davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22
Personnel Attending
 Extension Conference e

The annual conference of the Cooperative Extension Service staff of the University of Alaska got underway on Monday of this week. When President William K. Wood welcomed the group to the campus.
 Agricultural and home econ omics agents from Palmer Juneau, Homer, Nome, Anch- orage and Fairbanks are at tending. Extension personnel attending the sessions from Palmer include Lew Hanks, district agent, Myrtle Bangs, home demonstration agent and Extension specialists, accord ing to Dr. Arthur Buswell, dean of the division of state wide services and director of the Cooperative Extension Ser vice.
 Emphasis of the week-long session will be on housing, Dr. Buswell said. Speakers will ex- plain some of the fine points of housing so agents may help i individuals in their respective communities solve housing problems.
 Speakers will include C. Ivan Branton, agricultural en gineer with the University of Alaska's Experiment Station at Palmer; Dr. LaMar Hubbs, sanitary engineer with the Ar ctic Health and Research Cen ter, Anchorage; and Herbert 1 Sinnard, Dean of the School of Architecture at Oregon State University.
 Other speakers will include A. Q. Stine, Farmers Home Administration, Palmer; Don ald Bruce, Alaska National Bank, Fairbanks, R. H. Hick- man, Federal Housing Admin istration, Anchorage; Mrs, Mary Putnam, city planning officer, Fairbanks; and Dean Charles Sargent of the Univer- sity's engineering department.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22
Eaha'i Community Observes New Year

ihe Bahai Community of 1he Nidtaauska Valley. and .Euests, joined , million Baha'is Sruuud the world in observ- 'ssaNe oi tie B;uId | New Year Sast night with a meeting at 6he home of MT. and Mrs. Rich a1d Miller, Jr. A brief explan- .stinn of the meaning of Nav
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22
&LKS PLANNING STEAK DINNER

Palmer Elks are planning another New York steak din sisr at their home. All Elks &i2Q- ladies, and guests are in vIteE. Dinner will be served at 6.3a pm. on Saturday, March .24 n Eiks hall.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22
OVER POD ATTEND RECEPTION FOR MIR. AND MRS. BYRON J0MkS0N

ding cake which was baked in the shape of a cross and dec orated with pastel yellow roses.
 MT. and Mrs. Johnson, long time valley residents, are now at home at Valley View Apart mentS.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22
IRRESPONSIBLE

A man may hold the key to the situation, and still lack the
 ambition to see it through.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22

waiting. The queen contest and presentation will be an attrac- ton in itself as Mrs. Rachel Patterson is working on that with ideas galore.
 At the Alaska Congress of Parents and Teachers District No. 3 conference Tuesday, Mrs. Keith H. Johnson (Kitty) was elected to replace Dr. Curtiss Dearborn as Vice-PreS. tor chairman) for this district. This is two year term office.
 
 COMMUNITY CALENDAR
 Friday. s..arcu -o Wasilla Lions, Hallea Lodge, 8 pm.
 Thursday. March P Wasilla Grange No. ?, ComYf Hall, 8 pm.
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22
UNREASONABLE

When the engineer of a train oe Thought loses his temper he laa& 70 control over the throttle
The frontiersman., 1962-03-22

Oregon is one of five mer- cury producing states in US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-22
LOVE AND LAUGHTER
TheyWere Poor
But Oh, So Rich
BY MARJORIE HOLMES
Dialogue with a cab driver

Dialogue with a cab driver
There were II of children and very poor,
only our mother taught to be rich. What dyou
mean poor? she'd say whenever we'd complain Your
father gave you good eyes to WITH good
hands to work with and good feet thatn carry you
you want to 60 That's being rich son. that's
being rich.
There are plenty of people that can't see-you can
use your eyes to help Them that's how rich you are
There are some people that can't walk-you can
walk them and lift them Some people have
the burdens in life and people have to carried
the person that learns to do the carrying you the
strong-thats what really counts that's wha makes you
rich.
Mother was a gentle-spoken woman. I never heard
her rough language and neither did of her six
person judged she always told by what out
"And she always had for everything When
my sister would say 1T don't to be good Mama-look
at neghbor, what wonderful woman she was, and
she's dead And how of the worst people just live
and on. My mother would say If you had company for
dinner what flower would pick for the table? Wouldn't
into the garden and pick the best? That's the way
he says let them be- maybe if give EN- some time
they'll improve But want the loveliest the incest the
best-even little babies sometimes
My mother didn't need Thanksgiving to remind her
grateful She grateful every day of life for
her husband and her church and her children and for
living in country where everybody be Free and if he
looks at it right he can be rich!"
THANKSGIVING POSTCARDS
The uaLey smiles tDine and yeIloD
A peaceful blessing our liUeS;
The apples redden, pumpkins mellon;
The cor7tucopid drriUeS.
Potatoes bake NTH pie-SDeet crusttng,
Brown turkeys fill the ootDing stoUes;
Such bounty is the hdrUet-truStino
As kitchens smell of tDdrm rich lodUeS
The roads rerhyme glad Thanksgiving
Through scarlet hills and goldenrod-
Hear notU the song of freedom HUing,
View non the tOhite prayer house of God
Inez Franck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-22
Pilot Club

Mr.. w. c. Tom" Sawyer,
senior vice president of the
Freedoms Foundation at VAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-22

tives was Mrs. Anthony Cele-
breeze, wife of the Secretary
Of Health, Education and
Welfare. She is an honorary
member of the local council
and is secretary Of the Ma
tional organization. She was
reelected to a three-year
term on the board Of d.
rectors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-22
Back From Meeting

The Potomac Area Council
Camp Fire Girls this week
welcomed home its represen-
tatives who attended the an
nual meeting Of the National
Council in Cleveland last
week. Among the representa-
Evening star., 1962-02-18

tive out Of the stones Mr. zahn explained Most of
tie clip ring paperweight hobby "but
the members enjoy "a certain of them gotten good
mystery cutting stone considered
and finding what it reveals" fesSionalS" he added
Evening star., 1962-02-18

phia, a youthful member of the
Friends Peace Committee, urged
the students to "haul down the
military complex and put it in
the garbage can of history
where it belongs"
Emil Macy of Detroit, sec
retary- treasurer of the United
Auto Workers Union, said that
efforts to match arms with the
Soviet Union is a suicidal
waste"
"Just because the Russians
have no concern for humanity
that's no reason we have to
make the same stupid mistake. :"
Jan Triggs, of New Rochelle,
N. Y, a Howard University STU
dent, said Americas students
must "by our numbers and our
protests break up the reaction
Evening star., 1962-02-18
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

The decision in yesterdays
debate on the resumption OF
nuclear testing, Junior grade
went overwhelmingly to the
banners of the bomb.
They were $500 against a
mere rs.
But the antis had the feeling
that if they had won outside
the White House, they may
have been defeated inside.
Said John H. Coatsworth, a
red-headed 20-year-old Wes-
leyan Junior, who was a picket
monitor, II feel the real rea-
son we're here is a dead issue.
I'm sure they're going to test
again. But we liberals have to
keep certain ideals alive. And
if you want to see the strength
of the conservative movement
in American colleges, just go
down to the corner"
He stopped to urge on a pick
citing couple who were holding
Evening star., 1962-02-18
Gem Society Sees Millions in Stones

A rare behind = the scenes
tour of the 81 per cent of
the Smithsonian Institutions
multi-million-doll gem col
lection which Is not on public
display unveiled some real eye
openers yesterday.
Members of the District Gem
and Lapidary Society "oohed"
and "aahed" when they saw
rough-cut hunks Of aqua
marine, kunzite and smoky
quartz, some Of them as big
as a quart bottle of milk and
Weighing several pounds.
Members questions as to the
worth of any particular stone
were not answered. The chief
guide for the tour, Paul Desau-
tells, assistant curator Of the
Division of Minerology end
Petrology, explained that he
knows the values but Is not
allowed to divulge them. The
collection is worth several
million, he said.
About rs members Of the So
ciety, which includes residents
of Virginia and Maryland,
toured the divisions quarters
in the Museum of Natural His
tory.
The Smithsonian collection
did not impress the amateurs
for its value alone. Rutilated
quartz. a transparent stone
with gold needle-like forma-
tions inside, was admired for
the beauty Of its patterns,
even though the worth Of the
better samples was estimated
at only $35 to $40 by Carl
Hershey, a minerology aide.
The society members also
were intrigued by the ceiling
high stone-cutting and polish
ing machinery in the museums
lapidary shop. Most Of the
members have their own equip
ment Of this type in much
Evening star., 1962-02-18

ary political coalition that has
stood in the way of peace and
civil rights"
The rally included a scientist,
William A. Higinbotham of the
Brookhaven National Labora-
tory at Upton, N. Y.
He suggested the students
"better learn to live" with con-
flict in the world. But, unlike
the other speakers, Mr.. Higin-
botham called for no blanket
end of nuclear arms. He said
the United States should limit
its weapons arsenal ito essen
tial' items for retaliation
against an attack on U.S."
When the larger groups Of
demonstrators dis bande a
half-dozen members Of the
American Nazi Party marched
in front Of the White House.
Evening star., 1962-02-18
MARCH OF IDEALSr 's,% : " -
I esters Overcome
By Bomb-Bonners

hands. He wore a beard and
black sweatshirt, and his sign
said, Love Your Neighbor
Without a Shotgun" She wore
the uniform of the antis-black
leotards and white sneakers,
and her sign said, zone Ma
tion Under God, Not Under
ground"
Across the street. in front Of
the Treasury Building, the
conservatives marched slowly
around in a single line under
the leadership of Judy McGav-
ack. a 21-year old Washington
Government secretary.
She explained hers was a
hastily assembled token group,
not at all representative of the
true strength of the conserva-
tive Young Americans for Free
dom.
Judy was wearing 3-inch
heels and a fur-collared black
coat.
A couple of ants sauntered
by.
"Lunatic fringe" muttered
one.
"War-mongers," sneered an
other.
Move along" said a police
man.
"The Young Americans for
FIR e d o m would rather not
picket" Miss McGavack said,
although the YAFs have pick
eted the White House, once the
week before Christmas in favor
of testing, and a couple of
times for Katanga.
"The President never sent us
out any coffee" she complain
ed. The ants had coffee on the
White House in the snow yes
terday morning.
one OF her aides pointed out
that their little line had two
American flags. and that the
pacifists had none.
Look at the clients we have
and look what they have" said
Thomas Smith, a husky blond
Is year = old spokesman for
YAF. Their signs should say,
Ban the Barbers.' We always
picket in coats and ties"
A few minutes later, a sign
appeared in the line saying
Ban the Beatniks." d,
THE cops like us much bet
ter" said "a conservative, whose
sign said, "Pacifism Is Cow
ardice." "One of them told me
he'd much rather have his chill
dren associate with us than
with them"
A little band of late-arriving
bomb-banners from New York
University came up to the front
of the White House. One of
them. Madeline Greenberg, a
19-year-ol sophomore, decided
to become the days first
counter counter-marcher.
All by herself, she began
walking in a small circle.
After a while she gave it up.
What's the use with only one
Sign?" she said.
The conservatives watched
her go with satisfaction. "Wait
for our rally on Memorial Day
against the no-win policy. Wen
show them"
Evening star., 1962-02-18
Open House Set
By Fuirfux G. A. P.

The Fairfax Civil Air Patrol
squadron will hold open house
at 7 pm. tomorrow at Falls
Church High School, Hillwood
avenue and Cherry street.
All teen-agers are invited
The commander of the National
Capital Wing will give a brief
talk and color movies will show
the work of the CAP.
Evening star., 1962-02-18

and an $8,445 maximum for
the higher degree.
In Prince Georges, the school
board has before 1t a plan sub
mitted by a committee of the
County Teachers Association to
jump the bachelors degree
scale to a range of $4,000 to
$8,4O0, with a top for degrees
and service Of $4,000.
In Arlington, a teachers
group has presented the school
board with a plan to give bach
elor's degree holders a $4,000
to-$9,300 scale, and top maxi
mum recipients a possible $10,-
900.
Evening star., 1962-02-18
1000 Pickering Students
Hold Peace Rallies Here

Knox soldier in uniform and
carrying a sign - lay down
on the sidewalk in front of
the White House.
According to Inspector Sulli-
van, police started questioning
the soldier, identified as Spe-
cialist 4/C Robert E. Greenberg,
when another marcher, Arnold
M. Moodnik, 26, of New York
City, took a photo and refused
to move when police ordered
him to do so.
When police arrested Mr..
Moodnik, a n o t her marcher,
Philip E. Hipwell, 10, of Flush
ing, N. Y, pushed the arrest
ing officers.
Inspector Sullivan said both
Mr.. Moodnik and Mr.. Hipwel
were charged with being dis
orderly. They were taken to the
Third Precinct.
Meet Soviet Diplomats
The soldier was turned over
to Armed Service police. The
sign he carried read: Not by
might but by My spirit, sayeth
the Lord.
While the marchers picketed
the White House, a smaller
group went to the Soviet En-
bassy and there a student dele
cation met with Rostislav
Borisov, the first secretary and
other Embassy officials.
During the White House
demonstration - the pickets
carried signs urging disarma-
ment and an end to nuclear
testing-a smaller group of
pickets representing Young
Americans for Free m"
marched near the Treasury
Building with signs calling for
resumption of nuclear testing.
At the monument, white
haired, 77-year-old Mr.. Thom-
as told the chilly, cheering
and applauding crowd that the
United States, by continuing to
stay in the arms race, is be-
coming a garrison state"
The Socialist leader was one
Of five speakers who addressed
the apparently footsore STU
dents who stood or crouched
on the cold, damp ground.
Thomas Barton of Philadel-
Evening star., 1962-02-18
Competition in Luring Teachers
Spurs Area Schools Pay Rivalry

ventures Arlington School Supt
Ray Reid.
Better salaries and better
working conditions are signifi-
cant in the competition for
II achers, observes District
School Supt. Carl Hansen. He
adds:
But the real issue is the
need for reasonable salaries fo1
teachers, to improve the quail
ity of our education"
! Here are some comparisons
Of area salaries under present
schedules:
Beginners with bachelors de-
grees: Washington, $4,000; Al
exandria, $4,700, and Montgom-
cry, Prince Georges, Arlington
and Fairfax Counties and Falls
Church, $4,000.
Maximum salaries for bach
elor's degree holders: Fairfax
$7,840 (after "a years service) ;
Prince Georges, $1,000; Alexan-
dria. Arlington and Falls
Church, $7,400; Montgomery
$1,000. and Washington, $7,095
At the highest level of de-
grees and service: Montgom-
cry, $4,000; Prince Georges, $8,-
500; Fairfax, $8,440; Alexan-
dria. $8,400; Arlington, $4,000;
Falls Church. $4,000, anc
Washington $7,848.
Change Due in Fall
BY next fall, much of that
will have changed. Four school,
boards have approved new
schedules, subject to clearance
of their budgets by local gov
ernments:
Montgomery would include a
scale for bachelors degree hold
ers running from $4,820 to ST.
; 900, and a top maximum OF
$10,575.
Fairfax would offer teachers
with bachelors degrees $4,60C
to start and step up to an even
tual $4,000. The top maximum
would be $4,000.
Falls Church's bachelors de.
gree scale would run from
$4,000 to $7,770. Top degree
and service qualifications would
bring possible $4,000.
| Alexandria would bring It's
bachelor degree scale up from
the same beginning, $4,700, tc
a top of $500, and its highest
maximum to $4,000.
D. C. Leaders Active
In the District, a school
board pay raise proposal has
pended with the Commissioners
since a year ago January. A
teacher pay increase is fore
cast in the Commissioners
! legislative proposal, but is
linked to new revenue legis-
lation.
Last July, city officials said
the District was not in a finan-
cial position to recommend
: teacher raises, but if condition:
were better, there might be JUS
: tification for an average raise
) of 81 per cent, as compared
! with 10.4 per cent recon-
mended by the school board.
The board proposal would
raise the maximum for a bach
: elor'S degree to $500 and the
top pay for a teacher with g
masters degree plus 80 credit
hours to $9,1O0. City officials
countered with a $7,745 top fol
1.-THE bachelors degree holder
Evening star., 1962-02-18
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS
Star Staff Writer

I ~e-e
The teachers salary merry.
go-round is revolving again ir
the Washington area.
But the calliope theme is less
merry than earnest as neigh
boring school systems, trying
to keep up with the Joneses
sound the annual refrain before
school boards, county and city
councils, and even Congress:
How can we get and hold the
teachers we need If they car
get better salaries a few miles
away?
The Districts top-scale sal.
aries for teachers, said the
Commissioners to Congress ir
their January "state-of-th Ma.
tion's Capital" message, "are
now the lowest in the D. c
Metropolitan Area"
Montgomery in Lead
To the Prince Georges County
School Board, Mrs. Kathryn G
Reidy, heading a teacher com.
mittee, presented Montgomery
County pay proposals for COM
parison during a pay-raise hear.
ing.
whether we like 1t or not
this is where our competition
lies" she said of teacher hiring
In Arlin gton, Kenneth
Weaver, chairman Of specia
citizens committee appointed tt
study salaries, put it dramati.
cally:
"If some latter-day Paul Re.
we're were to ride through the
streets of Arlington tonight
his cry of alarm would be abou'
the threat of Montgomery
County"
Under current schedules
Montgomery leads the field fol
maximum level pay. In starting
salary, Washington is ahead o!
the rest of the area, closely sec.
onded by Alexandria and ex.
ceeded by the Virginia city ir
the case of beginning teacher.
with doctorates.
2,40O Needed Annually
Just how valid then is the
rivalry between the school sys-
tens?
Some of the school officials
say that while there is some
movement of teachers around
the area for salary reason:
alone, most of the changes are
for other reasons, often family
reSettlement.
But salary considerations are
important in recruiting. The
area requires an estimated 2.40(
recruits a year for replace.
ments and new positions, anc
more than half of these mus
be sought outside the area.
That the school systems try
to keep fairly close together
reflects the fact that while ar
established teacher might no
change communities for a few
hundred dollars a year, a new
prospect from outside planning
to come into this area could bt
expected to favor the system
paying the most.
School personnel officer
have done some area co-opera'
tive work on recruiting b!
means of a brochure.
But what about a uniform
salary scale for such a diver
sified metropolitan area?
I'D say that's not possible,
Evening star., 1962-02-18
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Staff Writer

An all day stream of students
rolled into Washington yester-
day to continue a massive
demonstration for peace with
pickets at the White House, a
wreath laying at the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier and a
rally of nearly 1000 at the
Monument Grounds.
BY nightfall some 90 buses
loaded for the trip back to COL
lege and university campuses
in the East and Midwest.
District police estimated
about $500 picketed the White
House starting with tabout &c
at 8 am. and overflowing into
Lafayette Park by noon. It was
the second straight day of stu
dent picketing.
Inspector John L. Sullivan
head Of the Districts special
investigation squad, said the
White House demonstration
was the largest since $500
marched in behalf Of atomic
spies Ethel and Julius Rosen-
berg.
Norman Thomas Talks
At 2::30p.m. most of the pick
cts headed down Seventeenth
street to Constitution avenue
past the Lincoln Memorial and
walked across the Memorial
Bridge to Arlington Cemetery.
After placing a wreath at the
Tomb honoring Americas wal
dead, the group then walked to
the Monument Grounds, where
Norman Thomas, the Socialist
Party leader and foe of nuclear
testing, addressed the rally.
At the height Of the White
House picketing police estimat-
ed some 1900 were on the side
walk in front of the Executive
Mansion.
President Kennedy, who had
ordered coffee sent out to about
$500 pickets walking in Fri
days snow, left the White
House yesterday at noon to join
the First Family for a week end
at Glen Ora in nearby Virginia,
The only trouble that police
reported came when a Fort
Evening star., 1962-02-18

smaller, less expensive models,
the president, Kenneth v. Zahn
of Arlington, explained.
Aside from wanting to make
something beautiful or attrac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25

On TWA SuperJet from New York you'll
be in Europe in a few swift hours. Right in
the middle of all the excitement, gaiety and
romance you've always yearned forl Learn
to live it all to the utmost with the biggest,
most fascinating collection of European
travel ideas we've ever published
"TWA Adventures in EurOpe" just off the
pressl Filled with new, up-to-the-minute
tips and ideas for your vacation in Europe,
and your copy is freel This exciting book
let covers all the popular countries of
Europe, tells you what to do, what to see,
how to enjoy each one mostl
1t helps you plan your trip right from the
start Getting your passport. How to pack
What to wear. What to take. 1t tells about
foreign currencies, customs, languages,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Get away! Fly aMay-on vagabond vacation
to the enchanted Wonderlands Of Europe!

and how to get your moneys worth.
1t explains how you can fly TWA direct,
with no change of plane, to the city you
want to see first. How you can visit up to
II extra cities on TWA at no extra fare.
How you can travel on your own or on a
money-saving Jetlner tour.
1t describes many expertly-planned tours
TWA offers you. There's fascinating, low
cost Jetliner tour for just about anything
you want to see or do, from 10 to 81 days. A
l4-day inclusive tour to England, France,
Holland and Belgium is just $6SS.6O'l
1t gives you hundreds of valuable, timely
tips that viii make planning your trip easy
and enjoyable. Learn about Europe from
this free booklet-make sure you get the
most from this trip of a lifetime!
of
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-05-19

ing with the officers in
charge. 2: P. NJ, Mothers
Board Meeting. The president
ask the mothers to be present.
5: P. M, Baptist Training
Union, Sis. Mary Ellie, Pre-
sident, Sis. Dolores Kelly,
Vice; Sis. Dolly Countryman
and Sis. Betty Kelly, Direc-
tors. Monday, 7:30 P. NJ,
Business Meeting. The pastor
and officers ask the members
to please come out. Tuesday:
z: P. NJ, Tuesday, Prayer
Meeting with the officers in
charge. $50 P. M, Friday
evening, Junior choir rehear-
sal, Sis. Mary Elzie, Presi-
dent, Sis. Dolores Kelly, Vice;
Sis. Valor McWilliams, Pian-
lists. Friday, Z; P. NJ, Tea
cher Meeting. Joyce Ellie,
Reporter.