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Communicable Diseases

Communicable diseases re- ported in the Matanuska Val ley Area for the week ending December 22 showed 20 cases of upper respiratory infection; l9 influenza; four impetigo, three each of chickenpox, ring worm and otitis media and one each of diarrhea, measles and humps. For the week ending December 29, the following cases were reported: 10 upper !
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Emergency Runs
Fire Calls

Fire Calls Jan. 2-Mac's Plumbing shop; roof fire caused by faulty chimney; approximately $50 damage. Jan. 2-Tost's Service Station. flooded carbeurator, approxi- mately $500 damage to ve- hicle.
 Ambulance Runs Dec. 29-M. B. Martin. home to hospital Dec. 30-Frank Deming, Val ley street to hospital Dec. 3l-Edna Kahn, Willow to hospital Jan. 2-Jack Ross, Western Geological Drilling site, Fish hook Rd. to hospital Jan. 3-Dinah Kazooklik, home to hospital.
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 Thursday. January l. 1861

respiratory infection; seven measles, two otitis media ano one each of chickenpox and humps.
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Settled in l842, Idaho was gwen statehood July 3, 1890.
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John Jacob Astor established Astoria as a fur depot in 1911.
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Many AirfieIds

Alaska has more airfields than any other state.
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Americas largest deposit of phosphate is in Idaho.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Culture at a Price

For everyone who attended the TV
Spectacular" at the National Guard Au-
ditorium there were at least two reasons
to cheer. First, there was the sparkling
speech by President Kennedy, who, at the
outset, made this seem the ideal place
to be. Second, there was the belated
realization, after nearly three table
drumming, Seat-Squirming hours, that
1t all will be so different after the Ma
tional Cultural Center Is born.
If it had been planned with that
purpose, nothing could have pointed up
more painfully the need for the center
than the 'ar1nory show, which was the
focal point Of the first national blast to
raise funds for the Potomac building for
the performing arts. Those Of the 5000
present who heard or saw anything
clearly enough to enjoy, were woefully
outnumbered by the thousands who had
hard time waiting until they could
eScape-and many didn't make it to
the end.
Most left asking: How much culture
can you take? At 500 helping, yet?
After all, many would not have been
there at all, but for the gentle persua-
sion of certain Pennsylvania avenue
enthusiast. But If this sounds grim, it
fortunately is only the worst side of
the story. At many another outlet in the
Nationwide telecaSt, the reception was
good, the people seemed happy. Most
important of all, it remains as true as
1t did before the show, that we are a
Nation hungry for culture" or what
ever else you want to call it, under the
right auspices. Those auspices, of course,
would be beautiful, comfortable place
that the National Cultural Center will
be--a place where one can see and hear
programs of normal duration. II there
is another effort to raise funds by re-
petition of the Armory ordeal, however,
we modeStly suggest that while patrons
may pay 500 plate to visit the show in
person, by paying the bargain price of
5000 they will be permitted to stay at
home. This arrangement should produce
a lot of money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Selected Statistics

The best-made predictions Of gloomy
economists are being run over by new
automobiles or trampled by Christmas
shoppers these days.
For the auto industry, one so-called
marketing specialist put 1t this way:
I'VE worked overtime in August and
September trying to figure out how to
get our 1868 models off to a good start.
Now we're working overtime trying to
find out why we are selling so many"
October deliveries, mixture Of 1862
and 1868 models, totaled 728,700-the
highest ever In single month-and
November seems equally certain to post
a new record. simultaneously, the steel
industry, getting lift from its auto
making customers as we'll as others with
depleted inventories, reported last weeks
production above go per cent OF capacity
for the first time In seven months.
In retail trade the shop early-for-
Christmas advice helped boom the sales
index for the week ended on November
II to a five-year peak for that time OF
year Good weather and good news also
were cited as encouraging the shopping
spree, TO a point where one analyst
explained rhapsodically that 1T was a
lovely confluence Of elements. strictly
unrehearsed."
These are not all OF the last Of the
statistics for 1862, but they promise bet
ter than expected reading for the forth
coming season OF cheer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Promise in Asia

Promising though 1t may be, not too
much should be expected too soon from
the agreement reached by India and
Pakistan to undertake "a renewed eff
fort" to put an end to their bitter diff
ferenceS over KaShmir and related
matters"
The differences, after ALL have pol
soned relations between the two coun-
tries for the past is years, and there is
little chance that either Prime Minister
Nehru or President Ayub will be able, in
the near future, to devise magic for
mula for bringing about mutually sat-
iSfactory settlement. This is the more
true because Mr. Nehru in India and Mr..
Ayub in PakiStan must reckon with mill
tant parliamentary opposition and high
ly emotional popular resistance to any
sort Of reciprocal concessions on the
KaShmir issue.
90" Nevertheless, despite the immense
obstacles that still block the way to
agreement, it is encouraging that Mr..
Nehru and Field Marshal Ayub have
agreed to negotiations. These will begin
at the ministerial level, and then, as
Stunning that satisfactory progress is
made, the Prime Minister and the Pres
ident will hold an Indian-Pak sum-
nit conference to put their signatures
to definitive settlement. What remains
speculative, however, is the timetable of
the proposed talks and whether-in view
of the violently claShing popular Senti-
ment dividing India and PakiStan-a
trustworthy compact can be worked out
In any event, although the date of
the get-together is still very much indie
terminate, it is good that Mr.. Ayub has
made clear that he is ready and willing
to meet with Mr.. Nehru in genuinely
serious effort--the first In many years
ito establish an effective Pakistani-In-
dian moduS vivendi. If this, can be
achieved, tension between the two coun-
tries will be removed and India'S mill
tary forces, such as they are, will be in
a better position to cope with the Chi
; ese Communist menace. AS for Paki-
stan, whether the masses there realize
1T or not, it too must reckon with that
: menace as something that could engulf
1T as well as India.
. , So Pakistan and India, regardless
. OF the things that divide them, should
feel impelled to work closely together
against the Picking threat. If they fail
. to do that, then what remains of free
: Asia will be imperiled indeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Super PIonninq

u. Louis Heller, the new director OF
the National Capital Regional Planning
Council, is quite right when be says that
agency has failed miserably to live up
to the initial hopes for it, and that
changes obviously are needed to co-or-
dinate planning more effectively in the
Washington region. But the prospects
for his scheme to convert the council
into a sort of super" agency, invested
with broad powers of decision and
heavily laden with Federal officials, are
dubious, to say the least.
In the first place, Mr.. Heller was not
around in 1852, when Congress created
the regional council. So perhaps he is
unaware of the misgivings which sub
urban officials had about the idea at
the time-a skittishneSs stemming from
their suspicion of excessive Federal in
reference in local affairs. Since then,
most SuburbaniteS fortunately have come
to recognize the necessity and good sense
of viewing the Metropolitan Area as
single community, at least in terms of
its most pressing regional problems. BY
and large, however, the regional diStruSt
of Federal authority remains, for better
or for worse, as strong as ever.
Actually, the Metropolitan Council
Of Governments, which is composed of
local governing and legislative officials,
is hopefully at work now on proposal
under which it would take much more
vigorous role in regional planning, and
which possibly might Submerge, rather
than engrandize, the role Of the regional
planning council. So the initial adverse
reaction of this group to Mr.. Heller's idea
was wholly practicable. Meanwhile, the
National Capital Planning Commission
is, If possible, even more incenSed at the
new suggestion, since 1t proposes to tear
from the heart of the NCPC those very
planning functions which IT holds most
near and dear. EnEt
To step on toes, as Mr.. Heller has
done, is not necessarily bad, especially
when. some of those toes need stepping
on. But the fact is that any meaningful
reorganization Of regional planning in
this area will hang on the resolution of
a number of delicate political questions.
And the Heller proposal, whatever else
may be said for or against it, is not
delicate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Alan r.. Met Cracker
India and PORTUGAL

The article "U. s. Aid to
India" by David Lawrence,
is indeed thought provoking.
That the traditional and
historical Mcmahon Line
must be respected and all
fair minded people must sup
port it, goes without saying.
But if we look back to De-
cember 1861, the very Indian
Union which claims that the
Mcmahon Line of As years
Of existence is a historical
and a traditional line, re-
fused to respect the histori-
cal and traditional bound
aries that separated the Por-
tuguese overseas Province Of
Goa, Damao and Diu for 451
years from the rest of India
and committed an aggression
against that undefended
land. ~'t " Et.
1t may be true. as Mr..
David Lawrence puts it, that
the United States has held
out firmly aNainSt rewarding
the aggressor, namely Red
China, with membership in
the United Nations and how
Just it would now be If the
United States did not like
wise reward the aggresSor,
namely India, without first
attempting to undo the
wrong done to my people. the
defenseleSs people of Goa,
Damao and Diu.
Silvia Manezas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01

Of these factors we're under
lying ingredients Of the
championship game mas
much as the st. John team
was predominantly white
while Eastern's team was
predominantly Negro. Hence
all the situation required to
set emotions aflame was a
provocateur, possibly aided by
intoxicants. None of the
authorities, particularly the
police, seemed to have
realized the potentials of the
situation.
Many Of our youth are un-
touched by educational, reli-
gious and character building
institutions. Many are mi
grants who have not become
adjusted to the folkways Of
a metropolis. II these youth
had institutional contacts,
growth and adjustment are
possible but without them the
situation is dismal indeed.
The problem OF unharmo-
NOUS living must be met, and
law and order must prevail.
To this end the championship
contest must continue, but
under orderly conditions. The
problem cannot be met by
evasion and circumspection.
Charles Sumner Brown.
Cancelling future athletic
contests between public and
Catholic high schools is not
the answer TO the dilemma
facing Washingtonians. The
violence and unsportsmanlike
conduct at the Thanksgiving
game was an eruption OF a
volcano that has been seeth-
Ing for some time. It is Just
one manifestation Of lawless-
ness that has been occurring
In our city In recent years.
We as citizens have failed
TO formulate a solution or
plan for alleviating these
conditions. There Is q tend
ency for individual groups
with different interests and
PHILOSOPHERS 10 study the
problem separately In the
light OF their own viewpoints.
For example, certain Con-
gressmen have used these
incidents 10 support their
declarations that indignation
is not feasible. and that such
occurrences are the result Of
indignation. They further
maintain that the majority
OF Negroes are not ready 10
assume civic responsibility In
an integrated - yet disfran-
chised - society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Outwittinq the Birds

> Reviewing the tragedy that was the
Howard County md plane crash, ones
T, first impulse is to agree with the poet
who said: There is no armor against
fate" For If the initial finding proves
correct, II persons fell to their deaths
. because a pair of whistling swans made
contact with the leading edge of the
planes left Stabilizer (tail Section).
( So 1t was that man, in all his
ingenuity, remained at the mercy Of
. natural phenomenon beyond his power
, to control. And so 1t has ever been with
earthquakes and floods, with tornadoes
and tidal waves. What we're the odds
against particular plane flying to
particular point where at that precise
. moment pair of swans was wheeling
at 5000 feet? Astronomical, no doubt,
, but in the absence Of an Einstein, no
exact answers are available. Yet there
are some answers, including the rather
/. encouraging fact that man is still trying
: to outgueSS, II not outwit, his friend
> and enemy, Nature.
, For example, one study (Civil Aero
. nautics Board) concludes that in the
past 10 years there have been nine
. major collisions between birds and
. United States air liners. OF these, one
, occurred two years ago in the freakish
, intake Of starlings by turbo-jet plane,
killing 81 near Boston Actually, the
, birds caused failure In the electrical
. system. In the decade under study there
; has been only one other fatal accident
. the crash near Ellicott City the other
day. B. ...
p To be accurate, there have been
. many more bird strikes" most Of them
+, never known TO the passengers This
: sort OF thing has kept Navy flyers
, lodging albatrosses Tor gooney birds)
: at tiny Midway Island for years. AT
, Midway there have been many mid
. air meetings luckily none fatal to the
, aviators.
{. Since the Boston crash, the Interior
. Departments Wildlife Research experts
: have been studying collision reports
. furnished by the Air Transport Associa-
ton. Thus II is hoped that knowledge
OF bird habits near airports and on
migratory flights will suggest new safety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
THE POLITICAL MILL
HoIIeck Confronts New Frontier
By GOULD LINCOLN

DemOCraJlc COnCTOleQ OOu-
gress will be overhauled for
a second try. He looks for an
expanded version Of the So
called medicare bill, with
more people to be covered.
AS originally presented, the
measure provided medical aid
for the aged through the So
cial Security System, which
omitted a very considerable
number of the aged. In this
way more pressure will be
brought to bear on the Con-
gress for passage Of such a
measure. 1t could be effective,
but not with Mr.. Halleck's
help.
Urban Affairs Issue
Another issue - the crea-
ton of a department Of ur-
ban affairs-probably will
come up again, this time in
the form of legislation, but
it's chance Of success, In view
Of the measure of its defeat
in the last session of Con-
gress, seems mighty slim. The
Republican leader predicts
that unless the administra-
ton comes up with some new
farm legislation, the bill en-
acted earlier this year will
cause a big political revul-
sion in the Midwest in 1864.
II don't know what the Dem
ocrats will propose" he said,
but I am sure Congress will
not buy a program that gives
the people who produce the
food and fiber for this Nation
a choice of RECOMMENDATION or
ruin"
But most particularly, Mr..
Halleck expects that a battle
will be fought over the ad-
ministration proposals for tax
reforms and tax reductions
If the feelers put out by
administration spokesman in
dictate the character Of this
legislation. The Republican
leader admits there is grave
need for tax reform. But he
is strongly opposed to the
idea of merely reducing taxes
without any equivalent
spending reduction.
In the matter of national
defense and strong opposi-
ton to Communist aggression
the Kennedy administration
will have full backing Of the
Republicans in Congress. Mr..
Halleck says the Presidents
recent firm action in the
Cuban mess has full support,
for example. But there is an
area in our dealings with the
Soviets-the negotiations for
disarmament in Geneva -
which seems only to play into
the hands of the Russians
Communists. They provide
for delay after delay-as we
suggest compromise after
compromise-all Of which are
turned down by the Russians.
This kind of thing has been
going on for months and
years. The delays have given
the Soviet Union time to seek
an equality with our nuclear
strength. If continued indef-
lnitaly, they might provide
time for the Russians to ex-
cell us. Negotiation merely
for negotiations sake appears
to be getting us nowhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
DE PeepuFs' Airport

When I recently made a
sightseeing tour of Moscow
and Leningrad I heard the
intourist girl guides say:
Dis beeyootiful stadium be-
longs to de pee-pul;" or, Dis
wonderful museum belongs to
de pee-pul;;" or, dis great
hospital belongs to de pee
pull"
Hence, I was very inter-
ested in Mr.. Kennedy's re-
marks at the dedication of
Dulles Airport, that the cit
liens have made this air.
port possible" This, Of course,
is technically true, even
though it was quite invol-
untary on the part of the
citizens. particularly those
whose land was condemned
to provide space for the run
ways. But I was alarmed at
the comment of your staff
writer Mr.. Bratten, who said
that these citizens turned
out by the tens of thousands
to inspect their new property
in the rolling Virginia coun-
tryside."
I resent this intourist slant
on the new airport, for even
though it may have absorbed
quite a few Of my tax dol
lars, you know and Mr.. Brat
ten knows. just as well as I
do, that 1t is in actuality no
more my property Cor that
of any other citizen than
The Star Building is, an edi-
flee which l have also helped
make possible by purchasing
the newspaper, quite volun-
tarily.
Please, let's eliminate any
further references to tn e
completely erroneous totali-
tartan conception that facil-
tiles paid for out Of taxes
are the property of the cit
liens, for I don't want to
hear the patter of the local
sightseeing guides include
such a myth as: dis marvel
GUS airport belongs to de pee
pull" 1t simply holds too dan
gerous a connotation.
Should this pernicious idea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Stadium Affair Reflects Community Problem

Negro leaders protest
against police brutality in
many situations where law
enforcement was necessary.
They plead for alienation of
the economic, social and po-
litical pressures impinging
upon the Negro in our over
crowded city.
School authorities are
striving for an ideal school
system and endeavor to pro-
vide curricular and extra
curricular activities in keep
ing with the goals Of Ameri-
can education. They have
begged for adequate teachers,
counselors, social workers,
psychiatrists. special classes,
and additional schools to
meet the problem Of over
crowdedness. dropouts, and
maladjusted children.
Our over-burdened welfare
department has been vehe-
mently criticized while
struggling with an increas-
ing number Of cases involv-
ing unwed mothers, families
In need Of relief, lack Of ade-
quate housing. and unem-
ployed persons.
Our understaffed police de-
partment has requested adj
ditional men and dogs.
stricter juvenile laws and
judges. and less hindrance in
the arrest and prosecution of
suspected and repeated law
violators.
II is evident that these
agencies. in spite OF the lack
OF home rule. are all seeking
a common goal-to make our
city the kind OF community
in which every member, both
young and adults can enjoy
the rights and freedoms OF
our democracy. and yet ac-
cept and uphold the respon-
sibilities and duties that ac-
company these privileges.
Now is the time for the
citizenry OF Washington to
act as a united force In de-
termining and taking what
ever steps are necessary
Reginald NJ. Washington.
I read with great interest
the letter from Simeon
Booker. chief OF the Ebony
Bureau In Washington, on
the Thanksgiving Day foot
ball game. II was. I felt, the
best letter on racial problems
I have read. II was certainly
one Of the best letters TO an
edNor l have ever read In
my life. X. A. Farquharson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
Some day man may re-

some Gay man may re-
make himself to order.
Even now there appear to
be certain openings, but the
roads will be long and diff
ficult to follow.
This is claimed by DR.. T.
M. Somehow of the Uni
verSity of Indiana, interna-
tionally known authority on
the genetics Of microorgan-
isms. His report has Just
been published by the Wash
ington Academy Of Sciences.
During the past decade.
says DR.. Somehow, the SCI
ence of genetics has under
gone revolutionary changes.
1t has concentrated more and
more on the physics and
chemistry Of the gene, in
dividual unit Of heredity.
rather than the actual eff
fects Of these genes. as they
are, in passing on physical
and mental characteristics
from generation to genera
ton. 1t has been necessary
TO rely on what nature has
provided. Now have arisen
possibilities Of changing the
genes themselves, or even Of
making new ones.
Vast Vistas Opened
Practical results have been
confined to date to the SIM
plest and most primitive or
ganisms, but vast vistas have
been opened.
Control Of human hered-
ity can come so far as we
at present know" he says,
"in one OF three ways. First
is by selective breeding. This
has been practiced with ami
mails for a long time. Sec
ond is by directed mutation
and third by replacement Of
the genes OF one individual.
All three methods have been
successfully applied to bac-
terra.
Directed mutation APP
piled TO man is still far away.
Only the first step has been
taken. the Use OF chemical
mutagens which act specific
ally on the genie material.
Such mutagens do not act
randomly. Each can mutate
and gene and can mutate each
gene in many ways. But al
though these mutagens are
more powerful than radia-
tons. still only a small per-
centage OF exposed cells show
detachable mutations.
with bacteria the rarer
desired mutants can be Sc
lected and the many unde-
sired ones thrown away. But
both the relatively high risk
OF getting no mutation or the
wrong one and the need 10
throw away the failures make
this an impractical approach
TO human genetic engineer
ing. II is imaginable that
more specific and more eff