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JUST SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
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IN AT LITTLE TOWN west of Portland, Ore., the other night,
the shape of the future was unfolded before the wondering
and sometimes disbelieving eyes of parents and teachers and ac
cepted in a matter of fact and generally knowledgeable way by some
50 or 60 youngsters between the ages of 10 and 16 who were
present. The occasion was a program currently being presented
by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to famil
iarize parents and their children with the accomplishments which
have been made and the future steps which are planned to extend
America’s exploration of space in the years ahead.
Two people from NASA ran the show. Subsequent to a talk
on the subject they answered questions, after which everyone who
wished to was free to examine models of current rockets and the
giant Saturn series which are planned for future space exploration.
There were models of strange and esoteric hardware of all
types including weird vehicles which will be used to explore the
surface of the moon. All of this would have been nothing more
than an interesting scientific lecture except for one thing—the
reaction of the children present. Ten-year-old boys asked questions
concerning space vehicles and their missions which 90 per cent
of the parents could not answer or understand.
The writer was reminded of the appalling swiftness with
which the world is changing. Barely 60 years ago the automobile
was a curiosity. My grandfather, oriented to the horse and buggy
age, could never quite master the art of driving and gave up
, trying when he went through the back of his garage. His sons
in the next generation grew up with automobiles, and cars and
driving have been a life long interest for them. Now the present
generation is at home in 600 mile an hour jets or small airplanes.
But the thought of a void with no air, no up and no down, is too
much. However, such a concept, to the youngsters who will live
their lives in the space age, seems to hold no more terrors than
a glass of orange juice. Such is the astounding adaptability of the
human species.
The advocates of the welfare state generally point to
Sweden as the model we should follow in the United States,
especially for housing. But, according to The New York Times
this awkward fact still remains: . . the waiting time for an
apartment in Stockholm continues to be six to seven years.”
It s not easy to keep up with the national debt. Before we
recover from the shock of former Budget Director Maurice
Stans estimate of a trillion dollars, Sen. Harry Byrd says it’s
$1.2 trillion. And foreign experts say that’s right. Then the
House votes the administration request for a $308 billion debt
ceiling! Which means we have an iceberg-type debt—most
of it out of sight. No nation in all history, we presume, ever
owed so much to so many.
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI: "Protective coddling
by some courts of ’tender-age’ repeaters is an appeasement of
justice. I say let the flagrant violators be exposed.”
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Old Treaty May Be
Stumbling Block
On Rampart Dam
FAIRBANKS (*> — What may
be a major stumbling block in the
construction of the proposed Ram
part hydroelectric project has been
uncovered, in the form of an 1871
U.S.-Great Britain treaty guaran
teeing that the Yukon River would
. “forever remain free and open.”
According to informed sources,
the treaty was brought out as a
result of feasibility investigations
into the dam project.
The passage referring to the Yu
kon is reported to be found in
Article 26, Treaty of Washington,
17th Statute 868. It was agreed
upon May 8. ratified June 17, and
proclaimed July 4, 18d.
It states, “the navigation of
Rivers Yukon, Porcupine, and
Stikine, ascending and descending
from, to and into the sea, shall
forever remain free and open for
the purposes of commerce to the
subjects of the Brittanic Majesty,
and to the citizens of the United
States, subject to any laws and
regulations of either country with
in its own territory not inconsis
tent with such privilege of free
navigation.”
The informed sources say there
is no indication that the treaty has
ever been amended.
This would mean a treaty
amendment would be necessary
between the U S. and Canada, be
fore an obstruction such as the
445 foot high proposed dam could
be built on the river.
Or else, it could mean that an
expensive series of locks would
have to be constructed at the dam
site.
The cost of the locks would be
tagged onto the eventual cost of
Rampart, already pegged at $1.3
billion.
Proponents of the dam see the
treaty as “another problem” that
must be faced.
Rumors Are That
Rockefeller May
Marry Divorcee
NEW YORK UR — Mrs. Mar
garet Fitter Murphy divorced Dr.
James Murphy in Sun Valley
Idaho, two weeks ago, an attorney
for Murphy announced Friday.
News columns have linked Mrs.
Murphy, 35, with New York Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller. The Murphys
are friends of the governor and
have a home in Pocantico Hills,
near Tarrytown, N.Y., on property
adjoining the Rockefeller estate.
Dr. Murphy, 40, is an associate
in virology and medicine at the
Rockefeller Institute.
A story in Saturday’s New York
Mirror quoted an unidentified
Rockefeller friend as saying: “Ten
days after the governor signs all
the bills left from the legislative
session, they will marry. It will
be a quite affair and they will
honeymoon at his ranch in Vene
zuela, I hear.”
Robert McManus, the gover
nor’s press secretary, said: “On be
half of the governor, I say there
is no comment.”
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. | Kennedy Praises
I Pope John XXOT’s
Encyclical on Peace
NEWTON, Mass. — President
Kennedy praised Pope John’s
Encyclical on Peace Saturday, and
said that “we are learning to talk
a language of progress and peace
across the barriers of sect and
creed.”
“It seems reasonable to hope,”
Kennedy said, “that a similar pro
cess may be taking place across
the quite different barriers of the
higher learning.”
The forum for Kennedy’s pre
pared address was an academic
convocation at Boston College,
which is commenorating its 100th
anniversary. It was his first speech
at a Roman Catholic college since
he became President.
Kennedy said his hopes for the
future of higher learning are much
encouraged by a careful reading
of the Pope’s Encyclical, Pacem in
Terris—Peace on Earth.
In his first public comment on
the document, which appeared to
all men of God will to join the
search for peace, Kennedy said:
“In its penetrating analysis of
today’s great problems—of social
welfare and human rights—of dis
armament, international order and
peace—that document surely shows
that on the basis of one great faith
and its tradition there can be de
veloped counsel on public affairs
that is of value to all men and
women of good will.
“As a Catholic I am proud of
it, and as an American I have
learned from it. It only adds to
the impact of this message that it
colsely matches notable expressions
of conviction and aspiration from
churchmen of other faiths—as in
recent documents of the World
Council of Churches—and from
outstanding world citizens with no
ecclesiastical standing.”
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Diesel Engines Will
Replace Steam on White
Pass & Yukon Railroad
SEATLE — Three huge lo
comotives that will take the steam
out of the historic White Pass &
Yukon Railroad were loaded
aboard a ship Saturday for Skag
way.
The locomotives, weighing 80
tons each, were hoisted aboard the
Alaska Steamship Co.’s Nenana.
Built by General Electric in
Erie, Pa., the three engines will
augment a fleet of five diesels now
in service and will retire the last
three steam engines on the road.
Pushed through in 1900 in the
wake of the Klondike Stampede,
the White Pass line follows the
famous trail of 1898 over which
thousands struggled to reach the
fabulous gold fields along the Yu
kon River.
The line runs from Skagway to
Whiteho’rse, Yukon Territory.
GM Executive Paid $791,475
DETROIT (iP) — Frederic G.
Donner, chairman of the board of
General Motors Corp., received
$791,475 last year to become the
highest paid executive in U. S.
automotive industry history.
Seven other directors and of
ficers of the world’s largest auto
company were in the $500,000
plus bracket.
The federal income tax took a
major share of Donner’s earnings,
however. A company source esti
mated Donner would pay $682,065
in federal taxes, leaving his $109,
410 net earnings.
GM’s — and the auto industry’s
—previous high payment was the
$776,400 paid to the late Harlow
Curtice in 1955 when he was both
chairman and president of GM.
100 Flies and One Ral a Week
MACAO OW — Adults in the
Red Chinese provincial capital of
Canton are required to kill 100
flies a week and one rat a day or
face penalties, a recent arrival in
this Portuguese island colony from
the Communist mainland said to
day.
The informant said Cantonese
must turn over their kill to po
lice as part of a summer sanitary
campaign launched by Communist
authorities.
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