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Evening star., 1961-04-06
.LdndisUrges
FTC Power 10
Act Promptly

James M. Lands, President
Kennedy's special assistant on
the regulatory agencies, today
proposed a method to stop false
and deceptive trade practices
without waiting for a complaint
to go through often lengthy
Federal Trade Commission pro-
cedureS.
Urging a device similar to a
courts preliminary injunctions,
he said "A weapon of that kind
lis needed to deal with the ex-
orbitant and untrue claims that
flash across our television
screens and dot our news
papers"
In certain areas, such as food,
drugs and cosmetics where
there is a present health danger,
FTC does have some such
powers, but Mr.. Lands sug-
gested an extension of them.
He termed many of the FTC's
sanctions extremely weak"
Process May Take Years
"FTC ought to have more
weapons than it now has"
Mr.. Lands told a session of the
American Bar Associations
antitrust section in the FTC
Building. THE processing of a
complaint may take anywhere
from one to four years. Mean
while, practices found to be
false and deceptive continue.
Only in the end is there a cease
and desist order"
Mr.. Lands, whose Govern
ment experience has included
service with the FTC, Securities
and Exchange Commission and
Civil Aeronautics Board, cited
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion practices to show what can
be done.
He said the ICC has the power
to suspend rail rate increases
pending final decision. If the
FTC were given similar powers
to halt an activity pending a
final determination, he said, it
would not mean that the FTC
might stop trading by a COM
pany, but only halt certain
practices.
Asks Examiner Pool
Mr.. Lands renewed COM
plants of what he termed IAN
iron curtain" between the regu-
latory agencies. He proposed
making the same hearing ex-
aminerS available to several
agencies.
Arguing for such a pool" of
hearing examiners, he said
there is no reason why sub
Istantially the same problem in
air and surface transportation
could not be handled by the
same man. At present, air
problems are dealt with by the
Civil Aeronautics Board and
surface transportation is the
concern Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Acheson Named D. c.
US. Attorney

President Kennedy yesterday
announced the nomination of
David c.. Acheson, son of
former Secretary of State
Dean Acheson, for appoint
ment as United States Attorney
for the District.
Mr.. Acheson, 80, will re-
place Oliver Gasch, an Eisen-
hover appointee, who expects
to enter private practice.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
VFW Post to Install

Strawn, Turner, Hartman
Post No. 1927. Veterans of For
eign Wars. will hold annual
installation ceremonies at 8
pm. tomorrow in the Fire hall
at Sixty-first and Central ave-
nues, Capitol Heights, Md.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
NEWS EVENTS-NEWS STORIES
NEWS COMMENTS

The outstanding news developments
OF the year, concisely presented. de-
signed to entertain and to remind
you Of things. serious and frivolous,
that were in the public eye.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
WORLD HISTORY

Covering the world in detail from
Afghanistan 10 Yugoslavial Up-to-
the-minute information about people,
governments, politics. geography, his
tory, customs, resources, etc. Keeps
YOU informed about the world.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
CASE OF UTTERS
Jet Passenger Held
For Bomb Scare AIoft

NORFOLK, Va, April (AP).-A San Mateo Calf
attorney whose bomb warning forced jet arlner to land
here yesterday he terrified and afraid the plane
was going to crash"
Il wanted to get down." Alan Henry Strauss 28 told
United States Commissioner Gilbert Swink at hearing
Evening star., 1961-04-06

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relating to courses at every level
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Evening star., 1961-04-06
REVIEW SECTION

Frank and searching reviews Of the
atre. science. books. music. movies
and television by a group of top
critics associated with some of the
important magazines of the century
Time. Saturday Review. Newsweek
and TV Guide.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
CROSSWORD PUZZLE GUIDE

Handy for puzzle solvers who may be
.tumped for a two-letter word mean
ing ''the soul. Egyptian" here
are deities Of myths. legends. odd
words that will get you over the
hurdles.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
CONTRACT BRIDGE

bidding, including the Goren Point
Count Method, Culbertson Honor
Trick Table. Blaekwood and stayman
Ready-reference guide to up-to-dsts
Conventions, etc. Quick way to set
tie arguments.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
SPACE & MISSILES

Our progress in space COM
pared to Russia's. Where
and why they are still
ahead. Are we catching up?
Two page tabl lie listing
achievements in rocketry
since 1919 Ballistic mis-
siles and how they are
detected. Tables listing
Russian and U s. missiles.
with details on size, range,
fuel, thrust and number Of
stages.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY

What we purchase how much we
earn what we own what we
produce and how much. etc.
Imports and exports, foreisn aid,
farm income, etc.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
CELEBRATED PERSONS
OF THE PAST

The birth and death dates Of Aris-
totle and Horatio Alger. Lucretia
Borgia and Phineas Taylor Barnum.
Casanova and Confucius. and several
hundred other notables Of the past.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
CELEBRATED PERSONS

This section gives you the age and
birthplace Of theatre and movie stars
and celebrities in all fields. Should
provide many happy hours for the
busybody in all Of usl
Evening star., 1961-04-06
PHOTO
SECTION

All the drama,
wrath and human
interest in news
events Of 1859 and
1860 told with
memorable pic
lures about the big
news stories of the
year.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
U. S. GOVERNMENT

All about government departments
and agencies. CONGRESS of the U. s..
U s. cabinet members. ambassa dors
to and from the o g.. Justices Of
the Supreme Court, etc..
Evening star., 1961-04-06
UNITED NATIONS

The full U. N, Charter. list Of mem.
ber nations, descriptions Of special
lied agencies; also concise accounts
Of actions taken by the o. N. on
international problems.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
RELIGIONS OF the WORLD

The estimated membership and dis
tribution of the principal religions of
the world. Also brief history of
almost every religious group in the
U. s. Important secular as well as
religious holidays explained.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
SPORTS

Statistics and records on many sports
all the way from 1719 to 1860, In
Guiding olympics and World Series.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE

All the rules explained simply enough
for anyone to understand. VIII help
you to conduct q meeting Of your
own club, lodge or organization.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
U. S. GEOGRAPHY

Treasure chest of information about
every State in the Union--resources
industries, histories. cities, museums,
parks, etc.
Evening star., 1961-04-06

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for home Buy and enough copies gift giving
Evening star., 1961-04-06
EDUCATION

Number of schools, pupils, teachers
vate White and Negro school
statistics academic degree ABB
breviations. and much more.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Continued from poge 10

He went to Hollywood, and went to Europe" the
artist relates For the next nine clouds gathered
abroad he travelled painting eater people and street
and browsing in the galleries between shows Among his
audiences were Hitler and Mussolini
I'VE tried break contract and when they
breaking shops and burning synagogues in 1938 he
But the German theaers wouldn't let We finished
contract and left They searched luggage for six hours
when leaving Berlin We in South America when
the war broke out"
In l940 Mr. Cupo decided, This where being
artist" He finished his last theater performance in Fort
Wayne Ind shipped his trunk and followed home C0lum
bus
He had barely his easel when he found himself in
the Field Artillery Later he assigned Special Services
teaching convalescents.
Mr. Cupo hospitalized for eight months after njur
ing his back in Texas While still convalescing
he attended the Corc0ran School here under the G bill
After three student he taught at the Corcoran
and also at Columbia Tech In 197 he began painting and
teaching in his studio education
sucor for YWCA and Montgomery County and teaches
the International School of Interior Design.
Besides the street studio, which has flavor Of Paris
heightened by the flower carts Eighth street. visible out
the windows Mr. Cupo has painting quarters in Silver Spring
where he lives Mrs Cupo the former Ellen Pelton whom
he married in London in 1885, also artist Their home
furnished In early American style furniture Of which
he has built and she has finished refnished Mr. Cupo
has daughter Mrs. Agnes Ann Vomer of Columbus and
three grandchildren.
Evening star., 1961-09-10

"sodbuster," but needing money des-
perately to replace his decimated
stock, he accepts dangerous govern
ment mission as an undercover agent
in the Wyoming territory, leaving his
young son, Mark, behind in the
disease-racked country.
1t is while pursuing wanted" des-
perados that Connors encounters a
fIashy town girl, played by Miss
James, who almost makes him forget
that modest Joan Taylor is back in
North Fork, NM, minding the store.
Evening star., 1961-09-10

TIGHTENING the heavy bur-
~ dens Chuck Connors bears
in the two-part Rifle
man" story titled Wyoming Story"
which will be concluded Tuesday on
ABC-TV-is a brush with lovely Enid
James.
AS the series hero, Lucas Mccain,
Connors has need of little luck, ro-
mantle or otherwise. His cattle herd
has been all but destroyed by the
hoof and mouth disease
He is talked out of becoming a
Evening star., 1961-09-10

Enid jones leads
Chuck ConnoFs into
q different kind Of
danger in a scene
from "Wyoming
Story" a fwo-Porf
ABC.Tv series
concluding on
tuesday nights
'RifIemon'
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Niqerion Guest

Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa,
Prime Minister of Nigeria, has been a
welcome guest in Washington this week.
This is so first Of all because of his own
personality and accomplishments. He
is a man of courtesy and dignity, we'll
educated himself and a teacher before
he entered politics. First appointed and
then elected Prime Minister of his
nation, he has carried his responsible
tiles with skill and moderation that have
earned him widening influence among
the leaders of the African nations But
this welcome also is extended, in effect,
to Nigeria itself. Independent since last
October, Nigeria has chosen to remain
in the British Commonwealth and has
become member of the United Nations.
It's transition from colony and pro-
tectorate to its present status has been
marked by none of the extremism and
troubles which have afflicted some of It's
neighborS. It's future is one of the most
promising on its continent.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Combating PRESSURE

District licensing officials have done
entirely the right thing in speaking out
against what they considered political
pressure imposed on them by a Con-
gresham in behalf of used-car dealer
WhoselicenSe to operate had been denied.
We do not know whether the tele-
phone calls and the letters initiated in
this case by Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee, and by his
counsel, Hayden CARRIER, were improper
or not. Certainly there is nothing ex-
ceptional in the expression of interest by
members of Congress in cases which are
brought to their attention through COM
plants of unfair treatment.
The important point, however, is
that when officials feel that they have
been subjected to improper pressure, the
sources of such pressure should be made
known Immediately, as occurred in this
case. For when such matters are brought
into the open, there is little danger that
damage will be done.
Mr.. Mcmillan now says that he was
not interested in single case, but in
number Of complaints involving the
enforcement of various acts passed by
Congress, including the valuable new law
which is intended to safeguard the public
from unScrupulouS uSed-car dealers. If
this is so, then by all means the investi-
cation which he has announced should
be held, and it should be welcomed by
District officials.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

total victory is to be achieved-by nu-
clear war or by arguments of such
compelling logic that the Communists
would surrender? Or what would fol-
low after such a victory = military
occupation of Russia and China or re-
education of 800 million former enemies?
1t is unlikely that either of these
Senators will convince the other Their
exchange is particularly meaningfuI,
however, because it does sum up what
appears these days to be two clear camps
of American opinion-one favoring con-
tinued patient effort to achieve
solution through variety of means
short of fighting, the other almost i'm
patient to force a showing If not a
showdown in military power. In their
remarks, Senators Fulbright and Gold
water are sharpening this question.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Niqerion's Dim View of Texas College Is PerpIeMng

An article in The Wash
ington Star, June IT, head
lined, african Student Hurt
by Year at UT" and later
reprinted in the Texas OBJ
server, perplexed me.
David Adeleke, a student
from Nigeria, came to the
University of Texas in the
spring of 1860 from Texas
Southern University where he
had been studying since his
arrival in this country in the
fall of 1859. AS local CO.
ordinator of the United
States National Students AS
sociation, I was in close con-
tact with the International
Commission and the Office
of the Director of Interna-
tional Student Affairs. I was
therefore able to follow Dav-
ids progress and did so with
interest since he was the first
African from South of the
Sahara to have studied on
our campus. I was surprised
and disturbed to learn from
your article that in David'S
view his two years at the
university we're so unproduc-
tive and uncomfortable for
him that he would return
here only "as a last resort. -
Though l fully share David's
Evening star., 1961-07-27
On Space Communication

In his formal statement on the
development Of system of world
wide voice and visual" communication
through the use of space satellites, Pres
ident Kennedy has set forth policy
guidelineS that are necessarily broad
and generalized. This is so because the
establishment of such system, though
scientifically and technologically FEAST
BILE, involves numerous highly complex
technical, economic and political ques-
tionS. These are both national and
international, and they do not lend
themselves to any easy or pat answers
at this time.
Even so, acting in keeping with
recommendations made on the basis of
special studies by the Space Council
headed by Vice President johnson, Mr..
Kennedy has been specific enough as
regards two of the most important
aspects of this potentially revolutionary
undertaking. First, his administration,
like President EiSenhower's, favors pri-
vate ownership and operation of our
countryS portion of the projected
while conducting and encouraging re-
search and experiment to advance the
state of the art" will maintain certain
essential controls, such as over every
Spacecraft launching. And second, in
viting all nations to participate in the
venture ''in the interest of world peace
and closer brotherhood" the President
1oc EaI hot
tribution be carried out as speedily as
practicable and that the system be made
truly global in character and service,
including service to areas of the earth
where it might not be profitable, from
dollars nd-centS point of view, to make
intercontinental telephone, telegraph,
radio and televiSion facilities available.
The Presidents statement also con-
tainS other guidelineS that are bound
to make our American communication
companies raise pointed questions about
competition among themselves and
with foreign participants in the globe
encircling satellite enterprise. Since the
system promises to be one involving vast
profits, these are questions that are
likely to become increasingly prominent
and pressing as the system itself begins
to take shape. Meanwhile, what Mr..
Kennedy has said obviously constitutes
only preliminary definition or tenta-
tive outline Of our official viewpoint.
This is field, after all, in which every
body is still feeling his way, and until
the outlook becomes clearer, policy in
regard to it can hardly be precise,
detailed or dogmatic.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

disappointment and discour-
agement with the slow prog
ress of the realization of civil
rights in Texas and through
out the South, the difficulty
of our task is compounded
by the failure of those from
whose detached experiential
vantage point progress is
most easily recognizable, to
even mention, let alone ac-
claim, the quiet yet steady
advances which have been
and are being made at this
university.
David was one of 20 inter-
national students from all
over the United States at
tending a five-day seminar
on American foreign policy
abroad. He was so honored
in spite of his lamentable
academic record because of
his apparent familiarity
with the total university COM
munity.
The fact that for the two
years which David has been
attending the university, he
has lived in integrated hous-
ing, both university and pri-
vately owned. taken part in
his church activities-the Uni
versity Baptist-and been,
when he was willing, intro
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Sees Disadvantages in 72-Month School Year

Under the plan a school
supposedly built for 600 stu
dents could handle 800. This,
of course, supposes full util-
ization of all classroomS at
all times. However, the use
of the month-long vacation
periods for special classes for
both poor and bright students
will require classrooms al
ready committed to the ex-
panded student body.
What an admission of de-
feat is the claimed advantage
that the child would not so
easily forget over a month as
he would over three months.
If well-trained, the child will
not forget essentials. and if
he does then the system of
instruction must be at fault.
Against the many dubious
advantages let us consider
some of the disadvantages.
Maryland is a State of many
attractions, amongst which
are its vacation areaS-sea-
shores, bays. mountains,
lakes, ETC., and a considerable
portion of the States econ
omy rests on these areas. Un-
fortunately for Mr.. Whittier'S
plan, we are people living in
the North Temperate Zone
and nature has decreed when
summer is to be. While a
few would welcome vacations
Evening star., 1961-07-27

Establishment of a 12-
month school year. proposed
by c. Taylor Whittier, school
superintendent for Montgom-
cry County, has many dis
advantages.
How better education would
result is unexplained since the
children would be in school
the same number of days per
year. Greater flexibility is
claimed, but If this means
giving the child greater vari-
ETY., the school program is
already too flexible. What is
needed is greater inflexibility.
insistence that the student
learn thoroughly in the lower
grades the essential building
blocks for higher education.
In short, the student should
be given a firm grasp on the
subjects of mathematics,
spelling, reading, grammar,
speaking and writing.
Reduction in school costs
is highly questionable. Even
conceding. for arguments
sake, that instruction costs
would not go up, mainte-
nance and operational costs
would certainly climb. In
fact another bureau would
have to be created to plan
the very complicated sched-
ules that the system would
necessitate.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

duced to the Austin COM
munity, including acceptance
into the home and activities
of a local family; and yet
remains so markedly unim-
pressed that he can simply
and unqualifiedly say, Il
didn't like that place." should
have real significance for
Texans.
Though David in his cat
egorical condemnation stated
incorrectly that none Of the
dormitories we're integrated," !"
(there has been partial elec-
tive integrated housing for
the past four years. we can
still appreciate the impact
of the effrontery to ones
sense of individual dignity
when denied access to the
several restaurants, theaters.
which remain segregated in
the university area. Further,
David's remarks demonstrate
the necessity to move more
quickly in attaining de facto
civil rights, not only in the
interest of justice and do
mestic solidarity, but out of
concern for our international
relations as we'll.
Lowell H. Eeberman, Jr.
Austin, Texas.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

@. Please list the gauges
of track used by model rail-
road hobbyists.-D. K.
A. Five gauges of track are.
widely used by model rail-
readers. The largest, gauge.
0, measures IA inches. The
others are gauge s, "a inch;
gauge 90, "a inch; gauge
HO, 20 inch, gauge TT, u
inch.
@. What is the name Of
the British automobile race
similar to our Indianapolis
500?-H. r.
A. Prior to World War II
the British Racing Drivers
Club held an annual 500-mile.
race at Brooklands track,
outside London, but this race
was discontinued in 1885 be-
cause of small crowds and de-
clining entries. The Brook
lands track was bulldozed
during the war to make room
for an aviation plant; its site
was later used for a hous-
ing development.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Water Crystals Form in Brain Tissue
By THOMAS R. HENRY

of these oscillations is the
brain with it's cells and in
terneural connections. The
average energy of the oscilla-
tions may be assumed to be
determined by the activity
of the exciting mechanism
and by the impedance Of the
neural network. Loss of con-
sciousneSs may result either
of a decrease of activity Of
the exciting mechanism or
increase in the impedance
of the supporting network Of
conductors"
Brain Mostly Water
1t is this impedance, DR..
Pauling says, which must be
explained without resort to
postulated chemical effects
on the brain cells, since in
some cases there is known to
be no such effects. 1t can
be demonstrated that the
tiny water crystals, which
would stop the passage of a
nerve impulse through a CELL.
can be produced by contact
of brain water with some of
the substances used as an
algesics.
The effect may . be very.
considerable, he points out,
since the human brain is at
least rs per cent water. It's
molecules are in such atomic
configurations that it would
be simple for the crystals to
lodge in a cell and this
would, very greatly, slow
down the electrical conduc-
tivity.
Experiments are suggested
by which, in the future, proof r
or disproof of the hypothesis
may be provided.