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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
ByL.W. IIRANA
PHOTOGRAPH by ROBERT PHILLIPS

nIRECTING a symphony or
- chestra In Washington is not
quite like directing an orchestra
in New York, Philadelphia, Boston
or Chicago. Washington is where
the President resides, and one
never knows when the President
will turn up in the audience.
Howard Mitchell, who opens
his 18th anniversary season as
music director and conductor of
the National Symphony Orchestra
on October 1, each year usually
meets the President or his wife on
at least three occasions when he
gives the President his seasons
tickets, on the opening night Of the
season, and at the beginning Of the
symphony sustaining fund drive.
Every four years DR.. Mitchell also
conducts an inaugural concert for
q new or q returning President.
DR.. Mitchell has played for the
three last Presidents. Of them,
Harry Truman attended the most
concerts. President Truman came
to two or three concerts every sea-
son, more often than is expected
of q President" as DR.. Mitchell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

music President Kennedy likes.
President Eisenhower liked tune
full music, especially TchaikOvsly.
He was frank to admit it." DR..
Mitchell says. President Truman
preferred such classical CON-
posers as Mozart and Chopin. Be
ing a pianist himself, he also liked
to attend piano concerts.
Once President Truman. on
the spur Of the moment, came TO q
concert of modern works. DR..
Mitchell told him he was surprised
to see him there with Bartok and
Stravinshy on the program. The
President didn't hesitate. II love
Bartok," he said.
Il said, Well, good for yOu,'"
DR.. Mitchell relates. "But / didn't
know what to believe. He had that
twinkle in his eye"
DR.. Mitchell gave Margaret
Truman her Washington debut, in
which she sang Mozart and Claz-
ounov arias. In the celebration fol-
lowing the concert, he says, the
President was so excited he al
most tore up two programs"
DR.. Mitchell says he wishes
other Presidents took as much an
interest in the orchestra as Presi-
dent Truman did. Il wish they
would come a whole lot more" he
says. ITS good for music"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

puts it. MIR. Truman would some
times arrive on only q half hours
notice.
'Tf the President attends, /
almost always see him before"
DR.. Mitchell says. The President
eustomarily arrives in his car on
the d street side of Constitution
Hall, and goes to the OAR. recep-
ton room baekstage. The conduc-
tor greets him there.
Il ask how he's been" DIR.
Mitchell says. HE generally wants
to know how the symphony is going.
We tell him and say we hope he en-
joys the program"
When the President enters his
box in the hall dts always number
49, the orchestra plays the Ma
tiOnal Anthem and the audience
stands.
President Kennedy is the only
President DR.. Mitchell has known
who ever arrived late he came In
during the intermission Of the
opening concert two years ago. He
Is also the only President who ever
left q concert before II finished
he had to attend q celebration
scheduled for him the same night
as the inaugural concert. Presi-
dents generally arrive at gas on
the dot, five minutes before q con-
cert begins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

DR.. Mitchell says the first time
he met President Eisenhower, then
newly elected, the President re-
marked that he had not lived in
Washington for several years and
he had . lot Of questions about the
symphony, including where it had
been playing and what time the
concerts started.
Then, DR.. Mitchell SAYS. q
twinkle came into the Presidents
eye, and he asked, ''NOw one last
question: when do you finish?"
The Presidents traditionally
contribute to the sustaining fund
drive. Once, when Mrs. Kennedy
had taken the family check book to
Florida, President Kennedy had
to scratch among his aides to get
some cash for q donation.
He asked how much the goal
was, and DR.. Mitchell told him 1t
was $500. 900. "Oh, really, the Pres
ident replied. This is wholly in
adequate. You just give that back
to me and I'll send you q check"
Later he sent check for about 10
times as much as the original cash
donation.
If the music director is given
enough notice. he will arrange q
program to suit q Presidents
tastes. But DR.. Mitchell confesses
that he has little idea Of what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

A dinner IN honor Of d.. Mitch
ylI's ISth anniveTsasY as cOmdssc-
tor and music director Of che No
tS0a0l Symphony Orchestra aCiu
Be held Friday AZ the National
Press Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

SUNDAY AAoAm. IN. vA-mor~ sr.a .-'-nna a. ASS
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14
Next Big Oil
 Discovery Could Be in Arctic Slopes
By Charles Haslet

WASHINGTON R - Oil is where you find it - and the next big discovery could be in the Arctic slopes.
 Geologists have come to be- lieve in recent years that the Arctic slopes may be rich in oil and gas.
 "The potential is extraordinary," Sen. E. L. Bartlett told the Senate.
 But, Bartlett hastened to add. Unfortunately the costs of explora- tion in the Arctic are extraordin- ary, too."
 Even so, he said, the industry may have a producing field in the Arctic within few years.
 Bartlett pictured the areas oil possibilities in introducing a bill that would authorize the Navy to produce and sell crude oil from the Umiat field, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4. Sen. Ernest Cru ening, is co-author of the bill.
 The purpose of the bill, Bartlett said, is to make local fuel avail able for limited use in oil and gas explorations now being carried on in neighboring areas.
 The Navy's oil reserves at Umiat are deep within the Arctic Circle, hundreds of miles from a town or city.
 Equipment, workmen and fuel must be flown into the area, Bart lett said, adding that oil which sells for $3 barrel in Anchorage will cost $35 or more at Umiat.
 "This oil is vital for drilling and heating purposes" Bartlett stress. ed. "Without it, to drive the diesel powered drilling equipment and t heat the machines and the mel who run them, exploration Wor would be impossible"
 Umiat now has two unused Nav wells in operating condition, said, and these could produt
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14
Browder Charged With Failing to File Income Tax

TACOMA R-Thomas Browder 41, of Houston, Tex. pleaded in- nocent yesterday in US. District Court to charges of failing to file federal income tax returns in 1857 and 1858, when he was selling in- surance in Anchorage.
 Browder is being held in the Pierce County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail on Alaskan charges of failing to file state income re- turns and violating state insurance laws.
 The federal government alleges Browder had an income of $50,194.- 85 in 1857 and $36,983.83 in 1858 and failed to file tax returns either year.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14
States Gross Tax
 Collections Net $37,OO1,973 In First Eleven Months

JUNEAU R - A substantial in- crease in net income tax collec- tions boosted the states gross tax collections through the first II months of the current fiscal year to $37,001,973, the Revenue Dept. said yesterday.
 Gross tax collections during the same period in fiscal 1862 were S34 ,663, 400.
 Revenue Commissioner R. D. Stevenson said net income tax col lections were up from S14,271,116 in fiscal 1862 to $15,654, ,508 dur ing the current fiscal year.
 Motor fuel tax collections dur ing the II month period ending May 31 were $6,400,415.
 Two other tax categories topped the g million mark, alcoholic beverage excise taxes at S2,576,741, the business license tax $2,440,361 and the raw fish tax at S2,458,803.
 By area, S19,868,338 was collect ed in the Third Division, $8,6O6,- 579 in the First Division, $6,554,- 215 in the Fourth division and $834,044 in the Second Division.
 There were also collections of $1,320,795 in fish and game taxes not attributed to specific divisions.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14
Wilson and MikoYan Hold Talks

1 "11SO1H o1IC1 N01NO o11 x1O10 o1AS
 MOSCOW R - Harold Wilson leader of Britain's Labor party, has called on First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, who has been ailing since early May with kidney trouble. They spent 90 minutes at Mikoyan's dacha near Moscow.
 Afterward, Wilson said Mikoyan is obviously a lot better but not yet 100 per cent" He described the visit Thursday as a social call and said foreign affairs were not dis cussed. He said they talked about trade, industrial development and personal matters.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14

quantities of oil promptly if new $32 fuel pump were installed to replace one that was removed to prevent unauthorized borrow of oil"
 ''The oil is there but the Navy is not authorized to sell it," Bart lett continued.
 Present law, he said, provides that the Navy may sell oil from 1 it's petroleum reserves only If the Secretary of the Navy so recom- mends to the President and the President and Congress find such course to be in the interest of , national defense.
 g While the law does provide for e production of oil for reasons of = conservation, maintenance n q testing of the reserves, he explain ed, none of these reasons would cover the sale of oil to companies engaged in exploration activities
 'The availability of reasonably priced crude oil in the Umiat area would go a long way to en- courage the development of pro- ducing commercial oil field in the region," Bartlett said. T cannot underestimate the importance which such producing field would have to the economy and de- velopment of the State of Alaska
 In order to enable the govern ment to receive a profit on the operation, the bill contemplates the oil would be sold in the ground with the purchaser producing it for limited use and only for com panies exploring in that area. All proceeds would be clear profit to the government, Bartlett said.
 He said there is no intention of putting the Navy in competition with private enterprise, that the oil would be used only in the inn mediate area of Umiat to support exploration work Authority for such sales would expire Jan. l, 1869.
 Bartlett said that if commercial oil field should be developed in the area, the producing companies undoubtedly would build a pipe line to get the oil to market. The oil would be available to the Navy in periods of emergency or pos sibly on regular basis, he added.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14

Psychologists have found that bowling is a ready and harmless release for the anger and frustra- tion raised by frictions within the family. If you're mad at someone, you merely look at the head pin, whisper the name, throw the ball and - whammo! Down it goes, symbolically, and you feel better.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14

Less than 30 per cent of the worlds three billion plus people are Christian.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-14

The first road to be built in Alaska was constructed between Kodiak and Mill Bay in 1791.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15
Wrong Kind of Do II Yourself

What are these foods? Good nutri-
ton, the ANA tells us, calls for we'll
balanced diet chosen from four basic
food groups: The milk group, the meat
group, the vegetable-food group, and the
bread-cereal group. 1t further states that
even those on weight-reductio diets
need food from all these groups.
The general point is summed up in
these words: Although some day science
may come up with a diet that can prevent
heart disease, such a development APP
pears to be well into the future. 1t pro-
badly would take a generation to prove
whether any diet can reduce deaths due
to heart Of blood vessel disease" The in
dividual who succumbs to food fads is
taking needless risk. This is one place
where the do-it-yourself m ov EN- II t
should be abandoned.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15
Use Poisons With Care

Several pets have been ac-
cidentally poisoned in Sussex
County during the past few
months, says Ed Ralph Sussex
Assoc. County Agent.
Anyone using poison bats
should be extremely careful that
children, pets and other farm ami
mails do not come In contact with
these materials, Ralph said.
The. practice placing poisons
In and around chicken houses,
between flocks is good in re-
spect to the safety of the chick
ems. However, often the houses
are more open to inquisitive
children and pets during this
period than any other time.
Whether or not you have chill
dren or pets of your own please
be extremely careful when using
poison materials for rat or In
sect control.
The few minutes you take to
be careful In covering bats or
picking them up may be repaid
many times by preventing an ac-
ctdental poisoning. After a child
or pet is dead : 1t is too late to
be careful, Ralph concluded.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15

ed several New York editors what woulC
have appeared in their financial section,
if they had been printed.
One reply was typical. Plans had beer
made for stories on the rise in the stocl
market, including the activities of mu
tual funds, banks which invest their pen.
sion funds, and market professionals
Another omitted study treated the in
creasing deficit in the national balance OF
payments. This was not covered on the
air. So too with an article on the fight
over Britian's application to enter the
Common Market.
Radio and television do their best
They can tell what" and when" but
they fall down in discussing why" and
what it means"
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15
1924 Bound Brook Lane
Alexandria, Virginia
February IL, 1868
Dear Friends:

Dear Friends:
Our children can't understand
why we don't celebrate Lincoln's s
birthday just as much as we dc
George Washington's. This is
George Washington's home here
and everyone here in this state
takes his birthday for holiday.
Even the Pentagon has the day
off. We're looking forward to
this holiday this year, just as
we did last year, by having George
Williams here for the day.
The biggest news in Washing
ton this week is the pictures OF
the extra precaution the churches
in the district proper are having
to take, to insure safety for their
employees. So many derelicts are
sleeping in churches, and robbing
churches, that many have put
wire gates up in front Of their
office doors to insure the secre-
taries' safety. Seems terrible
to me that one isn't even safe
in the Lords house these days.
AS you know Hayes is
a tham", and mobile one, which
means he has his radio in the
car as well. This necessitates
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15
A Peace That Rests On Power

Senator Goldwater, in one of his late
newspaper columns, finds great satisfac-
tion in the fact that President Kennedy
made tours of some major u. S. military
installations and has, in public state
ments, spoken of our military power "as
the foundation stone Of United States
diplomacy" The Senator adds: News
paper reports say that he has been
deeply awed by the tremendous power
at his command"
The Senator's point is that it is in
this power that maintains the peace, and
the President has made it plain that he
too holds that view. And no one can
nationally argue that the Free World
would have much chance of surviving if
that power did not exist, and in ever-in-
creasing might. This country is the
Vests arsenal and guardian. A weak
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15

United States would amount to an invi-
tation to the Soviets to throw their plans
Of world conquest into high gear-and
the Soviets do not refuse invitations of
that nature.
We hope for time when disarma-
ment will be possible, and when the vast
resources in money, in human energy, in
scientific achievement that military pow
er now consumes can be used for happier
ends. But that time is not now-nor
does its light show even feebly on the
horizon. Meanwhile, as Mr.. Goldwater
eloquently puts it, we must preserve our
power advantage and enhance it
by constant development Of new weapons
and new techniques-no to wage war
against Soviet Russia, but to wage an
effective peace"
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15

Scientific reports linking cholesterol
and heart attacks have touched off new
food fad among do-it-yourself Ameri-
cans. But dieters who believe they can
cut down their blood cholestrol without
medical supervision are in for a rude a.
Weakening. 1t can't be done. 1t could even
be dangerous to try"
That statement comes from a top
authority-the American Medical Asso-
citation. 1t goes OH to point out that the
individual cannot know how much cho-
lestrol his blood contains without labora-
tory tests; that persons entire food in
take must be precisely regulated to low
Ell blood cholesterol, and that the elimin-
alton Of certain foods Of proven nutri-
tional value could be detrimental to
health.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15

of either, there are many geopolitical eA-
perts who say Russia has become tar
get for future expansion by one OF both
of these countries
The military distribution of power
today is the only reason Red China is not
already invading Russia though as Red
China obtains nuclear weapons and
breaks with Moscow Communists, poss-
ible conflict between the two countries
draws more likely.
The study of world populations and
the resulting pressures are enlightening
and are often the key to tumultous events,
as was the case in Asia in World War
II. Eventually, too, United States pop
ulation, now expanding at an unpreced-
ented rate, will require all the resources
at our command and this fact should be
reflected in our governmental decisions.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15
The Newspaper Gap

In the last few years several cities
have been dismayed by newspaper strikes
which deprived them of their daily jour
nails for weeks at time. At present writ
ing New York City and Cleveland are
both afflicted, with no end in sight
On the principles of appreciating
their blessings after they have gone.
these cities now find that radio and tn
coverage and the extended issues Of
some suburban papers do not fill the gap.
Obituaries, marriages, classified and store
advertisements are among the missed fea-
lures Oftenest mentioned.
Some other fields are inadequately
treated Sylvia Porter, the financial col
umnist, discusses the effect Of news, aper
disappearance on business men, She ask
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15

suit Of tremendous publicity buildup
the likes Of which no other painting, per
haps, has ever enjoyed. To actually look
upon the Mona Lisa, in Paris, at the
Louvre, is sad disappointment to most
Americans.
It's good to have the famous painting
put on display in the United States. Fol-
one thing, it will dispell the over selling
which has been done Oh this singular
work. It will disappoint many, who will
be expecting something really quite beau
tiful in today's sense Of the word. And,
as one art critic recently wrote, the bru-
tally frank American is going to say,
automatically, upon seeing it. Gee, its
green"
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15
National Guard
Marks Annual
Muster Day

Captain Dale M. Bankes, COM
mander of Milford's Btry. B 8
AW Bn (SP)/198 Arty, announces
the opening of the National
Guards Cooperation Muster" re-
cruiting drive in this area.
The entire month of February
has been designated as the period
for "Operation Muster 1863"
and the local units will point to
the observance of National Guard
Muster Day on February 18th.
"This is very old tradition, "
says Captain Bankes. Muster Day
dates back to an early colonial
practice when it was the custom
to hold an annual muster of the
militia, usually on the village
green, to see how many able
bodied men were available to bear
arms in an emergency.
So many National Guard out
fits celebrate their own "Muster
Day" on or around February
22nd in tribute to the memory
Of one Of the most famous militia
soldiers in history George
Washington.
Young men who have passed
their 18th birthday and who can
meet the physical and mental
standards can join the local Guard
unit at the State Armory here in
Milford. ''High school students, !"
says Captain Bankes, edo not
leave for six-months' active duty
training until after graduation" !"
All young men who meet the
above requirements are invited
to come out to the armory Feb.
18th and take good look at what
the National Guard has to offer
Won
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15

as 1900 the map of Missouri
showed great uninhabited
swampland stretching across the
southeast corner of the state.
This swamp area has since been
drained, bringing over a half
million acres of most fertile
land into cultivation.
Springfield, Missouri, could
boast of only 5,555 residents in
1870, and as late as 1900
244, 200 acres were open to free
entry. However, Springfield S
growth is not a matter of the
past, as is evidenced by the fact
that the 1950-1960 decade was
the best in its history, with a
44.5% population gain. The
Springfield pattern and, for that
matter, the growth pattern over
much of the heartland, makes one
point clear: This region still has
the vigor and vitality of youth.
Some Of its most impressive
gains have been made in the past
few decades. In short, it is a
region where the most conserva-
tive businessman can invest his
money without fear that the
growth potential of the area has
already been realized.
WHAT ABOUT
WORLD WAR III?
In closing, let me warn readers
of the possibility of World War
III and what this could mean to
the United States even should
we win it. OF our 180, 200, 900
people, 20,000,0O0 live in twenty
large cities near the sea coast.
These are the cities that Russia
would destroy with missiles fired
from Soviet territory, or from
submarines (Which both Russia
and the United States are hurried
ly building).
unfortunately, my business is
located just outside Of Boston;
but ! am urging my grandchildren
to move to the central portion
of this country. There they will
be assured of food, clothing, and
shelter together with oil, gas,
and other natural resources.
Owing to the missiles which we
now have buried in this heart
land country, it would suffer some
losses, but ones chances would
be a thousand times better than
in one of the large Eastern or
Pacific cities. Hence, for either
safety or land speculation, I
recommend one of the six states
in the Magic Circle, of which
Eureka, Kansas, is the center.
These six states are Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Kansas, Okla
homa, and Arkansas.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-15
On World Populations

One of the interesting aspects Of the
clash between India and Red China is
that such war pits the one country
which must be-the worlds two mostly
highly populated countries against each
other.
Red China contains approximately
70O,OOO,OOO persons. India's population
is estimated at 438,OOO,O0O as Of 1861.
Thus today's accurate figure for India
might be nearer 450,000000
Neither Of these giant nations have
the territory, OF anything like as much,
as that now occupied by the Soviet IN
ion. The Soviet Union, BY contrast with
either India or Red China, is sparsely
populated. The estimate Of Russian pop-
ulation is 220,00O,OOO. And because Rus
sia contains many times the total area