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Evening star., 1961-12-23
NASA Signs
Contract for
Space Fuel

The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration signed a
contract yesterday for about 140
million gallons of liquid hydro
gen, the space age fuel of the
future"
The contract, with Air Prod
ucts g. Chemicals, Inc, of Allen
town, Pa, is expected to be
worth about $35 million over
a five-year period. NASA will
buy the output of a new plant
to be built at Long Beach, Calf,
by Air Products.
Exact amount to be bought
will depend on actual require
ments, NASA said in announc-
ing the contract. However, a
number of large research and
development projects are ex-
pected to use all the new plants
capacity.
Cost and quantity figures re-
leased by NASA indicate that
the liquid hydrogen produced
at Long Beach will be lower
priced than that currently being
produced at plants in Tor
rance, Calf, and West Palm
Beach, Fla.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
By the Associated Press

Wild game should be consid-
cred the cattle of East Africa,
says an American husband and
wife scientific team.
They said the game should
be developed and conserved as
a continuing source of badly
needed food.
Geographer Lee Talbot and
his wife Martha told a news
conference yesterday that such
conservation is opposed by ma
tiveS, some of whom raise
scrawny domestic cattle.
Cattle for Prestige
The Berkeley (CalifD couple
said the cattle don't adapt we'll
to East Africa'S environment
and therefore offer a relatively
poor source of protein, even ii
Africans in general like to eat
beef. which they don't.
Some of the tribes, said the
Talbots, develop cattle largel
Evening star., 1961-12-23
East Africa Wild Game
Urqed as Food Source

as prestige symbols-used for
buying brides and spears.
Meanwhile, they said, East
Africa's cattle are overgrazing
land, creating dust-bowl con-
ditions.
Game Diminishing
On the other hand, the Tai
bots said. wild game eat every
thing, not just a small variety
of grasses and plants.
The Talbots, back from a
three-year safari supported by
the Navy and administered by
the National Academy of Sci
ences, said East Africa's still
bountiful but fast diminishing
supplies of wild game are 6
better bet than cattle as 6
source of animal protein.
The TalbotS suggested the
natives be trained in conserva-
ton practices and encouraged
to give up their resistance tc
protecting wild game.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Americas Future-Her Children

The right of contract
The wonder of a mans word
becoming his bond
The right to own property
The title a man has to set his
seal upon the land,
, To furrow his own name into
a field,
Or to plant a hill with the
seeds of his own orchard;
His right to buy. and to build,
And to call a thing his own {. =.
The right to a heritage
The right of one man to leave
to another
Tangible and intangible fruits,
So that the personality of his
labor and his learning
Will not be alienated or lost;
To receive from forbears and
to leave for posterity
The uninjured meaning Of
words of tradition :.
The right to belong
Not as a child belongs to a
parent,
But with knowledge and
intent,
With the right born of re-
sponSible being,
AS a man gives himself to
faith,
To principle or to deeds Of
high cause 80.
Tell him these rights are his,
And the greatest is the most
incidental,
For the right to belong
Is an offshoot of belief,
And a circumstance Of 10y
atty
And those are the essence of
allegiance.
Take a child to a high place
And show him the country.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Robbers Hurt z
In Street Attacks

A man and a woman were
struck in the face in two sep
arate street assaults last night
by youths who took their
money, police reported.
James Muldrow, 81, of 1909
Morse street NE, was admitted
to Casualty Hospital after being
knocked down in the HOO block
of Montello avenue NE. by two
youths who robbed him. of sos
He suffered head injuries.
In the other case, Elizabeth
Williams, AZ, of 1927 Sixteenth
street NE, was hit in the face
by a youth who grabbed her
purse, containing Sc, as she was
walking in the rear of her
home. She refused hospital
treatment, police said.
The assailants were described
as Negroes about 16 years OLD
in both cases.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Poem Aims to Remind Young Parents
To Teach the Merits of Our Nation

two great births in his
tory
A child in Bethlehem, in In
dependence Hall, a ma
ton
And fuse these into common
moral sentiment;
His birthright is of flag, as
well as altar.
Show him the places of bat
ties;
Name him the men whose
swords were thoughts.
Define the republic by the
responsibilities
AS well as the rights 1t offers
him
The right to self-eXpression-
The freedom to worship, to
study, to listen,
To make independent judg-
ments-and to speak .
The right to be a person
The chance to grow, to de-
velop and maintain
Individual dignity and worth
The right to participate
The opportunity for COM
munion and assembly:
The privilege of public opin-
ion
And of free elections
The right to a choice of
labor,
The liberty to choose and to
change jobs,
To work with people or with
things
Or even not to work;
To employ men. or to employ
learning or money -.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

Joseph Kennedy also had
the company-via a large pic
ture-of one of his 20 grand
children. The family butler
took the picture of Caroline.
the Presidents a year = old
daughter, to the patients room
yesterday.
There were reports the family
would attend Christmas mass
in the tiny white chapel on
the hospital grounds where sew
eral of them have knelt in
prayer during the week.
Kennedys Visit Patient
The President was met yes
terday by his wife Jacqueline.
who accompanied him to the
hospital. They spent about 30
minutes in the third floor suite,
The President had no comment
before or after the visit.
Then they drove alone to
the ocean front home of Mr..
and Mrs. c. Michael Paul,
friends of the family. They
had planned to spend the holi-
days at the estate before the
elder Kennedy suffered his
stroke. Caroline and her l.
year-old brother John, jr., were
installed there last week.
Sisters at Hospital
President and Mrs. Kennedy
arrived Monday after their
South American tour. The Pres
ident flew to Washington Tues
day, but returned that night
after receiving word of his
fathers stroke.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
New York Mail
Sets q Record

NEW YORK, Dec. % (AP)
The Nations largest post Of
flee handled 766,971, 500 pieces
of mail in the first 81 days OF
this month. The average &c.
$4,000 a day was a record for
the Christmas season.
In the corresponding period
last year, the office handled
716,2OO,4OO pieces for an aver
age of 34,1O5,O00 a day.
Despite the extra crush oi
business, said Postmaster
Robert Christenberry, only
7,700 temporary employees were
added this year, compared tc
5000 employed last year.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
ACmdHeors the Christmas Story

They drove sheep along with
them so they would have
mutton. They cook mutton
stew with cinnamon and car
damon seed. When it Is
cooked everyone reaches into
the dish with his hand ana
takes out pieces of meat.
Then you roll up rice in little
balls and dip them in the
gravy and eat them"
Mama wouldn't like that"
"No. I can't explain 1t.
Over there it is all right.
Over here you use a knife
and fork. You'll understand
some day"
What elSe?"
when they got to the
town called Bethlehem there
were a lot of people there.
They couldn't get into a hotel
or a tourist camp, so they
went to a barn. There was a
lot of straw there. Those
people carry rugs and blan-
kets with them. These rugs
always smell of camels. They
put the rugs down on the
straw and slept there. The
cave which was used as a
stable is where the Baby was.
born whose bir t h day is
Christmas Day. They called
him Jesus. 1t is a word whose
ultimate meaning is that God
can take us into another
world when we leave this
one.
when His mother was
able to travel again they
went back home. I imagine
she rode a donkey all the
way. They are easier to ride
than a camel. And they don't
jolt so much. The little Baby
was wrapped up we'll, but as
He rode along in his moth
er's arms He could see the
clouds and the hills and the
silver leaves of the olive trees
dancing in the wind on the
hills of Ephraim."
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Bomb Cuyitv
Probe Off
Dec. "

CARLSBAD, N. Mex, Dec.
% (AP). - Scientists took a
holiday from probing for re-
suits of Americas first atomic
peace bomb explosion yester-
day shortly after the United
States exploded a not-so-
peaceful bomb in Nevada.
Workers at the Project
Gnome site southeast of Carls-
bad drilled yesterday into the
cavity made by the under
ground peace bomb but didn't
find the steam and heat which
scientists expected.
After studying drilling re-
suits. the scientists said they
believed the drill stem had
missed the center of heat and
radiation.
The Atomic Energy Com
mission, announced in WASH
ington, meanwhile, the eXplo-
sion of the eighth in a current
series of underground weapons
tests at the Nevada test
grounds.
The Aces terse announce
ment called the device one of
low yield-a force equivalent
to less than 10000 tons of TINT.
The Carlsbad shot, Deem
ber 10, was 1900 feet under
ground. Scientists surmised
the cavity formed by the blast
to be egg-shaped, extending
about ITO feet above the deton-
alton level. The bottom hasn't
been determined.
The scientists also said they
believed the salt around the
cavity hal turned into a light
powder and collapsed into the
cavity, where it is serving as
a blanket of insulation against
heat and radiation.
Work was closed down last
night at midnight until De-
cember 27.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Plane Crash
Kills z AT Men
Near DunviIIe

DANVILLE, Va, Dec. %
(AP) The flaming crash Of
an Air Force jet trainer plane
yesterday near the Danville
airport claimed the lives of two
Air Force pilots. =
The T-33 crashed l mile
east of the municipal airport
at 7 pm. as it apparently at
tempted a landing. It crashed
into trees and burst into flames.
Wreckage was scattered over a.
wide area.
The plane was en- route from
Wurtsmith Air Force Base,
Mich, to Seymour johnson Air
Force Base, N. G.
Wurtsmith base identified the
crewmen as Capt. Richard E.
Pierce, 27. Mexico, N. Y, the
pilot, father of two children,
and Capt. Arch v. Bracher, 80,
Westfield, N. j., co-pilot, father
of one child. -
The Michigan base said the
men were on a scheduled
navigation mission of the 445th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron
at the base.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Kennedy Spending Holiday
In Florida Near Father

Three of the Presidents sis
ters were at the hospital yes
terday when he arrived-Mrs.
R. Sargent Schriver, Mrs. Ste
phen Smith and Mrs. Peter
Lawford.
Physicians at the hospital
have declined to be quoted
directly concerning the prob
able effects of the stroke.
They said yesterday that if
a patient responds in "a to 48
hours he can regain full use
of limbs and faculties. But they
added that in most cases where
paralysis is caused by a blood
clot on the brain, recovery is
less complete the longer it
takes to regain use of arms
and legs.
For the first time yesterday
there was a report by a visitor
that Mr.. Kennedy could talk.
But a bulletin issued afterward
made no comment of that re-
port. The bulletin said only
there has been some improve
ment in Mr.. Kennedy's condi-
ton since yesterday"
Richard Cardinal Cushing of
Boston. who visited the patient,
said he told Mr.. Kennedy
you're going to be all right"
and that Mr.. Kennedy replied
Il know I am"
Doctors have said daily that
Mr.. Kennedy was unable to
speak. They said he can smile
or I'M dicate he recognizes
friends by a slight movement
of his left hand.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Sporkmon
Sees Testing
Unchanged
BY the Associated Press

Senator Sparkman. Demo-
crat of Alabama, says the Ber-
muda communique with re-
spect to nuclear testing repre-
sents no change in the position
of the United States Govern
ment.
He said President Kennedy
had announced some time ago
that I'VE reserve to ourselves
the right to decide when and
under what conditions we
would resume nuclear testing" "
This is just a statement
that the Americans and the
British are agreed on making
preparations for a resumption
of nuclear testing in the at
mosphere if it becomes neces-
sary," added Senator Spark
man, a member of the Foreign
Relations Committee.
Senator Francis Case, Repub-
lican of South Dakota, a mem
ber of the Armed Services Com
mittee, said that any decision
for resuming such tests should
be based on scientific evalua-
ton.
IF our scientists say it is
important" Senator Case said
yesterday, II favor it."
Referring to the agreement
announced by President Ken
nedy and British Prime Minis
ter Macmillan, Senator Case
said that IF this is a scientific
decision and not just psyche
logical decision, it makes sense. ?"
He added IF its merely a pSy-
Geological gesture I don't. think
it will have very much effect" "
Secretary of State Rusk and
other presidential advisers at
the Macmillan conference flew
in from Bermuda last night.
Mr.. Rusk said the two leaders
had a very good discussion"
but declined to add anything
to the communiuue,
Evening star., 1961-12-23
HORSE RUNS AWAY
AFTER HANSON IS
STRUCK BY AUTO

NEW YORK (AP).-A
Central Park hanson CAB
was sideswiped and over
turned by an automobile
today, sending a horse on
a 21a-mile race through
city streets.
The hanson driver, Mat
them Sheehan, 73. was
thrown from the vehicle
and cut and bruised. He
was taken to Roosevelt
Hospital.
The car driver, Charles
'Toomer, 20, was charged
with leaving the scene OF
the accident.
A patrolman said he
commandeered a taxicab
and halted Toomer about
seven blocks from the
crash scene.
The horse was turned
over to the ASPCA for a
checkup.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
CeyIon and Soviet
Sion Trade Accord

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Dec. %
(AP) The government-spon-
sored Ceylon Petroleum Corp.
has signed a five-year contract
with the Soviet Union to buy
a minimum of 1,250,000 tons
of Soviet petroleum products,
it was announced today.
The purchase price was not
disclosed but the announce
ment said total value was about
$50 million rupees $3.50 mil
lion).
The statement said Russia
will buy Ceylonese tea, rubber
and coconut with the purchase
money.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Menon DepIores
Atom Air Tests

NEW YORK, Dec. % (AP).-
Indian Defense Minister v. K.
Krishna Menon says it doesn't
make any difference who does
it" "nuclear testing would be
bad for the whole world. -"
Mr.. Menon commented last
night after the announcement
that President Kennedy and
British Prime Minister Mac
milan had agreed they should
prepare for resumption of nu-
clear tests in the atmosphere.
Mr.. Menon, departing on the
first leg of a flight home, said:
"I hope it is not the beginning
of a chain of tests"
Evening star., 1961-12-23
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Kennedy administration proposes $50 billion for
the armed forces It's the New Frontier gift for the military
man who has everything: mink-lined muzzle.
Yule ode to The trouble with the office party
the kiss for Mae winds up Marty.
Roger Maris is named athete of the year. although it
seemed for time that going to be Babe Ruth again
Q-"Where did the phone company get all those big
numbers they're giving us? A-They bought em wholesale
from the clock makers who quit putting numbers the
daS of clocks and watches don't have to be late by
accident any more.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Journey From Nazareth to Bethlehem
And Birth of the Baby Jesus Is Told

walked. Camels and donkeys
don't walk very fast. There
were a lot of them. The line
must have been several blocks
long as we measure distance"
What else was there?"
well, the country was
pretty. 1t is hilly and in those
days the hills were covered
with olive trees, with fig trees
and grapevines. There were
some vegetables and wheat
growing there, too"
Olives like in bottles?"
"Yes. They grow on trees
like plums or apples or
peaches. They are picked and
put into barrels. Then people
bottle them and send them
to this country and you buy
them in the grocery stores
and at the delicatessen. The
olive trees are very pretty.
The leaves are small and
they are a silver, greenish
gray. When the wind blows
the tree looks almost alive
with the thousands of silver
leaves blowing in the wind.
When you see a hundred such
trees with their leaves in mo-
tion it is so pretty you stand
and watch for a long time"
What else did they do?"
"They were going from
this town called Nazareth to
a town called Bethlehem.
Nazareth was a small town
then. It is now. When I was
there a few years ago, some
Arab camel drivers had tied
their camels to a gasoline
pump. 1t must have taken
the Nazarenes 10 days to
make the trip. At night they
would camp along the way.
or stop at little towns. They
would build fires and cook.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Macmillan Sees Hope
At End of Grim Year

a little shadow over us was the
illness of his father, which must
have weighed upon him." he
added. Nevertheless, we had
two days of valuable talks"
Mr.. Macmillan said the talks
covered the Berlin problem, the
troubles in Africa, and "the
future of this terrible nuclear
race"
Evening star., 1961-12-23
RALPH McGELL

Tell me about it," the
small boy said. -.
well, there were camelS
and donkeys. They would
have been able to see the
cloud mists rising over the
hills from the distant sea of
Galilee hanging there in
big piles of clouds in a blue
sky"
big clouds?"
big, white, fluffy clouds.
They like to hang around the
sea-"
do they like the sea?"
Eyes, they like it,"
What else?"
"There would have been a
lot of noise. The camels
grunt. The donkeys bray.
There would have been a lot
of dust. The children would
have been yelling and run
ming about, making the cam
els restless and the donkeys
jumpy. There would have
been mothers calling to their
children :"
Calling their names?"
Eyes, you know, putting
their hands up to their
mouths and calling their
names" =.
Would the mamas be
mad?"
"Yes, some of them would
be mad. Some of the chill
dren got slapped.
I'll bet they didn't like
that"
mo, they didn't. But after
a while they got started. The
camels with bundles tied to
their backs, and others with
people riding them, moved on
out. And the donkeys fol-
lowed them. They, too, had
women and children riding
them. And some of the people
Evening star., 1961-12-23

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. %
(AP).-President Kennedy, once
again near his stricken father,
begins a Christmas holiday with
his family today.
The President hurried to st.
Mary's Hospital yesterday i'm
mediately after winging in from
two days of talks in Bermuda
with British Prime Minister
Macmillan. He found his father,
Joseph P. Kennedy, had i'm
proved since he left two days
ago.
Hospital medical authorities
said yesterday they are conf
dent the elder Kennedy will
survive a stroke that felled him
last Tuesday. But they ex-
pressed concern over whether
he will recover from the paral-
yses that affects. his right leg
and arm and the left side of his
face, including his speech.
Yule Plans Affected
The 73-year-old former Am
baSsador's illness left the big,
closely knit family's Christmas
plans up in the air.
The President, with no busi-
ness scheduled for today, was
expected to visit his father.
His brothers, Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy and Edward
CTed) Kennedy, returned to the
hospital last night during a
rain. They kept a vigil there
along with their cousin, Anne
Gargan of Boston, who had
been playing golf with the elder
Kennedy the day he was
stricken.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

ROME.-Christmas is par
ticularly a day for children;
a day not only of great joy,
but a day of learning as well.
And so, to remind young par
ents who were born too late
to have known Americas old
greatness, my Christmas COL
umn will be this poem dedi-
Gated to Americas future
her children.
l found it among some old
papers of mine. 1t was on
a loose printed page. If any
reader should know the au-
thor's name I would appreci-
ate learning it.
Take a child to a high place
And show him the country.
Let him know the land
The shape of mountain and
of plain.
The rivers and harbors are
charted,
The States have been mapped
and surveyed:
Township and city are
bounded,
Roads are marked, and houses
numbered.
There are lights in the win
doWS
From Nantucket to Mon
terey.
But the contours of freedom
cannot be drawn for him:
For the boundaries of free
dom are permissive.
Tell him the privileges eX-
ceed the prohibitions,
And both will test his meas
ure as a man.
Tell him the stories of the
Evening star., 1961-09-17
Thought for the Old

No picture of contemporary Washington life
would be complete without architectural evidence
Of concern for the very young and the very old The
latter, especially in the sense of communal respon-
Sibility marks period from earlier ones
st. AIMS Catholic Infant Home now under con-
sruction at 1900 Eastern avenue NE, expresses the
cty's concern for its littlest citizens.
Space, light and comfort the outstanding
qualities architecturally of the Baptist Home for the
Aging, which is Transforming vacant lot at Nebraska
and Massachusetts, avenues NV, into an attractive
haven for older citizens.
Diversity is integral element In the many
facets of life within the Nations Capital This quality
is most evident in the citys spiritual life for all
the major faiths and many of the smaller denomina-
tions have houses of worship here.
Probably the most unusual is the Isamic Mosque
Massachusetts, avenue NV. This comparatively
white building, with its high thin tower, adds
still another unusual note to the scenic beauty of
the area
Evening star., 1961-09-17
The. Changes Ahead

The face, however, will change more than that
few months ago School supt. Carl F. Hansen
broke ground at South Dakota avenue and Hamilton
street NE, for construction of new Junior high
named Backus.
Like Ballou Backus will be modernStic, with the
emphasis on natural light and fair amount of out
door recreation space Scheduled for completion next
year it will do much, Dr. Hansen says to relieve the
critical" shortage of classroom space in the city's
Northeast
Each year, the District spends about $40 million
on new buildings Of various kinds Often about half
OF this goes for schools but in many for additions
to existing buildings Too little is left over for new
construction where the additions ease but do not
alleviate overcrowdng
But this is changing, at least this year.
In addition to the opening of Baou and the
construction of Backus underway, the District
so far this year has awarded contracts for construction
OF new school in Southeast, Watkins Elementary
Twelfth and streets $934OOO and one in Northwest
Lewis Elementary, $S7oOO0, to go up at 800 Bryant
street.
Also, a contract has been let for at least one
addition, $SO0000 job at Barnard Elementary Fifth
and Decatur streets NV. The cost of Backus, Incl
dentally, has been set at almost $22 million
There are other improvements slated, too, each
destined to change the face of its neighborhood
only new improved school can.
Evening star., 1961-09-17
New Schools Ahead

Contracts due to be awarded before 1861 comes
to close will cover construction of badly needed
additions to Deal Junior High at Fort drive and
Nebraska avenue NV, Bancroft Elementary at
Eighteenth and Newton streets NV. and Kenilworth
Elementary at Forty-fourth and Ord streets NE
The face of the Nations Capital also has changed
with the opening of Amidon Elementary School at
Fourth and streets SW in the heart of the redevel
opment area. The results may be far-reachng
any school event in recent city history.
Amidon represents DR.. Hansens determination to
return District schools to the placing of first emphasis
on the IS Rs"
Amidon's first year apparently was successful
its basic findings will be installed in many other
schools here as possible this fall. The program
attracted Nationwide attention and many officials
have hailed 1t as a landmark