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The Republican., 1963-08-08
The Play Is
The Thing -.
BY Aza Stanton

Remember "The Show-Off." the
comedy that had the Playhouse
rocking to the rafters with laugh
ter a few seasons ago? "The Torch
bearers" this weeks production at
the Garrett County Playhouse, is
like that. This is not mere coinci-
dence Both plays were written by
the former vaudeville comedian,
George Kelly. Mr.. Burns Mantle,
drama critic of the New York Eve
ming Mail, once wrote that Kelly
! built his sketches with ruthless
deliberation, allowing so many
minutes to stab the auditors in
terest, so many minutes to develop
the first laugh, so many minutes
to approach the first dramatic
climax" Tuesdays highly apprecia-
tive first-night audience once
again had the Playhouse ringing
with almost continuous laughter
as the cast milled frantically about
the stage, rehearsing and perform
ing comically disastrous one-act
play If one has ever belonged to
Little Theatre" group and has
taken part in such play, one
must prepare himself for a merci-
less ribbing by "The Torchbear-
ers'.
In the center of all the frustra-
ton stands the naughty Mrs. j.
Duro Pampinelli, self-styled drama
expert, making regal and right
eous efforts to bring culture" to
her community by putting on anna
teur theatricals. There is no stop
ping Mrs. Pampinelli when she
decides to stage benefit perform
ance for the "Seaman's Institute"
The performance itself is a comedy
of errors. plagued with every con-
ceivable catastrophe The prop
man forgets all the props, the ac-
tors forget their lines, the scenery
topples, the actors stumble and
the flirtatious and iittery promp-
ter falls pages behind in the
script. Still all sincerely believe
that the debut was successful and,
over the disbelieving objections
Of the leading-ladys husband,
look forward to even greater
theatrical achievements.
Dressed in her uproarious cos
tunes, Helen Page Camp, as the
fluttery culture hound, accom-
plishes another gilt-edge character
ization. Neil Flanagan, as the
thunderstruck husband of stage
struck wife, smoothly provides the
dry wit and subtle humor as only
! Neil Flanagan can interpret ii
The part of the flighty prompter
| places Gather MacCallum under a
! straggly platinum blonde wig and
into outlandish garb to skitter
about the stage Aside from some
undiscernible dialogue, the charac-
teriZation was well taken Other
members of the willy-nilly stage.
struck group include Jim Haire
The Republican., 1963-08-08

son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Rohrbaugh, Baltimore.
American Legion auxiliary. Unit
208, will meet August 13, at p.
M, at the fire hall.
Mrs. Mary Georg, Mrs. Albert
Smith visited Mrs. August Neil
The Republican., 1963-08-08
GARRETT COUNTY LIVESTOCK
SALE

SALE
Accident, Maryland
Calves. choice, 29.50 to 3075:
good, $3.50 to 2900 medium, 21.00
to $500; common, 100 to 2000
Steers, good, 2400 to 24.50; medi-
um, 1900 to 23.25; stock, 21OO to
% so.
Heifers, good, 21O0 to 2240;
medium, 1900 to 2100: stock, 20.0O
to 2200.
Cows, good, 14.50 to 1925; medi-
um, 1900 to 1450 common, 1000
to 1880.
Bulls, 1900 to 2030
Hogs, 1880 to 1880; Sows, 1880
to 1880.
The Republican., 1963-08-08

berland, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sher-
man FraZee.
The Republican., 1963-08-08

at Sacred Heart hospital, Cum
berand. one day last week.
First hurricane of the season APP
peared off Florida coast but weak
cned.
The Republican., 1963-08-08

as modern science produce. Makes your car pur
like kitten when idling, leap like tiger when you
step lit! Get the gasoline with more go per gallon!
Smyrna times., 1963-02-07
US. Flag Flies On All Dover
Based MATS Aircraft

the wing, carrying out the
MATS global mission in sup
port of u. S. national policy,
will carry the American flag to
all parts of the free world"
During the past three years
aircraft from Dover have Wis
tied virtually every country Of
the free world in some cases
some which we're not part of
free world communities.
These missions have ranged
from mercy airlifts. to save the
lives of people threatened by
natural or man made catastro-
phies, to airlifts in support OF
the U. S. military operations.
With aircraft in the airevery
minute of the day MATS began
more than $4,000 people per-
forming daily jobs at bases
throughout the world to support
U. S. defense efforts.
Two years ago MATS began
Smyrna times., 1963-02-07

the airlift of United Nations
troops to the Congo. Today the
Congo airlift is the largest con-
tinuing special airlift in the his
tory of United States peacetime
military air operations. MATS
has flown into % different coun-
tries to collect troops and
equipment for the UN-Congo
force.
The Military Air Transport
Service is major command of
the United States Air Force. 1t
is responsible for airlift of
U. S. government forces and
cargo.
Dover AFB aircraft primar-
lily fly cargo missions to Eur
opean bases and airlift our
largest mis- siles from factories
to launch sites. The base has
the largest aerial port in the
East.
Smyrna times., 1963-02-07

The American flag now flies
on all aircraft of the l607th
Air Transport Wing at Dover
Air Force Base.
The national emblem in a
large decal form, was put on
all of the bases C-l24 Globe
masters and C-l33 Cargomast-
ers this week. 1t is carried
on the vertical stabilizer (tail
section).
''Dover crews, said Col.
w. C. Mauldin, commander of
Smyrna times., 1963-02-07

Dart is compact in the large economy
size, brimmng with new ideas on how to
treat your family to big car comforts.
Darts got room for six, and then some.
Seats are chair-high, wide and handsome,
sofa soft. Trunk space? Lay in two weeks
worth Of luggage. There's room to spare
That's Dart. Roomy Comfortable. Capable.
One thing more. Dart is now backed by
Smyrna times., 1963-02-07

a 5-year 50,00O-miIe warranty. Go see
your dependable Dodge Dealer.
Your Dodge Dealers Warranty against defects in material
and workmanship on 1868 cars has been expanded to
include parts replacement or repair without charge for
required parts or labor for i've years or $4,000 miles,
whichever comes first, on the engine block head and
internal parts transmission case and internal parts eS-
eudnR manual elutehi tofuue converter drive shaft.
universal joints excluding dust coyefs rear axle and
dHefensl. and rear wheel bearings-provided the We
hele has been servced al reasonable intervals according
10 the Dodge Certified Car Care schedules.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
Prospects for 10th
Mercury Shot

q. Did the astronauts raise
with you. sir. their desire for
another Mercury flight2 DO
you have any opinion yourself
tentative or otherwise as 10
the desirability OF another
Mercury flight?
A. think that they feel that
II Is worthwhile that the
experience Of Mai. Cooper has
indicated that the time be-
tween the last Mercury flight
and the new Gemini flight
almost 10 months. they feel
may represent a gap which
could be filled very usefully by
another Mercury flight. This
will be a matter which ! think
they are going 10 be talking
about this week with Mr. James
Webb (of NASA) and which
would discuss with them neyt
week, but the final judgment
must be NASA's.
q. Mr.. President, how do you
feel now about the compromise
settlement that was reached
at the GAIT talks In Geneva
Don't we still have a very long
hard row TO hoe7 -.
A. Yes, / think we have a
long road TO hoe. but we have
always known that. -. But
think that the settlement was
Evening star., 1963-05-23
Press PorIey Falls Short
Of Usual Half Hour

He Is a veteran OF the days
when President Franklin d.
Roosevelt's press conferences
might last 10 minutes or an
hour, depending entirely upon
the amount Of news being pro-
duced.
The idea that presidential
press conferences should be on
a 30-minute schedule developed
when former President Eisen-
hover let II be known that he
hoped none OF his press con-
ferences would last more than
half an hour. The half-hour
soon became generally accepted
as a minimum as we'll as a
maximum.
Since live television coverage
Of presidential press confer
ences came into being with the
Kennedy administration, the
half-hour schedule generally
has been even more closely
adhered 10.
Evening star., 1963-05-23

II isn't necessarily so that
President Kennedy's press con-
ferences must last exactly half
and hour-no matter what the
televlsion and radio schedules
say.
The traditional THANK you,
Mr.. President" from Merrt-
man Smith. United Press Inter-
national White House corre-
spondent. ended Mr.. Kennedy's
press conference yesterday
about five minutes short OF
the half hour broadcasters
have become accustomed to.
Mr.. Smith. senior wire serv-
Ice reporter on the White
House beat-which gives him
the prerogative OF timing such
things - said later that he
thought II was a logical place
10 conclude the conference re-
gardless OF what the big clock
on the wall said.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
Lacks Evidence
OF Cuba BuHd-Up

@. Mr.. President, there is
still quite a lot of discussion
in the Congress, Senator
Lausche among others, on the
increasing build-up militarily
of Cuba. Is there anything you
can say that would be in any
way encouraging about the re-
moval of the Russian troops
there, or of the military situa-
ton in Cuba?
A. We do not have any evi-
dence Of increasing military
build-up of the Soviet Union.
There has not been a
satisfactory withdrawal as yet.
That is quite true, but we have
no evidence that there is a
number coming in larger than
going out.
@. Mr.. President, sir, are you
considering asking Congress for
new civil rights legislation as a
result of the recent develop
ments down South?
A. Yes, we are considering,
as a result of the recent devel-
opmentS and as a result Of the
Supreme Court decision yester-
day, we are considering wheth-
er any additional proposals will
be made to the Congress, and
the final decision should be
made in the next few days.
AS you know, we have several
proposals up there now, dealing
with voting. extension of the
Civil Rights Commission and
the conciliation service. But I
think there may be other things
that we could do which would
provide a legal outlet for a de-
sire for a remedy other than
Evening star., 1963-05-23
DEMOCRATS EVICTED
President InterVeneS
To Save School Prom

BURBANK, Calf, May %
(AP). President Kennedy is
invited to an $l8-a-couple high
school senior prom which was
almost displaced by a $l,000-a-
couple Democratic banquet in
his honor.
The Presidents impending
visit to Southern California CO.
incided with the prom planned
for June 7 by the senior class
of John Burroughs High School
Of Burbank.
Southern California Demo-
Gratis wanted the Beverly Hilton
Hotels grand ballroom, which
the youngsters had reserved a
year before. The class Of '63
was told TO 60 elsewhere-until
President Kennedy intervened
on its behalf.
Gust Heard Of IL"
II just heard about II a few
minutes before I came here,
he told his Washington news
conference yesterday. He ex-
plained that II the seniors
couldn't be taken care Of, I'VE
Evening star., 1963-05-23

ing one place where they can
speak their minds and tell Of
their troubles"
Berl I. Bernhard, staff di-
rector Of the commission, ap-
pealed for placing 1t on a
longer term basis.
IT have found it difficult to
recruit, train and retain per-
sonnel in the face of the pros
pect that the agency will
shortly cease to exist, he said.
\ He asked, too, that the COM
mission be giyen7a mandate to
provide information, advice and
assistance in the solution of
civil rights problems.
Members Of several other
advisory committees, including
the Rev. Duncan Hewlett of
the District of Columbia Advis-
ory Committee to the civil
Rights Commission, are Sched-
uled to testify today.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
More Wheat,
Less Income Seen

@. Mr.. President, you have
predicted a sharp drop in the
price of wheat as a result Of
yesterdays referendum. 1 won-
dered if consumers can lo5k
forward to proportionste re-
ductions in the costs of certain
foodstuffs as a result?
A. AS you know, the amount
that a farmer gets in a loaf of
bread is about / cent, so that
you won't expect a very sharp
drop. What I am concerned
about has been that you would
have a drop in prices because
you would have a great build
up Of surpluses.
This is a free country and the
farmers were offered their
choice and they made the
choice by-a great number Of
them voted for the free market
and unlimited production. So
we are going to be faced with
the problem, but / don't think
it will have much effect on the
consumer. 1t might, but 1 think
it is going to cause more diff
ficulty to the economy re-
duce farm income, particularly
wheat farmers. ...
Our feed grain bill will give
him wheat farmer) some re-
lief. We will administer the
laws that are now in effect in
such a way as to give him
maximum protection
@. Mr.. President, If there is
no new legislation and the
price of wheat does decline
rather sharply, what would be
the political consequence Of
that for you in 1864?
A. I don't know. I have tried
to make it very clear what the
alternatives were and what ]
thought was in the best inter-
ests Of the wheat farmer. ! felt
his best interests would be
served by attempting to bring
production in line with de-
mand with an adequate in
come for him. Now the farm
ers have chosen to plant freely
without controls and without
that high support. We will
have to see what the effect
will be.
In any case, under the law
that was passed, there is a
chance for another referendum
next year, and then we can see
what the effect Of this action
has been.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
Punishment in
D. c. Public Schools

@. Mr.. President, a recent
lecture by Mr.. Theodore Soren-
sen presidential special coun-
seD disclosed that. . We ap-
parently fell down on the job
at a recent press conference
when you had prepared by re-
calling your own boyhood, ap-
parently. your answer to a pos
sible question about what you
would think of corporal pun
ishment in the District Of Co.
lumbia schools. Could I make
up for that slip and now ask
you that question?
A. Well, I didn't don't
Gaughter). 7 thought the idea
was that conference had passed
into history, and you would
never have a chance to ask that
question.
AS long as it has not, I think
when we talk about corporal
punishment, and we have to
think about our own children.
and we are rather reluctant to
see other people administering
punishment to our own chill
dren, because we are reluctant.
it puts a special obligation on
us to maintain order and to
send children out from our
homes to accept the idea Of
discipline. So I would not be
for corporal punishment in the
school, but I would be for very
strong discipline at home so
we don't place an unfair bur-
den on our teachers.
Q. Mr.. President, the Repub-
licans have charged that some
kind Of agreement exists or
may exist some day for our
abandoning Guantanamo Bay
Naval Base. Could you COM
ment on that, please sir?
A. -. That of course is COM
pletely untrue. 1t has never
been considered. 1t will not be
done. l would hope that
we would find a good deal
more realism in the Republican
conversations about foreign
policies. But it may be the
sort Of thing we are going to
hear now for the next lS
months.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
u. S. Situation
In Wet Nam

q. Mr.. President. the brother
Of the President of South Wet
Nam has said that too many
American troops are in South
Wet Nam. Could you comment
on that, and give us some
progress report on what is go
ing on?
A. There is still a long
hard struggle to go. and we
have seen what happens in
Laos which must inevitably
have its effect upon South Wet
Nam. so that / couldn't say
that today the situation is such
that we could look for a bright
ening in the sky that would
permit us 10 withdraw troops or
begin TO by the end Of the year
But would say. II requested
TO. we will do II Immediately
As OF today, we would hope
we could begin 10 perhaps dc
II at the end OF the year, but
we couldn't make any final
judgment at all until we sec
the course OF the struggle the
next few months.
q. Mr.. President. / think new
legislation is being introduced
today by some OF the people
who opposed your wheat plan
| providing for a soil bank ar
Irangement OF acreage retire.
ment and other features. WhaI
| is your attitude toward legiSla.
tion OF that kind7
A. Well 90. / would have Il
take a look at II -. and Sc,
what effect II would have or
production and how much Il
would cost. or course, any plar
that offered us a hope OF re.
dueing the surpluses. OF main.
tanning the farmers income
and that was not excessive II
cost. We would certainly lister
TO / think II would be diff.
ficult 10 get a bill by the Con,
gress.
AS you recall, the bill which
led 10 the referendum was very
close. There is no indication
that there Is q consensus OF
agricultural matters in the Con.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
Kennedy Sees Politics
In Cuba Policy Attacks

naval base right under Cuban
Premier Fidel Castro's nose.
The President said that
charge indicates "as some peo-
pie suspected before that there
was some political motivation
in some of the attacks upon
our policy with regard to Cuba"
AS for the charge itself. he
said: THAT, Of course, is COM
pletely untrue" He added that
abandoning the Guantanamo
has never been considered and
asserted fatty that ut will not
be DONE"
He ridiculed the idea Of de-
ducing that I'VE must be giving
up Guantanamo" merely be-
cause the United States is put
ting in IAN acouStical center for
improving our underwater de-
lection system in Bermuda and
strengthening a naval base at
Puerto Rico"
He added rather ruefully that
he would hope for "a good deal
more realism" in Republican
talk about foreign policies.
Obviously reconciling him
self to the prospect Of early
starts on 1864 election cam
paigning, he said the Guantan-
amo charge that "they know
is untrue" may be "the sort Of
thing we are going to hear now
for the next l8 months"
Turning to the current situ-
alton in Cuba, the President
insisted that I'VE do not have
any evidence Of increasing mill
tary buildup" by Soviet forces
there. At the same time, he
said there still "has not been a
satisfactory withdrawal" Of
Soviet troops.
Evening star., 1963-05-23

satisfactory. I think finally
an adjustment was reached
and we didn't have a breakup.
I think the fact that we did
make that adjustment, COM
promise. final agreement indi-
Gates that both sides realize
that the West cannot possibly
afford to have a breakdown in
trade relations.
Evening star., 1963-05-23

having to engage in demon
strations which bring them into
conflict with the forces of law
and order in the community.
I would hope that we would
be able to develop some for
mulas so that those who feel
themselves, or who are, as a
matter Of fact, denied equal
rights, would have a remedy.
AS it is today, in many cases
they do not have a remedy,
and therefore they take to the
streets and we have the kind Of
incidents that we have in Bir-
mingham: We hope to see if
we can develop a legal remedy.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
PRESS CONFERENCE EXCERPTS
Kennedy Hopes for Alabama Peace

FOLLOWING Is a partial tert
OF President Kennedy'S netCS
conference yesterday:
@. Mr.. President, how do you
regard the Alabama Governors
announced intention to block
the integration Of the Univer-
sity Of Alabama? For instance.
do you or does the Government
plan to use Federal marshals
as 1t did in oxford, Miss. :?
A. Well, I hope that would
prove unnecessary. I hope this
is a matter that can be settled
by the local authorities in
Alabama. The university since
last October-the Board Of
Trustees-have taken the po-
sition that they would accept a
court order. They have now in
dicated they will accept these
students. The courts have made
a final judgment on the matter,
and I would hope that the law
abiding people Of Alabama
would follow the judgment Of
the court and admit the stu
dents. -.
I know there is great op-
position in Alabama, and in
deed, in any State. to Federal
marshals and Federal troops.
And I would be very reluctant
to see us reach that point. But
I am obligated to carry out the
court order. There is no
choice in the matter. =.
Now, I cannot believe that
the Governor wants us to send
Federal troops there. I cannot
believe he wants us to send
Federal marshals there. and I
cannot believe he would not
prefer to have the people Of
Alabama govern this matter,
accept the order of the court
and maintain law and order.
The Governor has taken ac-
Hon against Federal troops who
are now stationed at Federal
bases in Alabama, and has TAX
en- the action to the Supreme
Court. He said I welcome this.
This Is where these disputes
should be settled.
So I would hope that the fact
that the Governor has chosen
to carry out our dispute in the
courts indicates that in the
final analysis he will accept
the judgment of the court, in
the cases coming up in June, as
l would accept the judgment of
the court as to my powers to
use and control Federal troops
under certain conditions in va
rious States. We are people of
laws, and we have to obey
them.
Evening star., 1963-05-23
No Settlement
On A-Test Ban

O. I have a question
about the nuclear test ban pro-
posal. Mr.. Harold Brown (Pen-
tagon Research Chief has
said before a Senate committee
that we could accept as few as
six on-site inspections. Do you
think that there is further
ground for us to move now to
approach the Soviet Union in
the test ban situation?
A. Well, that is the po-
sition we have taken more
publicly. There have been
seven. There has been discus
sion Of six. Mr.. Brown was
giving his judgment as a SCI
enlist. There are a good many
other questions to be settled.
We have suggested to the
Soviet Union that we would
consider the makeup of the
inspection team, the rules un-
der which the inspection team
would operate, the area where
there could be drilling, all of
these questions, and then if
we can get those settled, we
could then come finally to the
/ question of the number of
test.
The Soviet Union has re-
fused, however, to consider
these other matters until we
agree with their position of
three. That has not been an
acceptable negotiating position.
We feel that we ought to try
to wind up all the other ques-
tions which divide us, and then
we could finally come and de-
eide what would be, given the
arrangements we have made for
these and other matters, what
would be a responsible number
Of tests. But we are back and
forth to the Soviet Union and
we are still hoping that we
can find a perhaps easing of
their position. -.
We are therefore going to
continue to push very hard in
May and June and July in
every forum to see if we can get
an agreement which 1 regard,
but I will say as of now, since
December there has been no
change in the Soviet position
on the number of tests nor
willingness to discuss in any
way any of these other ques-
tions until we accept their po-
sition of December, which is
not a satisfactory position for
us.
@. Are we about to move, sir?
A. We are not going to
move. On the question of the
number of tests? AS I indicated,
what we are proposing is, we
settle the other matters and
then come to the number Of
tests. So in answer to your
question we are not moving at
this time on the number of
tests.
Evening star., 1963-05-23

President Kennedy sees Re-
publican politicking behind
some of those attacks on his
Cuban policies.
He aimed his politicking
charge specifically. during a
press conference late yesterday,
at what he calls completely
untrue" deductions concerning
the United States Navy base at
Guantanamo Bay. 2
His connterattack was set
off whenAas reporter asked him
about Republican, charges that
some kind Of agreement exists
or may exist someday" for
abandoning the big American