davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-22

Fred Raney, 6-foot-6 Washington
junior oarsman, is the son of Bud
Raney, former Columbia crew
coach.
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-22

Regarding the boos of fans,
Mickey Mantle says nothing
bothers me when I'm going good. .
The Navajo times., 1960-03-01

Next year the Navajo Methodist Mis-
sion will celebate its 10th anniversary
1t had its beginning at site near Hog
back, 20 miles west of Pennington,
New Mexico, on the north bank of the
San Juan River. where two women mis-
sionaries pitched tent and began to
teach and preach, and give agricultural
and medical assistance A school was
built and formal classroom work was
beg un on boarding school basis in
1899 with Is pupils in first grade In
h intervening years it is estimated
that 1900 Navajo pupils have received
an average of 81 X years of schooling
each.
In 1908 the school was located on a
new site, four miles west of Pennington,
on the south side of the San Juan River
near its confluence with La Plata River.
By 1911, several buildings valued at
S35 900, had been built at the new site
and the enrolment had reached 45 in
the first five grades, 7 h en- disaster
struck. The great flood Of 1911, the like
of which has not been seen before or
since on the San Juan River, washed
away all buildings and necessitated an
cther change of location.
But what seemed to be great trag
edy proved to be real blessing for in
1912 the school was located on its pre-
sent site on the west ed ge of Farming
ton. Here, on an ideal spot with 100
acres of choice land in the fertile San
Juan Valley there are now % buildings
with beautiful tree-shaded, grass
The Navajo times., 1960-03-01

carpeted campus and farm Of 65 irri-
gated acres. The farm provides vege
tables, fruit, eggs, milk, and meat for
the school dining room. T he present
enrolment is 240 boys and girls with
1870 in grade school d nd 90 in high
school, nearly all of them boarding pu-
pills.
The Navajo times., 1960-03-01

The major portion of the expense of
maintaining the school is contributed by
the Woman's Division of Christian Ser
vice of the Board of Missions of h e
Methodist Church which owns and
operates the school, A small part of the
cost is borne by parents of the pupils
Evening star., 1960-12-05

I'm not sure. What's your
theory? - Puzzled Newsman,
New York.
Answer: My theory is that
you were keeping too late hours
following the election returns.
Rest up-and stop reading in
nuendos that don't exist. AS
any OF your more science
minded colleagues could tell
you, "slipstick" is simply tech
nicians' jargon for Slide rule"
Incidentally, the use Of cap
ital letters on such nontitle
designations as Press Aide"
and Scheduling Co-ordinator"
is not sanctioned by most au-
thorities on printing style. Ac-
tual titles cPresident," Colo
mel" and so on) are regularly
capitalized when used as part
of persons name but informal
labels like these are not nor
mally capitalized.
Question: Our two youngest
children are. like the rest of
the family. compulsive readers.
Nothing escapes their scrutiny
not even the labels on the
food packages in the kitchen.
So I wasn't surprised tonight
when the 10-year-old asked
why do they abbreviate
pound by the letters 'lb.?'
Why don't they use 'pd.' or
something like that?" As I
say, I wasn't surprised by the
question-but I was somewhat
chagrined to discover that I
didn't have the foggiest idea
Of the answer-and couldn't
find 1t in the dictionary under
pound" either. What's the
Evening star., 1960-12-05
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Question: In a magazine re-
port Of election night at Ken
nedy's headquarters / find this
sentence: Press Aide Pierre
Salinger. Chief Adviser Ted
Sorenson. Scheduling Co-ordi-
nator Kenny O'Donnell and
Pollster Lou Harris working
feverishly with past election
records and a slipstick) an
alyzed reports from far-fung
observers :" I read the sem
tence twice. thinking "slipstick"
must be a misprint for SLAP
stick" and implied a sarcastic
criticism Of the pollster. But
Evening star., 1960-12-05
Leonord Starr

true clue?-Harried Housewife,
Greenwich, Conn.
Answer: Next time look un-
der "lb." rather than pound"
for most modern dictionaries
enter authorizations along with
words in alphabetical order.
The answer is that "lb" is the
Evening star., 1960-12-05

abbreviation for the Latin
libra" meaning pound. The
original phrase was libra pom
do" "a pound in weight). Over
the centuries, "pondo" lin
weight acquired the meaning
Of pound" and libra" was
lost. except for the ''lb."
Evening star., 1960-02-26

the process of being placed fol
permanent adoption with new
parents whose identity and ad.
dress will not be disclosed.
The Isners were given the
care of Rosemary. who was
born out of wedlock, when she
was only a few days old. They
agreed not to try to adopt her
But the cheerful, chubby girl
grew in their affections and
they took legal steps to keep
her.
The case finally went to the
State Supreme Court, which
ruled against the IsnerS. Among
objections, the DPA insisted
the Isners were too old. Mr..
Isner is Al. His wife is 48. The
couple pointed out that others
have had babies at their age
and promised they'd save to
Evening star., 1960-02-26

can rightfully blame a poor
choice only on ourselves"
He suggested that the Ameri-
can political system does not
produce as candidates the men
who really would make the
ablest presidents"
Lord Bryce Quoted
He quoted Lord Bryce. an
observer Of American politics,
as writing:
ITO a (politicaD party, it
is more important that its
nominee should be a good can
didate than he should turn out
to be a good president"
Mr.. McKelway commented:
In other words, the immedi-
ate thing is to get a candidate
who will win. What he may do
afterward rests in the laps of
the gods"
He added that the American
Evening star., 1960-02-26

leadership is capable Of causing
such frightful and unretriev-
able catastrophe"
Responsibility Noted
1t must never be forgotten
he added. that the responsible
ties "of the one who wins (the
presidential election are nc
greater than those imposed by
our form of government upon
the voters who make the
choice"
Mr.. McKelWay, editor of The
Washington Star, continued:
IF it turns out to have been
"a poor choice, the disposition
of our people will be to blame
it on the man who is chosen.
I'VE shall have reached po-
litical maturity as a people
only when we realize, in ad-
vance Of an election, that we
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Editor Stresses
Voters Duties

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 CAP).-
Americas choice of a President
this year is more important
than ever before, Benjamin M.
McKelway, president of the
Associated Press, says.
Mr.. McKelway told an in
dustry dinner last night:
There was never a time in
our history when wise leader
ship for the immediate future
has become Of such supreme
Importance as it is now; or
when the unwise choice of
Evening star., 1960-02-26
State Seizes Girl, 3,
From Foster Porents

PARSONS. w. Va, Feb. e
AP).-A little fair-haired girl
clutching her dolly is trying to
get used to a strange new world
OF grownupS somewhere in
West Virginia today.
Rosemary, a.winsome 3-year-
old, has been the central figure
In a high-pitched adoption
battle which has stirred the
emotions in this Allegheny
mountain town and throughout
the State.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

Her foster parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Forrest Isner, have tried
desperately to keep Rosemary.
But Wednesday night or early
yesterday morning they lost
her to State welfare workers.
Representatives of the De-
partment of Public Assistance
came to the home of a welfare
worker where Rosemary was
staying for the night. They
wrapped her in a blanket and
took her away. Now she is in
Evening star., 1960-02-26

provide a college education for
Rosemary.
An appeal to Gov. Cecil H.
Underwood also failed. He has
accused the Isners of being
more concerned with their
own emotional welfare than
with that of the child"
Evening star., 1960-02-26

electorate is sometimes credited
with "an instructive II not in
finite wisdom in its choice of
leadership, a choice which his
tory later may confirm or dis
pute."
Mr.. McKelWay addressed
about 1000 persons at a din
ner which ended the annual
convention of the American
Paper and Pulp Association.
Evening star., 1960-02-26
EurIy Potentees' Book

A historical booklet, Original
Patentees of Land at Washing
ton Prior to 1700," has been
given to the Prince Georges
County Library by Miss Eliza
beth Lewis of 324 Missouri
avenue NV. The booklet con-
tains maps and data on the 1S
original landowners in this
area.
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Church SIotes PIuy

The Reluctant Saint" a
play by Ruth F. Sadler, will be
presented at 8 pm. Sunday at
the Falls Episcopal Church.
l45 South Washington street,
rails Church, Va. The play
originally was scheduled for
February IA.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
KENNEDY
Legislative Leaders
Discuss Strategy

expected to begin naming sub
cabinet officials for his admin
istration shortly. There were
reports today that one of them
may be former Gov. ]. P. Cole
man of Mississippi. He is said
to be under consideration for a
Pentagon post. possibly Secre-
tary of the Army.
Agenda Withheld
Mr.. Salinger disclosed no
details regarding Senator
Kennedy's conferences with
Senator'S johnson and Mans
field and Mr.. Rayburn. He
said only that the four men
would discuss "the legislative
program for the coming session
of Congress"
The President-elect had nc
business visitors yesterday. He
went to mass at ST. Edwards
Catholic Church in the morn-
ing and played golf in the after
noon.
Secret Service agents and
local police frightened security
protection around him in the
wake Of the arrest here last
week Of a man who said he had
planned to make himself a hu-
man dynamite bomb to kill
Senator Kennedy.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
JERUSALEM
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commodate fewer than 100 pill
grims. 50 the bulk Of the
Christmas visitors will crowd
into every available hotel, pen
sion and rooming house as far
away as Jericho and Hebron.
On Christmas Eve at least
1000 visitors are expected to
jam into the holy town Of Beth
lehem, where the Latin patri-
arch Of Jerusalem will preside
over the annual pontiflcal
Christmas mass.
This year. for the flrst time,
the midnight mass will be
broadcast to overseas listeners
by shortwave over the Jordan
ian government radio.
While tourist officials rub
their hands in anticipation of
this years record pilgrimage,
the Holy Land still reflects an
atmosphere Of strife and DO
tential new trouble.
On the road to Bethlehem
many Of the olive trees-age-
old symbols Of peace-camou-
flage antiaircraft guns and
munitions dumps. Woven into
all the holy scenes connected
with the birth of Christ are un-
mistakahle signs Of the unre-
solved conflict between the
Arabs and their neighbors and
enemies. the Israelis.
The ancient walled city Of
Jerusalem forms Q bastion for
o. modern army. Soldiers of
Evening star., 1960-12-19

cratic electors and all of
! IMississippi's 8. The IL ran
unpledged on November 8.
Senator Kennedy won the
popular vote in the closest
presidential race in 76 years.
He carried % States for a total
national margin of about 49,
900 votes. Mr.. Nixon won 26
States.
But Senator Kennedy's elec-
toral margin was a comfortable
"a more than needed Of the
votes that decide an election.
Winner of a States popular
vote, even if the margin is q
single vote, gets that States
entire electoral vote. There are
exceptions. In Alabama, for
example. the Democratic party
did not put up a full slate of
electors pledged to Senator
Kennedy this year. Instead. the
Democratic slate Of IL electors
had 6 unpledged and 5 pledged
to Senator Kennedy.
Voting to Last All Day
The 537 electors meet in
their State capitals at various
times during the day. ranging
from 10 am. to 7 pm. (EST
Under the law the electors in
each State must sign six cer-
tificates of their votes to be
disposed of in this manner
One copy by registered mail to
the President of the Senate
(Vice President Nixon, two to
the Secretary of State of their
own State, two to the General
Services Administration in
Washington, and one to the
Federal Judge OF the district
where the electors meet.
Alabama's split of its II
electors, with 6 to Senator
Byrd and 5 to Senator Kennedy,
will be the 11th . time since
popular votes were first pub
lished in 1924 that one or more
States have divided their elec-
toral votes.
Alabama also divided its
vote in 1856. giving 10 to Adlai
stevenson, who carried the
State. and / to Walter B. Jones,
a State judge.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
COURT

Continued From First PagC
those engaged in it present
particularly difficult problems
Of law enforcement"
Black, Warren Dissent 8
Justice Black dissented fol
himself and Chief Justice War.
rem, protesting the two-yeal
sentence given Reina on thu
contempt charge.
Il regard his case as another
ominous step in the incredible
transformation and growth o,
the contempt power and in the
consequent erosion Of constitu-
tional safeguards to the protec.
ton Of liberty" he said.
Reina, who has finished
serving the other flve.year sen.
tence. will have so days to
purge himself from the con-
tempt charge by answering the
grand jury's questions, If he
wishes.
The high court declined to
become involved in an argu-
ment over whether women have
q constitutional right to attend
all-male Texas AdIM College
It dismissed an appeal by three
would-be goods. two Of them
mothers. who have been denied
admission to the State-sup-
ported school.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
CARRIER

Continued From First Page
sonnel was accounted for. Only
a few Navy men normally
would be aboard while finish
ing touches were being put to
the new ship.
At New York Shipbuildine
Co., Camden, N. j.. where the
Constellation was built, spokes-
men said the carrier was al
least 95 per cent complete
that workrnen were engaged in
finishing operations, such as
installing ventilation ducts and
doing interior carpentry.
The 60.000-ton Constellation
is Loaf feet long and 252 feet
wide. and from keel to mass
is as high as q 25-Story build
ing. Its keel was laid October
10. 1857.
1t is one Of six carriers OF
what is known as the Forrestal
class.
The other five are the For
restal. Independence, Ranger,
Saratoga and the Kitty Hawk.
Their armament:
Guns-Eight 5-inch, 54-cali-
Der dual-purpose.
Guided missiles Terrier
battery in each quadrant.
The Terrier is a surface-to-
air guided missile made by Con-
vair. 1t is 81 feet long and uses
a solid fuel propellant. It's speed
is 2la times that Of sound and
it has a 20-mile slant range.
Aircraft--90 to more than
100, according to size and type.
Her designation: eva "a.
The Forrestal class was
named after the Secretary Of
Defense who was in ONCE when
the subsequently Cancelled heavy
cruiser United States (CVA 50)
was named In 1949.
The class is not nuclear pow
cred.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
Bishop, o8, Says
27,246th Mass

Rome. Dec. 10 (AP).-MSgr
Alfonso Carmel. 90, described
here as "the oldest bishop in
the world" today celebrated
the 18th anniversary Of his
ordination as o priest.
Nine cardinals were among
those present as the Bishop
said his 27.246th mass in the
chapel Of Rome's Capranica
College, Of which he was rector
Tor many years.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
CAPSULE

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Mercury test on November 81.
On that day, the Redstone ig-
nited, rose an inch, then set
tied back on its pad when 1t
received an engine cutoff sig
nal from an automatic device
which sensed trouble. At the
same time. a rocket escape
tower atop the capsule broke
loose and shot several thousand
feet into the air, leaving the
capsule behind.
New Rocket Used To-day
Space Agency scientists fitted
a new escape tower on the cap
sule. But the Redstone was
damaged and a new rocket was
used today.
The 15la-foot-tall escape
tower resembles a miniature oil
derrick. Propelled by three
small solid-fuel rockets, 1t is
designed to pull the space craft
free and parachute 1t to safety
in case Of malfunction in the
booster.
NASA plans eight Redstone
launchings, many Of them
manned, in driving toward the
ultimate goal Of Project Mer-
cury-to send an astronaut into
orbit and return him safely to
earth late in 1861.
The more powerful Atlas
rocket will be used for the
orbital missions.
The space agency had hoped
to send a man on a Redstone
flight by the end Of 1860. But
the three straight launching
failures upset the timetable and
prompted the House Space
Committee to schedule an in
vestigation Of the Mercury
program early next year.
In addition to the November
81 Redstone fizzle, there were
these setbacks: On July 20, a
capsule-carrying Atlas exploded
65 seconds after launching at
Cape Canaveral. On November
8, a capsule failed to separate
from a Little Joe rocket at
Wallops Island, Va.
A chimpanzee will ride o Red
stone-boosted capsule over an
identical course within two
months. II the chimpanzee's
ride is perfect. an astronaut
will take the same trip. proba-
bly, in April or May. Manned
orbital flights using a similar
capsule will follow.
Today's space craft is identi-
cal to those which will carry
the chimpanzee and the astro-
nauts, except that it was minus
the life-support system de-
signed to provide oxygen and
other necessities to keep e man
alive during the fight.
The capsules pressuriZed
cabin-laced with more than
Evening star., 1960-12-19
Some Rebels Held Out

The first passenger plane out
Of Ethiopia since the rebellion
was flown by an American
Capt. Edward Liebendorfer, 81
of Reno, New. a pilot fol
Ethiopian airlines.
He told newsmen in Cairo
Egypt, yesterday some rebel.
still were holding out on En-.
toto Hill outside Adds Ababs
but apparently did not consti'
tute any significant militar,
opposition.
"The coup is finished" h,
said. tits all over"
Capt. Liebendorfer said h,
knew of no Americans or Brit.
ish killed during the fighting
But the United States In,
formation Service Building IL
the capital repeatedly was hi
by two shells which smashed
through the fifth and sixth
floors and machine-gun fire
which damaged Offices on lowe
floors.
About $50 Americans tool
refuge in the United State
Embassy during the fighting
Halle Selassie dismissed hi
ambassador to Sweden, Tefer
Chareou who was accused o
saying during the height o
the rebellion that he did no
care where the Emperor wen
"as long as he does not return.
The Ethiopian Embassy ii
London appealed to the Swe
dish government to proven
| Chareou from making virulen
attacks against the head of
friendly state.
Evening star., 1960-12-19

7 miles Of wiring-was crammed
with instruments and q cam
era to gather data on the
thousands Of components and
to measure temperature. &C.
celeration and re-entry stresses
pressures, vibration and noise
OF the seven Mercury Astro-
nauts here for today's launch
ing, five we're at the Cape
The others. Air Force Capts
Donald slayton and Virgil
Grissom, few overhead in Or
F-106 jet. They watched the
launching from above, ther
sped to the impact zone X
watch re.entry.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
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thinking they were fighting fol-
their ruler. the communique
said.
Many rebel leaders were
killed, the government said
Those being hunted reportedly
included the imperial guard
commander. the commissioner
of police and the security chief
Refugees who fed from the
fierce fighting in Adds Ababa
began pouring back into the
city. Ethiopian airlines an
nounced resumption of flights
inside the country today and
said flights to Europe would
also get under way soon. Inter-
national telephone service also
was being restored.
Evening star., 1960-12-19
STRATEGY
Defense Procedures
Due for Revompinq

then send our bombers to de-
stroy their remaining strategic
forces. A few Of our missiles
are held back, underground
and under water. o.,
A radio message goes from
Washington to Moscow: you
have exhausted your missiles
and bombers. We have not.
Pull your army out of Europe
and send the Chairman of your
Council Of Ministers to WASH
ington-or we will kill your
cities, one by one" 1
The war Is over. The United
States has won. a.
Three million Americans are
dead. .
Five million Russians are
dead. >
America endures its grief,
rebuildS its productive capacity
and decides how it will shape
the postwar world.
COmputers Get Workout
The computer's lesson was
clear to the Air Force officers.
II We must fight q big nuclear
war, targets must not include.
cities or even political control
centers" that cannot be de.
Stroyed without leveling cities.
Doing otherwise sets OF an ex-
change Of lives which America
cannot survive.
To nail down this conclusion,
the computers were put to
work again. In numerous other
exercises the data was changed
in myriad ways. The num-
ber Of planes and missiles
on each side, the ratio Of mis-.
sileS to planes, the effective
ness Of surprise, the nature of
the weaponS-all were changed.
The computer was told to as,
sumo that intelligence had To-
Gated rs percent Of the proper
targets In the Soviet Union,
then so per cent, then only Is
per cent. Good civil defense ef-
forts were cranked in, then no
civil defense, then improved
civil defense. And the time was
advanced to pass the missile
gap Of 1868.
Same Conclusions
No matter what the officers
tried, the conclusions were the
same: American chances Of
winning increased. and the
number of American dead de-
creased by 100 million or more
II we try to destroy only the
enemy's long range striking
forces and his air defense.
The computerS said that
every missile or bomb wasted
on a Soviet city left a Soviet
missile or bomber free to hit
this country. And strikes at
targets, in Soviet cities forced
the Communists to hit ours in
return.
The lesson taught by the COM
puter the Air Force Is now alb
sorbing. It will then be passed
on to the other services and to
the Secretary of Defense. 1t
may upset certain beliefs Of
the new administration. 1t.
may also spark the first thor
ough examination Of our big.
war strategy and deterrence
policy since the Soviets stock
piled enough nuclear Weapons
to destroy our cities.
Tomorrow: The diffculties
of carrying out the lesson Of
the cOmputer.) :