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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-11-30

in preparation for the occas-
ion. Mr. Del Boytar and Mrs.
Doris Hooberry will be in
charge of the recreation and
devotions. The highlight of
the evening will be the pres
entation of the need of the
American Indian as portray
ed by Rev. and Mrs. Bank
son. They will also minister
Sunday evening, Dec. 3, at
TOO pm. and will be showing
their slides.
Rev. and Mrs. Bankson
center their work mainly a.
mong the Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota. This past summer
the BankSons conducted five
camps in different reserva-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-11-30

Present
High
School,
chief;
don Police and Fire Chief Bo; victim"
of superintendent.
Officials
Benagh Heights chairman
citizens
complete program
first aid throughout the winter further information
aid call the Geauga County Red Cross at AV 54911
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Campaign Soturotion

A diStillation of % surveys Of pub
lie response, presented to the American
Sociological Association, indicates that
Candidate John F. Kennedy had an edge
over Candidate Richard M. Nixon in the
history making presidential campaign
debates of last fall. This is hardly
surprising conclusion, particularly to the
first-debate audience which outnum-
bered all others, and on which Mr.. Ken
nedy was given clear margin.
For political Strategists of the fu-
ture, however, there may be substance
for thought in the estimate that about
TO million adults attended" the first
debate, and that the audience did not
fall below So million for any of the four
confrontationS. BY other means of
communication, it was determined fur
ther, not more than 10 per cent of the
population failed to learn about the de-
bates in considerable detail within "a
hours. The popular vote total in No
vember was only slightly below 685 mil
lion.
Whatever might be thought or said
about the 1860 outcome, it appears that
the voting public had full opportunity
to make up its collective mind before
going to the polls.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Dulles Is for Jets

w 1t may be possible, as Federal
Aviation Administrator Halaby has in
dicated, to fly some of the new jet
,'tcompacts" into and out of National
Airport. The FAA, incidentally has
been under pressure from some of the
,airlineS using the smaller jets to lift
the ban on jet aircraft at the Gravelly
Point terminal. But the noise from
propeller airlinerS and from turbo-prop
craft is nerve-racking as it is, without
adding the roar of jet planes to the din
already disturbing many residential
sections near National.
o., Mr.. Halaby has said he still is con-
Sidering relaxing the restrictions enough
to permit at least temporary use
Of National by small jets until the
Dulles International Airport at Chan
tilly begins operation next year We can
see no emergency, however, juStifying
even temporary use of National by jets.
Dulles was designed and built to handle
such aircraft and, barring a real emer-
gency, they should be made to wait
until the big air terminal is ready for
them.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Transit Teamwork at Last

. The precedent-Setting order of the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Commission establishing a joint-fare
transfer system for District and sub
urban buses marks far step forward in
regional transit teamwork The trans
fer plan means the pooling of mass
transportation resources in the interest
of better service and, in most cases,
lower fares for commuters.
o." Thus, in its first important action,
the new commission, made up of rep
resentativeS of the District, Maryland
and Virginia, has performed an out
standing service to the whole COM
munity. Under the overall 35-cent
interjuriSdictional fare approved by the
commission, savings will be made by
many commuters who are forced to use
two bus lines and who have had to pay
two fares. Some bus riders who have
had special ticket rates to and from the
Pentagon or other Federal offices in
nearby Virginia will pay a few cents
more. The joint fare plan will not, of
course, affect intrastate rates, over
which the commission has no super
vision.
In addition to inStituting the new
transfer arrangement, the commission
has ordered the various bus lines to buy
additional equipment, including air
conditioned buses. The suburban lines
have been slow in providing their Gus
toners with the comforts of cool riding.
The net result of the agencys epochal
order, therefore, will be to materially
Improve the lot of bus riders in general
In the Washington area-an achieve
Fnent which will enhance the prestige
sof commission which still is in it's
Infancy.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Bottles Traffic, Too

I wish to compliment you
on your recent editorial en-
titled "Electronic Highways?
Pooh!"
I am one of the automobile
commuters who has to battle
the mammoth traffic congeS-
tion on Independence ave-
nue., partially caused by the
heavy truck traffic to which
you referred in your editorial.
1t would certainly seem to
me that some reasonable
solution could be found, &C
ceptable to both the trucks
ano the commuters, so that
independence avenue is not
completely congested every
afternoon. I hope that an
alternate route for the trucks
during the afternoon rush
hour, or some other practical
suggestion can be offered by
the proper authorities in this
matter.
Richard S. Schweiker.
Representative from Penn
SVlVania.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
We Like Winnie!

-" The Associated Press describes
Woodford, England, as a commuter
town about twelve miles roughly east
, by-north from London. Rand McNally
lists its population as bit more than
$4,000. The Parliamentary Directory
Identifies Woodford's member in the
House of Commons as the Rt Hon. Sir
Winston Churchill, now S6, who is
further identified by International
Who's Who as politician and writer"
Mr. Churchill has represented Woodford
! IN Commons since 1924 and is widely
known outside his own district
i. For various reasons, not necessarily
related to any popularity about the
British political system, Mr.. Churchill
has had little or no difficulty in being
returned to his seat in Commons in
each election since 1924. In fact, before
representing Woodford he had served
for approximately 20 years as the mem
Der from Oldham, bit north of Man
chester. In the light of this long
service as member of Parliament, plus
other accomplishments as politician
and writer, it would seem from this
distance that Woodford currently is
being represented with considerable
distinction.
-, But there are some, of course, who
never are satisfied with the status quo.
In Woodford, for example, there are
grumblings that it is time for change,
that for some reason or other the dis
,trict should be represented by younger
man. Woodford's problem, if it is a
problem, has been magnified to national
dimensions by Malcolm Muggeridge,
a -one time humorist, who has written
that Sir Winston lis too old to know
Evening star., 1961-09-09

what is going on in the House of Com
mons, hindered as he is by short sight
and deafness"
We have no vote in Woodford, and
perhaps no influence, but, to paraphraSe
an old political slogan of our own, we
like Winnie And we think there is a
lot in what a neighbor in Commons has
said about the suggestions for putting
Sir Winston away on some ornamental
political shelf: Somehow people derive
a certain something from his presence
and it (the House of CommonS) will be
a colder place when he goes"
Evening star., 1961-09-09
For the Record

In your August, 81, 1861,
issue, I noted a letter to the
editor concerning truck traf-
fic in Washington.
1 wish to advise that I
am not the author of this
letter and would appreciate
it, if this fact could be made
known in your column.
Gerard I. Sawyer.
Deputy Director Of Design,
Engineering and Research
Department of Highways and
Traffic, D. C.
Editors Note: The letter
referred to was signed &c.
SaWyer")
Evening star., 1961-09-09

In the considerable discus
sion of Superintendent Whit
tiers proposal for a 12-month
school year in Montgomery
County, it seems strange that
no calendar of the school and
vacation periods has been
published. Since the plan
would create many problems,
a calendar might enable stu
dents and parents to visual
ize the scheme more readily.
The principle involved, is
that classroom space for 300
students could be used for 400
students; space for 600 used
for 800: and 900, for 1900, etc.
To show how the plan
works, let us assume a stu
dent body of 800 students.
Divide these into four groups,
A, B. c, and D. of 200 STU
dents each, and choose a
date. such as July S, 1861, for
beginning the school year.
Calendar Of School Year
Evening star., 1961-09-09
One Crisis Eused

1t is refreshing to take note OF an
example of a bilateral international
quarrel being set aside in the greater
interests of world peace It is partic-
ularly welcome when the parties to the
quarrel are longtime friends within the
community of free nations, and the
clear motivation for current mood of
reciprocal restraint is concern for the
security of this community.
The parties in this case are France
and TuniSia, only a few weeks ago in
open and bitter conflict over continued
French utilization of the big air and
naval base at BiZerte. The break in
this almost hot war has come rather
suddenly in recent days through two
exchanges; one of notes between the
respective foreign ministries and the
other of moderate and understanding
public statements by Presidents de
Gaulle and Bourguiba. Each chose a
news conference, perhaps the most
public of all forums, for the encour-
agingly conciliatory remarks.
Meeting the press on Tuesday, Gen
eral de Gaulle took that occasion to say
that France is not conteSting the
principle of TuniSian sovereignty over
Bizerte, that it is ready to negotiate a
moduS vivendi for French military pres
ence there during this period of world
crisis and is prepared eventually to
negotiate the withdrawal of French
forces. Mr.. Bourguiba, who, interest
ingly, left the Belgrade conference of
nonaligned nations before it's conclusion,
returned to TuniS to tell news con-
ference that he is prepared to let French
forces remain in Bizerte while the
danger of major world war exists, that
he is ready at any moment to begin
talks on new understanding for French
utilization of the base in this period of
crisis and to discuss total evacuation
thereafter.
II hope," the normally Western
TuniSian President said, "that every
thing will be settled with respect to
TuniSian sovereignty and, of course, the
prestige of France. -. Cooperation with
France and Frenchmen is necessary once
this painful page of history has been
turned"
Not only Paris and Tunis, but other
capitals that are sincerely interested
in peace, surely will share in this hope
Evening star., 1961-09-09
THE PASSING SCENE
BY RALPH McGILL
The South's Desegregotion Scene

They came unaccompanied.
The Negro chill ldren appeared
in private cars without any
escort of police cars or mo-
torcycles. None was needed.
There was nc mob, no dis
order, no violence. There
wasn't even a loud shout.
This was because it was
done by a confident people.
weary of prejudice, proud Of
their city, and of their civili-'
Zation.
The letters began to come
in the days that followed.
Most Of them were wonder
full. Some were vicious in
the way that only the coarse
and ignorant can reveal
their viciousness.
A few were pathetic. One
example will illustrate. An
elderly lady in a small rural
town wrote, out Of complete
sincerity:
why must the Negro be
given special privilegeS?"
This one sentence is more
revealing than a whole
chapter on sociology. 70 this
lady the fact that the Negro
seeks to vote and to be free
of determinations merely
because of the color of his
skin, is a demand for "spe-
cial privileges"
Negroes Are Citizens
Many SouthernerS, especial
ly those in rural areas, lit
orally do not understand that
the Negro is a citizen of the
United States. The Negro is
as much a citizen as anyone
else - no more and no less.
He is, therefore, entitled to
be treated, in all public as
poets of life, just as are all
other citizens. He has no
special privileges - merely
those available to all United
States citizens.
For a long time it has
been possible to treat him as
if he were not a citizen. A
better, stronger South will
grow out of the new stu
alton.
The private sector of life
remains as before. Guests at
homes will be only those in
vited there. School children
will associate only with
those members of their class
with whom they wish to be
associated. And, as for mix
ing the races, surely the ex-
tremiSts do not mean to in
suit the Southern people by
saying they must have a law
to keep them pure. 1t is not
true there will be any forced
association. There is no real
reason 10 be disturbed by
change
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Too Good to Be True?

The issue has been defined
and the battle soon will be-
gin. Not over Berlin, but over
the unheard-of action by
Somerset County (Md0 Of
ficials in cutting the local
property tax by 81 cents. In
this age of spiraling munich
pal. county and State budgets
and steadily increasing tax
rates, all true liberals will
consider the tax-cut an act
of aggression not to be toll
Grated in civilized societies.
Can't you see the grim
meetings being held by the
Montgomery and Prince
Georges County League of
Wom en- Voters, parent
teacher organizations, civic
associations, welfare officials
and other assorted do-good-
ers to plan strategy to meet
this new threat to their tax
and spend and taX-some-
more programs which have
overwhelmed the unorganized
taxpayer for the last 10
years? For the first time in a
decade a Maryland county
has reduced the property tax,
and if this brazen action goes
unchallenged, who knows
where it might stop? 1t
might even lead to balanced
budgets, sane spending and
reasonable and stable tax
rates, and that would be ana
thema to the foregoing-men-
toned societies and organi-
cations.
And don't let the Prince
Georges County officials mis-
lead you by stating that the
county taxes will not go up
because they were able to
hold the line on the property
tax rate. True, the rate re-
mains the same, but the joker
is that property is being re-
assessed at a higher rate.
The end result is the same-a
tax increase. For example,
the tax on an $4,000 house
will increase about $50, al
though county officials can
wave the flag and proclaim
that the tax rate remains I'M
changed. If the county Off
cials think they are fooling
the people, then they have
seriously underestimated the
intelligence of county resi-
dents.
And so it goes, and where
it stops no one knows. The
Somerset County tax reduc-
ton is as refreshing as a cool
breeze on a hot night. But
I fear that the breeze will
diminish and eventually dis
appear as the onslaught Of
the progressiveS, radicals and
liberals increases in force.
Somerset County has acted
bravely, but Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties will
not let the challenge go un-
answered. AS they march on
to fiscal insanity these two
counties are determined to
drag all others with them,
and is is doubtful if even
courageous Somerset County
can long escape. David can
not continue challenging the
raging Goliath, and expect to
win in the long run.
John A. George.
Evening star., 1961-09-09

Our illegal membership
and foolhardy participation
in that web of ecumenical in
trigue, the United Nations,
is responsible for most of
our national troubles, name
ly: Our dangers of being
overwhelmed by a commu-
nistically controlled author
ity, our impotent vaSsalated
foreign policies, our inabil-
ity to assert our national
selves as we once did as the
powerful dominating power
of the world, and our fail
ure to profit from our hard
won and costly military vic
tories, the benefits of which
have been thrown to our
enemy.
Our entire policy in con-
nection with Cuba, its Mos
cow-directed dictator, and
the establishment of a Com
munist base against our
shores that will soon be able
to command dominance of
the Western Hemisphere by
its Stockpile of Soviet furn-
ished nuclear missiles, is die
tated by the fact that our
membership in the United
Nations compels us to bow
to its superior sovereignty
for consent before we can
make a move for the protec-
ton of our Nation and a free
environment for our entire
hemisphere.
The pink rug must imme-
diately be pulled from under
the fanatics who are working
so feverishly under the ia
vorable climate of the New
Frontier, to rush to perfec-
tion and power a World
Court, a World Bank and a
World Military, the three
way trap for our national OBJ
liberation and dissolution.
When we are back on our
firm national feet, we will
be able again to proudly as
sert ourselves and uphold our
national dignity in the eyes
of a grateful and admiring
world. We must resist to the
bitter end the lowering Of
our Stars and Stripes and the
erecting above it the flag of
an enemy contaminated Su-
perior world sovereignty.
William V. HOyt,
YOakum. Tex
Evening star., 1961-09-09
The ABS Club

The House Judiciary Committee
has taken a rather admirably simple
position on the loaded" issue of
whether to raise the House membership
ceiling from the 435 figure set in 1911,
a half-century ago. The committee has
in effect, dropped score of bills
authorizing anywhere from three to
thirty-four additional Seats-into its
ever-ready waStebaSket. For this SeS-
sion, at least, that apparently will be
the end of the matter.
The pressure began, of course, as
soon as the 1860 population count was
concluded and its redistribution of
people indicated that some of the stand
still States would have to surrender
congressional seats in order to make
way for newcomers from such growing
States as California and Florida, plus
three places for Hawaii and Alaska
Among the several ways of losing a con-
greSSional seat, one of the most un-
popular seems to be having it simply
eliminated. In any case, there has been
a Strikingly close relationship between
the number of expansion bills intro
duced and the number of seats which
would be affected by reapportionment
under the 435 limit.
Without attempting to pass upon
the merits of the pros and cons, it does
seem unfortunate that the minimum
proposal to add three seats to accom-
modate Hawaii and Alaska could not
be given further consideration. Even so,
it is easy to appreciate the foresight of
Judiciary Chairman Celler of New York,
who predicted that bringing any ex-
pansion bill to the floor would "open
PandoraS box'' of proposals to raise the
total higher and higher. Hawaii and
Alaska will get theirs, of course, within
the 435 limitation. Some of the other
States will just have to make do with
less.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
l961-1962

AS the calendar shows,
each group is in school for
three staggered 12-week per-
iods and on vacation for
three staggered four-week
periods-the word staggered
is used, of course, in its tech
nical sense. Although Groups
A, B and C could have begun
together on July S, such an
arrangement would obviously
have put them on vacation at
the same time. Hence the
staggered arrangement nee
eSsary for each of the four
groups to begin school and to
take vacation. By the time
Group D enters school, Group
A begins its first vacation
period. Group B begins its
vacation period when Group
A returns; Group C when
Group B returns; and Group
D when Group C returns.
Then the cycle starts over
again.
The purely physical ar
rangementS for such a
scheme are not difficult-on
paper. But how will the
scheme work under actual
classroom conditions?
Let us assume a school of
eight grades in which four
groups of approximately 200
students each may be OBJ
tained by the following COM
binationS: grades l and 4
form Group A; grades 2 and
7 form Group B; grades 3
and S, Group C; grades 6 and
8, Group D. Grade sizes, of
course, may make other COM
binations necessary.
Let us assume that each
grade has its own teachers.
With these assumptions, the
schemes shown in the table
could be put into operation
again on paper. The chief
difficulties would arise for
families with children in diff
ferent group combinations.
In these cases the parents
would be staggered-to use
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Left to Right

The lettep Turn to Right"
published on August 81, has
prompted this criticism and
rebuttal.
I find the author guilty Of
the same "sneaky tactics"
that he attributes to liberals.
How he can commence his
letter by casually remarking,
"The sudden upsurge of pa
triotiSm in America has
caught liberals off guard"
and conclude it by deploring
"McCarthyiSm of the left" is
beyond me. 1t is remarks like
this that prompt nasty COM
mentS about conservatives.
My conservative friend ap-
pears to believe that (what
he calls) "our present semi
SocialiStic system" is in di-
rect opposition to a system
of private enterprise. He does
not seem to understand that
our present system, far from
being in opposition to pri-
vate enterprise, is designed
to protect it. If by private
enterprise" he means some
thing closer to laiSsez-faire
capitalism than we now have
and believes that such a sys-
tenn is superior to our present
one, then I will merely point
out that during the 1940s-
the decade when our So
called "Semi-Socialist SyS-
tenn" was coming into its
own-per capita output per
hour increased four times
what it did during the first
three decades of this century
thirty years in which Gov
ernment was much less in
volved in private enterprise
than it is now. This is to say
nothing of standard of liv-
ing, per capita income, gross
national product, etc.
Charles F. Canavan, jr.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Britoin's Plight

Constantine Brown and
David Lawrence must have
used the same sources for
their reports on Britain's
chances for recovery for they
both attributed that country's
present plight to the lack of
productivity of British labor.
It's my estimate that both re-
ports must be rated poor.
not because of the written
words but because of those
unwritten. This implies, Of
course, that I agree with
what's been said and agree
1 do; however, to single out
labor only, as they did, is
most unfair.
If it be news to Brown.
Lawrence, ct al, business
no different from politics
makes strange bedfellows.
Generally speaking, for ex-
ceptions there were, British
capital and labor, both en-
joying the then lush markets
of the Commonwealth and the
preferential treatment &C
corded its members, entered
into a joint venture to COM
bat their country's entry into
the Common Market. And
why not? Wouldn't you-be
you a capitalist or a laborite
American or British-con-
tinue a pleasure cruise on a
ship whose radar screen,
even though its range is myo-
pic, indicates that all is
well? Of course, you would.
And finally, if perchance,
Brown and Lawrence read
this and question the au-
thoritativeneSS of my obser-
vations, let them be advised
that I was part of a team
financed by an American
manufacturer that prepared
a report on a small segment
of a British industry by
making a long, deliberate,
painstaking survey and study
and not by orbiting over
Europe for a few days, and
politically, I consider the
John Birches to my left.
Pat Danton
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Vandalism Made Easy

Our city is concerned
about vandalism in our
schools, and we'll it should be.
But for the last 4 months,
I've been observing a case
where the city itself is en-
couraging destruction of
school property.
In the spring. the front
entrance Of the Mott Ele-
mentary School Fourth and
w streets N.WD was torn
down, amid much noise and
dirt. my sympathy went
out to the little children who
were trying to study with
the windows open.) Then
the work stopped just be-
fore school closed in June.
AS of today, all of the debris
is still piled at the school
entrance, and hardly a whole
window can be seen because
this city provided the ammu-
milton for restless youngsters
to destroy public property
during the summer vacation.
Why was this unsightly
condition left unfinished all
summer? Or was this a
costly mistake (and growing
costlier every day.. no one
wants to handle, so the
school and the community
suffer?
lie Droit Bus Rider.
Editors Note: While Mott
School is undergoing a face
lifting, the debris in front of
the school actually is the re-