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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
ACCRA Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana.
The problem of helping the
new countries of Africa to
help themselves can be a
tricky and frustrating one for
the helpers.
1t calls for dealing with
people whose sensibilities are
almost pathological. where
the slightest trace Of con-
descension Is fiercely re-
sented. 1t means overcoming
deeply ingrained suspicion
that smells a rat in the most
generous proposition. 1t
means coping with ambitions
that often far surpass the
means at hand and an i'm
patience for independence
which equates the need for
help with continuing servi-
tude.
The problem is not the
same everywhere. Through
out most Of what was for
merly French West Africa,
French aid is massive lover
$500 million last year, all
embracing and quite exclusive
so far as other countries are
concerned. OF all the indus
trialized nations, France re-
mains the real colossus of
African aid. But unfortu-
nately the French system Of
direct subventions with no
questions asked is the first
to be denounced as "neoco-
journalism" by other African
states. And in these areas the
competition between East
and West is often lively.
Ghana provides an out
standing case in point. At
present the government Of
Kwame Nkrumah is being
offered loans. technical as
sistance and aid Of one sort
or another by West Ger
many, Israel. Japan, Russia,
Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, the World
Bank. Great Britain and the
United States. 1--WE have lost
so much time" says Mr..
Nkrumah, that we need to
do in 10 years what has TAX
en- others a hundred years to
accomplish" And unfortu-
nately, in Ghana as else
where, the emphasis on haste
has resulted in considerable
waste along the way.
COSLIy airline mistake
A notable example is the
case of Ghana Always which
contracted two years ago as
the result of a bit of pres
idential whimsy to buy eight
Russian Illyushin fourier.
CINE transports at a cost Of
over So million each. Duly
delivered, along with two six.
man Russian crews for each
plane. they quickly proved
completely impractical fol-
short-haul West-African run!
and ruinously expensive tx
maintain in service.
Today the proud fleet o.
Illyushins sits forlornly al
the Accra airport, replaced
for most operations by Brit.
ish Viscounts. Once a week
a Russian crew is trotted out
for a flight to Cairo and Bey.
routh. Once a fortnight an.
other hauls a handful O.
passengers between Accri
and Khartoum in the Su'
dan. Altogether. Ghana Air,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09

on Biology and Art. BY
Alex Comfort. George
Braziller; 174 pp.; 50
Let no one say he was not
forewarned, at least in part.
The word "discursive" ap-
pears in the subtitle and it is,
if anything, an understate-
ment.
DR.. Comfort is a biologist
poet-novelist. His learning is
an odd concentration and he
sometimes prefers allusion
and metaphor to direct state
ment. He who would follow
DR.. Comfort on his intel
lectual rovingS without diff
Guilty had better be a biolo-
gist = poet novelist and the
owner Of an unabridged die
tlonary OF recent date.
The essays that comprise
Darwin and the Naked Lady"
are not without connection
but at the same time they do
not together form a single,
integrated exposition. There
is, however, a consistent point
of view and at its heart lie
two basic theses.
The first of these concerns
the alleged polarity between
the "hard-and soft-centred'
approaches to fundamental
problems. The idea is in it
self far from new; it cor
responds roughly to William
James "tender-minded" and
"tough-finded" and is not
unrelated to C. P. Shows
two cultures"
DR.. COMFORTS defini-
ton, given without prejudi-
cial intention" is both basic
and clear: THE hard-cen-
tired approach to an OBJ
served sequence of events, a
regularity Of behaviour is
to assume. justifiably or not,
that it can be explained
that we can find out upon
what the regularity depends.
The soft-centred approach
is to state the regularity,
call it a law, a truth, or a
spiritual reality, and treat
these names as if they were
explanations. Reverence is
the soft-centred equivalent
Of curiosity"
DR.. Comfort denies that
science is necessarily the ex-
preston of "hard-centred-
ness" while art is the express
sion of "soft-centredness'
though he feels that in the
past this was often true
But "the intellectual require
ment of science while
it is inapplicable to the max
ing and the intention of art,
is applicable to the artists
thinking-to the intellectual
content of what he does. his
understanding Of the reasons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Welcomes Artist

The Star is to be COM
mended and thanked for pub
fishing the excellent drawings
and paintings Of the Cuban
artist Carlos Lacamara. I
hope you will continue to
give your readers the OPP
portunity of enjoying the
work of this sensitive painter
and commentator.
Surely he is welcome to
Washington. Castro'S loss is
our gain!
Herbert o. Williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Close Call

The world survived DoomSday Week
End, despite the dire predictions of In
dia's astrologers-but,t they say, it was
close call The astrological consensus
is that the worst might have happened
but for the prayerful meditations of
frightened Hindus and other followers
of the star-gazing soothsayers. The
danger now is over, as the earth and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
A BOOK FOR TODAY
A Real ChoIIenqe to Bookworms
By DONALD MINTZ

DARWIN AND THE NAKED
LADY, DiScursive Essays
on Biology and Art. BY
Alex Comfort. George
Braziller; 174 pp.; 50
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP FIX COMMUNICATES THREE IN SEGREGATION FEIJD

NEW ORLEANS tH The Ro- man Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans today ex-communicated three persons in a segregation feud, including Louisiana political boss, Leander H. Perez ST.
 Archbishop Joseph nuIIIIleii ais5 i iiss;5S ex-cornmunicated Mrs. B. j. Gail- lot IT. and a Citizens CouficiI of ficial, Jackson Ricau of New Orleans.
 Mrs. Gaillot, 4, leader of a small segregation group, Save Our Nation, picketed the archbishop's residence the day he ordered pa~ rochia1 schools to be desegregated.
 Perez is longtime political boss of St. Bernard and Plaque Mines tcounties). He has been 3 leading figure in the fight against integTation in Louisiana.
 Ricau is executive secretary of the Pro-Segregation Citizens Coun- ell of south Louisiana.
 Mrs. Gaillot said: ''His Excl lency has no right to make that official without notifying me first. His accusations are false. And the Vatican will have to intervene"
 Mrs. Gaillot earlier had sought an audience with the archbishop and said she would appeal directly to the Vatican. The prelate closed the door on any possible audience with her with statement Sunday night contending he was con vinced she intended to use the in terview to gain further widespread publicity
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE STATE TAX RETURN

ST. LOUIS, Mo. R Circuit Court Judge Virgil Poelker was convicted CT Eridasr igkt by St. Louis County Circuit Court jury, of filing false state income tax return for 1860.
 The judge was found guilty oi reporting only his SIS, 900 salary as income when he actually earned SIS, ,0OO.
 Poelker, 40, remained free on bond. The maximum penalty is a year in jail and $1,000 fine.
 A main point of contention was $3,G00 paid by q contractor, Hu- bert Kutz, m Judge Poelker early in 1860. The state contended this was fee for the judges work in obtaining a nursing home contract for Kutz and thus taxable mc0dle
 The judge contended he acted only as nniddleman in reIaying the money as political campaign con ~txihutions, most to Gov. John Dal- toms campaign.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16

NEW YORK R Some airlines are exploring another use for the air their planes fly through.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
Eastern AirIines
 FeIIs Public of Flight Conditions

NEW YORK tH Some airlines are exploring another use for the air their planes fly through.
 They are using the air waves in the form of radio broadcasts - to give ticket holders frequent, up-to- -the-minute flight informa- tion.
 Purpose i: To reduce the number of irate customers or friends of the ticket-holders who arrive at the airport only to learn the flight they are awaiting is two hours late.
 Purpose 2: To tighten the burden on reservation and information staffs that are quickly swarnped by telephone calls as soon as the weather worsens.
 Some carriers question whether 1t is good policy to emphasize "bad publicity" any more than necessary. They feel that telling the public their flights are late or grounded because of poor flying conditions is just that.
 Eastern Airlines, one of the lead CTS in the flight information By radio plan, scoffs at the bad publi- city angle.
 "A lot of people advised us against distributing such negative information" public spokesman said. sBut we think differently and we decided to give the public the bad news with the good news. App parently the customers like 1t"
 On March |, Eastern inaugu- rated test program of 12 broad casts daily over four stations in New York, Boston, Washington and Miami A favorable response and reduced pressure on the air lines busy reservations phones brought about an expansion on April I.
 Now Eastern sponsors I9 one minute Elite Facts on the hour from am. to midnight in 10 east | ern and southern cities. &SeS1n oulS~@AiiE DIOddGdSto WILL tell the public just what the fly ing conditions are and how the flights are running with no punches pulled"
 American Airlines, which has pending merger proposal with Eastern, takes the opposite posi- tioIl.
 The broadcasts aren't a public service but a public disservice," a spokesman said We do not be- lieve they are helpful and we dis- courage the idea whenever and wherever 1t comes up.'
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
Wm. D. Gross, Pioneer Alaska
 Movie Man, Dies at Age of 82

SEATTLE R = William David Gross, widely known Alaska pio- neer ard motion picture exhibit died in Seattle last night after a long illness. He was 82. Gross was born in Russia, re ceived his early schooling in Seat tie and first moved to Alaska in 1897 when he established cle- thing store near Skagway.
 He moved to Dawson, Yukon Territory. in 1898 and established a clething store there.
 He later became interested in motion pictures and established his first theater at Dawson in 1900.
 He later acquired motion pic ture houses in Fairbanks, Ke.chi- kan, Wrangle, Juneau, Petersburg, Skagway, Haines, Douglas and Sltka. E
 One of Gross pet projects was the collection of Christmas funds for Alaska Pioneers at the old Pio- neers Home in Sitka.
 Funeral services are being plan ned in Seattle later this week. Survivors include son, Zalmain Gross Of Seattle, and three daugh- ters: Mrs. Zelna Wheeler, Juneau; Mrs. Sonia Entner, Seattle, and Romelle Gross, Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
NEW ScoFF-LlAW KING

ed yesterday for ignoring at least z35 traffic tickets was named the new scoff law king by traffic court officials.
 The defendant, Harry Katz, 45, was arraigned before Chief Mag istrate Abraham Bloch and held in $7,50O bali Tor hearing April 26..
 Police said that former scoff-law king Eugene Doriot Heil, had 196 unanswered tickets and was fined $6,175 and 50 days in jail last June 19.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16

II was Oscar Wilde who ob-. served: "Men always want to De a woman's first love; women have a more subtle instinct: what they like is to be "a mans last romance. |
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
Gold Diggers Bowling League

Women's high game went to Lou Oliver ITS, Mary Honsberger ITO, Pat St. Amour 163.
 Women's high series went to Pat St. Amour 456, Mary Hons berger 455, Doris House 443.
 Mems high game went to George Licnard and Dick Deems I93.
 Mems high series went to Carl Glavinovich 5O6, Dick Deems 496, Dan Walsh 4f,3.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
Falling Chimney Kills II

BOMBAY, India M The chimney of a bakery fell across a three-story apartment building Sum day night, collapsing the building and killing at least II persons sleeping inside.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16
LIN. Marks Its |l7tla Anniversary
nY James Marlow
Associated Press Neacs AnoIyst

people. It shouldn't have been. It's not perfect. It could get 1 worse. It's still the only one of 1 its kind. None better is in sight. It might improve.
 And recently the Senate, des- bite all the gripping and complain l ing by some members as It de- bated how to help the United Ma tions with American money, never even remotely considered pulling out.
 At the start of the San Francisco conference, just as the war in Eur rope was ending, there was sense of new world being born. Before the conference ended any, Ione able to recognize reality knew 1 it was the same old world. There were several reasons but one is enough.
 The United States and Russia, allies in the war ending, were not allies in the new world coming be- cause they didn't trust each other. They didn't then and they haven't since.
 Each, to protect itself, wanted to be able to veto the other in the Security Council which, start ing out, was the main LIN. organ, dominated by the big powers.
 The General Assembly was sec ondary There each nation had one vote and no one had veto. Tn the cold war years Russia used the veto so often in the council that the veto and the council both be- came absurdities.
 After enough Of this the United States led the way in upgrading the assembly,, enabling it to rec ommend action which Russia, be- fore, could have vetoed in the ] council
 l The idealists, who thought in
 terms of an orderly and coopera- l tive United Nations. overlooked
 something else in 1945. This was the possibility of profound changes through the addition of new na- l tions.
 At that time, with a starting UN membership of 51, the world seem ed fairly orderly There was 3 limited number of nations c::'' earth, number which hadn'1 changed much in generations. But the big European colonial powers, through impoverishnent
 had to disgorge themselves of thei1
 ancient colonies; sissas | s5 5sss::ss.:s Thew nations in sWarrns and Hooked to the United Nations. Now 1t has 1O4 members.
 l These new nations can vote in
 biocs when it suits their common interests, which may not be Amer l ican interests
 This itself has caused some American illustration and disiiiHiiui- sionmert, particularly since tl1is
 country pays such q big part o1 the LIN. freight
 It showed up vividly in efforts ! by individual senators to harnstrint
 President Kennedy's request fol
 approval to buy $100 million wortf
 of a $2O0 million bond issue thu United Nations is selling to pay expenses.
 While the United Nations is no the ideal parliament of man, it i "a little unpleasant to think of Wha
 the world might be without it i
 only because so long as people ar!
 calling one another names they'r. not fighting.
 I On one of the very biggest issue
 getting the United States am
 Russia to trust each other nor l than they did m 1945, stopping nll clear tests, or achieving disarnla
 ment the United Nations ha been a flop
 But it has done and Is doin
 many things in many ways "A 10 example. keepinR peace iii the Mid
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16

There Is more sophisticatioI1 and less sense in New York than anywhere the globe. 2
 Don Herold
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-16

SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
Evening star., 1962-05-21
A Law That Built the West

Just century ago yesterday Con-
greSS passed law which, more
than anything else, accelerated the
vast movement, by wagon train,
of the hardy pioneers who, fol-
lowing the trail of the gold seekers,
settled, the prairieS and laid the founda-
tionS for the agricultural and industrial
progress which has made this Nation
great. The law was the Homestead Act
of May 20, 1862, which opened public
lands, free of charge, to all who would
agree to build home, till the soil and
live there for 80 months.
Before passage of this legislation
Congress had given tracts of land to
many war veterans and others who had
served the country-including General
Lafayette, Daniel Boone and Lewis and
Clark. In addition, large areas had been
pre-empted by SquatterS since the early
days of the Republic. Congress later
legalized most of these seizures. Prior
to the Civil War there had been recur-
rent demands for opening of public
lands to settlers, either for a small fee
or gratis. Thomas Hart Benton and
AAuLCW 0O1lIloOll WCIc 1cducIS III C16
campaign.
The act finally approved by Con-
gress and signed by President Lincoln
stated that "any person who is the head
of family, or who has arrived at the
age of 81 years, and is citizen of the
United States :. shall from and after
the first Of January 1863 be entitled to
enter one quarter section or less guam
tity of unappropriated public lands =. -"
A quarter section consisted of 100 acres.
The big push westward then began,
slowly and painfully at first and then
by fantastic strides.
Sod hutS were built, fields cleared
and planted, firewood stacked against
bitter winters and family life pursued
under ofttimes harsh and dangerous
conditions. Many survived the Indian
raids, the fever, the droughts and the
cold, but some died or took the long
trail back East. And the West grew and
proSpered over the years, as towns and
cities appeared and railroads were ex-
tended to serve them. Since enactment
of the Homestead Act more than 1.6
million persons have claimed public
lands under its provisions They deserve
a tribute for the important part they
played in the winning and development
of the West.
Evening star., 1962-05-21
Time After Time

Sympathy perhaps, but not surprise,
is due an East Texas postmaster cur
rently over-supplied with clocks and
American flags. He had, it seems, been
without either over period of years
despite repeated written acquisitions
through channels for these standard
items of post office equipment. But
when the red-tape barriers broke some
where between East Texas and Wash
ington, an ever-generous Government
showered him with its favorS At last
count, he had received seven clocks and
six flagS-with no assurance that the
supply pipeline has yet been emptied.
Things could have been worSe-if he
had requisitioned World War tank to
adorn the front lawn, or a pair of COM
patible guinea pigs.
Evening star., 1962-05-21
THE PASSING SCENE
Southerner Comes to Porty's Aid
By WILLIAM S. WHITE

While it is far too early to
foresee all the possible poll
tical impacts Of the Billie Sol
Estes scandals, one thing
may be said with certainty.
This is it: The Kennedy
administration and the ma
tional Democratic Party
would already be in a nasty
fix indeed but for the fact
that the decisive inquiry is
in the hands of one of those
dreadful servative
Southern Democrats" so end
leSsly deplored by the more
frantic liberals in that ad-
miniStration and party.
Mcclellan a Boon
Senator John L. Mcclellan
of Arkansas, head of the Sem
ate's top investigating COM
mittee. is a priceless boon
now both to President and
party. This is not because he
is even slightly likely to
whitewash anybody within
the a d m nj S tration, but
rather because he is not. 1t
is not because he is a faith
full partisan Democrat, but
rather because he is not.
Mcclellan has become the
indispensable man precisely
for the reason that he is no.
body'S man except the Sem
ate'S. So he holds Republican
as well as Democratic trust
there-and also within that
part of the public itself
which knows his record.
The greatest possible
danger that could come to
the administration and ma
tional Dem ocratic Party
from the faSt-bucking opera
tions run by Estes through
the farm subsidy program is
not the mere danger that he
may involve any number of
functionaries within the De-
partment of Agriculture.
10 is the peril that the Re-
publicans might be. able to
convince the country that
the cleanup was being done
with favoritiSm to the ad-
ministration. This sort of
charge, if made to stick,
would be infinitely more
dangerous than half a dozen
revelations of bureaucratic
footSie-footsie with Estes.
For this sort Of charge would
go to the integrity of the
administration at the top.
Evening star., 1962-05-21
One-Woy Streets

1t is well that the public has full
month in advance of the Commissioners
hearing on June 18 to analyze the ex-
tenSive new one-way street system pro-
posed for downtown Washington. The
traffic engineers who developed the
plan, and who are convinced that it
will benefit both commuters and down.
town business establishments, believe
most of the kinks have been ironed
out. But any change of this magnitude
in long-Set traffic patterns is virtually
certain to involve additional problems
which will have to be worked out
AS the drafterS of the plan en-
phaSize, the changes would be imple-
mented gradually. This would be re-
quired in some cases by street widening
and by other construction necessary to
make the systems function properly.
Obviously there are others, however
which could and should be effectuated
almost Immediately. Several of the ma
jor oneway proposals either are already
in effect or would require only slight
changes in location.
In any event, we think it is impor-
tant that the Commissioners have before
them plan which shows the relation
ship of the various pairs of one-way
streets to the entire downtown traffic
picture, to serve as a guide in their
approval of specific projects. City high
way officials have been talking for
years-and doing very little elSe-about
drafting such plan. While the High
way Department has co-operated fully
in its preparation, the present proposal
has emerged primarily through the eff
forts of Downtown Progress, the organ
ization of Washington businessmen
which is working toward re-vitaliza-
tion of the primary shopping and busi-
ness area.
There can be no doubt that i'm
proved transportation, both to provide
easier access to the downtown area and
to remove the traffic which has no
reason or desire to be there, is key to
the success of this effort. Over the long
haul, these goals cannot be met fully
without completing the bypass freeway
system and without an effective rapid
transit system. We agree with Down
town Progress, however, that as first
step there is a substantial potential
for relieving congestion that can be
tapped Immediately through the greater
use of one-way streets.