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Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
Dinosour Had Cancer

TORONTO (AP) - An animal
that became extinct more h a n
&C, 100000 years before man first
appeared on earth proves t h
civilization is not the cause of all
mans ills, says paleontOlogist DR.
| w. E. Swinton
DR.. Swinton, new head of the
Royal Ontario Mus ms l. if e
Sciences Division, says:
"In London, 1 found in dino
saur one of the earliest known
cases of bone cancer, thus refuting
| the argument that disease comes
about because of civilization, be-
cause man stopped living h G
natural life.
''The dinosaur lived an extreme
| ly natural life but was often sick
| or diseased
Adding that there is "an addi-
tional hazard civilization does con-
| ltribute-that of self-destruction, -
DR.. Swinton went on to say that
people are not heading the way OF
the dinosaurs. at least not yet.
Man is still young-only about
l,0UU,UUU yedl D VI ci CoiilcHt
and still evolving. Mental evolu-
ton is presumably continuing and
although it is difficult to see any
pronounced physical evolution TAX
ing place in man now, h e pOpu-
lation as a whole is becoming tall
err"
Within the next five years DR..
Swinton hopes to make the Life
Sciences Division of the museum
important not only to scientists,
but to the public by interpreting
the results of research.
"One of the most urgent prob
lens in the world today is to ac-
quaint the general public with the
power and possibilities Of science
and to show the public its respon-
sfbility, not for the advancement of
science, but for the use of science,
with humanity, and as the servant
of man."
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elaine townsend Dickerson
1924 Bound Brook Lane
Alexandria, Va.
March 81, 1862

1924 Bound Brook Lane
Alexandria, Va
March 27, 1862
Dear Friends:
We inspected our yard over the
Weekend, did you? Amazing to
us was the fact that everything we
planted has survived and is bud
ding beautifully. We brought
from Delaware lots of bushes
spirea, forsythia, lilacs- and ma
ture was kind to us and let them
all live through the rigOrs of our
unskilled hands. We bought a
magnolia from nursery in Chevy
Chase and during the winter it
lost every leaf, but even it is
budding again. A door to door
nurseryman sold me a pink dog
wood last fail for the puny sum of
two dollars Everyone in this
"nosey' neighborhood is waiting
70. that tree to bloom. They're all
convinced it AMT going to be
pink.
About a week from now they eX-
pect the cherry blossoms to be at
their lovelieSt. They had a bOtan-
ist come to the tidal basin along
the Potomac to try to out guess
the weather man to see if the bios
SONS would be on time for all the
festivities. There is a parade, a
ball, fashion show and much fan
fare that honors the princesses
here representing their state OF
the fifty.
Adele and Craig Robertson will
be with us overnight this Friday
but | believe that will be a little
early TO see the blooms. Adele is
heading to the midwest for a con-
ference in connection with her
position at Dover Air Force Base
! Craig is here to see her on her
way. It's the first time they have
| been here for a visit and We're
looking forward to showing them
our part of Alexandria.
This will be a busy weekend fol
our three daughters, Lynne, who
/ is Is, is invited to a Come As
You Are Party" and a slumbel
party afterwards. Dawn, age II
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
FARM MARKET LOSS

The u. S. farmer, who runs the most
efficient food producing system the worIa
has yet seen, faces the loss of his most i'm
portant overseas customer: the Common
Market countries. These six countries,
which last year bought one third Of all our
agricultural exports, are planning to coOr-
dinate their internal price support pro-
grams That means trouble for us.
While a coordinated tariff against agri-
cultural imports also represents a serious
threat to the American farmer these re
strictions can be bargained away in recipro-
cal trading. But Common Market price
supports have a more lasting effect on the
availability Of outlets for surplus American
commodities.
1t is not unreasonable to expect that CO.
ordinated price supports within the six ma
tions will do the same in stimulating pro-
duction there as they have done here. Sc
curity of a guaranteed price would permit
the European farmer to buy and Use ma
chinery which could increase crop yields
considerably MechaniZatiOn might: then &c
on to transform the FEC from net i'm
porter Of food to a major exporter
What can the American farmer do to
meet the challenge of the European agri-
cultural revolution? 1t would be less than
frank to say that much can be done in that
area. American agriculture would be wise
to begin directing its attention elsewhere
To Latin America, for instance where the
Alliance for Progress gives promise of pro-
viding the economic whereWithal to raise
living standards. There is no reason why
u. S. farm products should not be on the
list of things those people would then be in
position to buy.
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
NEW BLOW AT FAR RIGHT


The General Council of the United Pres
byterian Church follows hard on the heels
of the National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence with denunciatiOn of extremism on
the far right. This, coming not long after
j. Edgar HOOver's structures on the dangers
of irresponsible commissioning, is of
great significance. Right wing extremists
may not be on the run, but they certainly
have been sOundly. lambasted
The Presbyterian action, taken by the
governing body of denomination that en-
compasses more than three million Ameri-
cans, was partly in reaction to pressures di-
rected against Presbyterian ministers and
laymen in various parts of the country
Those subjected to such pressures are men
who have expressed liberal or moderate
views differing from the fanaticsm of the
right-wing leaders. The pressures raise fol
lowing right-wing gatherings advocating
extreme measures. In connection with this
the Presbyterian body said something that
eminently deserves repetition:
with pseudO-evangelistic fervor and
misguided zeal, some church members seek
to convert Christians, not to a firmer allegi-
ance to Jesus Christ, but to a campaign of
anti-communism based on distrust of our
free American Institutions In the name of
preserving American freedom they subvert
it more effectively by their reckless attacks
on the churches, the press and constitution
al government than the Communist conspir-
acy has been able to do" Those are words
to ponder well.
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE

The Russian Communist Party's Central
Committee, after meeting for week, has
called for complete reorganization of agri-
culture to get more food on the tables of
Soviet citizens.
The Committee said that the level of out
put of grain, meat, milk, and other pro-
ducts is still obviously insufficient and does
not correspond to the great potentialities of
the socialist system of economy and increas-
ed requirements in products.
In Khrushchev's speech on agriculture,
he referred to American agriculture and ad-
mitted that the United States was produc-
ing crops in abundance. He attempted to
soothe Soviet householders with new prop
uganda line. He stated that millions of peo-
pie in America are starving and not allowed
to eat surpluses which are piling up in gov
ernment warehouses.
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
WINDJAMMER LAUNCHED

SOUTH BRISTOL, Maine (AP)-
For a century or more, Mains
coastal villages received and ship
ped their freight in bluffbowed,
two masted schooners cal1ed
coasters"
But with the advent of the maca-
dam road and trucks, the white
sails of the coasting schooners dis
appeared from the down east"
harbors.
A mere handful have survived.
They carry vacationers, rather
than goods and chattels And they
are so old their cruising, for safe
tvs sake, is confined to sheltered
waters such as Penobscot Bay.
But windjammer cruises still are
popular with city people So Capt.
Havilah Hawkins of Sedgwick had
a new one built-the first to be
launched in 80 years.
Harvey Gamage built the 83-foot
Mary Day" at his South Bristol
yard. Mrs. Hawkins christened the
stubby little hull, and it slipped
down the ways in a snowstorm.
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30

When you are thickening canned
fruit syrup with corn starch for
pudding sauce, stir the mixture
constantly over moderate heat un-
til it boils; then, still stirring, boil
about two minutes. We recon-
mend this method because corn
starch needs thorough cookin G;
however, it should not be over
cooked or it will 'sbreak down."
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
LAND AND PEOPLE

Between 1850 and 1860 our dairy cow
population declined by five million. In the
same period milk production gained five
billion pounds. In crops the same odd pic
ture was presented. While land was being
taken out of production farmers were pro-
ducing bigger crops.
Thus, as Agriculture Secretary Freeman
has pointed out, scientific advances nullify
our efforts to reduce farm surpluses. The
answer, he urges, is to retire more land from
crop production and shift it into production
of timber, pasture and recreational facill-
ties, all vital to the nations economy. This
would end dwindling of timber supplies and
pastures and provide new parks for our ex-
panding population.
Yet even those who have endorsed the
secretary's goals have raised the question
What would become Of the displaced farm
ers? Would they join our four million "per-
manently' unemployed?
Freeman's answer evokes fresh and
intriguing viewpoint Most land so retired
would be the marginal land which has kept
many thousands of our rural inhabitants
poverty stricken, even in boom times. So,
says Freeman, let's take care of these hard
scrabble farmers by letting them stay with
the retired land, experimenting it's new util-
ization. Thus we would not only convert this
land to saner use but give its owners new
hope, freeing them from the poverty to
which they so long have been condemned
trying to scratch living out Of it.
Some may scOff at this as just another
do-gooder plan. But it has about it prac-
tcal sanity which seems to merit thorough
study.
Milford chronicle., 1962-03-30
LET THE CONSTITUTION PREVAIL

Certain Legislative proposals should be
opposed on broad questions of principle.
Two such proposals are now current. One
would give the President the authority to
raise or lower the individual income tax, in
order to deal with possible infationary or
defationary developments. The other would
give him carte blanche to launch public
works projects costing as much as two bill
lion if he thinks it necessary to help pre-
vent recession or depression.
There is no sound argument, under our
system of government, for giving one man
an authority which the Constitution, in full
WISDOM vested in Congress- 1t is no re-
Election on Mr.. Kennedy or any other Presi-
dent to say that one mans judgment is
much more likely to falter than the collec
tive judgments of hundreds of members of
Congress.
1t is argued that giving such vast and un-
precedented powers to the President would
make possible instantaneous action. But
Congress can act in such matters, if action
is needed with only brief DELAY. And if Con-
gress surrenders the power Of the purse to
the Executive Branch, the systems of checks
and balances established by the Constitu-
tion will be weakened to the point of i'm
pOtence
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tlOn will be weakened to the point OF I'M
potence.
APRIL, 1862
April, formerly the second month in the
ancient Roman year, but now the fourth
month, has had the origin of it's name lost
in the midst of antiquity. Probably the most
common theory is that it is derived from the
Latin verb Aperire, meaning ito open." This
is an alluSlOn to the opening of the buds and
flowers, which is a beautiful process in
April.
The month of April brings with it April
FOOLS Dav There is no general agreement
on the origin, although it is day which is
observed in most areas OF the world, and not
Just in this country and Western Europe.
The month of April has long been asso-
ciated with the wars of the United States,
but there are also anniversaries of import
ant events.
April is the anniversary month Of the
beginning and the end of the War Between
the States, which began on April IL, 1861, in
Charleston HarbOr, and ended four years
later, on April 9th, at Appomattox, Va
The War of the Revolution began at
Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 10,
1775. Eight years LATER cessation of hostil-
tiles was proclaimed to the American Army
and the war came to an end.
Other events of considerable Importance
in the history of this nation occurred dur
ing April, including the death of Franklin
d. Roosevelt on April 18th, 1915, the birth
of Thomas jefferson, on the 18th, the death
Of Abraham Lincoln on the 18th.
Two great tragedies also took place dur
ing the month of April The Titanic sank
on April 18th, 1912, and the great San Fran
cisco earthquake occurred on April 18th,
1906, which was followed by fire that did
more damage than the earthquake
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CoeersOpen
TYouts for
u. S. Team

Candidates for the United
States all-star basketball team,
which will play the Russians
November 10 at College Park,
began practice sessions yester-
day at Bartlesville, Okla.
Coach Bud Browning Of the
Bartlesville Oilers, the National
Amateur Athletic Union cham
pion, will direct the team. His
assistant is Les Lane, who
coached the now defunct Dem
yer Truckers to the AAU run
nerup spot.
Sixteen players reported for
the first days practice. Twelve
members of the group will be
chosen to meet the Soviets in
a six-game series beginning in
New York November 8.
The game at Maryland'S Cole
Field House is being sponsored
by the Big Brothers. Tickets
for the doubleheader, which
also includes a women's game,
are on sale at Irving's Sports
Store, 10th and E streets NV;
Mitchers Sports Shop, 4543
Wisconsin avenue NV; the
American Automobile Associa-
ton, 1712 G street NV; the
Willard Hotel and the Univer-
sity of Maryland ticket office.
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Meeting Today
Makes Plans for
Military Games

Military sports figures from
80 Nations gathered here today
to plan worldwide military
games competition designed to
promote peace instead of war.
It will be the 18th general
assembly of the Conseil In
ternational du Sport Militaire,
or, in English, the international
Military Sports Council. Some
times it is referred to as the
Military Olympics."
Since it was established in
le48 by France, Belgium. the
Netherlands, Luxembourg and
Norway, the organization has
sponsored more than 100 inter-
national championships.
1t sponsors such standard
sports events as basketball,
soccer, water polo, volleyball,
cross country, fencing, SWIM
ming and diving, shooting,
track and field, wrestling, box
ing and horseback riding.
1t also sponsors such events
as the military pentathlon,
which includes an obstacle
race, grenade throwing, SWIM
ming and an 8-kilometer cross
country race.
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AT(MISON.S ANGLE
Redskins Smell
PIuyoff Money
Bv LEWIS r. ATcHIsoN
The Redskins have gotts

Redskins gotten Whit Of the sweet odor of
money and it's like waving T-bone steak under bulldogs
victory Sunday would put them in fair
shape to pocket few additional bills Enough for mink for
the wife, perhaps,
Not everybody vet believes the Redskins are for real But
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gotten around that the home
town press is needing the
squad in a conspiracy with the
coaches to keep the players
up" for games. Nothing could
be further from the truth.
The cold, hard fact, as we
see it, is this: The Redskins
are winning because they're
giving a 100 per cent effort
week after week. But there
must come a day when one
or two get out of bed on the
wrong side, or a team with just
as much physical ability is Just
a mite higher, mentally. That's
when they've got to lose.
The Redskins must break
even, at least, with every team
in their own division and win
at least one interdivision game
to figure in the championship.
They got the edge on the Car
dinals, they beat the Rams and
they're sure of at least a split
with the Browns and Eagles.
But Dallas, Pittsburgh and New
York are something else again.
AS we said in the beginning,
however, the boys have gotten
q Whit of that playoff dough.
That's the biggest incentive a
pro can have and critics will
be happy to eat crow If they
surprise and take it all.
Maybe Bob Toneff was right.
The big tackle said last week
the Redskins haven't yet
played their best football. There
couldn't be a better time to
start than Sunday at New
York.
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Hayes BIomes Officials
For Loss to Wildcats

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. %
(AP) Coach Woody Hayes
figures the officials in Satur-
days game with Northwestern
cost his Ohio State Buckeyes
q touchdown, a victory and a
possible Big Ten title and Rose
Bowl bid.
Woody, who often fails to
see eye-to-eye with the Off
Gals but who insists the Big
Ten has the best in the bust
ness, minced no word as he
told Columbus sports writer's:
I'VE were cheated out Of a
touchdown. We didn't get
quite a fair shake from the
officials"
He pointed an accusing fin
ger at the whistle-tooter who
called a pass-interference pen
atty against Ohio State in the
third quarter when 30 Scott
intercepted an Grant Wildcat
aerial and ran So yards for
an apparent touchdown.
The official said Paul War
field was too quick in tackling
Northwestern's Chuck Logan.
for whom the toss was intend
ed. Woody had run and rerun
films of the action on his Sun
day television show, and finally
decided:
There was no interference
on the play. We were just
cheated out of a touchdown.
Northwestern won, 1914, after
Ohio State had taken a 14-0
first-quarter Lead. The films
show the ball has passed over
Logan's head before Warfield
hit him. If there is any question
about interference, the official
is not supposed to call it. This
official just let his imagination
run away with him."
He said, however, "It is pure
ly a Judgment call. and we have
no recourse. The game is over"
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Warriors Play
Detroit Tonight
In MIA Debut

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. %
(AP). = After problems and
more problems, the trans
planted San Francisco Warriors
and Wilt Chamberlain make
their debut in the National
Basketball Association tonight,
facing the Detroit Pistons.
Despite the difficulties, a
crowd of about 5000 is ex-
pected to watch the newest
addition to the city's profess
sional sports group go into
action.
Their advance ticket sale
drive ran smack into the Ma
Itional League pennant drive of
the San Francisco Giants and
then the World Series. To-
nights date at the Cow Palace
conflicts with the Gene Full
mer-Dick Tiger middleweight
championship fight at Candle
stick Park.
Expects Solid Showing
And two veteran players on
whom they'd counted won't be
READY. Still Coach Bob Feerick
looks for a solid showing from
a club numbering two rockies
as corner men.
Chamberlain, holder of vir-
tually every MIA scoring rec
lord, heads the list of Warriors
who transferred with the fran
chise from Philadelphia in the
$3.50, 900 deal last spring.
But despite his 7-foot-1
frame, the Warriors may lack
overall height for the MIA
campaign.
Because Of Wilt, we may be
regarded as a big team" said
Feerick, a former MIA star who
quit as coach and athletic di-
rector at nearby Santa Clara
University to take over the
Warrior reins from Frank Nc
CURE when the team moved
West.
His height helps our overall
average, of course, but individ-
ually, right now, we're compar-
atively understood, particularly
in the front court"
Meschery Missing
Probably starters up front
are rockies Wayne Hightower,
at 6-8 from Kansas, and Dave
Fedor, 6-6, from Florida State.
They don't sound short, but
at the same spots the Pistons
have Ray Scott at GO and
Bailey Howell at 81, both
weighing 215 while Hightower
goes at 205 and Fedor at 1876.
/ Missing will be Tom Mes
cherry, the former st. Mary's
star who still is in the Army,
plus having a broken wrist, and
George Lee, who still is troubled
by a finger he broke q month
ago.
Veterans Tom Cola at 6-6
and Guy Rodgers at 60 open
in the backcourt for San Fran
cisco.
With Howell and Scott on the
starting array Of the Detroit
team which has dropped its
two games this season are Wal
ter Dukes at z feet, Don OH,
6-3, and John Egan 60.
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4NOb CNCAybOAJ JSO SNAAS'SO
the important thing is that
they believe in themselves. On
the train ride home from Phila-
delphia the Redskins reminded
this corner of the old Chicago
Bears in a pennant-winning
year. They were loud, cocky
and humorous. They acted like
a "big" team.
Coach Bill McPeak SHES
away from the word desire"
in speaking Of the teams sue
cess, and it mas become a bit
faded around here in recent
years. But Bill believes that
his team simply refuses to adj
nit it can be beaten, and it
seems to us that its spirit more
than matches its ability.
One player put it to US
rather bluntly.
"You don't honestly think
we have a good team, do you?"
he asked.
We hesitated, trying to find
the precise phrase to convey
our feelings.
81 do" he went on, not wait
ing for the answer. We've got
a good bunch of boys. We're
playing good football and we're
going to win this thing"
You can't beat that spirit.
y
Ironically, the Redskins are
winning despite some glaring
errors, a $3.50 brand of punting
and the lack Of one more big,
bone-breaking back. You can
say one thing for Doug FL
more's punting, it's great in the
clutch. One fine Sunday after
noon some opposing end or
halfback is going home with
only half a chin. The other
half will be on Elmore's toe.
He kicks best with someone
looking at his tonSils, but never
too far.
What's wrong with Billy
Barnes, Don Bosseler or Jim
Cunningham? Nothing. But
what's wrong with having a
blockbuster to help 'em out?
Let's face 1t, without Snead's
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passes, without Bobby Mitch
ellis dazzling runs, Fred Du-
gan's spectacular catches, and
Bill Anderson's helping hand,
the Redskins record more than
likely would be $40 instead Of
the current 4-0-2.
The question Of whether the
scheduling-five home games
for the Redskins-in last half
Of the season will help the
team was raised yesterday and
McPeak said no. There's no
question about the teams COM
ing up the second time around
they're all tough.
There are two games with the
Giants, two with the Steelers,
another each with the Cowboys,
Eagles and Browns, and that
Sunday school frolic in Balti-
more, always a knock-d down
drag-out affair. Can the boys
win these on spirit without the
muscle and sinew to back it up?
We doubt it.
Somehow the impreSSion has
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other receiving votes: Auburn ID,
Penn State u, oregon. MARYLAND,
Ohio State, Nebraska, Duke, Miami
(Fla.), West Virginia, Purdue, Army,
UCLA, Ohio University, Navy.