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Evening star., 1961-06-21

yates of our school systems
will increase the total unem-
ployed to perhaps seven per
cent illustrates the growing
need to accept and prepare
to deal with the fact that we
face new conditions and
needs.
Many workers are idle be-
cause their jobs have ceased
to exist because of automa-
ton or replacement of old
products with new. Some 40
per cent of the work force
now hold jobs which were
not even in existence 40 years
ago. There will be thousands
of others who will be released
in the years just ahead. The
Skills they now possess are
daily being rendered obsolete.
Dilemma Of Graduates
1t is an ironic fact that
the vast majority of our
trade and vocational schools
are training youngsters for
jobs which will be either nom
existent or severely reduced
in number within the next
decade. Their dilemma, and
ours, stems froll the fact that
we have so slowly accepted
the revolutionary fact of our
economic changes. We have
been so satisfied with our
comforting prosperity and
have given most of our at
tention to the more dramatic
events of international
change that we have done
little or no planning. This Is
largely because we have
simply been unaware Of the
neeQ 10 90 SO.
Ahead of us is the creation
of a joint board which will
determine what sort of jobs
will be needed in the years
ahead. We need to know what
science and the designers
of automation have on the
drawing boards before we can
begin to train old and new
workers. Until we can deter
mine what industry and busi-
ness of the future will
require, it is purposeleSs to
train.
American labor always has
been a highly mobile force.
Because of the industrial
shifts brought about by two
great wars and the mechani-
zation of agriculture, Ameri-
can workers have become
used to moving. The many
trailer camps about huge in
dustrial centers are illustra-
tionS Of this. But trailers, in
time, lose their wheels and
take on roots. Mobile popu-
lationS become permanent.
We need also to know, there
fore, where the larger en-
ployment centers of the fu-
ture will be.
Change is demanding, We
have been carelesSly slow in
recognizing it and in inter-
preting what is required Of
us. The cost Of this in un-
employment and political dis
content will be great.
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a license to drive. Any OBJ
jections to that? Criminals
drive cars too; they steal 'em
and they frequently drive
without a drivers license.
Does this nullify the desira-
bility of registration? Hunt
ers have to have a license to
hunt. Fishermen need a Ii
cense to fish. A plumber
needs a license, an electri-
clan needs a license, lots of
people need licenses. If a per-
son has a legitimate reason
for owning a rifle, or shot
gun, or pistol, or tommy gun
why the hysterical fear of
registering it and a permit
to carry it?
william Plampin.
Evening star., 1961-06-21
Gun Registration

Letters to The Star present
some weird reasons for op-
posing any gun registration
law. They say in effect that
because criminals will get
guns anyway, let's not make
it more difficult for them.
One says no law will hamper
a criminal. Should we do
away with laws? Another
says only 5 per cent of guns
used by criminals are their
own legal property. Since
guns are not registered, how
is that figure arrived at?
If these gentlemen own
cars they have to register
them. Do I hear any obiec-
tions? They also have to have
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No Connection

Because of numerous in
quiries I should like to ex-
plain that the present Mont
gomery County Humane So
ciety has no connection what
ever with the Humane So
ciety of the United States.
Sherry Reed
Past president, Humane So
ciety of the United States,
Montgomery County
Branch.
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The several cars of the
train, Gen. Trudeau said,
would be equipped to manu-
facture the chemicals from
water and air and liquefy
them for convenient storage
and handling. The ammonia
or hydrazine, in turn, he said
would be furnished from this
mobile service station to COM
bat vehicles equipped with
fuel cell propulsion engines.
"Such nuclear-powered en-
ergy depotS," he said, could
manufacture versatile chem
ical fuel locally within a COM
bat area. We can foreSee such
a unit that would develop
within itself, the equivalent
of 100000 gallons of gasoline
per day. With petroleum and
oil constituting 40 per cent
of the Army's tonnage, the
significance of such a de-
velopment is apparent"
- 50,
The Army has launched an
extensive program of crash
safety" research.
This has become as i'm
portant in aviation fields as
"airworthineSS" of planes, the
sponsor believe. This latter
factor probably cannot be
improved very much, but
there will be plane crashes
willy-nilly. Much is being
developed to prevent anybody
getting killed or hurt in these.
Resistance to Shock
Experience has shown"
says an Army report, that
under certain conditions hui
man structure can withstand
exposure to impact forces
that normally will disin-
tegrate aircraft structure.
Considering the capability of
the human body to withstand
certain magnitudes and di-
rection of force application,
it becomes possible to pro-
coed to isolate and classify
injury producing factors.
Such Investigations and anal
yses clearly indicate that
force. in itself, has not been
the outstanding cause of in
jury or death in aircraft ac-
cidents."
The investigation is under
the joint sponsorship Of the
Army Transportation Re-
search Command, the Medi-
cal Corps and the Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology.
Experimental work to date
has consisted Of dropping Of
q helicopter from various
heights at q forward speed Of
about 80 miles an hour. The
purpose has been to test the
ability of various instruments
to continue functioning in
such a crash. Human dunn
mics have been provided.
The result of one such ex-
pertinent, says the report,
vas the finding that 35 de-
licate instruments functioned
very well during the crash
when protected with a plastic
foam material to absorb the
shock. In the same test the
head of the dummy pilot,
unprote ted, had been
jammed so hard that the
vizor of his helmet was split.
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Pen names may be used u
letters carry Drtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
tton. Those not used iUil be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-06-21
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Fuel Cells for Cars of the Future?
By THOMAS r. HENRY

The lately developed "fuel
cell" promises revolutionary
changes in transportation,
especially military transport,
during the next decade.
This is predicted by Lieut..
Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau,
Chief Of Army Research and
Development, in an address
prepared for a group of Of
ficerS at the Signal Corps
laboratory at Fort Mon
mouth, N. j.
It may, he pointed out,
Supplant altogether the gas
oline engine.
The fuel cell is an electro
chemical device that produces
electrical energy by direct
chemical action. It has all
the features of a battery ex-
cept that the two chemical
reactants, oxygen and some
companion fuel like hydrogen,
are supplied continuously and
the products of combustion,
carbon dioxide and water va
por, are removed continuously.
Military Interested
There are commanding
reasons for military interest
in this CELL" Gen. Trudeau
says. Significant is its po-
tential high efficiency COM
pared to that Of a gasoline
motor-about 60 to 80 per
cent compared to 20 to 80
per cent. The fuel cell has no
internal moving parts - no
pistons, crankshacst, transmits
sion. or the like-and this
means reduced maintenance.
Of additional Importance is
the fact that fuel cells oper-
ate without noise or smoke,
and generally without excess
sive heat. They therefore are
harder to detect by the en-
emy on or above a battlefield.
field.
"It is, however, not a COM
plete solution to our age-Qld
problems. One possible solu-
ton I see in the next decade
lies in the integration of fuel
cells with the nuclear reactor.
We see a stationary, nuclear-
powered generation plant,
much like a filling station,
furnishing hydrogen and OK
ygen as fuels. The problem
of providing propulsion fuel
is reduced to the task of con-
verting the energy from a
nuclear plant to a form which
can convenlsntly be utilized
in vehicles.
Unfortunately, the extent
to which nuclear plants can
be miniaturized appears to be
limited and the cost Of re-
actors is too high. Yet we can
approach the optimum if we
utilize a nuclear powered
cross country vehicle COM
parable to an overland train
as a mobile supply point.
1.-THE several cars of the
train would be equipped to
manufacture certain chemi-
Gals, perhaps ammonia and
hydrazine from water and
air, and liquefy it for con-
venient storage and handling.
The heat and power for the
process equipment would be
provided by the nuclear
plant, which also would pro-
pei the train"
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law, has not appointed its member
an oversight which should be corrected.
It is too early, Of course, to guess what
will come of this effort. But it is not too
early for the effort to get under way.
Evening star., 1961-06-21
THE PASSING SCENE
Tragedy of the Non-SpecioIized
By RALPH McGILL

Peaceful and near-deSerted
now are the college campuses.
And contented, enchanted
and eager in new salary
earnings and beginnings are
all those who graduated from
schools of engineering, re-
search and science, theology,
medicine and teaching.
But not so happy are many
of those who were graduated
from schools of business, of
journalism, or those who
prepared themselves well ac-
ademically but acquired no
specialization. There are still
many vacancies in pulpitS,
in claSsrooms and in the
various fields of engineering
science. But elsewhere the op-
portunitieS are restricted.
A substantial number of
college graduates will become
statistics in the Labor De-
partment'S painful total Of
unemployment.
Quiet, too, are the myriad
high schools. Their graduates
who expect to go to college
are excited. They can hardly
wait for summer to pass, but
they, after all, are a small
percentage of those who re-
ceived diplomas. Perhaps 70
per cent are in search of jobs.
For these it will be a long,
hard, troublesome summer.
Relatively few, mostly girls,
already are enrolled in busi-
ness schools, learning short
hand and typing. Another
segment, also numerically
small, readily found jobs be-
cause they had received
specialized training in elec-
tronics and precision work.
There are thousands of jobs
open for such high school
graduates, but too few trained
to take them.
To Become Statistics
Sad to say, most of the
non-college-going high school
diploma holders, with the
challenging words of COM
mencement speakers still in
their ears, also are destined
to become statistics in the
Labor Departments melan-
choly story Of an unemploy-
ment total which does not
decrease with business i'm
provement. Indeed, with the
addition Of these jobless
graduates of college and Sec
ondary schools who have en-
tered the labor market, this
disturbing statistic has
grown.
Some five million college
and high school graduates are
competing with about the
same number of already un-
employed for jobs which do
not exist or for which they
are not trained. Approx
mately a million workers have
been idled for about a year.
A million more have been
idled for about. six months.
The fact that the new grad
Evening star., 1961-03-26

proudly. the Stairs have
other children, 3-year-old
Steuart, an d 2-year -old
Bradford. The little boys
have their own quarters on
the first floor of the home,
complete with playroom and
kitchenette where their
nurse can prepare their
meals, Mrs. Stair pointed
out.
But most Of their super
vision comes from Mother.
That's why Mrs. Stahr feels
that with two children un-
der 8, I can't get into too
many activities"
The Army Secretary's wife
shares many interests with
her husband. although she
admits that keeping up with
the brilliant former Rhodes
scholar is sometimes ex-
hausting." She can't hope to
match his tennis prowess.
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for s . "a ~.ust
watches" But both have a
common interest in music.
reading and art.
One of the works Of art
they treasure most in their
new home is q modern abb
stract in the front hall, a
farewell gift to them from
Joe Moss, a Morgantown,
w. Va. artist friend. The
picture depicts Mr.. Stahr on
horseback, an artistic theme
Mrs. Stahr thinks signifi-
cantly tells the story Of her
husbands career.
What makes the picture
so technically interesting is
the artists choice Of me-
dium-varying layers Of cut
out white tissue paper fixed
to q black background witt
egg white. q sort of modern
tenpora technique.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
SERVICE SCENES
Mrs. Stohr's Stamina Shows

location when they came
here this time. 1--WE lived
all over this mans CITY," she
said gaily. II Just love
Washington because it is so
beautiful"
Besides Stephanie who is
an A-student at Beauvoir
School ("She's our little
scholar" says her mother
Evening star., 1961-03-26

I'VE put everything we had
into getting those ships out,
after seeing them launched.
When we'd hear one Of them
had been sunk, we'd be
heartbroken for days."
It was the accident of
changing war jobs that set
the stage for Mrs. Stahr's
meeting her future husband.
Toward the wars close she
returned to New York and
became q craftsman for a
company that made COM
pressed-air cylinders. One
week end some old friends
she'd known in Florida In
vited her to their house.
warming in Philadelphia.
With amusement she re-
called her friends. weren't
playing Cupid. They Just in
vited me as their best
woman friend and Elvis as
their best man friend. Both
Of us, it turned out, were from
New York. We were married
three months later"
In Kentucky
That was in 1946 when Mr..
Stahr was just out of the
Army, back from service in
the Obi theater and resum-
ing law practice in Wall
Street. The next year he was
asked to come to the Uni
versity of Kentucky. his old
alma mater, and q year later
became dean Of their law
school, thus at 80 becoming
the youngest law dean IN
the country.
For Mr.. Stair 1t marked
q happy return to his home
State, and family ties. He
was born in Hickman. His
father, now "a years old. is
q Western Kentucky circuit
judge who is immensely pop
ular with his fellow Ken
tuckians.
The Stairs present So
journ in Washington is not
their first. During the nine
years he was associated with
the University Of Kentucky
and before going to Pitts
burgh in 1857. Mr.. Stair
took several leaves Of ab-
sence to come to Washington
for Government service. Dur
ing the Korean War he was
special assistant to Secretary
Of the Army Frank Pace, jr
So Mrs. Stahr knew Just
what she wanted In home
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27-room mansion in which
they've lived for the last two
years while Mr.. Stair was
president Of the University
Of. West Virginia. Before that
they lived in q nine-room
apartment in an old residen-
tial district Of Pittsburgh
when Mr.. Stair was vice
chancellor Of the University
Of Pittsburgh.
Mrs Stair is used to city
living. She was born In New
York City, where she grew up,
except for q brief period In her
childhood when she lived in
The Hague, the Netherlands,
to which business took her
father, the late Mr.. Edward
Berkfield. Her mother still
resides in New York.
Mrs. Stahr's ballet aspira-
tons were q natural out
growth Of q childhood spent
in familiarity with the arts.
Every Saturday without fail
she was taken to the chill
dren's concerts in Carnegie
Hall ("sometimes I read the
funny papers during the
concert" she confessed mis-
chievously); every Friday
afternoon to the Philhar-
monic concerts, and Satur-
day afternoons to the Met
ropolitap Opera, where her
fathers cousin was an as
Sistant conductor.
An only child, Mrs. Stahr
was encouraged In her dance
aspirations and studied with
such well-known teachers as
Albertina Rasch. Mary Wig
mann and Hahya Holm, the
latter famed for her chore-
ography Of Broadway musi-
cal productions.
But when I was IL, I
stopped taking dancing" she
said. II realized I. wasn't
strong enough to take the
gaff. I had o little bit Of
talent but I also knew bali
let took q lot Of energy and
strength I didn't have. So ]
made my debut and settled
down to the social whirl."
In the early part Of World
War II, Mrs. Stahr took q
six-mOnths course in marine
/ drafting at Tampa (Fla.)
University and got q Job. her
first, at the Tampa Shipyard
as q junior craftsman.
"1t was the best thing that
ever happened to me, after
the meaningless social whirl
Of New York and being on
silly committees" she said
Evening star., 1961-03-26
BY RUTH DEAN
star staff Writer

Although she says she
didn't have the stamina to
follow q career in ballet, Mrs.
Elvis Stahr, jr.. proved she
had 1t when her husband
Joined President Kennedy's
New Frontier as Secretary Of
the Army.
The petite official wife
was Just two days out Of a
sick bed when she accom-
panied her husband to the
first big reception in their
honor. The afternoon Of the
reception, she recalls, X got
q shot. Of vitamin B complex
so / could stand in the re-
ceiving ltne."
Except for q few unnotice-
able intervals when she sat
on q sofa to rest. none Of
the guests was the wiser
that the dazzling smile and
warm handshake hid q pair
Of shaky knees.
What so q m u SCI d Mrs.
Stahr was that the virus that
demohilized her came not
from the Inaugural Week
crowds and extreme weather
to which she was exposed but
from their 8-year-old daugh-
ter, Stephanie, who brought
1t from school after they'd
returned home to West vir-
ginia TO pack for Washington.
No Sneezes
1--WE sat out there on
Pennsylvania avenue In ex-
treme cold for three-and-s-
half no urs watching the
InauguraD parade and ]
never felt better. Never a
sniffle or q sneeze." she exA
claimed with q laugh. "And
that on top Of l1ouse-hunt
ing. / looked ct so houses
before I found what we
wanted"
The Stahrs occupy q spa
cious Colonial 10-roora home
on the edge Of Rock Creek
Park that Is convenient to
everything. But it must seem
small in comparison to the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Brown
are now occupying an apartment
in the home of Mrs. r. W. Cat
lin.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15

Sunday overnight guests of
Mr. l., r, Gillian were her son
and daughter-in-laW, Mr. and
Mrs Luther A Gillian, of Alex
andria Mrs Gillian returned
home with them for visit.
Miss Sally Arm clark left
Wednesday for Camp Richmond
for RAG. pre- school retreat.
On Friday Miss Clark will be-
sin her junior year at West
hampton.
On Tuesday Jack Sturdgill. of
Richmond, called upon MIR. and
Mrs. Jack Pcery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter d. Agee
Will arrive Friday from Win
StonSalcm, ~ c.. to spend the
week erd with his mother, Mrs.
c. E. Agee.
On Monday Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Coleman, of Appomattox,
visited her sister. Mrs. Waverly
Gillian, and Mr. Gillian.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15
Club Calendar

METHODIST CHURCH CIR
Giles - Monday. September 10,
8 pm, circle | with Mrs. Rich
ard Moore. co-hCstess. Mrs. A. J.
Walker, Jr.. circle 2, in the Eel
loWslllp room of church: circle
3 with Mrs. c. w Bailey. CO.
hostess. Mrs. Charles Wilson:
circle 5 with Mrs. Frank B. Bald
win. circle 6 with Mrs. J. M.
Fleetwood, circle 7 with Mrs. H.
I. Baldwin. Tuesday. September
~, 10 am. circle with Mrs
f. J. Martin. ST.. co-hostess.
Mrs. r. J. Martin, Jr.; circle
o with Mrs. A. W Covlngton.
J NIOR MODERN WOOD
MAN OF AMERICA ~ Friday
September Is. 7::3O at the cen
ter.
FARMvILLE COUNCIL OF
CHURCH WOMEN = Board of
Managers regular meeting. Tues
day, September 26. $50 pm,
YWCA lounge of Longwood Col
lege.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXJL-
larry - Tuesday, September 10,
8 pm, with Mrs. Darrell Car.
| penter.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15

of seed pearls. The bride carried
a corsage of white roses fastened
atop a small white Bible.
Miss Barbara Callison. of Vim
ton. sister of the bride, was
maid of honor. She wore a sheath
dress of pastel pink and carried
bouquet of pink carnations.
The bridegroom father was
best man. Ushers were Sydney
Burton Callison. Jr.. of Narrows.
brother of the bride, and James
Paulette Charlton, of Dillwyn,
brother of the groom.
The reception was held at the
home of the brides sister. Mrs.
William Clyde Agee, at MacAr-
thur. W. Va.
The couple will live at Blacks
burg where they will attend Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15

/ Pocket size copies Of it are being
placed in the hands of all fourth,
fifth and sixth grade pupils in
Prince Edward county this week
by Slate Hill Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution.
The reverse side of the handy
card is imprinted with the
Pledge of Allegiance and re-
production of the American Flag
in color. The cards were dis
tributed throughout the nation
by the National Defense Com
mitteH. National Society Dauoh-
tiers of The American Revolu-
ton. Washington. D. c.
The distribution of the cards
is part of the local observance
of Constitution Week" being
emphasized bv both Of Farm
villes OAR Chapters, Judith
Randolph and Slate Hill.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15

A Monday guest of Mrs. En-
ma x. Cowan was Mrs. EVE
Ransom, of Richmond.
Mrs. Elto S. Schroeder and
d aug h ter. Miss Mary c.
Womack. were Wednesday over
night guests of her sister, Mrs.
Mary S. CarWile, in Lynchburg.
Arriving today to visit her son
in-laW and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. S, w. Putney. Jr., is Mrs.
D. T. Waring, of huntsville.
Mrs. B. I. Taylor, Jr., and
Miss Lee Putney accompanied
Miss Sherry Taylor to Randolph
Macon Woman's College. Lynch
burg, on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B>n Bowers and
family spent the week end with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. D. H.
Bowers. in Baskerville.
Mr.. and Mrs r. A. Babb, of
Richmond, arc now residing at
203 Randolph street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Hoffman
AVID daughter. Ruth, arc visiting
her arents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Richardson, in Blue
field, W. Va. and his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Jordan, in
Charleston. w. Va
Recent guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Hay. Jr.. were his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs w p.
Hay, Of Richmond
Frank Organ has entered the
University Of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Mrs. R. W. Catlin has been
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
H W klns. at "Wlsherhade
Farm in Bedford.
DR.. and Mrs. j. G. GRAHAM
have returned from a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. ] A. Vance, il.
in Old Church
Mrs. Frank Organ is visiting
M and Mrs. Lee Folger in
Greenville, N. c.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15

Constitution week this year
falls during the one hundred
seventy fourth anniversary of
the adoption of the U. S. Con-
stitution.
The Chapters are combining
efforts in a series Of suitable
radio broadcasts this week over
Station WFLO. They have also
secured the proclamation of Ma
yor w. F. Watkins, Jr., setting
the week aside for thoughtful
perusal Of this national obser-
vance.
The proclamation calls upon
citizens to pay special atten-
ton during this week to our Fed
cral Constitution and the ad-
vantages of American riti-or-
ship" The proclamation, in full,
reads.
WHEREAS. September II. 1861 is
notable as marking tho ono
hundred seventy fourth
anniversary of the adoption
Of the Constitution of the
U~ited States of America by
the Constitutional Conven-
ton; and
WHEREAS. To accord official
recognition to this memoir
able anniversary. and to the
patriotic exercise which will
form a noteworthy feature
of the occasion, seems fit
ing and proper; and
WHEREAS, In accordance with
Public Law No. 9l5, the
President Of the Unite d
States has issued a Procla-
nation designating Septem-
Der II through % as CON-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-15
Miss CaIIis0n, Bride
Of Harvey J. Charlton

Miss Judy Ray Callison, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Bur
ton Callison. of Beckley. w. Va.
was married Saturday. Septem-
Der 9. at 4 pm. to Harvey John
son Charlton. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Royce Elmo Charlton. of
Dillwyn. at Crab Orchard Church
of the Brethren at Crab Orchard,
w. Va.
The Rev. Allen Herr. pastor,
officiated.
Given in marriage by her
father the bride wore a waltz
length gown of white lace. The
gown, princess style. had ba-
teau neckline. ending in a deep
V in back. The shoulder-length
veil of white illusion was edged
with lace attached to bandeau