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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

Bio-electricity - electricity
produced by the action Of
bacteria and other micro-or-
ganisms on various chemical
combinations - holds high
promise for the future.
This is stressed in q re-
port to the Washington Acad-
envy Of Sciences by DR.. Fred
erick D. Sisler of the General
Scientific Corporation Of the
Nations Capital.
The phenomenon has been
known for nearly a half GEN.
fury, he says, but has been
looked upon rs an impractical
curiosity. Its practical appli-
cations have come largely
from the Navy Bureau Of
Ships project "Beep" (biolog-
zeal electric energy produc-
tion). Now, he says, ''proto-
type microbial electric cells
have been developed which
have the power TO operate RAJ
dio receivers and transmit
ters. somebody's. electric
lights, small boats and q
number Of other devices.
Other Possible Uses
"Other applications appear
evident in such matters as
utilization Of waste materials.
space Availability, corrosion
prevention. energy for UNDER
developed countries and VAR
ious military and medical
uses. A more thorough study
OF microbial electrophysiology
should throw new light on the
nature of living systems
besides other natural phe-
nomena in the field Of geology
and paleontology."
The bio-electrical cell be-
comes essentially a battery
which need never be re-
charged for the micro-organ-
isms will continue 10 repro
duce themselves indefinitely.
thus keeping up the same eff
fects. Further examination
Of natural processes In the
sea leads 10 the concept that
this environment may be
considered a gigantic bio
chemical fuel cell. Ways and
means Of successfully tapping
this fuel source remain 10 be
developed" the report says.
zone obstacle 10 tapping this
natural electrical source Is
lack OF more efficient and
practical means OF large
scale storage OF weak electric
currents"
The Army Engineer Corps
has been handed It's toughest
bodybuilding or making ade-
quate plans for building a
laboratory on the moon.
This comes as h request
from the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Negro Delegation
Sees Kennedy on
Bios in Hospitals
By the Associated Press

A delegation from the Ma
tional Medical Association held
a meeting with President Ken
nedy to appeal for an end to
1acial discrimination in hospi-
tai and health areas. The Ne
gro leaders came away saying
the meeting was encouraging. "
DR.. John A. Kenney, jr., Of
Washington, president Of the
NINA, said the 28-man dele
CATION asked Mr.. Kennedy yes
terday to use the influence OF
his office to amend the Hill
Burton hospital survey and
construction law 80 as tc
prevent racial discrimination
in any form whatsoever. both
as to patients and physicians
in any hospital built with the
aid of Federal Funds"
While reaffirming their back.
ing for the Presidents proposed
plan for medical care for the
elderly through social security
DR.. Kenney said the NINA urged
that the proposed legislation
"open hospitals to all citizen;
without discrimination or seq
regation."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
NEA Is AssuiIed
By Ex-President
Of Negro Group

DALLAS, Aug. 2 (AP).-The
immediate past president Of
the American Teachers Associ-
alton accused the National Ed
ucation Association yesterday
of "skirting its responsibilities. )"
He told the Negro organiza-
tons Executive Committee not
to consider a merger with the
NEA until 1t cleans house."
THE NEA must face fully
and boldly the existing prob
lens which face this merger" "
said DR.. Lucius A. Pitts, presi-
dent Of Miles College In Bir-
minRham, Ala. Then we will
consider the merger as an act
OF good faith"
He told the committee the
NEA does not fulfill It's func-
ton as a national teaching Or
Ranization.
1T has q glaring lack Of
Negro personnel at the execu-
tive and program planning
level" DR.. Pitts said.
A merger Of the two largest
teachers organizations In the
country was proposed at a July
meeting Of the NEA. The two
groups named a Joint commit
tee last spring TO effect the
merger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Fort Stanton Gets
New Bus Service

A formal complaint by the
Fort Stanton Civic Association
to the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Commission
has resulted in new bus serv-
ice to the Fort Stanton area.
The WMATC announced to-
day that after the association
filed the complaint. D. C.
Transit System at the urging
of the WMATC staff. agreed to
conduct the service on an ex-
perimental basis.
Enough passenger traffic
was generated to make certain
service equitable and feasible, "
the commission said, and the
company agreed to make the
service permanent.
The association is satisfied
with the service, the commits
sion said, and feels there will
be a demand for more service
In the future.
The new service consists Of a
shuttle between the Fort STAN
ton area and Nichols Avenue
and w street. Sc. where pa
irons can transfer to A-line
buses for downtown. a WMATC
spokesman said.
Without it, they had to walk
several blocks uphill TO reach
the nearest bus line. the spokes-
man said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
NAACP Planning
FurmviIIe March

FARMVILLE, Va, Aug. 2
(AP).-Leaders of Negroes in
Prince Edward County, Va,
where schools have been shut
since 1859, have made tentative
plans for demonstrations to-
morrow In spite of a town ban
on weekend parades.
The Rev. l.. Francis Griffin of
Farmville, president Of the Vir-
GINA unit Of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, said
the local NAACP youth council
had decided tentatively to
stage the demonstration.
Meantime, Town Managr
T. w. Bloomfield said town Of
ficials were undecided on
whether to ban parading to-
morrow.
Last Saturday, 10 Negroes
were arrested for failing to
move when ordered. A parade
was permitted to weave
through the town but later
town officials laid down the
terms Of their weekend ban.
About SO to so civil rights
demonstrators continued their
eighth straight day Of picket
ing against segregation and
closed schools yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Transplant From Dead
Restores Kidney Action

less glands near the kidneys.
The hormones can suppress
the body's immunity or de-
Tense mechanism. i
On the 50th and SD days
after the transplant. the orig
inal pair of diseased kidneys
was removed. w
Functions Stable 5 Months
For the past five months,
the patients kidney function
has been stable, the medical
team reported in today's jour
nal Of the American Medi
Association.
Members of the medical
team, headed by DR.. John P.
Merrill. are from the depart
ments of medicine, surgery.
and pathology of the hospital
and Of Harvard Medical
School.
In 1860, they reported sue
cessful transportation Of a
kidney between nonidentical
twins. That patient, they said
today, is still alive and well
four years after the operation.
In 1855, they reported a
kidney transplant which sur
vived So months after being
taken from a cadaver. r,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair
tonight, low in the upper COS.
Some cloudiness and warm to-
morrow, chance Of scattered
afternoon or evening thunder
showers.
Maryland-Clear tonight, low
in mid-60s, except Sc to 81 in
the mountains. Increasing
cloudiness tomorrow and warm
Chance of scattered thunder
showers. ....
Virginia-Tonight, clear, low
in the Cos, except Sc to So in
the mountains. Increasing
cloudiness and warm tomorrow,
possible scattered thunder
showers; high in the 80s.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Daylight and variable
winds tonight becoming south
east to south at 10 to Is knots
tomorrow. Fair weather to-
night; chance of widely scat
tered thundershowers in the
late evening or at night to-
morrow. Visibility over 6 miles.
Five-Day Forecast
Temperatures during this
period are expected to average
near the normalS here, Of So
and SO. Current warm spell may
be broken Monday and Tues
day followed by a warming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Survey Asked
For Parkway
To New York
BY the Associated Press

Six Senator'S proposed today
a survey for a three-State ma
tional parkway from Strouds-
burg, Pa, to Kingston, N. Y.
1t would be similar to the Sky
line Drive in Virginia.
A bill drafted by Senator
Heating. Republican Of New
York. would authorize $4,000
for the study. 1t is cospon-
sored by Senators Javits, Re-
publican of New York; Will
liams, Democrat, of New Jer-
sey; Case, Republican of New
Jersey; Clark, Democrat of
Pennsylvania, and Scott, Re-
publican Of Pennsylvania.
Senator Heating said the
parkway could be co-ordinated
with development Of a national
recreation area proposed for
the Tocks Island Dam and
Reservoir on the Delaware
River.
1t would generally follow the
Appalachian trail along the
crest Of the Shawangunk-
Kittatinny Mountains in Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and New
York.
Meanwhile, Senator Clark
said a scenic parkway from
West Virginia and Maryland
to the Pennsylvania Turnpike
at Breezewood and the Key
stone Shortway near Lock
Haven could lead to develop
ment Of a vacation industry in
the States Central Appala-
chan region.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Hit by Lightning.
Hauled Through
Lake, Driver Dies

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug.
2 (AP).-Delaware Cleveland
Harper, SO, was driving a
tractor-powered grass mower at
San Jose Country Club when he
was struck by lightning. He was
prounced dead at a hospital. but
an autopsy is planned to deter
mine if he might have drowned.
This possibility arose after
another club employe, @. l..
Hall, jr., reported that he saw
the lightning strike Mr.. Har-
per on his head. He said the
tractor kept moving, going into
a lake until it was completely
submerged and then emerging
on the other side-with Mr..
Harper still in the drivers seat.
County Patrolman D. C.
Mangum, who investigated the
accident, said the only mark on
Mr.. Harper was q small cut on
the back of his neck. He added
that death undoubtedly was
caused by the lightning, but the
autopsy has been planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

Success in transplanting a
kidney from a dead man to an
unrelated young man suffering
a chronic kidney disease was
reported by a Boston medical
team today.
The patient, Melbourne Dou-
cette, is now able to work full
time as an accountant, a
spokesman for Peter Bent Brig
ham Hospital in Boston, said
In a telephone interview today.
The transplant was made on
April S, 1862. Mr.. Doucette's
survival is now the longest ever
reported after q kidney trans
plant from a dead man.
Donor Died at 30
Mr.. Doucette was first adj
mitted to the hospital on Janu-
airy 81, 1862, suffering i'm
paired kidney function and
anemia. He was then "a.
Then on April 5, a S0-year-
old man died In the hospital
after open-heart surgery.
The dead mans left kidney
was removed and refrigerated
and then transplanted into the
kidney patient. When on sew
eral occasions, Mr.. Douchette'S
body attempted to reject or kill
the transplant as a foreign
body, the rejection was stopped
by administrations of adrenal
cortical steroids.
These are drugs which per-
form like the hormones Sc
creted by the outer layer Of
the adrenal glands, small duct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

pleasure to be associated with
this fine group Of volun-
teerS."
Red Cross Volunteer
The former Miss Evelyn
Reynolds of Louisa County
Mrs. Cunningham has lived ir
Culpeper since her marriage
five years ago. Her husband
operates a garage. She is Q
member of st. Stephen Episco-
pal Church here. A volunteer
worker with the local Rec
Cross chapter, she formerly
did volunteer work with the
Culpeper County TuberculoSi,
Association when it had Of.
fices in Culpeper.
The rescue volunteer organ.
ization has served the Cul.
pepper community for % years
Last year, squadsmen an.
Last yaar, squadsman an.
swered $40 calls ranging from
simple home accidents tt
traffic fatalities and murders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Stolen Jade, Ivory
Found in Burned Cob

BOSTON, Aug. 2 (AP) -FBI
agents today recovered a stolen
collection of Jade and ivory OBJ
jects of art valued at up to
100000. The collection had
been stolen from the estate of
Mrs. Byron D. Miller at Fall
mouth Foreside, Me, early in
April. She is the widow of the
former president of the F. w.
Woolworth Co.
Edward j. Powers, of the FBI.
said the jade and ivory was in
a burned-out taxi in a parking
lot of the Independent Taxi
Operators Association. He said
several persons were being
questioned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Kennedy Chooses
Envoy to Burmu

President Kennedy today
nominated Henry A. Byroade,
a career diplomat and former
Army officer, as American AM
bassador TO Burma.
Mr.. Byroade, SO, now is serv-
ing as chairman Of the dis
armament advisory staff OF
the United States Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency.
A West Point graduate. he
Joined the State Department In
l949 after service as a brigadier
general during World War II
He had served as an assistant
Secretary Of State and later
as Ambassador TO Egypt. South
Africa and Afghanistan before
assuming his present position
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
POLITICAL OVERTONES FOUND
IN KENNEDY VISIT TO TYDINGS

HAvRE DE GRACE, Md (AP) President Ken
nedys dinner visit last night with Joseph D. Tydings
United States attorney for Maryland was regarded in
political circles as move to boost the stock Of the
prosecutor
A White House aide said the visit was purely
social but Mr. Tydings has been mentioned prominently
candidate next for the United States Senate
seat Of Republican Glenn Beall
Mr. Tydings, of the late Senator Willard E. Tyd-
ngs is longtime friend Of the Kennedy family and
appointed to his present post by the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Memories of I roveIs
Make Christmas Gift

Christmas is five months
away as the calender reads
for everyone. perhaps. but A
Edward Hardman. To him
Christmas begins In October
That's when Mr.. Hardmar
will be doing his Christmas
shopping" in Hawaii. Trinkets
and leis and grass skirts won't
be filling his bags, though-fol
Mr.. Hardman plays Santa
Claus with memories.
The Hawaiian venture is the
fifth extended trip the 49,
year-old Arlington resident will
have made in seven years.
In 1856 the retired Western
Electric Co. engineer visited
England and Scotland and
toured Western Europe. Three
months of 1858 were spent in
Bermuda.
In 1860 Mr.. Hardman visited
Poland, the Soviet Union, Fin
land and again, England-this
time stopping to call on a few
cousins" in his ancestral home
of Milston In Shropshire.
ALand Born Of the Sea"
Last year he saw Hawaii and
described it as "a happy land,
born Of the sea, and wonder
fully blessed by the power OF
God" So he is returning in
October.
After each trip, when he re-
turns to his 1910 North Stuart
street home, where he lives
alone as a widower, Mr.. Hard
man diligently sets out to share
the memories he has gathered
He fashions Christmas gifts
from memories and words, into
travelogues packaged in neatly
addressed manila envelopes
that go out about December q
to all his friends and even to
persons he has met only once
The biggest trip naturally
wrought the largest travelogue
"a single-spaced typewriter
legal-sized pages, devoted pri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Sub Hunt to Resume
BRATTLEBoRo. W., A

BRATTLEBORO, VT, Aug. 2
(AP) .-Representative Stafford,
Republican of Vermont, says
the bathyscaphe Trieste will re-
sumo its search for the nuclear
submarine ThreSher on August
10. The Thresher sank April
10, 220 miles east of Boston
with loss of 129 lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

marily to his experiences In the
Soviet Union. Some $500 have
read 1t.
Booklet of Comments
Though he didn't solicit any
comments on the travelogue,
he got them anyway. He COM
piled the comments into a IT.
page mimeographed booklet, {"
titled it THE Verdict" and
mailed copies to his friends.
The travelogues really pre-
date his trips across the seas,
however. the first having been
written after a 1858 visit to q
Blackfoot Indian reservation
in Montana.
Mr.. Hardman firmly believes
that 1t is only through travel
that many Of our false i'm
pressions are corrected" He
still hesitates-even winces q
bit before telling Americans
that their impression of Russia
often is not right-at least as
he saw the country.
Found People Friendly
II wasn't, escorted every
where D.. nor followed /. . nor
spied upon. The people are
friendly - courteous" he said.
In his travelogue, Mr.. Hardman
supports those who believe that
Americas greatest challenge
from the Soviets is not military,
but intellectual and economic
"a political struggle between
the "haveS and the have-nots."
Though he has been a United
States resident since 1910 and
a citizen since 1886, Mr.. Hard
man was born and reared In
Canada's Ontario Province.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
CuIpeper Rescue Unit
Louds Woman Officer

cULPEPER, Va. Aug. 2 (AP).
When the rescue-squad alarm
goes off in the middle Of the
night and the squadsmen here
run for their cars and ambu-
lances to answer the call, there
is usually q strangely dressed
figure among them.
Among the overall-clad men,
Culpeper residents often see a
woman wearing rescue squad
Jacket over a dress. This is no
illusion.
Mrs. James e. Cunningham
Is q member of the Culpeper
squad-and as secretary-treas-
urer, is the only woman officer
Ola rescue squad in Virginia.
The "a male members Of the
Culpeper squad are more than
glad.
eShe's a Jewell" said Joe I.
Brown, squad captain-"a won
derful asset to our organiza-
ton"
Elected Last Month
Mrs. Cunningham is the only
woman ever to hold member
ship in the Culpeper Rescue
Squad. She was elected secre-
tary-treasurer early last month.
eMy husband outranks me-"
the quiet. efficient young lady
said with a smile. He Is a
second lieutenant in the squad.
Mr.. Cunningham willingly
accepts the assistance she
gives him in administering the
duties of his office. The second
lieutenant is in charge of buy
ing and keeping inventory on
all squad supplies-first aid
equipment, etc. Mrs. Cunning
ham assists him, besides per-
forming her own bookkeeping
and secretarial tasks and an
swering as many calls as her
9-to-5 job in a local doctors
office allows.
Noting that among the nu-
merous silent calls (no alarm
soundedD are q good many
stork cases-patients who are
unable to get q doctor-Mr.
Brown said Mrs. Cunningham
is always called in such emer-
gencies.
8 Aids the StOrk
"Her assistance in stork
cases, as well as in many other
calls, is invaluable" he said.
Her nursing training, COM
bineC with her quiet, level
headed efficiency, equips her
admirably for rescue squad
service"
Because rescue squad regu-
lations prohibit the squads ad-
ministering medical aid, Mrs.
Cunningham cannot act In the
capacity of a RN," he said.
However. her knowledge of
medicine is a great asset in
many emergencies"
Mrs. Cunningham, a gradu-
ate of Blue Ridge Sanatori-
UNI nursing school, in affilia-
ton with the Medical College
Of Virginia, has been employed
as nurse at DR.. Robert CasSidy's
office for four years.
II applied for membership
on the rescue squad about a
year ago because I was i'm
pressed with the fine service
it gives to the community and
] wanted to help" she said.
ut has been a very rewarding
experience. I am amazed at
the calm, efficient way the
boys operate on an emergency
call. Aside from the satisfac-
ton of giving service to my
community, it has been a real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

trend Wednesday. Precipitation
is expected to average between
two-tenths and seven-tenths of
an inch, occurring as scattered
showers and thundershowerS
tomorrow and again about
Wednesday.
Resort Area Forecasts
Maryland. Delaware and virginia
ocean beaehes-Fair tomorrow, high 50
Long Island and New Jersey beaches
Tomorrow, fair with high Of 81.
Mays Head and Cape Hatteras area
Fair tomorrow, high SO.
Chesapeake Bay region-Tomorrow,
skyline Drive-Visibility good except
In afternoon thundershowers tomorrow;
high Of 50.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls Shenandoah
River clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature for Yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Holland Trip Is Fast

AMSTERDAM.-Modern Jet
aircraft travel so fast a person
can fly across Holland in less
time than it takes the average
passenger to read two pages
of q book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Hearing Set
On Plans for
Assdtedgue
By a star staff writer

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2. - A
public hearing will be held
here August Is as a final step
toward settlement of contro-
versial development plans for
Assateague Island. a 33-mile
Atlantic Ocean barrier reef
off Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Up to 500 persons are ex-
pected to jam the City Civic
Center at 2 pm. for an ex-
change Of ideas on whether
the islands future should be
left to the Federal or State
government. or to private
developers.
The hearing was scheduled
yesterday by the State Board
of Public Workds, comprised
of Gov. Tawes, Treasurer
Controller Louis L. Goldstein.
The latter already has said he
favors Federal development.
If the board chooses the
Federal plan, as already rec
commended by four State agen-
cies, they will ask Maryland's
Congressional delegation to
Introduce legislation to imple-
ment a $l2.3 million ASA
league program prepared by
Interior Secretary Udall.
To Notify Owners
II think we should have
this hearing as soon as we
can" Gov. Tawes said.
Mr.. Goldstein instructed the
boards staff to send hearing
notices to all persons owning
property on the island plus the
county commissioners and leg
islative delegation in Worces-
ter County, in which Assateague
Island lies.
In addition, the board said it
will invite Interior Department
spokesman and officials Of all
affected State agencies, includ-
ing those who have filed re-
ports backing Federal develop
ment-the Departments of For
ests and Parks, Natural Re-
sources, Planning, and Eco
nomic Development.
A three-member committee
was named to set ground rules
to cover the total length of the
hearing. the order in which
speakers will be heard, intro
duction of exhibits, and other
matters.
Selected were Joseph Bus
cher, assistant attorney gener-
al; James J. O'Donnell, director
of the State Planning Depart
ment, and Andrew Heubeck,
jr., secretary for the Board of
Public Works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

For high and low tides at the follow
Ing points subtract times indicated
from the above Annapolis. 3h hours;
Beach. hours: Deale. 4lh hours
Solomons Island, ga hours; Point
Lookout, IVA hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Owners Ask Delay

A group representing private
property owners on Assateague
today asked that the hearing
be deferred until late Septem-
Der. The request came from
the Ocean Beach Club. Inc,
an organization of about 5000
property owners there headed
by Philip F. King of Wash
ington.
The property owners asSocia-
ton announced that it would
wire its request to Gov. Tawes
and other State officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 90. on May o and June 10.
Lowest, 3, on January "a.
Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

marily to his experiences In the
Soviet Union. Some $500 have
read 1t.