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Smyrna times., 1961-06-08

Miss Allen was greatly grieved
and when General Dupont call
ed upon her and asked her the
value of the dog, she told him
it had no intrinsic value, but
she loved it dearly. He express
ed his sorrow for the accident
and soon after his departure
sent a messenger with a fifty
dollar bill to heal her grief.
The directors of the Twen-
tieth Century Club of Smyrna
Corporation have decided to
hold another one of their fam
Gus, Country Fairs" on the
School House Green this year
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday,
July l, 3, and A. Mrs. Frank F.
Evans has been elected chair
man of the enterprise and Mrs.
John w. Clifton and Mrs. ].
Harvey Speakman will be her
aids. Committees for the vari-
Gus departments will be arrang-
ed for within the coming week
and the bill of attractions prom
Uses to eclipse all previous cele-
brations. Great enthusiasm is
manifested in the project and
more and better attractions will
be held than ever.
Mrs. Mary E. Stern, of Phil.
adelphia, is visiting Miss Clara
FAIRIES.
MIR. l. Layton Register, OF
Ardmore, Pa, spent yesterday
with Mr.. E. P. Collins.
Mr.. George E. Barnes was q
visitor to Smyrna yesterday.
Mrs. Thomas Hurlock anc
daughter, Miss Elizabeth, oi
Wilmington, were visitors tc
Smyrna yesterday.
Mrs. H. M. Smith is the guest
of her daughter at Sassafrass
Md.
Mrs. Helen Curry, of Middle
town, spent Decoration Day
with Smyrna friends. -
| Miss Hilda Kirby. who ha.
been ill at her home with ma
laria, is convalescing.
MIR. Edward Beck, of tn,
washington Herald" spent yes
terday with his mother, Mrs
Ella S. Beck.
! Miss Anita Jones, of nea
town, was a visitor in Town
send last week.
Mrs. Harold Carrow, of Phil
adelphia, spent Sunday wit
Miss Anita Jones.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
70 Years Ago

Five persons were injured,
one seriously, when a milk
truck crashed into the rear of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22

story. Constance Moore IS featured.
900 q s7th PRECINCT.
Drama. / Hour Detective King Iron
Harper) suffers remorse when he kills his
first criminal Norman Fell and Gregory
Waleott are featured.
q CAPITAL MOVIE.
Movie Hours Mrs. Miniver" 1912.
About British family in war-torn Eng
land during the siege Of the German
blitz Greer Carson. Walter Pid9eon
On SURFSIDE SIX.
Adventure. / Hour. Witness for the
Defense" Sandy Troy Donahue) faces
murder charge in court. Diane MeBain.
Elisha Cook and cathy Case are featured.
q DANNY THOMAS SHOW.
Comedy Harry James visits Danny.
$50 q ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW.
Comedy. Mayberry is threatened with
bankruptcy. Don Knots. Frances Bavier
and others are featured.
1000 Cd THRILLER.
Suspense drama. / Hour. God Grant
That She Lye Ste" womans Sarah
MarshaD struggle against her ancestors
evil spirit. Ronald Howard and Henry
Daniel also star.
q BEN CASEY.
Drama / Hour u Remember Lemon
Tree" A brilliant surgeon FORCES NOR
phine prescriptions for his own use Of
drugs Vincent Edwards, Sam Jaffe,
George c. Scott, Jeanne Bates
q HENNESEY.
Comedy Chick Jackie Cooper meets
his future n-laws. Abby Dalton. Rose
mary La blanche are featured.
1870 q KING OF DIAMONDS.
Action. King and Casey rush to South
Africa to head off deal involving
half-million dollars worth Of industrial
stones Broderck Crawford. Ray Ham
iton.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Build That BRIDGE

After so many years Of concen-
trated preparation, the causes now
being cited for further substantial
delay in the completion Of the Theodore
Roosevelt Bridge are little hard to
swallow.
Not long ago. area motorists were
promised the bridge would be finished
late this year. or certainly during 1862.
Now, suddenly, the earliest hopeful
date is mid-1963. A major reason.
according to highway officials, is that
construction workers found unusual
conditions on the rocky river bottom,
and had to exercise special pains in
anchoring the piers so that the bridge
would be sure to stay put. Well,
obviously no one can quarrel with that.
What eludeS us, however, is how any
part OF this stretch Of the Potomac
could be so mysterious as to cause
delay Of these proportions, in view Of
the countless borings and explorations
which have accompanied the various
bridge and tunnel proposals at this
precise location over the years.
Perhaps one salutary effect Of delay
will be that more time will permit a
final and completely satisfactory
agreement on the approach-road
entanglements on both sides Of the
river. This is small solace for the un-
reasonably long time which the entire
project-is taking, however, and we hope
that Engineer Commissioner Clarke will
press the noses OF the contractors as
well as the officials in charge q little
closer to the grindstone.
Evening star., 1961-01-15

notified the White House that If a canal
proclamation should be issued, it should
contain a proviso that water storage or
other necessary public works could be
installed when the need arises. Any
attempt by the Interior Department to
rush proclamation through the White
House without such stipulation would
be a diSservice to Washington and the
Federal Government. In any event, there
is no need for haste. Why not let the
new administration and Congress take
whatever action is necessary to preserve
the canal-to the degree consistent with
prudent plans for assuring an adequate
water supply for the Metropolitan Area?
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Virginio's largest City?

II negotiations which are scheduled
to reach q climactic stage shortly are as
successful as the signs indicate, Rich
mond soon may become Virginia's larg-
est city. Its territory would expand
overnight from 81 to 269 square miles
and its population from 22O 1000 to 337,-
600. And the magic would be wrought
without benefit Of expensive annexation
proceedings in the courts.
The expansion, under plan being
considered by negotiators from Rich
mond and neighboring Henrico County,
would extend the city limits to include
the county's 232 square miles and all Of
its 117,000 residents. Nor Is this the
1irst time that the Virginia capital,
hard-pressed for elbow room, has gone
into Henrico for relief. Eighteen years
ago Richmond was awarded a 17-square-
mile chunk Of the county after long
litigation before special tribunal.
It was threat Of another annexa-
ton suit which led to the present effort
to negotiate an agreement which would
bring the remainder Of the county into
the municipality. Henrico, founded in
colonial days and until recent decades
a quiet farming community, has become
a thriving, urbanized county as the city
and its activities have tended to spill
over the boundaries. There are still
few farms left, however-and they have
presented tough problem for the nego-
tiators. The problem is how to include
these farm lands within the city limits
without taxing them out Of existence.
This and other problems have been
tackled forthrightly by the representa-
tives Of the two Jurisdictions, however,
and there is considerable optimism that
solutions are about to be worked out.
II SO, Norfolk will have to move back
into second place among the cities Of
the Old Dominion.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
The Job Must Be Done

AS repugnant as the task may be
to rural members Of the General
Assembly, the redistricting OF Virginia
In line with the 1860 census figures can
not be evaded. At the past session the
Legislature seemed to think it could
forget its responsibilities by burying its
head in the sand on the reapportion-
ment problem. But the States consti-
tuition leaves it no alternative but
to face up to the issue. Redistricting is
required after each decennial census.
Governor Almond therefore has acted
sensibly in deciding to appoint special
commission to prepare redistricting
plan for consideration of the Assembly
when 1t next meets, early in 1862.
At last years session the Legislature
rejected several proposals for legis-
lative studies Of reapportionment. The
country" legislators could not bring
themselves to vote for anything that
might result in weakening their
strength in the Assembly and giving
the "city boys" stronger voice-as a
fair reapportionment plan assuredly
would do. When one considers some Of
the absurd diSparities in legislative rep
resentation now existing, however, the
urgency Of a readjustment is obvious.
For example, there are delegates from
rural counties representing from 10000
to $4,000 constituents, while Fairfax
Falls Church Delegates John c. Webb
and Dorothy McDiarmid speak for a
total Of 285,00 citizens. These latter
citizens are entitled now to only one
State Senator, John A. K. Donovan,
while the City Of Richmond, with
100000 residents, has three senators.
These and other inequities in the
Assembly will be studied by the new
commission. II the job is done forth
rightly and fairly, nearby Virginia will
gain more seats in the General Assembly
and hence will WELD more power in
obtaining legislation to meet the
growing problems Of this rapidly
developing area.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
100 Yeurs.Aoo

Our once tightly knit
Union continued to come un-
raveled. with much snarling
In the process, at this period
a century ago. Georgia joined
the growing parade of Seced-
ing States on January 10,
1861 and there were many
hostile acts in Dixie. Troops
OF newly independent Florida
took over two forts and a
navy yard at Pensacola and
Federal soldiers retaliated by
garrisoning Fort Taylor at
Key West. Seeded Alabama's
militia seized Fort Gaines.
One weak ray of light filtered
through these dark clouds:
Virginia proposed a national
peace conference. The Ma
tion's Capital was especially
restless. Advertisements for
firearms began to appear in
The Star. telling of the arri-
val Of new supplies of fine
weapons of all calibers. One
ad stressed: Peace Is the
Time to Prepare for War!"
Volunteer military groups be-
gan to form here, some meet
ing openly. others secretly.
From The Star Of January IL,
1851: "a large number of
young men met at Temper
ance Hall last night for the
purpose Of organizing a rifle
corps for the protection Of
the city. It was agreed that
the company be called the
Crittenden Rifles. Another
meeting of citizens was held
at Odd Fellows Hall, Navy
Yard. for the purpose of or
ganizing a military force. A
resolution stated: Whereas
threats have been made that
the President-elect shall not
be inaugurated in this city
on March 4 next, and that
our city will be made the
scene Of riot and plunder,
and the sanctity of our homes
invaded, therefore be it.
Resolved, that we the citizens
Of the 5th and 9Th wards feel
1t to be our duty to aid in the
support Of the laws and Con-
stitution Of the United States,
and we, therefore, pledge to
each other our lives, our for
tunes and our sacred honor
to aid in defending our city
from whatever source (dan-
ger) may come. All union
loving and law-abiding citi-
zens are cordially invited to
join. -" But all District cit
izens of that era were not
Evening star., 1961-01-15

loving and did their
planning behind closed doors.
The Star Of January Is, 1861,
told how its reporter was in
vited to leave q meeting Of
the National Volunteers"
held over Burch's stable, on
Fourteenth street NV, south
OF Pennsylvania avenue. Con-
cluding its lengthy account Of
this mysterious meeting Of
suspected Southern sympa-
thizers, this paper quoted its
reporter thusly: "P. s. Pass
ing by Burch's stable this
morning, we received such a
knowing wink from one Of
the horses that it induced us
to approach the sagacious
animal. He gave us to under
stand that he was a good
Union horse, and fancying
something unwholesome was
going on upstairs the night
previous, he kept his best ear
open and his favorite eye
cooked in the direction of q
crack over his stall. It ap-
pears that a reporter for the
Republican also was smoked
out and asked to leave, but
that the Constitution man
was invited to remain as
friendly to the cause Nice,
patriotic, above = board pro-
caedinCs covc boeetD
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Why the Rush?

:, 1t Is hard to understand what all
the rush Is about in connection with the
proposal for presidential proclamation
setting aside the old Chesapeake g. Ohio
Canal as national monument" Why
wait until President Eisenhower is about
TO leave the White House before sub
uniting to him the Interior Depart
ment's plan for preserving the canal
and adjacent areas as public park?
The trouble with too much haste is that
due consideration may not be given by
the outgoing President to the effect
Of an unconditional proclamation on the
future welfare of the Nations Capital
and its suburbs. For, unless the draft
prepared by the Interior Department is
revised before proclamation is issued,
1t may prove difficult later to secure
legislation permitting use of some of
the parkland for possible ter-supply
purposes.
Experience has shown that, once a
national monument" has been created,
Congress Is reluctant to approve any
enoroachment on the park area by dams
or other public works, however urgent
they may appear to be. This has
pertinence to the canal project since
the Army Corps Of Engineers has indi-
Gated that water-impounding works will
be required In the canal-park region to
insure Washington against water short
ages In times Of drought and against
hoods In times Of rainy weather.
1t is because Of these future threats
that the District Commissioners have
Evening star., 1961-01-15
SO Years Ago

Street cars did a bustling
business here SO years ago,
but there were so many COM
plants from straphangers
about overcrowded cars that
Congress intervened. The
Star of January IL, 1911 re-
ported: "A bill introduced by
Representative Clark, Of
Florida, provides for a 2-cent
fare for all passengers who
cannot get q seat in a car
after travelling a block. The
District Commissioners rec
ommend adverse action, say
ing the Interstate Commerce
Commission has the power to
regulate crowded cars If 1t
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Summit Terms

It's about time the United
States set up the regulations
and conditions under which q
summit meeting could be ar
ranged. We should begin by
advising the Kremlin that no
conference or discussion
would be considered that in
cluded the unreliable and
untrustworthy Nikita Khru-
shchev. Moscow should be re-
minded that we are q Nation
with an established reputa-
ton for never having started
or lost a war, that we would
be willing and anxious to
meet with new and RESPONSE
BILE Russian leaders, men
who would recognize the fact
that while the Soviet Union
and Red China are stirring,
up trouble in Laos, Cuba and
elsewhere, and making prog
ress with nuclear weapons.
this country and its allies
are not exactly sitting idle.
The new Soviet people we
would deal with should be in
formed that during this cold
war we are making an all
out effort to add and improve
our bases and general posi-
ton throughout the world,
that we intend to build bet
ter, more destructive bombs
and other war implements.
They should be told in no un-
certain way that our meet
ings and conferences with
Nikita Khrushchev ended UP
in the minus column, they
did nothing to improve re-
lations, and If they are look
ing to President-elect Ken
nedy as a soft touch, that's
another mistake, and finally,
that we are a peace loving
Nation which will not be
pushed around, but will con-
slider any honest and reason
able proposal made in the
interest Of peace and CO.
existence by responsible rep
resentatives Of the Soviet
Union.
Herbert Sommery.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Peace Corps

Around the year 1912 A. D.,
some people Of Europe were
greatly disturbed over the
failure Of their rulers, profess
sional diplomats, and military
personnel in solving their
foreign affairs problems in
the Middle East. These
trained leaders were experi-
encing numerous defeats in
their efforts to halt and
reverse the spread Of q
belief that was a challenge
to their homeland and their
religion.
Then an ingenious plan
was devised. based on the
assumption that these fail
ures were the result of cor
ruption and impurity on the
part Of the established
INSTITUTIONS. Inc l0ea was q
youth corps to achieve
through naive innocence
what the trained profess
sionals could not accomplish.
The program was quite
expensive in money, lives,
and man-hours lost. It
ended in utter failure when
the Mediterranean Sea did
not part for these innocent
ambassadors. Nor did any of
the other expected miracles
materialize. The young people
were tricked by politicians,
merchants, and others; many
eventually ended as slaves
Of the very enemy they had
set out to conquer.
There are those who main
tain that history has q way
OF repeating itself.
Joseph L. King.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
rChonqe at State

"''s FreSloent EISENHOWER, In his letter
accepting Secretary of State Herter's
resignation, has paid q well-deserved
tribute to the Secretary's labors In
behalf Of peace.
;, These labors have been spread over
many years, but they have been partic-
-ularly intensive ever since April Of 1859.
That was when Mr.. Herter was named
to succeed John Foster Dulles, who had
resigned, because Of his mortal illness,
after having played giants role In
the office.
Mr.. Herter himself, Of course, has
not had the same personal impact on
'anternatiqnal affairs as his predecessor
had. Nevertheless he has adhered to the
essentials Of the Dulles line, with the
Presidents full backing, on all the great
issues Of our time, and he has done SO
with a measure Of dignity and firmness
that must surely have impressed even
.Nikita Khrushchev This holds true for
such explosive matters, among others,
as the U-2 spy-plane incident and the
abortive Paris summit conference last
May.
!. 1t is not surprising, actually, that
Mr.. Herter has vigorously upheld the
substance of the policies pursued by Mr..
Dulles. After all, prior to his being named
as Secretary, he had served for more
than two years as second in command
at the State Department, and Mr.. Dulles
himself, even as he lay dying, counseled
the President to appoint Mr.. Herter to
the office. And Mr.. Eisenhower acted
accordingly after having received good
assurances that Mr.. Herter's painful
arthritic condition would not impair
the Secretary's ability to carry out his
grave new responsibilities.
Mr.. Herter has lived with his all
ment for long time, including his
decade Of service in Congress and his
one term as Governor Of Massachusetts,,
and he has amply demonstrated during
his Secretaryship that he has not been
handicapped by 1t in his work for peace.
In fact, in that respect, the only handi-
cap he has labored under has been
international communism's ceaseless
effort, as directed from Moscow and
Peiping, to infiltrate and subvert free
nations in an implacable drive to win
gl0bal domination.
This handicap will now be passed on
from Mr.. Herter to Dean Rusk, the
Secretary-designate. Mr.. Rusk, as he
indicated in his testimony the other day
before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, is well aware Of that fact,
and he takes dim view of resorting
to over-hasty or ill-prepared summitry
In an effort to cure it.
In sum, as Mr.. Rusk. himself has
suggested, the impending change in the
State Departments high command Is
not likely to lead to any quick,
spectacular or basic revision Of our
country's foreign policy. This confirms
pnce again-and the point should be
carefully noted in Moscow-that politics,
regardless Of election returns, stops at
the waters edge In America.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Sectional Strife

The star Is 70 be COM
mended for Its publication
Of Bruce Cations articles
on "The Needless War"
What Mr.. Cation has to say
is extremely timely. and
throws a welcome ray of
light in an atmosphere now
darkened by sectional dis
sension. From the tragedy
of errors" that brought on
the Civil War. I am sure
there Is o lesson to be
learned by us, today, In the
explosive "desegregation" is
sue.
No one, today. envisions
another Civil War over the
race issue; but no one can
deny the divisive effect that
issue is having upon our
country. II. at the time Of
the Civil War, the issue of
slavery was complicated;
today, the issue Of forced
segregation versus forced
integration seems even more
so. Just as then the institu-
ton Of slavery affected diff
ferent people in different
ways, so does the institu-
ton Of segregation affect
different people differently.
today.
It seems to me that II we
approach this matter Of race
relations with our minds
rather than with our emo
tions; II those on both sides
were willing to concede as
well as take: II there were q
willingness on both sides to
debate the problem and
negotiate o settlement; then,
o middle ground might be
reached that would be ac-
ceptable to everyone.
, On both sides of this is
sue there are persons Of
morals. Of principles, and Of
convictions. who can pre-
sent convincingly and un-
emotionally many valid rea-
sons for their stand. Both
sides should be, permitted to
present their case. especially
through the newspapers and
the networks which reach
all the people. If compromise
is what makes democracy
work. surely men Of good
will can come to an agree
ment on this perplexing is
sue. II. as some say, there
is flexibility in our Con-
stitution. surely there should
be flexibility in our Federal
Courts and in our National
Administration.
Harvey II. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Economic Wizordry

The beginning-year opin-
ions and prognoses Of the
country's leading economists
are now appearing. There
Is o near consensus that we
are in an economic low spot
and there Is considerable en-
phasis on the part that our
high wage scales have played
In pricing us out Of world
markets. We are no longer
an exporting country in the
sense that we formerly were.
Our production costs are so
much higher than those Of
our competitors that we have
lost our export trade to them.
The new administration is
laudably addressing itself to
this economic problem. De-
vices are being explored that
offer promise Of lifting us
out Of the economic dol
drums" which now engulf us.
The recent publicized meet
Ing Of party leaders at the
President-elect's Florida home
resulted in q list Of legisla-
tive "musts" which are to
have the immediate atten.
ton Of Congress. High on
the list is q raising Of the
minimum wage and O broad.
ening Of its coverage.
Arranging these data in the
classic inductive pattern we
have:
/. The new administration
must do something to improve
the economy Of the country
and restore us to our former
position in world commerce.
2. An important factor in
our loss of export markets
and thus needing to "do
something to improve the
economy" is the high wage
paid our labor in comparison
with wages paid for similar
producers in other countries.
3. Therefore: The first thing
to do is to hike the wage.
Isn't the syllogism falling
apart, in some way, or is that
Just my imagination?
Government Employe.