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Evening star., 1963-05-27
SENATE STRONG NAN
Pushups Veto FIabbiness

Senator Nelson, without ever
setting down his drink, did q
couple Of one-armed pushups
and used one of the matche;
he picked up TO light a fresh
cigarette. So much for clear
living.
Senator Nelson is too modest
TO either affirm or deny thu
story. The other dignitary In
volved says he has no recollec-
ton OF any such incident. Il
must have been quite a party.
Recently. as an encore fol
the admiring gym attendants
Senator Nelson added 10 hi:
legend with an even more i'm
pressive exercise: He ripped q
Washington telephone book In
half.
Aide Tries Trick
When his staff heard rumor.
OF the exploit, and expressed
some doubts OF It's authenticity
the Senator obligingly picked
up the yellow Pages volume IN
his office and tore II In half
The two halves are now resting
on a shelf. AZ an inspiration "a
the staff. cI've been practic-
ing said Bill Bechtel. the ad-
ministratiye assistant. "and al
ready I'm up TO the Glen Echo
phone book.")
A telephone company spokes-
man. informed OF Senator Nell
sons stunt, expressed alarm.
"If II catches on like the So
mile hikes, it'll be terrible he
said.
The phone company wishes
that II the Senator must tear
things IN half, he'd use some-
hing except the telephone book
Like the Federal Budget, for ex-
ample.
, 1963-09-03
" | V |
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Monday thru Friday

500 AM. Sign On-Morning
Singspiratoin
600 Back To The Bible
Gas Musical Clock
700 Rise and Shine
7:45 Mystery Tune
BIS Rise and Shine
9:05 Caribbean Holiday
Burtons of Banner
Street
1905 Daily Devotions
1920 Comedy Time
11:05 Tops in Pops
11:35 Broadway Parade
1910 PM. Suddenly It's Swing
1:05 Music forDaydreams
Ills Weather Report
100 Music orDaydreams
200 Spanish Request
Program
4:05 $40 Request Progrm
900 Island Bulletin
Board
6:15 Personality Time
6:31 Calypso Tent
6:45 Danish Tunes
7:05 Waltz Time
7:30 Music Box
7:45 Stocks &seM11sic
1850 WIN Sports Scope
8:05 Comedy Spot
$50 Tin Pan Alley
9:l5 Melody Magic
$50 Music for the Nostal-
gic Traveller
1915 PS Shows
1880 Down Memory Lane
ll:15-12:00 Music from the
Lighthouse-Sign off
News on the Hour
Headlines each u hour
, 1963-09-03

Do you Want to Own Your Home
n Then You must Come in and Look over. our
q Nearly Completed Homes at Beautiful Golden Rock.
n The future City of st. Croix.
Public Sewers Paved Streets
Proposed Potable Wafer & Street Lighting
\ Why Pay Rent 80 Why not use this same
Rent Money to make payments on Your Own
\ Home and have an Increased Equity which will
Belong only to YOU not your landlord.
Total Down Payment Only $4,000
For Qualified Veterans Only $4,000
! Open All Day from am. to 6 pm, Monday thru
Saturday
Sundays 10 to 4 pm.
Golden Rock Housing Development
Christiansted. VI
Just below New st Croix Supermarket
T~elepohae Number 773-OO76
, 1963-09-03

pal balance plus expenses.
The veteran will pay smaller
monthly instailments than
through any other system.
, 1963-09-03
v. "A. DIRECTOR;
VETS UNAWARE
OF BENEFITS

DR.. J. Chaves-Estrada, Di-
rector of the local Veterans
Administration Center, in
forms that statistics reveal
that, at the time Of purchasing
their homes, most eligible We
terans do not request that the
processing and approval Of the
mortgage loans be made
through this Agency. This is
possibly due to unawareness
Of the benefits a CT loan en-
tails.
DR.. Chaves continues inform
ing that a CT loan benefits the
builder, lender, and veteran.
The builder will find that
the sale will be speedier be-
cause an eligible veteran may
obtain a mortgage loan for
1000 of the sale price. The
Veterans Administration pro-
cesses all appraisal requests
and application fer loan qua
ranty within a reasonable Pc
Rod of time.
The institution marking the
loan or the one which holds
the mortgage note will be pro
tected by the Veterans Admin
istration guarantee and the
that, in case of fore
closure, it will be allowed to
transfer the acquired property
to the Administration of Vete-
rams affairs, who will reeim
.burse the outstanding princi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

gers radiOed from over the Atlantic that
its navigational aids had failed. One of
the Is regular Laurel control panel oper-
ators traced the lost planes bearing
through radio signals. After computing its
position, he radiOed back to the pilot that
he would direct him to Bermuda, and an
hour later, the plane set down safely on
the island
Another engineer picked up an "SOS"
from two small boats which had cOllided
on the Chesapeake Bay. He radiOed the
Coast Guard and gave the exact location
of the stricken ships. A pair of Coast
Guard cutters raced to the location, saw
ing all hands.
I'VE are called on to help law enforce.
ment agencies in unusual cases." MIR.
johnson explains. This usually has to do
with 'bugging' housekeeping devices
and illegal use of the airwaves"
Radio tranSmitterS also have been
used illegally to flash race results di-
rectly to bOOkieS.
In one case, an FEC investigator dis
covered that low-power device was
speeding daily double winners from in
side the track to confederate sitting out
side in a car on the parking lot From
there, the second man transmitted the
results over a station licensed to the U. S.
Domestic Land Service. The station was
unaware that its facilities were being
used for illegal activities because the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08
Momtoring Station


to continue their romance, it would have
to be off the airWaveS.
Mr.. johnson 2O-year FEC veteran,
says 200 to 300 hOmeowners' complaints
come to the bureau monthly. Most
people are amazed at the things that can
cause television or radio receivers to 90
haywire," he notes. But nothing sur
priSeS us any more" For instance:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

A radio listener complained that his
receiver was blanketed by the signal of
one station; no matter what point he
turned the dial to, only the same signal
could be heard.
FEC engineers mOnitOred the broad
cast stations transmission and found
nothing amisS. Minutes later, the home
owner called back to apologize, explain
int that the trouble was not the station
His tuning dial simply had broken.
Recently, jet liner with 1O3 passen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-08

messages were in code form for a non-
existent contracting company
I'VE also have to make sure CONNER:
cial broadcast stations keep on the ball."
Mr.. johnson says. The FEC has pretty
specific engineering standards and the
bureau makes sure they are adhered to-
The Federal Government purchased
the Laurel site, located off State Route
81, in 1871. Once the home of an old Mary
land family, the farmland estate now has
utility poles in pastures where livestock
once grazed.
Mr.. johnson and about Is associates
work in the three-Story, white farmhouse,
which contains the central control board,
a radio training center for new FEC en-
ployeS, and special facilities for the mont
toring bureaus own radio network.
I'VE have to obey all the rules our
selves" MIR. Johnson says, referring to the
bureaus network. But we're pretty
careful"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
By PAT sALToNsTAtL

And perpetuating an IN
aggressive feeling Of we'll
being and status quo Is the
smooth job being done by
the United States alternate
representative, Ward Allen.
He has not been jumped to in
term representative, but his
takeover from Ambassador
Morrison was 50 smooth it
was scarcely noticed.
New ENJOYS
New ambassadors, but not
all new faces, totaled three
In October, and Norway's
Hans Kristian Engen kicked
off November by presenting
his credentials to President
AcLAtc2y rE1uay.
Kuwait's Ambassador Al
Ghoussein presented his Oc-
tober IS. He and his wife
have been q popular diplo-
matte couple here while he
served as Charge d'Affaires.
Gabon and Ecuador also
have new ENJOYS here. and
lined up for White House ap-
pointments are the Ambassa-
dors-designate Of Uruguay.
Czechoslovakia, Sierra Leone
and Wet Nam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
AUTOMATICALLY SPEAKING
Curling Note Causes
Great CONSERVATION

The State Departments
car-curbing note limiting
diplomats to one new tax
free car per year apparently
didn't reach all the people
It was intended to.
The October 4 note, dis
closed in The Star last We'd
nesday, was sent to chiefs
Of the Ill missions here.
These are the only diplomats
clearly exempt from the new
and first United States re-
striction ON buying tax-free
or importing duty-free autos
under diplomatic privilege.
But when The Star queried
several Ambassadors last
Tuesday, they hadn't seen or
heard Of the note. Some had.
Of course, which Is why The
matter came to Hight.
Officers from the minister
level down had complained
that the new order discr1mi-
mated against the married Of
ficer with q family, who may
live way out In the country
and need q second car for
his wife, or even q third or
fourth for children In area
colleges.
The majority of ENJOYS
called at random had not
seen the two-page note,
sternly worded for State De-
partment jargon. Why they
hadn't. when the notes surely
must have reached their EN-
baSSies, remains one Of the
weeks mysteries.
Filled I'm
The British Embassy sup
piled the Harvard Club with
one Of Its best speakers this
week when q scheduled
speaker couldn't make 1t.
Counselor John Killick's
classified" speech $50 labeled
by his office can't be quoted,
but it was o smash hit with
Harvard alumni at Tuesdays
monthly luncheon meeting at
the Occidental restaurant.
Interesting by-play Is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
No Snub

1t went unnoticed, but b.
livian President Paz had no
contact whatever with the
Organization Of American
States during his state visit
two weeks ago.
No address to the council,
no dinner, reception or
luncheon. But 1t was no
snub either way. The Latin
American representatives,
who figured 50 prominently
in world news just a year ago
during the Cuban crisis,
failed to invite the visiting
leader.
He was the first Latin
American chief Of state to
visit here since President Be-
tancourt Of Venezuela's visit
last February.
The rather lazy and indy
manic GAS posture Of recent
months perhaps Is reflected
in the failure Of the ad-
ministration to appoint q
successor to former United
States Ambassador de Les
seps Morrison, who resigned
in August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

sudden western trip which
snatched scheduled speaker
United States Commissioner
Of Education Francis Keppel
away. Harvard Clubbers
heard last week end that
they would be left without a
speaker. But they may not
have heard that the Kennedy
appointee repeatedly was dis
patched by the White House
to Oregon on. q trouble
shooting mission.
Point Of irritation appar-
emily was Senator Wayne
Morse's position on the vo-
eational training and higher
education bill. He Is CHAIR
man Of the Senate Educa-
ton Subcommittee, which
conferred with House mem
bers this week TO iron out
differences between Senate
and House bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
BY PETER STURSBERG
Contributing Writer

OTTAWA.-In the 80 years
since Nelson Eddy In the role
of Canadian Mountie sang
Rose Marie" from the continents
movie screens, Canadians have
been unable to live down the
image Of Canadian culture that
Mr.. Eddy so ably strengthened.
This is the image Of snow,
Mounties, French Canadian lum-
berjacks and wide open spaces.
There's Just enough truth in it
to make it, stick in the minds
of millions who have never visited
Canada.
Culture is a red-hot political
issue IN Canada not In the
narrow sense Of literary and
artistic achievements and under
standing. although these are gov
eminent subsidized, but rather in
the sense that the culture of a
nation. the national theology and
way, Of life, preserves the ma
tional identity.
A royal commission on the arts,
letters and sciences blueprinted a
program a dozen years ago to
strengthen the indigenous culture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
Canada's Two Cultures

In these special fields against
the danger of its being over
whelmed and assimilated in a
continental culture of United
States origin. This has certainly
slowed down the process of Ameri-
canization of Canada, but logic
still suggests that under modern
conditions of massive contacts
between these two neighbors, little
Canada with 19 million people
alongside the mighty United
States with 100 Millions is in a
weak position for maintaining
and strengthening its distinctive
national culture.
But Canada is not even one
nation culturally. The predomi-
nant culture is Anglo Canadian.
and one reason tbs culture is
slowly being washed away by the
stronger Anglo-American culture
is that both have much in COM
mon: Not only the language of
Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton,
not only Magma Carta, Cromwell
and the Bill Of Rights, but also
Plymouth Rock, the conquest of
New France and the civilization
Of new continent.
In an effort to restore the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
BY DENNIS LEE ROYLE
Associated Press staff Writer

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia. In
Menelik Palace, the lofty feasting
hall can easily accommodate En-
peror Halle Selassie and 1000
dinner guests.
At such a banquet, an army
Of liveried walters serve noun
tains of food, 40 musicians blare
Western music and dozens of
scantily clad dancing girls gyrate
for the pleasure of the King and
his guests.
Despite this enormous wealth,
and the power to command all
he wishes. his constant companion
and obviously favorite friend
Is q Chihuahua lap dog which
he has carried with him on state
functions. The dog often maps In
the spacious royal throne.
Since the death this year Of
his wife, the 72-year- old Monarch
seems lost amid the spacious
luxury Of his many ornate palaces
throughout Ethiopia palaces
lavishly decorated with gold and
silver ornaments, thick plush car
pets and priceless furniture. His
once proud shaggy black beard
Is now literally tinged with grey.
More sorrow came TO him a few
months after his wife died when
his youngest child, his 31-year-
old son, was killed in an auto
accident.
Thoush small In stature = he
boosts his height to nearly 5 feet
2 by wearing wedge-soled shoes
he Is q grand man in the eyes
Of his subjects.
They call him the kindly King,
but he Is best known as the Lion
Of Judah"
Behind this Is the vision Of
him as a man who when need
arises rules with a fist Of iron
without losing his sanity dignity.
Emperor Selassie is credited
with elevating this little-known
country from centuries Of isola-
ton into the modern era Of Jet
planes. automobiles and parking
meters.
With opulence on one hand and
poverty on the other, Ethiopia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04

French-English entente upon
which Canada was founded and
without which it may be unable
to survive, the new Canadian gov
eminent elected last April has
come up with an ingenious re-
definition Of the bicultural ma
ture of the country. What the
Fathers of Confederation really
had in mind, Prime Minister Pear
son has decided, is not simply a
French-Speaking Quebec and an
Notwithstanding remainder of the
country, but a nation in which
both languages and cultures would
be on equal footing, practically
as well as theoretically, in every
corner of the dominion.
To this end he has lust sp-
pointed a royal commission on
biculturalism. 1t will make recon-
mendations ito ensure the BIZ
lingual and basically eicultural
nature Of the Federal administra-
tion," and to promote bilingualisrn
IA speaking knowledge Of both
French and English) and "a more
widespread appreciation of the
basically hicultural character Of
our country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
Se|assie Holds Onto Iron Rule

themselves at his feet. kissing the
earth as he walks by.
He emanates an air Of kind
illness and sympathy. One courtier
explains. "the people look upon
the Emperor as a kindly con-
siderate father"
Daily outside the palace en-
trance people from all walks of
life seek audience, airing
grievances or seeking justice.
Many times he has been known
to waive court sentences or erase
debts which his subjects cannot
possibly pay.
To these poor and humble peo-
pie he is known as the Lamb
Of Judah"
An enormous lion, who some
times roars when bored, guards
the entrance to the royal palace.
and although chained presents a
fearful sight to unwary visitors,
Throughout the royal grounds
cheetahs and leopards roam at
liberty and many a renowned
guest has been presented with
a lion as gift from the Emperor.
Although surrounded by luxury
seldom seen in Western capitals,
Emperor Selassie is deeply con-
scious of the poverty and back
wardness of his 20 million
subjects, the majority Of whom
earn less than $50 yearly.
Four times the size Of Great
Britain, Ethiopia's agricultural
resources determine the economic
life OF the country.
But archaic methods OF farm
ing produce poor crops hardly
sufficient TO meet her internal
demands. Mineral exploitation, al
though taking place on q small
scale, has yet TO provide any
worth while finds.
The Italian invasion Of Ethiopia
and the Emperors subsequent
exile TO Britain during the years
1886 TO l941. coupled with an
influx Of Italian settlers, was pri-
marily responsible for the In
PRODUCTION Of Western civilization
into this hitherto unknown coun-
trys shut off from the world by
towering mountains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04

exists as a contradiction In q
continent now gripped in the rush
of African nationalism.
The presence Of q monarchial
state, together with plush palaces
and the pomp and ceremony at
tending a ruling Emperor, en-
body elements Of Imperialism and
colonialism - the most hated
enemies of African nationalist
leaders.
1t is because Of this that some
observers see the Lion of Judah
as the last of the long string Of
emperors, they predict the I'M
perial house of Ethiopia will
vanish.
Only during the last 80 years
has any appreciable progress been
seen in this, one Of the oldest
countries In the world.
Yet progress Is painfully slow
In this land Of primeval people,
where roads are still handmade
and the mule remains q main
means Of transportation.
Even the newspapers bear the
date Of 1855 In place Of 1868. a
dating based on the Julian calen-
der, discarded by European coun-
tries 400 years ago.
on every bazaar stall giant
paintings depict the legendary
ancestry Of the present Emperor
Comprising A crude hand
paintings. they relate the adj
adventures Of the Ethiopian
Queen Of Sheba, who, impressed
by the wisdom Of Solomon. de-
cided TO visit him In Israel.
Solomon was smitten but the
Queen wouldn't have him. So
Solomon contrived TO trap her
and did so through a ruse. sue
ceeding finally in having a son
with her. The son was Melelik /,
the first King Of Ethiopia.
Halle Selassie Is a direct
descendant and the 325th re-
corded ruler In an unbroken line
Of Emperors.
Whites and Ethiopians alike
bow respectfully as his car drives
through the dusty crumbling city
Of Adds Ababa.
Many Philippians PROSTATE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. C., August q. 1853

all times a Russian-made tele-
phone connects the duty officers
at Panmunjom, but there is little
to talk about. In Korea, as else
where, very little is negotiable.
Stretching east and west to
the sea from Panmunjom, the
2.4-mile wide demilitarized zone,
or DMz, is strange silent cash
across the Korean landscape. This
is the only land in teeming Korea
not planted to crops. No one
lives here. Brush and grass, for
sythia and wild plum cover the
shell-scarred hills which once had
names like Pork Chop and Old
Badly. Small Korean deer and
the magnificent green-necked
Monaghan pheasant abound in the
brush, for the DMZ has become
an accidental game sanctuary. re-
mote from the pressures of Asian
population.
But the DMZ is not deserted.
Down its center runs the barbed
wire fence Of the MIDI, or mill
tary demarcation line, marked
with multi-lingual warning signs,
and thousand police posts stand
guard on either side, ready at a
moments notice to call the armies
into acton once again.
Enemy Under Surveillance
And day and night American and
ROK patrols move across the hills
and valleys on their side of the
wire. The patrols look for infil-
traitors, keep an eye on the enemy,
and report changes in enemy for
tifications, or anything of mill
tary interest. In an attempt to
keep the other side honest, pa
trolling is serious business.
The night patrols come in rub
Der boots and with blackened faces
for briefings; they carry arms and
live ammunition. They are made
aware the war is not wholly over.
The calm voices of briefing Off
GERS remind them to fire "a green
flare If you have trouble, or a
man is hurt; red star cluster TO
indicate a Communist attack or
invasion"
The patrols are not exercises;
they are for real. Men still die in
Korea.
The patrols ride up to the DMz
in vehicles without lights. Men
move out into the dark, and SER
geantS place them in position.
From time to time radio opera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
By WILLIAM r. FRYE
Contributing Writer

!, UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. =
/, Once again this last week the
United Nations has been rent by
one Of the profoundest and oldest
Of mankind's curses: racial con-
flict.
And once again, q would-he
peacemaker the United States
has been caught in no-man's-land,
with bullets whistling past its ears
from both directions.
The immediate subjects of the
q. N. debate were Portuguese colo
nialism and South African apar-
+, theid, or racial segregation. The
real issue was the future of
/, white rule on the African CONT
nent.
Africans are determined that
there shall be no future for such
!, rule-that the southern third of
: Africa, like the northern two
thirds, shall be free, that is, ruled
by Black Africans.
African feelings have been set
ablaze by two facts:
/. White rule in much Of the
southern third Of Africa has been
; notably unenlightened. The
whites, fearing for their lives,
have sought by repression and
> various political devices to keep
the native people permanently in
! third-class status.
r 2. Africans firmly believe there
Is a deliberate scheme afoot to
! unite South Africa, Southwest At
RIGA, the Portuguese colonies of An
COLA and Mozambique, and South
ern Rhodesia into a single baStion
Of white supremacy.
This would carve out q white
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
African Demand for Self Rule Codes With Irresistible Force

tors and go-betweens: He irri-
tated both sides. The Portuguese
were furious at his open disap-
proval Of their policy and his in
dorsement of self determination,
for their territories. The Africans
were almost equally furious that
he blocked u. N. action, as dis
tinct from exhortation, to bring
about the result.
In calmer moments, the Portu-
gese are likely to realize that the
United States ran very valuable
interference for them. absorbing
part Of what might otherwise have
been much more severe blow.
Similarly the Africans, when
they compare their position after
the U. N. debate. not with what
they hope to get but with what
they had when they started, are
likely to see that the United
States was useful diplomatic col
league.
What they got was substantial.
1t represented strong moral pres
sure on Portugal. The United
States abstained in the vote, but
helped privately to produce that
pressure. And American pressure
is, in the last analysis, the only
practical leverage on Portugal
which the Africans possess.
They are. to be sure, reaching
for an additional source of lever
age. They are threatening to
stage an african Goa" II Portu-
gal continues to stonewall
Observers are not certain how
to assess this danger. It could
simply be the window dressing
necessary to buttress q legal claim
that a threat to the peace" Is