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Evening star., 1961-04-02
d Students Win
Traffic Safety
PosterAwurds

Four area students have re-
ceived awards in the 18th an
nual School Traffic Safety
Poster Contest sponsored by
the American Automobile AsSo-
citation and affiliated motor
clubs.
Mary Neary, IT, of Wheaton
High School, received a COM
mendation in the national con-
test. j. j. Douglas Rorer, 16,
also of Wheaton High, and
Richard Harmel and Dean
DreWyer, both 10, of Hillandale
Elementary School were award
ed certificates of merit.
The grand prize winner was
8-year-old Patty Somes of In
dianapolis, who will receive
S375 in awards. Reproductions
of her poster, on the theme
BE Extra Alert in Bad Wealth
er, will be reproduced and dis
tributed to classrooms all over
the country during the next
school year.
A total of II 800 posters from
1886 schools in 35 States and
the District of Columbia were
entered in the contest.
Evening star., 1961-04-02

making Of land and sea areas.
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Gilpatrie told reporters, in ex-
planning the order yesterday,
that this ALLEGATION of respon-
sibilities was agreeable to Gen.
Lyman Lemnitzer and the in
dividual services.
But it developed that Mr..
Mcnamara and Mr.. Gilpatric
had overruled an Air Force
request that it be permitted
to translate data into its own
basic maps, instead of having
the Army do so.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
will decide on priorities of
surveys wanted by each service.
Seek to Curb Duplication
Mr.. Gilpatric said the gen.
eral purpose of the directive
is to end overlapping of effort
and duplication of equipment
used by the three services.
He added that with the
growing Importance of intelli-
gence and expanding effort in
the space field there are a "lot
of high cost hardware and a
lot of people" involved.
Behind this announcement
of a reshuffling of functions
also lay an attempt to CO.
ordinate and speed up the
complex, Enthusiastically technical
systems for fixing the exact
geographical relationship of a
target to the launching point
of a missile.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

there such a thing as space
sickness that comes to those
too long in the weightleSs state?
Are there undreamed-of pSy-
Geological factors in lengthy
space flights?
These are questions that
must be answered before men
can go much farther out in
the aerospace continuum than
they are now venturing. The
search for answers to these
questions is what Mercury is
all about.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Air rForceGriip
On Satellites
Is frightened
BY the Associated Press

A new order by Secretary of
Defense Mcnamara last night
gave the Air Force control over
operation, as we'll as develop
ment, of satellites used by the
military for scouting and gath
ering map data.
Such maps presumably would
include preciSioned locations of
targets for United States mis-
SileS and bomberS.
The order also turns over to
the Air Force-and takes away
from the Navy and Army-all
similar reconnaissance and geo.
graphic surveys by manned
high performance aircraft"
Will Process Data
The Army is given the job of
processing the Photographic
and electronic data obtained by
satellites or planes into maps
for use by any of the three
services. The Army and Navy
may continue their own sur
face-based systems of map
Evening star., 1961-04-02
X-l5 Flight Puts New
Light on Space Push
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

The record altitude flight rocket airpane casts
a new light on the whole issue of man-in-Space.
Interest has been building up recent months in the
impending first flight of Mercury Astronaut three
mighty trained scheduled to take rock-powered ride
to high altitude from Cape Canavera Fla next month
This first Mercury flight is prelude orbial voyages
Evening star., 1961-04-02

NY SIIOIlduIS possibly ldJ6r
this year, more probably not
until 1862. BY any reasonable
standards it is nothing more
than a prelude.
The Mercury AStronautS are
aware of this. So are the lead
ers of the Mercury project in
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. But in
less knowledgeable circles, the
first ballistic flight of a Mer-
curry Astronaut is coming to be
viewed as an end in itself-a
sort of 'man-in-space thresh-
old" to be crossed.
No "Space Race"
Test Pilot Joe Walkers feat
in the Kills on Thursday
should dispel such notions. The
difference between Mr.. Walkers
flight and that of the first
Astronaut is clearly one of
degree.
The Joe Walker-Bob White
X-15 team is not engaged in a
space race with the John
Glenn-Al Shepard-GuS Girls
som Mercury team. Their jobs
are complementary, leading to
a day when men will use the
"aerospace continuum" which
begins at the earth'S surface
and ends at the most distant
star.
From a physiological point
of view there is no reason to
distinguish between the 1861
000-foot altitude attained by
Mr.. Walker and the 100000
foot mark planned for the first
Mercury-Redstone flight next
month. Mr.. Walker had 99.97
per cent of the earth's atmoS-
phere below him; the Astro-
naut will have 99.99999 per
cent beneath him. In neither
case could the man survive
even a fraction of a minute
without a pressurized air sup
ply. ~
Dark Blue Sky
Mr.. Walker went into a
"weightless' condition for two
minutes at the peak of his
altitude hop. This is longer
than any human has ever been |
weightlesS, as far as is known. |
1t is not significantly shorter
than the 6 minutes planned .
for the first Astronaut next /
month.
At 81 miles, Mr.. Walker OBJ
served, the sky is a nice dark /
blue" when you look at the |
earth you feel like it won't be
too long before you're looking
down on both sides of the old
ball" The Astronaut's sky will |
probably be a little darker, and |
he will certainly be able to
discern a curving horizon, but |
otherwise there will not be
much difference from Mr.. |
Walkers view.
The speed of the X-l5-|
$3.50 miles an hour-was about
half that of the Mercury cap
sule in ballistic flight, but
again, not significantly differ
ent. Accelerative forces expe-
rienced by the two fliers will
probably turn out to be differ
ent by a similar degree. Dura-
ton of the two flights will be
comparable-a matter Of min
uteS in both cases.
Just Another Step
The ballistic Mercury flight
will be just another step, as
the Kills performance is a step
beyond that of earlier craft
like the X-2, which hit a 20
mile altitude five years ago.
Only when Mercury reaches
the orbital stage will there be
a significant difference in kind
from earlier modes of flight.
Here a man will be subject to
celestial laws for protracted
periods-up to four and one
half hours in the case of the
first orbiting AStronaut.
How will the man react? Is
Evening star., 1961-04-02
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Evening star., 1961-03-05

anu SuCoo CNSA JD
knows i it's the third time we've
met.
Everybody asks me, Floyd, are
you going to be scared?" | admit
I'll probably have a little sneaky
feeling in my stomach when the
referee calls us to the center of the
ring. I'd be a liar if didn't
admit it.
But I'm going to win that fight.
Back in 1859, when | first fought
Johansson, people really didn't ask
me if | was going to win. They
asked, "What round are you going
to put him away?" | was pretty
cocky then, and we all had a good
laugh. After Johansson knocked
me down seven times in the third
round, none of my friends was
laughing. Neither was /.
The Winner!
After the second fight, when I
knocked him out in the fifth round
and became the first man in history
ever to regain the heavyweight
championship, l really began to
Evening star., 1961-03-05

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that. Well, sometimes that's true,
but winning is lot deeper than
just being the strongest.
Three rood signs
What it boils down to, l guess,
is to get your thinking straight
before you try to win. The way
I'm getting myself set to win this
fight is by keeping three things in
mind.
You might want to call them
rules. l like to think of them as
road signs. They help me to steer
a straight path.
1 guess the most important Of
these road signs is: Learn from
experience.
To my dying day I'll never for
get that third round when | was
sprawled on the ring floor, trying
to figure what the referee was
saying. Whenever get to horsing
around in training camp, all l have
to do is start thinking about that
third - Continued on page 8
Evening star., 1961-03-05

Tt won't be long before !
u climb into the ring again
against Ingemar Johansson,
in Miami Beach. Wen be
fighting for the world heavy
weight boxing championship
and i guess everybody
Evening star., 1961-03-05
H 0W learned
to be a winner
Nv FLOYD PATTERSON
a@ told 20 Frank LIe9SGy

realize what it means to win.
It's a funny thing, this
winning. | suppose every
body watching the fight will
be thinking that a fight is
an open and shut case. The
Evening star., 1961-11-05
Undeterred by Laws

The annual report of FBI Director
j. Edgar Hoover makes it clear that the
Communist Party in this country, far
from being deferred by legal Setbacks,
is planning new and more sinister
schemes" Of Subversion. Some of the new
plans Of the party are outlined in the
report, and they deserve wide publicity,
so that the student, labor and other
groups at which the scheming is aimed
will be properly alerted.
Mr.. Hoover stressed that party lead
erS have served notice that they will
defy the Supreme Court-sustained or
der Of the SubverSive Activities Control
Board that the party must register as an
agency OF foreign power, namely So
Wet Russia. Meanwhile, he said, its plans
are proceeding for an expanded prop
aganda drive among youth groups, Ne
groeS, pacifiSts and others deemed to
constitute fertile fields for communiStic
inroads.
Three new publications are to be
propaganda media for such special
groups, the report stated. One, Free
domways," was described as a quarterly
review of the Negro freedom movement.
It will picture the Communist Party as
"the true leader against raciSm." Anoth-
er magazine, New Horizons for Youth"
is monthly with which, the FBI chief
said, the party hopes to win over those
students who are Sitting on the fence"
A third publication will be a midweek
edition Of ''The Worker" to be used in
the Reds drive to gain more adherents
among labor union members and also in
various fields of women'S activities.
A number Of new front" groups will
be organized with high-sounding names
and purportedly high purposes. During
the past year, it was reported, there was
major front activity in the racial, peace,
disarmament, nuclear, political and trade
union fields. In short, the American
Communist Party will overlook no op-
portunity to spread It's doctrines and
gain converts to its various causes"
Mr.. Hoover's revelation of the partyS
plans should help all Americans to be on
guard against Red strategy, especially
in the fields listed as particular targets
Of Communist infiltration and subver-
sion.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
OCD Nonsense

The job Of Director of the Districts
Office Of Civilian Defense must be one
OF fearful Illustration. Nobody really
tells him just what he should do. For
1t iS-obvious that nobody really knows.
He has to think up something himself.
What he now has thought up is pub
hcly to admonish office workers to
store emergency supplies Of food and
water where they work. This, he says,
is something new. Hitherto such ad-
vice has applied to families who plan to
be at home during an enemy attack"
The discomforting part of this busi-
ness Is that public official, occupying
position Of at least some response
hility, finds 1t appropriate to circulate
such zany notions. He anticipates that
only those who take seriously the pos
sibility Of atom bomb attack will follow
his advice. We express our indignant
dissent. 1t is those who do take such
possibilities into consideration and who
have at least some comprehension Of
the results, should the possibilities ma
terialize, who will not follow the advice.
And 1t is chiefly they who resent a
gratuitouS insult to their intelligence
BY the Director of the Office of Civilian
Defense.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
FROM THE STAR FILES.
100 Years AGO

AmphibiouS Union forces
struck at the Confederacy by
land and sea a century ago,
meeting with success in a
blow at South Carolina
coastal defenses and suffering
a tactical setback in a Mis-
souri, venture led by Brig.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. On
November IL, 1861, The Star,
under the headline, --latest
from the Grand Expedition!
Takes Possession of the Rail
road Between Charleston and
Savannah" reported some 10
Federal ships, led by Com
modore Samuel F. Dupont,
and carrying $4,000 troops
under command of Brig. Gen.
Thomas w. Sherman, had
taken two Confederate forts
at Port Royal and occupied
the city of Beaufort, S. c.
The Union Navy, having
grown rapidly to a respect
able fleet, needed Southern
bases to carry on its blockade
of Confederate shipping. Port
Royal Sound was deemed ex-
cellent for such purpose. The
expedition left Annapolis late
in october and accomplished
its mission on November Z,
1861. Forts at Bay Point and
Hilton Head, both scientif-
ically constructed and well
armed, were evacuated after
several hours of lombard
ment. The seizure of these
forts and Beaufort gave the
North vantage points from
which to operate near the
important ports of Charles
ton and Savannah. It meant
depots could be set up there
to refuel and supply the Un-
ion blockaders. 1t was a
sweet victory for the Union
and President Lincoln, &C
companied by Secretary of
State Seward, paid a night
call at Gen McClellan's quar-
ters here to share the good
news with him. Mcclellan,
who didn't care for Lincoln,
was out when his distin-
guiShed visitors arrived. They
were still there an hour later
when he returned, but Nc
.Clellan, though advised Of
their presence by a servant,
went straight to his room and
sent word that he had gone
to bed. On the way back to
the White House, Lincoln
shrugged off the impudence
and bad manners of his top
general, telling Seward it was
no time to make an issue of
etiquette. After that, however,
Lincoln let Mcclellan come
to him. Meanwhile, Grant.
then just another general, led
his troops into Civil War bat
tie for the first time. With
five regiments on transports,
Evening star., 1961-11-05

I have been reading with
increasing interest your arti-
cles on the grave crisis facing
public assistance in Washing
ton, and I cannot help think
ing how much the agency
could benefit from the recog-
milton of efforts on the part
of its own sincere and dedi-
Gated employees when they
suggest helpful changes.
These rank, and file people
know the recipients intimate
ly and live close to their
problems, and therefore, they
are in a better position to
give solutions than the hier-
archy. For anyone to believe
that petty cuts in grants can
solve anything is pathetic.
Any social worker can tell
you it can only aggravate the
problem and prevent all
progress in rehabilitation.
I worked as an investiga-
tor with the Public Assist
ance Division in 1857. I was
profoundly concerned over
the apparent futility and
waste in the program within
a week after I began field
visits. I spent a great deal
of time on thought and re-
search and finally came up
with a suggestion which I
submitted to the department.
1t was my plan that a type
of rehabilitation clinic be es-
tablished right there in the
building, then located at
Ninth and Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV, and served by a
small staff trained in psy-
chology or psychiatry and
vocational guidance. My the
ory was: The women on the
rolls are suffering from a
kind of sickness and should
be treated just as any mental
sickness is treated. AS the
old recipients are assisted in
changing their pattern Of
thinking and philosophy of
citizenship, they will move
out into the working world
and become responsible, tax
paying members of the COM
munity, making a contribu-
ton rather than draining out
its financial life-blood. This
turnover would make room
for new applicants who must
be assisted, and, in this way
costs of grants would level
off instead of rising year aft
er year.
Congress has a right to
demand some practical, effec-
tive plan such as this before
1t is convinced the agency
is doing an all-around good
job in public assistance.
ScOtti Mayo.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
Welfare Approach

William p. Thomas, ]
Evening star., 1961-11-05
Route 40 Riqhts

The State Department Is
right in informing the Gov
ernor and people of Mary
land Of the serious damage
being done to United States
foreign policy by the many
discriminatory practices
along Route 40. Gov. Tawes
believes that the threatened
sit-in on November IL by TOO
to 1000 Freedom Riders of
the Congress on Racial
Equality will jeopardize the
anti-discrimination bill. He
should look further into the
future and realize that these
thousand Freedom Riders
are only a few to the mil
lions of people in neutral
countries who will join hands
with our enemies because of
our procrastination in max
ing and enforcing laws
against discrimination. In
suits to our foreign visitors
become deeper rooted as time
passes. Now is the time to act.
The present foretells the fu-
ture.
Bertha A. Ivy.
y y y
The State Department is
attempting to persuade the
country that the exercise of
free choice of the individual
must be subordinated to that
of the Government, where
foreign policy is involved.
Certain restaurant owners
on Route 40 have refused
to serve African diplomats
because they were colored.
This is an exercise of the
right Of free choice on their
part, but the United States
Government contends that
the world position of the
United States is threatened
by this action, which af-
Evening star., 1961-11-05

kind-James Grover Thurber surely de-
serves to be immortalized as somebody
more than ten feet tall.
A fond goodbye to him. All of the
aging Walter MittyS among us, all who
have read him from what now seems to
be very far time back, can hardly fail
to feel a sense Of loss. Happily, how
ever, weIl still be able to keep on going
back, every now and then, to re-read
some of those wonderfully gay pieces of
his that have done so much to tighten
the burden Of our generally grim and
foolish world.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
For Unbiased Justice

Although 1t would seem unnecessary
TO remind prospective Jurors of their
duty to render verdicts based on law
and evidence, rather than on personal
prejudice, District Court Judge George
L. Hart, jr., had good cause for giving
new jury panel a lecture on the
subject. For, as Judge Hart and his
colleagues have noted, there have been
indications here Of tendency to inject
racial, religious or other irrelevant and
improper factors into the administration
Of justice.
Judge Hart cited several examples
IN support Of his position, including the
appearance Of "a highly respected
boxer"-he meant Joe LouiS-at trial
In what appeared to be an obvious
attempt to arouse sympathy among a
segment Of the jury for the defendant"
The defendant in the case referred to
was Jimmy Hoffa, who was acquitted.
And the Judge described cases in which
one side or the other had exhausted all
Of its peremptory challenges in order
to eliminate jurors of one race or
another.
Said Judge Hart: I'm this court
house we do not recognize white
Americans, Negro-Americans, Catholic
Americans, ProteStant-Americans, Irish
Americans, Italian-Americans or any
other kind Of hyphenated Americans.
They are all plain, unvarnished Ameri-
can citizens" That this needed to be
said Is clear from the courts observation
OF recent happenings at some trials.
1t Is an admonition to which no right
minded citizen chosen for jury duty
could take exception, for the principle
enunciated is one of the pillars of our
system Of equal justice under law"
Evening star., 1961-11-05
It's Not Censorship

Your editorial, TITS Not
Censorship" was very sound,
very much to the point, and
very much needed-how very
much is shown by the dis
tressing statistics on the in
crease of illegitimate births
and Juvenile delinquency.
Not one book but many
books have been circulated in
recent years which condone
immortality and are reeking
with filth. These are de-
moralizing too many of our
young people who think it
broadminded to defend them
and be influenced by them.
Associations Of university
women, and all other good
women, should be loud and
active in condemning and
opposing "Tropic of Cancer"
and all Of its vulgar COM
panions.
John W. Norwood.
4 + +
Thanks for your editorial,
"It's Not Censorship" All
support and praise should be
given to Montgomery County
Manager Butcher for his
fight against the brazen and
hypocritical purveyors of
smut.
Raymond H. Kray.
-
In your editorial, Its Not
Censorship" I agree with
your views 100 per cent. The
publicity which "Tropic of
Cancer" has received has
stimulated the sale of this
masterpiece Of filth in the
District Of Columbia.
Anybody who defends the
right Of a library or a book
seller to peddle this dirt
either has not read the book
or is so innocent that she
does not know the meaning
OF the four-letter words
therein.
I was born and raised in
tough neighborhoods, and I
have worked at tough jobs
and met with tough people.
But in all my lifetime (and I
am a grandfather) never
have I met any people as
common, vulgar and filthy
minded as the author who
wrote "Tropic Of Cancer"
II a man or woman were
to stand up in a public IL
brary and read some Of the
passages in that book out
loud, he or she would be ar
rested. The same thing would
happen If they stood on a
street corner and read GER
tain passages from the book.
From cover to cover it is
Shiny, violent, and unspeak-
ably corrupt.
Evening star., 1961-11-05

features in this looking-glass.
We all know and we might
as well confess. one Of the
most difficult of spiritual ex-
ercises is to praise the excel
lence by which we are sur
passed.
One of the saintliest Of
men. Andrew Bonar. wrote in
his diary, 20 years after he
entered the ministry, Envy is
my hurt. And today I have
been seeking grace to rejoice
exceedingly over the useful
ness Of others even when it
casts me into the shade"
The malady which Bonar saw
in himself was the same de-
basing moral ailment as that
Of Saul of old. In three mas
ter strokes the Scriptures
give us a vivid verbal etching.
Here is the picture. Saul eyed
David" Saul's heart was
gripped with envy because of
the popularity captured by
David in his dramatic victory
over Goliath. The dancing
women were chanting the
praises of the shepherd boy,
instead of extolling the king.
1t was in a passion Of envy
that Saul hurled a javelin at
his youthful competitor for
the peoples admiration and
affection. That javelin has
been poised in envious hands
countless times across the
intervening centuries.
But what is more lovely in
all human relationships than
a person who refuses to har-
Dor envy Biographies con-
tain many moving examples
OF triumph over envy. In the
early years of the last CEN
tury, the most popular poets
in the English speaking
world we're Sir Walter Scott
and Lord Byron. When By
ron's first volume of poems
appeared an anonymous re-
viewer bestowed upon them
an enthusiastic eulogy, and
concluded his laudatory COM
ments by declaring that in
the presence of such prod
ucts of genius Sir Walter
Scott could no longer be con-
sidered the leading poet of
his day. People naturally
wondered how Sir alter
would regard such an at
tempt to place the crown he
had worn upon another's
brow. But the anonymous re-
viewer was Sir Walter him.
self. What magnificent mag
nanimity! What glorious gen.
eroSity was here displayed!
AS we close let us gaze at
this picture in which envy
did not enter with the apos-
tolic exhortation. Let us not
be desirous of vainglory, pro-
voking one another, envying
one another" All, st. Paul
knew full we'll that the COW
etous eye always Is closely
linked with the hurled jave-
lin of enyyl