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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
Cultural Center Action
For Memorial Grows

so interested In lie IN al 10
aspects.
AS now proposed, the center
will cost $50 million, Of which
about half has been raised,
either in cash or in pledges.
Several proposals submitted IN
Congress would provide a Fed
ederal contribution so that
work on the center can begin
as soon as possible.
It has been proposed also
that an effort be made while
funds are being raised for the
center to provide an adequate
endowment to finance perform
ances at the center as well as
for scholarships, fellowships
and competitions for young
artists, composers and authors.
One proposal is that the
Government match each dollar
contributed by the public so
that the total amount raised
will provide an endowment.
Another suggestion is that the
Government itself support an
nual awards to encourage tall
ented young men and women.
A 13-acre site for the center
already has been provided by
Congress near the approach to
the new Roosevelt Bridge. Pres
ident Kennedy last saw-and
admired-the plans for the
center on October 8. when he
called so Of the nations bust
ness leaders to the White
House to urge their support for
the project.
Plans Shown In 1862
The architectural plans for
the center were first shown to
the public on September IL,
1862 at q gathering in New
port, RI, where Mrs. Kennedy
was present. They were shown
on the following day to Mrs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and an
other group Of citizens in Get
tysburg, Pa. Mrs. Kennedy and
Mrs. Eisenhower are honorary
co-chairmen for the fund drive.
The building would include
a 1,200-seat theater. a 2,750-
seat symphony hall and q
2,500-seat auditorium for opera,
musical comedy and ballet. On
the roof, there would be room
for more than 5000 persons to
attend concerts, art exhibits,
festivals, theater-in- the-round,
balls and other functions.
It was announced yesterday
that the International Junior
Diplomats in Washington had
asked its members to contribute
to the center in memory Of
President Kennedy. Contribu-
lions should be made to Inter
national Junior Diplomats"
care Of Vincente E .Berasategui,
Embassy Of Argentina.
A special fund for Kennedy
memorial has also been set up
by the National Cultural Gen.
ter office. 1701 Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
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the counters were getting a lit
tie tired as midnight ap-
preached. When you've seen
one sit-up, you've seen them
all.
Mr.. Greenshields is % years
old. At 5 feet 7 and 146 pounds
(812 of which melted away
during the record-setting) he
Is the smallest man in the class
of 81 apprentice agents taking
their 14-week training at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

until your elbows touch your
knees.
The nearest equivalent in
normal terms is probably that
moment Of agony when you
start to get out Of bed In the
morning. The moment that is
usually accompanied by a low,
heartfelt groan. What Mr..
GreenShields did was roughly
% years worth of these awful
reveilles in a little under five
hours.
The odd thing about the FBI
mans feat-or at least one of
the odd things about its that
Mr.. Greenshields could have
kept going beyond 5000. He
felt fine. It was his counters
that got tired.
Counting Needs Work
"Our physical training is
high; it's our counting that
needs more work." explained
the trainees' instructor. Agent
George Zeiss.
You can't really blame the
counters, though. Mr.. Green
shields started at Z pm. and
even though they worked In re-
lays, It's Understandable that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

TRAGEDIES FORCE one
to think, look for meanings,
and seek to understand. In
these recent days, all Of us
have had a repeated and
varied lesson in the content
and significance Of the word
called symbolism.
This English word is de-
rived from an expression in
vented by the early Greeks.
The Greek word was sym
bolon." 1t described some
thing, or sign, by which one
knows, or inferS, some other
thing.
A common sign by which
another thing Is known is
the simple cross. 1t is the
symbol Of Christianity. The
hammer and sickle Is an
other such unmistakable
symbol.
But not all symbolism is
so commonly known, direct,
and easily understood as
those two examples Of it,
nor is it so easily identifiable
as symbolism.
The pomp and pageantry
of Merrie Old England, for
instance, consists Of a COM
pick of symbols designed to
reflect the past and weld a
people together in the pres
ent.
Symbolism thus can con-
sist Of a single thing that
stands for another, or a
group Of things that, to-
gether, represent either a
simple or complex idea,
method, purpose, goal or
other totality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
District Expected
To Seek One-Cent
Boost in Gas ak
Plea for Additional Revenue Seen
Caused by Highway Fund Deficit

The District Commissioners expected
increase Of cent gallon in the ctys gasoline
Reliable said such recommendation will be in
cuded in the District budget package for fiscal year
which will be sent to the Bureau Of the Budget.
gasoline tax increase from the present to cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
Cities
,~'Rquk
A Matter
For Expiution
By ROBERT J. LEWIS

THE MOST touchingIy
symbolic spectacle ever
exposed usually to the mass
Of the American people, or
to any other people for that
matter, was presented by
teleVision during three re-
cent days against Washing
ton backgrounds chosen al
most wholly for their SYM
bolism.
From the available physi-
cal equipment Of this city.
the men who welded the
television cameras were able
to make us see magnificently
cohesive scenes and settings
by selecting and rejecting,
including and excluding.
The noble views Of Penn
sylvania avenue were selec-
tive views.
They were down the Ave
nue-looking east, but never
looking west the cameras
telescope lens foreshorten-
ing the distance, picking up
the Capitol dome at its full
height (instead Of dimin-
ished by the laws of optics
and perSpective), and con-
centrating on the dolorous
events being played out be-
meath the majestic struc-
tural symbol of our demo-
cratic form Of government.
The stunning views from
the heights Of Arlington
Cemetery Of the professional
advance across Memorial
Bridge came up against the
eye-filling eloquence of the
Lincoln Memorial.
This memorial itself is at
once a symbol, in its form,
proportions and associations,
of another martyred Presi-
dent, Of the demise of slav-
cry that the Nation fought
over, and Of the very foun-
dations Of western civiliza-
ton. Its classic architecture,
patterned after an ancient
Greek temple, wildly re-
minds us Of this.
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BY ORR KELLY
Star staff Writer

The National Cultural Cen
ter, which has been proposed
as a memorial to the late
President Kennedy, would be
significantly different from any
other memorial now standing
in washington.
A number Of Senators and
Representatives already have
introduced bills to designate
the proposed center as a memo
rial to Mr.. Kennedy and the
White House is preparing a bill
that would incorporate the
wishes Of President johnson
and the members Of the Ken
needy family.
Work may start on the GEN.
ter within eight months-far
sooner after his death than the
memorial to any other Presi-
dent.
The center would also be
unique in that President Ken
nedy was one Of its strongest
supporters during his lifetime.
Collection Of funds for the CEN
ter began during President
Eisenhower's administration,
but the fund drive was larg-
ging badly when Mr.. Kennedy
gave it new stimulus through
his personal intrest.
Project Spontaneous
The other major presidential
memorials - those honoring
Washington, Lincoln, jefferson
and Grant-were built many
years after the death Of each
and none was active in pro-
noting construction of the
project during his lifetime.
The thought Of naming the
center for Mr.. Kennedy seemed
to come spontaneously within
hours after his death, to the
minds of scores Of persons
familiar with his interest in
the center. And In each case,
the feeling seemed to be that
a center for music and drama
would be a particularly ap-
propriate memorial for a man
Evening star., 1963-01-16
White Soldiers in Action

The spokesman said a COM
pany of Katangan gendarmes
and 20 to 30 white soldiers fired
machineguns. mortars and
Evening star., 1963-01-16
Congress Forces Align
For Bottle on Budqet

welded to oppose Kennedy
domestic proposals such as
those for establishment of a
Youth Conservation Corps, a
domestic Peace Corps and
large-scale aid to education.
The Presidents program for
social security financed health
care for the elderly falls into
a somewhat different category.
1t would put an added tax take
on individuals at a time when
Mr.. Kennedy is asking that
their income taxes be lowered.
To Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen and House Republican
Leader Halleck all Of this adds
up to a situation that seems
to be made to order for them.
II Congress is going to cut
taxes, they say, then why
shouldn't it also clamp down on
what they contend are costly
programs that can wait q
while? They have some solid
backing for this position among
conservative Democrats.
Mr.. Kennedy has promised "a
manageable budgetary deficit" "
He said this can be accom-
plished by "postponement Of
many desirable programs"
absorption of Federal pay raises
by reducing personnel, termina-
ton of some installations and
substitution Of private for public
Evening star., 1963-01-16

was later discarded for obvious
reasons.
MINIS means Nationwide
Improved Mail Service. a plan
10 have large companies de-
post mail at post offices early
in the day.
The ABCD program stands
for Accelerated Business COL
ltcion and Delivery program.
The object is TO guarantee
prompt delivery OF mail by de-
signaling certain mail boxes
which will be serviced more
frequently than the regular
mail repositories In general use
The POMISP plan-Post Of
flee Management and Service
Improvement program -- is in
tended 10 improve working con-
ditions among postal workers.
Mr.. Thomas says II hasn't
any particula. good that pos
tai clerks can see.
POMSIP originally was call
ed BOMPOP. Alphabetical. d.
dazed employees can't recall
what BOMPOP stood for.
Last but by no means least
Of the programs is ZIP-Zoning
Improvement Plan designed TO
speed delivery OF mails and
with fewer employees.
Mr. Thomas says that some
OF these programs contain
some good ideas. but that in
some cases hy are offset by
gimmicks ahd confusion.
Evening star., 1963-01-16
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star staff Writer

The Post Office Department
is currently engaged in the let
ters same-not Just letters in
the mail but letters in the
alphabet.
Not since the early days OF
the New Deal have there been
such alphabetical projects as
those created by the depart
ment
The various programs under
taken by the department in
cludes the VIVID, the MINIS, the
ABCD, the PoMSIP, III e
BOMBoP, and the ZIP,
The list was recently the
topic OF an entertaining article
by Joseph F. Thomas, organi-
zation director Of the United
Federation OF Postal Clerks.
The VIVID stands for the
Vertical Mail Delivery program
AS Mr.. Thomas points out. this
doesn't mean that letter car
riers will walk on their hands
while delivering the mail. 1t
refers 10 deliveries made to
large offices and apartment
buildings.
The aims OF the program are
rather vague, but there is
nothing new or revolutionary
about VIVID except the name
II formerly was called the vD
proeraU a designation which
Evening star., 1963-01-16
PowersG Granted Divorce,
AIimony Ruled for Wife

MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga. Jan.
l6 CAP) Francis Gary Powers,
former U-2 pilot who served a
prison term in Russia, was
granted a divorce today.
A Superior Court jury
granted Mrs. Barbara Powers
a lump-sum payment of $4,000,
plus $500 in attorneys fees.
The jury deliberated about half
an hour.
Mr.. Powers charged his wife
with habitual intoxication and
cruelty.
Mrs. Powers filed a counter
suit and told the jury yesterday
that her husband was mot the
same" since his return from a
Russian prison.
Bitterness Cited
Gary has changed a great
deal he's not the same, "
the 28-year-old Mrs. Powers
said. adding, "he took all his
bitterness out on me-"
Mr.. Powers, 33. testified yes
terday in his contested divorce
suit that the only person who
ever mistreated me while was
in prison in Russia was my
wife Barbara"
Il went for as days without
a letter. 1t was just too much, "
said Mr.. Powers, who spent
nearly two years in a Russian
prison after being downed on
Evening star., 1963-01-16
Meyers Is Named
To Peace Corps
Despite Luusche

President Kennedy has sent
to the Senate the nomination
of Bill Meyers, 28-year-old
former assistant to Vice Presi-
dent johnson, to be deputy di-
rector Of the Peace Corps.
The Presidents announce
ment on December 20 of his
intention to appoint Mr..
Meyers to the $20,000-a-year
job stirred criticism by Senator
Lausche. Democrat Of Ohio,
who said "this young man has
been given a plum Of extra
ordinary value"
Mr.. Meyers, a former Texas
reporter. has been serving as
an associate director of the
Peace Corps in charge Of di-
visions for selection, training
and overseas administration.
Mr.. Kennedy also sent the
Senate several other nomina-
tionS Of persons whom he had
already announced he intended
to appoint to various Govern
ment positions.
Evening star., 1963-01-16
British Reverse
Civil Defense e Plan

LONDON. Jan. l6 (P) The
British government has issued
its first detailed advice on the
building of fallout shelters and
other means of protection in a
nuclear war.
A civil defense booklet pub
lished today appears to reverse
previous government policy for
nuclear warfare which was
based on the evacuation to the
countryside of as much OF the
population as possible.
People were advised to select
"a suitable room" in their
homes and stock it with food,
water and other emergency sup
plies in a shelter core"
The core was described as a
smaller, thick walled refuge
built in the living room or any
other selected as a fallout
shelter.
Evening star., 1963-01-16

a reconnaissance mission over
the Soviet Union in May, 1860
A jury of IL married men
heard the divorce suit, which
Mr.. Powers filed last August
He charged that Barbara
whom he married in 1855. was
guilty of habitual intoxication
and that she cursed and abused
him without cause.
Valves Said Lost
Mrs. Powers in her counter
suit, asked an unspecified
amount Of alimony. She charged
that since his return to this
country. Mr.. Powers had lost
his whole sense Of values and
duties as an American citizen
toward his wife. his country ano
toward his fellow man and is
obsessed with material things
in life. especially money"
She said she is i'll and unable
to work and that her husband
told her several times after his
release from prison that HI
could not love and live with 9
sick woman.
Il suffered just as much as
Gary did when he was In pris-
on" she said.
Mr.. Powers testified he is now
employed as a test pilot in Cal
ifornia, and earns about 1910
a week.
Evening star., 1963-01-16
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Post Office Department Combs
Alphabet to Name New Systems

He suggested one more alpha
betical program: BTN-Back
10 Normal.
ETHICS COMMISSION Rep
resentative Bennett. Democrat
OF Florida, has sponsored a re-
solution tH.J. Res. 76) 10 es-
tablish a Commission on Ethics
In the Federal Government.
The proposed commission
would investigate complaints OF
unethical conduct In Govern
ment. make proposals for mod
ifications and improvements In
the code OF ethics for Govern
ment employees as we'll as on
penalties, ETC., that should be
imposed.
Mr.. Bennett Is the author OF
the code Of ethics for Federal
employees that was approved by
Congress four years ago.
REDUCTION THROUGH AT
TRITON - A group OF con-
gressmen have sponsored legis-
lation 10 reduce Federal en-
ployment via the attrition
method-not filling some OF the
normal personnel vacancies
that occur.
Among the sponsors are Rep
resentative Cederberg OF
Michigan and Bow OF Ohio,
Republicans: and Hs\6y, Demo-
crat OF Florida. W
Evening star., 1963-01-16

He suggested one more alpha
betical program: BTN-Back
10 Normal.
Evening star., 1963-01-16
|Ieo New Katanga Minister
u. N. Continues BuiIdup

small arms at U. N. troops from
high ground on the west bank
Of the Dikulwe River near
Cuba.
The holding force finally fell
back. The U. N. troops, ordered
to clear the gendarmerie from
the west bank, were said to have
captured large quantities Of
arms and ammunition.
The spokesman said the U. N.
forces have since extended their
hold and have advanced 10
miles to the Dipeta River. They
are now about so miles from
Jadotville, he said, and have
consolidated their positions.
Mr.. Tshombe's capitulation
came in the 10Th day of U. r.
Katangan war, the third such
conflict since he led his copper
rich province from the Congo
after Belgium freed this for
mer colony in 1860. Western
diplomatic and economic pres
Evening star., 1963-01-16
BY the Associated Press

A laundering battle of the
budget appears to be shaping
up in Congress.
It's, outcome may determine
how much OF President Ken
nedy's proposed tax cuts and
welfare legislation will get
through.
Tomorrow Mr.. Kennedy pre-
sents to Congress a budget of
around 500 billion. 1t will be
accompanied by a Treasury
estimate that the spending in
volved would add more than
$40 billion to the deficit in the
fiscal year beginning July /.
No one in the administration
regards 1t as a happy circum-
stance that the President will
have to report so much pro-
jected red-ink spending at a
time he is asking Congress to
slice about So billion off of tax
receipts in the same year.
The reaction could affect his
whole three-year, $l3.5 billion
tax reduction program. And it
could spell painful progress for
welfare proposals he said Mon
day in his state-of-the- Union
message I'VE cannot afford to
postpone"
Budget balancing has been a
highly touted but non-effective
activity in Congress in the last
few years when defense and
space expenditures have been
pushing through the roof.
But there is clear evidence
that the old economy alliance
OF Republicans and conserva-
tive Democrats is being re-
Evening star., 1963-01-16

credit In some instances.
Senator Dirksen and Mr..
Halleck would be glad to have
all of these. But they want
more, too.
Other circumstances seem
likely to combine to make the
administrations task more diff
Evening star., 1963-01-16

ficult in putting over its pro-
gram
In the House Ways and Means
Committe, 1t will certainly run
into strident opposition to the
tax law revisions Mr.. Kennedy
is proposing to recoup $3.5 bill
lion in revenues.
Evening star., 1963-01-16

Thant, often skeptical In the
past about Mr.. Tshombe's pro-
nouncements, welcomed the
Katangan leaders new promise
sures contributed to his down.
fall.
U. N. Secretary General U
to cooperate with the United
Nations. U Thant said In New
York he hoped Mr.. Tshombe's
readiness to allow U. N. troops
freedom of movement would be
put into effect promptly.
Amnesty Pledges Distrusted
Nine of Mr.. Tshombe's white
officers, obviously not trusting
in any amnesty promises from
the Leopoldville government,
cleared out OF Kolwezi and
crossed the border into North
ern Rhodesia. Others we're ex-
pected to follow. Mr.. Tshombe
already has paid off the white
] officers.
Evening star., 1963-01-16

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Con-
go, Jan. l6 (APl Premier Cy-
rille Adoula today named Jo-
seph Ileo, 40, a quiet and stu
dious ex-premier, to become
resident minister for the Con-
60 central government in Ka-
tanga.
It was another step toward
unity in the wake of President
Noise Tshombe's capitulation.
Mr.. Ileo's job, Mr.. Adoula
announced. will be to maintain
necessary contacts with provin-
cial institutions of the copper
rich region and facilitate the
process of refrigeration of the
province into the republic"
Diplomatic sources said Mr..
Adoula had not yet decided
whether to visit Elisabethville.
the capital, as Mr.. Tshombe re-
quested Tuesday in announcing
that Katanga's 30-month-old
secession was ended.
u N. officials in Katanga
warily continued their military
buildup, lest there be some last
minute breakdown in COM
pletine the arrangements
among the Congo, the United
Nations and Mr.. Tshombe's
war-battered regime.
Amnesty Agreed To
Military authorities on the
scene treated the surrender Of
fer with extreme caution even
though the Congolese central
government agreed to Mr..
Tshombe's demand for a full
amnesty. 1t was his lone re-
naming condition for return
ing to the Congo fold.
Katangans battled forward
elements of a U. N. Congo
command column late Monday
on the Jadotville- Kolwezi road,
a U. N. spokesman said yester-
day.
A Belgian radio correspond
ent, Rene Thierry, reported a
brief but violent battle for the
possession Of a bridge at the
village of Cuba, 35 miles north
west of Jadotville. He quoted
white men of lir. Tshombe's
army as saying the U. N. suf-
fered heavy losses.
The U. N. spokesman. appar-
emily referring to the same
fight, said one Indian soldier
of the 4th Rajputana Rifles
was wounded.
White Soldiers in Action
The spokesman said COM
pany of Katangan gendarmes
and 20 to 80 white soldiers fired
v..aaA3,,an,,Ne - n .. a y G ond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

SUNDAY
100 pm. q NBc Opera. Part one,
Bach's "St. Matthew Passion"
2:3o pm. q AdIa Stevenson Reports.
Thomas FinIetter, guest.
400 pm. q Americans: A Portrait in
Verses. James Whtmore, others.
500 pm. q Meet the Press. Hassan
II, King of Morocco.
800 pm. . Festival Of Performing
Arts. Marian Makeba, guest.
800 pm. q Sunday Night Movie.
"Tune Of Glory"
Mona Lisa"
1000 pm. q NBc White Paper British
SociaIized Medicine.
1000 pm. q Voice Of Firestone. Jerome
Hines. Carlos Montcya.
MONDAY
$50 am. q Ed Allen Exercise Time.
Mote: Check channel 4 and for
news daytime shows and program
shifts.l
1000 pm. q David BrinkIeys Journal.
Hoffa and his Transfers
TUESDAY
$50 pm. q The World of Daryl r.
Zanuck. Biography.
900 pm. "a Exploring the Universe.
Science and social responsibility.
1870 pm. q Met Opera Additions. The
winners.
WEDNESDAY
7:3o pm. Cd CHS Reports. Rachel Car
sons "SiIent Spring"
$50 pm. % Sounds Of America. Or
mandy, Philadelphia Orchestra.
900 pm. q Festival of Performing
Arts. Zero MoSteI.
THURSDAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

1000 pm. % Premiere. "The Broken
Year"
FRIDAY
$50 pm. "a An Age Of Kings. "FalI
Of a Protector"
1000 pm. q Jack Paar Show. Peter
UstinoV, others.
1870 pm. q Cherry Blossom Ball. Sc
lection Of Queen.
SATURDAY
HOO am. q Cherry Blossom Festival
Parade.
500 pm. Cd Masters Golf. From Au-
gusta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10

building a corral for hogs or
chickens, read no further.
These fences are for those
who appreciate the beautiful.
A stretcher fence Is one
Of the easiest wood fences
to build. For that reason 1t
is generally used where a
relatively long fence is re-
quired. The triple rail cross
Matched stretcher fence that
we have illustrated is an
adaptation Of the simpler
style. 1t is suitable for en-
closing small or large areas.
The post spacing has been
selected because 1t permits
the use Of 10-foot lumber
The diamond lattice fence
is probably the most graceful
and ornamental of all fence
designs, but its construction
is a real test Of carpentry.
The posts may seen large,
but are necessary to give the
proper balance to the design.
These posts must be placed
in a true vertical position.
The top and bottom stringers
are then installed. For a
truly professional job, mortice
these into the posts The top
stringer Is standard stock in
some lumber yards. 1t can
be milled from a 2x4 if
necessary
After the stringers are in
place, install one long dag
onal. The other long diagonal
is installed in two sections.
Notching Of the members is
not recommended because it
will seriously weaken the
construction.
The horizontal board fence
should be at least 6 feet high.
1t can be used as q wind
break, to gain privacy for a
section OF a yard or ss a