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Evening star., 1962-07-01
The Background

: In late 1949, Chang Kai-shek
was forced to evacuate his gov
ernment from the Chinese main
land to the island of Taiwan.
Most observers. even those SYM
pathetic to Chiang's anti-Com-
munist regime, felt it was only
a. matter of time before Taiwan
fell to Mao Tse-tung's forces.
The NationaliSts were dis
organized and militarily weak.
In early 1850, moreover, the United
States withdrew from the Chinese
civil war, feeling that any further
involvement was useless.
On January 5, President Tru-
man said the United States had
mo predatory designs on FormoSa'
or any other Chinese territory
did not have ANY intention of
utilizing it's armed forces to in
terfere in the present situation"
and would not provide military
aid or advice to the Chinese
forces on Formosa."
The Korean War in June, 1850.
however, altered the United States
policy toward Taiwan, and ef-
fectively blocked any Red invasion.
AS a result of the Communist
attack in Korea, President Tru-
man said "the occupation Of For
mosa by Communist forces would
be a direct threat to the security
of the Pacific area" The new
policy was one Of naturalization" "
"I have ordered the Seventh
Fleet to prevent any attack on
Formosa," Mr.. Truman said, and
"I am calling upon the Chinese
government on Formosa to cease
all air and sea operations against
the mainland"
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The Slate of Bills

With the farm bill lost and the
trade bill advancing. other Ken
nedy measures called essential at
this session were: I,
MEDICAL CARE FOR THE
AGED House hearings have
been held but no action there. In
the Senate, Senator Anderson has
introduced a compromise version
as an amendment to the bill re-
forming welfare laws and this will
be debated in the present week.
The compromise provides coverage
for 25 million elderly persons not
now under social security.
TAX REVISION - This one
would provide for withholding of
taxes on dividend and interest
income, grant business an annual
tax credit and make other changes
in the tax laws. 1t has been
passed by the House and Senate
hearings have been held but it is
opposed by Chairman Byrd Of the
Senate Finance Committee. AS a
matter of fact, Senator Byrd in
dicated late in the week that he
expects the committee to set aside
the tax bill entirely and start
work on the trade bill as passed
by the House. This might doom
the tax bill because the trade
hearings may last a month and
it would then be too late in the
session to hope for passage of
the tax measure.
DEBT CEILING-Congressional
action was completed during the
week on this, setting the ceiling
at $308 billion. The present deficit
is about $299 billion.
UNITED NATIONS BOND IS
SUE-PaSsed by the Senate but
not yet acted upon in the House.
The July turning point always
revives talk of how long the ses-
sion will last. Optimists have ex-
pressed the hope that lawmakers
will be away by Labor Day, pes
simistS say late September and
cynicS say "even later"
The most puzzling dispute one
involving no matter of great ma
tional welfare was the one which
had tied up all the appropriation
bills. the row over procedure and
precedence between the House and
Senate Appropriations committees,
a fight which has become some
what personal in overtones and
which fills the description of the
hazards of staying in Washington
through the long hot summer.
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Estes::
The Details

The Kennedy AdministratiOn's
most acute domestic embarraSS-
ment-the Billie Sol Estes af-
fair, was the subject Of two
Congressional hearings last
week.
At a little after 10 am. last
Wednesday, Senator Mcclellan,
wreathing his face in sterneSs.
pounded a gavel with his custom
airy authority. A hush settled over
an audience which filled the Sem
ate Caucus Room, scene Of many
hearing dramas. and the long
awaited investigation of the Billie
Sol Estes case was under way.
Senator Mcclellan, who refused
to be stampeded into hearings
before Investigations by a staff
which rose to 46 men, growled
out the purposes of the inquiry:
To find out the truth about
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Religious Heritage as Issue

The Supreme Court held last
week that the reading of an
official prayer in New York
public schools violated the Con-
StitutiOn.
The Supreme Court made one
Of its really divisive decisions last
week. This time it was religion.
1t has been a common practice
in public schools in at least half
of the States to have some form
of non-denominational religious
ceremony. This has included read
ing of verses from the Bible or
recitation of the Lords Prayer. In
New York State the board of re-
gents of the school system drafted
a prayer of its own and recon-
mended it for recital aloud by
teachers and students in each
classroom at the start of every
schoolday. 1t was short, nom
denominational and it read as
follows:
Almighty God, we acknowledge
our dependence upon Thee. and
we beg Thy blessing upon US, our
parents, our teachers and our
country"
The recitation Of this prayer
was objected to in a suit brought
by five parents of children in
the schools in New Hyde Park,
N. Y. They contended that it vio-
lated the establishment clause of
the First Amendment to the Con-
Stitution because it was composed
by governmental officials as a
part of a governmental program
to further religious belief" Two of
the parents we're Jewish, one a
member of the Ethical Culture
Society, one Unitarian and one
a non-believer. 1t was their con-
tention that the prayer conflicted
with their religious beliefs and
that it was in conflict with the
principle of separation of church
and state.
School authorities replied that
the prayer was inoffensive be-
cause parents who did not want
their children to say it could get
them excused. The children could
leave the room, or remain seated
and silent while the others stood
and said the prayer.
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"You can water bills down and
get them by, or you can have
bills which have no particular con-
troversy to them and get them
by. But important legislation.
medical care for the aged and
these other bills, farm programs,
they are controversial. They in
volve great interest and they are
much more difficult"
The reason he cited was the
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Because of their proximity to
the mainland, many observers
have argued that they are I'm
defensible" - including Mr.. Ken
nedy in his presidential campaign.
Yet, they have important SYM
bolic Importance, and no Amer
lean Government would want
them yielded at the point Of q
gun.
In 1954-5 and again in 1858
when the Communists stepped up
their military operations against
the off-shore islands, there was
much debate in this country
about the feasibility of using
American forces in their defense.
The Reds, however, never at
tempted an invasion. Like the
Russians in Berlin, the Chinese
seem to be able to increase ten
sion any time they want.
The United States commit
ment to the off-shore islands is
very ambiguous, and Mr.. Ken
nedy'S statement last week did not
remove the doubt.
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in it for helping business hurt
by cheap imports.
The President had proposed
workers benefits Tin some cases
higher than State unemployment
compensation in cases where COM
panies hit by competition needed
to turn to other lines or to make
expenditures to meet the competi-
ton. He felt that firms and
workers hurt by tariff cuts should
receive some special treatment.
The squabble over this led to
the detection of the Republicans
from the list of those. voting in
favor of the bill but it was passed
easily anyway, by a vote Of 298
to 125. 1t goes now to the Senate
where its passage was predicted.
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New York RuIinq

The highest court In New York
State-the Court of Appeals-re-
jected the parents protest by a
vote Of 5 to 2. The appeal then
went to the Supreme Court.
Few cases in recent years have
attracted more advance interest.
No fewer than 20 States came
into it as friends Of the court
to urge upholding the prayer. The
American Civil Liberties Union,
which spoke for the five parents
involved and for some Jewish and
other groups, urged the court to
outlaw the school prayer.
The court handed down its
ruling on the last day of its 1862
session. It was by a vote of 6 to /.
Justice Black wrote the decision
and was joined by Chief Justice
Warren and Justices Clark, Har-
Ian and Brennan. Justice Doug
las concurred, in a separate
opinion. Only Justice Stewart dis
sented. Justice Frankfurter has
been i'll and Justice White joined
the court after the case was ar
gued.
In his opinion, Justice Black de-
clared that the prayer was a vio-
lation of the establishment-of-
religion clause and was forbidden.
He wrote: "In this country it is
no part of the business of gov
ernment to compose official
prayers for any group of the
American people to recite."
In reply to the argument that
the prayer was not mandatory on
the school children Justice Black
felt that "the power, prestige and
financial support of the govern
ment" behind a particular form
of religious observance tended to
coerce religious minoritieS to
conform.
Justice Douglas concurring
opinion put it this way: "Once a
government finances a religious
exercise it inserts a divisive in
fluence into our communities"
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Heavy Forts

The Quemoy and Matsu groups
are adjacent to the Fukien ports
of Annoy and Foochow re-
spectively. Until 1949, the off
shore islands were considered part
of the mainland. but since its
move, the Nationalist government
has held them and heavily for
titled them.
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Defends Islands

At his press conference last
Wednesday, Mr.. Kennedy tried to
remove confusion on his stand
by saying he approved the Eisen-
hover administrations policy of
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hard to accept; most expressed
the hope that ultimate recogni-
ton would be made Of the fact
that the country was founded on
religious as we'll as democratic
principles.
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Vote With G. 0. P.

exasperated man:
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, 1962-10-19

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SLlut Includes Mast Active Bondso

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being reoHganized under the Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such com
panies. xi-ex-interest. ct-Certificates.
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430,OOO-Shure
GIN Block Sold
Successfully

NEW YORK, May 9 (AP).-
The price Of General Motors
stock opened fractionally lower
today on the New York Stock
Exchange following the sue
cessful special sale Of q block
worth close to $23 million.
A block of 100000 GIN shares
was sold yesterday at $53.l25 a
share to some 1000 investors
across the Nation in a Sec
ondary distribution arranged
by Morgan Stanley Il Co. and
w. E. Hutton & Co.
The seller was not officially
identified, but the underwrit-
ers said it did not originate
from E. I. du Pont de Nemours
g. Co. or any related holder.
Du Pont has been ordered
by q court to dispose Of its o.
percent interests million
shareS-of GIN.
Before word Of the special
sale reached the market yes
terday. the price of GIN
touched a 1862 low Of $50 a
share, 1t closed at $53.13, off
$l.63 for the day.
The opening price today on
q l4,600-Share block was $52.25,
down SO cents q share. The
price was adjusted downward
an additional so cents q share
to reflect q dividend payment.
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Food Prices Hit
2-Yeor Low Again

NEW YORK, May Q (AP)-
Wholesale food prices hit Q
two-year low this week for the
fourth time in six weeks, Dun
g. Bradstreet. Inc, reported
today. 81,
1t listed the weekly index,
reflecting the total price Of 81
foods in general use. at $5.77.
the lowest since February Il.
1860. This compared with
s5.s5 last week and was rs
per cent lower than $500 this
time last year. =
The drop was led by lower
prices for beef, hams, pork BEL
lies, eggs and potatoes. Higher
were wheat, oats. lard. sugar,
beans, steers and hogs. 7I
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BALTIMORE. MAY Q (APl

BALTIMORE. May 9 (AP)-
Directors Of Mccormick g. Co.,
Inc, spice and extract firm,
announced yesterday an in
crease in the quarterly dividend
on common shares and plans
to split them 2 for /.
The board declared q quar-
terly dividend Of 20 cents per
share payable June IL. The
regular quarterly dividend has
been IS cents for the past IL
years.
However. Mccormick paid a
20 per cent dividend in 1852,
10 per cent the next year and
the last two years an extra 10
cents.
The dividend Is payable to
stockholders Of record May 81.
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Me- Cormick GCo. Lifts
Dividend, Plans Split

The firm said in q statement:
McCormick's dividends have
been $1.40 per share on its
common stocks since 1850.
There was q 20 per cent stock
dividend declared in 1852, q
10 per cent stock dividend de-
clared in 1858 and in 1860 and
1851 an extra dividend of 10
cents per share was declared,
making the total annual pay
ments $50 for these two
years"
A special meeting Of stock
holders on May % will be asked.
to approve increasing the num-
Der Of common voting stock
shares to 100000 and nom
voting to 100000. If approved,
the directors intend to split
the stocks.
Evening star., 1962-05-09
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO May o tAPl.--LiquidG.:
ton sfnothered the scattered demand
for most grain futures contracts to-
day and prices were generally steady
% weak IN slow DEALINGS on the
Wheat and corn were off about q
cent most 81 the time on the nearby
accounts showing little interest.
Liberal tenderP Of May corn. was
the major bearish factor in that pit.
Brokers said they apparently had dis
suaded some dealers from accept
ing delivery who may have intended
10 until the past three or four days.
Soybeans derived some support early
from q firmeF market for .soybean
meal. However. the gains failed TO
no'Nh Wheat was 1 cent q busheI lower
to " higher shortly before noon, May
oats e higher 70 lower. May I1K;
~ lS"s! z ever sS' . Efz sish:r. &sS
Caeh Grain
No wheat OF soybean sales. Corn
No. 2 yellow, LISA. No. 3 yellow,
IolsStS oats No. sSefs R hssVS ssS~; White, di 4SH
| soybean oil, 93sn. Barley: Maltins
choice, 1.35-1s4sn; feed. 1.oo-1.25n.
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Stocks Turn
Upward After
Sharp Drop

NEW YORK. May 9 CAP).-
The stock market was sharply
lower early this afternoon but
showed signs Of vigorous re-
coVery as it moved up from its
lowest level. Trading was ac-
tive.
Losses Of fractions to a point
or 2 among key stocks were
scattered literally through the
list even though many declines
were cut.
Among the volatile issues, de-
clfneS ran 2 or 8 points while
some gains were in the same
range.
At its worst, the market
cracked through the intra-day
low reached Tuesday a week
ago in the Dow Jones industrial
average in a selling climax
which preceded a strong rally.
Technical support once more
Haterialized at this general
area.
The ticker tape Jagged once
while prices were skidding and
on two other occasions when
recovery was under way.
Sharp declines in most major
sections reflected somewhat
the same kind of discouraged
mood that accompanied the
May / climax but not so in
tense. Wall Street remained
under the spell of the $4,000
share secondary offering of
General Motors (ex-dividenO
which set off yesterdays de-
cline.
Meanwhile other motors were
soft but later firmed.
Steels were mixed. Kellogg
was down more than 8 but
Xerox rebounded more than 8
and Ltton Industries was up a
couple Of points. Du Pont
showed q loss Of around 2.
Prices were off sharply on
the American Stock Exchange
in moderately active trading.
Corporate bonds were mixed.
Governments were irregularly
higher.
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COTTON

NEW YORK, May Q (AP).-Cotton
futures advanced today.
Trade and commission house buying
MempSis M Dealers The 1sH sCutSern iSs,nS ssI. y
ing. according to New York brokers,
centered in the nearby July delivery
Crop and weather news was mostly
favorable, but this did not influences
traders.
Late afternoon prices were 10 TO sc
cents q bale higher than the previoui
close. May 34.40, July 34.T6 anS
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School Bonds Voted

RICHMOND, May 0 (AP).-
IA $40 million school construc-
ton bond issue was approved
by Chesterfield County voters
yesterday BY a better than five
to-one margin.
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ODD-LOT TRADING

NEW YORK, Nay 0 (AP).-1The
day thess odd-iot eransactions 6y
principal dealers for. Nay s.. Pur-
ssssss ssssss q shaS lncIudns Sees Aais sharss
sold ahoTl. -. - q. =.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13

Milk is heavier than cream.
Cream in milk rises to the top
because it is composed of in
finitesimal drops of oil and fat
that are lighter than water and
the rest of the components of
milk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
Dominates
First Sentinel
Couc hes cam

Walter johnson High School,
coached by Paul Miller, domin-
ated the first Montgomery
County Sentinel Coaches All
Star football team by placing
three players on the first team.
The All-Star team was select
ed from a poll of coaches in the
County. Each boy named to the
first team will receive an en-.
graved trophy from the SEN
tinel.
Walter Johnson, winner of
the County League champion.
ship, had quarterback Jack
Blomquist, center Brete Har'te
and end Ed Reaves, all I'M
animOus choices for the first
team.
Wheaton was the only other
team to have more than one
player chosen by the coaches
and the Knights landed two
players on the honor team.
Picked by the circuits men,
tors were tackle Bob Peters and
back Ed Frace.
The rest of the team is
made up of end Butch Girls
mond, Montgomery Blair;
guard Jud BigeIow, Bethesda
Chevy Chase; guard Jim
Bunting. NorthwOOd; back
Bill Christman, Gaithersburg;
and back Bryant Wright,
Richard Montgomery.
The second team selections
showed the respect earned by
the Knights among the coaches.
Heading the list of second
team players are end Bill
Woods, guard Jack Gawler and
center Stan Parsons.
Sherwood, Walter Johnson
and Northwood placed two play
ers each on the second squad,
while Richard Montgomery and
Gaithersburg held down one
position.
Completing the second unit
were guard Dibbs Harting
and end Mike TOrbert, Sher-
wood; tackle Cliff ROmig and
back Berry Irwin, Walter
Johnson; backs Zen Chatham
and Bob Johnson, NOrthwOOd;
tackle Roger Bridgewater and
back Leroy Jones, Gathers
burg.
The closest voting was be-
tween quarterback Blomquist
and Jones. Both lads stood far
above the field as masters of
the option play.
Gaithersburg's Christman,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
Know The Players

BRYANT WRIGHT $40,
1850, jr., one of the fastest men
In the league ). top scorer for
RIM very active in other
school functions.
ED TRACE SO, $50, jr.
leading runner and pass re-
ceiver for Wheaton made
up for lack of beef with extra
hustle speed and good
moves best assets also plays
baseball and runs track.
BILL CHRISTIAN, SO, 1856,
ST., scored nine tbs, good all
round player active in school
band plays in dance band
-. popular on team.
JACK BLOMQUTST $40,
165, ST., popular pick of coaches
-. option play expert threw
nine I'd passes scored eight
IDS runs and passes
ED REAVES 5-11, ITS, ST.
good on defense good off
center good pass receiver.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
AS
A MATTER
OF
FACT
How Big was the Largest
Whale Ever Caught?

A report of The American
Museum of Natural History
states that a Blue Whale TAX
en- off South Georgia in the
Pacific was reported to have
been LOT feet long, while one
killed off Discovery Inlet near
The Bay of Whales measured
125 feet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
RIA Lacks Tall Players

Richard Montgomery will be
one Of the smallest teams enter
ed in the basketball competition
this season, with only one
probable starter over six feet
in height.
RM faces Sherwood in the
opener at home Saturday and
then takes on Landon next
Tuesday, also at home.
Getting the nod as probable
starters from Coach Earl
Waithall are Richard Prlngh,
five.f00tten; John Shaw, six
foot; Dave Gunther, six foot;
Mike PyIes, six.fo0t-three; and
Richard Stone, flve-fo0tten.
Walthall looks for most OF
his scoring power from Prugh,
who also played on the starting
lineup last year.
With a record of SIS last sea.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
Peory. Damascus
Envy Of League

The coaches at Peary and Da-
mascus are probably the two
most envied basketball mentors
in Montgomery County this
season. AS the only two Class
B teams in the league, either
quintet winning over the other
in two encounters takes the
title and goes on to the section
al play-offs.
And, Peary Coach Frank
Moore observes, if they split
their scheduled two contests, a
play-off will be held to decide
the crown.
This is Peary's first year in
the varsity league and next
year the school expects to
enter the Glass A competition.
Eight of his players are In the
10th grade, two are In the
18th and the remaining two
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
BUTCH CRISMOND. 81. 10

BUTCH CRISMOND, 81, 40,
jr. end and also good at
halfback speedy runner i. I. +.
good on defense and offense.
BOB PETERS, Sill, 215, ST.,
offense and defense good
blocker rugged line stall
Wart.
DAVE DELMAR, 6-1, 21S, ST.
tackle and defensive end,
also a top tumbler, swimmer,
shot-put artist.
JUD BIGELOW, 6-1, 1876, sr.
defensive middle line
hacker +. also fullback so
tackles this year speedy.
JIM BUNTING, SO, 100, ST.
-. guard good leader f.
made team captain =. active in
other school sports.
BRETE HARTE, 81, 100, jr.
center played both de.
fenes and offense rugged
blocker.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13

held Saturdays from 2 to 8 pm.
Junior high school boys and
girls will meet on Saturdays
from ! to 2 pm. All adults and
high school students will be
taught Wednesday evening S
from 7:30 to $50.
Applications may be made at
the YMCA or by calling
OIL 2-3T25.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13

Chevy Chase YMCA started this
week at Walter Johnson High
School, and will continue for Is
weeks.
Robert w. Smith of Bethesda,
holder of the third degree black
belt at a member of the A.A.U.
Committee for Judo, is instruct
ing the classes for men, women,
boys and girls.
Sessions for boys and girls
from third to sixth grade are
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13

DO ycw electrical fwu keep blCwing. OF your cireuiN
breakers keep trippinsi Blame skinny Wiring" the
electrical delinquent who plaques every inGdequaiely
wired home! your home Of weak underlined skinny
Wiring enjoy life in home with full eoppeEwred
HORSEPOWER Call ~ for the faces.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
Pathological Classes

New weekly classes in basic
civil defense and Pathological
monitoring will begin next week
at two county high schools,
with sessions to be held Mon
day evenings at 1880 at the
Northwood and on Wednesdays
at the same time at Wheaton.
Registration win be held at
each school on opening night.
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son, Walthall figures that de.
spite lack of height the only
thing in store for his squad il
improvement.
Pyles, tallest man on the
team, may not make the opener,
the coach says, because of a bad
ankle.
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are seniors.
Strating lineup for Peary
will be Bill Boyle, five-foot-
seven, and Terry Fitzpatrick,
five-foot.nine, guards; center
David Buck, six-foot-three; and
forwards Steve Borchers, five.
foot-nine and Fred Johnson,
six-foot-one.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-12-13
YMcA Offers judo Glasses

Judo and self-defense classes
sponsored by the Bethesda.