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The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Cuban Military Tribunal
 Sentences Six Americans To 3O-Year Prison Terms

HAVANA LR - Six American adventurers, who faced possible execution as conspirators against Fidel Castro's regime, have been sentenced to 30 years imprison- ment.
 The Americans were sentenced yesterday, three days after their trial before a military tribunal. Castro himself reportedly had been weighing the verdict.
 Their sentences, the maximum prison terms under Cuban law, were interpreted here as the Castro regimes reaction to Pres ident Kennedy's denuciation in his State of the Union Message Monday of Communist influence in Cuba. Defense attorneys said they will appeal.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Mothers March Tonight

The Explorer Scouts will sub- stitute for their mothers to- night and will give their time from ' until 8 o'clock for the March of Dimes.
 The Mothers March is an an- nual part of the March of Dimes and is the one time in the year when everyone can participate by having their contribution ready for the boys during the hour indicated. The participat- ing Explorers will be wearing Mothers Tags and will bring to each home copies of the One Minute Health Quiz and some information on arthritis.
 Be ready with your dimes or dollars when the boys knock on your door!
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
By Alton Bldkeslee

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. R- Ham, the amiable space chimp, arrived home by plane today some 25 hours after pioneering jolt ing rocket trip a bit out of this world.
 He is due for thorough check ups to learn if there are any danger signals against man going into space.
 He was fished from the sea yesterday after his rocket ride carrying him 155 miles high and APO miles downrange into the South Atlantic.
 The largest animal ever sent aloft. Hams trip carried several main significances:
 l. It indicates manned space flight is feasible. An American Astronaut is scheduled this spring to duplicate Hams daring flight
 2. The Soviets appear likely to win the race to be first to orbit a man around the earth.
 3. A very slight mis-firing in the rocket system hurling out Hams capsule may well require further tests with or without z chimp aboard, before a man zoe: up. But this also produced valu able dividends.
 5. Ham himself is reported il excellent shape, a smart 37 pound of suitability.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Ham, the Amiable Space Chimp
 Is Reported to Be in Excellent Shape
He Shakes Hands

Plucked from the sea by heli- copter from the USS Donner, he shook hands with the veterin- arian greeting him when his one ton space capsule was unlocked three hours after launching.
 His flight was one of graduated stops in a National Aeronautics and Space Administration program hopefully intended to put an American Astronaut into several round trips about the earth in 1861.
 In a big first step, Ham twice felt the crushing weight of in- creased gravity. Taking off, he weighed seven times more than on earth, and on coming down at a 5,000-mile per hour clip into the atmosphere was subjected to forces 12 times normal gravity.
 But, also, for about seven min utes he felt no weight at all in free fall as he lay strapped on a couch within a capsule exactly like that built to carry a man aloft.
 All this didn't bother his senses, judging from early analysis of in formation radioed down to earth, said NASA officials. Ham had to press levers within certain time limits or else get an electric shock. Partial checks so far show he never got a shock.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Chlorine Gas TerroriZes Louisiana Community

NEW ROADS, La. R - Eight persons, their lungs badly scared from chlorine gas which terror ized the tiny farm and lumber community of nearby Labarre, fought for their lives in a hos pital today.
 Whiffs of the chlorine gas, which escaped from a railway tank car derailed yesterday, still hung in the air but the area is now considered safe.
 A chemist said the ground was saturated with chlorine and it would "take long time to wear out" The area was covered with soda ash and liquid caustic acid to neutralize the deadly green gas.
 Seventeen people remain hos pitalized, eight of them in "very critical condition"
 The victims are likely to con- tract chemical pneumonia on the second day, doctors told news men.
 The gas killed an 11-month old boy and sent about 100 people to hospitals and clinics, Scores of farm animals were killed.
 Eighteen cars of a Kansas City Southern Freight piled up on the Louisiana and Arkansas tracks along State Highway 1.
 Officers and volunteers, real izing chlorine gas was involved, began warning residents to seek high ground to escape the fumes.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Rep. Stalker Would Halt Nuclear Tests
 At Cape Thompson

JUNEAU LR - A measure ask ing that all action be halted on a nuclear test explosion project in the Cape Thompson area until assurances are made as to the safety of the people in the area was introduced in the House to- day.
 The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Jacob Stalker of Kotzebue, asked that the Atomic Energy Commission give, scientifically based assurances" that no harm would come as a result of the test to the residents of the will lages or to the fish, game and other resources in the area.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
AIR FORGE WILL HOLD
 OPERATION JACKRABBIT"

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. R - The Air Force goes into battle Satur- day against jackrabbits.
 Kelly Air Force Base plans to use a cordon of airmen to drive the rabbits into an area at one end of the runways area where Air Police will dispatch them with guns.
 Officials say the rabbits have created a hazard to takeoffs and landings. Another menace is the buzzards and hawks attracted by carcasses of rabbits hit by planes.
 More than 2,000 rabbits were killed in a similar one-day cam paign 18 months ago but rabbits, being rabbits, have quickly taken over again.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
LINER SANTA MARIA WILL DOCK IN RECIPE. BRAZIL

BRASILIA, Brazil R - Capt. Henrique Galvao messaged Presi- dent Quadros today that he has decided to sail the captive Port uguese liner Santa Maria into the port of Recife.
 Galvao, in a radiogram from the liner lying three miles off Recife, said:
 "I trust the honorable word of the Brazilian President"
 He expressed belief that Presi- dent Quadros would abide by in ternational law. This, by some interpretations, would call for Quadros' government to take over the Santa Maria in behalf of it's Portuguese owners.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
COP LISTS SEVERAL NOMINEES FOR GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. R - Republican State Chairman John Krohbiel of Pasadena says movie actor Ronald Reagan is a possi- ble COP candidate for California governor in 1862.
 At news conference yesterday he listed other possibilities in cluding former Gov. Goodwin Knight and Mayor George Chris topher of San Francisco.
 He also said former Vice Pres ident Richard M. Nixon hasn't been ruled out.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
The Senate Delves
 Further Into Audit Committee Reports

JUNEAU, R The Senate delved further today into Legis- lative Audit Committee reports which were highly critical of the bookkeeping methods of the State Division of Aviation.
 The upper chamber, for the second day in row, resolved it. self into committee of the whole to carry out the probe.
 Yesterdays session dealt pri marily with an Audit Committee report which claimed that the Division of Aviation had illegal ly transferred $75,0O0 from a fis- cal 1860 appropriation back to the 1859 fiscal year.
 Only once during the two hour session did the committee touch on a statement by Legislative Au- dit Committee chairman John Coghill that his auditors were un- able to locate the airport con- struction revolving fund in the divisions "inauditable" records.
 Coghill's statement, made last week, touched off a sharp ex- change of words between the Ne mana Republican and Democratic Gov. Egan over the weekend, with Egan claiming the divi- sion's books were in order
 While Coghill claimed yester- day he had never once used a specific figure in reference to the amount of money which should be in the fund, the figure of S2 million was used in orig inal reports of Coghill's state ment and in Egan's reply.
 Asked specifically if the Leg islative Audit Committee had To- cated the revolving fund in the Aviation Divisions books, Cog hill replied: Mot yet"
 The Senate, which on Monday had voted to keep the session secret, reversed itself and opened the meeting to the public and to the press.
 But, whatever value yesterdays session might have had in bring ing accounting method by the Di- vision of Aviation was lost when the Senate:
 l. Failed to provide for full transcription of remarks made during the meeting, and
 2. Failed t0 swear in witnesses.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
JFK Makes Plans To Attack the Business Slump

WASHINGTON R - President Kennedy today announced plans to attack the business slump by lowering maximum interest rates on FILA mortgages, paying G. I. life insurance dividends ahead of schedule and starting an experi- mental food stamp plan.
 He also announced plans to re- move, as soon as arrangements can be completed, restrictions placed on dependents accompany ing military personnel overseas.
 In addition, Kennedy told his second news conference that he does not believe at this time that the business setback is serious enough to justify a tax cut.
 The President said he has directed that the maximum in- terest rate on home mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration be lowered from 5s4 to 51s per cent. This would be a move to stimulate housing.
 Kennedy discussed the business situation after announcing that he will scrap former President Ei- senhower's order on military de- pendents overseas.
 Kennedy said Secretary of De- fense Robert s. McNamara has worked out arrangements for cor responding savings of dollars abroad. The restriction on de- pendents accompanying service men was one of several meas ures Eisenhower ordered to stem the outflow of dollars.
 More than 38O newsmen had gathered for Kennedy's second nationally televised conference.
 At the request of Mrs. Kennedy, he announced that he and the First Lady had received more than 100000 messages and con- gratulations and they were still piling up.
 They couldn't answer them all, Kennedy said, so he took this op- portunity to express their appre- citation.
 Kennedy also announced that five pilot projects would be set up for food stamps in areas of most chronic unemployment. Under the usual food stamp plan, persons on relief are given stamps which they can use for food purchases at grocery stores. Kennedy did not disclose details of the plan now being started.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
RED CHINA BLASTS JFK's STATE OF UNION MESSAGE

TOKYO R - Red China baSt- ed President Kennedy's State of the Union Message, contending it was war-mongering document aimed at spurring economic and cultural aggression. The attack from the New China News Agen- cy, official organ of the Peiping regime, was the first Red China reaction.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
WEATHER FORECAST

Continued fair. Low tonight 5, High tomorrow 0, In the last "A hours: High of 21, Low of 3. Sunrise at 8:45 a. m., sunset at 3:47 D. m.
Evening star., 1961-05-12
Answers TO MASTODON

mason, mast, most. moat. moon, moot.
moan, mood, mont, monad, atoms,
sand, sard. snood, snoot. soda, SCOT,
soon. soma. stood. stoa. stoma, toon,
toads, oast, onto, damn, doom, dost,
mona, nomad.
Evening star., 1961-05-12
WORD GAME
Find 81 or more words in
PL U T 0 N o MY
BY Al Smith

meaning political economy. ."
Average mark q words; time
limit, 80 minutes.
Rules OF the game: 1 Words must he
OF four or more letters. .. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
IS, such as bats" cats" are not
used. 3. Only one form of a word is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

scribe in $50 words or less, a
weeks vacation you can take
for a maximum outlay of $3.50,
Attach the official entry blank,
and mail it to The Star Travel
Contest, The Washington Star
225 Virginia avenue Sc,
Washington 3, D. c.
Your entry should be type
written, double-spaced, or in
legible Handwriting. You don't
need to be a great writer OF
prose. But the vacation you
describe must be practical,
within the cost range and the
limit of one week.
Be sure to read the rules
carefully. Some entries in the
first weeks judging were dis
qualified for technical reasons
such as too many words
more than a weeks time in
volved and failure to inclose
the Official entry blank.
Evening star., 1961-03-19
AIR FARE

1t may be a bit Of a comfort
to the air traveller to know he
can glide along in big Jet air
craft at 40O-45O miles an hour
with no help from any Of its
four engines, but we're not sure
just hom much of a comfort it
/ is.
During a recent demonstra-
ton, American Airlines showed
a group of 10 newsmen how It's
new Astrojet will perform on its
regular four engines, on three
engines, on two engines, on one
engine, and on no engines. The
last was a 16-minute glide, be-
ginning at $4,000 feet.
"Of course we wouldn't do
this on a normal passenger
flight" the pilot pointed out
comfortingly. This is Just for
purposes Of demonstration"
The Astrojet is an adapta-
ton of the Boeing TOT
equipped with new turbofan en-
gines instead Of pure Jet en-
gines. and with the wings and
tail modified considerably. It's
faster, needs a shorter runway
for takeoffs and landings. has
more power, and climbs faster
to its cruising altitude.
A normal takeoff requires be-
tween II and 20 seconds, com
pared with the 55-second take
off Of the pure Jet model. It's
rate of climb is similar to that
Of the Electra-between 20 and
Is degrees. This allows a faster
climb to a more comfortable
for the passenger-cruising al
titude.
Despite the fact that it costs
$13 million to convert each
707 into an Astrojet, American
Airlines feels the conversion
will pay off financially. The new
engines consume far less fuel,
and American is banking on a
heavy passenger acceptance of
the new aircraft
The Washington office of
iberia Air Lines Of Spain has
set up its annual Rail Fan
Tour Of Europe. leaving Oc-
Evening star., 1961-03-19

million and it's reputation as
an industrial city, has been un-
justly tagged as a place to get
into and out of quickly. Even
the major guide books give 1t
short shrift. But it is well
worth the attention of several
days.
1t is the home of La Scala,
an opera house many feel is
without peer in the world of
Leonardo da Vinci's famed
mural, The Last Supper; of
the Galleria, a 400-year- old
roofed-street shopping center;
Of one of the most imposing
cathedrals in Europe.
1t is especially rewarding for
the devotee of art and history.
More Tourists
With an increasing number
of tourists pouring into north
ern Italy, Milan has attempted
to solve the problem of airport
access by building a new air
port five minutes away from
downtown.
But weather difficulties, in
this area where the cold air
from the Alps often locks
horns with the warm air from
the Mediterranean, have not
made it a popular port. and
our Alfalfa jet landed at the
4O-minutes-away old airport.
We arrived on the final day
Of Carnival-in Milan, Carni-
val is permitted to extend a
| few days into Lent-and the
city was a profusion of cos
tunes, flowers and skis.
The ski season was in full
swing. On our plane from New
Evening star., 1961-03-19
Just Messing Around
Is One Way to Relax

The Star Travel Contests
first winner culled from scores
of entries, epitomizes the spirit
Of the competition the urge
to do something outside the
routine on your vacation.
The SIS weekly prize goes to
Mike Dobson 7-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas R.
Dobson, jr., of sos Nanterry
circle S.W., Vienna Va. His
entry automatically becomes
eligible for the $3.50 grand
prize.
This is what he wrote:
IF I could take a vacation
for one week and had $3.50 to
spend this is what would do.
First, I would take a bus to
Gettesburg, Pa, and spend all
day going around the battle
field climbing hills and rocks
and Just messing around. The
next day I would visit all the
museums in Gettesburg before
taking the bus to New YORK
City.
In that city first I would
like to see the big buildings,
the Statue of Liberty and a
baseball game.
THE next day I would ride
all day on the subway and at
mite go see that show called
Music Man
Then, l would spend two
days at Freedom Land because
I don't think could see every
thin in one day.
by this time I think I would
be so lucky that before my
luck runs out I better go home
to my mother in Vienna, Va"
That eliminates one stiff
competitor from the ensuing
weeks competitions, but any
reader-aside from Mike-who
entered last week is eligible to
do so again.
All you need to do is to de-
Evening star., 1961-03-19
AIR FARE
Look, Ma, No Engines
For16WhoIe Minutes

tober 6 for a visit to seven
countries. Washington District
Manager Karl w. Helft, who
arranged the tour, said it will
visit trolley, rail and urban
transit facilities in Portugal,
Spain. Switzerland. Germany,
Luxembourg, Belgium and
France.
-
REAL Airlines of Brazil will
inaugurate its new route from
New York to Rio via Panama
and Lima on May IT, using
Superb Consultations. This
fall. Convair $50 Jets will be
used on the route.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

York was a group of nine
skiers headed for st. Moritz.
A chartered DC-7 filled with
skiers landed ahead of us.
Groups of skiers stood on
street corners waiting for
special ski buses to whisk them
off to the nearby mountains.
Costumes Abound
AS our bus wound through
the ancient downtown streets
Of Milan, it seemed that at
least half the Milanese-at
least half Of the younger
were in costume.
But the mad merriment of
Carnival was most forceful
that evening in the Galleria,
normally a spot for a fashion
able Sunday promenade, but
now filled with the shouts and
b al 10 on humping. confetti
throwing assaults of the Gel
ebrants.
Milan is a we'll situated
jumping-off place for a holi-
day in northern Italy. The
lovely Italian lake region lies
a short distance away. 1t is
close to the Alps for skiing
and the Riviera for swimming
Rates in excellent hotels
range from So a day single
to $15sa day double. There
are many fine restaurants
some expensive, but a sur
prising number inexpensive.
Milan is more than q drab
industrial city. 1t can be a
vital and exciting experience
for the traveller.
Evening star., 1961-03-19
on BOACs "Highlights" tour of Europe
II days as little as 1913

How nice to travel with not care in the
world. On the "Highlights" Tour you'll see
England, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy,
France .. with every detail taken care of
for you. Hotels, guides, baggage e. right
down to the table reservations. That's what
BOAC tour is all about. And BOAC
makes sure you don't miss thing, too, The
small charms as we'll as the big sights of
the places you visit. So, why not visit your
Travel Agent for complete information
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Now, Pan Am Jet service direct to Europe: The onIy
Jets from Washington direct to Europe Just SA hoursl
Evening star., 1961-03-19
Mill Arrives

A Dutch mill, dating to 1915,
has arrived In the Caribbean
island Of Aruba and is being re-
assembled In the Palm Beach
area, Its first floor will house
a bar and dining room, and
the second floor a restaurant.
Evening star., 1961-03-19
GET UP AND GO!
Milan DOORWAY
ToNorthernItoIy
BY JACK JONAS
Star Travel Editor

Milan northern Itay big CITY, has survived the onsaugts
of hordes of invaders since Medolanum the principal
ancient city of Gallia Transpadana
And 1t is bearing we'll under the invasion of
two distinct armies of tombstone headed for the Italian
Riviera and the other to the Alpine ski slopes.
Milan with it's SpraWing metropolitan population of l. S
Evening star., 1961-03-19
STAR TRAVEL CONTEST

Following the rules official blank for The star
spaced in Ebe handwtnE describing vacation which be
Contest The
Washington Star 22b Virginia Washington D.
accompanied blank below.
A weekly Of S5 during
the weekly automatically
$3.50
contest Prize will selected the
Except weekly those taking part n
test The first winner will
steamship
direct OF the industry shall be
Judged practically.
Is no impo
Entries become property of star. None can
acknowledged o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

II done now much of the fruit
viii be lost. Heavy pruning is
recommended to keep it within
bounds.
A 10-foot dogv God should be
root-pruned one season and
moved the next. In late March
or early April they can be
moved bare-rooted but now a
large ball of earth is neces-
sary-about 3 feet in diameter
and is inches deep. Prune Sc
verely to compensate for loss Of
roots. Nursery grown trees are
root-pruned frequently to force
development Of a small compact
root system, hence large root
balls are not necessary.
The French lilac is also a
shallow-rooted shrub and by
removing the suckers, If there
are any. a root ball 18 to "a
inches in diameter and a foot
thick should be adequate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

Termites are known to infest
the woody stems Of geraniums
but they are easily prevented
through the application Of
chlordane to the soil.
In the late fall after the
Towering season is over the
plants may be lifted and potted
for indoor duty although they
seldom perform satisfactorily.
It is much more practical to
take cuttings in September and
to root them In sand. It is
these small plants that develop
into bushy plants for spring
out-of-door planting. However,
a warm sunny situation is
needed for this culture and
many will prefer to buy their
plants from a local plant
grower. At least local plant
sales would indicate that more
and more gardeners are buying
well-branched, bushy geraniums
for bedding plants in the spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04
Geroniums Are Ideal
For Summer Color

a part of a color combination
or they may be the flower that
ties the border paintings to-
gether. No doubt many use
them to give height to a low
growing petunia planting, while
others will use them in the
mixed border to insure color as
well as accent.
Geraniums are easy to grow,
doing very well In our heavy
clays with the minimum use
Of peatmoSs or compost. They
will tolerate light shade. In
heavy shade the plants tend
to be leggy and sparse bloom
ers. Heavy feeding should be
avoided since it tends to pro-
duce vegetative growth at the
expense of bloom. In feeding,
and they do need it if they are
to make strong vigorous
growth, use the low nitrogen
fertilizer mixtures such as the
5-10-5. They may be mulched
to avoid cultivation but the
mulch should not be heavy, es-
pecially over the root area.
Pest Controls
Spraying or busting is sell
dom needed to protect the ger
anium from insects and dis
eases. One might well expect
them to be greatly bothered
by the Japanese beetles, at
least logic would so imply be-
cause Geranol is used as a bait
in the beetle traps. Garden
slugs are often a pest but they
are easily controlled through
the use of metaldehyde bats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04
By WILBUR H. YOUNGMAN
Star Garden Editor

star garden Eoltor
The use of geraniums (Pel-
argoniums) In the flower bor-
der has been expanding until
now it is an accepted practice
in many gardens. This is only
natural because, after the. re-
action to the ower-worked reds
Uf yesteryear, we now have
many fine colors to chose from.
The geraniums, which are not
geraniums but Pelargoniums,
not only produce a season.
long display Of flowers but
are comparatively free from
insect and disease problems
when grown out-of- doors. And,
with few exceptions they hold
to a moderate height and so
are useful in the smaller Dor
derS.
Geranium colors have i'm
proved with the years just as
in most other garden flowers.
There are many shades of pink
and red and, Of course, there
are some very fine whites.
Moreover, our growers are al
ways seeking out and testing
new varieties for adaptability
to local conditions. Those
whose colors stand out for dur
ability under our summer sun
as well as those that PRODUCE
an abundance of bio o m
throughout the growing season
are propagated in volume for
the customer.
For Many Purposes
GeraniumS may be used in
the garden for mass effect at
strategic points. They may be