The Seaforth News, 1958-05-22, Page 2Three, Six Or
Twelve Miles
The days of the "three-mile'.
limit" are about over,
Washington put up a sturdy
fight for it at the current Geneva, '
meeting of some 86 nations—but
lost out to the Soviets, the Arabs,
the British.
It is still not clear what, if
Any, agreed limit to territorial
waters there will be -for the
Soviets and•Arabs want 12 miles,
the British are arguing for six,
When the United States saw that
It was fighting a losing battle
It shifted to the six -mile limit.
But it is still possible the Soviets
and Arabs and others may win
this battle of the waters.
There is more involved than
lust the navigation rights to
coastal waters. There is the vital
economic issue of fishing rights,
the commercial and defense issue
of flying rights—and, of course,
the matter of navigation rights.
The United States switchod to
the six -mile limit proposal be-
cause it may thus be able to
block the 12 -mile rule—which
It opposes violently. There are
several things it feels are wrong
with the 12 -mile rule.
Only about 20 per cent of the
world's lighthouses are visible
pit a range of 12 miles, This
creates a great danger, especially
torsmall craft,
Radar navigation at 12 miles
and beyond is of only marginal
utility, as many objects normally
used for radar navigation are un-
identifiable at such distance.
Also many small boats, fishing
boats in particular, would find
It impossible to anchor at depths
normally found outside a 12 -mile
Limit,
Likewise the cost of extending
coastal markings and services to
the 12 -mile limit would be con-
siderable, Washington estimates
that it would cost the United
States $18,000,000 a year for more
navigational aids (buoys, gongs,
whistles, fog signals, channel
markers, etc,), to make the
change — not to mention the
millions of capita] outlay to
make the switch.
Also any extension of terri-
torial waters automatically re-
duces the area of the high seas
and impinges on the present
rights of nations. To extend the
territorial waters to 12 miles
would reduce the area of the
high seas by 2,500,000 square
miles, an area roughly the size
of the United. States.
But, perhaps, the major rea-
eon why the United States ob-
jects to the 12 -mile rule (and
undoubtedly the major reason
the Soviets want it) concerns
the question of neutrality y141a-
iiens, Broadened terri t D `ria i
waters could well become a
haven for deadly submarines. A
belligerent submarine in war-
time could hide within the broad
territorial waters of a neutral
with ease; and the antisubmarine
aircraft and surface vessels
searching it out could not legally
enter such waters.
Violations of the three-mile
limit, however difficult to pre-
vent or patrol, would become
many times more difficult if ex-
tended; and with most small na-
tions unable to protect their
neutrality in wartime, the gen-
eral respect for territorial waters
everywhere would c r u m b l e,
writes Neal Sandford in the
Christian Science Monitor.
Advocates of the 12 -mile limit
argue that the principle of the
"right of innocent passage"
would keep any extension of the
territorial sea from restricting
Freedom of navigation. However,
the very provision for this right
is a recognition that freedom of
navigation is restricted—and the
wider the territorial sea the
greater the restriction. Naviga-
tion by sufferance is not quite
the same as navigation by right.
Perhaps as important as the
submarine problem raised by
any extension of territorial
waters is that of flying rights,
Freedom to fly over the high
teas is denied entirely in the
airspace over territorial waters—
finless the coast state involved
,gives consent. Thus there is no
tele of "right of innocent pas-
sage" for aircraft over the waters
as there is for ships.
A good example of the prob-
lems and complications that a
12 -mile limit to territorial waters
would raise is Gibraltar. If ter-
ritorial waters there were ex-
tended six miles each way, there
would he no high seas remaining.
And an extension of the terri-
torial sea of Greece of 12 miles
would close off the Aegean Sea.
If the three-mile limit disap-
pears, as now seems inevitable,
with the United States swinging
over to the six -mile rule, the
question is: Can there be any
wide or universal agreement on
another limit? Any change that
is not unanimous would cause
constant trouble. At present the
right of states to a three-mile.
Jima—or one marine league—is
universally recognized. To drs-
card a universally accepted rule
for something that is consider-
ably less than universal involves
danger of serious misunderstand-
ings,
Safe X -Ray?
Since the corning of the atom
age, many of the 100 million or
so who undergo X-ray examina-
tions or treatment every year
have been alarmed by reports of
the effects of radiation on the
human body. Some women pa-
tients have refused X-ray ex-
aminations during pregnancy be-,
cause they fear that their un-
born children and generations
beyond mightsuffer physical or
mental defects.
How great, actually, is the
radiation danger?
In his presidential address be-
fore the annual meeting of the
American College of Obstetri-
clans and Gynecologists in Los
Angeles, Dr. R. Gordon Douglas
of New York set the X-ray re-
cord straight with cool common
sense. "Medical radiation does
present certain hazards to the
obstetrical and gynecological pa-
tient," he said. "Nonetheless,
these hazards can be minimized
by the use of the most modern
equipment (fast X-ray. film to
cut exposure time, shields, and
filters and competent techni-
cians,"
In obstetrical cases, X-ray
films are used to estimate the
pelvic capacity of the patient,
to see whether a Caesarean de-
livery is indicated, to determine
the presentation of the baby, to
detect congenital defects, and to
diagnose the death of an un-
born child. "Probably we have
used the technique more than is
necessary,? said Dr, Douglas. "I
feel very strongly that routine
use of X-rays in hospitals and
offices should be abolished,"
Currently Dr, Douglas in hit
otvn practice is using only one-
fourth as many X-rays for de-
termining "pelvic capacity" as
he once did. Even then, films are
not taken until the patient is in
labor.
Dr. Douglas submitted further
cautions: (1) There should be
no radiation therapy for benign
uterine tumors, particularly if
the patient is of child-bearing
age; (2) radiation should not be
used to stimulate the ovaries in
sterility cases; (3) dental X-rays
during pregnancy, "should, if
possible, be deferred," (One ex-
ception: Dr. Douglas approves
the use of chest X-ray films dur-
ing pregnancy to detect tubercu-
losis...
What is a safe radiation dose?
None of the obstetricians and
gynecologists ventured an esti-
mate.
"The safe amount of X-ray ex-
posure cannot be determined,"
said Dr. Pendleton Tompkins of
Stanford University School of
Medicine. "The amount of dam-
age by X-ray depends upon the
time of pregnancy. The earlier
in pregnancy, the greater the
damage from the same dose.
What would harm an eight-week
fetus woad not do any damage
to an eight-month fetus!
—From Newsweek.
Q. On which side of the frost
should the guest of honor be
seated at a dinner party?
A. The seat of honor is at the
host's right
TOT -EYED --Strange things sometimes grow in flower pots and
here are two wide-eyed Afrcian Lemurs to prove it. The "bush
babies", six months old, are getting used to their new sur-
roundings in London's Crystal Palace Zoo.
STILL GOING STRONG AT 132—Swami Govind Bharti, better
known in Kathmandu,,Nepal,'as Swami Shivapuri, claims to be
132 years old. The spry Swami, who attributes his long life
to a vegetarian diet, lots of mental rest, and little physical
labor, says he has traveled all over the world, including visits
to Russia, England and the United States. The Swami says that
"the cities -of New York and Washington were still under ex-
pansion by hard-working people" when he visited them. He
sleeps only two hours a day and subsists on a pint and a half
of fresh cow's milk a day.
TABLE TALKS•
daneardM.Ws.
It is estimated that in Canada
and the United States something
like two hundred million eggs
are eaten every day!
The basic rule for cooking
these millions is the same every-
where — cook at low tempera-
ture. When ready to eat, eggs
should be tender and delicate.
A rubbery or tough egg has been
cooked too rapidly.
Eggs are popular for all three
of our daily meals, but break-
fast eggs have been covered
several times in the past, so
luncheon and dinner dishes will
be emphasized today. Hereis
a casserole that you may like to
serve for either lunch Or din-
ner. This recipe serves 9-12.
GOLDEN EGG CASSEROLE
12 finely chopped hard -cooked
eggs '
74 cup diced pimento
14 cup minced celery with
leaves
2 cups (O/.i pound) finely,
crushed crackers
2 cups mayonnaise
1 teaspoon salt
1% teaspoon garlic salt
N, teaspoon ground pepper
1t cup milk
Topping:
3a cup cracker crumbs
11. cup melted butter
Blend all ingredients except
topping. Spread in 2 -quart shal-
low greased casserole. Top with
cracker crumbs blended with
butter. Bake at 400° F. 25 min-
utes or until golden brown.
Serve hot.
* ,F
For company or for family,
this egg loaf will prove appe-
tizing and delicious. Serve it
with either a creole or a mush-
room sauce.
EGG LOAF
1 egg, beaten
4 cups hot cooked white rice
x;, cup chopped pimento
14 cup grated •sharp cheese
13's cups grated Canadian cheese
4 hard -cooked eggs, coarsely
diced
?i teaspoon salt
14 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon butter
Mix together the beaten egg,
pimento, cheese, and hard -
cooked eggs, salt, and pepper.
Thoroughly grease a 91/x53/4x21/4
loaf pan (be careful to grease
bottom well). Cut up the 1 table-
spoon butter and distribute over
bottom of loaf pan. Pack mix-
ture into loaf pan. Place in pre-
heated 350° 1'. oven and bake 45
minutes. Remove frons oven, cut
around edges to loosen and turn
out on platter.
CREOLE SAUCE
14 cup butter
1/2 cup chopped' onion.
cup chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons flour -
1 No. 2 can (VA sups)
tomatdes
1 teaspoon salt
' teaspoon pepper
Melt butter in saucepan over
low heat. Add onion and green
pepper and cook, "stirring occa-
sionally, until onion is tender.
Place flour in one corner of
saucepan and gradually blend
butter into it. Cook, stirring.
several minutes. Gradually add
water, stirring constantly; grad-
ually add tomatoes and season-
ings, Cook until thickened.
r s
Deviled eggs are versatile
when summer comes. Serve
them with salad, take them on
picnics, or serve them hot in
eheese or tomato suace. Here is
a snappy recipe for them.
DEVILED EGGS
6 hard -cooked eggs
2 teaspoons lemon juice or
vinegar
14 teaspoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire -
sauce
vis teaspoon salt
3e teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or
salad dressing
Cut eggs in half; remove yolks.
Press yolks through sieve, and
combine with remaining ingre-
dients; beat until smooth. If de-
sired, add more seasoning and
:salad dressing. Refill whites,
decorate with parsley, Twelve
stuffed halves,
Variations:'
Deviled ham, finely minced
meat or fish, chopped parsley or
green pepper may be combined
with filling.
*
DEVILED EGGS, SPANISH
STYLE
Ifi cup butter
% cup each, chopped onion and
celery
3 tablespoons flour
3 cups cooked tomatoes
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
% teaspoon each, ground
The Passing Of
'Diamond Jim 2nd
When it came time for Jimmy
Brocato to get Out of the second
grade, the teacher asked him
what four and two were. He said
seven, She tried again, with
four and six. This time Jimmy
said eleven. It turned .out that
seven and eleven were the only
numbers he knew — all his
friends were crapshooters. So
Jimmy left the second grade and
set himself up in business as a
shoeshine boy ,outside ,Antoine's,
one of New Orleans's most fa-
mous and expensive restaurants.
That was the apocryphal story
—only one of hundreds they
were telling recently in New
Orleans when Jimmy Brocato
died. No. one knew him any
longer as Jimmy Brocato; he
died "Diamond Jim" Moran,
owner of one of New Orleans's
best restaurants—La Louisiane
—friend of the great of two
continents, The, chief •justice of
the state supreme court, John
B. Fournet, attended his funeral,
and Mayor deLesseps S. Morri-
son was a pallbearer. In a color-
ful city, Moran was one of its
most colorful though not entire-
ly spotless figures.
Before he was a restaurant
owner, Moran had been—among
other things—a bodyguard for
the late 'Louisiana governor,
Huey Long: He had been only
a matter of feet away when Long
was cut down by an assassin's
bullets on. Sept. 8, 1935.
Jim Moran had operated slot
machines for Frank Costello and
Phil Kastel, had run a horse -race
wire service, had been a boxer
and a barber. He also—naturally
—had been in trouble with the
law.
None of that seemed to dimin-
ish the high regard in • which
• much of New Orleans held Jim
Moran. "He may have broken
a few laws," said one of his high -
placed friends, "but he was a
straight guy!" He was as well
known for being a "soft touch"
,to the down-and-out as he was
for his diamonds—it was said
that he died broke because of all
the money he gave away.
As for his diamonds, on a
clear day and a straight street,
Jim Moran could be seen twenty
blocks away. He wore diamonds
in the buttons of his suits (he
had more than 100 suits, at $200
each), diamonds in the buttons
of his shirts (700 tailored shirts,
at $40 each), diamonds in his
belt buckle, in his zipper, in the
frames of his glasses. He had
white -mink neckties set with
diamonds. He had diamonds in
his watches, in his cuff links, in
pepper and garlic salt
6 hard -cooked eggs deviled
(see above)
iz cup buttered bread crumbs
6 slices toast
Cook onion and celery in but-
ter over low heat until onion is
transparent. Blend in flour. Add
tomatoes all at once. Cook until
thickened, stirring constantly.
Add sugar, salt, pepper, and
garlic salt. Pour into shallow
11/4- or 2 -quart baking dish. Ar-
range deviled eggs in sauce. Top
with buttered crumbs. Place in
4,25° F. oven until sauce is bub-
bly around edges (10-15 mins,),
Serve over toast, rice, spaghetti,
or noodles,
his walking cane, "there wers
diamonds in the fillings of 'hie
teeth, and he had a toupee sat
with diamonds.
From shoeshine boy, he 'went
to work as a barber; at 18,` ha'
bought the barbershop; he turn-
ed it into the flossiest barbershop
in New Orleans. At this time, hs
also was fighting as a 'profession-
al' featherweight; he changed his
name from Brocato to Moran.
because the fight crowd- liked
Irish names better.
Moran got into the restaurant
business for two very good fey -
sons: He liked people, and he
liked. food, In -the. restaurant
business in the old days, it na•
turally was necessary to serve
a little liquor, in spite of the',
Volstead Act; this got Diamond,.
Jim a one -year -sentence injail,
of which. he served six mont`1a.
He also met a lot of people (his
sports friends alone inclu:ied.
Jack Dempsey, Rocky itiaruiano, .
Toe DiNIaggio, Dizzy Dean, and
Eddie Arcaro). He met :['rank
Costello and Phil Kastel; this led
to an indictment for ,ncorne-tax
evasion (jointly with Costello,
and Kastel), and to _an appear-
ance before the Kefauver crime
committee about gambling and
slot -machine operatics -is 1:a Nsvt
Orleans.
"I was only a good-wil'i man.
for the outfit," Moran told the
committee. "Personally, I never.
placed a bet with a handbook is.
my life."
The committee believed 'hire;
and it was typical of ',ioran that
he ended his testimony before
the committee on a note of has •
pitality.
"Mr. Chairman," he told Ka-
fauver, "I'd like to :sue you a
special invitation to visit •rny
hunting lodge near New Orleans
as my personal guest,"
Kefauver inclined his head
gravely.
"That's a very he.:.lsorne bi.
vitation," he said.—From 1(1l,WB-
WEEK. .
Quiz Charpie nis
Ten-year old schoolboy llohesi
Strom, whose total winnings
were $224,000, won $102,000 of
them by identifying three selene
title trail blazers and listing
their achievements, describing
what happened when two dif-
ferent sets of chemicals were
mixed together, and identifying
seven first -magnitude stars and
their constellations,
Jockey Billy Pearson (trial.
winnings $170,000)• got his big-
gest check by identifying six old -
master paintings, naming the
painter of- each, and et least ass
teacher each painter had studied
with.
Leonard Ross, 11 -'sears -c' -d,
won $100,000 by answering a
live -part question on Wall Straet
and business matters and $54,-
000 on another show by giving
five more correct answers in i_re
same fleld.
Teddy Nadler, a civil-eer;ize
laborer, pushed his winning: to
$160,000 by answering a three-•
page question on .enaissan_e
art.
Joyce Brothers, a psychologist,
won $64,000 on one show and
$70,000 on another by arsvrer ig
a series of questions on boxing.
Charles Van Doren, a cobage
instructor- (total win:.ings $1i.3,.•
000), hit his peak by naming six
U.S. Vice Presidents later eerie
ed President.
THE ATOMIUM AT WORLD'S FAIR IN BRUSSELS