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Evening star., 1963-09-24
Odds on Quints

Your September II editori-
al entitled Double Quintu-
plets" has q statement which
Is not quite accurate. It is
not true that "the recent ar
rival Of two sets only a week
apart verges on the incom-
prehensible."
The actual odds are COM
puted by considering the fol-
lowing problem: If quintu-
plets are born, what is the
probability that within q
week another set Of quintu-
plets will be born? The solu-
ton Of this problem Is as fol-
lows: Since Gas the editorial
points out) there are
57,289,761 births per set of
quintuplets and 100000
births per week, then one
would expect quintuplets
each 286 weeks. A reasonable
mathematical model gives
the probability that the next
set occurs within q week as
[1-exp(-1/286) ] which is nu-
merically about 1926.
Thus the actual odds are
1925. These odds are far
from astronomical and are
considerably better than
1899 which are the odds Of
choosing the winning num-
Der at 80 number roulette
two times in q row.
Charles Dewitt Roberts,
Ph.D.
Evening star., 1963-09-24
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Taste of a Tax Cut
By GOULD LINCOLN

will. Only two major ap-
preparation bills, Treasury
and Interior Departments
totaling 81 billion - have
been passed at this session.
Ten more appropriation bills
totaling $83 billion await
final action.
The Republicans claim
that congressional polls OF
constituents as well as other
reliable national polls show
that the American people
oppose a tax cut without
accompanying spending cuts
by the Government. This is
open to doubt. Too many are
ready to take the cash-in
the amount Of their tax re-
ductions-and let the credit
go. They are willing to
gamble, along with the Pres
ident and the New Frontiers
men, that the theory Of tax
cutting and increased spend
ing by the Government can
go hand in hand to bring
increased production, in
creased number Of en-
ployes, and increased Gov
ernment revenues. The taste
of a tax cut is good in their
mouths. If they must con-
tinue on this treadmill-and
indeed they must if the Ken
nedy program continues
they are willing to take the
chance.
Called myth"
The argument is that a
Government successfully can
take financial risks that an
individual or a private busi-
ness concern cannot take.
The suggestion that an in
dividual cannot spend more
than he takes in and not go
under in the end - II he
keeps up the practice-is dis
counted by the New From
tierSmen when applied to the
Federal Government. It Is
called a myth" smacking Of
Puritanism, in these modern
times. 1t is a fact that the
Government Of the United
States can do these things
and so far survive. The Gov
ernment has accumulated a
$500 billion national debt to
prove it-and the Republic
cans insist that If the Ken
nedy tax reduction and
spending plans continue as
planned, this debt will be in
creased another $35 billion
during 1868, 1864 and 1865.
Those members Of Con-
greSs who talk Of the di-
minishing value of the dollar
and the threats of devaStat-
ing initiation are voices howl
ing in the wilderness, 1t ap-
pears. The voices are those
of Democrats as well as
Republicans.
But the cry for a tax cut
-now-goes up from busi-
ness and labor and millions
of Northumberland many
are willing to take such q cut
on any conditions.
Evening star., 1963-09-24

In all Of mans activities,
day to day, or long range,
the aim usually Is and should
be to do the right thing-to
do what is good for mankind
and civilization. This fire.
quently precludes free ego
tiStical expression, and ma
turaIly raises q question
about what Is the right
thing. Each person has the
capacity to determine the
right thing If he but elimi-
mates or controls selfish con-
siderations, questions the
validity Of the beliefs imposed
upon him before he reached
the age Of reason, resolves
to tell both sides Of a matter,
and to convey the whole
truth.
In view Of the above I
protest the publicity being
given by our newspapers to
the position being taken by
Governor Wallace against
racial discrimination. The
news stories further his
egotiStical aims and encour-
age large numbers of we'll
intentioned individuals to
take similar positions. The
news stories have a snow
balling effect and tend to
generate attitudes that are
contrary to good law and
order.
The responsible newspaper
need not fear the charge Of
censorship in dealing with
news Of this kind. After all,
censorship is an attempt to
control the conduct and
ethics Of an individual or
group. The responsible news
paper would simply decide
not to print quantities Of
material helpful to selfish
demagogues in the exercise Of
its regular operations, and
would be displaying to its
readers a sense of respon-
sibility to the general public.
Philip f. Cherp
4 y
Your recent editorial criti-
cizing Senator Wayne Morse
for bringing to light Cover
nor George Wallace's medical
record Of psychoneurosis is q
good example Of misplaced
liberalism and hypercritical
fairness.
When an elected official,
who Is responsible for tn e
welfare Of thousands Of cit
izens (even their deaths, in
some cases Of capital crimes),
shows such behavior patterns
as Governor Wallace. OF
a mentally Ill person, all
the facts Of the officials
mental fitness or unfitness
should be brought to the
public's attention.
william II. ThrOckmOrtOn.
Evening star., 1963-09-24
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
What Science Means to Agriculture
By RALPH McGHL

Scientists determined, for
example, that cows grazing
only the top halves of pas
ture plants are at least 40
per cent more productive
than those eating the lower
halves. Research has deter
mined that 1t takes a pound
Of grain for each eight
pounds Of milk produced to
make up the difference in
nutrients between the top
and bottom halves of plants.
Cows grazing on the top
halves and also having grain
added to their feed, produce
twice as much milk in two
to three months as cows eat
ing the lower halves and not
receiving grain.
Chemical analysis Is the
most reliable test. Agricul-
tural scientists seek, and
measure, the energy value Of
feeds. Science has deter
mined, for example, that the
protein content of feeds In
livestock have value only to
the degree they are digesti-
BILE by the dairy COW or beef
animal. Only about 46 per
cent Of protein In timothy,
by way Of illustration, is
digestible as against 81 to 10
per cent in the better clovers.
Bluegrass and Sudan grass
are found to have about 81
per cent digestible protein.
Corn, the old dependable,
has a protein content Of
which a high 76 per cent is
digestible. Oil meal from soy
bean and linseed have high
quality digestible protein at
about IS per cent. Fish meal
is listed at 81 per cent, wheat
bran at 83 per cent.
Alfalfa, a tall feed crop,
contains a protein digesti-
bility percentage Of about 73
per cent. A farmer who
knows this and feeds 1t will
do much better than one
who doesn't know and feeds
timothy or some other forage
with a low protein digesti-
bility count.
Failure 10 Know Costly
Failure to know means that
the livestock producer or
dairyman must feed more ex-
pensive concentrates to make
up some Of the difference.
These are some Of the more
simple, basic examples Of
what science means to agri-
culture. There are. Of course,
the more dramatic, large
scale programs which often
are like science fiction In
their magic and mystery.
Meanwhile, Nikita Khru-
shchev has told his people
the truth about U. s. farm
ing Soviet farmers are using,
he said, seven times as much
labor to produce grain as the
U. s.. five times the labor
to grow potatoes, six times
as much to grow beets, IA
times as much to grow cat
tie, and 16 times as much to
raise pigs.
tAll Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1963-09-24

Science is the real farmer"
of today. What does it mean?
Communist C hina, after
the disaster Of her great
leap-forward years, began in
1861 to take capital from in
dustry and give it to agri-
culture. She now reports
there is improvement - but
not enough.
Russia frankly initiates the
United States. Her farm prob
lens improve. But she still
has shortages and requires
too much labor, and makes
too many mistakes In her
approach. Her scientific
methods are chaotic.
Any man today who grew up
on q farm north Of the cot
ton lands remembers the job
Of getting in hay, Of pulling
fodder on cold mornings, and
of shucking corn for the
cribs. Before the balers, hay
was brought in piled high in
wagons and then forked into
lofts. 1t was hot, sweating
work. The fragrance Of hay
in the early morning and the
beauty Of cut fields with the
rows of hay drying in piles
disappeared with the climb
ing Of the sun.
Most Widely Grown Crop
Today, hay is still the most
widely grown crop in this
country. There are many
other forage crops. Science
has touched them all. The
successful coupling Of science
with United States agricul-
ture is a story to fill many
books. Every day brings new
discoveries. The Federal and
State experimental stations
have paid rich dividends
and they keep them coming.
The approach Of science to
forage offers an illustration
that enables one to compre-
hend how every crop, animal,
seed, plant and process have
been, and are, under scien-
tific observation.
John E. Baylor, extension
agronomist at Pennsylvania
State University. has describ-
ed how experiments there
produced results that became
a statewide program. Today,
livestock farmers in about 35
States are using some form
Of testing service. At least
80 are employing chemical
analysis.
What grandfather didn't
know-and what the Russians
understand only a little and
the Red Chinese even less
is that all forages vary wide
ly - even with a single
species. The farmer needs to
know the true nutritive value
Of what he feeds. Agronomist
Baylor notes that hay is
grown on more than 60 mil
lion acres each year, which
produced in 1862, 12l million
tons Of forage. Corn and
sorghum for silage accounted
for 80 million tons Of animal
feed last wear.
Evening star., 1963-09-24

curious people who are not quints.
Three of the quints are now married
and have nice families of their own.
Another is in a convent. However they
feel toward their parents, it is hard
to justify this public denunciation of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dionne in the twilight of
their lives. If it was for money, which
the girls apparently don't need, it does
not add up to very pleasant perform
ance,
Evening star., 1963-09-24

The long-awaited tax re-
duction bill reaches the
floor Of the House today,
with every prospect Of pas
sage this week-with or
without a Republican
amendment tying a limit
on Government spending,
during the present and the
next fiscal year, to tax re-
duction. Under the closed
rule for consideration of the
bill, this proposed amend
ment and this alone will be
voted upon before the vote
for final passage. The vote
will come on the amendment
after eight hours of general
debate.
In those eight hours, the
Republicans hope to convince
a sufficient number Of Demo-
Gratis to join with them to
make certain of the proposed
limitation on expenditures
$97 billion in fiscal 1864 and
$98 billion in 1865 year
in which the Kennedy ad-
ministration expects to
spend $102 billion. Both
sides are claiming victory.
The pressure for a tax cut
now Is heavy from many
sides. Even the Republicans
favor such a cut, as Repre-
sentative John w. Byrnes Of
Wisconsin said in his tele-
vised address in answer to
President Kennedy's recent
broadcast to the country for
help in getting Congress to
pass the tax bill. But Mr..
Byrnes insisted that a tax
cut would be meaningless
without a cut in spending.
He commented that Presi-
dent Kennedy promised to
cut spending while at the
same time he proposed
new Government projects
which will necessitate
more spending. Admins
tration promises to cut
spending, made before, have
brought no results. 1t is
urged that the adoption Of
the Republican amendment
to the tax bill would
strengthen efforts by the
House to cut the budget in
the face of frequent restora-
tions by the Senate Of the
amounts cut by the House.
The Republicans urge, too,
that the amendment would
bolster business confidence
and general public conf
dence that the Government
intended finally to make a
real economy effort.
Share Spending Blame
The Government in this
case means both the Con-
gress and the President. For
Congress, after all, is as
much or more to blame for
heavy Government spending
as is the Chief Executive.
Congress makes the author
izations and appropriations,
and the Executive has broken
no laws. Indeed, Congress
still can cut the budget and
so curtail expenditures If 1t
Evening star., 1963-09-24
Seed and Fruit

I have Just read William S.
Whites column in The Star
Of September 18. entitled
"Alabama's Tragic Effect in
Senate"
Along with Mr.. White, 1
am a Southerner, not only by
birth and raising" but with
deep and everlasting ties of
love and loyalty. There is no
doubt that what has hap
pened there in recent years
has hurt people like us more
than it has hurt the less SEN
timental and less concerned.
But I write today to dis
agree in part with what Mr..
White has written.
I believe he overlooked q
very important part Of the
story.
He sympathized with
Southern Senators over the
fact that their national in
fluence has been lessened
substantially by what has
happened in Alabama. There
is no doubt that our con-
ssion al representation
from the South has been Sc
riously impaired in its ma
tional prestige by the acts of
hoodlumiSm and anarchy
that have been committed by
what Mr.. White refers to as
"scalawags" back home.
But, while there are excep-
tions, of course, many Of
these same members Of Con-
gress, over the years, have
actually given strong en-
couragement to these scala
wags." They have failed to
lend their own great prestige
and leadership to moderation
and reason and respect for
law. The very stalwartS to
whom the South has had
every right to look for help
in the difficult job Of find
ing the way to better future
race relations have over and
over again, by active effort
and by studied silence, helped
to fire the kettles of
hate" referred to the other
day in the moving editorial
Of Eugene Patterson Of At
lanta.
In the approval Of the
Southern manifesto" in
sponsoring massive resist
ance," in filibustering on
civil rights measures, In
countless speeches from the
stump back home, they have.
in fact, given to the scala
wags" a false feeling of re-
spect and acceptability.
without Of course the in
tent to do so, they have
given to the insane bombers,
the vengeful snipers. who
ever they have been, the feel
ing that by dastardly acts Of
this kind they were actually
being courageous and were
carrying out their part Of the
fight for conservatism" or
States rights" or some other
noble titled cause in which
they had been exhorted to
stand up and fight"
AS these members Of the
Congress contemplate their
loss of prestige, in all candor
should they not now accept,
rather than Mr.. Whites SYM
patny, the lamentation in
Byron's "Childe Harold?
e. . The thorns which I have
reaped are Of the tree
I planted-they have torn
me-and I bleed:
I should have known what
fruit would spring
from such O seed"
lie Roy Collins
Evening star., 1963-09-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom- =
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-09-24
Defends Us

I disagree with the opin-
ions expressed in the letter
from Thomas H. Ploss pub
lished on September 18. The
Star, in my opinion, has
taken an objective stand on
all issues of the civil rights
question and in some cases of
note has pointed out in edi-
torials the position of the
newspaper in relation to opin-
ions expressed by syndicated
columnists.
Iaura,nca Tnr,nnIrins
Evening star., 1963-09-24

are born under the shadows
of discrimination and segre-
cation.
If it is true that the South
sends its "best men" to Con-
gress, have they no RESPONSE
bility for leading their con-
stituents to acceptance of
the true American way of life
or are they in Congress
only to preserve that special
way of life which denies
freedom and justice to more
than 10 per cent of the pop
ulation? When did Mr.. White
hear a single Southern men,
ber of Congress calling for
obedience to the laws of our
land, or even for ordinary
morality? Mute, indeed-but
they have been silent for a
long, long time, long before
Birmingham, Mr.. White.
Miriam T. Murtha.
Evening star., 1963-09-24
Scratch Shot

A letter recently stated
the Boys Club of Greater
WaShington's Jelleff Branch
was planning to install more
pool tables in its games room
program and asked why
United Givers Fund money
should be used for such
a program.
This information Is alb
solutely incorrect. The Boys
Club Of Greater Washington
has not installed and is not
planning to install any more
pool tables at the Jelleff
Branch or at any other
branch. Not that we would
MT accept any if we were
offered them, because we be-
lieve that pool is a fine rec
reation activity, to which
thousands of people who
have pool tables in their
recreation rooms will testify.
The Boys Club maintains
a well-balanced program of
physical. vocational, camp
ing, cultural, and recrea-
tional activity, and we don't
intend to over-emphasize
any program, at the expense
OF others. Youngsters who
by their nature spend a
great deal of time in ex-
uberant activities, must also
be given the opportunity for
needed periods Of uuieter
recreation which the game
OF pool provides. In times of
inclement weather, when
outdoor activities are not
available, this and other
games keep the youngsters
occupied and happy.
The people in the WASH
ington area can be assured
that our organization will
continue, as it has In the
past 40 years, to offer the
finest possible programs and
services in the Boys Club
field, to build better citi-
zens for our community.
Paul E. Casassa
Executive Director, Boys
Club Of Greater Washington.
Evening star., 1963-09-24
Flexible Tito

Gle OF september 13, Bernard
GWertzman was somewhat
magnanimous in discussing
the great influence of Com.
munist Yugoslavia upon East
ern European satellite coun-
tries. Once before, in 1855,
the Yugoslav Comrade tried
to SHOW the way" to his
neighboring brothers, but
when the Spirit of '56 de-
veloped into a real display
for democracy and indepen-
dence, Tito quickly changed
his stance and turned his
back on the "proletarian"
masses in Hungary.
Those Of us who witnessed
the Hungarian Revolution re-
call that Tito withdrew his
support Of this popular up
rising when he saw how the
inspiration of q true inde-
pendence movement might
spread into the realm Of his
own dictatorship. There was
never any question In the
mind Of this renegade COM
rade as to which way he
would leap when the fires OF
freedom licked at his heels,
namely: back to the left.
Now we are told that the
New Frontier finds this brand
OF philosophy palatable.
Must the White House roll out
the red carpet for Tito only
six days before the seventh
anniversary Of October 23p
H. A. Zan
Evening star., 1963-09-24
BIockout Wallace?

Lawrence TOmpkins.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-30
MIMI HOSPITAL

Admitted Kathleen Hillstrom. Harry Moore, Mamie Snowfall, Lawrence Etukeok, K a h herine Scott, Anna Castell.
 Discharged - Lila Brantley and infant girl. Anita Fenstermacher. New Babies - MT. and Mrs. David Hillstrom, girl born on Oct. 28; grandparents are MT. and Mrs. Vic Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Snowball, girl on Oct. 29; MT. and Mrs. Peter Castell, boy on Oct. 29; MT. and Mrs. Wiley Scott, boy on Oct. 29.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-30
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Emma Bourbon pleaded guilty to being drunk in public and was given 100 days to serve.
 Jacob Okboak also pleaded gull ty to being drunk in public and was hit with 10 day suspended sentence.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-30
EARTH TREMOR IN EAST

BOSTON tR - The eastern sec ton of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire were shaken by an earth tremor today, the second to jolt the area in two weeks. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
 Seismologists at Boston Colleges Observatory in Weston recorded the tremor at 5:38 pm. EST.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-30

The word sincere is said to come from two Latin words, "sina" and "cere," meaning without wax"
, 1963-10-26

FIVE MEN, on thirty years and four Of lesser
Is, shot Harold Cooper on his frontlawn yesterday.
, 1963-10-26

FIVE MEN, on thirty years and four Of lesser
ages, shot Harold Cooper on his frontlawn yesterday.
THEY shot him twice.
ONC in the stomach and kidney.
ANOTHER in the face.
THESE criminals were in Jail in the Frederiksted
Fort. saa
THESE criminals walked out Of jail armed.
HOW DID they get out Of jail?
HOW DID they get weapons?
WHO IS responsible for this outrage?
IF OUR prisons can't keep prisoners locked inside
them, they are no good.
FOR THE safety of our citizens, prisoners should
be sent to Puerto Rico where they do have jans whose
security is effective enough to keep prisoners inside.
N WHOSE personnel is alert enough to keep
prisoners unarmed.
AND THE Government should pay for it.
BECAUSE, there are now five, armed dangerous
criminals loose in ST. Croix.
THE COULD shoot and kill anyoneof us.
, 1963-10-26

light industries We need both--one for the small farmer and the
other for the young men and women, who otherwise would leave
the islands in search Of employment elsewhere in the us
Question No. Is What do you think Of the Power Cooperative, as
proposed by the st. Croix Chamber of Commerce?
a.Are you for or against it?
b. If you are for il. what are your reasons?
{. If you are against il. what are your reasons? #
Answer: / am against this proposal because It Is not in the best
Kodiak mirror., 1963-05-31
George Ameigh Is
 Back In Town Now

George Ameigh arrived back in town for week to 10 days visit. Accompanying him on his trip IS Bob Jacobsen of Hayward, Calif.,
 The two are planning out a full schedule of hunting and fishing n the area. According to George the two will "get a few of those Bus kin River Red Salmon, go out after a 3OO-pound halibut or two, def. initely get some Monashka Bay Ocean Black Bass, hunt a few seal and/or sea lions, and maybe even try for a record Kodiak Brown Bear. I guess we are too early to get a deer or elk though"
Kodiak mirror., 1963-05-31
MOLESTING CHARGE

Robert Berg, IS, was arrested Thursday on a charge of child mo- testing involving a AZ year old girl and 5h year old boy. The alleged incident occurred Tuesday, May 20, and he will be arraigned before Deputy Magistrate Mabel Fenner today, according to City Police Chief Jack Rhines.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-05-31
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN OREGON

Word was received this week of the death of Mrs. Margaret Con- ners, a former resident of Kodiak
 Mrs. Corners has been confined in nursing home in Ashland, Ore, the past few years. She died Wednesday of last week.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-05-31
Miss Laurel Earl
 To Be June Bride In California Rites

MT. and Mrs. Jack Johnson wish to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Laurel Louise Earl, daughter of Mrs. Laura B. Johnson of Kodiak, to Robert Charles Bolden, son of MT. and Mrs. Robert T. Bolden of Thousand Oaks, Calf.
 The wedding is planned for June 18 at Thousand Oaks, Calf.