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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04

happiness is spirit. The realistic
outlook and the belief in things
is a false and, in an all-human
sense, heretical ideal, and as such
more dangerous than cancer, more
contagious than spotted typhus,
and more Supplying to the brain
than paresis. However, false ideals
cannot be shattered by criticism,
Right ideals must take up the
battle against them. The fateful
question of our civilization is
whether the spiritual outlook,
which still lives in scattered
places, is strong enough to OBJ
pose the realistic outlook. Franz
Werfel in Between Heaven and
Earth.
Love, though in a sense it may
be admitted to be stronger than
death, is by no means so universal
and so sure. In fact, love is rare
the love Of men, of things, of
ideas, the love of perfected skill.
For love is the enemy of haste; it
takes count of passing days, of men
who pass away, of a fine art
matured slowly in the course of
years and doomed in a short time
to pass away too, and be no more.
Love and regret go hand in hand
in this world of changes Swifter
than the shifting Of the clouds re-
Elected in the mirror Of the sea-
Joseph Conrad in The Mirror OF
the Sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04
What Is Happiness?

What. then is happiness? I find
only one tenable formula: Happi-
ness is the wealth Of a reality
transfused into inwardness. But
why seek new formulate when the
formula has already been pro-
nounced long ago, a formula
whose truth thunders through the
ages: 1.-THE Kingdom of Heaven
is in yourselves!" The realistic
outlook digs for the treasure in
the wrong place. It's capitalist
side, by virtue Of its sterile ideal
of work, accumulates surplus
value, that is, potential happiness,
not in order to enjoy it, but in
order to let 1t continue to work
for the purpose Of new accumu-
lation. How true is the humorous
chain Of words concerning the
parsimonious testator: "The
father denies himself so that his
son shall deny himself, so that
his grandson shall also deny him
self, ETC."
On the other side we hear
communism's conception of hap
piness: Perfect material harmony
by sacrificing the spiritual in
dividual and his metaphysical
conditions. Both forget that hui
man spirituality may be sup
pressed perhaps for decades, but
not forever. Both forget that the
Kingdom Of Heaven and the
chance Of salvation lie only
within ourselves. Both forget that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04
UdoI| Moves Quickly
On Parks Proposal
BY CHARLES BARTLETT
Contributing Writer

A major crusade with deep i'm
plications for future city dwellers
is touched off by publication last
week Of the study on outdoor
recreation in America by the Lau-
rance Rockefeller Commission.
The point of the study is con-
tanned In its account of the con-
ception and development of Gen.
trail Park, the one restful and soul
filling feature of Manhattan
Island.
The city had only developed as
far as Twenty-third street in the
1865 when Editor William Gull
len Bryant Of the Evening Post
began urging the acquisition of
park land. The area north of
Twenty-third street was country
but in the populated end of the
island the inhabitants were obliged
to have their picnics and play
their games in cemeteries.
The proposal by Bryant to have
New York buy about TOO acres
OF rocky expanse in the center of
the island for use as park gained
popular momentum and the &C
QUESTION was made, the swamps
were turned into ponds, and the
gentle hills became a playground
that has served millions Of ur-
banites otherwise trapped by the
concrete around them.
Concentration Of People
The Rockefeller Commission
moved nationally at about the
same relative point that Bryant
began his crusade in New York.
1t predicts q growing concentra-
ton Of people -some 70 per cent
of doubled population living on
approximately 10 per cent of the
Nations land area by the year
2000-and foresees the prospect
that the opportunity to develop
sufficient recreation areas near
these concentrations may soon
slip away in the onrush. of civili-
cation. Just as Bryant wanted to
get Central Park before it was
too late, the commission wants to
obtain this land for the people
before 1t is lost to private hands.
The crusade is being launched
under propitious circumstances.
The proposals Of a commission
instigated by Dwight D. Eisen-
hover pass now into the hands
of the Kennedy administration
and its Secretary of Interior,
Stewart Udall, who has been
straining for year to get started
on a major conservation effort.
Mr.. Udall has been looking over
the shoulders of the commission
as it wrote its report and is pre-
pared to put his prestige behind
enactment of the proposals.
Mr.. Udall is in fact ready with
a broad legislative proposal which
will encompass most Of the rec
concentrations made by the COM
mission to preserve recreational
opportunities for the future. He is
man who thinks big and some
members Of the commission had
feared that he might attempt to
bring forth an extravagant pro-
posal that would make the Rookie
teller Commission seem conserva-
tive and his own prospects of leg
islative enactment less likely.
But Mr.. Udall Is known to be
thinking in fairly moderate terms
of a land acquisition program for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04
Anew Congressman From Texas
Has Some Ideas on Juveniles

and can then be turned over to
the grand jury. He was also I'M
able to get separate juvenile
court for his county.
Failure Of Bill
But the community, apparently,
accepted his methods-as the vote
in his last election indicates.
In non-support cases, he de-
manded cash payments by delin-
quent fathers.
"A juvenile judge" the Texan
said, has got to be fair and con-
sistent. You can't play favorites
and you've got to work like hell.
You've got to teach children to
respect authority and accept re-
sponsibility.
Its their Job to fit into the
community and not the COM
munity's job to accept Them" the
Congressman said.
Mr.. Purcell is not about to claim
his methods would work elsewhere
in big city situation where the
number of cases are overwhelm-
ing. He does feel he accomplished
something in Wichita.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04

the years Immediately ahead that
will cost less than 81 billion and
be financed. like the interstate
highway construction program,
out of a special fund designed to
avoid the necessity of appropria-
tionS from the Treasury. The
money for the fund will be OBJ
tanned by the imposition of a user
tax against the 200 million or so
people who now visit the national
parks each year. These people will
be required to buy stickers for
their cars and the revenues will
be used to assist the States in
financing their acquisition of rec
reation land.
Bureaucratic lnfiehtine
The Udall plan will attempt to
make the most of the opportunities
that exist. For example, an adj
ditional cost of about per cent
on the interstate highway system
would enable the planners to in
clude landscaping, picnic areas
and overlooks similar to those on
the Blue Ridge parkway along
these high-speed roads. Military
surplus land now being sold by
the government to the highest
bidder could be diverted, in areas
of population density, to recrea-
ton use at small expense The
Youth Conservation Corps, If 1t is
established by Congress. would be
useful in the development Of at
tractive parks.
One of the curious aspects of
the conservation movement is the
way that it has been buffeted at
critical turns by bureaucratic in
fighting. The struggle between the
Interior and Agriculture Depart
mentS over the forest lands Is q
classic example. Now the National
Park Service is battling the COM
missions proposal to establish a
new bureau of outdoor recreation
to coordinate Federal activity
and assist the States with their
planning.
Mr.. Udall has marked the first
phase Of his mounting crusade
by quashing these objections to
the new bureau and is looking to
the Rockefeller report to give i'm
petus to the proposal which he
will take to the Congress in few
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04
Worldwide Snail Fever Menace

documents 40 centuries ago
scientists have not found the an
swer for stamping 1t out. Killing
the snail carriers in streams is
costly and unsure. No specific
snail poison 100 per cent effective
has been found. The classic medi-
cine used to treat victims, tartar
emetic, is so nauseating tn a t
many patients refuse to take it.
Medical Firms Reseorch
But help is on the way. In
addition to the Phoenix program,
several pharmaceutical companies
around the world such as Parke
Davis, Eli Lilly. Ciba and Lederle
are testing drugs on infected
animals. The World Health Or
ganization is pursuing snail con-
troll and lecturing remote COM
munities on sanitary measures.
The National Institutes Of Health
have run snail studies to head off
the disease here. And two Chinese
scientists, Mr.. and Mrs. s. Y. Lii
Hsu, husband-and-wife team at
the State University of Iowa, last
year reported on experiments using
harmless strains Of the Schisto-
soma worms to make subjects
immune.
Ultimately. scientists feel, the
disease must yield like polio and
syphilis to medicine. Between 1949
and 1858, 2,781 technical papers
were published on the disease.
Considering that nearly all the
promising research has been done
since World War II, there lie
reasonable hope cure will be
found. In the meantime, the snail
is winning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04
BY TRUMAN r. TEMPLE
Star Staff Writer

While the worlds two most
powerful nations are racing for
the moon mankind is losing
another race to the lowly snail.
The explanation of this paradox
is an ancient disease called snail
fever. Carried by the tiny animals
in freSh-water streams and ponds,
the malady is spreading at an
alarming rate around the globe,
helped ironically by modern ir-
rigation methods.
1t is painful, often fatal, and
includes millions of children
among its victims.
More than half the people of
Egypt suffer from the disease,
technically known as schistoso-
miasis or Bilharziasis (after DR..
Theodore Bilharz, who discovered
a drug for it a century ago.
Among Southern Rhodesias 2.5
million population, million have
snail fever. The disease plaques
most of Africa, much of Latin
America, and occurs in semi
tropical regions around the rest
of the world.
200 Million Affected
There is no sure way of know
ing how many humans are VIC
tins of the parasitic disease but
estimates range up to 200 million.
The University of Michigan's
Memorial Phoenix Project, at
lacking the problem with cobalt
so experiments, has termed it the
top candidate for title of "the
worlds worst health problem.
One of the grave worries of
United States health experts is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-04

the chance that snail fever may
invade this country. So far, local
cases reported dncluding 10000
among New York City's immigrant
Puerto Ricans) have been con-
tracted in other countries. But
two varieties Of native United
States snails are potential car
rierS Of the fever, and American
scientists are working overtime
to find cure-both to help other
lands and protect our own.
Snail fever is caused by tiny
worm of the Schistosoma family.
1t lays its eggs in warm waters
of ponds and streams. and the
larvae hitch a ride under the skin
of snails where they incubate.
After eight weeks they hatch
microscopic arrow-shaped off
spring - millions of them can
swim in an innocent-looking
stream - which penetrate human
skins upon contact.
Temperature Symptom
The victim of snail fever starts
out with high temperatures and
aches, later developing an en-
larged stomach, anaemia, and
chronic weakness. Often death &C.
ours after a general physical
breakdown when the patient Is
prone to many other diseases.
In addition to the human suf-
ering caused by snail fever. the
loss in productivity is staggering.
In Egypt alone, the disease costs
an estimated $3.50 million q year
in idled workers.
Though the disease is one of
mankinds Oldest known enemies
it was described in papyrus
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24

There are 1,027 different kinds of
forest trees growing in the United
States.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
Seed Growers
Dead Line Approaches

Certified soybean growers a d
others interested in producing GER
titled soybeans are reminded that
the deadline for making application
to the Seed Certification Commit
tee lis September 1. According to w.
H. Mitchell, University of Della
ware agronomist and secretary
the Delaware Crop Improvement
Association, there will probably be
record crop of soybeans for GER
tification this year. Last year over
$4,000 bushels of certified a n d
registered soybeans were produc-
ed in Delaware. This was a new
record. With the 1862 soybean
acreage in the state at an all time
high, Mitchell believes this will be
the biggest year for certification of
the crop. Growers can get applica-
tion blanks from their county a
gent. The completed blank should
be sent to w. H. Mitchell, Agricul-
tural Hall, University of Delaware,
Newark, prior to September 1.
Mitchell says more and m ore
growers are recognizing the value
of certified seed and the demand
has been heavy. He lists these ad
vantages in selecting the certified
product: varital purity, freedom
from Johnsongrass and other nox
ious weed seeds, and a termination
test that insures a minimum of 80
percent termination compared o
65 to 20 percent for average farm
seed.
Soybean growers are faced with
the decision of whether to save
part of this years bean crop for
next years seed or sell it all and
buy back certified seed. Mitchell
says a large number are realizing
that the small additional cost for
good seed is C b cap insurance
against crop failure and weed con-
tamination. He offers this illustra-
ton: If a grower decides to sell
of his crop, he will probably get
around $225 per bushel for it. Ger
titled seed will cost about $3.50, an
addition of only S1.25 per bushel.
Since it takes only 2-3 of buShel
| to seed an acre, that amounts to
an added expense of rs cents an
acre.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
The Music Man Now
Playing Theater Here
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In warm and witty words and
music, Wilson delights audiences
with an exuberant account of the
a talking travelling salesman.
who storms into an Iowa town
early in the century and sets out
to sell the towns-people on buying
instruments and uniforms for a
boys band, promising to instruct
the band himself-although he
does not know a note of music.
His success in warding off the
suspicious mayor and charming the
prim librarian, who emerges a
glowing beauty as she succumbs
to him, crowds the screen with
Endowing the Technirama pro-
duction with unmatched eye-filling
and ear-filling enjoyment, DaCosta
and Wilson have vastly enlarged
the scope of the musical. For ex-
ample, in the inspiring Seventy
Six Trombones" finale 26 princi-
pals, 16 stock players, 40 dancers,
a boys band of $50 and nearly
500 extras fill the screen as the
eutlI6 JOW III VI IAlNcl SlIy JOluS III
the glittering, triumphant parade.
When Wilson and DaCosta dis
covered that Mason City, Ia, the
author composer-lyricist's hom e.
town, no longer resembles the town
of 1912 which he recalled when
writing 1.-The Music Man." River
City was constructed on three-and-
a-half acres of the Warner back
lot.
But in addition to surrounding
their music man with a facsimile
town on the screen, they surround
ed him with old friends from the
stage production. From the Broad
way cast, in addition to Preston,
are Paul Ford, as the town mayor,
and The Buffalo Bills, the barber
shop quartet, who co-star with
Buddy Hackett and Hermione Gin
gold and Peggy Monde and Adnia
Rice, who are featured as a pair
of town gossips. From the national
company of the show Wilson and
DaCosta selected Susan Luckey to
recreate her role as Zaneeta, the
mayors daughter; Harry Hickox to
once again play the anvil sales
man; and Monique Vermont to re-
create her portrayal of little Amar-
ylliS.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
Johnny Martin Wins
Speedway Feature
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Bobby Hough captured his first
is Lap Hobby event, joey Mirow-
ski, Geo. Schevel, Harvey Dutton
and Martin Schockley followed
over the line. Geo. Harrison an
nexed the s lap Modified prelim.
over Mclaughlin, Martin, Bub OIL
sen and Lou Mood.
Horace Williams won the Sports
man event over Jack Sapp, Phil
Gemenden, Bill Thomas, and Geo.
Smith.
Phil Gemenden finished third in
the feature and first Sportsman,
Lou Mood, j. r. Jones, Windy
Bailey, Wally Ryan, and Richard
Coverdale followed in the three
time restarted main event. The rae
ing fans liking the slam bang ac-
tion received plenty for their mon
ey in this one.
1st Heat honors went to Elmer
Smith, Harry Dutton. r. Coverdale,
j. Mirowski, also finished.
There will be NO racing at the
Georgetown Speedway FIR ID A Y
mite. A big Championship so lap
double point $4,000 to win 100000
added Spts. race will be held Aug.
25th SATURDAY MITE. $16S5.00
purse will be guaranteed. The ad-
mission to the grandstand for this
show $3.50. The new lot in field
parking area will be open with
admission set at S1.49, kids so
cents.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
Profitable Year For
Home Fed Feeders

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grain and feeder calves have def
mite advantage.
In the first place, the agent
says, the man with grain and cal
YES can save transportation a d
handling charges. He runs no risk
of shipping fever, colds, and other
problems that affect feeder calves
and there is no shrink. Calves al
ready on the farm can gain two
or three week advantage over cal
YES that are purchased. Heifer and
steer calves that have run together
all their lives can usually be kept
together until the 'heifers are sold.
This means low cost bulk self
feeders which cut labor and feed
ing facilities to a minimum can be
utilized.
Vapaa says calves best suited for
this system are heavy, high quality
calves, those that grade good n
choice and weigh between 500 and
600 pounds. Steer calves are usual
ly ready for market after six mon
this of full feeding. Heifers which
are usually marketed 100 to $50
pounds lighter can be ready in four
to five months.
1t will take about 40 bushels of
corn, 325 pounds of gain on 500
pound streer.
Feed should be kept in front of
the animals at all times. S e er
calves fed a good ration and i'm
planted with stilbestrol s h ou d
gain two and one half to three
pounds daily. Heifers will gain a
little less.
meal and minerals will cost "a
bout $14. If the gain is worth 25
cents per pound, the returns to
labor, management and the 40 bus
hels of corn is $9S.50 per steer.
Using similar estimates for heifers,
the returns to labor, management
and 80 bushels of corn would be
about 20 dollars per head
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
S. S. Membership
Meet At Harrington
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Harrington, Del, was named secre-
tary.
Mr.. Elbert Harrington, Jr., f
FELTON,, was chosen as a delegate
to represent the local Advisory
Board at the Southern States Co
operatives 39th Annual Stockhold-
ers Meeting in Richmond, Virginia
on October 1926. Mr.. Merritt Cam
per of Harrington, Del. was named
alternate.
There was also the election of a
delegate and alternate to a District
Election meeting to be held i'm Bal
timore this fall.
MIR. Alvin Brown of Harrington,
Del, was named as the delegate,
while VIM. F. Parker of Harring gton
was named as alternate.
One of the highlights of the
meeting was the financial report of
Southern States Cooperative given
by Mr.. Alvis Hardy of Seaford, Del.
a regional representative of tn e
organization. According to the re-
port, members of the organization
in a five state area put through
their cooperative about $201 900 600
worth of purchasing and marketing
volume during the 1961-62 fis C a
year
Mr.. Charles Peck, Jr., manager
of Peck Brothers gave a report on
local operations and services, and
showed color slides of local patrons
farming activities.
Another highlight of the session
was the showing of color film
entitled Jimmy Gets the Answers"
a picture tour of one of the coop
erative's seed and farm supply
warehouses.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
Cong. H. B. Mcdowell
Reports From Capitol

Congress m Harris B. Nc
this week that he had been sue
cessful in his efforts to bring about
an Improvement in the services and
facilities of the Small Business Ad-
miniStration for Delaware. For the
past six months Congressman Nc
Dowell has been urging Admins
traitor John e. Horne to establish
an office of the Small Business
Administration in Delaware. Such
an office would come under the
jurisdiction of the Regional Office
in Philadelphia.
In a letter to Congressman Nc
Dowell dated June 20, Administra-
tor Horne agreed to hold the mat
ter open and discuss it with Edwin
N. Rosa, Small Business Admins
tration Regional Director in Phil
adelphia.
Continued negotiations by Con-
gressman Mcdowell with Small
Business Administrator Horne and
Mr.. Rosa have resulted in a tenta-
tive agreement to establish an of
flee in Dover and Wilmington on
limited basis for a trial period.
Further details of this plan are
being worked out in the District
Office in Philadelphia.
Congressman Mcdowell said:
81 am, of course, highly graft
fled that the Small Business Ad-
ministration is taking steps to
be of more assistance to the busi-
ness community of Delaware.
MANY Delawareans have urged
me ito try to get branch office
of SBA established in the First
State. They have expressed their
dissatisfaction at having to ira
vel from 20 to $50 miles to and
from Philadelphia to seek advice,
or even obtain the necessary
forms for a business loan.
1.-The precedents for such a
branch office are similar Of
fices in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and even Rhode Is
land.
"Delaware's small businessmen
should nave immediate access to
SBA counsel on their financial,
management, production, and dis
tribution problems.
Small business concerns in
Delaware mustsbe helped to qua
lily for a greater share of Fed
eral defense and other con-
tracts.
Business with the Federal
government has proved to be
good business in many areas of
the country. Delaware is ideally
equipped to play major role
in research and development and
in producing and supplying crit
ical machines and equipment
used by our modern-day defense
establishments and our prime in
dustrial manufacturers.
There is little excuse for de-
| lay and inertia in this matter
intend to give special attention
and effort to every possible op-
portunity which would provide
new' jobs and greater prosperity
| for Delawareans."
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
Rural Zoning Makes
Urbunizufion Eosier

Rural coming can take the bite
out of urbanization, notes VIM. H.
Henderson, County Agent.
He cites instances where rural
zoning:
1. Reduces the cost of pu b j C
facilities and services.
2. Helps to keep productive areas
in farming.
8. Helps to prod lands unsuited
to agriculture into forestry or rec
reation.
4. Helps to avoid unwise mix
lures of conflicting land use.
5. III clips protect community
health by restricting use of septic
tanks.
6. Promotes safety on highways.
1.-The increase in population alone
is enough to cause cities and their
surburbs to expand into rural
area" says Henderson, 'and h s
expansion in ev tab lie produces
some conflicts of interest"
He notes that about half the 54
million people who have been add
ed to the US. population since 1910
live on the urban fringe or in the
open country. Many of these places
lack planning and zoning, he says.
On the other hand, 40 of the so
states have given local govern
ments the right to adopt zoning
regulations if they choose to do so.
Henderson feels communities
that want to zone must first pre-
pare plans for the future. "Zoning
merely helps to carry out the
plan," he says.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-24
FAMILY REACTION

PITTSBURGH (AP) = How does
the family of a baseball manager
react to victory and defeat?
"Our children never say a word
to their father when the Pittsburgh
Pirates lose a game" says Mrs.
Kathleen Murtaugh.
'It was more noticeable w h n
they were young" adds Danny
Murtaugh. "When my team won
they'd greet me at the door and
climb all over me. When we lost,
they weren't anywhere to be seen.