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Remember Those Chinese Toys? vVhat a Partner! These Days By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Fair Enough By WESTBROOK PEGLER TIF 4 Wednesday Morning, October 8, 1958 pilings" (Shzcltc Founded May 3, 1885 PubUsnea Call ana Sunday By THE GAZETTF PRINTING CO MP ANT Ftiiered at the Bllllr.es. Montana Post Office as Seioud-; Clasn Mall Matter CARRIER DELIVERY SERVICE-. PAY CARRIER 40 CENTS PER WEEK FOR DAILY AND SUNDAY HAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE With Without Sunday 8'inday Sunday Onlj "On. Year SH.00 $14 rt) $70 Six Months 9 00 4 00 Diree Months 4 .5 4.00 Ai rhe Oamte 1 member of the Audit Bureau et Clrcula.

Aon Member of Associated Press The Associated Press re.clusHely entitled to use for oublleailon of dutches credited to t't or not otherwise credited to this es.vs-jSa caper, and also local news Diibllshed herein 1 Each year, about this time, the mail fills with political circulars, mimeographed letters and other effluvia designed to get the citizen to go to the polls to vote for candidates for various offices. The point generally made is that to vote is a duty. Actually, in our system of government, it is a right to be exercised or not to be exercised by freedom of choice. One of these circulars comes from Sidney Shore, whom I do not know, on the stationery of Vernon Pope, hom I also do not know. The thing looks like a personal letter done on an electric typewriter.

But close scrutiny indicates that it is a circular from the American Heritage Foundation. This particular letter has to do with two objectives: One is to get the citizens to vote; the other is to get them to contribute to campaign funds. The latter objective is designed "to free candidates and office holders from the grip of 'special interests' a worthy cause, if accomplishable. The first part of the problem, By DAVID LAWRENCE Political Scene getting the citizen out to vote, in 'some instances presents an Insurmountable handicap because there is no one to vote for. The guiding principle of many is to WASHINGTON President Eisenhower has challenged the ship and the temptation to make an issue out of the war talk in the newspaper headlines.

It was too much for sonie of the politicians to resist. leaders" of the Democratic party As It Was in Billings accept the lesser of two evils. to tell the nstion whether they which is strictly immoral. It is like making a choice between bur While former President Tru (Taken from the files of The Gaiette) 45 YEARS AGO Oct. 8, 1913,35 YEARS AGO Oct.

8, 1923 glary and murder. Those whose favor appeasement and surrender to the Communists. He has, in effect, asked them to speak out and say whether they really believe the United States is going man by his statements has been supporting Mr. Eisenhower's pol consciences permit them to make choice between the lesser of (Copyright. 1958.

King Features Syndicate. Inc LOS ANGELES Earl Warren's civic conscience may be appraised by his acceptance of a pension of $12,100 a year from the state of California for his activity as a political boss and job-holder over a career of 39 years and his apparent willingness to accept a raise to $16,000 a year starting Jan. 1. This pension supplements his federal pay of $35,500 for his service as chief justice of the court. An aged work-worn pauper drawing an old age pension in the social security system forfeits his paltry pittance if he earns by employment more than $100 a month, except that after his 72nd birthday he has the ironic privilege of earning all he can by toil without loss of this dole.

In California, Warren long ago was stripped of any seeming of majestic honor and consecration to the public service. He earned the reputation of acquisitive, self -centered, boss of a mighty political machine. It is a legend of the time which probably will be ratified by historians that Eisenhower stupidly and probably without full comprehension promised him the job on the court in a trade for his support in the dishonest deal which ditched Sen. Taft in the Chicago con-, vention of 1952. Warren's reputation is practically destitute of that fallacious nobility and dedication which enabled Franklin D.

Roosevelt to pose as an altruistic patron of the ignominious dolt called the common man. All except his most infatuated devotees have since bowed to the disclosure that Roosevelt was an unconscionable grafter in the interests of members of his personal family, some of whom operated rackets within the White House. The entire pension system of Calif ornia now mocks the problems and necessities of workers outside the so-called public service. Warren is not the only individual who may receive the outrageous pension of $16,000 a year for all ex-governors, starting Jan. 1.

Goodwin Knight, the incumbent mock-Republican, will qualify on his 63d birthday. Pat Brown, the current Democratic attorney general, running for governor against Republican Sen. William Knowiand, will be able to retire on $16,000 a year at the age of 63 should he win. Even if he should lose to Knowiand he would qualify for a lavish income 'for the rest of his life, with further provision for Mrs. Brown if she should outlive him.

Such boodle is provided in the fantastic system of legal graft which politicians of all machines put over on the voters in a series of coups over a stretch of years. Knowiand, too, has pension rights and if elected governor also would qualify for $16,000 a year after 63. He has tiptoed on this issue because, if he should attack this graft which creates a class of over-privileged parasites upon the body of the taxpayers, he would alienate practically all of his machine, largely composed of jobholders and aspirants to jobs in the interlocking systems of government in California. Harold K. Levering, a member of the lower house of the Legislature, has been waging a campaign against this whole apparatus of privilege and graft under law.

He gets $6,000 a year, the statutory pay, and devotes his whole time, to that job. He is not alone in his crusade but he has few allies. Levering has analyzed many phases of the pension systems but, like the timetables of icy in the Far East, various Dem two evils have an easy time of it. to be deserted by its allies and hence faces military defeat if it ocrats in Congress have been assiduously cultivating the impres But what do you do if both stands up for its principles. The President views wrere ex candidates are negative human beings, or if one is a bum and the.

other a crook, or if one is subversive and the other a pressed in a letter to Senator Theodore iF. Green, of Rhode sion by their public statements that the President is trying to drag the nation into war because of a couple of unimportant islands off the coast of Red China. The Democratic leaders in Congress know better, because the resolution passed in 1955 by both Samuel F. Walker of Bozeman, inventor of a spring wheel for automobiles, for whom a number of experimental wheels ere built at the Billings foundry, in a letter to a friend in Billings, states that a company has been organized to manufacture the new wheels. It is claimed by the inventor that they will do away with pneumatic tires.

A 40-mile test run at Bozeman demonstrated their success. The mechanic who built the first wheels has gone to Bozeman to be associated with their inventor in their manufacture. Growth of the city and development of the business district, in The man who is a partisan has no problem. He votes the straight Island, the sturdy 91-year-old chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who holds his post by reason of his seniority of service and the Democratic party's control of Congress. party ticket, come what may.

He Billings was visited by a weather freak Sunday when an October hailstorm struck the city. The stones bombaarded roofs and gardens for several minutes and caught many Sunday strollers without adequate protection against the pellets. Billings duck hunters returned to the city after the weekend without any sizable bags. They reported that the only ducks visible were the native variety and they were flying high and fast. They said that the continued warm weather is keeping the northern ducks in Canada.

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 8, 1948 Billings youngsters will be guests of the Billings Junior Chamber of Commerce Saturday at a special fire prevention show never deviates from that because houses with the overwhelming his father never did or for other The issue before the American support of the two political parties specifically gave the President the right to use American military forces to defend Formosa people in the November elections is whether Democrats or Republicans shall control the Congress and the selection of committee and to protect the offshore is chairmen. If the Democrats re particular, is a source of sur lands only if they were likely to be used as a base in an attack on Formosa itself. tain control, will the Communists prise-to Mrs. Walter Burke of Payette, Idaho, formerly a resi Is the Democratic party now dent of Billings, who is visiting going back on its word, and, for take this as a signal that the American people repudiate the position taken by the President in the Far East and endorse the defeatist and surrender ideas friends in the city.

The paved the sake of politics, is it willing streets, decorative lighting sys- the Fox theater at 10 a.m.. to withdraw what it authorized in the resolution? Evidently ten which the administration attrib Democrats in the House, who have pertinent reasons. But suppose a voter is choosey. Let us say that he will not vote for a divorced man or an alcoholic or an atheist or a bankrupt. Suppose he has prejudices or convictions about such matters.

What does he do? In a day or two, I shall go about finding out who is running for member of the House of Representatives in my district. At present, I do not know. I have not heard. There must be a Republican and a Democrat and I could vote for one or the other without worrying about his name or ability or qualifications on the ground that the party can do no wrong. Such a person can even get pleasure out of voting for a nameless, faceless candidate because that is what the boss wants and what can give greater pleasure than to please the boss? But I cannot vote that way.

I need to know something about utes to the chief Democratic just petitioned the President to spokesman on foreign policy in tern and street cars are among christensen, committee the most prominent improvements i observed. chairman, said Friday. A card party will be enjoyed Admission to the event will be by members of the Royal Neigh- a sack of combustible trash plus bors Thursday afternoon at the' a coupon on which the parent or home of Mrs. Disch, 17 Custer guardian certifies the rubble was Avenue. I gathered from his property.

the United States Senate? summon a special session of Congress to discuss the Far Eastern problem, want both houses to reconsider the vote. This kind The President points specifical Good Year for Montana When the completed story can be told after 11 the reports are in at the end of the year, Jt will reveal that 1958, "recession" to the con-Irary notwithstanding, was better than an average year for the people of Montana. There were some darkish spots, it is true. They were the depression in the copper mining industry which necessitated the suspension of production from some of the deep mines in Butte and the idling of several hundred miners in that big camp and other employes in industries dependent upon mining in the Butte district. Nor was the employment situation altogether satisfactory in other sections of the state during the first four or five months of the year.

These unsatisfactory conditions were not reflected in the general financial situation in practically every section of the state. Even in Butte, most mercantile establishments weathered the reduced mining activity in reasonably good shape. The state's banking institutions showed good gains in savings and substantial debt reduction, particularly installment indebtedness, in many of our leading population centers as well as in rural communities. Wages and salaries were either increased or held to their former levels. Most business concerns will be able to mark up reasonable profits at year's end.

The year has been generally satisfactory for most of Montana's farmers and stockmen. One of the biggest wheat crops in the state's history has been harvested and most of the other cultivated crops returned good yields. Prices for grain, while somewhat below those which have prevailed in former years, stood at a profit-making level, especially wherever the harvests reported higher than average yields. Cattle prices have been exceptionally good and thousands of Montana stockmen can look back on 1958 as one of their most prosperous years. Late summer and early autumn moisture deficiency in most regions of the state where dependence is placed on range and pasture conditions may create some uneasiness on the part of stockmen as they go into the winter with their herds and flocks, but most of them are prepared to carry their livestock through with the aid of supplementary feed.

Reports from the number of local livestock sales yards reveal that this has been a buyers' market throughout practically the entire year. With a good year behind them, most of the people of Montana, especially farmers, stockmen, established urban business houses and salaried employes and wage earners, will be speculating upon the future of their Treasure State. What happens to Montana will depend in major measure upon what happens to the entire country. Continued inflation nationwide will leave its mark on this state and a severe international crisis which might easily lead to war could also have an adverse effect The leaders of one organization which makes a study of industrial trends have pointed out two developments which could have a favorable bearing on the future of Montana. One is a greater effort to publicize the state's scenic attractions in order to bring a greater number of tourists to the state each vacation period with a consequent increase in the already substantial amount of outside money those visitors would leave here.

It is admitted that the state Chamber of Commerce and State Advertising Director Erickson are doing a good job in bringing the advantages of Montana's climate and scenic beauties to large numbers of people outside the state, but there is the opinion that they are handicapped by the lack of funds needed to more widely advertise our state. The same authority has compared the ly to Senator Green's, statement that, if the United States should of vacillation and retreat could drag America into war just as vacillation in the 1930's on the become engaged in hostilities, there would not be "that support of the American people essential to successful military action." Answers to Questions part of the West encouraged Hitler to attack. The heroic answer to present- This is an extraordinary state ment for the chairman of the day appeasement has been given Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee to make in the middle of by the President. In his letter to Senator Green, Mr. Eisenhower what I am doing as a citizen.

I an international crisis. "You say," wrote the President to Senator Green, "that in the event of hostilities we would be without allies 'in fact or in cannot ust vote for Harry Me-Gluck, an ambulance chasing lawyer who needs a job to support his family and who has served the party valiantly for a quarter of a century. Prof. Arthur Schlesinger of Harvard, apparently thinks that if the Demo-' crats and Republicans nominated heart' Not only do I be lieve that our. friends and allies would support tne united States declares that "firmness in supporting principle makes war less, rather than more, likely of occurrence." The President adds: "I feel certain, beyond the shadow of doubt, that if the United States became engaged in hostilities on account of the evil and aggressive assaults of the forces of communism, the American people would unite as one to assure the success and triumph of our effort" But it's not enough to achieve Ivy League eggheads, it would if hostilities should tragically, and against our will, be forced upon us, but I believe that most of them would be appalled if the United States were spinelessly to retreat before that threat of Sino- solve all problems.

But that, too, does not mean representative government which requires a variety of persons in Congress. followed a dispute between the two governments growing out of alleged espionagle activities of the Russian Embassy in Canberra. Vladimir Petrov, third secretary at the Embassy, defected to the West. Russia demanded his return, but the Australian government refused. Russia then severed diplomatic relations.

Q. Who invented the stethoscope, with which doctors listen to sounds produced inside the body? B. Q. A. It was invented about 1819 by a French physician, Rene Laennec, after he had observed children listening at one end of a long timber to the sound made by a pin scratching the other Experimenting, he found that sounds within the body could be heard distinctly through a hollow wooden cylinder held to a patient's chest.

Later a New York physician devised the present type of instrument, by which sound is conveyed to both ears rather than one. Q. What is the origin of the By THE HASKIN SERVICE A reader can get an answer by mail, to any question of fact by writing The 3illings Gazette Information Bureau, 1200 Eye N.W., Washington 5, D.C. Please enclose four (4) cents for return postage. Q.

How much, on the average, were present social security benefits increased under the recent amendments to the law? D. K. A. The average increase is around 7 per cent. NOTE: A three page mimeographed Circular on the 1958 social security changes will be sent free to any reader who sends request for it, accompanied by long, stamped, self-addressed envelope, to this paper's Washington Information Bureau, 1200 Eye N.

Washington 5, D. C. Q. Do all planets in our solar system rotate on their axis in the same direction? W. N.

A. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune rotate in the same direction as the arth, from west to east. Uranus rotates about an axis which is nearly perpendicu- Whatever matters of conscience Soviet armed aggression, unity within a country only after I deeply deplore the effect upon hostile forces of a state are involved, voting becomes difficult under our system of selecting candidates. And yet, what'ean be done about getting good candidates? I have watched the effort to get decent candidates for half ment that if we became engaged in battle, the United States would be defeated because of disunity at home. If that were believed, the air lines, such tables bewilder the common man.

Nevertheless Levering has crystalized a practical, plausible case in which a legislator who served only two years and paid in a total of only $80 may draw $600 a year for life. He said: "A man who served eight years starting In 1950 at $3,600 a year and paid in only $1,632 may now collect $200 a month for life. A legislator who put in 15 years can get back 75 per. cent of his annual pay for life or $4,500 a year. And remember that although hardly one member in 10 devotes full time to the job and shuns private enterprise on his own behalf.

"We have a great many farmers, real estate brokers, insurance men and attorneys in the Legislature. Only 10 per cent are full-time legislators. Yet they all think they are entitled to charity from the taxpayers for part-time work while they pursue their regular occupations. "I know you would not get a decent quorum if you forbade all outside interests but those people have no right to pensions. "Those dam lawyers are the worst of all.

They use the Legislature to promote their law business, they practice law right there on the floor and then vote themselves pensions at public expense for service to clients who have paid them well." a century and have seen how war has broken out. The losses in life and treasure must then be incurred anyway. The important thing is, by a manifestation of unity and resoluteness, to prevent war from breaking out in the first place. The opposition politicians in the Labor-Socialist party in Great Britain are today playing the same game as the Democrats here in the United States. Yet futile the efforts have been.

As it would embolden our enemies and make almost inevitable the conflict which, I am sure, we both seek to avoid provided it can be avoided consistently with the honor and security of our coun mere are two conspicuous re try." Senator Green's letter was couched in polite phrases. He didn't give out the full text of his communication originally, but extracts from it appeared nevertheless in the press and were minders in history of how weakness from within and disunity have led the potential enemy to decide it was an opportune time to make war. Will history repeat itself now, and will a third world war come from the same misguided counsels of the over- a child, I heard about how boss-selected office-holders would be driven out. Then came the direct primaries and they were to solve all problems. They solved no problems.

As a matter of fact, it is hard to decide whether public officials today, on average, are better or worse than half a century ago they look worse. So boom-boom for voting will not solve the problem of getting good candidates. What we require is someone to vote for. In many states, there is really no one to vote for. If an election is freedom of choice, it ought to be a choice between two men, who, in their own communities, represent some degree of distinction beyond astute public relations or political venalitv.

In manv areas, in the word "cue" as it is applied to the stage? L. R. A. The word is derived from the practice of placing the letter (Latin, quando meaning at certain places on the actors' copy of plays to show when they were to enter and speak. seized upon by the Communist lar to the plane of the ecliptic; if the direction of rotation is referred to this plane, it is opposite the direction of rotation of the earth.

The rotations of Mercury and Venus are uncertain; and nothing is known about the rotation of Pluto. radio stations throughout the world as proof of American dis zealous politicians inside the unity, what te at thp hnttnm nf this! Democracies? i episode? Politics-petty partisan-! Q. Did comedienne Carol Bur-( nett write the song "I Made a Are Yon Fnnl nf Mvsplf flupr Tnhn Fnstpr1 Some PePle re natural-bom puzzle rooi oi aiyseii uver jonn osier unable resjSt the challenge Dulles?" H. C. i of these brain-teasers.

Other people Av. iv. merely find occasional relaxation in No; the Song was written puzzIeB. whichever your type, you'll Bridge By OSWALD JACOBY Wrttteo for ME A Service Census Every Five Years The population of the United States has been totaled in a census every 10 years since 1790. During the decade from that date to 1800, the total increased by less than From 1940 to 1950, the year of the last census, the population increased by more than 19 million.

The nation is now growing at the rate of about three million persons annually. especially for her by Ken Welch i ur booklet. "Puzzles. Tricks and i Mairir nmrh rnntoins varied fnlif MIDSTREAM SWAP anora to Dia ana gave a delayed present election, that is not so. NETS BAD SCORE raise to two spades, tion of catcliy problems about words and numbers, enigmas, and Bimple tricks as a take-off on teen-age worship of Rock 'n' Roll singers.

The candidates are neither distinguished nor representative. Both South players in one of Both Mr. Welch and Miss Bur- 25 cents, plus 5 cents for mailing. the Masters' team of four matches nett thought it would be a hu use This coupon The Billings Gazette Information Bu East did what any sensible person would do. He doubled and since that second double was for business West left it in.

Again chose to open the bidding with one spade. morous twist to portray a girl wor reau, 1200 Eye N.W., Washington 5. DC. I enclose thirty cents In coin (30c) shiping someone distinguished. Mr.

Dulles reportedly was "very allocated for tourist advertising by our state legislature and other sources with the much greater sums set aside in other states. In that connection, however, one must keep in mind the growing demand for public funds for the support of the essential agencies of our state government which makes it necessary for our fegislators to exercise maximum efforts to keep Montana in a sound financial condition. a Our state's other urgent need, adds this One North raised his partner (carefully wrapped In paper) for a copy South was down two tricks but this time the penalty was 500 points, not 200. to two spades and was delighted i oi tne oooKiei, ruzzics, incus anu amused by the song, ana re-! Maic." quested a recording of it. I Name North really should not have when everybody passed.

He was less delighted when his partner went down two tricks for a 200-point loss and analysis showed Street swapped horses in midstream. He had chosen to pass at his first (Please Print) City State 8 NORTH (Copyright, 1958, King Teaturei Syndicate, Inc.) Governor Aronson Will Dedicate Great Falls Center GREAT FALLS (AP) Dedication of the new $320,000 Rehabilitation Center of the Montana Society for Crippled Children will be Saturday afternoon. Gov J. Hugo Aronson is to make the main address. Ground for the building in Great Falls was broken July 17, 1957.

Henry Di Re, center director, said selection of the basic staff has been completed and the first children scheduled for treatment turn to bid. His partner had not been able to rebid and North still held the same bad hand he had started with. (Mail to Washington, DC.) Q. What was the name of the( Negro who accompanied the Lew-1 is and Clark expedition? S. E.

A. The Negro who accompa-j nied the expedition across the continent (1804-06) was named' York. He was the personal servant of Captain William one of the leaders of the exploration, i 69654 V63 Q943 J84 EAST AJ732 TODAY'S QUESTION Today's Menu Those figures undergrid the convincing argument that can be made in favor of a new law to provide for a census every five years instead ot every decade. A bill to establish such a change died in the last session of Congress. Ten years was not an unduly long interval from one census to the next when the country was young.

In this era of rapid growth and shifting population, however, a decade can bring about momentous changes. Various practical matters, not least of which is the apportionment of some state tax monies, are involved. Business firms are often handicapped by the lack of up-to-date information. A number of states have found it advisable to conduct a supplementary census of their own. One argument against the five-year census that it would increase federal costs is to a certain extent valid.

Yet the force of even this contention is diminished by the counterargument that a census every five years would away with the need for numerous special studies that now cost a lot of money. On balance, changing to a five-year census would seem to be in the public interest. Butte Daily Post. WEST The bidding, has been: West North East South A None VQJ942 K7 1 Club Double 1 Heart You, South, hold: Q. What stale has the highest! Spades A-K-8.

Hearts 8-5-4, Dia monds J-7-5, Clubs 8-6-5-2. What do you do? K1082 4A76 7652 A103 SOUTH (D) 4KQ108 A 10 8 5 J5 KQ9 North and South vulnerable are to report Oct. 13. A Pass. You have eight points birth rate? A.

According to the 1958 Statistical Abstract of the United States, New Mexico leads, with an estimated birth rate of 33.0 per 1,000 population in the year ending July 1, 1957, Other states with high birth rates are Utah (30.4), Louisiana (29.6), and Mississippi (29.1). The District of Columbia has a birth rate of 40.1. Statewide Coniah AFTER-SCHOOL SNACK There's an art to making a good cup of cocoa. Peanut-Butter Toast. Oood Cocoa Red Apple Wedges Good Cocoa Ingredients: 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar, salt, 3 tablespoons cocoa, Vt cup hot water, 2Vz cups milk, Vt teaspoon vanilla.

Method: Stir sugar, a dash of salt and cocoa together in a saucepan; stir in -hot water. Place over low heat and continue to stir if sugar is not dissolved, then still stirring, boil 2 minutes. Add milk; stir to combine; heat to boiling, but do not boil. Stir in vanilla. Pour into cups at once.

Makes 3 servings. authority, is for more new industries which would mean many more workers and an increase in the over-all income of the state's inhabitants. Practically ever since Montana became, a state, its distance from the larger centers of population, east and west, has hindered its industrial growth. In this regard, it has been about the most isolated section of the entire country. For many years, many of our people complained that the three mainline railroads, the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Milwaukee, whose roads crossed the entire state, and the Burlington which also served an important section, used Montana as little more than a "whistle stop" while on their way from the Twin Cities and points east to Spokane and the Pacific Coast.

This was never wholly fair. It is true that our so-called "transcontinental" roads were chiefly concerned during the earlier decades in encouraging the settlement of Montana and were largely responsible for bringing thousands of new people into the thinly populated eastern two-thirds of the Treasure Slate. They correctly reasoned that an increase in the population was absolutely essential to any increase in industrial growth. Improved rail, highway and air transportation have brought an end to Montana's isolation. but just can't find anything to bid.

(Reproduction Rights Reserved by NEA.) Wheat and Bailey Lead Increase In Carloadings HELENA (AP) Wheat and West North East Pass' Pass Double 2 2 A Double Pass Pass Sooth 1 A Pass Pass Opening lead 4 Is Scheduled On Alcoholism HELENA (AP) The Montana Board of Health's Narcotics and Alcoholism Advisory Committee is sponsoring a statewide conference on alcholism Friday and Saturday for business, industry and labor leaders. Dr. Winl'ield S. Wilder of Great Falls, committee chairman, said it has been estimated that Montana has 15,000 alcoholics and that the scheduled Helena conference could be a "major step" in solving the problem. Nineteen persons are on tha program.

that East and West could not barley led the increased freight make a game against proper de-1 carloadings in Montana during fense. August, the Slate Railroad Coin- Nevertheless, his side did all mission reported Tuesday. The right on the hand. At the other month's total was 39.182, up 6.74B table North decided that his throe over July, points and four little trumps did Wheat carloadings in August to-not warrant any action at all talod 6.5!)(i. up 2,728 from July, and passed.

1 There wore 2.106 cars of barley Q. When did Bobby Fischer become the chess champion of the United States? M. G. A. Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, N.

who has been playing chess since he was six, won the U.S. championship on Jan. 7, 1958, at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City. He was 14 years old at the time. Q.

When did Russia and Australia break off diplomatic relations? Y. R. A. In April 1954. The break U.S.

Bases in Morocco Five American air bases strung along a 300-mile South Atlantic coastline of Morocco would be evacuated within seven years if present negotiations between the United States and Morocco are successful. They were installed when France held a protectorate over the country. In seven years, their "usefulness should be at an end, as intercontinental ballistic missiles replace strategic bombers in our first line of defense. Daily Missoulian. SEED OUTPUT DOWN HELENA (AP) Montana's red clover seed production was forecast Moniliiy at 270,000 pounds of clean seed.

The Agriculture Dept. said this is 8 per cent less than the 1937 crop and only about 37 per cent of the average output. londod, 923 more than in July East reopened with a double The August total was 4,428 cars and West bid two hearts. At this point North decidefl that he could under August a year ago..