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said they thought the Govern
ment offers were fair; some
thought they were downright
lucky.
Look ct IT," Clarence Bid
good remarked the other day to
q visitor as they cruised over
the area in a helicopter. II
don't think we could have
hand-picked a site less suited
for anything else"
Pine and Palmetto
Col. Bidgood, a retired Army
engineer now with NASA as
facilities director for Complex
80, went on:
TITS utterly without topog-
raphy. The highest point is IL
feet above sea level-you can
tell the high ground by the fact
that loblolly pine grows there.
Palmetto grows on the low
ground. The average elevation
Is about 2 feet. Most Of the
water Is only about 3 or 4 feet
deep. Wherever we want to
build anything, we have to
make land. Wherever we want
q waterway, we have to dredge
1t out" N
The men in charge of Com
pick 80 are stresSing flexibility
and believe they will avoid the
galloping obsolescence that
normally overtakes a launch
ing pad even before compile
ton. They claim the complex
will be quite economical to OPP
crate - though economical"
seems a strange word to use
in discussing a 81 billion base
for the launching Of 500 mil
lion rockets.
54O-Foot High Building
The huge bulk of Complex
SOS chief buildings acres in
roof area, 540-feet high-will
be visible to motorists on a |
clear day from as far north
as Daytona Beach and as far
west as Orlando. Jet passengers
from New York and Chicago
will be able to see 1t before
landing at Miami. Ships at sea
will still be able to observe |
this Vertical Assembly Building |
Cor "VAB') long after every
thing else on the low
lying Florida mainland has
dropped below the horizon.
The VAB will be the tallest
structure in the eastern States
south of the Washington Mon
ument, II q few spiderly tele-
vision towers are overloc ked.
No building like 1t has ever
been designed before.
VIII Hold -Four Rockets
The VAB will surely take its
place among the engineering
wonders of the modern world. |
Inside this structure with five
acres Of uncluttered floor
space and 450 feet Of unob-
structed headroom, as many
as four great Saturn v rockets
will be simultaneously assem-
bled and checked out.
Hurricane proof and water
tight, the VAB win be able
to ride out storms worse than
any ever recorded In Florida.
Only . mailman or q dedi-
Gated rocketeer would think big
enough TO enviSion the VAB-
and Rocco Petrone Is no mad
man. A football teammate of
Doc Blanchard and Glenn Da-
Wis at West Point in 1916, he
Is an Army Ordnance lieuten-
and colonel who grew up with |
Won Braun's rocket team at
Huntsville. Ala. Now perman-
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PM.

ab6 UA6SSFNiSs AVOfs NBIhiShs
Passable melodrama Keefe BrasseIIe and
Kay Ballard 1880
"R0cUES' REGIMENT" 1913. Well made but
routine meIodrama. Dick Powell and Stephen
Mentally. "ScUDDA-H00! ScUDDA-HAY!"
1913. Story of a farm boy who trains pair
of mules. Lon MccalIister 1905
WINNING TEAM" 1852 Baseball pitcher
Grover Cleveland Alexander's biography. Ron
aid Reagan and Frank Loveloy. DEAR
RUTH" Comedy about a youngster who has
hot correspondence with a soldier while
posing as her older, attractive sister. Joan
cauIfield and William Holden. 1909
ELEPHANT GUM" 1859. British. Two game
warden brothers fall for the same girl
Michael Craig and Belinda Lee. ZOO
"THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK" 1852. Two
Adventures tour to Mexico. John Payne,
Rhonda Fleming and Dennis o'Keefe. 2:30-7
"THE WILD ONE" 1854 Marion Brando gives
a powerful performance as Johnny. leader Of
a motorcycle gang Mary Murphy. 500
WHITE WITCH DOCTOR" 1853. An American
nurse, en- route through Africa to establish
medical mission. is guided by tough,
professional hunter. Susan Hayward and
Robert Mitchum. 300
HOLIDAY IN MEXICO" 1916 About wild
owed ambassador to Mexico and his teen
age daughter who tries to run his house.
Walter Pidgeon and Jane Powell. ll:00-5
"HASTY HEART" 1850. Heartwarmlns story Of
a stubborn Scottish soldier who has short
time to live. Richard Todd. Patricia Neal
and Ronald Reagan. 11:1O-4
BORDER INCIDENT" le49 tFirst-Run)
Mexican workers pay to be struggled into
Texas. Ricardo Montalban. George Murphy
and Howard Da Silva. 1l:l57
PURSUED" l947. offbeat Western has
a different story. good performances Robert
Mtchum and Teresa Wright. 11:15-9
THE MUMMYS GHOST" 1914. An okay
shudder story. Lon Clancy. l:lO-9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

Randolph Scott, Robert Young and Dean
Jaeger 11:10-5
THE BLACKWELL STORY" 1857. A girl in
the 1905 tries to become the first woman
doctor playhouse 9o). jeanne 0ru, Dan
oHerlihy and Charles KoNin. 12:S5-q
Thursday AN.
HIGHWAY BY MIGHT" 1912. Pleasant melo-
drama Richard Carlson 1905
Thursday PM.
STRANGE DEATH OF ADoLPH HITLER"
1913. Facial double for Hitler is forced by
the eestapo to pose as Der Fuehrer Ludwig
Donath and George DoIenz. 1905
WHO GOES THERE? le4s. The romantic
story Of a palace guard and tire girls who
chase him. Nigel Patrick 500
CRASH DIVE" 1913. Routine war story of
submarine in the North Atlantic. Tyrone
Power and Anne Baxter. 1l:l0-5
CALCUTTA" le47. Adventure film. Alan
Laid and Gail RUSSELL 12:55-9
Friday AN.
THE LADY CONSENTS" 1885. Fair ro-
mantle drama Ann Harding. 1905
FridcV PM
WALK SOFTLY STRANGER" A smaIl-tOWn
crook is reformed 5V the love Of a crippled
girl Joseph Gotten and valli. l:00-5
THE GENERAL DIED At DAWN" 1886. Ex-
citing adventure story Gary Cooper. Made
eine Carroll, Akin Tamiroff 500
APARTMENT FOR PEGGY" ls4s. Married
vets struggle to get through college. Jeanne
Grain, William Holden 300
IT'LL the CLOUDS ROLL BY" ls47. Fic-
tionalized biography of composer Jerome
Kern. June Alyson. Frank Sinatra. ll:l0-5
THE END OF THE AFFAIR" 1855. Based
on a Graham Green novel. Well acted love
affair between an American and the wife
of a British civil servant. Deborah Kerr.
John Mills and Van johnson. ll;30-7
ASSIGNMENT IN PARIS" 1852. Exciting
spy story concerning a reporter who Is cap
-. faka
Evening star., 1963-09-30
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Stage and Screen
Shows and Show Times

Stage
NatiOnal-"Barefoot in the
Park; 8 pm.
HOward-Vaudeville: The
Du-Tones, Jimmy Soul anC
others; 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - Girl Hunt
ers"; 1870, $50. $50, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
Apex-"81a";; 2:1O, 4:45. TIE
and 9:40 pm.
CaIvert-"The Small World
Of Sammy Lee; 6, 1850 and
$50 pm.
DupOnt-"The Thrill of II
ALP; 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm.
Embassy - I'm the French
Style; lao, $40, $40, 7:4O
and 9:40 pm.
Keith's - THE Caretakers";;
1875 am, lao. $40, 5:45
7:50 and $50 pm.
Macarthur -" Mouse on the
Evening star., 1963-09-30

I Noon; $50, 8 and s:55 pm.
Metropolitan - Girl Hunt
ers"; 11:40 am. 1;40, $40
$40, 7:40 and 9:40 pm.
OntariO-"Lawrence Of Ara
bia"; 8:15 pm.
Palace-"The V.I.P.s"; 1910,
2:30, 4:55, 7:20 and GAS pm.
Playhouse - THE L-Shaped
Room; 12:45, 3. $40, 7:25 and
$40 pm.
Plaza - "The Nippon Love-
makers; 11:45 am, 1:1O, 2:40,
4:10, $40, ITO, 8:35, 1905 pm,
TOwn-"Irma La Douce";; IL,
2:40, $40, 8 and 10:30 pm.
Trans Lux THE Con-
demned Of Altona"; 10:55 am,
l, $40, Sis. 7:25 and $3.50 pm.
Uptown How the West
Was Won; $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Cleopatra";; 8 pm.
Evening star., 1963-09-30

last week and one Of them
unarrived Immediately thereaf-
ter. The hit likely to stay
awhile is Luther" John Os-
borne's new play about the re-
ligious reformer, starring Al
bert Finney In his us. debut.
According to the Associated
Press weekly count of the New
York critics, reaction to 1t was
six strong ALTERNATIVES and one
qualified okay.
Another David Merrick i'm
port from Britain Gas is "Lu-
t h e r"), "The Rehearsal' was
less cheerfully greeted. A tran
Station from Anouilh, it split
the critic panel with three yas
votes, three nays and one
maybe.
The one that played its
Broadway opening and closing
performances simultaneously
for an unintended one-ni g h
stand was Bicycle Ride to Ne
vada," with Franchot Tone as
a fading novelist. The vote: Six
firm dissentS and one mild en-
dorsement.
The Moscow Circus, cultural
exchange visitor, was welcomed
politely by all and the Off
Broadway comedy, "The Spots
Of the Leopard" was thumbed
out by all the five critics who
braved it.
OFF-B AT-The Hamlet"
Richard Burton will do in the
United States for 20 weeks la
ter this season will differ con-
siderably from the one he per-
formed at the Old Vic in Lon
don several years ago. 1t may
even differ considerably from
any Hamlet" you have seen.
According to Producer Alex
ander H. Cohen the production
has evolved from the view of
the play held by Sir John Giel-
gud, who will direct. Gielgud
feels that perfection in the
title role is impossible, and
therefore playing the role is
equivalent to permanent re-
hearsal. Consequently the play
will be performed in rehearsal
clothes, in the manner of a
n-through."
Evening star., 1963-09-30

one way or another with censo
foe Of censors, or at any rate i
now and then, of course. that
he is fitting at censors because
he knows all that noise and
fuss will keep his latest project
In the public eye.
But at least he is fitting. It'S
somewhat like that old politica'
gag: John Doe Is a scoun.
drel!" Yes, but he's oul
scoundrel." Smiling, affable
easy-going Otto is no scoundrel
to be sure, but whatever he is
when battling censors, he's
ours.
The controversy Premingel
begat just 10 years ago, in case
you've lost track, was aimed at
getting a Production Code Seal
for his film version of "The
Moon Is Blue" This had beer
a very funny play about an at
temped seduction and Premin-
ger turned 1t into a captivating
movie.
The code administrator, how
ever, was aghast at its theme
Preminger spent a wad on lega,
fees and carried his fight into
every court he could get it into
and released THE Moon Is
Blue" without a code seal.
This reduced the number O.
theater outlets available to 1t
but the film finally made Var
iety's annual list of all-timt
top-grossing movies. It's down
at the bottom, along with thu
other pictures that have
crossed $4 million. At this fig.
ure it couldn't have showr
much profit. if any.
So recently the code admin.
istrator, possibly noticing thai
THE Moon Is Blue" is as limo.
cent as a kindergarten fable
alongside some subsequently
approved films. quietly granted
it q code seal.
''You might call it a posthu-
nous award" said Premingel
with somewhat justifiable Bit
terness.
OPENINGS-Tonight at 8
Neil Sim on S new com e d y
Barefoot in the Park" with
Elizabeth Ashley, Robert Red.
ford. Mildred Natwick ano
Kurt Kasznar, at the National
Theater for three pre-Broad-
way weeks.
omorrow night, at the
Shoreham Hotel Blue Room,
Van johnson, introducing q
new song and dance act writ
ten for him by Lynn buddy and
Jerry Bresler, for two weeks
through october IL.
Wednesday: Johnny Cool
crime melodrama produced by
Peter Lawford, at RKO-Keith's
Theater. Women Of the
World" documentary about the
women of the world, at the
Metropolitan and Ambassador
Theaters.
Thursday: Heavens Above"
starring Peter Sellers at the
Mac Arthur Thea ater.
Eclipse" French import star
ring Monica With and Alain
Delon, at the Apex Theater.
SCORECARD-Three plays
arrived on the Broadway scene
Evening star., 1963-09-30
THE PASSING SHOW
Otto Is Bitter,
Otto Is Entitled
BY HARRY MACARTHUR
Star Staff Writer

An irony of truly classic nature has overaken Otto
PTemnger Hoywoods leading begetter of controversy It's
almost enough to make you pity the poor man.
Preminger begets have to do
way another censorship He Holywoods leading
foe Of at rate its oudest You
Evening star., 1963-01-25

intermediate range land-based
Jupiters are .rvW considered
obsolete.
Dispatches from Madrid to-
day disclosed the Spanish gov
ernment has given formal no.
tice it wants to renegotiate its
aid-and-bases deal with the
United States. The Spanish
Foreign Office so notifitd the
United States Embassy on jan
uary IA. ruling out any auto
matte extension of the 10-year-
old defense agreement when it
expires next September 26.
Officials here confirmed that
the notice had been received
and said, in fact. that informal
talks have been under way in
Madrid for about 6 months.
These informants said the
United States definitely wants
to continue the use of bases in
Spain. The major bases availa-
BILE to United States forces are
three Strategic Air Command
Establishments and one naval
base near the Spanish City of
Cadiz.
Presumably, the government
Evening star., 1963-01-25
Spain Seeking
Talk on Bases
BY the Associated Press

Spain has called for a new
military base deal with the
United States, it was disclosed
today, at the moment when
President Kennedy is reshap-
ing nuclear missile strategy in
Western Europe and the Med
iterranean area.
There is some speculation
here that the United States
may be seeking a Polaris sub
marine base on Spain's Medit-
erranean coast.
Mr.. Kennedy announced at
his news conference yesterday
that Polaris submarine forces
of the United States will oper-
ate In the Mediterranean as
for Jupiter missile
bases in Turkey and Italy. The
Evening star., 1963-01-25
SLIDING PAY-BASED ON DEBT
SUGGESTED FOR cONGRESSMEN
BY the Associated prsss

sliding pay scale for Congressmen, pegged to
changes in the national debt is suggested by Repre-
sentative Brock, Republican Of Tennessee. '
1T would be sort of an incentive pay plan" Mr..
Brock said, tiled directly to the national debt"
Mr. Brock, first termer said yesterday he plans TO
propose that the annual salary adjustment be per cent
per billion dolars-up or down--n the debt He said
1t would start from the salary base now $225OO year
Under President Kennedy's budget proposal for the
next fiscal year there is anticipated deficit of almost
$l2 billion.
If it went through Congress that way this would
result under Mr. Brooks proposal in 10 per cent salary
cut-or $2,700-for the members
Members (of Congress) should be made aware NJ
their responsibilities, Mr. Brock said hey are dealing
with the peoples money although they don't seem to
realize 1t sometimes.
II thought perhaps the best way to make them
realize this was to hit them in the pocketbook"
Evening star., 1963-01-25
Purse Snutchers
Get $l25 From
Woman Reporter

A White House correspondent
for the Denver Post reported
TO ponce last night that two
men grabbed her purse con-
tanning $l25 near her home,
Mrs. Naomi G. Mover, IS,
wife Of Barnet Mover, Of 4545
Connecticut avenue NV, also
a correspondent for the Dem
yer newspaper, told police she
had parked her car and was
walking at the rear of her
home when assaulted by the
two men.
She said they grabbed her
purse and ran across a vacant
lot toward Thirty-second street.
She was not hurt. Police found
the purse near the scene. The
money was missing, but per-
sonal papers were left in the
pocketbook.
The thieves were described
as Negroes in their late teens.
Evening star., 1963-01-25
Award Given Chief
Of Apprentice Unit

Lewis c. Palmer, director of
the Washington Joint Electrical
Apprenticeship and Training
Committee. was presented with
a Department Of Labor
Achievement Award today.
Mr.. Palmer, who has headed
the committee since 1947, was
given the certificate at a meet
ing Of the Washington Building
and Construction Trades Coun-
Gil in connection with the 25th
anniversary Of the National
Apprenticeship Act.
Evening star., 1963-01-25

give and take this privilege,
presumably from Communist
n nations only. Should be a
weapon in the arsenal Of the
President, with the President
reporting to the Congress, the
Congress maintaining close
scrutiny" Mr.. Kennedy said.
Evening star., 1963-01-25

of chief Of state Francisco
Franco wants assurance of
more money from the United
States for the next five-year
period of the agreement. Dur
ing the 10 years the deal has
run so far. American economic
and military aid has exceeded
SIS billion.
Evening star., 1963-01-25
RuruI Delinquency

Lane County in Oregon has
received a sl29,579 grant 10
study rural delinquency and 10
develop a counteracting pro-
gram intended 10 be a model
for other rural communities.
Evening star., 1963-01-25
De GouIIe Seporotism
Concerns Kennedy
By EARL H. V0SS
Star staff Writer

President Kennedy has openly expressed his deep
French President de Gau separatst policies
and their threat to Atlantic unity.
~ He chided Gen. de Gaule first indirectly and then by
at his press conference yesterday for refusing
trust the United States which he said has stood by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20
Volunteers for UGF

The heart Of successful United
Givers Fund campaign is always its vol
unteer workers. That was demonstrated
by the wonderfully dedicated thousands
OF volunteers who turned out last year
to put the UGF drive over the top for
the first time since 1857. This year, with
the October l kickoff date rapidly ap-
preaching, large number of additional
volunteers are still needed, particularly
to conduct solicitations in residential
neighborhoods and among small bust
nessmen. Some WaShingtonians will be
tapped for this service by other cam
paign workers. The UGF urges that
those who are not, and who are willing
to assist, call UGF headquarters, DE.
2-7S30. We hope the response matches
the need. For surely, as Edward r.
Murrow told 1000 Federal Government
volunteers the other day, the UGF is
"the highest expression of Washington
charity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20
Sense and Censorship

Tnere were Cnree women.
The first was Phaedra, in Greek
myth, kidnapped bride who fell in love
with her stepSon, was by him rejected
and hanged herself for love, thus lead
ing to further complications and to
dramatic masterpieces in Greek and
French.
The second was Martha Graham,
an American dancer, for many years a
universally acknowledged leader in mod
ern dance. In her repertory is dance
on the Phaedra story.
The third was Representative Edna
Kelly, a Brooklyn Democrat, who sud-
denly last summer saw Miss Graham's
"Phaedra" dance In Bonn, where 1t had
come in the United States cultural ex-
change program. In hearings on the
program Representative Kelly the other
day recounted her shock at the dance
and suggested censorship for our cul-
tural exchange.
1t is long too late to apologize for
poor Phaedra. How her sad story relates
to the human nature we share with the
Greeks has already been told convinc-
ingly by Euripides and Racine.
Nor does Miss Graham need defense.
Though she creates in the most ephe-
neral Of the arts, her contribution to
our time is secure.
AS for Mrs. Kelly, 1t should be said
that her performance exemplifieS the
continuing problem Of relating the arts
to the American Government. No serious
Congressman. would dream Of sounding
off without instruction in any Of the
areas of congressional responsibility
finance, agriculture, arms, transport,
labor, whatever. Only in the arts does
every member Of Congress consider, APP
parently, that his election has endowed
him with expertiSe.
AS for censorship, 1t is enough to
recall that part Of the point Of our cul-
tural exchange program is to show
American artistic freedom as against the
artistic restraint Of Communism.
Because we believe, as a Nation, in
having a sound legislative body, we
endow our Congressman with gymnasia
and swimming pools. Because we desire
an informed legislative mind, we endow
them with the Library Of Congress-
Perhaps 1t is time to start a cultural
exchange program for Congressman, so
that they, like foreigners, can under
stand and value American achievement
in the arts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

ground for proper perspec-
tive (does Chairman Willisp)
But it is also true that they
have a better first hand
knowledge of Cuba today
than do 80 per cent Of the
American public. And It is
true that Castro, unlike Ba-
tista, is at least trying to
raise the standard of living
in Cuba. And it is equally
true that our sources of in
formation about Cuba are
completely lopsided witness
the CHA fiascoO
We may not agree with
Castro and we may (once we
have heard their story not
agree with the students. But
we owe it to ourselves to lis
ten. Let us hope that Chair
man Willis will, as he said
he might, call for more hear
ings on the subject, and let
us hope that this time the
students will avoid defiance,
the committee will seek to
find the facts, the news me-
dia will seek to present an
honest Interpretation, and
the public will attempt to
understand the differing
views.
Donald L. Watson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20
District Primary

Back in 1856, after the Districts
new elections law was passed, the D. G.
Elections Board ducked the whole ques-
ton of presidential preference voting
in District primaries. In 1860, when
red-hot Democratic presidential race
was shaping up, it authorized a presi-
Dental preference question on the local
Democratic primary ballot But its de-
ciSion at that time to include only those
candidates who affirmatively consented
to having their names placed on the bal
lot so restricted the field that the re-
versal was hardly worth the trouble.
The result, on that lamentable oc-
caSion, was to offer District Democrats
the luxury of expressing choice only
between Senators Morse and Humphrey
for President. 1t was an entirely mean
lngleSS exercise, which amounted to little
more than demagogic popularity con-
test for the Negro vote.
Now the Elections Board has once
again repeated the same miStake-this
time inflicting its consent" requirement
with grand impartiality upon the Re-
publicans. For this time the G. o. p.
race is the interesting one. And local
Republican leaders had harbored fond
visions of primary next May in which
the supporters Of, say, Rockefeller,
Goldwater, Scranton and Romney, could
all get in a lick for their heroes at the
polls. At the very least this would have
added an element of spice to primary
which, from all advance indications,
sorely needs 1t.
There is ample precedent for just
this kind of wide-open preferential
voting. In Oregon, for example, the Sec
rotary Of State is required by law to
place on the ballot the names Of all
those who are prominently mentioned
as presidential possibilities. A specific
disclaimer of candidacy is necessary
before name can be removed. In Mas
SachuSettS, to cite different approach,
voters are free to write in the names of
their choices. But not in Washington.
Our purpose here is not to debate
the merit or the value of presidential
primaries. But if these contests are to
be held at all, well in advance of party
nominating conventions, they should
assure the poor voter a choice wide
enough to mean something On this
point, the D. C. Board of Elections has
scored a clean miss.