Old Stone Faces

Three crudely carved sandstone heads--the oldest and most puzzling sculptures ever found in the Western Hemisphere--must remain a mystery until the war's end. So said Geologist Elias H. Sellards of the University of Texas last fortnight. Reason: geologists are now too busy prospecting for war-scarce minerals to investigate further. The heads, weighing roughly 100 lb. each, were found several years ago in gravel pits near Malakoff, Tex. Since faking prehistoric relics is a good-sized industry in the Southwest, geologists were startled to find the heads genuine, more startled to find that they date from the glacial era some 20,000 years ago. Significance: until recently scientists thought that man first migrated to America (via Alaska) a mere 4,000 years ago.

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