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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Up to Ben Bella

Reports on the fighting between
Algeria and Morocco in the western
Sahara continue to be murky. One
thing is clear, though: There are many
volunteers ready and willing to act as
mediators in an effort to keep the
border strife from escalating into full
scale war.
Members Of the Arab League are
among these volunteers, and United
Nations Secretary General u Thant is
actively engaged in discussing the
Situation with both parties. The chief
potential mediator, however, appears
20 be Emperor Halle Selassie Of Eth
opla. AS a state visitor in Morocco, he
has spent busy week end comforting
with representatives Of Algeria's Premier
Ben Bella and Morocco's King Hassan
man attempt to bring about a peaceful
settlement
The dispute involves the claims of
each country to a desert region that
Is said to be rich in natural resources.
IT involves also matters of ambition
and prestige. There is some suspicion
that Mr.. Ben BELLA Socialist "revo-
lutionary" who has been described as
North Africa's Fidel Castro-is intent
upon subverting and overthrowing the
Moroccan monarchy, which he has
been assailing as feudalistic stooge
Of international Imperialism and capt.
talism. There is some suspicion, too,
that he wants a war against King
Hassan to divert his countrymen's
attention from their domestic woes,
including what could become a serious
sBerber rebellion.
Quite obviously, If the dictatorial
Mr.. Ben Bella is bent upon such a
course, efforts at mediation will get
nowhere. The next few days should
be. decisive in that respect. If he is
willing to have peace, he can have
1t in the form Of a fair negotiated
settlement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Thanks to Ford

There have been many occasions
in the past year to say Thank you"
to the foundations, such as Ford and
Rockefeller, which increasingly are
making life little more livable for
all of us. Ford and Rockefeller are
contributing laviShly to the National
Cultural Center. A year ago, Ford
breathed new life into the Arena Stage.
And now, the Opera Society of Wash
ington is the beneficiary of the foun-
dation's largesse.
To all who have battled red ink
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Library Site

I seriously question wheth-
er construction of a new
Central Library ga blocks
South of the present one in
the area bounded by the al
ley next to the First Con-
gressional Church at Gas @
street NV, @ place, and
Ninth street, Is the best pos
sible expenditure to meet the
needs Of the general public
for library facilities: That is
the end purpose, is 1t not?
The facility that District
Librarian Peterson wants, he
destcribed 10 noe as: sAn g.
story building containing
10000 square feet Of space,
costing about $40 per square
foot. or around So million plus
cost Of the ground (about
$2,350,000 plus cost Of plans
tabout s650.OoO).".
Mr.. Peterson administers
his kingdom Of II branch L.
braries from 400 Pennsylvan-
Ia avenue NV, the 5-story
building constructed In 1912
and expressly designed as q
library. This library has q
total Of $500 square feet Of
disable space, but Mr.. Peter
son uses only 3l,s41 square
feet.
At the behest Of Downtown
Progress, Booz, Allen, and
Hamilton explored the city
and recommended four sites
as suitable for a new Central
Library. Their highest points
were given to q site on F
street b etween Eighth and
Ninth streets NV. This site
Is not only in the real center
Of the downtown shopping
area-which the Ninth and
G place site certainly is
not-but it is a site easily &C.
cessible to Judiciary square,
the Department Of Justic e
Building and other Govern
ment working areas, and Is
In the heart Of mid-city tour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
A Mothers View of the Gifes-Johnson Case

I am appalled, that you al
low Q reputable paper such
as The Star to be used as q
forum for eliciting sympathy
for the criminals, John Giles,
James Giles and Joseph
johnson.
The article by Peter Mas
ley was a fabric Of trickery.
1t recounted at great length
the girls record Of immoral
sex conduct, but only at the
very end did it tell about the
criminal records of two of
the men, namely that Of Jo-
seph johnson who was con-
victed Of an assault charge,
and was discharged from the
Army as unsuitable for serv-
ice and that of John Giles
who was convicte d on a
charge Of housebreaking with
intent to steal.
The article showed photo
graphs of the men as boys of
high school and pre-high
school age, which tended to
make the casual re a d er,
glancing over the article, be-
heve that the crime was
committed by youngsters.
1t laid great stress upon
the character Of the girl, but
little upon the character Of
the men. Before the law,
however, it is the act, rather
than the character of the ae-
tors, which must be give n
prime consideration.
Also, I am aghast at your
editorial commenting on this
case, in which you make q
plea for clemency for the
men on the basis of the girls
lack Of virginity. In The Star
on October IS, you quote Mr..
William w. Blaisdell, Health
Department lecturer on sex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Thonk-You Note

I would like to tn ank
Family g. Child Services "a
United Givers Fund agency
for all the help I have re-
ceived from them during this
past year.
I have not needed financi-
al assistance, but I have
needed guidance and thera-
py. Overwhelming depres-
sions. sometimes bordering
on suicide. have haunted me.
I am not out Of the woods
yet. but I am getting better.
Thank you. Family g.
Child Services, for caring.
And thank you, Contributors
to the United Givers Fund,
for making this help possible.
Grateful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

BRIDGES AND MEN. BY
Joseph Gies. Drawings by
Jane 0rth Ware. Tables,
Illus, 343 PIP. Doubleday
& Co.; $3.50
Bridges permit man to pass
seemingly impossible bar
riers. Small wonder we find
them fascinating, be they
mythical, metaphorical, or
real. And small wonder that,
purely engineering book S
aside, there is a considerable
literature about them.
Bridges and Men" by Jo-
seph GieS, an editor Of This
Week Magazine, is the latest
in a long series, a series that
will no doubt continue.
The title indicates Mr.. Gies'
special emphasis. Those Of
the worlds bridges that he
selects for extended discus
sion share their places with
the men who built them. The
chapter about the st. Louis
Bridge is called "James Eads
Falls in Love with the MisSis-
Sippi," the biography Of the
Brooklyn Bridge is as much
the story of John and Wash
ington Roebling as it is Of their
masterpiece, and in reading
about the bridges Of the early
18th century, we read also Of
the origins and educationS Of
their designers.
The approach is an interest
ing one, made more interest
ing still by considerable mate
rial about ancient, medieval,
and Renaissance bridges; for
the most part, these fit Mr..
Gies' plan only with difficulty
if at all, and he might have
elected to skip over them on
systematic grounds. But they
are essential to the story, and
1t is well that here he let his
general plan 60.
Lack Of System
But the lack of system, use
full in this particular instance,
is bad in the book as a whole.
Mr.. Giles seems not to have
kept track of which terms he
has defined and which he has
not. The reader knows all
about the various forms Of
arch (and the drawings Of
them are excellent), but
terms like "viaduct" and
"causeway" 60 without defini-
ton. A key word like "canti-
lever" is not in the index.
Moreover, Mr.. GieS seems
to have read a great many
things without sorting, judg-
ing and organizing the sup
posed facts. In his chapter
on Old London Bridge, he
offers a disjointed recital: In
1881, ahouse fell off the bridge
into the river, Gin 1897 an
other peasant uprising was
crushed by the new Tudor
monarch, Henry VII" ''in
1854 the drawspan was cut
down in a skirmish :" and
so on.
Earlier in the chapter,
Henry II, Eleanore of Aqui-
tame, John (Lackland), and
Simon de Montfort are Scram-
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ence that concern the minds
of the young. 1t would have
made no difference to these
lascivious men. They would
have acted just as they did.
To protect women, good" or
"bad"-Christ did not con-
denim the prostitute-from
such attacks, punishment
should be severe.
The fact tina t Maryland
has not sent a man to his
death for rape since 1948 is
not a basis for clemency. If
the 1913 precedent had been
followe d, it might have
served as a deterrent to the
men in this caee.
Society cannot tolera t e
this kind of reversion to the
jungle and r e m ain civilized.
Neither can it afford to let
such criminals as the Giles
brothers and Joseph John
son loose, or support them in
prison for life terms.
In the CheSSman case of
California, Governor Brown
did not weaken in the face of
enormous pressure from all
over the Nation to commute
the death sentence of a Grim
inal, and although he him.
self is not a believer in capt.
tai punishment, he felt that
courts are the proper agen-
cies to dispense justice, and
did not interfere with the de-
cision.
1t is to be hoped that Gov
ernor Tawes will be equally
unmoved by the pleas for
clemency for these wicked,
lawIess men regardless of the
protests of emotional people,
distorted articles such as
Peter Masley's and ill-consid-
cred editorials of The Star.
A Mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

One Of the most powerful
men in South Wet Nam, Ngo
Dinh Nhu, has Just publicly
denounced the United States.
Nhu-brother and adviser Of
South Wet Namese President
Diem and husband Of the ia
nous Nine. Nhu-has charg-
ed US with opening "a proc
ess Of disintegration in Wet
Nam" And he has said the
Wet Namese people have lost
confidence in the United
States Government.
That these extraordinary
accusations are unfair and
untrue is not the point. The
point is that, somehow or
other, affairs have been per-
mitted to reach this incredi-
bic state between two gov
ernments militarily allied in
a war Of resistance against
Communist aggressors.
Obviously, this sort Of
thing cannot go on. The
Kennel y administration
endlessly howled at here at
home by quasi-pacifists who
can see nothing good in "an
undemocratic" South Wet
Namese regime, even though
it is doing a notable job Of
killing armed and attacking
Communists - has got into
a box from which there Is
only one exit. The United
States Government must
make up its mind either to
make a full and patient re-
Cancellation with the Diem
regime, whatever its faults,
or in honest candor to throw
it out and put in another
which can carry on the war.
This halfway business we
are now in - backing Diem
militarily but constantly Bit
ing at him as "undemo-
cratic" and flinching like
some affronted schoolgirl
when some Diem or Nhu or
female Nhu blasts at us
is far worse than merely I'M
dignified. 1t is going to lead
to disaster unless 1t is
stopped. Since we are not
out there because we love
Diem and his family it mat
tiers little whether they love
us-so long as we all carry
on the one proper mission,
the war itself.
We did not go there to
make certain that every sin
gle peasant has rural cleo
trification and social secu-
rity by tomorrow morning.
Therefore, Diem's domestic
shortcomings are really none
of our business. II his short
comings are military In ma
ture or effect, let's get rid Of
him and find somebody in
his place. But let's not, at
any rate, go on and on with
this tranSoceanic scream
ing match as though this
we're the most important
thing in the world.
9 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

and venereal diseases, as
saying that "a goodly per-
centage" of high school stu
dents have had sexual inter-
course. The girl in this case
is a product of the relaxed
morals Of our times, and her
relaxed morals are no excuse
for the heinous offense Of
these criminals, and to exon
crate them because their VIC
tim was not a virgin is to in
ject non-legal elements into
the case. After all, If justice
were meted out according to
the sex purity of victims of
lawlessness-and this would
include both men and wom-
men-we could eliminate a
good many jails.
What lance did a To-
year-old girl have, alone,
a gainst three grown men,
two with criminal records, in
a dark forest at nightP They
hunted her down. She did
not solicit them. We can dis
regard what the men claim
she did or said, for Of course
they were trying to save
tn emseives. The circum-
stances point to an atrocious
attack; the smashing into a
car where two young, de-
fenseless people sat, savagely
beating the male occupant,
chasing a terrified 16-year-
old girl through the woods
and forcing intercourse upon
her. She had no recourse but
to submit to them. Whether
or not you call 1t 'trape' Is a
matter Of semantics. The girl
might have been q lovely.
pure sub-deb returning from
a party with her escort who
together were lingering by
the roadside to discuss those
weighty problems Of exist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY.
The Fascination of BRIDGES
BY DONALD MINTZ

bled together in a single para
graph In a way that seems to
imply that they were essen
tally contemporaries.
Melange Of Bits
Near the end Of the book
there is a chapter called by
the Rude Bridge that Arched
the Flood" that consists of a
melange Of short bits Of this
and that, each under its own
Subhead. The chapter is dis
concerning.
A bit further, we find some
rather odd literary criticism:
Robert Jordan, "a somewhat
incredible soldier of fortune"
knows nothing about bridges.
That seems to take care of
For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Thornton Wilder fares no bet
ter than Hemingway. The
reader gathers that what Mr..
Gels has against 1.-THE Bridge
of San Luis Rey" is that it is
insufficiently concerned with
the bridge as a physical OBJ
ject.
Nevertheless, there is also
good, solid information here,
much of it concisely stated
and devoid of the simpering
that disfigureS most Of the
chapter headings and a fair
part of the text.
The G orge Washington
(Bridge)," we read, Ibid not
merely set a new record in
span length. At one stroke it
doubled the previous record
for bridges of any form. :.
1.-THE George Washington
represents a jump in bridge
size not limited to length of
span; it involves a significant
increase in weight for a sus-
pended structure, made posi-
BILE by improved steel wire. It
also represents striking and
radical departure in design.
The steel towers, of course,
established a new record in
height, six hundred feet. Yet
this increase was smaller pro-
portiOnately than the increase
in span length, which means
that the catenary &c able
curve) is exceptionally flat"
Not inspiring, perhaps, but
clear and to the point.
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Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE


@. How does a hare differ
from a rabbit?-T.C.
A. In the United States,
little distinction is made be.
tween h ares and rabbits,
both being generally called
rabbits. In Europe the word
rabbit distinguishes SIN all
burrowing species which live
in underground warrens.
Rabbits are smaller in size
than hares, and have shorter
ers and feet. They are naked
and blind at birth, while
hares are born covered with
hair and with eyes open. Our
jack rabbit and snowshoe
rabbit are hares; our cotton
tail is neither a true rabbit
(since it does not bu1Tow) nor
a hare, but is usually CLASSIC
fled as a rabbit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
THE PASSING SCENE
Disaster if Diem Row Continues

The grsvest Of all the end
less political crises between
the United States Govern
ment and the government Of
South Wet Nam is clearly
looming ahead.
The small space Of the
coming month may well in
close answers to the largest
and most somber questions:
viii the most effective mill
tary effort ever made to halt
creeping Communist agrees
sion in Southeast Asia be al
lowed to go on to ultimate
success? Or will all the sacri-
flee and fighting-and the
dying-of the joint Ameri-
ean-Viet Namese military
forces against the Commu-
mist marauders be thrown
away in some final and con-
vulsive failure to reach some
reasonable political accom-
mediation between Washing
ton and Saigon?
Not since the half-victory
- half-defeat Of Korea -
where the Truman admins
tration fought a tragically
toO-limited war and the
Eisenhower administration
liquidated that war on q set
Element far too generous to
other Communist invaders
has this country faced graver
decisions than now.
For it is no longer possible
to doubt that while the mill
tary program in South Wet
Nam still goes surprisingly
well, all things considered,
the diplomatic position is
becoming so hopelessly en-
FILTERED as to imperil the
whole show.
In all these circumstances
those who concern themselves
so deeply with the ms and
outs of the current visit here
Of Nine. Ngo Dinh Nhu are
entitled to pursue these ex-
elements, If this is the meas
ure Of their awareness Of
reality. 1t is not against the
law to center upon the til
niest Of irrelevancies in the
middle Of a struggle Of world
wide meaning, any more than
it was for so many Ameri-
cans to debate with such pas
sion the exact rights and
wrongs Of the military COM
missions given to Franklin
Roosevelt's sons at the onset
Of the World War II.
1t is, however, surely some
thing of q mistake, If one
may rather understate the
matter, to fix national atten-
ton on somebody's sister-in-
law at a time when the issue
is really not how noble or
nasty-tongued that striking
lady may be. Rather, the bald
issue is how-and whether
the Free World is to be able
to hold something called
Southeast Asia.
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list destinations: the Capitol,
Lincoln Museum, Archives,
the FBI, the Portrait Gallery
and other Smithsonian COL
lections, and Washington's
unique architectural MASTER
piece. the Tariff Commission
Building.
We would all benefit
greatly by the addition of a
beautiful City Library to this
historic 18th Century site Of
the first Federal City lots on
Eighth street between z and
F streets NV.
Sue Clegg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry IUriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used mill be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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Sour on MEL

1t just does not seem posi-
bic that the professional
American Football League
fails to see the great oppor-
tunity that beckons to it in
the Washington area.
After being fed a steady
diet Of less-t h q n-mediocre
Redskin teams for 10 years,
we fans would welcome an
other professional team to
this area with q support that
would have 1t Keeling with
delight. -... Ma.
Samuel Shapiro.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22
Electric Winter Heat
and Summer cooling

IN Plymouth, NO. the 8,
room re, and 2,bath home OF
Or. and Mrs. +. vernon non
Jeter, stays snugy a,'p
cleanIy warm al winter, !.
Heavenly cool all summer
With al Electric Heat Pump
Electricity for aIIyeaf com.
fort conditioning comes y
less than Sl3 a month";
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22
Church Women
OF District 6
Meet March %

BUCKINGHAM. March q ~
The seventh annual meeting of
District 6. Women of the Church.
AEromattox Presbytery. will
meet at the Maysville Presby-
Terrain Church at Buckingham
Court House on March %.
The meeting VIII begin at 10
am. and Continue through the
lunch hour.
Mrs. Charles Hall. of 8ucking-
ham. chairman of the district.
will preside. Theme for the pro
gram is Our Unity in Christ. :"
Principal speakers are: the
Rev. j. Hoge Smith. OF Farm
vile. a former missionary to
Brazil, Mrs. R. c. Edmunds. of
Halifax and world mi ION S
chairman Of the Appomattox
Presbytery: Mrs Charles P.
Wilson. of Richmond. a member
OF the Synodical Board OF Vir-
ginia; Mrs. Hunter P. Evans. Of
Concord. Massanetta chairman.
AppomattoX Presbyterial: Bruce
Harvey. of Altavista. moderator
OF Appomattox Presbytery: and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22

Mrs s, Thomas Martin. Of
Lynchbufg, hurch extension
chairman, Appon1attoy Presby
terial.
District 6. APPROPRIATION Pres
bytery, comprises II churches
Apromattox c. H., Apponattox
P. E.. Arvon. Browns, Center
College, Cumberland, Davis Me
mortal, Farmville. Fork Union
Guinea. jamestown, Maysville
New Store. Stonewall. Trinity
and Walkers.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22

lNsUIaIed. BODY floors are select wood.
not metal. Tailgate chains are wrapped
in rubber. # you'd like to examine
or drive a new '63 Chevrolet truck,
just call Us. Wen be right over.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22
Felden

March q Mrs. Ruby Redd
accompanied Dr.. Edwin Wade.
of Bluefield, and his sisters.
Mrs. Pettigrew and Mrs.
Wooton. to Charlotte c. H. Mon
day when Dr.. Wade presented
the Charlotte County APVA Mu-
scum with a table which had
been John Randolph's and a set
CT Marion Hollands cut glass
goblets Later. they were guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Ingram,
at Moldavia.
Dr.. Marcellus Waddill and
family Of Wake Forest College
spent the week end with his
mother, Mrs. Sallie Waddlll. The
Rev Thomas Waddill and fami-
ly. of Appomattox, visited in the
same home.
After nearly two weeks in the
Southside Community Hospital
Linda Layne is slowly recuper-
ating in her home from fail
sustained two weeks ago.
Mrs George Redd and Miss
Virginia Redd, of Meherrin,
were Saturday guests of Mrs.
Ruby Redd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Quarles
visite d their son. Dr.. John
Qaarles. and family. in York
county. last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. w. p Ingram,
of Moldavla. Charlotte county
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22

We're guests Vi Mrs Ruby fedi
Friday.
Clyde Ransom and Martin Gov
lrgton visited Clarence and Win
ston Quarles Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Martin Coving-
ton visited Mr.. and Mrs. Flave
DriskiN in Abilene, Friday.
Scotty Covington, the young
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Covington, is reported better
after an Illness Of several days.
Mrs. Goodacre. Of Virginia
who is now making her home
with her sister. Mrs. Sallia Wad-
dill. is in Southslde Community
Hospital.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22
REP. HALE BOGGS CDLA)

REP. HALE BOGGS CD-LA)
said Saturday it may be posi-
bic to cut taxes by more than
President Kennedy has recon-
mended and still keep the deficit
within the limits set by the chief
executive. The House majority
whip based his estimates on in
dications that the deficit for the
current fiscal year may be
somewhat less than the ll.9 bill
lion dollars anticipated by the
Kennedy administration At the
same time Boggs. who is a
member Of the Ways and Means
Committee. accused Republicans
OF conducting IAN exercise III
hypocrisy" by recommending
budget cuts and then voting for
a bill containing half a billion
dollars more for planes. mis-
siles. and ships than was re-
quested by The President.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-22
W0men's Club Members To Visit
Boys Plantation After Meeting

ton. This last cottage. which
will house IS boys. was financed
b. the Brookneal Chamber Of
Commerce. the Brookleal Jun
ior Chamber Of Commerce, and
others.
The invitation was extended
by the board of directors. the
building committee, and Mfr.
and MIS-. W. T. Wingfield su-
periatendent and assistant sup
erintendent Of Patrick Henry
Bows Plantation, Light refresh
nents will be served.