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Evening star., 1962-11-26
Fairfax Supervisors State Case

We have no wish to engage
In an exchange Of public re-
elimination with the FIVE
members Of the Faiyfax
County School Board who,
pursuant to the laws Of Vir-
ginia, were discharged be-
cause Of o lack of confidence
stemming from their appar-
ent inability andIor unwill-
ingness promptly and effec-
lively to investigate serious
charges in the school con-
struction program. However,
in order to minimize the
risk that misleading and de-
ceptive statements made by
the discharged members in a
letter to The Star on Novem-
Der 20, be accepted as con-
elusive, we feel it encumbent
upon us as members Of the
governmental authority di-
rectly responsible to the peo-
pie Of Fairfax County to state
the facts.
On March 8, 1862, Thomas
G. Dodd, a building Inspector
employed by the school ad-
ministration to assure full
and honest performance by
contractors erecting county
public schools was fired for
no stated reason. As is well
known to the former school
board members, Mr.. Dodd
informed some Of the county
supervisors that his discharge
was attributable to his refusal
to accept substandard con-
struction work and work
which otherwise did not meet
specifications. He also stated
that work rejected by him
was nevertheless frequently
accepted by his superiors in
the office Of the assistant
superintendent for mainte-
nance and construction.
Mr.. Dodd appealed to the
county's Civil Service Com
mission. After a hearing, the
commission adjudged that
he had been wrongfully and
unlawfully dismissed, and
ordered his reinstatement
with back pay. The commits
sion also urged an immediate
investigation Of Mr.. Dodd's
charges of substandard con-
struction. The superintendent
Of schools, with tacit school
board approval, called the
Dodd hearing "skulduggery
and political chicanery" and
a com mplete farce" T h e
school board failed to re-
prove the superintendent for
his conduct and did not in
vestigate Mr.. Dodd's charges.
After repeated proddings
by the supervisors, the school
board finally agreed to en-
ploy an independent engi-
neer to investigate. There
after, the Shattering disclo-
sure was made that two
months prior to the hiring
of the engineer a secret re-
port from the assistant su-
perintendent for mainte-
nance and construction to the
school board conceded the
correctness of Mr.. Dodd's
charges. Some school board
members have stated that
their intention was to feed
the secret report to the in
dependent engineer for the
purpose of having him in
clude the substance thereof
in his report and that his
said report should admit MIR.
Evening star., 1962-11-26
PARIS

PARIS
We have no idea, of course,
which Informed circle" in
Washington may be respon-
sible. All one can say Is that
the rash of optimistic reports
flowing from the Capital
recently Is reaching epidemic
proportions
These preiictions-growing
almost entirely out of the
Cuban affair are nothing
less than breathtaking. Soviet
Premicr KhruShchev's defeat
In Cuba, one is told, has
changed the whole political.
military and diplomatic bal
ance of the cold war. Its re-
percussions will be felt for
months to come. And already,
vital decisions are being made
which cannot fail to favor
the Western cause.
The repercussions are by
no means limited to Cuba
itself. 1t is assumed that the
abandoned Communist pup
pet viii eventually be brought
to heel and that other left
leaning leaders Of the hemis-
phere have received a severe
setback. Beyond this, how
ever, defeat for the Commu-
mist cause is being depicted
as global in scale.
In Russia itself Mr.. Khru-
shchev Is described as a
changed man in the wake Of
his Cuban fiasco-not exactly
reformed perhaps = but
chastened and sobered. Rus
sian policy in the future is
expected to take q new. more
cautious, tack. The idea of a
new East-West "detente" Is
in the air. Some go so far as
to predict that the Russian
leadership, abandoning its
cold-war initiatives, will be
content to concentrate on
Internal problems for some
time to come.
Special Application
The prediction has q spe-
cial application, Of course, to
Berlin and on this question
the current crop Of predic-
tions are at their roSiest.
Suddenly there is no more
talk of impending crises or
separate peace treaties. The
East Germans themselves are
talking more mildly and
vaguely about finding new
solutions to the German
problem.
The resolve to look at the
bright side Of things appears
to be irresistible.
Normally the large = scale
invasion Of India by the Chi
nese Communists would not
be considered welcome news.
Today, however, it is being
accepted in some quarters
with curious equanimity. The
point being emphasized is not
the shocking rout Of the
Indian army defending the
frontier, but the demon
Evening star., 1962-11-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Day of Violence and Shame at D. c. Stadium

school athletics, particularly
in the case of football and
basketball, have become,
like their collegiate counter
parts, big business. The
benefits that are potentially
derivable from competitive
sports have been prostrated
at the big feet of big de-
sire for big crowds and big
profits.
Secondly, the motive and
modus operandi implicit in
the foregoing paragraph give
small, If any. educational
justification for the great
amount Of time spent In
practice by the players and
the loss of school time by
students in the purchase Of
tickets and in travel to games.
Thirdly. the commercializ-
ing practices followed empha-
size winning as the only
goal of the game. Conse-
quently, attitudes that can
see both victory and defeat
as facets of a worthy en-
deavor are not properly de-
veloped.
It is time to restore to
athletics their primary pur-
pose: participation to pro-
mote physical and emotional
well-being according to high
principles Of good Sportsman
ship in an atmosphere Of
friendly contest. I fear that
present values are reckoned
too much in terms of cham
pionships and cash earnings.
J. w. Haywood, jr.
1t is time for the Catholic
League, the D. c. public school
authorities, and a local news
paper to make an agonizing
reappraisal Of the Franken-
stein monster that they have
created-the D. c. champion
ship football game.
The explosive elements Of
a large crowd and high spirits
indicate that Commissioner
Tobriner is right; that these
riots must not again occur;
and that this so-called cham
pionship game must never be
played again.
John Oswald Rowland.
I attended the football
game between st. Johns and
Eastern. My son and I were
attacked and beaten by O
group of adolescent savages.
In fact, of the eight mem
bers of the party I was in,
seven Of them we're beaten.
This disgrace could have
been prevented. 1t would
seem that any contest in the
District of such magnitude,
involving colored and white,
can be dangerous. The hand
full Of policemen present
seemed to be but a token
preventative against VIII q t
took place.
1t seems pitiful that as we
sat down to our Thanksgiv-
ing dinner our primary thanks
to God was that we were not
killed attending q football
game at D. c. Stadium.
Evening star., 1962-11-26

Dodd's charges but claim
that all errors had by then
been corrected. But the en-
gineer would have none Of
this. His report was straight
forward; no purpose would
be served, he said, In making
an investigation inasmuch as
the charges had all been ad-
mitted.
The supervisors felt that
the public was entitled to
an honest, full-fledged in
vestigation and not a sham
performance to exculpate the
school administration.
The citizens investigating
committee formulated by the
school board has never been
fully constituted and as Of
October is, 1862, had never
even met.
School board members have
stated that If the supervisors
would just keep quiet, the
whole problem would blow
over. This attitude ended the
supervisors confidence in
most members of the school
board.
The supervisors met to de-
eide how to restore public
confidence in the integrity Of
the school system generally
and the school construc-
ton program specifically.
Some supervisors wanted
the school board dismissed
forthwith. Subsequently, it
was proposed that the super
visors request the school
board to: Publicly reprimand
the school superintendent for
his contumacious attitude to-
ward the Civil Service Com
mission and consider trans
ferring construction and in
spection authority to the De-
partment of Public Works,
with a staff Of experienced
inspectors responsible only to
the Director Of Public Works.
Five members Of the school
board refused, stating that
their acquiescence would re-
fleet adversely upon them
personally.
When we showed no In
tention of agreeing to fur
ther deception of the public,
some school board members
threatened political retribu-
tion against us If we did not
withdraw our request. This
type of blackmail we could
not tolerate. Consequently,
firmly convinced that the
public welfare required a
responsible school board dedi-
Gated to the welfare of the
schools rather than to their
own personal stature, we, as
the authority ultimately re-
sponsible under the Code of
Virginia for the school sys-
tenn in Fairfax County, dis
charged the school board.
A new School Board has
been appointed. We are sure
that it is dedicated to the
prompt discovery and of root
ing out of malfeasance if ever,
wherever, and whenever
found. Realizing that public
education is by far the most
important function of local
government, we urge all the
people to rally behind the
new school board.
William H. Moss, Anne Will
kins, Robert C. Gotten, jr.,
John p. Parrish.
Fairfax County Supervisors.
Evening star., 1962-11-26

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to coHdenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-12-30
10 q JACK PAAR SHOW.

Variety. Hour. Color. Guests: Zsa Zsa
eabor. Jayne Mansfield, Senior Wences.
and the cast of the Plaza Nine revue,
"Dime a Dozen"
Kodiak mirror., 1962-09-21
Miss Van Buren Wins Scholarship

Sharon Van Buren, senior from Kodiak, is one of the two Western Washington State College students who has been named an American Chemical Society-Petroleum Re search Fund scholar for the 1862 63 year.
 Along with Anita Dorsing from Acme. Wash, she will do research on a study of complex compounds of tetravalent nickel during the coming year. This is her second year of work on the project.
Kodiak mirror., 1962-09-21
Kodiak Low an In Unemployment

In one respect, at least, Kodiak is 'low-man" on the totem pole in Alaska and that is in the amount of unemployment monies paid dur ing August.
 A total of only S759 was paid out, of which S497 is in the state pro- gram, compared to Soldotna's $6,- 335; Palmer's S6,119; Nome'S S4,- 593: Sitka's $4,814; and Peters burg'S $1,489.
Kodiak mirror., 1962-09-21
Watch for ID & A Paint Sale

Over 40 claims have already been filed in the area.
 According to Newsweek one old timer shaking his head said: "The cheechakoS seem to have every thing but sense. If they think they'll be able to winter here they'd better take along plenty of grub"
Kodiak mirror., 1962-09-21

gress, and no doubt they are on the mainland, but their effects would be longtime coming to Kodiak.
 To be more specific, and an cleo tion year is a good time to ask: CD What, if anything, is being done about lower freight rates to the island, and CD what is being done to provide cheaper electricity for Kodiak?
 That is, we assume we are part of Alaska, even though the High way Department is taking a long time in getting around to realizing it.
 We most certainly don't want to discourage anyone aiming for perfect game at the Elks Lanes, but did you know that the odds on a bowler shooting a 200 game in a sanctioned league is 1,20O,- 900 to 1, according to the Amer ican Bowling Congress which is also a reminder that Kodiak will host the state Elks bowling tour ney before long.
 * #
 Somehow overlooked in the state newspapers but important enough to rate space in Time and News week is the Beryllium Rush 90 miles northwest of Nome and 45 miles from Little Diomede Island Russia's most eaSterly territory.
 Beryllium, a hard, silver-white element is worth S70 a pound and is found in veins of rocks. It is re- fined electrolytically and is used in electronic components. It is one third lighter than aluminium yet three times stronger than steel.
Kodiak mirror., 1962-09-21
Kodiak kapsules-
Continued From Page D

Continued From Page D tation, MT. Thomas candidacy has many Republican perplexed since he has been an Alaska resident only two years. Although, not elgi- ble to run for State office, which requires three years residency, he can run for Congress-"
 Rep. Rivers also stated in the same speech that he was the Vice President of the Alaska ConStitu tional Convention which apparent ly was responsible for drawing up those requirements.
 HOUSEHOLD HINT: To keep cake from getting stale, put it in a paper box in the children's room.
 Occasionally a thoughtful act, one involving bravery or quick ac tion, takes some time to reach public notice
 For example, last week Nick Mullen of Afognak's alertness was credited with saving the lives of two unidentified people who fell into the water last week near the KEA area, and the volunteer fire men are of the opinion that Tommy Gallagher'S quick action in fighting the Dog House fire last week kept it from breaking through the walls. We are happy to acknowledge their acts of heroism which other wise would have gone unnoticed.
 We are reminded by employees at Kraft's Super Market that jaw breakers and Black Jack gum is still around, and you can order curling iron from Sears if you feel the urge, but do you remem- Der: Toys made of sturdy cast iron? Wonderfully cold wa ter in buckets? .. Summer band concerts in the park? Ice cream straight from the freezer on the Fourth? Ranch but ter? Little girls who cried reading Little Women?" Horatio Algier in Sink or Swim?" And when everybody in town whittled but few did wood carving?
 Somewhere along the line we have failed here in Kodiak to get our message across to Alaska's Senators and Congressman.
 Sen. Ernest Gruening said last week here that hydro-electric pow CT and roads on the mainland are the states greatest needs for pro-
Evening star., 1962-04-18

wife, has let husband Steve
Parker spend most Of his time
in Japan where he became a
successful film producer. In
Hollywood, Shirley became a
top star. Now they are joining
forces and doing what Eddie
Fisher had hoped he'd be doing
with wife Elizabeth Taylor
Steve producing In Hollywood
and Shirley starring for him.
Rock Hudson gets away from
the hurly-burly Of life in town,
at jays on the Beach. Usually
with Marilyn Maxwell. Some
times alone. But I am not one
Of those who expect Marilyn to
be signing her name Mrs. Roy
Fitzgerald-Rock's legal mon
iker.
Robert Wagner writes from
Europe that what happened to
him in Hollywood was the best
thing that ever happened to
him. I suppose he refers to the
breakup Of his marriage with
Natalie Wood. After his movie
in Hamburg. there are several
others waiting for him in Rome,
which I love and where I have
taken a long lease on an apart
ment." Bob's No. ! girl In Rome
continues to be Marian DOnen.
Cesar Romero, Hollywood'S
most popular bachelor, has in
vited all his lady friends Of the
past rs years to the party
Evening star., 1962-04-18

Shirley MacLaine, q good
Evening star., 1962-04-18
HOLLYWOOD
By SHEHAH GRAHAM

Boone's Have Gun. Will
Travel" is finishing its sixth
and final year.
John Forsythe invited Robert
Horton and his wife, Marilyn,
to dinner t'other night. and
also invited Barbara Ruick and
her husband, Johnny Williams.
He quite forgot that Barbara
and Horton were once wed. 1t
Is difficult to remember who
has been married to whom in
Hollywood!
Lloyd Nolan could have had
a role in Warmers story of
John Kennedy's heroism in
"PT-109," but he chose the
British comedy, I'VE Joined
the Navy" with Kenneth
More) because-''it will give my
wife and me a chance to see
London once again, and after
that We'll tour Scotland and
Ireland and then the Isles OF
Greece, where we've never
been"
Carolyn Jones and husband
Aaron Spelling spent about
$4,000 redecorating their new
home in Beverly Hills. Both
their careers are in top gear,
with Aaron writing so many
shows for Dick Powell and
Carolyn currently starring in
How the West Was Won" and
coming up, Fair Game" al
Columbia.
Evening star., 1962-04-18
See the
Statue of a
Photograph

The Joe Rosenthal photo
graph Of the o. s. Marines
raising the American flag
atop Mt. Suribachi on Two
Jima in World War II. Trans
lated unforgettably into
bronze by Felix de Welden.
See it on a D. c. TRANSIT
SIGHTSEEING TOUR. Mod
ern air-conditioned motor
coach with big, wide picture
windows and expert driver
guide. Choose from s tours,
2 to 8 hours in length, $500
to $14.00 (half-fare for chill
dren under 12.) Tickets at
DC. Transit System Termi-
nal, 1125 Pennsylvania Ave
nue., NV. (12th st. at Penn
sylvania Ave.). Or phone
Federal 3-5200 and ask for
Sightseeing Terminal" /" We
will gladly call for you any
where in Washington, DC.
Evening star., 1962-04-18
Burton Revisited

HOLLYWOOD CNANA) -
Richard Burt0n's Ice Pal
ace" is about to be unthawed
by Warmers and released. First
time around it was a So million
box-office bomb. They're
hoping the current hot pub
: hcity viii set fire to the film.
I had my French revolutions
mixed up. THE Scarlet Pim-
pernel" is not "a Tale Of Two
Cities" and it. is the former
that Mrs. Danny Kaye, is turn
ing into a musical. And not
necessarily for Danny - she
would just as lief have Sir Lau-
renee Oliver in the role I saw
the late Leslie Howard do so
well on the screen.
Jane Fonda is hoping to
squeeze into The Victors" for
Carl Foreman In London, be-
tween Period of Adjustment"
at Metro and "The Fun
Couple" on Broadway in the
fall. Geraldine Page and
Rip Torn are very quiet, but
very persistent.
Jack Kelly, delighted that he
is out of Maverick" is follow
ing Brother (Jim Garner)
Brett's lead, and concentrating
on feature films. Jack just
turned a neat profit of $45,0 900
on some land in Northern Cali
fornia.
Richard Boone will rehearse
his Broadway-bound play,
Sergeant Steiner" in Holly
wood, open in San Francisco
then New York in November
Evening star., 1962-04-18

Dorothy and Harry Jameson
are giving him before he leaves
for Spain the end Of this
month. When I first came to
Hollywood, Cesar was dating
lovely blond Virginia Bruce.
But through the years, when
Evening star., 1962-04-18

Joan Crawford comes to town,
Cesar has taken her to all par
ties and premieres going on
while she's here.
The Nome nugget., 1962-03-23
FORD MAY INTRODUCE A SMALL SMALL GAR

DETROIT M = Ford Motor Go broke two-year silence today and confirmed it has a srnall-small car which it may introduced in the fall as a 1863 model.
 Although reams have been writ ten in recent months about such a car, Ford had steadfastly refused to admit its existence in anything other than experimental form.
 The showdown came when the company had to file prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington in con- nection with the proposed public sale of additional Ford stock by the Ford Foundation.
 SEC rules say company must make full disclosure of it's plans and so, buried in the fine print, there appeared this paragraph:
 For some time the company has had under development another new car that would be part of the Ford line and would be smaller and lighter than any other car pre- sently manufactured in the Unitec States by the company or it's com petitors. The company currently i considering introducing such new car as 1863 model late in 1862 l but changes in market conditions or other factors, may cause thes' plans to be altered.' '
The Nome nugget., 1962-03-23
ASSEMBLYMAN BOOKED FOR FALSE BOMB REPORT

SACRAMENTO. Calif. R AS- semblynan Charles Chapel, tense and pale, surrendered to Sacra- mento police today on felony charge of falsely reporting a bomb was aboard an airliner.
 He was booked ia the the city city jail, jail fingerprinted, then released on $1,00O bail.
 The assemblyman, something of a firebrand in the legislature, has said the bomb scare was all mis- understood joke.
 Immunity from arrest as leg islator does not extend to felony charges. Chapel, an assembly1nan for 10 years, voted for the state law that makes a false bomb re port punishable by up to three years in prison.
The Nome nugget., 1962-03-23
Verne o. Martin |Lashes at Egan
 Administration

Verne O. Martin, Republican candidate for governor of Alaska arrived yesterday from Anchorage via Kotzebue accompanied by his wife and campaign manager Lynn Thomas.
 He came to Nome at the invita- tion of the Young Republicans and spoke at their dinner last evening.
 Martin, an attorney who came to Alaska in 1852, attended the University of Denver and West minister Law School and passed the Colorado Bar examination in 1850. He has been in Nome before, while he served as referee in bankruptcy.
 The Martins have six children, two of whom are students at the University of Alaska. They will be remembered by many as the family who had the first foreign exchange student Elana Orlando in their home. She graduated from Anchor age High in 1860.
 Martin launched bnstering at tack on the Egan administration, charging that Gov. Egan has failed to keep his promises to residents of Alaska's northwest district. He said the Nome and Kotzebue area: still lack school facilities, road and other state aids promised b. the state administration. Miss Gail McIver, club president presided over the near overflos
 crowd at the Seaview Room. A to
 elephant donated by Martin as
 door prize, was won by Mayo Roscoe Willxe.
 They departed this morning ol l their return to Anchorage in thei chartered plane piloted by Bernart Shaw.
 Continued on Page 6
The Nome nugget., 1962-03-23
Black Bear Tests Election Capsule lOf B-58 Bomber

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Calif M An escape capsul
 popped out of a high-f1ying B-5t
 A parachute opened and drifte
 toward the Mojave Desert witt
 ground crews in pursuit. Fortunately, it landed on thu base. It might have caused some concern among the civilian popula- ton if it had missed = because when crews reached the capsule out came a bear.
 It was 2-year -old, female, 108- pound, American black bear.
 She works for the Air Force.
 She rode to earth in the same type capsule previously tested by a man and a chimpanzee.
 Medical officers say they can tell more from a bear than they can from chinnp,' an Air Force spokesman explained after the test yesterday. Ut has something to do with a similarity between spinal structure and internal organs"
 The bear rode in what is called a Clamshell Capsule. She was un- strapped and taken to an Edwards laboratory to see how she fared on the trip. She seemed unharrned by the experience, which lasted minutes and 49 seconds, from plane to ground.
 The bears capsule was the same type used last month by Chief War rant Officer Edward Murray, al though the bears leap was more spectacular.
 Murray elected at 10000 feet and 565 mph; the bear was elected at B, ,O00 feet and 870 mph. The Air Force said a man may be next to attempt the higher, faster election. Extreme speeds achieved by the B-58 make it unsafe for man to bail out in the usual jet plane election seat. The clarnshell seat has doors which close around the occupant before a power charge blows the seat out.
 It also provides the occupant with oxygen on the way down.