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The chronicle., 1963-12-13
|Airmen Spend
30-Day Period
In Pure Oxygen

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI)-
Fourteen-age airmen emerged
Wednesday from a steel box
and 80 days in an explosive at.
mosphere of pure oxygen, the
longest known test Of its kind.
They underwent medical tests
then returned to their simulated
space capsule for five more
days of followup. Their condi-
tons were good.
The test, part of a continuing
series of experiments to find out
mans reaction to space capsule
environment, was sponsored
jointly by the Air Force School
of Aerospace medicine at
Brooks Air Force Base, and the
Manned Spacecraft Center at
Houston.
The four airmen who breathed
pure oxygen for 80 days were
Jerry j. Huber, Is, Of Hope,
Mich; Philip B. Jameson, Is;
of Clearwater, Fla; Thomas A.
RuSiecki, 10, Of Niagara Falls,
The chronicle., 1963-12-13
Eternal Flame
On JFK's Crave
Is Briefly Out

WASHINGTON CUPID - The
eternal flame on President Ken
nedy's grave at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery flickered Out
for about one minute Tuesday
because Of a freakiSh acci.
dent.
A group Of children was visit
ing the grave when the cap
came off a bottle Of holy water.
"A stream of water hit the
flame directly, extinguishing
it." John Metzler, cemetery SUI
perintendent, said. can attend
ant relighted the flame imme-
diately. l estimate it was out
for only one minute"
Metzler was at a loss to ex-
plain how a small amount of
water could have extinguiShed
a flame which has continued to
burn in heavy rains and high
winds.
He said he was not present
when the accident happened,
but reconstructed the events
later.
There were about 20 children
from 8 to II years old in the
group, Metzler said. They were
taking turns s~prinkling the
grave with holy water.
Various plans have been ad-
vanced for substituting a per-
manent burner, possibly with a
gas fuel line, at the grave. The
present flame is from a
temporary burner, about a foot
in diameter.
The chronicle., 1963-12-13
|Yerger BIosts
Johnson Plans
For Democrats

JACKSON (UPI)-Gov.- elec'
Paul Johnson's plans to proven
Democratic nominees from be
ing harassed have been tagged
as a step towards a ''police
state"
State Republican chairman
Writ A. Yerger Jr., Wednesday
referred to Johnson's statement
at the Mississippi Sheriffs Asso-
citation meeting that he would
seek revisionS in the general
election laws.
Yerger said Johnson would
like to take away from the peo-
pie the right to cast their vote
for persons other than nominees
Of the Democratic party.
"If Mr.. Johnson intends to
abolish general elections said
Yerger, 1.-The public has a right
to know his views in regard to
freedom of speech, the right of
people to worship as they
choose and other rights not en-
joyed in a police state such as
he is apparently proposing"
Johnson told the sheriffs he
would seek the election law
changes because he said he did
The chronicle., 1963-12-13

II, 1000 persons had been killed
The Malayan guerilla wal
had many similarities to the
present fighting in Wet Nam. II
was a hit and run affair in the
countryside with terrorism a
prime weapon.
The United States has a large
body Of military advisors" in
Wet Nam, but the British had
fighting troops in Malaga and
the authority to make any
changes, set any military policy
they wished.
The British and later the Ma
layan government won, but they
never did crush Of smash or
obliterate the Communists.
Rather, they starved and iso-
lated them to death. They beat
them through rewards, intelli-
gence reports, psychological
warfare, new villages and :
finally by getting the vast
majority of the Malayan people
on their side.
1t was a slow, sordid
business.
The emergency is little more
than a grim memory to most
MalayanS. No one ever men.
tons it. Perhaps its firmest leg
acy is the fact that Malaga an,
its successor, Malaysia, re
mains one Of the Staunches
anti-C Communist nations in tn
world.
The chronicle., 1963-12-13
Ma|ayun War Compared
To Wet Nam Conflict

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
CUPID - The year was 1948. II
was the year when Communist
terrorists opened up a war to
make Malaga a peoples
republic"
On June 16 of that year. on a
rubber estate in northern Mala-
va, three young Chinese rode
up on bicycles to the office Of
Arthur Walker, so, a British
planter.
"Tabak, Tuan'' OSCILLATIONS
SIR, one Of them said, a d
shot Walker through the head.
They rode away without touch
ing hundreds of dollars in the
office safe.
That same day they killed
two other Britons and two Chi.
nese anti-C Communists. The STAY
ingS forced an uncertain Brit.
iSh Malayan government to de-
clare an emergency" a nice
word for what was already in
progress a dirty jungle war.
The emergency was supposed
to be over in time for Christ
mas. The officer commanding
the Malayan district, Maj. Gen.
Charles Boucher, calmly told
the legislative council:
Il can tell you this is by far
the easiest problem l have ever
tackled. In spite of the appal
ling country and ease witt
which he can hide, the enemy is
far weaker in technique ant
courage then either the Greel
or Indian Red"
His statement was one Of
many wild miscalculations.
The emergency lasted l;
years. It endured through t h {
Korean War, continued while
one war ended and another be
gan in Wet Nam. BY the tim,
the emergency was cancelIe,
on July 81, 1860, more thai
The chronicle., 1963-12-13

| NY. and Ronald D. Taskey, 10
of Westernville, NY, all air
men &c.
Two other airmen &c.
George G. Vandall, q, Of Mil
ford, Mass. and Gary l.. Nor
rill, Is, of Eaton Rapids, Mich.
stayed outside the capsule al
controls. Doctors checked the
condition of the four agains'
conditions Of the two to com.
pare effects.
DR.. Billy E. WEIGH, chief Of
the schools environmental sys.
TENS branch, said "The men
are in fine shape and we are
very happy with the progress of
the experiment"
The men entered the capsule
Nov. 4 and spent five days
breathing normal air.
They then breathed oxygen
through masks to purge their
systems Of nitrogen to avoid the
bends, a painful malady caused
by formation Of nitrogen bub-
bles in the body fluids.
The atmospheric pressure in
the capsule was then reduced
to that found at 1880 feet and
the capsule was flushed Of all
gases but oxygen.
Normal air at sea level con-
tains about rs per cent nitro
The chronicle., 1963-12-13
VuncIeuve Band
Attends Festival
In Cleveland
BY GLORIA
Special Writer

VANCLEAVE (SpeciaI)-Last
week the Vancleave High School
Band went to the Delta Band
Festival. The band stayed in
Cleveland, Thursday night and
toured Delta State College Fri
day morning before going on to
Greenwood for the festival.
They participated in two pa
radeS, one Friday morning and
another Friday night.
John Ramey, Vancleave Band
Director, attended a luncheon
Friday at the Greenwood High
School where he was presented
with a plaque for participant
ing in the Delta Band Festival.
Those band members attend
ing were Barbara Harris, Sissy
Ware, Beverly Holden, Lynn
Inabinette, Rosa Berry, Sarah
Joy Murphy, Larry Delaney,
Ricky Fitzgerald, Karin Rouse,
Albert Brooks, Tommy Brooks,
Ernest Smith, Charles Holden,
Gary Landrum, Evie Lee Over
street, Sharon Greene, Rub
Lee Farley, Dicky Nelson,
Tommy Landrum, Ellis Roberts,
Walter Mizelle, Herbert Stinson,
Wayne Holden, Mack DoSsett,
Sue Ware, Gloria Roberts, Edith
Lockard, and Gloria Delaney.
The Rev. and Mrs. Stanely
Landrum and the Rev. Benford
Smith were chaperons and Otis
Gregory was the bus driver.
The chronicle., 1963-12-13
Nutions Angry
With RUssion
Program In UN

UNITED NATIONS, NY
(UPI)-African and Asian ma
lions seeking proposed nev
seats on two top U.N. council.
were reported angry today ovel
Russia'S opposition to expand
ing the bodies unless Commu
mist China becomes a U.N
member.
Two expansion resolutions
sponsored by all Latin Ameri
can nations except Cuba, were
before the special Political Com
mittee of the General Assembly
One would enlarge the 11-natior
Security Council to 18 mem
bers and the other would en-
gen, 81 per cent oxygen, l per
cent argon, and minute quanti-
ties of carbon dioxide, hydro
gen, neon, helium, krypton and
XenOn.
Air Force doctors watched the
men around the clock. Inside
the 25-foot by 9-foot capsule, the
men read, slept and performed
routine tests on themselves.
The chronicle., 1963-12-13

large the 18-nation Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC) to
"a members.
The Soviet ultimatum that
the Chinese Communists must be
seated before it will agree to
the expansion came as a sur
prise at a time when the Pek-
ing is hurting insults at the So
Wet Union and its premier, Nj
kita 8. Khrushchev.
Russia would be expected to
veto two resolutions in the Sc
curity Council, where they
would have to be considered as
amendments to the U.N. char
ter.
The chronicle., 1963-12-13
Ruling Reversed
In Smoke Case

NEW ORLEANS CUPID THE
5th US. Circuit Court of APP
peals Wednesday reversed g
Florida court decision which IA
vored t he American Tobacco
Co. in a cancer-death lawsuit.
The court remanded the case
to district court in Florida
where the heirs of Edwin Green
may again sue the tobacco
company.
The suit said Green died in
1858 after smoking Lucky
Strike cigarettes for more than
20 years. His death was blamed
on lung cancer caused by
smoking.
The appeals court quoted
a DR.. Ernest Snyder, who testi-
fled in the original trial, that
smoking was a main factor in
lung cancer" and that "the
risk of a heavy smoker to de-
velop lung cancer is at least 20
times greater than a nom
smoker"
The chronicle., 1963-12-13
ICruckdown Ser
On Auto Tags

Sheriff James Ira Grimsley
today said he has issued a
breakdown order on persons who
have not yet purchased their
automobile license plate.
ViOlatOrS will face a SIS fine
in addition to a late charge for
their tags.
The chronicle., 1963-12-13

not want "duly chosen nominees
of a party subjected to such
third primary contests as I have
gone through this year"
The chronicle., 1963-12-13

You can tell when you are on
the right road - it's upgrade.
, 1963-12-17
CONE 10 The BUCCANEER
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT |!

Enjoy the Buccaneers fu1nous
Roost Beef Buffet every Sotur-
day 8 wotch the Curibbeuns
most spectacular Limbo Ddncer
, 1963-12-17
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FESTIVAL

LAST YEARS Christmas Festival was a good one. Il
was headed BY Lawrence Motta, who again heads the com
mittee again this year. The committee put through such a
good Job and is to be commended We again look forward
to another Old Fashioned Festival
NEVER FORGETTING the basic purpose for the Fes-
tival, vie should work to improve and refine every aspect Of
this now famed celebration. Time was when Christmas was a
grand occasion, not just one day, but a season, beginning on
Christmas Eve and ending on Three Kings Day. The spirit
which existed gave freedom to expression, and music was
heard everywhere. Informal parades or 'tramps were com
mon as people sought ways to enjoy themselves.
THE AVIS is still Of the opinion that we should incor-
porate the Festival; that we should advertise nationally, and
work closely With our brothers on the mainland to make the
Christmas season a great homecoming event. Up to this point
nothing has been heard of any plans in this direction.
WITH TRAVEL agencies anxious to route passengers
IN this direction, the problem should be an easy one. But
there is no point in leaving this in the hands Of amateurs.
Nor is it necessary. In working out such q project q two-fold
purpose would be served. Friends and relatives at home
would have an opportunity to welcome those from the main
land. Many natives who reside on the mainland would be
glad to take a trip in this direction. Of course, they need
encouragement,
AS IN PREVIOUS years we again urge cooperation for
the Festival Such 4 project needs the help Of al Of US, for
indeed it's 4 community venture. The greater the cooperation
the greater the success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
WOODWARD LoTHRoP GETS SMART
New System Is Boon to Control of Inventories

more time for research.
The system uses an IBM 1410
computer that automatically
produces purchase orders. It
was first put in operation for
the domestic department Of
the main budget store from
where it will spread throughout
the store and then to Wood
ward & Lothrop's other stores.
A store such as Woodward g.
Lothrop does q substantial
business in staples, perhaps 40
per cent. The store buyers task
is not so difficult were only
one store involved, but Wood
ward & Lothrop operates six
in addition to the main store.
Four other stores are also being
added.
A given style may come In
eight different sizes and four
different colors, q total Of 80
items. Statistics thus become
staggering when IL stores are
involved. Although the buyer
remains at the control point,
the computer from memory can
accomplish the distribution.
To do this, physical stock
counts are taken bi-weekly in
each store and transferred to
IBM cards. They are then sent
to the central office where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06

they are sorted and forwarded
to the data processing center.
The computer then takes over.
At the main offices here, c.
Robert McBrier, vice PRESIDENT
finance, said that while Wood
ward & Lothrop is not the first
In the United States to COM
puterize its recorder system, its
process is the most advanced.
His company, he added, still
Is the only one In the WASH
ington area to use computers
for billing.
These are not the only firsts
for Woodward & Lothrop, Mr..
McBrier said. It now has the
only optical scanner used in re-
failing to read the bar code
on a customers shopping plate.
Ideally, Mr.. McBrier ex-
planned. q department store
should capture q record Of a
customers purchase at the time
Of sale. At the end of a day
it could update cost accounts
and all merchandise records.
BY 1865. Mr.. McBrier added,
cash registers will be available
that will be able to sense all
the information needed and
print the record of sale on q
tape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Surprise Comeback SignaIed
By Booming Steel Furnaces

Within thre years, the In
dustry will be able to turn
out about one-third OF q nor
NAL years production In the
cheaper oxygen converters.
Revolutionary Device
Another revolutionary device
about ready to burst through
the door Of new technology Is
the continuous casting ma
chine. This, too, could prove
a great cost and waste saver.
In continuous casting, mol
ton steel is poured through a
water-cooled mold. AS 1t So
lidifies, 1t energies as q red-hot
strand to be further cooled and
cut into strips. ready for proc
essing into steel products in
salable form.
The system does away with
ingot molds, soaking pits into
which ingots are transferred
and blooming mills for rolling
ingots into basic shapes, costly
backbone apparatus of tradi-
ltional steelmaking.
Increasingly, steel men feel
that all major losses have beer
taken in recent years, and that
the pendulum is starting to
swing the other way, given
continued basic strength in the
economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
ALL-ELECTRIC
HOME COSTS
VARY SHARPLY
By the Associated Press

~ eAa1@NA@NNA I've
The Power Commission
has issued q report on the
annual bills for all-electric
homes In 371 major cities.
1t showed the cost ranged
from $153 to $527 for
10000 kilowatt-h hours.
Chairman Joseph 8.
Swidler described the re-
port as the first compre-
hensive compilation Of its
kind.
1t shows prices charged
for representative power
consumptions In all
electric homes throughout
the Nation as of last jan
uary /. 1t points out that
even in the same city,
homeowners with different
appliance combinations,
different sizes Of families
and houses, and varying
personal tolerances for
heat and cold will have
bills differing substantially
from the average.
Huntsville, Ala, served
by a publicity owned utility
and situated in the iva
area. had the lowest bill at
$153.
Hilo, Hawaii, was the
only city shown with an
annual bill as high as $500,
the figure there being S527.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
By CHARLES COVELL
Star Business Writer

Woodward & Lothrop has
scored another first In the
Washington area. in fact. in
some respects q first for the
Nation, In q move toward COM
plete automation In its record
keeping.
The department store, which
claims to be the first In the
United States to install COM
puters for billing purposes more
than three years ago. has in
stalled an automated system
for recording staple merchan-
disc.
The eomputerized operation
was explained to, retail execu-
tives ct q meeting In Beverly
Hills. Calf, by Ludwig J. Amt
mann, a Woodward & Lothrop
vice president and general
merchandise manager.
Called Staple Merchandise
Automated Recorder and Trans
fer System (SMART), it will,
he said, reduce inventory in
vestment by pairing necessary
stocks an estimated 10 per cent,
increase sales by reducing out
Of stock conditions, improve
customer relations, cut labor
costs and give the store buyer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
National Permanent
Reports New Highs

Assets Of National Perma-
nent Savings and Loan Associ-
alton reached a new peak Of
$152,678,330 at the close of its
fiscal year on September 80, a
gain Of Is per cent from
$132,765,235 a year earlier,
President John w. Stadtler
told shareholder at the annual
meeting Friday afternoon.
Invested savings Of $127,-
364,719 were up 11.9 per cent
from $113,792, 252 on the same
1862 date. Real estate loans of
$135, 661 ,293 were up 1872 per
cent and surplus and reserves
amounting to 1891 800 were
1914 per cent higher. The asso-
citation paid out $5,093.382 OF
dividends in the fiscal year, a
gain Of II per cent from the
previous year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Suburban Trust Shows
36 Pct. Jump in Profits

Net operating income Of
Suburban Trust Co. amounted
to $1,S16,000 after taxes in the
first nine months Of this year,
a Jump Of SO per cent from
$1,340,000 q year ago, Board
Chairman Howard T. Duckett
and President j. Robert Sher-
wood announced yesterday.
The net was equal to $2.09
a share, compared with $1.54
q share a year earlier.
Gross income totaled SILL
$4,000 in the nine months, a
gain Of 1913 per cent from
$10,030,000 in the same period
last year.
Disbursements, including pay
ment Of savings interest, In
creased IL per cent to $7,745,-
900 from $6,942,00 a year
earlier, Net income before taxes
and reserves expanded to S.
$4,000 from $3,087 900 a year
ago.
Cash dividends to stockhold-
ers amounted to $706, 900 In the
nine months compared with
$666,282 in the same 1862 per-
iod. This left q net transfer Of
$1,056,20 to undivided profits
for the nine months. compared
with $674,522 in the same per-
iod last year.
The bank transferred $780,
900 to reserve for loan losses
and $1,777,000 to the reserve
for Federal income taxes. Cor
responding figures a year
earlier were 1922, 900 and ST.
$4,000, respectively.
Assets Of Suburban reached
a new all-time peak Of $685.
O39,000 on September 80, a
gain Of 1872 per cent from
$254,S24,000 on the same 1852
date.
Outstanding loans approx
mated $172,517, 900 on Septem-
Der 80, a gain Of nearly $31.5
million from a year earlier
Capital funds of $40, 1853 ,00C
were $4,253,000 higher.
Suburban Trust has a sub
stantial building program I'M
derway, including a new bank
and office building at Rock
vile, and new quarters at Lam
ham, Md, and BeltSville. Md
New quarters also will be
opened in Prince George Plaza
at HvattSville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
MONSANTO CUTS
HIGH COST OF
MAKING NYLON

ST. LOUIS (AP).-
Monsanto Chemical Co.
has announced the dis
covery Of a quicker and
cheaper method Of produc-
ing nylon.
Carol Hochwalt, Mon
santo vice president, said
the discovery was achieved
by Manuel Baizer, 40. Mr..
Hochwalt said the process
will reduce from Is to 3
the chemical steps needed
to produce nylon and will
mean q Substantial" saw
ing in the cost Of produc-
ton.
Mr.. Blazers electro
chemical technique can be
used for preparation Of
hundreds Of different
chemical compounds Of
many classes, Mr.. Hoch-
walt said.
Nylon, developed by Du-
pont in 1888, is widely used
throughout the world in
clothing, tires, conveyor
belts and considerable
military equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06

stock from 100000 par value
to $750,000 par value.
At q meeting Friday after
noon. directors declared their
intention to declare q common
stock dividend of 100 per cent
If the stock increase is ap-
proved. It would be paid De-
cember 81 to holders Of record
December 2 at the rate of one
new share for each share now
held.
Plan Dividend Increase
Directors also declared their
intention of increasing the
quarterly cash dividend on
present stock to so cents a
share from as cents paid pre-
viously, payable December 81
to stockholders Of record De-
cember 2.
While the amount Of divi-
dends to be paid after the 100
per cent stock dividend will
depend necessarily on prevail
ing economic conditions, the
board said it hopes to pay Is
cents q share quarterly or 81
a share annually on the dou-
bled number of shares after
the stock distribution. The
company In the last year has
paid $1.80.
The annual report to stock
holders will show all time
highs in sales and total earn
ilgs and will be mailed to
stockholders on october %
along with proxy material for
the annual meeting, the boards
announcement said.
The additional common
stock, If authorized, will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06

other selected products.
The resurgence Of steel owes
q great deal to strength in the
general economy. particularly
the automaking, appliance and
construction segments.
But financial analysts credit
1t in part to a sharpening of the
industry's competitive spirit.
This has shown up in more
aggressive battling on the
marketing and sales fronts, and
in q relatively recent crystal
lization of a resolve to spend
heavily on an overhaul of pro-
duction methods.
Plunge Is Taken
After years Of hesitation BY
most big producers. the plunge
has been taken into oxygen
steelmaking.
An oxygen converter can turr
molten iron and steel scrap intC
steel UP to eight times as fast
as the traditional open-heartI
furnace at lower operating
costs and at vastly reduces
capital cost.
The industry this year
pouring well over 81 billion int
this and other improved tech
niques and plant moderniza.
ton. Next years expenditure
are expected to be even larger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
AVEMCO Reports
Sharp Increases

AvEMCO Insurance Co., air.
craft casualty subsidiary Of the
AvEMCO Group, had more
than 81 million of premium
income for the first nine
months of this year, a jump
Of $50 per cent from s401 1893
a year ago. President S. j.
Solomon announced.
Organized less than three
years ago, the company has
issued more than 1000 aircraft
insurance policies since Deem
Der II, 1862, when it was des-
ignated as the approved in
surer for the Aircraft Owners
and Pilots Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
5000 Gather
For Bankers
Meeting Here

Bankers from all so States
and q number Of foreign coun-
tries are In Washington for
the opening Of the seth annual
convention Of the American
Bankers Association today.
Total registration for the
four-day meeting, which closes
Wednesday, exceeds 5000.
Registration and committee
meetings are scheduled for to-
day and the ABA's four major
divisions, National Bank, State
Bank, Savings Bank and Trust
will hold their annual meet
ings and elect officers tomor-
row.
General convention sessions
will be at Constitution Hal
on Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings. The convention will
close Wednesday afternoon
with q session of the new exc
cutive council.
Three workshop sessions
Tuesday afternoon will be {
special feature this year. The,
will deal with credit, banl
management and public rela
tons business development.
Prominent speakers will In
clude: Secretary Of the Treas
ury Dillon; Senator Robertson
Democrat, of Virginia; Rep
resentative Multer, Democrat
Of New York; Controller Of thu
Currency James j. Saxon
Mortimer M. Caplin, Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue
David Rockefeller, president o
Chase Manhattan Bank, anC
ABA President M. Monrot
Kindred.