davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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per cent in any n year, so that
the shock of a change-over could
be absorbed. But somehow this
understanding got lost in the shut
file. A new tax assessment pro-
gram was actually put into exc
cution, and if you'll believe me,
there were some people who
would have had to pay nine hun
dred per cent more than they had
been paying!
Moreover, people who couldn't
afford it were getting increases,
and people who could afford Is
pay were getting reductions. What
really happened was that these
tax experts were valuing the
land by what some Miami specu-
lators would be willing to pay
for it, and quite overlooking the
fact that some of this beautiful
land belonged to poor farmers or
to families who had owned it and
lived on it for generations, but
couldn't compete with wealthy
land spectators. You know, some
times an expert opinion has to be
tempered with a little human con
Sideration and understanding. /
called a special session of the Le-
gislature for the sole purpose of
correcting this situation. The way
things stand now, nobody has to
pay an increase of more than 25
per cent of the tax bill they paid
in 1859, and nobody will pay less
than they paid in 1859. / think
that makes a little more sense,
and hereafter this situation
will be under further review. I
think it's under control now.
Well, let's see. It's a little hard
to compress seventy-five days in
to three-quarters of an hour. We
corrected a situation at the Hos
pitfalls. AS you know, your govern
ment pays part of the cost for all
medical treatment at the hospital;
because the cost comes high and
we have always felt that Virgin
Islanders are entitled to the best
treamtent medical science can
give, even if they can't afford it.
But as you know, we have a very
large transient population of tour
lists and off--iSland workers. These
visitors have also been using the
medical facilities on that subsid-
lied basis, though they were not
paying the taxes that made the
subsidies possible. This was run
ming up Jul costs beyond all pos
sible budgeting. Under the new
arrangement, hospital bills are
presented at cost, but residents of
the islands get a credit, which, in
effect, gives them the benefit
they have always enjoyed. Nor
are our visitors going to suffer,
for we do not seek a profit for our
medical services, and they are
available to all who seek them.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Services Set
AtCuthedruI

A choral service Of holy COM
munion will be held at II am.
Christmas Day in Washington
Cathedral, Massachusetts, and
Wisconsin avenues NV.
The Christmas message will
be delivered by the Right Rev.
William F. Creighton, bishop
coadjutor of the Washington
Diocese. The Very Rev. Francis
B. Sayre, jr., dean of the Ca
thedral, will be celebrant. The
Washington Cathedral Choir Of
Men and Boys. directed by Paul
Callaway, will sing. The serv-
ice will be televised over the
NBC-TV network and will be
telecast here over WRC-4.
Dean Sayre will preach at the
II am. service tomorrow in the
Cathedral.
Celebrant at the 8 am. holy
communion in st. Mary's Chap
el will be Canon William G.
Workman. Canon John G. Shoe
maker will preach at the $50
am. holy communion in Beth
lehem Chapel, and Canon
Charles Martin will be the Gel
Eebrant. Canon Shoemaker also
will speak at the 4 pm. evening
prayer service.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Religious Plays
To Be Presented

Two famous religious plays
will be presented at the II am.
services tomorrow Of nearby
churches.
Ten members of the Arling-
ton Players will give a reading
of Henry Van Dykes The 9th
er Wise Man" in st. Marks
Evangelical U. B. Church, 2425
North Glebe road, Arlington,
Va. The play. adapted and di-
rected by James Mullinex of the
players was written in 1896 by
the Princeton professor and
Presbyterian clergyman.
The Nativity Cycle of the
York Mystery Plays will be pre-
sented in the Georgia Avenue
Christian Church, 1851 Geor-
gia avenue. Silver Spring, Md
Members of the church are act
ing in the 13th-century play
directed by the Rev. David l.
Watterworth, minister of the
the congregation.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

rection. Some fundamental
truths of human conduct, some
uplifting ideals which make the
human spirit soar on earth as
in heaven, some simple and
permanent verities were re-
quired to breathe upon this
common law and change its
rigidity and harshness in o
equity and justice.
All these requirements were
found within the life and teach
ings of Jesus. The things He
stated in the. Sermon on the
Mount are today a foundation
of our common law and Chris
tianity is not only a part of
our inheritance but is a part
of our law today.
Some Of the things He said
by the River Tiber, which were
carried by Paul into Roman
courts, are just as fully a part
of the law as administered in
the courts of Washington and
Maryland today as they were
in the days of Justinian.
For many years the rule of
caveat emptoreS had prevailed
in the common law, but as time
passed the law has eased the
risk imposed upon the buyer
The doctrine of implied war
ranty of fitness, which means
that the seller guarantees that
the article which he sells can
be used to accomplish the pur-
poses for which it was pur-
chased. has supplemented the
harsh rule of cavaet emptores
This evolution of the law is in
accordance with the prevailing
thought in the Sermon on the
Evening star., 1961-12-23

those things that are Caesars
-" he expressed the idea that
it is within the power of man to
determine how he lives but that
1t is the exclusive province of
God to determine when man
shall live and die. The trend
of our criminal courts is to
follow this thinking.
Great Commandment
But far beyond the impor-
tance Of His influence upon the
development of our law is the
thrilling promise contained in
his great commandment of
Love Thy Neighbor AS Thy
self" These words contain the
goal Of our law and of our
lives. Visible just beyond the
horizon of our dreams, beyond
the frightening symbol of the
mushroom cloud, beyond the
outer limits Of space. they con-
tain the potential for changing
our law from a relative barren
bundle Of rules into a system
of living law.
These words possess the
greatest Christmas gift if we
could accept and incorporate
them into the United Nations
and international law. Without
an acceptance Of the thought
Of loving thy neighbor our way
of life becomes a way of death
bur with this thought there
still may be peace on earth
and good will toward men,"
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Pilgrim Church
Appoints Vicar

Thomas o. FaSzholZ, third
year student at Concordia Lu-
theran Seminary, St. Louis.
last Sunday was commissioned
the first vicar Of the 15-year-
old Pilgrim Lutheran Church,
$3.50 Massachusetts, venue
NV.
The new vicar will spend a
year assisting Pilgrims pastor,
DR.. Martin C. Uoch. before re-
turning to complete his studies
at the seminary.
Mr.. Faszholz, "a, is a grad
uate of Concordia College. Fort
Wayne. Ind, where he was an
All-American basketball player.
He. his wife. Jean. and their
infant daughter will live at the
Bradley Boulevard Apartments,
Bethesda, during his year here.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Christmas Cuntotu
On N Tomorrow

A Christmas cantata writ
ten, directed and narrated by
the Rev. william p. Anderson,
director Of radio and television,
Washington Archdiocese, will be
telecast twice tomorrow.
The cantata. This Wondrous
Story" will be telecast at 10
am. by WRC-4 an dat II pm,
by WT'TG-5. Father Anderson
is an assistant pastor at St
AIMS Catholic Church and d.
rector Of the Catholic Televi-
sion Guild of Washington.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

The Trinity Women's Bible
Glass of Sherwood Presbyterian
Church will meet in the audi
torium at $3.50 am. tomorrow.
This will be a joint assembly
with a portrayal Of the Ma
tivity Story" by the kinder
garten children. to be followed
by a movie, "a Guiding Star"
The A. B. Pugh Bible Glass
for Men of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church will
hold its annual Christmas
party in the fellowship hall Of
the Church at 7:30 pm. Thurs
day. Admiral Morton L. Ring.
USN. tretired). will present the
lesson at 10 am. tomorrow.
Mrs. C. R. Hooton will teach
the Esthnaoruth Bible Class.
"They Pass Over Jordan"
will be the subject of DR.. Mas
tin G. Whites presentation be-
fore the All States Bible and
Fellowship Glass. DR.. Wallace
Culver, leader in the Ethical
Society of Washington, will
present Poems Of the Season
before the Forum group. All
Glasses at Mount Vernon meet
at 10 am. tomorrow.
Baber C. Palmer, president
of the Organized Bible Class
Association, and other officers
will greet members and friends
at its annual New Years Re-
ception, to be held January I
from 8 to S pm. National City
Christian Church, Fourteenth
street at Thomas circle.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

Although the Roman law con-
tanned within it the power OF
orderly growth, it was impos-
sible to determine the direc-
ton this growth would take.
The Romans were a practical
people and the law reflected
this trait. Roman law was de-
void Of ideals and contained
no great purpose.
Sect Ruled Jewish Law
If Jesus was referring to the
Jewish law, it is sufficient to
comment that this law con-
sisted Of ancient customs and
rituals, religious ceremonies
and esoteric writings. 1t was
administered by a sect Of men
called the scribes and Pharisees.
These men had vested interests
to protect, consequently they
were -reactionary. The
revolutionary doctrines Of Je-
sus threatened these vested in
terests so that the scribes and
Pharisees eventually plotted
successfully, against His life.
AS time passed Chris t S
thinking permeated the legal
profession and the law started
to incorporate His teachings.
The first lawyers to feel this
influence were the Roman prae-
tors. They soon began to pro-
mulgate laws diScouraging
quick divorces. After His birth.
Roman law began to include
precepts of equity and justice
which had heretofore been alb
sent. These concepts of justice
supplemented the practical Ro-
man law. In 533 AID. Roman
law was codified by Justinian in
the Corpus Juris Civilis. This
body of law is the most i'm
portant moral, ethical and le-
gal code in the history OF our
culture. with the exception Of
the Sermon on the Mount and
the Mosaic code.
Our own Anglo American law
originally did not contain the
capacity for growth which was
the jewel of Roman law. AS a
result Of this limitation the
history of the laws develop
ment is too often a tiresome
repetition of court decision,
a blind adherence to that de-
cision, a hardening process
making for injustice and then
some fantastic fiction INDUCED
in by the court to get around
its original decision. This
crazy quilt thinking is what
the layman calls the legal
mind" and it was an evil made
necessary by the deficiency in
the common law.
Moral Principles Needed
Som great moral principles
were needed by the common
law to give it purpose and di-
Evening star., 1961-12-23

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Rome, those very laws He was
to influence greatly by His sub
sequent teachings. The refer
ence to the tax in the Gospel
of Luke arouSes curiousity as
to its provisions, and why Jo-
seph and Mary undertook the
trip from Nazareth to Bethle-
hem at such a precarious pc
riod in her life.
At the first Christmas, the
Jews were aliens in the Ro-
man Empire and exempt from
military service. In return for
this exemption, they were
forced to pay certain taxes. One
was the tributum agri. SINH
lar to a sales tax. payable in
grain or stock to a Roman
procurator. Another was the
tribubum capitiS, a head tax
payable by all citizens and
aliens to the Emperor. The
only persons exempted from
this tax were children and
aged people. In addition, the
Jews were forced to pay a
tenth of their income as a
temple tax.
Enrolment Every IA Years
In order to keep the tax rolls
relatively up to date. every in
habitant of the empire was re-
quired to enroll or register at
the family residence every
IA years. This enrolment was
in the nature of census. In
stead of the census takers COM
ing to the person. the person
went to the census-taker.
Thus it was that Joseph and
Mary, along with all others who
had to go to Bethlehem to reg
lister. undertook the famous
trip from Nazareth to Beth
lehem.
Therefore Jesus was born in
Bethlehem rather than in Naz-
areth. It was in that city of
David where the ancient proph-
ecies were fulfilled and the
Man was born who may be
described as the unacknowl-
edged legislator of our laws and
whose influence is felt in every
council and at every bar and
bench of the world.
Jesus said. "Ihink not that
I am come to destroy the law.
or the prophets: I am not
come to destroy, but to fulfill" "
What was the law to which
He referred?
Perhaps it was to contem-
porary Roman law. At t h t
time, Roman law was a we'll
defined body Of codified law
sufficiently elastic to govern an
expanding empire with COM
parative justice. The admins
tration of the law was carried
on by a professional group of
lawyers, judges and teachers.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

Mount that it is wrong to take
advantage of your neighbor.
Tax Terms Softened
Had Joseph and Mary not
been able to pay the taxes
their real property could have
been sold by Rome and the pro-
ceeds applied to the payment of
taxes. No opportunity to re-
deem the property would have
been given to them. Today,
however, as a result of the
softening principles of equity,
a person about to lose his
property because he cannot
pay his taxes or his mortgage
payments has a period of grace
in which to redeem the
property.
In the administration Of
criminal law the influence OF
Jesus is not as clearly dis
cernible as in other fields
Forgive them their tres
passes" has only recently be-
come part Of the admins
tration Of the criminal law. The
hope expressed therein is mani
tested by the adoption of sys-
TENS of parole and probation
However, the fact remains that
there is a great deal of IAN
eye for an eye" in our criminal
courts.
One of the great concepts of
Jesus was the value of a man
as an individual. This idea is
reflected in nations and states
that have abolished the death
penalty for those who commit
serious crimes. When Jesus
said, Render unto esar
Evening star., 1961-12-23

Hays, special assistant to Pres
ident Kennedy, will be the guest
teacher.
Mrs. Brooks Hays will teach
the Burial Bible Glass for bus
mess and professional women
at 10 a m. tomorrow.
The Fellowship Glass of
Chevy Chase Methodist Church,
will meet tomorrow at II am.
in the New Educational Build
ing. Mrs. Guy Crostin1 will
present a special Christmas
program.
A Christmas program also
has been arranged by the Good
Will-Philathea Bible Class of
Capitol Hill Presbyterian
Church for the Central Union
Mission Sunday School Hour
at 8:15 am. tomorrow. Mrs.
Edith B. Huddleston, president
elect, will preside. Miss Kate
Elliot will lead the devotions
and Allen I Hommel will pre-
sent the lesson.
Member classes of the Or
ganized Bible Glass Association
are asked to take note that
January Is, is the last date
applications will be received for
the Etchison Memorial Scholar
ship. The scholarship is gift
of free tuition of one to four
years at Western Maryland Col
lege for a needy and worthy boy
or girl.
Fall semester 1862 is the date
of availability. Inquiries may
be directed to the chairman,
under personal cover, at Room
200, YMCA. 1885 G street NV,
Washington 6, D. C.
Willis Bishop of the Wash
ington Bible Institute will be
the teacher of the Harrison
Bible Glass for Men of st.
Luke's Methodist Church at
GAS am. tomorrow. Police
Capt. Reid L. Hammann will
lead the devotions.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Ruhani satsang
Sawan Ashram
Cur Mandi
Delhi 8. India
December IL, 1901
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 1861
Presented by 81
REPRESENTATIVE 7. s. KHANNA
l4o2 Delefield Place NV.
Washington ND, D. c.
TeIephone: RA. 6-27l9
Dear Ones in God.

Dear Ones in God.
Christmas tide is the season OF rejoicing
all the world over On this happy and
auspiciOus occasion-the Nativity Of Christ
Joyous blessings. I wish each one OF you
10 be born In Christ for Christ-Power Is at
once the Alpha and the Omega Of creation.
Learn to live by and in that Master-Power
Evening star., 1961-12-23

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Evening star., 1961-12-23

POLISH NATIONAL CATHOLIC
Evening star., 1961-12-23
ORGANIZED
BIBLE CLASSES
BARBER c. PALMER, PRESIDENT
BY HOWARD STACKHOUSE
Contributing Writer

International Sunday School lesson for tomorrow Good
News of Great JOY" Luke 2:1-l2
The Vaughn Bible Class Calvary Baptist Church
will hold Christmas party for the guests of District Village
730 today John Patterson r president Of the class
will preside at the regular Brooks
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Jesus Affected Law, 7:
Added Moral Principle
By BARNARD T. WELSH

Professor of Washington College
At this time Of the year recall Imperial when
Caesar Augustus deceed that all the world should be taxed
In obedience to this decree Joseph and went into the
city of David where she brought forth Jesus and laid Him
in manger because there room in the inn.
Thus it that prior to His BIRTH Jesus af
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-10
RUMORS SWEEP
 MOSCOW THAT REDS PUT MAN IN SPACE

MOSCOW R - Rumors swept Moscow today that the Russians have sent a man into space. But after a day of feverish activity, there was no official Soviet an- nouncement of such an historic flight.
 A Soviet television camera crew showed up at the central telegraph office and planted clus- ters of television lights in places where correspondents would be expected to rush in. They brought just cameras, not television ma chimes for live broadcasts.
 Patiently one of the telegraph girls explained that since censor ship was ended March 23, corres- pondents did not rush to the tele- graph office. They stayed at home or even went out on reporting forays.
 The Russian cameramen could not be expected to know this since Russians have been told there never was any censorship in the Soviet Union.
 "You here to shoot a picture about the spaceman reaction?" asked a correspondent who hap pened to call in.
 One of the half dozen techni- clans pursed his lips.
 "Wait until 3 o'clock" he said.
 Three o'clock came - and no- thing.
 One Communist correspondent had already telephoned his office in Rome that rumors were cur rent in Moscow that the Russians had launched a spaceman. Off, cial sources refused to confirm it.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-10
AZ Orders Stop
 To Practice Runs For Fighter Pilots

GRANTS, N. M. R - The Air Force has ordered fighter pilots to stop making practice attacks on other airplanes until it finds out how maverick missile knocked a B52 bomber out of the sky.
 Three creWmen were killed Friday when the B52 crashed and exploded after an air-to-air Side winder missile broke loose from an F100 jet fighter and hit one of the bomber's eight jet engines.
 The fighter was making a run at the bomber when the accident occurred. In Washington Sunday the Air Force announced sus- pension of all practice intercepts.
 Five of the bomber's crew es- capped. Three were picked up within hours after the accident. The other two were not found until Sunday.
 Capt. Ray Obel, 28, Logan, Ohio, the bomber's copilot, and S/Sgt. Manuel Mieras, 23, crew chief from Flagstaff, Ariz., suf- fered through blizzard that dropped temperatures to 10 de- grees and produced winds of 65 miles per hour.
 Obel and Mieras, who bailed out at 35,000 feet, were found at widely separated spots northeast of here. Obel suffered a broken vertabrae and Mieras, a broken leg when he hit the ground.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-10
Earthquake in
 California Causes Extensive Damage

HOLLISTER, Calf. R - This little county seat town 90 miles south of San Francisco was still picking up today after the heaviest earthquake in its his tory.
 "I've lived in Hollister all my life," said San Benito County Coroner Eugene Patterson, "and this was the worst quake I've seen."
 In addition to extensive but relatively minor damage, Hollis ter had to contend Sunday with thousands of curious motorists who poured into this community of 6,071 people which frequent ly gets shaken up by tremblors along the San Andreas fault be- meath it.
 Two rumbling shocks struck shortly before midnight Satur- day night and were felt over a 5000 square mile area from San Rafel, Is miles north of San Francisco, to Paso Robles, 25O miles south.
 They broke water mains in San Francisco, shook sleepers awake in San Jose and Santa Cruz, but in Hollister they broke nearly every plate glass window on Main Street.
 The north part of town wa: blacked out as power lines part. ed in cascades of sparks. Cracks streaked across four of the big. gest buildings in town. State Highway 25 to Coalinga was blocked temporarily by an earth slide.
 No injuries were reported. Dam- age was estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars, mostly in broken glass and in merchandise which flowed out of broken jam, syrup and liquor bottles.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-10
Sen. Pearse Walsh and Rep. Art Johnson Are First Legislators to Return

State Sen. Pearse Walsh re- turned home this morning and was given a hearty welcome by his family after a tWo-month ab- sence.
 Also returning today was Rep. Art Johnson who ferried in a Beaver airplane from Fairbanks for Wien Airlines.
 Walsh reports that Sen. Bron- son expects to return in about ten days following a trip south; Rep. Blodgett will be coming by way of Fairbanks so that his son can have train ride from An chorage to Fairbanks, and Sen. McNees also plans to return later this month.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-10
Gov. Eggan Signs ; New Tax Bills
 Into Law Today

JUNEAU LR - Three tax meas ures, including one raising the state individual income tax from IA to Is per cent of federal in- come tax payments, were signed into law today by Gov. Egan.
 The new income tax law is re- troactive to January first of this year.
 The new excise tax laws will up the license fee for automobiles from $2O to $30 a year, on wine from 50 to 50 cents a gallon, and on liquor from $350 to $i gal lon.
 Egan also signed a bill, author izing the sale of $6,750,000 in revenue bonds for housing, dor mitory and other construction at the University of Alaska.
 He also approved a bill which declares the removal or reloca- tion of utility facilities along fed eral-aid highway rights -of-way to be part of highway construction and, as such, eligible for state funds.
 The seventh bill signed today appropriates $10,945 to the Office of the Secretary of State for pre- liminary work towards the cre- ation of 50 new election precincts throughout the state.