davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-09-24

watch a great dancer or a
ballet. The problem is that we
connect rhythm with activity
and we are at a loss to find
action in unmoving objects such
as paintings, sculptures magni-
'ficent buildings or flower ar
rangements. We are not at all
sure where we shall find the
quality of rhythm. We are sure
that it must exist, for it is an
essential part of good design.
The principle of rhythm pro-
vides us with added possibilities
to organize the elements of
design. Each of these, be it
line, form, color, texture or
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Conservation
Mup-Guide
Lists Sites

AS a service to the garden
groups and others interested
in the protection of natural
resources, the Washington D. C.
Chapter of the Soil Conserva-
ton Society of America has
prepared a "see-it-yourself"
conservation field guide. This
guide for field trips consists
of a map showing 18 conserva-
ton sites near the Nations
Capital and an explanation of
each in the text on the reverse
side of the map.
Included in the descriptions
and directions of how to get
there of the 18 sites are such
examples as watershed control
to prevent flood damage, a
number of farms where con-
servation farming is being
practiced, wildlife refugees,
timber and scenic attractions.
With respect to the farms
listed, visitors are directed to
drive by the farms where the
strip-cropping, terraces, grassed
waterways and other conserva-
ton practices are being demon
strated but not to bother the
farmers who have allowed their
property to be listed.
Further information about
the guide may be obtained by
writing or calling T. A. Neu-
bauer. Letters should be ad-
dressed to T. A. Neubauer,
president, Washington Chapter,
SCSA. United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Washington
25, D. c. Calls should be to
DU. 8-2007 or JE. 2-0206.
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Beauty mFIowers
Dominance of Rhythm
By MRS HERBERT H GREGER

pattern may be subject to the
principle of rhythm. Through
the use of an element or a
group of elements, a feeling of
rhythm can be established.
Used more than once, in related
and successive units, they may
vary their measure as well as
their intervals.
To organize one of the ele-
ments (color or line for in
stance) in a rhythmic Sc
quence, we must know that
repitition alone does not pro-
duce rhythm. it produces mo-
notony. To change this, variety
will be introduced, but this
alone will not help create an
interesting rhythmic design.
The moment we allow even a
degree of dominance within
the rhythmic design and vari-
able sequence, we have the
solution. Now we can achieve
a rhythmic as well as interest
ing design. This dominance can
be clear and sharp or soft and
transitional.
The dynamic. sharp con-
trast repeats maximum posi-
tive and minimum negative
quantities in rhythmic intervals
and in finely measured propor-
tion which gives an exciting
rhythm to the composition, par
ticularly when oblique direction
is emphasized.
The soft, transitional con-
trast uses gradual change from
color to color. from light to
dark, from shape to shape,
from curve to angle, from large
Evening star., 1961-09-24

to small size, from rough to
smooth texture, from dense
area to laciness. Gradatior
achieves a smooth flow and a
subtle rhythm within the COM
position which adds to its
harmonious completion.
Repetition, gradation and
through it transition, spark the
pulsation, the rhythm within
your design with flowers
Rhythmic movement in an in
active group of cut flowers
which are solidly anchored in
a container can thus be
achieved.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

lunit because of this" it is
stated.
There is a great wealth of
plant materials in this coun-
try - not only native plants
but some which seem native
because they have been planted
here for many years. There is
a broad range of ornamental
evergreens, lovely shade and
Towering trees, deciduous and
evergreen Towering shrubs, like
roses, azaleas, camelias, for
sythia and a multitude of other
plants-a wider sleection than
anywhere else on the face of
the globe"
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For most of us it is not easy
to recognize the existence of
rhythmic qualities in an i'm
mobile grouping of flowers. Ac-
tion has a rhythm which we
can readily comprehend. since
life itself means action. Our
heartbeat, our breathing, the
pulse in our temples, every
muscle action represents a
measure Of motion which we
take for granted. We feel the
rhythm of sound, the cosmic
rhythm of day and night and
the changing Of the seasons.
Rhythm echoes and re-
echoes within us when we
dance, march or hear music.
Our eyes behold the grace and
beauty of rhythm when we
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condition? Answer.-The leaves
after being in the mail do not
disclose any particular condi-
ton. Since many lilacs are
showing mildew must assume
that that is the problem. 1t
is hardly worth combating at
this season.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
BoItimoreun Wins
Cleveland Honors

CLEVELAND, Sept. % (AP) d.
A Baltimore mortician who
has some 500 rose bushes in his
home garden, won the lions
share of honors at the Ameri-
can Rose Society Convention
that ended Friday.
Harold E. Weaver's entries
took king of the show, princess
Of the show and the trophy for
seven hybrid tea rose specimens.
Amateur growers from Is States
and Canada competed.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Garden Living Called
Ultimate Satisfaction

To millions Of American
families beautiful garden-and-
outdoor living represents the
ultimate in home life. Garden
areas in connection with the
home can exhibit wholesome
nature in all her loneliness
whether in cities, suburbs or
rural areas. Rich and poor
alike can enjoy these gardens
Individual wealth often is
not a factor in the beauty o1
the paintings" according tc
Planting News, published by
the American Association Of
Nurserymen. Garden living is
the creation of home owners
who have a strong family sense
as we'll as appreciation of the
many values of nature in al
her forms-trees and SHRUBS
earth. sky.
Sometimes the gardens are
surprisingly beautiful yet sim
pie and inexpensive as a coun-
try hedgerow. Sometimes they
are elaborate and costly. AL
well-planned garden paintings
exude the healthy freshness Of
nature. The paintings may in
close a swim pool, a dining
area, a patio or other enter
tainment area. They may be
do-it-yourself or extensively
planned by noted landscape
authorities and nurserymen.
There is an intensely strong
trend toward beautiful indoor
outdoor living in a garden at
mosphere. America may out
pace the world in this respect
in the next decade. The Amer
lean family will become a
stronger as well as a happier
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Lilac MiIdew

From Mrs. M. r. j., 1920
Hershey lane, Bren Mar Park,
Alexandria, Va.-The enclosed
leaves are from two lilacs, what
is the cause of the dry brittle
Evening star., 1961-12-06

American Revolution and with
John Singleton Copley, a Bos-
tonian who lived from 1888 to
1915. On the other end, things
are more fluid. The original
White House announcement of
the committee, made by Mrs.
Kennedy and Mr.. Henry Fran
els du Pont, chairman of the
Fine Arts Commission for the
White House, seemed to limit
the scope to the Eighteenth
and Ninetheenth Centuries.
At yesterdays meeting. at
tended by Mrs. Kennedy, there
was agreement only on having
no living artist represented in
the collection. Mr.. Fosburgh
proposed the limits as "Copley
to Sargent. John Singer Sar-
gent died in 1925, but Is
usually thought of as a nine
teenth century painter. Other
members mentioned with APP
proval the practice Of the Ma.
tional Gallery of Art in re-
fusing admission Of paintings
to the permanent collection
until the painter has been deac
20 years.
It is expected that within
the next week Mr.. Fosburgt
and members Of the committee
will settle not only on a cut
off date but on a more precise
list of painters than is now
agreed upon.
The chairman said thai
much of the committees worE
will be done by mail through
exchanging photographs o.
works discovered by individual
members. The immediate as
signment is "the exploration o.
availabilities" both art anc
donors.
The committee agreed or
wanting the best possible ex.
amples of the best American
painters.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Police Seize
Doctor With
80 Wives

LONG BEACH. Calf, Dec.
6 (AP). Police said Franklin
j. Mills was dining with his
3Oth wife, explaining about his
busy medical career, when the
telephone rang.
When he returned to the
table Monday, after a CONVEX
sation, he told his wife and
one of her friends:
1T was one of my patients
at Seaside Hospital"
The friend remembered that
Seaside Hospital wasn't in
operation any more. She tele-
phoned police. They arrived.
Mills disappeared.
He was found, soon after
ward, in a clump of bushes
nearby. Police took him to Jail.
Officers identified him as a
confidence man who had served
a half dozen terms for bigamy
and bunco schemes. They said
he has married 80 women and
hasn't divorced any of them.
Mills, a glib and portly man
Of 81. was paroled September
IA after his latest detention.
Officers said he met Long
Beach woman last month A
wealthy property owner. age
62-and married her 10 days
later at Tijuana, Mexico.
Police said he told the bride
he was a doctor and retired
general in the Army Medical
Corps. (In reality, said police
Mills likes to refer to himself
as the last of the old-time
con men,
He was booked for parole
violation.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
u. S. Urged to Employ
Excess Diplomats SkiIIs

were scheduled to receive pink
slips. The department an
nounced several weeks ago that
it would have to reduce the
number on its payroll by about
500 because it received an ap-
preparation which was about SO
million less than expected. Part
of the reduction is to be ac-
complished by not filling jobs
left open by retirement and by
persons voluntarily leaving the
department.
Some Downgraded
A spokesman said no Foreign
Service officers were being
dropped although some of
them will be reassigned to
other jobs which carry a lesser
title.
The Foreign Service boards
meet every year to rate the
approximately 1900 United
States diplomats in the For
eign Service. Those who get
the highest rating are pro-
NOTED. Those who rate lowest
are separated from the service.
While most of the selection
board members are career For
eign Service officers, several
citizens from outside govern
ment are appointed eoch year
to serve without pay alongside
the government board members.
One public selection board
member, Paul A. Nagle, presi-
dent of the National Postal
Transport Association, said the
groups recommendations are
aimed at reducing waste by
employing the talents of For
eign Service officers in other
jobs if they are not deemed
qualified for the positions they
now hold.
Evening star., 1961-12-06

w. Fosburgh, art collector and
a staff member of the Frick
Collection of New York. None
of the paintings was chosen
finally and many were defi-
nitely rejected by the group.
AS Mr.. Fosburgh explained
after the meeting, the commit
tee has a double job: First to
decide on paintings to be ac-
quired for the new expanded
White House collection of
American paintings; second to
find a donor for each work of
are desired. a philanthropiSt
able and willing to buy the
piece and give 1t to the White
House.
Following yesterdays meet
ing the committee had neither
definitely desired pictures nor
definitely committed donors,
but members did have a much
clearer idea of what they were
to do, how they were to do it
and the obstacles before them
Easily the most spectacular
obstacle was what one men,
ber called the artificial in
flation of prices" One late
Eighteenth Century painting
discussed yesterday was on the
market in the summer of 1860
priced at $4,000. 1t has been
offered to the committee al
100000. Members of the COM
rnittee agreed that they need
the cooperation of art dealers
to succeed in their goal of hang
ing the White House with first
rate American art. The hope
was expressed that the example
cited would be the only in
stance of its kind.
OF more immediate impor-
tance was the problem Of scope
Where to begin, where to leave
off; which painters to seek
which to ignore.
There was general agree
nent that the collection will
begin at about the time of the
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The non-government men,
bers Of the board that helped
WI. 49, :.nnual screening Of
career diplomats has recon-
mended that those who get the
lowest ratings should be given
other Federal jobs rather than
be fired.
Charles d. Lewis, member
of the group said, yesterday
he was "flabbergasted" by the
high quality Of personnel in the
Foreign Service.
The public members of the
Foreign Service selection
boards, he said, are now quite
unanimous in our opinion that
these were quite superior
American citizens in every re-
spect." He added:
Frankly, they were so much
better than the comparable
people in the businesses I'm
familiar with it is hard to be-
lieve."
Mr.. Lewis, president Of the
American Sumatra Corp. New
York City, said that before he
started the review he had been
inclined to agree with his
friends who hoped I'd get rid
Of one-half of them" because
they were cookie pushers" and
striped pants" operators.
The proposal by the half
dozen selection board members
was presented by the group to
Secretary Of State Rusk in a
report on their 2l2-month re-
view. Mr.. Rusk recommended
that their report be passed on
to President Kennedy, they
told newsmen.
The recommendation came
only a day before a number
Of State Department employees
Evening star., 1961-12-06
White House Art Group
Tackles Price Problem
BY FRANK GETLEiN
Star staff Writer

The special committee White House paintings held its
meeting yesterday the White House looked at some
paintings problems and began the difficult task OF
deciding scope for art for the presidential home
Members of the committee viewed between ~ ana 30
paintings selected dealers by chairman James
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Space Scientist
Won Kormon, 80,
To Be Honored

Scientists and others will
gather here on Thursday to
celebrate the 80th birthday of
DR.. Theodore Won Karman. a
pioneer in aerospace science
and technology.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
DR.. Won Karman is one of the
fathers of the theory and
practice of solid fluid mechan-
les and the propulsion
sciences. He is presently the
chairman of the Advisory
Group for Aeronautical Re-
search and Development Of
NATO. He lives in Pasadena,
Calf.
DR.. Edward Teller, of the
University of California Radi-
alton Laboratory. will be the
toastmaster at the 7 pm. ban
quet at the Sheraton Park
Hotel, and Air Force Under
secretary Joseph v. Charyk
will discuss Toward New
HorizonS-1961."
A morning and afternoon
symposium at the hotel will
precede the banquet. The
meeting is sponsored by the
Institute of Aerospace
Sciences.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Cuban in Exile
Hits u. S. Policy

Goar Mestre, a former lead
ing Cuban broadcaSter, now
living in exile in Buenos Aires,
urged the United States yeSter-
day to abandon it's double
standard" in its Latin American
policy.
He accused the United States
of preaching democracy and
human rights at home, while
giving aid and comfort to die
tators in Latin America.
Mr.. MeStre spoke at a lunch
con meeting of the Association
for Professional Briadcasting
Education, an organization af-
filiated with the National Asso-
citation of Broadcasters. The
latter group begins its seth
annual convention at the Sher-
aton-Park and Shoreham Ho-
tells today.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Rocket Officer
Silent on Exploit

LOUISVILLE, KY. May 6
(AP) -Four years ago Army
Col. John C. Nickerson of Paris,
KY, was court-martialed and
fined for leaking information
on the Army's rocket program
to the press and Congress.
Col. Nickerson was fighting
an order that limited the Army
development of rockets to those
with a 200-mile range.
Later, the order was re-
scinded and the Army went
ahead with an intermediate
range program and built the
Redstone, the rocket whic h
boosted Americas first aStro-
naut into space Friday.
Col. Nickerson, on leave in
Mexico. was not available for
comment.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

whether such instructions are
given.
Judge Burger in his opinion
of last March fired all his guns
in this direction. He charged
the effect has been to keep
secret" from juries the "ele-
ments Of cognition and capacity
to control behavior"
Until we put this basic pos
tulate into the jury instructions
We are denying it," Judge
Burger said.
Judge Biggs in his criticism
of the Durham rule took some
what the same course as Judge
Burger did last March.
The Philadelphia judge said
any test of criminal insanity
must provide the jury with a
verbal tool by which it can
relate the defendants mental
disease to his total personality
and by means of which it can
render an ultimate social and
moral judgment"
Fails Under Test
"The Durham formula obvi-
ously does not meet these re-
quirements," he said.
Though conceding that un-
der the Durham rule-contrary
to the restrictions of the old
McNaghten rule psychiatrist
can give to the jury "a COM
plete picture of the defendants
mental condition." Judge Biggs
said this is not enough.
He said the "disease-product"
concept of Durham creates the
impression that mental dis
ease is a distinct vital force
in the defendants mind, pro-
ducing some acts but not 9TH
erS."
In this respect, he added the
Durham rule is subject to the
same criticism aimed at the
McNaghten rule in that it
wrongly assumes the mind
can be broken up into compart-
ments, one part sane and the
other insane"
The limitation in Durham of
casual connection between
mental diseases and criminal
acts omits the most important
step that of determining
the total mental condition of
the defendant at the time he
committed the act, and pro-
viding the jury with a standard
by means of which an ultimate
social and moral judgment can.
be rendered." Judge Biggs said.
Ignores Fact
The Durham rule, he added,
does not take account of the
fact that an insane defendant
commits the crime not because
his mental illness causes him
to do a certain prohibited act,
but because of the totality of
his personality is such, because
Of mental illness, that he has
lost the capacity to control his
acts in the way the normal
individual can and does con-
troll them"
Thus Judg Biggs, mention
ing Judge Burgers criticism,
has injected in the criminal
insanity rule a specific require
ment that the jury must be
told of the free will" or Ca
pacity to control" concept in
every criminal case involving
the issue of insanity.
He said that this was done
in an effort to present the re
lationship between mental dis
ease and the concept of the
guilty mind in a way both
meaningful to a jury and con-
sistent with the basic aims,
purposes and assumptions of
the criminal law" e !
Evening star., 1961-05-07

an alrplane for Paris to join
five other generals imprisoned
in Sante Prison.
Gen. Maurice Challe, the
ringleader, surrendered when
the revolt collapsed. Four
other generals in Algiers we're
arrested for supporting the in
surrection and were sent to
Paris.
But Gen. Challe's chief Meu-
tenants in the uprising. Gems.
Raoul Salon and Edmond Jou-
haud are still at large.
Armored-cars and riot po-
lice moved in on tense Algiers
tonight in a spectacular alert
for possible weekend trouble.
The move was accompanied by
mounting Moslem terrorism in
the countryside and growing
tension in crowded Moslem set
Elements in Algiers.
Police Take Positions
Long columns Of riot police
vans moved into the heart of
the city, and took positions
near strategic points.
Authorities announced that
142 persons have been arrested
in western Algeria, as part of
the sweeping probe in the wake
of the abortive April % revolt.
In Constantine. IL persons
have been arrested on charges
Of belonging to the European
underground network.
The threat posed by the
European underground was
demonstrated when authorities
used a ruse to transport Gen.
Zeller out Of Algiers.
He was whisked to Boufarik
air base shortly after he sur
rendered at police headquar-
ters, while a police wagon and
two armored cars remained
parked in front Of the building.
Gen. Zeller was surrounded
by security precautions when
he reached Paris.
The Villacoublay military
airfield where the plane landed
was cordoned off by security
forces. Gen. Zeller was placed
in a police wagon and moved
to the prison with an armed
escort.
Gen. Zeller, fourth in COM
mand, told police he had been
hiding with relatives in Algiers
since the night Of April 25,
when Gen. Challe threw in the
towel and the revolt ended.
The 63-year-old Zeller said
he was in civilian clothes that
night and simply drove off in
a private car. The other gen.
erals, in uniform. boarded
trucks taking paratroopers
from Algiers.
Gen. Zeller cleared the way
for his surrender with a letter
to the Algiers prefect of police,
saying he was ready to give up.
He was driven to police head
quarters in a military car.
Wearing a blue civilian suit
and carrying a newspaper un-
der his arm, Gen. Zeller got
out Of the car and slowly
walked alone into the building.
He was reported worn out from
10 days of hiding.
Documents Found
He told police he had not
been in contact with other
leaders Of the insurrection or
with right-wing extremists,
who had hoped to prevent
President Charles de Gaulle
from instituting a self deter
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Court of Appeals for the third
ponents cause for rejoicing.
This is because the Phila-
delphia court joined the Dis
trict's appellate court in reject
ing restrictions of the 1l8-year-
old McNaghten test that before
last Monday had been the ac-
cepted standard in every other
Federal court in the Nation.
outside Washington, in crimi-
nal cases involving insanity.
The new third circuit rule
was explained in an opinion
written for a three-judge court
by Chief Judge John J. Biggs.
Burger Views Noted
Although refusing to accept
measures that some Durham
critics have urged in the past,
Judge Biggs in his 46-page
opinion did incorporate sug-
gestions made by last March 3
in an opinion written in a Dis
trict insanity case by Judge
Warren E. Burger of the United
States Court of Appeals here
Judge Biggs apparently &C
cepted Judge Burgers thesis
that the Districts Durham rule
is stated in terms unfamiliar
and without real meaning to
lay jurors and judges"
And the Philadelphia jurist
then set about trying to meet
this criticism.
The Durham rule, adopted by
the United States Court of Ap-
peals here in 1854, requires that
a defendant must be found not
guilty of a crime by reason of
insanity, "if his unlawful act
was the product of mental
dlSeaSe or Qe1ecC.
Capacity to Conform"
The new "Biggs rule" pro-
videS for a verdict of not guilty
by reason of insanity, if a de-
fendant, "as a result Of mental
disease or defect, lacked SUBJ
stantial capacity to conform
his conduct - the requirements
of the law which he is alleged
to have violated.
This new formula will apply
only in the jurisdiction of
Judge Biggs' court-New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
and the Virgin Islands.
The criticism by Judge
Burger of the Durham rule
pivoted on the question of
whether man is a free agent"
able to exercise his will and
control himself so he won't
violate the law.
The Durham opinion, written
by Judge David L. Bazelon of
the United States Court of APP
peals here, said a jury can
properly consider whether the
defendant knew right from
wrong when nc committed the
crime the essence of the Nc
test. But the opinion
added that the evidence con-
sidered must go beyond this,
recognizing that a mentally i'll
person can commit a crime be-
cause of his illness, even though
he knew right from wrong.
Judge Bazelon also said juries
could properly consider whether
a man had committed a crime
because he had been deprived
of Or lost the power of his will"
No Legal Suggestions
But the Durham opinion, and
subsequent court opinions
handed down here, deliberately
have SHE'D away from suggest
ing any specific instructions a
trial judge may give a jury on
this free will" concept in cases
involving criminal insanity.
The appellate court here has
stated that the facts of indi-
vidual cases 4 must govern !