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Evening star., 1961-02-07
.Spingarn First
To Lose Place
IN Polls Tops

Spingarn became the first
team to drop out Of the top
five In The Stars scholastic
rating poll when 1t was upset,
e2-55. by fast-rising st. Johns
last night.
Spingarn fell from third to
sixth place with its first defeat
in 10 games. The Stars staff
OF six scholastic writer's kept
Landon in first place. with
DeMatha only two points be-
hind.
Wakefield moved into the
third notch. Montgomery Blair
won fourth place and st,
Johns, which appeared in the
top 10 for the first time last
week, vaulted from eighth to
fifth place on the strength Of
its eighth straight victory.
Mount Vernon Climbs
Phelps, loser only to Spin
garn. stays in seventh. Mount
Vernon moves UP q notch to
eighth, and Richard Montgom-
cry, which lost to Walter john
son, $3.50. is tied with these
same Spartans in ninth place
Landon was not at its best
in either of two victories last
week. The Bears won over
Georgetown Prep. $3.50, and
topped Columbian Prep, 63-42,
DeMatha beat O'Connell, 81
56. two days ago for its only
decision since the poll last
week, its 18th victory this sea-
son and Tooth since Morgan
Wootten became coach in
1867.
Warriors Win Three
Wakefield won three games
over Groveton, George Wash
ington and O'Connell. Blair had
little trouble downing Bladens-
burg.
Before Its upset victory last
night. st. Johns beat O'Con-
nell. 70-60, and Mackin, $3.50.
Spingarn had beaten Anacostia,
67-45. Phelps smothered Ballou
in its only test last week.
Mount Vernon easily downed
James Madison and Falls
Church. Walter johnson re-
appeared in the top 10 after
upsetting Richard Montgom-
cry. but then squeaked by
Gaithersburg, $3.50. Richard
montgomery reDounded with q
romp over Suitland.
Surrattsville dropped from the
list after its 3O-game streak was
ended, 65-56. by unbea tie n
Laurel.
The top 10 with total points
first-place votes and records
In parentheseS):
Evening star., 1961-02-07
Owens and Simmons
Stdr for DouoIuss

Horace Owens and Wayne
Simmons scored 43 points be-
tween them and carried Doug
lass High School of Upper
Marlboro to a 59-45 basketball
victory over Cedar Knoll yes
terdaY on the losers floor.
Evening star., 1961-02-07
BuckeyesMd
Clean Sweep in
WeekIyAPPoI|
ny the Associated Press

Ohio State shut out all op.
: position for the eighth straight
week, today in the weekly AS
sociated Press poll to determine
the No. / major college basket
ball team in the Nation.
It was q $50 clean sweep Of
, the sports writer's and sports
casters voting from coast to
coast. All voting was based on
games through Saturday. Feb
uary I.
Winner Of 16 straight this
year and 81 in q row over q
two-year span, Ohio State pol
ished off two more victims last
week when it beat Wisconsin
and Michigan.
'The- Buckeyes added an
other victim last night, In
diana. 100-65.)
Duke Moves TO Third
St. Bonaventure almost had
q clean sweep Of the second
place vote after knocking off
the challenge Of Bradley in a
Thursday game at Madison
Square Garden. 1851. The
Bonnies drew 80 seconds. Two
went to Duke and one to Mis-
sisSippi State.
Duke, coming strong with a
seven-game winning streak to
match the Bonnies, took third
place by q comfortable margin
over Bradley. which was fourth
despite defeats by both Cincin-
natti and st. Bonaventure..
Cincinnati, which has won
II in q row after taking only
five Of its first eight, moved
into fifth place with two i'm
portant victories over Bradley
and Iowa.
Tar Heels Drop
North Carolina's defeat by
Duke, 01-77. dropped the Tar
Heels to sixth place and Kan
sas State, winner over Iowa
State and Oklahoma, moved up
from 10th to the No. z place.
Southern California, which
broke even in two games with
UCLA last week, remained in
eighth position, followed by
Iowa and Louisville. st. Johns
Of New York. named yesterday
to the NCAA tournament
dropped out Of. the top 10.
Cincinnati was the only new
entry.
None Of the top 10 teams
play any Of the other teams In
the top 10 this week.
The top 10 with won-lost
records through Saturday and
first-place votes in parentheses
Evening star., 1961-02-07

Totals % II SO Totals 81 Is 72
Halftime: 36-3l, Annandale.
Evening star., 1961-02-07

Totals 10 ~ 90 Totals 1871 IS
Halftims: 3t.2e, st. Johns.
Evening star., 1961-02-07

Totals II 12 46 Totals l6 IS SO
Hahtime: 24-20. Gsithersburg.
Evening star., 1961-02-07

IUIHB I'd EfsSb -
Halftime: GOAL, LakerS.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
ReuionoI Town Meetino'

The movement in nearby Virginia
for a sort of unofficial "town meeting"
program to stimulate community inter-
est and action in problems of the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area is another
encouraging step toward regional team
work. The opportunity for citizens to
express themselves on such matters and
to help in working out solutions will be
afforded by new organization called
the Northern Virginia Regional Forum.
The citizens forum will be confronted
with challenging field Of possible
services.
In their statement of purpose, the
organizers of the forum have pledged
that it will "rise above jurisdictional
conflict" and encourage united
approach to those opportunities and
problems that are beyond the capabil-
tiles of any one community or group"
Regional cooperation and co-ordina-
ton already are taking place, Of course,
in certain specific governmental areas,
such as planning (through the Regional
Planning CounciD and transportation
Through the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Commission). The forum,
however, can help in broader fields of
interjurisdictional cooperation, includ-
ing economic and industrial develop
ment, promoting the area as center of
research, aiding in the choosing of sites
for additional educational facilities and
otherwise assisting in the orderly growth
of the whole area.
The forum, as outlined by group
of sponsors headed by Omer L. Hirst,
former Fairfax County legislator, merits
the active support of the citizens of
Northern Virginia.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Give Us Garfield

About two years ago, Representative
Whitener, Democrat of North Carolina,
introduced a bill which attacked the
Garfield Monument at First and Mary
land avenue S.W. as traffic menace,
and sought (unsuccessfully) to have the
statue of our goth President moved
elsewhere. Now, we note, the House
District Committee once again has
opened the question of whether to move
statues which obstruct, in one way or
another, the smooth flow of traffic in
Washington. And who is to head the
study? Why, Representative Whitener.
When Mr.. Whitener lodged his
initial complaint, his bill was opposed
by the office of National Capital Parks,
at least partly on grounds that the
traffic difficulty arose mainly from the
fact that there was two-way streetcar
traffic on the East side of the circle,
and that when the tracks were removed,
the danger would be gone.
Now perhaps this assuaged Mr..
Whitener. But if not, If indeed Gar
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Who Kept Store?

The departure of Wood
row Wilson from our shores
to attend the Versailles Con-
ference was not accom-
plished without considerable
discussion and some protest
on the part of press and
public.
In mid-May of 1861, dis
persion of our most impor-
tant officials was far more
pronounced. At one and the
same time, President Ken
nedy was a guest of Canada,
Vive President johnson was
visiting various lands in
Asia and Secretary Of State
Rusk was negotiating at
Geneva. Isn't it rather Curl
ous that the simultaneous
absence of all these men
occasioned no comment?
Today's world is consider
ably less tranquil than the
one Wilson faced in his role
of peacemaker. In the event
of an emergency ought the
Ship of State to be expected
to steer itself? Even In an
era of automation, the need
for rendering a quick de-
cision should not be ruled
out.
Thomas G. MOrgansen
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Powerful Weapon

thoughtful Americans in
terested in preserving the
free way of life in the world
should constantly keep in
mind one clear thought;
that hunger is the dominant
consideration in the minds
of the worlds masses who
are now weighing their
choice between communism
and democracy. The best way
to wage q strong and ef-
fective battle against COM
muniSm is to send regular
cash donations to those
non-profit organizations,
such as CARE, which sup
ply not only food but, more
important, the tools and
technical education to pre-
pare the hungry to event.
ually become Self-sustaining
and self-respecting. Each in
dividual citizen in this coun-
try has a powerful and ef-
fective tool in his own hands
to turn the tide from COM
munism to freedom. Use it
often and see how much
better and more worthwhile
YOU feel.
Anthony M. Madden
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Critical of Press

Walter Trojan begins a
story in Human Events about
John Kennedy's budget-bal-
ancing ability as proved by
a boyhood letter asking for
an increase in his 40-cent-a-
week allowance, with these
words deserving preservation
for posterity:
There should be an
award, perhaps crossed fog
horns dangling from a rib
bon of tripe, for ridiculous
press agentry."
1t seems to me a sister
award, perhaps the same one
minus the foghorns, for a
particular type of news re-
porting, in which facts are
interpreted" out of all rec
ognition or actually into op-
posite meanings.
There was a time In
American journalism when a
reporter who let his personal
feelings show up in his copy
was soon looking for another
berth. It may be the guild
influence for it seems that
straight news reporting went
out about the time the re-
porter submitted to regimen
tation.
McGill is an expert. Under
his "interpretative" report
ing, trouble-seekers invading
Southern States with no
other purpose than to stir
up racial dissension, become
shining crusaders on a holy
mission while the good people
of Montgomery, exercising
their civil rights, are pictured
as cutthroats and criminals.
While The Star is rela-
lively freer from this type
of bias than most of the
Metropolitan press, it is not
immune. A recent story from
Montgomery seemed to give
the impression that the peo-
pie of that city were incensed
at the police and other Of
ficials over events there. But
careful reading elected no
more authority than frag-
ments of editorials from two
newspapers.
While on this subject, I
should like to see some en-
terprising reporter fdelve in
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Summer Camp Fund

It is commendable that
The Evening Star sparks the
fund drive to send Washing
tons little folks to summer
camp. Many of your readers
complain about juvenile de-
linquency and our excessive
crime rate, but that is as
far as we go. Here is an op-
portunity for all Of us to do
something constructive - to
fight back so to speak. What
ever we can afford will help
make a more enjoyable sum-
mer for many youngsters.
When we bet our money
on a horse, or a dog, or in
vest it in the stock market,
we are gambling that we will
come out ahead. We can't
influence the result. When
we put our money on send
ing a child to summer camp,
this is no gamble. It's a sure
winner. Money invested in
this manner helps us to in
sure the future of America.
Give what you can fellow
citizens. AS you read about
the spiralling crime rate in
The Evening Star, ask your
self, why pass this inheri-
tance along to our children
when we can do something
about it now by helping the
little children?"
If your life is unSelfish, If
for others you live/For not
what you get, but what you
can give./If you stand close
to God in His infinite
Grace/You don't have to tell
it, it shows on your face.
s. Il. Il.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Contempt of Court

I noted with interest the
article in The Star of May
20 regarding the automobile
accident Supreme Court JUS
tice Douglas was involved in.
I note where he stated that
since the accident he has suf-
fered from dizziness and oc-
casional attacks Of loss Of
balance" I think this is a
very enlightening statement
that at last explains some of
his astounding decisions. I
wonder how many of his COL
leagues have been involved
in similar accidents?
James ]. Matthews.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Thank You Note
Charles w. Carter.

The League Of Women
Voters of Montgomery Coun-
ty deeply appreciates both the
editorial support and the
news coverage given by The
Evening Star to our recent
congressional redistricting
petition drive. Certainly our
own job of getting the re-
quired number of signatures
on the petition to force SB
271 creating the new 9th
congressional district to a
referendum was materially
aided by the almost daily in
formation provided by your
newspaper.
The first step in the cam
paign to obtain equitable
congressional representation
is over. The League, however,
is committed to work until
a fair redistricting bill is
passed. A mo" vote on SB 271
at the November, 1862, gen.
eral election is necessary to
clear the way for better leg
islation. Your support in get
ting this point of informa-
ton to the voters of Mary
land will be a further con-
tribution to the principle Of
representative government.
Mrs. C. M. Derryberry.
President
League of Women Voters
of MONTGOMERY County.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Far West Glaciers Movinq Faster
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Me-,
through the American As
sociation for the Advance
ment of Science.
Litters of cocker spaniel
pups were isolated with their
mothers in fenced acre fields
between ages of 2 and IA
weeks. At different ages they
were taken indoors, played
with, fed and petted for a
week, and then returned to
the fields. Cocker spaniels
are among the most domesti-
Gated of all dogs.
Results of Tests
After S weeks of age,
the eXperimenters found, the
pups showed an increasing
tendency to withdraw from
humans, and unless the So
cialization took place before
IA weeks withdrawal reac-
tionS from humans became
so intense that ordinarily
normal relationships could
not afterwards be established.
"The progressive develop
ment of avoidance re-
sponSeS," says DR.. Freed
mans report" was evident in
daily 10-minute tests of the
amount of time a puppy
spent in physical contact
with a passive, reclining hu-
man. Two week olds were
too immature to do much
but sleep, eat, or randomly
crawl about. Three-week- -olds
were Immediately attracted
to the eXperimenter and spent
most of a 10-minute period
paving, mouthing or butting
him and his garments. r.
Five week olds showed
wariness at first but became
comparable with 3 = week =
oldS before the end of the
first play period. Seven-week-
old pups, however, were
frightened and wary Of con-
tacting the experimenter over
the first two days of sociali-
Zation, while 9-week-olds
exhibited these reactions over
the first three days"
With the passage of time
the period required to make
pets of the animals in
creased, the experimenters
found until those not petted
until IA weeks old never be-
came friendly to humans.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
WATCHING THE WORLD
Kennedy Comes OFF Rather Well
By CROSBY S. MOVES
Foreign Correspondent of The Stor

teurishneSs Of the Kennedy
team was more than compen-
sated for by the performance
Of the principal actors. The
compelling attractiveness Of
the young presidential couple
triumphed over the technical
crudities of the arrangements,
the appalling Interpretation
OF speeches, the snafus in
handling the press corps and
the breezy informality Of the
New Frontiersmen who
seemed to believe that the
sloppier they look and the
more often they put their
feet on the table the more
endearing they are.
Despite such problems,
Jacques and Jah-kee" vowed
them in Paris. And here in
Vienna they came perilously
close to charming the Aus
trians off their precarious
neutral perch.
Viennese PrO-American
The Austrians, indeed,
made no pretense of neutral
ity whatever during the visit.
Although the government was
carefully correct in dealing
with the two KS, there must
have been moments when
Chancellor Alfons Gorbach
had serious misgivings about
the decision to hold the meet
ing in Vienna in the first
place.
The public turnouts for the
two leaders were almost en-
barrassingly pro American,
both in terms Of size and
enthusiasm. The organized
Communist claque, which is
normally a major feature Of
Mr.. Khrushchev's visits
abroad, was noticeably abb
sent. And to make things
worse, several Viennese news
papers ruffled Russian feel
ings by printing boldly un-
neutral editorials to coincide
with Mr.. KhruShchev's ar
rival.
In fact, when Chancellor
Gorbach went to the formal
dinner with Mr.. Khrushchev
at the Imperial Hotel Sum
day night he rather expect
ed to be taken to task by
his host. Apart from the
effect of the visit Russian
Ambassador Victor Avilov
had been limiting for some
time that Mr.. KhruShchev
took a dim view of Austrian
interest in joining the Euro
pean Common Market and
was planning to raise a fuss
about it. So
In preparation for the din
ner the Austrian Foreign Of
flee worked day and, night
preparing it's counter argu-
ments and " position papers,"
When he went to dinner
Mr.. Gorbach was thoroughly
briefed and prepared for the
worst.
AS it turned out, how
ever, nothing happened. Mr..
Khrushchev was either too
well pleased with his meet
ing with Mr.. Kennedy or
simply too tired for serious
and disagreeable talk. The
evening passed uneventfully.
Again, perhaps. this is not
newsworthy, but for the
vastly relieved Austrians it
is not the least important
result of the low-keyed sum-
nit meeting which took
place here.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
VIENNA.

VIENNA.
On balance, the New From
tier has come off rather well
in its first invasion Of
Europe.
President Kennedy's meet
ings with French President
de Gaulle, Soviet Premier
Khrushchev and British
Prime Minister Macmillan
may not have produced any
great changes in the interna-
national picture. But this, so
far as professional diplomats
are concerned, is a cause for
satisfaction rather than re-
proach.
The unfortunate fact is
that any really newsworthy
results Of such encounters are
almost invariably bad and
perhaps the most notable
achievement in Paris and
Vienna was the undramatic
civility Of the talks.
Britain's Sir Harold Mich
olson, who speaks for all pro-
fessional diplomats with a
mixture Of nostalgia and hor-
ror about "the new diplom-
acy," would have thoroughly
approved of the disappoint-
ment felt by many newsmen
at the meager results of the
meetings. AS he recently
wrote, public expectation" is
one Of the major evils of the
new diplomacy.
Inevitably when the Prime
Minister or Foreign Secre-
tary goes abroad for a criti-
cal discussion in a foreign
capital" Sir Harold contin-
ued. "the public expects that
at the end of their discus
sions some result will be
achieved. Very often no re-
suits are achieved and right
ly so, since it is often best for
each side to state its view
and then to separate in the
hope that time and reflection
will avail to mitigate ex-
treme Emergencies.
But the politician whose
journey or mission has been
widely advertised does not
wish to return to his own
aerodrome and announce
that he has accomplished
nothing. He prefers to wave
triumphantly in the air q
scrap Of paper recording COM
plete agreement, even though
in his heart of hearts he may
suspect that the paper is
worthless. Thus we get that
horrible document called a
'communique' in which the
results of the meeting have
to be recorded for public con-
sumption"
Fewer Hazards
The meeting Just ended
produced, to be sure, a COM
munique not particularly less
horrible than most. There
were even some hints that
some kind of agreement had
been reached on the ques-
ton Of Laos. But, on the
whole, there were no exag-
gerated claims made as to the
results of the meeting with
Mr.. KhruShchev. All this sug-
gestS that the application OF
the new diplomacy by the
new administration holds
fewer hazards than has been
the case in the past.
The public side of the visit
was unquestionably some
thing Of a smash. For the
man in the street the anna
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Tractor Deal

It could be that our swap
ping tractors to Castro for
the prisoners his forces cap
tured during the recent at
tempted invasion of Cuba
will point up our humani-
tarianism to the rest of the
world, as those who are push
ing the swapping idea con-
tend.
However, if the idea should
cause the rest of the world
to recall that we executed
the German (would-be) sab
oteurs captured on our
shores during World War II
without even giving Germany
an opportunity to swap for
them then it could make us
appear less humanitarian
than Castro.
J. J. Sperry
Woodstock, Va.
y y 4 n
May 1 remind my fellow
Christians that Ito ransom
the captive" is one of the
corporal works of mercy.
Joan Carne.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
No 9th District

Your editorial, mo 9th
District" says that from the
start you have had mixed
feelings about the referen-
dunn campaign.
On the one hand you rec
ognize and deplore the unfair
distribution of the popula-
ton In the Congressional
Districts of Maryland under
the proposed plan.
On the other side of the
coin, though, you say that
''it is too bad that Prince
Georges County voters, who
nearly had gained a con-
gresham of their very own.
should lose him before they
had him" What about How
ard County which was in
cluded with Prince Georges
County in the new 9th Dis
trict? BY your own statement
that Prince Georges County
voters would have a con-
gresham "of their very own"
you have put your editorial
finger right on another OF
the sore spots in the pro-
posal: Howard County would
have no voice if Jumped in
the new 9th District with
Prince Georges County, which
is almost 10 times the size OF
Howard County.
If you look at the proposal
in this light, perhaps you
can resolve your mixed feel
ings" and see that this aspect
of the proposal is another
case of unfair representation
under the proposed plan for
the new 9th District.
ErancoS T.. nuhrOwin.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

field Monument should need moving as
the cause Of numerous traff1c accidents,
then we hope the statue Of Mr.. Garfield
will be brought to Garfield park-the
lovely and spacious park across the
street from The Star building on Vir-
ginia avenue Sc. Certainly Mr.. Gar
field would constitute no danger to
traffic here, but would receive warm
welcome from The Star as well as from
all our neighbors.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

Glaciers in the Far West
appear to have been advanc-
ing and getting thicker over
the past 10 years. One, in
interior British Columbia, has
moved ahead more than 800
feet since 1854.
The same phenomenon, on
a lesser scale, has been OBJ
served in the Sierra Nevada
mountains. the Wind Rover
range in Wyoming and in
Glacier National Park.
This is reported through
the American Association for
Advancement of Science by
Drs. Robert West of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and
Arthur Maxi of the United
States Bureau of Standards.
Canadian glaciers until
quite recently have shown 6
rapid shrinkage, part of an
apparent worldwide pattern.
There has been some ad-
vance, however, through the
Cascade and Olympic noun
tainS of Washington State
since 1850 with some slowing
up, however, in the last two
or three years.
Affect Weather
Glacier rejuvenation in
Washington, says the report,
has been associated with a
trend towards a cooler and
wetter climate. This trend
also has been apparent in
Canada. Weather data from
Western Canada show in
creasing temperature and
lower rainfall from 1910 to
the early 1940s, but with a
reversal of these trends since
about 1945.
Whether this represents a
long-trend reversal with
southwark movement of the
ice, says the report, is at
present an unanSwerable
question. But, "the fragmen-
tary data so far available
suggest that glacial advances
may be manifested first in
interior British Columbia
and only later in the more
easily accessible glaciers of
the Canadian Rockies. How
ever, observations of glaciers
throughout the Canadian
mountains during the next
few years should be of special
interest"
= + Il
There is a critical period
in puppyhood. What happens
during this time may deter
mine whether the adult dog
is a household pet or a
savage animal.
Experiments demonstrating
this are reported by DR.. Daniel
G. Freedman and his associ-
ateS Of the jackson Memorial
Evening star., 1961-06-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. Al let
terS are subject to condensG-
tton. Those not used tUiu be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.