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Evening star., 1961-03-01
BY BILL FUCHS
Star staff Writer

POMPANO BEACH, Fla,
Mar. 1.-One of the many
questions floating around the
Senators camp today, as full
scale preparations for everyone
got under way, concerned
Chuck Hinton, an outfielder
trying to bridge a wide chasm
to major league baseball.
Only time can answer-for
Hinton as well as the others
who are trying to become regu-
lars on a club that is building
from the ground up.
Part of the foundation in this
historic undertaking was laid
this past week. as the pitchers
and catchers, with two excep-
tions. worked their way into
shape. The exceptions, Pitcher
Hector Maestri, who is coming
from Cuba, and Catcher Gene
Green, who was delayed in St
Louis by the birth of child, are
expected when they get here.
Squad Game Saturday
Meanwhile, Municipal Fielc
is bulging, as infielders and out.
fielders start getting into
shape. Manager Mickey Vernon
has scheduled a Shining squad
game Sunday and hopes to have
two or three more such warm
ups before the exhibition sea-
son opens March IL against thu
Kansas City B team.
Hinton'S batting has caugh'
Vernon's eye.
He has to make a big jumI
from the low Minors" Vernon
says. but you can't ignorl
those batting averages. Ant
the looks good swinging tina
bat. I'd say he has a goot
Evening star., 1961-03-01
VERNON LIKES HIS SWING,
Hinton Is Making
Bid for Big Jump

chance to make it. We're not
going to overlook anybody"
Hinton is a 6-foot-1, 180-
pound Negro who breaks into
a grin at the slightest provoSa-
ton. With Stockton in the
Class B California League last
year he hit 1863, raped out 20
home runs and drove in 1OS
runs. He is 26 years old, was
born in Rocky Mount, N. c.,
and now makes his home in
Brooklyn. He came to the
Senators from Baltimore by
way of December's expansion
draft.
Impressed With Speed
The Senators also are i'm
pressed with Hinton's speed,
which enables him to cover
much ground in the outfield.
At Griffith Stadium there will
be much ground to cover.
Hinton stole 81 bases last
year, "but not once did he get
a bunt hit" says Coach George
Case, a noted base stealer of
the past. "They go together
a good base Stealer invariably
lis a good bunter. Hinton was
getting his hits out there. So
maybe he didn't need to bunt.
Up here it will be different.
Well have to work with him.
If he's not bunting, he just
isn't using one of his most
valuable tools"
+ The pitchers now are bearing
down in batting practice, and
Hinton is not discouraged. II
don't see why 1 can't make it,"
he says. The pitchers are
tougher, sure, but I don't think
I'm going to have too much
trouble"
NOTES: Dave Parhar1, a g.
foot-4, 2l5-pound first base
man from West Palm Beach,
Fla, reported yesterday and
is working out. He is the former
property of the Dodgers {.
Someone remarked that all In
fielder Billy Klaus needs to get
into shape is a shave. Klaus is
So and weighs 100. He'd buy
weight if he could" says Gen.
eral Manager Ed Doherty, "and
I'd like to sell him some"
Pitcher Hal Woodeshick, ex-
pansion draftee from the old
Senators. said he felt stiff on
the mound yesterday, where
upon Hinton remarked: "You
ought to try to stay stiff all
year" Pete Quesada, club
president, will throw an out
door barbecue party for the
team, press. radio and televi-
sion men and wives March 21
at the Sea Garden Motel here.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
BY the Associated Press

Quietly and without fanfare,
Red Schoendienst trots out to
the infield every day and con-
tinues the conditioning process
he hopes will restore the agile
movements that made him one
Of the greatest second basemen
in National League history.
Used sparingly during 1860,
the redhead was cut by the
Milwaukee Braves at the end of
the season and now is trying to
grab a berth with the st. Louis
Cardinals-the team with which
he started his illustrious major
league career in 1945.
Sixteen years later. appar-
emily fully recovered from the
tuberculosis attack that struck
in 1858, he's back on the same
spot. He has no contract-has
about the same chance to make
the Cards as the rawest rookie.
Sure He'll Make 1t
Manager Solly Hemus, look
ing for added infield insurance,
is giving the 38-year-old SWITCH
hitter every opportunity. And
yesterday the old redhead, who
set two outstanding MI fielding
records, performed with skill
and ease.
I'm sure Red will make 1t, I"
Hemus said of the flashy field
ing Germantown, ILL.,, native
who holds the record for most
chances accepted without an
error, 800, and most consecu-
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28
Actress Gail Russell Found Dead in Apartment

HOLLYWOOD M = Gail Rus sell, 36, who a year ago said I'm an alcoholic but declared she had put drinking behind her, died with an empty vodka bottle by her side.
 The brunette beauty was found dead on the floor of her west Los Angeles apartment late Saturday night by two women neighbors.
 There were other empty liquor bottles throughout her four-room, $l3o-a-y1onth quarters.
 Police said Miss Russelps death apparently was from natural causes. They said she had been hospitalized in recent years with serious liver ailment.
 An 18-year-old coed at Santa Monica High School, discovered by a Paramount talent scout. cleo tion by exhibitors and critics in 1947 as "Star of Tomorrow, stardom in pictures like Lady in the Dark" and Our Hearts were Young and Gay," four years marriage to star Guy Madison these were some of her life's highlights.
 The low points were series o1 drunken driving arrests in the 1950s. In 1857 she lost her driving license when her new white con vertible smashed through the front of coffee shop and hurt Q janitor.
 The judge fined her $420 ard put her on three years probation She vowed never to drink again.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28
TEEN -AcER KILLED BY MINIATURE TRAIN

TEEN AcER KILLED BY MINIATURE TRAIN
 DENVER tA - A teen-a -ager was struck by a miniature train, dragged 60 feet and killed in an east Denver park Sunday as pas sengers and bystanders looked on in horror.
 The victim was Gilbert Le Bois. b, one of three youths who were running along the tracks when the l13-ton locomotive approach ed.
 The three were crossing a mini ature trestle over a duck pond when Le Bois tripped and fell. He was unable to rise, and the trains pilot was unable to stop thc locomotive in time to avoid the accident.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28
Pioneer Lawyer, E. B. Collins, to Reside at Pioneer Home

FAIRBANKS - MT. and Mrs. E. B. Collins left Fairbanks Tues- day morning by air for Sitka to make their residence at the Pio- neers' Home. Several friends of pioneer Alaska barrister and his ss;:sS wife were at the airport to see them off.
 MT. Collins, 88, who founded the Fairbanks law firm of Collins and Clasby, has been an active civic leader iii Fairbanks for many years. He was member of the first Alaska Territorial LeRis- lature in 1913 and a delegate to the state constitutional convention 43 years later.
 MT. Collins has been improving steadily since being hospitalized earlier this year, and with his wife hopes to return next spring to spend the summer at their Harding Lake home.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28
Torpedo-S Shaped Graft Probes Murlky Depths of Ocean at 5000 Feet

SEATTLE M A torpedo shaped craft capable of probing the murky depths of the ocean for distances up to SO miles has com pleted it's first data gathering trip, University of Washington off, cials revealed Friday.
 The vessel, developed by the Applied Physics Laboratory at the university, made series of runs last week 200 miles off the mouth of the Columbia River.
 Described by it's developers as the first of it's kind, the craft cruised at depths down to 8,00O feet Electrical impulses recorded data concerning turbulence. tenn peratures, background radiation and other deep sea mysteries on magnetic tape.
 Dr. Joseph Henderson, director of the laboratory and Dr. Stan ley Murphy, scientist in charge of the underwater vehicle proj- ect, said they expect to gain in formation which will enable the development of submarines that can travel at greater depths.
 The underwater craft is made of special inch-thick aluminium to withstand pressures up to about 6,000 pounds per square inch at depths of 12,000 feet It is 10 feet two inces long, 20 inches in di- ameter and weighs about l,O40 pounds. It is battery powered and rises to the surface when the motor stops.
 The craft, which cruises at six knots, is launched from surface vessel, it's depth of travel and direction preset These, however, can be changed by signal while under way. The research vehicle also can be rnade s..s=szs><s .st any time.
 The Applied Physics laboratory is working on the project for the Bureau of Naval Weapons.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28
Rep. Rivers Bill Would Give National Guard
 Employees Tax Exemption

Rep. Ralph Rivers has intro duced bill to amend the inter nal revenue code of 1854 to ex- empt from taxation cost of living allowances received by caretakers and clerks employed by the Ma tional Guard outside the conti- mental United States or in Alas ka.
 The legislation is designed to correct a situation which de- veloped with statehood for Alas ka whereby National Guard ern- ployes were not granted the tax exemption on their cost of living allowance as were other federal civilian employees.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28
ConeY Island Aquarium Acquires Four Alaskan White Whales


 NEW YORK la = Three baby white whales arrived by plane from Alaska last night for the Coney Island Aquarium.
 The largest was nine feet, four inches long. They made the trip in plywood boxes with plastic Things and were soaking in salt water.
 A crew member of the convert ed B-17 which brought the whales said they had been given tram quilizer injections before leaving Alaska.
 An aquarium spokesman said New York's first white whales were in good shape when they arrived.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28

Larry Schmidt. son of Rev. Or vile Schmidt suffered an arm in- jury when his car overturned near the city dump. The accident was caused by a blowout, which oc- cured due so a nail in the road.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28

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The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28

Half the worlds miseries are caused by hardness of heart--th.ee he other half by softness of head.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28

The trouble with marriage is that while every woman is at heart mother, every man is at heart bachelor.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28

Apply for Marriage License
 Marlett Trigg and Rebecca Nuglene, both of Nome, have ap- piled for marriage license.
The Nome nugget., 1961-08-28
FIVE NEW CHOLERA CASES

HONG KONG tR Five new cholera cases were reported in Hong Kong today, bring the total number of confirmed cases to 84. The death toll remained as.. 10.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

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Evening star., 1961-01-29
UNITED NATIONS REPORT
Chino's Food Shortage Grows

enough food to feed the popula-
ton, surplus foods must be spent
to import foodstuffs rather than
industrial goods.
The other is that, despite talks
Of harmony in the red family, 1t
is clear that most other Commu-
mist lands. including Russia, are
not unhappy to see the arrogant
Chinese caught in a bind. Thus
there has been less outside help
a good deal less-than the Chin
eSe have been clamoring for.
For although China is admit
tedly far stronger and more in
dustrialized than 1t was q decade
ago. this has also made it more
vulnerable technically. This is
stressed even by those experts who
admit that China probably has
now reached a state of develop
ment where it can continue grow
ing largely on its own.
If China does go it alone, its
rate Of progress will be markedly
slower than If it had help from
such industrially potent Commu-
mist states as Russia, Czechoslo-
vakia and East Germany. Fur
thermore, as China's industry be-
comes more complex, there are
also parts Of 1t subject to break
down.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

To a great extent. the U. N. Com
mand has been handicapped itself
by the political warfare existing
between the major factions in the
tawdry Congoleses infighting. Sew
eral nations whose troops are
serving with the U. N. blue-and-
white banners back former Pre-
mier Patrice Lumumba. They
don't like to support his rival,
President Joseph Kasavubu, and
the military strong g-man, Gen.
Mobutu.
Mr.. Hammarskjold. whose gen.
ius at achieving compromise in
very difficult international situa-
tions has become almost Legend
ary, last week was viewing with
alarm. Three nations whose
troops serve with the U. N. In the
chaotic Congo were pulling out.
They are the United Arab Re-
public, Indonesia, and Morocco.
Troops from Yugoslavia and
Guinea had already been with
drawn.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

Peking has been forced to take
two measures which the Com
munists themselves admit they
prefer to avoid. The first is q
widespread purge of officials in
areas where the harvests failed
and the imposition Of stricter con.
trolls on farmers.
Not only do such steps cause
further fumbling In the rural
areas until the officials take over,
but they also add to the tension
which the overburdened peasants
already feel. Yet it is clear that
Peking believes that 1t faces q
major challenge in the country
side. for the Communist Party
Chairman Mao Tse-Tung himself
has put his name to q paper ad-
mitting that extremely bad ele-
ments" in the population are en-
gaging in "sabotaging activities"
Industry Outlook
The second step which Peking
has taken and one which Commu-
mist countries hate above all 9TH
ers to admit, is to cut back on
the country's industrial program.
Apparently two reasons lie behind
this step. One is that with not
Evening star., 1961-01-29

gram Thursday that the U. MS
director in the Congo. India's
Rajeshwar Dayal, has lost the
confidence of the people and the
authorities Of the Congo. His
presence automatically precludes
the cooperation that Is desirable
and necessary for the success Of
both civilian and military opera
tions. :"
Mr.. Kasavubu's protest was one
more indication Of the base
nature Of the Congo struggle
another manifestation of the
worldwide rivalry of the great
power blocs. The Soviet Union
and its allies charge the u. N.
peacemaking mission in the
Congo Is pro-Western. The West
ern nations look upon Mr.. Lu-
mumba and his followers as pro-
Communist. And directly In the
unenviable middle stands the U. N.
and Mr.. Hammarskjold, with O
mandate to restore peace and
justice TO the Congo with fairness
to all.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
THE, FOREIGN SCENE.
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careful correctness, had assured
the insurgent Capt. Galvao that
no violence would be used against
the liner.
But late last night, there was
considerable doubt as to where the
Santa Maria might land. She was
reportedly headed for Brazil, but
there was controversy over
whether she would make port at
Belem. the United States Navy's
choice. or at Recife, the Santa
Maria's favorite.
The Navy, at latest reports. had
the Santa Maria headed directly
for Fernando de Noronha Island,
a missile tracking station about
800 miles north of Recife. Capt.
Galvao has q United States guar
antee Of safe conduct If he per-
mits the passengers to debark. In
Lisbon, Premier Dictator Salazar
has Portuguese warships and
planes on the lookout for him.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
NucIeur Tests:
New Approach

President Kennedy disclosed
Wednesday that he had asked
Britain and the Soviet Union
TO agree to . p0stpOnement Of
the scheduled resumption Of
the Geneva talks on . ban on
. nuclear testing.
Inheriting from the Eisen-
hover administration the chal-
lenge Of disarmament and q ban
on nuclear testing, the Kennedy
administration has already taken
steps to work out q new ap-
proach. Privately, officials in the
new administration have said
they were appalled," at the abb
sence Of any co-ordinated, def
mite United States policy toward
either Of these critical matters.
Mr.. Kennedy said Wednesday
that he had asked q delay In the
resumption of the Geneva talks
on q nuclear test ban from Feb
ruary until March. In the extra
month. o special panel headed by
John ]. McCloy. the Presidents
adviser on disarmament, will at
tempt to work out a new and
definite United States position on
the test ban question.
A distinguished group Of men,
scientists, educators and military,
comprises the McCloy panel.
Chairman is DR.. James Fisk OF
the Bell Laboratories. The panel
will review previous negotiations
at the Geneva talks, assess the
A2Tent situation, and work out
q Aew and definitive United
States position.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
The Big Food Supply

Particularly difficult is the task
Of keeping an enormous food sup
ply rolling to the men now doing
heavy labor in factories, mines and
on huge construction projects. For
these reasons China, with its stu
pendous weight Of population, is
becoming an increasingly tricky
country to rule and operate. AS
we are now witnessing, one major
miscalculation. one bad harvest
in such a land can affect tens of
millions. if not hundreds of mil
lions of persons.
Meanwhile, Red China is feeling
pressure elsewhere. Earlier this
month India's ruling Congress
Party adopted a resolution charg-
ing Shina with aggression on the
Sino-Indian frontier and urging
the government to take action
against such aggression.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

concerned with the life Of the
people within that country"
Thus spoke President Kennedy
at his televised press conference
Wednesday evening on the subject
Of one Of the major areas Of con-
flict between the East and West
in the cold war. To most observ.
ers the Presidents comment indi.
Gated q conciliatory attitude, even
perhaps an abandonment Of the
policies pursued heretofore by the
United States in Laos.
Laos, once q part of French
Indo-China and independent since
the partition Of that former col
ony. has been q cockpit Of rivalry
along the crucial borderline be-
tween Communist might and
Southeast Asia. In itself, Laos is
Of minor Importance. It Is q
mountainous area. long and mar
row. Of primitive communications,
poor or non-existent roads, jungle.
and population almost totally
devoid Of a sense Of nationality.
The member nations Of the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza-
tion have temporized with the
Laotian struggle. II the United
States was ready to commit its
forces to the defense Of the Boun
Gum regime, the allies Of SEATO
were obviously not. The British,
the French. and even the Thais
seemed anxious to implement q
political solution to o dangerous
crisis that threatened to spread.
On Friday. the Boun Oum gov
ernment admitted that 1t had
very much exaggerated the Com
munist threat in Laos. This was,
the government spokesman apol-
ogized. q considered move to
serve as internal propaganda"
He went en- to say "if SEATO
really came in, there would be
international war. and this coun-
try would become the battle
ground. Nobody really wants
that. -"
In any case, there appeared to
be more than little reason yes
terday to predict q political solu-
ton to the Laotian troubles On
both sides Of the cold war. there
was little apparent disposition to
allow this skirmish to develop
into a full-scale clash.
Efforts to re-establish the mori-
bund international Control Com
mission are continuing, with India
and Britain pushing for an ef-
fective pacifying, international
effort.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Breakdown Feared

The Secretary General told the
Security Council that these with
drawals. and others threatened.
might very well cause a complete
breakdown OF U. N. efforts to
maintain peace in the Congo. He
circulated copies of letters he had
sent to the governments con-
cerned. and warned that the situ-
alton was 80 serious as to need
to be called to the attention" of
the Council.
Meanwhile, the United States,
taking a new and vigorous tack
under the fresh Kennedy admin
istration, began an emergency
airlift Of food and fiber, tents and
fuel. to the Congo. Thousands
OF tribesmen, forced from their
ancestral homes in the almost to-
tai breakdown Of all law and
order since the Belgians departed,
have been starving in alien areas.
American planes are carrying
fish from Norway, corn from
Togo. peanuts from the Ca
meroons, corn and rice from the
United States, and foodstuffs
from many other nations to re-
lieve the immediate need. Ship
ments after the airlift will be
made by surface transport, but
the need is considered great and
the project will probably take
many months. The normal crop
yields Of the fertile Congo have
been destroyed in the many
months of strife.
In Leopoldville, preliminary
meetings Of tribal and provincial
leaders were held looking toward
q "round-table" conference. Dis
sident factions, peoples, tribes
and clans were getting together
to seek, in line with President
kasavubu's proposal, q common
ground for q federated, stable
Congo government.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
For the Congo:
What Now?

United Nations Secretary
General. Dag Hammarskj jold told
the Security Council Thursday
that the Congo situation was
deteriorating.
Last summer. when the newly
independent Congo fell apart in
almost total disintegration i'm
mediately after it received formal
independence from Belgium, the
U. N. Secuitry Council INSTRUCTED
Mr.. Hammarskjold to send q
U. N. force to the tangled country
for the re-establishment Of law
and order"
But the U. N. force, amounting
to some $4,000 soldiers from many
nations. has heen considerably
less effective in the Congo than
U. N. forces have been in the past.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Lumumbo's Role

But the deposed Premier Lu-
lnumba, whose cause is backed by
the Soviet bloc at the U. N. and
by many neutralist Afro-Asian
nations. remains in prison near
ElizabethvHle, capital of the
secessionist Katanga province.
And Western diplomats in Leo
poldville are warning that the
round table" conference cannot
succeed without the participation
Of Mr.. Lumumba.
Mr.. Kasavubu. reflecting per-
haps the resentment his regime
feels against the pro-Lumumba
policy Of the Indian government,
protested to the U. N. in a cable
Evening star., 1961-01-29

goal for both dietary and propa-
ganda reasons to increase Soviet
production Of meat and animal
products to approximate the
American diet, but the Soviet
Union still has a long way to go
to come near us.
AS an example, an average
American has at his disposal three
times as much fresh fruit, eggs,
and edible fat. and twice as much
meat and sugar as the average
Soviet citizen, and a third more
milk and milk products and fresh
vegetables. Remarkably enough,
the average American also spends
less Of his income on food than
does the average Soviet citizen,
. Department of Agriculture statis-
tics reveal.
Soviet agriculture has been in a
depressed condition since the late
l920s when Stain decided to fun
mel almost all the country's capi-
tai investment potential into heavy
industry. For many years, the
startling increase in Soviet indus
trial development was being paid
for In large part by a deprived
peasantry, and an agricultural
economy lacking the machinery
and improvements of a modern
countryside.
Roising Farm Level
KhruShchev has promised the
country he would change this sit
uation, and he has succeeded tre-
mendously in raising the level of
farms from their appalling state
under Stain. but he has been
hampered by traditional villains.
One Of these and probably the
most serious is the weather. The
Soviet countryside has always
been ravaged by droughts and
wind storms. and in the last two
years, the best areas Of the coun-
try were hit hard by a series of
storms and droughts which this
year almost wiped out the wheat
crop.
Being a good MarxiSt, however,
Khrushchev finds 1t difficult to
accept bad weather conditions as
a prime couse Of the poor show
ing this year. Khrushchev has
expressed the view that dedicated