Show WASHINGTON NOTES Items From Our Nations Nation's Capitol hi A FLIERS FLIER'S An Air National Guard lieutenant lieu tenant whose kidney was transplanted trans trans- planted to an ailing twin brother brother brother bro bro- ther has been granted permission slon sion by the Air Force Medical Review Board to continue his flight training on condition he passes a a physical examination following his recovery The airman airman airman air air- man concerned was Second Samuel E E. E Merriman of Oklahoma City The Air Force had originally ruled that Lieutenant Merriman's Merriman's Merri Merri- mans man's loss of a kidney would cost him his commission However However However How How- ever the Board decided later to rescind this decision CANDIDATE FOR US U.S. POST D. D Malcolm Anderson Jr United States attorney for lor the Western District of Pennsylvania ia has been reported as being under consideration for appointment appointment appoint appoInt- m ment nt as chief of the Justice Departments Department's Criminal Division The post has been vacant since the resignation of Warren Hoiney Hol Hoi ney III last fall Just Dep Department officials re referred referred reo re- questions to the White House There was no immediate comment from the White House FLU DEATHS SPUR INQUIRY Federal state and local health authorities are seeking the cause of a steady rise In deaths from influenza and pneumonia in the past few weeks in large cities Surgeon General Leroy E. E Burney Durney of the United States Public Health Service slid sad in ina a recent statement that there was no evidence of any widespread widespread widespread wide wide- spread increase in Asian influenza influenza influenza enza cases cases despite the thi th increase in deaths However he urged second injections of Asian Influenza Influenza influenza enza vaccine for elderly persons and others in special risk groups MISSILE PROGRESS The Defense Department inan Jn ln an unusual review of progress and planning has forecast a new arsenal of space weapons weapons to re replace replace replace re- re place missiles now in develop develop- ment As the from the United States and Russia are whirling around the earth Pentagon Pentagon Pentagon Pen Pen- tagon spokesmen are talking confidently of weapons to shoot down such satellites An Ai Air Force official has said his service could send a rocket to the moon this year He also talked of mile radar defenses defenses defenses de de- de- de against intercontinental missiles and of ah in in in- range ballistic mIssile missile missile mis mIs- sile that would be projected 1500 1500 1500 1 miles from a high flying air air- plane A Navy man spoke of almost complete invulnerability against counter measures of its sea- sea based ballistic missile the Pol Pol- aris MAFIA EX-MAFIA MAN DEPORTED Attorney General William P P. Rogers had made public the deportation deportation de de- de to Italy of Sebastiano Nani convicted narcotics law whom Mr Rogers described described described des des- as a o onetime leader of th the Mafia The Justice Department said Nani sailed from New York aboard the liner Co Cos lombo He entered the country as a stowaway in 1924 LAMPREY CONTROL The Interior Department announced an pounced recently that chemical compounds will bring about a control of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes perhaps as much muchas as five or ten years earlier than electrical means The departments departments departments department's depart ments ment's position was stated Ina in ina a door closed testimony before the House Interior Appropriations tons subcommittee TRANQUILIZERS STUDIED Many physicians are disturbed disturb ed over the promotion of tran trans drugs House Investigators Invest gators revealed In announcing hearings on whether drug firms are employing false or misleadIng misleading misleading mislead mislead- ing advertising Representative John A A. A Blatnik Blatnik Blat Blat- nik D. D. D Minn chairman of a Government Operations ns subcommittee subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee suggested that pharmaceutical pharmaceutical pharmaceutical phar phar- houses might have abandoned a scientific approach for soap selling promotional methods The subcommittee is turning its attention to tranquilizers after after after af af- af- af ter study of advertising on the value of filter tip cigarettes Itis It Itis Itis is preparing a report that accuses accuses accuses ac ac- ac- ac the Federal Trade Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission of laxity in policing cigarette cigarette cig arette advertising ON CURBING OIL IMPORTS The Administration ledged recently that its voluntary voluntary voluntary volun tary program for curbing oil imports was not solving the problem of this country's oil industry The special Cabinet committee commit commit- tee on In oil imports under the chairmanship of Sinclair Weeks Secretary of Commerce plans a meeting soon to see what can be done RESERVE LAG NOTED David board chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the Radio Corporation of America has told the Reserve Officers Association that he has noticed disquieting signs in recent months that the military reserve program has been lag Jag ging Mr feels that military reserve are more important Important important im im- than ever before in this space age Senator J J. J William Fulbright D D. Ark has also urged the association association as as- to tOI i make it its its most solemn duty to rally all al Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans to meet the dangers of the Soviet challenge The United States has rejected reject reject- ed for a second time a Polish plan to declare a wide area in central Europe off limits to atomic atomic atomic at at- weapons The rejection was softened by two considerations to deal gently with Communistic Poland and to avoid the appearance of ofa ofa a hasty reply U. U S S. S policy has been to encourage Polish independence Independence independence inde Inde- of Moscow TRADE FAIR EXPENDITURE Congress has been told the United States spent nearly half halfa a million dollars more more than was appropriated for trade fair exhibits exhibits ex ex- ex hibits last fall and that the official official official of of- in charge of the program resigned The disclosures were made to the House Appropriations Committee Com Com- by Commerce Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment officials in door closed testimony which has only recently recently recently re re- re- re been released |