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THE MIAMI HERALD 7-A rilESi 21353 VVN Cracker Viewpoint by Nixon Smiley Dull Top ics Spiced With Aura of Truth Ami Wiore Is the Well? IFesi Berlin Needs a Hero Just Like Red Riding Hood BOOKS WITH DULL-SOUNDING titles may make dull reading admit the Professor said but he added with an air of positiveness such books may not be filled with dull information Take for instance Botany of by the late Dr Elmer Merrill Portuguese started a galleon route from Brazil to India In 1500 just eight years after the Discovery Is it then surprising that Cook and other English and Dutch voyagers found Mexican and Brazilian food plants and weeds growing in many parts of the Far East when they arrived? Yet some writers have concluded that these plants were transported by pre-Columbian inhabitants of the New World S'HllllllllllllllllllllHlllimillHHIIII'HlIltilliiiiiifliiHUDm By DAVID 5L NICHOL HUal BnaM-ChJetfa New Wire BONN GERMANY The West Berlin elections on Sunday Dec 7 have assumed sudden new significance Indirectly but very clearly those people who are most affected by Nikita Khrushchev's new plans will have an Opportunity to state their views The Soviet premier continuing his reckless gamble with the peace of the world has declared all four-power agreements about Germany as invalid in Soviet eyes Within six months he says in a thinly disguised ultimatum Western-held seotors must become a demilitarized or else! POLITICAL LEADERS in West Berlin and elsewhere in the free world are turning this MCHOL down with reactions ranging from reserve to indignation But political leaders always speak for the people Because the fiction of four-power control has been retained in Berlin Soviet-sponsored Communists are permitted to and have entered candidates for West Berlin's city legislature WF)lHii'niprpii Only a person with a strong interest in anthropology botany or history could wade through this book Yes I knew Merrill very well the Professor continued He died last year He formerly was director of Harvard Arnold Arboretum and most certainly was one of th4 greatest authorities on Far East plants who ever lived Throughout his professional life the erudite Merrill was engaged in arguments with other scientists on a multitude of subjects THE STORY of the Spanish and Portuguese galleons remains to be told by modern day writers' a great amount of information available in the archives of Spain and Portugal Merrill gives us only a peek at this story not necessarily literary but who would claim that account is lacking in interest? Excerpts From TV Report liiimimmimimmnmHmmimmmiimimiHinmmml Professor Rides to support Merrill Certainly If the voters among West 22 million inhabitants want to see plans achieved they have every opportunity of indicating this Most observers believe Berliners will hand Khrushchev a stinging and defiant rebuke exactly as they did 10 years ago In the darkest days of the Soviet blockade before the Allied airlift had proved itself The outcome will be a valuable test only so far as the Western powers are concerned If it makes any difference to the Soviets it probably only will increase their determination to wipe out this island of liberty KHRUSHCHEVS announcement that he will allow six months to elapse before he enforces new restrictions on the city is an exceedingly shrewd move i It already has relieved some of the tensions which have been mounting ever since he created this crisis three weeks ago Obviously he expects that the world will weary of pressures long before the six months are ended Within hours of the delivery West German stock exchanges were moving up again after several jittery days months delay and suggestions of serve also to conceal the ultimatum that is involved Just how these negotiations will be brought about is left unclear Too much readiness on the part of the West to engage in any new conference will be interpreted not only by the Soviets but by much of the uncommitted world as weakness on the Western part THE CONCEPT of a at first glance may have some attractions for those who would like to be rid of this troublesome and recurring problem But closer inspection will show its attractions are limited to Communists who would like to see Khrushchev succeed and to those others with little knowledge or experience of administration of the past Danzig has been suggested as an example But as the East German Communists have been quick to point out with pleasurable anticipation external affairs and internal policies were almost entirely dependent on Poland power to embarrass Mack at any time had no doubt as to what Whiteside wanted it was obvious to him Whiteside favored Public Service and hoped he would act favorably on all representations privately made to Mack on behalf of WKAT or Public Service were grossly proper evidence they should have been presented publicly to the entire commission and not to one of its members without knowledge of the (others) of the most immutable of (ethical rules) is that communications to a judge designed to influence his Quick Quiz was a scientist the facts to achieve long Pacific and Portuguese writer as run as the met with on board their fate were building Trinidad had a 600 passengers addition to its Manila by the Spain Plymouth Eng largest ship people came the Professor and to reflect may make dull necessarily filled looking for and IN IHS BOOK on Captain voyages to Polynesia Merrill takes a number of scientists and authors apart for their views about the migration of both people and plants Merrill pours cold water on the theory that the people of Polynesia rafted themselves across the Pacific from South America Merrill is right the Professor continued Captain Cook was a late comer in Pacific exploration His discovery of American food plants and weeds on Pacific islands prove these were introduced by American aborigines who traveled across the vast stretch of water by raft or canoe VOYAGES took place in the 18th century But the Spaniards and the Portuguese were making regular voyages to the Far East two centuries earlier Thus food plants and weeds of Mexico and South America became widely distributed in the Far East long before Cook's grandfather was born And the Professor added I don't know of any other person better equipped to make tins statement than Merrill FOOD PLANTS WERE first class passengers on the early galleons and weeds were stowaways Although a lot has been written about the influence of the English on food plant distribution they played a minor role compared with the Spanish and the Portuguese As Merrill points out regular trips were made by Spanish galleons from Acapulco Mexico to Manila from 1565 to 1815 The Selected from Hal Mailbag No Merrill who was satisfied to write down He made no attempt to create art though literary endeavor Early accounts describe those voyages made by the Spanish as being plenty rough Merrill quotes a 16th century describing the Acapulco to Guam and most dreadful in the The trip took 70 days Ships storms piracy and disease epidemics Many ships simply disappeared to remain forever unknown By the 18th century the Spanish very large galleons One ship the Santisima capacity of 2000 tons It carried and crew members in heavy cargo This ship was captured at British in 1762 during a war with When the ship arrived at it created a sensation It was the the English had ever seen and from long distances to see it AS I SAID in the beginning paused to light a cigaret books with dull-sounding titles reading but they are not with dull facts Never forget that It depends on what upon your own power of imagination i Excerpts from the report of Judge Horace Stern in the Channel 10 case: must be stated at the outset that none of the present members of the (FCC) is involved in any manner in any charges of improper conduct which led to the present hearings testimony in that regard is concerned with were presistent attempts one successful improperly to influence Commissioner Mack in favor of one or another of the applicants (for Channel (Here Judge Stern named as having made approaches to Mack on behalf of WKAT Frank Katzentine Perrine Palmer Jr Ben Fuqua Jerry Carter Sens Kefauver Holland and Smathers) of those thus named persons to whom Mack was obligated by reason of friendship or political support actually sought his vote for WKAT however vigorously both he and they denied they asked him for it in so many judicial action are forbidden in pending proceedings except on notice to all other interested parties Mack should have disqualified himself Score one point for a correct solution of each of the five problems 1 A personality can be changed overnight just by taking a new point of view as was demonstrated by Topsy Crusoe Ivanhoe Scrooge Judge Stern have to be naive words One w-ould have to be quite naive to accept that they urged him only to decide on the merits Mack certainly knew what was being asked of these loans (by Thurman Whiteside to Mack) being payable on demand invested Whiteside with the 2 Which one of these creatures would probably have the oldest grandfather? Gilt Heifer Pullet Foal 3 A page boy in the Capitol Building might well be nicknamed Cupid Narcissus Icarus Mercury Gloom Aot Showing at 1VPST SO FAR Berlin plan is remarkably like the German fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood with Khrushchev as the wolf who already has eaten grandma and is about to devour West Berlin How this will develop in future is less clear In the Grimm version the brave forester slits the wolf's belly rescues grandma and Red Riding Hood alive and well sews an indigestible rock in their place and the wolf drowns from its weight being pulled into the well when he tries to get a drink But who is the brave forester and where is the well? equal to the explosion of a million or more atom bombs helpful to know these things ahead of time) India may be a backward country in many ways but it now has more than 1000 physicians who fly their own planes to visit The Associated Preu A survey shows that each year fewer business firms are holding Christmas parties on the office premises Chalk up another for the ives Someone has figured out that if a comet collided with the earth it w-ould release energy 4 When it is 12 noon in New York City the time in Seattle Washington is then 3 PM 6 P5L 3 AM 9 A5L 5 A falling barometer usually indicates which type of weather is soon to arrive? Employes Sweating It Out Sunshine Dry cold Dry hot Stormy -11' S'f (Answers Baker Silent on Ruling By JACK ANDERSON Herald TV Editor If there was any undue gloom among employes when word reached here Monday of a federal recommendation that the station's license be revoked it wasn't showing There was more confusion than apprehension among staff members is sure what the recommendation said the spokesman wondering whether it means we stay on the air or go off the it ONE OF THE executives who asked that he not be identified said (ftdcuuKfixJv 3 Rivals Ready To Grab Permit 1 -f Vs fc After 10 months of operating out of two antique houses inherited from the Storer Broadcasting Co Baker has invested $1 million in a new plant that extends 154 feet along Eiseayne Boulevard into NE 21st St it it it BAKER AND HIS Public Service Inc got the now disputed construction permit for the channel from the FCC on Feb 8 1957 It had been a long wait Public Service had been in contention with three other applicants for the channel since October 1953 With the permit in hand Baker didn't have long to wait before an almost readymade station and transmitter were available for use The Storer Broadcasting Co which had been operating one of two UHF (ultra high frequency) stations here under the call letters WGBS-TV on Channel 23 decided in April 1957 to call it quits With FCC approval Storer sold its television property its transmitter site and tower in Hallandale and station site on Bis-cayne Blvd to firm TO GET ON THE AIR as quickly as possible Public Service rushed through an engineering modification of the Storer transmitter and tower to switch it from UHF to VHF (very high frequency) It was able to go into service by noon of Aug 2 about four months later with a network affiliation with the American Broadcasting Co The studio was housed in one of two old dwellings on NE 21st St The Storer firm had planned a modern building for the site but put off construction because of the uncertainty of its WGES-TV's future on the Miami television scene Now that Public Service had the property and had gotten its Channel 10 on the air it set about the building its present quarters mmmi $1000000 Investment at Baker's boulevard plant the first step In a long legal process on Channel 10 We intend to pursue the case before the FCC and the courts until a final decision is made1 A FRANK KATZENTINE Miami Beach radio station owner and unsuccessful bidder for the channel said that his application never been Marshall Luce executive vice president of North Dade Video Inc the third losing applicant declared his company is still making a pitch for the station A NAL spokesman reported that Channel 10 which began broadcasting In August 1957 is operating in the red A financial statement for the ear ending June 30 1958 shows an operating loss of $159069 The report added the station grosses about $100000 monthly and making Jumble Answers STOKE SILKT TRCLT ABLAZE 6AILS TALK By DOM BONAFEDE Herald Staff Writer Three rival applicants Monday were waiting In the wings ready to pick up TV Channel permit if the Federal Communications Commission decides to lift the station's license The man most directly affected by the decision National Airlines President George Eaker declined comment personally or through Miami representatives until he had received official notification from Washington NORMAN JORGENSEN Baker's Washington attorney said National will contest the ruling at hearings before the FCC And even if the federal agency subsequently rules against National the decision can be appealed in court he pointed out will be litigation You can bet on Jorgensen commented One of the original bidders LB Wilson Inc of Cincinnati called the examiner's decision from the evidence before Declared a company spokesman: (the ruling) is merely the employes have strong confidence in president George Baker the said the executive we feel he's going handle the situation capably not going to let anybody There has been no wholesale job seeking said another employe cf us have had very lucrative offers but he said Just A Few Things In Mind Quick Quiz Ans 1 Scroote 2 Foal (colt) Mercurr fTM'enger of the fociij 4 9 A 5 Stormy Iambic JIlTlClMIlEllOlltUl new! ham it ton beach electric blanket the only one with fine-tuning heat control! Just slide the Steepin' Beacon switch to left for extra warmth to right for less So simple you can do it half-asleep! Yours in bluei pink yellow green 20 91 twin size single control 3101 full size single control 39J05 full size dual control LINEN SHOP NEW FOURTH FLOOR PARK FREE! FR 4-7251 open every night 9 til 0:30 By JIM BISHOP STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: A thousand little motorcycles of thought race around the inside of my head squealing on the turns and throwing the gravel of nonsense in the air Some are good thoughts worth following for one more lap some are silly My friend Stan Mockford will soon be paroled from At-lanta Penitentiary His little girl is now five He did time in Alcatraz too Stan is a wnter He has much to learn but he proved that he wants to BISHOP go straight by writing two novels In Jail His agent Maria Horch has high hope for his work He writes: have finally been able to admit that the pride which has prevented me in the past from turning to someone for advice in time of difficulty has been a false pride Real pride is not compatible with a deliberate in for interstate car theft hae news for snapped Mrs Henson of them Is TWO MEEKS AGO I started the final phase of the next book of the It is a story about the atom spies the Rosen-bergs Dr Klaus Fuchs Alan Nunn May and the research required three years Now the cross-indexing of the 12 volumes of notes will take six weeks After that the writing of the book will keep me busy until spring When it is published in the fall it could lay an egg le book WHEN JACK PAAR was In California I watched most of the 6hows They were among his best The brightest guest of course was Oscar Levant who is reduced to making a living from his neurosis and his sparkling insolence On my screen he seemed sicker physically than mentally If he gets well out of work CHRISTMAS IS almost here I hope that most of us remember that it is not a commercial occasion it is not the invention of Santa Claus it is the birthday of Christ and therefore a holy day On the 27th our family Is leaving for Miami for a week The last time I was in Miami was in 1925 1 wss 17 and out of a job This time I expect to see some cf the night life -1 rim ms ifctf fey 2 CAitsgo Trtftjati Unscramble the 4 seta of letters making a word-of each-jumble Print each word a letter to a square beneath each jumble The letters you have printed on the circled squares may then bearranged to spell the surprise answer suggested by the cartoon due What is it? (Answers above) MRS MARIUN HENSON of Long Branch was telling me that when she was pregnant her doctor said: hear two 0k 00 00 00.