaking incompatible with their
careers. DR.. DeRisi, Mrs. Sam Ferro in private
life, has been married for % years. Dean
Dixon points out that woman can have her
office in her home, and to great extent can
regulate her working hours
In the jet age competition for top talent.
dentistry is in there pitching with the other
professions. And like the others, it is turning
its sights on a resource not yet sufficiently
developed-womanpower.
Evening star., 1960-09-11

A.
Pchs Edith Wynn should feel 10Th
dwthhe
fore Of today The Uverys
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Snappy Greetings
SUNDAY GROUP PHOTOS

heart, cut the shape you want out of
cardboard and give it to the printer to
lay on the paper while he prints. This
will leave white space in the shape
of the symbol you provide.
Messages are inscribed with pen
and India ink. Or. if you want to fuss
a bit with the negative, the message
can be scratched right on the glossy
side and come out ready-printed.
Sometimes, a combination of these
techniques will produce an effective
card, such as Mr.. Duckworths we'd
ding announcement.
Generally, people will attach
more value to photo postcards they
receive, because of the personalized
touch involved. Also, photos need not
be specially taken. Any picture al
ready taken will do, if it can be made
to fit the theme of the message. Un-
like stereotype cards, or formal an
nOuncement cards of one kind or an
other, the photo card is often saved
and treasured by the recipient. In
stead of something suitable for the
moment. the card can become long
lasting souvenir.
The cards shown here are among
the many contrived by photographer
DuckwOrth for special occasions.
Evening star., 1960-09-18

TINE times on which one may want
IL to send out message cards are
too numerous to count. Besides the
traditional occasions like Christmas,
birthdays, and get-Well-SoOn, there are
dozens of times when a single card or
a whole flock Of them are posted. But
what most people don't realize is that
they can easily translate their ordi
nary snapshots into effective post
cards that require little more than
addressing and a stamp. The picture
does the real work.
Through your neighborhood photo
printer, it's simple to order your mega
tive to be enlarged on special post
card photo stock. The cost will range
from 10 to 80 cents each for the cards,
depending on the quantity ordered
and the price policy of the printer
The procedure, according to pho
tographer Paul Duckworth of New
York, who has made a longtime spec
ialty of photo postcards, involves
nothing that any amateur can't do
easily. When you take your negative
to the printer, specify one or two
inch border at the bottom, depending
on the message you want to pen on the
front of the card. In case you want a
special shape, such as a Valentine
IN D. c. SEPTEMBER 49, 1860
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Russiuns Deride
Challenge to Hold
World Elections

LONDON, July 20 tAP).-
Russia today called President
Eisenhower's proposal to hold
worldwide elections to choose
between communism or a free
system "demagogy and cyni-
cism."
THE Presidents proposal is
aimed at forcing humiliating
check on the national self-de-
pendence of other nations. P"
said Moscow Radio IN an Eng
lish-language broadcast beamed
at North America.
/ "One may ask who gave the
President the right to inter-
fere so grossly III the internal
affairs Of other countries and
hypocritically take upon him.
self the task of caring for other
nations?"
The commentator made clear
RUSSIA mas no intention of TAX
ing up the Eisenhower chal-
lenge.
The argument over which
system is better and which Sys-
tenn most of all answers the in
terestS of the majority of the
people will be decided through
a process of peaceful competi-
tion," he said.
The tendency of this process
is quite evident. Almost half
of all mankind has voted in
favor of socialism"
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Nixon to Confer
On Farm Issues

CHICAGO, July % (AP).-
Vice President Nixon will meet
with 20 or more Republican
leaders here Monday to tackle
farm problems, a United States
Senator disclosed last night.
The Senator, who asked not
to be quoted by name, said Mr..
Nixon is aware of controversies
over present farm policies and
wants to improve the situation.
He will work on the farm
problem first of ALL" the Sens-
tor said. This is the thing he
wants to get into specifics on if
he can as soon as possible and
try to solve the problem"
1t could not be learned i'm
mediately who will participate
in the meeting.
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Court Rejects
State Attack

SHREVEPORT. La, July "a
(AP).-The Federal Govern
ment gained a victory when a
special three-judge Federal
court rejected Louisiana's claim
that the 1860 Civil Rights Act
was unconstitutional.
The special court dissolved
itself yesterday after the de-
cision and said it would not
rule on the Negro voting dis
elimination case between Louis
lana and the Federal Govern
ment. Instead, it returned the
case to the United States Dis
trict Court.
State Attorney General Jack
Gremillion, vino represented
the defendant in the case-Mrs.
Pauline A. Culpepper, voter
registrar in Bienville Parish
had attacked the Civil Rights
Act as an ex post facto law
that provided penalties for ac-
tions before the law was passed.
New Briefs Asked
But the three-man panel
told Mr.. Gremillion that laws
pertaining to pre-existing rights
can be Retrospective in nom
criminal matters.
United States District Judge
Evening star., 1960-07-28
9 CHIMPANZEES
TASTE FREEDOM,
; DON'T LIKE 1T

PITTSBURGH (AP).-A
brief fling at freedom ended
yesterday for nine CHM
panzeeS. Five were back at
Highland Park Zoo. Four
were dead.
The nine scurried away
from their island home at
the zoo late Tuesday night
across a tree felled by
heavy winds.
About 80 policemen, AMI
NAL Rescue League en-
ployes. zoo officials and
park police participated in
a 10-hour roundup.
Three chimps, hungry
and frightened. wandered
back to their home. An
other was trapped near the
park. Four of the animals
had to be shot as a last
resort in the interests of
public safety.
Evening star., 1960-07-28

was over Soviet territory wa!
not printed here. The principa
reference to Mr.. Lodges state
ment was made in comparing
his name to a similar Russian
word which means liar.
Performer in Trance"
The youth newspaper Kom-
somol Pravda described Mr.. Eli
senhower's speech Tuesday
night to the Republican con-
vention as vaudeville, with the
President a performer speak
ing "in a state of trance" Nc
part of the speech was given
except as a springboard fol
ridicule.
Komsomol Pravda said Mr.
Eisenhower's proposal for ar
international referendum or
Eastern or Western ways OF
life was stillborn.
Radio Moscow. in an English
language broadcast beamed at
North America, made clear that
the Soviet Union has no in
tention of taking up Mr.. Eisen-
hower's challenge. A Soviet
commentator called the pro-
posal demagogy and cynicism
and said peaceful competi-
ton" will decide which system
is best.
Evening star., 1960-07-28

publican Representative Broy-
hill, attacked the Republican
administration for it's bargain
counter defense program" and
the bankruptcy of our foreign
policy"
"Blunder upon blunder," he
said has made it clear to enc
mics and allies alike that the
United States is not following
a clear, determined course
toward the objective of mutual
defense and world peace or
toward any other objective"
While our military strength
has been deteriorati',g g." he
said, "our foreign policy has
not been far behind"
He also said. I'VE must sub
sidize great increase in basic
and applied scientific research
bring personal diplomacy
to an end and strengthen the
career foreign service re
establish our national purpose
to survive and to lead"
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Kotuneu to Garry
Its Appeal to U. N.

ELIsABETHvILLE, Katan-
ga. July % (AP). - The Ka-
tanga government is sending a
three-man delegation to Brus-
sells and New York tomorrow
to put this Congo provinces
case for independence before
the Belgian government and
the United Nations.
Announcing this today, Ka-
tanga Premier Noise Tshombe
said the delegation will COM
prise Finance Minister Jean
Kibwe; the former Minister of
Economic Affairs in Patrice
Lumumba's Congo central gov
ernment. Joseph Jaw, and
Jacques Masungu, deputy pres
ident of the Congo Senate.
Evening star., 1960-07-28

Ben c. Dawkins, jr., gave the
Federal Government and Mr.
Gremillion until September II
to file further briefs on the
Federal suit before the case
comes to trial in his court on
its merits alone.
He also gave attorneys for
the citizens councils, also de-
PENDANTS. until August 26 to
file briefs on their part of the
suit.
Voters Rejected
The Government is trying to
restore voting rights to $50
Negroes stricken from the reg
istration rolls in Bienville Par
ish, following a purge inspired
by the segregationist citizens
councils.
The special court brushed of
arguments by the councils that
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments cover only State
actions and not actions by
private citizens.
Evening star., 1960-07-28
KouI Proposes Doubling
Of U. S. Missile Program

The United States should
double the size Of it's missile
program and if necessary "dou-
BILE it and double it again
until our superiority in these
modern weapons of war is
clear" Democratic Congression-
al Candidate Ralph Kaul de-
clared last night.
In a speech to the Mount
Vernon KiwaniS Club at the
Penn-Daw Motor Hotel, the
Virginia 10th District candi-
date said missile superiority
must be achieved and main
tanned until such time as, a
workable disarmament plan
can be found"
The proposal was one of
four advanced by Mr.. Kaul as
constructive alternatives" to
what he termed the "old guard
policy of economy first and
survival second"
Mr.. Kaul, running against Re-
Evening star., 1960-07-28
$4,000 Scouts
Ending Jumboree

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.
July % (AP).-The curtain
falls tonight on the fifth Ma
tional Boy Scout Jamboree.
The end will be a gala one
The 56.078 scouts assembled on
2.400 acres of grassland and
hillside north of here will jam
the big arena for the golden
jubilee birthday party Of the
Boy Scouts of America.
Every State and the D. c.
is represented by the scouts,
plus 81 foreign nations. Birth
Evening star., 1960-07-28

Hassan and Sidney z. Mensh
Charles j. Lowry of Bristol
handled the 6O-acre land pur-
chase.
The site is between the pres
ent U. S. II and Interstate 81
now under construction. An in
terchange would allow access
to the new superhighway.
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Shops Planned
For Bristol, Va.

BRISTOL, Va, July % (AP)
"A Bristol realtor and two
Washington ID. c. developers
laid down plans yesterday for
a $3.5 million shopping center
they hope will be built soon at
the northern city limits.
The developers are Alexander