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Milford chronicle., 1947-01-10
State Legislature
Organizes after Il
Delay Of ? Hours
MAJORITY OF LOCAL
STORES WILL CLOSE
WEDNESDAYS AT NOON

Following a recent survey
by the Mercantile section of
the Milford Chamber of
Commerce, it was found that
the majority of the local
stores are closing at Noon or
One O'clock on Wednesdays.
During December all of the
stores remained open all day
on Wednesdays. and resumed
the Wednesday afternoon
closing after the first of the
year. Those stores conform
ing with the Wednesday af-
ternoOn closing are display
ing signs.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-10

A statewide conference on can
cer-designed ito save lives in
Delaware"-Will be held at the Uni
versity of Delaware on Saturday,
January 18.
The conference, to be held under
the auspices, of the Delaware Divi-
sion, American Cancer Society, will
acquaint the general public with
the cancer control work being done
in this state, Mrs. Thomas D..
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-10

WILM. and other sources for sound
recordings of noteworthy celebra
tions, interviews, addresses, and
other incidents.
State Archivist Leon deValinger.
Jr.. reported this week that the
equipment is modern and includes
sound tape equipment which
proved it's worth during the war.
such as the recording of the on
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-10

State Board Unit schools. the SpC-
cial districts. and Wilmington. The
figures must be considered eSti-
mates since they have been calcu-
lated on the basis of the present
personnel, which is constantly
changing.
Total State Funds Spent In l94l-i2
And Amounts Recommended
For 19f7-fS and 19fS-f9
The largest increases in state
funds for a number of years have
gone toward the salaries of inStruc-
tional personnel; namely, teachers
and principals. According to the
State Auditors Report, the state
funds expended for this purpose in
l94l-42 totalled $2,6S5.127. BY 1915
i6 they had risen to $3,624,241, an
increase of $50. The estimated
cost for the present year is So
732,000. The total of the recon-
mended appropriations for the sal
aries in the budgets of the school
Continued on page l0l
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-10
Traffic AT Hospital
Here Is Increasing
Figures For 1916 Show
Big Gain Over
1915

The following figures compiled
by John Wymcr, manager of the
Milford Memorial Hospital, are
eloquent testimony for the need of
Increased hospital facilities local
ly:
l946 la4I
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-10

Number of patients admitted. 2,8J
Number of patient hospital day
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-10

Continued on page ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
TRACT SELLER,
CONVICT MARRY
Bride Takes Along Sunday
Chicken Dinner To Pri-
son Farm For Lunch

SAVANNAH, Ga. Aug. l7VN-
A B-year-old convict and a 80
xear-old religious tract seller ne
credited with Saving" him while
he was a prison fugitive we're mar
ried today under the messy OAKS
Of Chatham county prison farm.
The bride was Brunei Lena
Weaver. wearing a bridal dress
and veil Of white, and the groom
James Freeman Wilkes, prlmly at,
.ired in a freshly starched and
laundered prison uniform.
Miss Weaver told reporters sne
net Wilkes in Bradenton, Fla, IN
1o43. after he had fled prison ID
Georgia. He wal converted to re-
Igion and wanted to marry nei
hon. she added, but she insisted
that he first make things right
With the Georgia authorities.
He went back to his 5 to 7-year
burglary sentence and Miss WeaV'
ar showed up at the prison camp
sodav with her bridal outfit and a
suitcase packed with a Sunday
chicken dinner.
Blind Associate Judge Victor II.
Mulling of Savannah municipal
sourt tied the knot.
Bride and groom repaired to the
risitors room. spread their picnic
iinner and "honeymooneo' until
tn.m. the end Of Sunday visit
ing hours.
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TEN men LOST
Continued From Page 0ne)

Injury, and that the two officers
we're in good condition"
The .Hermes and the Rowan to
eether then picked up seven bodies
the same area.
Rescued by the Coast Guard cut
Ter Hermes and transferred to the
Destroyer Rowan were Capt. I.
/. Ryder of Ponca City, Okla, at
tached to general headquarters
plane detachment in Tokyo; Col
Harvey P. Huglin, Fairfield, Ia.
of the Joint strategic plan and oper
atoms group, allied headquarters:
and Army Sergeant Holland, Col
mesneil, Tex. Holland suffered ?
head injury but was reported In
~fair'' condition. The passenger
list announced August is as the
plane took off from Tokyo includ'
ed: Ambassador Atcheson; Col
Carl A. Russell, 1928 Bellevue Ave,
Richmond Heights, Mo-, an assls
liant chief of staff, allied head
Quarters; Colonel Huglin, Col
David LAIR, 222 Thompson Blvd ,
WATERFOWL, N. Y; Capt. Randolph
3. Boyer. Audubon, Mimi, or
Portsmouth, Va.
Colonel LAIR and Captain Boyer
were members of the headquarters
Strategic plan and operations
group.
Mrs. Atcheson was being COM
forted in her Tokyo home by Mrs.
Paul J. Mueller, wife OF MacArtb-
ur's chief of staff. Atcheson's SOB
is reported currently attending q
navy school in the United States.
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u. s. MAY DROP OFFER

~ ~
WASHINGTON, Aug. ID. -Pg
The United States may drop us
offer to serve as a go-between IN
ending the small-scale war be-
tween the Dutch and the 1ndo-
nesians in view of the latter's APP
parent failure to accept this coun-
try's 'good Offices without quail
fication.
From Batavia came word that
the Indonesia republic had accept
ed the American offer to bring
the two factions together Tor a
private settlement, but had con-
ditioned the action with an obvious
invitation to the United Nations
security council to take action
first.
pending the decision OF the
Security Council" the 1ndoneslan
reply said, 1.-The Republican gov
eminent wishes to reneW Its pledge
of confidence that within the power
of the United States government
lies the possibility Of finding a
final solution of the 1ndoneslan-
Dutch dispute"
There was no official American
statement on the Indoneslan re-
spouse. Diplomats pointed out,
however that the United States
ONLY a few hours earlier had given
Indonesia a last-chance offer to
make an unqualified, yes-or-no an
swer on the offer to bring Indo-
nesian and Dutch leaders together
for a peaceful settlement outside
the United Nations.
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NEW HEAT WAVE
Continued From Page One)

areas today ranged from IS to
100 degrees and will be just as
high tomorrow.
In New York today the mercury
dropped to the high COS. The high
there tomorrow was expected to
be near 80.
Scattered rains fell in sections
OF Iowa yesterday and a little
more was expected but it was not
expected to be enough to benefit
crops materially.
Some crop experts said a soak
ing rain still could give the ma
ton a good 1947 corn crop, but
others said corn already had been
damaged too badly by five weeks
Of drought to recover.
County agents and grain eleva-
tor operators in Nebraska said the
states western breadbasket would
not furnish as much of the max
ings for bread this year as it did
last year.
As combines rumbled north Of
the states western wheat produc-
ing area, the agents and elevator
men estimated the total harvest
was IS per cent less than last
years record crop.
They placed the estimated har-
vest at IL, 900, 900 (M) bushels and
at a dollar value Of upward rom
$22, 900 600 (M). The curtailed har-
vest also was blamed on the
spring floods, spring freeze and
snow, hail-storms and rust.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
INDIA
Continued From Page One)

largest city and second in size in
the British commonwealth only to
London, goes to the New India.
In the Punjab, Pakistan gets
Lahore, provincial capital once
known as THE Paris of India"
but now desolate and ravaged by
months of communal rioting. Am
ritsar, the Holy City Of the Sikhs
only IS miles northeast of Lahore
is to be in India, but another Sikh
shrine and one of the most i'm
portant Nankana Sahib, where
Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh
religion was born, is Ear to the
west and we'll inside Pakistan.
As the boundary commission re-
ports we're released, official of
both India and Pakistan met with
British Military Commanders at
Lahore between Moelems and
Sikhs and Hindus.
Thousands of Sikhs and Hindus
already have fled from Lahore
anticipating that it would be in
Pakistan, but hundreds Of others
have died in the city and its
suburbs during the past three
weeks Of violence between the bit
terly opposed religious conmuni-
ties,
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BILB0
Continued From Page One)

tors removed a growth which Bill
DO said was caused by a bad
fitting dental plate"
He was operated on again last
January for what surgeons said
was the removal of a malignant
growth. The operation included
cutting a piece Of dead bone from
the jaw.
Shortly before that, Bilbo tenn
~porarily had been denied his seat
in the Senate on charges that he
had violated federal statutes by
preventing Negroes from voting IN
Mississippi and had misused his
office for personal gain in dealing
with war contractors.
Bilbo claimed the charges were
engineered and directed from
back-stage by Negro and Com
munist organizations"
The question of seating him was
pigeonholed by the Senate pending
a hearing which was tentatively
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
U. S. PLANS
Continued From Page One)

med Tansil delivered the Indones-
ian note to U. S. Consul General
Walter Foote in reply to the re-
quest from Washington yesterday
for a specific response to the
American offer. The note said:
pending the decision Of the Sc
curity Council, the Republican
government wishes to renew Its
pledge of confidence that within
the power of the United States gov
eminent lies the possibility OF ind
ing a final solution OF the lndo-
nesian-Dutch dispute
The republic assured the United
States that no rejection OF U. 5.
good offices had been meant by
the original reply, which contained
a request that the offer be limited
to the use of U. S. influence Tor
dispatch of an International Arbl-
tration Commission to Indonesla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
d. A BELLAMY

Funeral services for D. Frank
Bellamy, Sc, OF BIG South 18th ST.,
who died Saturday in James Walk
err Memorial hospital, will be con-
Quoted at the Yopp Funeral home
Monday at II am, with the Rev.
John r. Edwards officiating.
Burial will be in Bellevue celne-
terry.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Louise Bellamy; three daughters,
Mrs. J. E. Newton, Miss Sarah and
Miss Peggy Bellamy, all of Will
mington; four sons, Howell ", of
Myrtle Beach, S. c., John D., Of
Lexington, S. c., Norwood F., of
Lancaster, S. c., and Haywood c.,
of Wilmington; three sisters, Mrs.
J. W. Clardy, Of Wilmington, Mrs.
W. N. Hunter Of Deland, Fla, and
Mrs. Walker Willetts Of Winnaoow;
and one brother. ". B. Bellamy
Of Oak Hill, Fla.
Active pallbearers will be: Wat
son .Clardy, Herbert Clardy, John
Peterson, Ebert Moore, V. w.
Andrews, and Lenox HARRISON.
Honorary pallbearers will be: DR..
H. A.. Codington, J. c. Long, F. K.
J. Futchs. Francis Newton, J. c.
King, w. H. johnson, and j. E.
Newton, Sr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18

gest slice Of your dollar it can
get. These foolish new styles are
the result.
'"The change in fashions won't
be tough on Mrs. Vanderbilt. The
tragedy Of it will be with the poor
little shop girl who will be made
to feel pitiful and tacky"
"You can't develop a taste for
asparagus If you hate the sight
of it," said Mrs. Woodland, her
blue-green eyes flashing. "It's the
same with long skirts"
"Why should women go back
ward in styles" Mrs. Alma
Daigle wanted to know. ''They
aren't going backward in anything
else"
Mrs. A. B. Taylor 4s, said:
During the first World War
wore hobble skirts and I had to
hoist them when I got on a street
car. A few years later skirts were
above my knees and I had to
hold them down when I got on a
street car. Well I'm fed up with
this foolishness from New York
and Paris"
"Either long skirts aren't built
for me or I'm not built for them,"
Mrs. w. K Eden remarked. "1'm
not having any!"
A sprinkling o. silent men at
tended the meeting. Warren Wood
ard, 27-year-old combat veteran:
was among them. This move
ment may amount to something
he smiled. my wife is a deter
mined woman"
The LEX club asks no member
ship fee, no dues-just a pledge
that the oma joining will re
fuse to wear new style dresses
Were thinking of ordering
lapel emblem" Mrs. Woodart
said. "a pair Of crossed legs witt
the skirt a little below the knee
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
A. X. GuODEN

Funeral services for A. K. Good
en-, Y, of Route 1, Clarkton, who
died in Duke hospital Friday night
were held Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the Calvary Baptist
church of which he was a member.
The Reverends Stankwych of Lum-
berton and Charlie Hester of st.
Pauls officiated.
Mr.. Gooden who has been a res-
ident of Bladen county all his life
is a well-known farmer and civil
leader. Surviving are two sons,
Alden Gooden of Elizabetbtown
and ]. c. Gooden of Clarkton;
three daughters, Mesdames w. L..
Dowless and W. J. HARRISON OF
Elizabethtown and Austin Dove OF
Baltimore, Nd,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
EXTENDED
Continued From Page One)

bagh was beaten by Arabs when
he went back to get his belong
ings from a house near Jatfa,
which he had left Friday.
Three shots were fired at a Jew
ish bus near the Arab village OF
Belt Dajan. A Jewish girl was
wounded, but the bus went on to
a police station in Tel Aviv.
The Arab Holy Month OF Rama
dan. during which Arabs may not
eat between dawn and dusk, end
ed last night. The Arabs marked
the occasion by firing off cannon
and lighting up the minarets OF
their mosques.
Thousands Of them 1ocked in
from the country to the cities Tor
the three-day feast Of Id Ell Fltr
While the Arabs were busy with
their feasting and prayers today,
British soldiers escorted Jewlsf
workers to military establishments
near Jaffa.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
STAFFORD MACK BROWN

Funeral services for Stafford M.
Brown, 119 Castle street, who died
at his home Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock after a short illness, will
be conducted from the Chapel of
Andrews Mortuary, Tuesday morn
ing at II o'clock by the Rev. Guy
C. Moore. Interment will follow in
Bellevue cemetery.
Mr.. Brown was the son Of the
late Mary Rushing and Albert
Marion Brown and was born
October IA, 1873 in Mullins, S. c.
He moved to Wilmington in 1928
and before his retirement was As
sistant Superintendent of the F. S.
Register Fertilizer Plant in Will
mington.
Surviving are: three daughters,
Mrs. J. H. Kraus and Mrs. H. L.
Sandlin; both of Wilmington, and
Mrs. H. S. Spires of Columbia, S.
c.; three sons, A.. M. Brown OF
Columbia; o. G. Brown. S. M.
Brown, both OF the U. S. Army;
two brothers, Ben and Dunk
Brown, both OF Columbia, S. c.;
three sisters, Mrs. Will Clough.
Mrs. Sid Collins, and Mrs. Ethel
McQuartters, all OF Columbia; and
13 grandchildren and one great
grand child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
COPPERHEAD
Continued From Page One)

over the bedlam, Were not 60
ing to allow any demonstration
around the jail"
But the cultists who defied the
Jonesville sheriff by holding their
shimmying, shouting meetings
there, warmed up for an encore.
No snakes were in sight as they
began their meeting but cult
leader Reverend" Bill Parsons
promised earlier We'll have plen-
ty of snakes for them
eve never predict ahead" Par
sons said as the cult prepared for
its meeting. What will be, Will
be-"
The women, Mary Lee Scott and
Flora Nolan, we're arrested last
week when police broke up a
snake-fondling meeting for viola
ting a new state law against han
ding snakes Gin a manner to en-
danger the public welfare"
The women and four men ar
rested at the same time were Ilheo
$50 each and sentenced to 80 days
in Jail.
The cult promptly kept most o.
Jonesville awake with an all-night
service outside the Jail, but next
day the four men weakened. They
appealed and were released or
bond.
The women were more stub
born. They stayed in jail while the
cult prayed for their cells to open,
The faith healers, who claim the
new law violates freedom OF Wor
ship, held a Warm-up prayer
meeting last night at their shrine
in Stone Creek Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
DIE
BY VIOLENCE
Weekend Death Toll Caus.
ed By Automobile Acct
dents, Shooting.
By The Associated Press

There were at least II deaths
by violence in North Carolina dur
ing the weekend.
Thomas Woodrow Livingston Of
the Boomer community near North
Wilkesboro was killed early Sat
urday when the car which he was
driving crashed into an embank-
ment.
Norman E. Durham, %, Of Black
Greek, died Saturday in a Wilson
hospital of injuries suffered in an
automobile accident earlier in the
week.
Walter Granger, %, a Negro OF
Spartanburg, S. c., vas killed on
a Southern Railway train between
Ruffin and Reidsville Friday night
in a gun fight.
Louise McCumbee, 81, Of st.
Pauls, died In a Lumberton hos
pital Friday after being shot at
a filling station lunchroom where
she worked.
An accidental rifle discharge
while bear hunting took the life OF
James Warren Smith, "a, OF near
Fayetteville Saturday.
Isaac Mack, "a, a Negro, died
Friday in a Gastonia hospital OF
bullet wounds. Another Negro has
been booked for manslaughter.
j. B. Williams, a Negro, was
found shot to death on a Charlotte
street early Sunday. Police have
issued a warrant for murder for
another Negro.
James T. Miller. a Negro, died
in Charlotte Sunday of injuries
suffered in an auto accident.
Oliver Thomas Moore, "a, of Ma
con, Ca, died in Charlotte hospital
Sunday of injuries suffered Sat
urday night when he was struck
by an automobile.
Emmett Leon Johnson, eight
year-old Negro boy, was killed
about eight miles from Greensboro
Sunday when a truck struck the
bicycle he was riding.
Tolbert Smith, 10, was drowned
Sunday when the motorboat In
which he was riding overturned In
the Neuse river near Wake Forest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
MISS KINNIE HAWKINS

Funeral services for Miss Kinnie
|Hankins, u, who died at her resi-
dence 413 N. Fifth street, Sunday
morning after an extended illness,
will be held from the chapel OF
the Ward Funeral home, Tuesday
afternoon at 5 p. m, with the Rev.
J, A. Russell officiating. Interment
will follow in the Oakdale GENE
terry.
Miss Hawkins was the daughter
of the late Alfred Galloway and
Mary Agnes Hawkins, Of Whining
ton. She was a life long member
of the Grace Methodist church.
Surviving are six nepnews; A.
B. Hall, K. M. Hall and L. P. Hall
Of Wilmington, Bruce Hall Of De-
catur, Ca. c. r. Hall of New
York City. and ". c. Hall of Gin
cinnati, Ohio; and niece, Mrs.
R. L. Luerich of Bloomingfield,
N. J.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
MOBILES

cHADBOURN, Aug. 17-stanley
Mobiles, 4-year old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcneil Mobiles of China
Grove Community, died in Colum-
bus County hospital after a linger-
ing illness.
Stanley had been suffering from
a kidney ailment practically all
his life and spent about Is months
in the hospital.
Funeral services we're conduct
ed Sunday morning at IL o'clock
at the China Grove Baptist church.
The Rev. Ralph Johnson, pastor,
in charge. Burial followed In the
church cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, one
brother, Richard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18

scheduled to be held at,..
Mississippian' recovered at'er u,
illness and returned n ro'n Nj
ton. washing,
The series Of Operation.
vented his return, howevsr' Pc
The agreement enab,od n,,
continue drawing his Paw > D.'0o 70
tor but prevented him from ~ s.. Se'''
the oath for the third ,sS4s
which he was elected last Nm. b
Der. NoVer,
The move to delay action
seating was led by former D De- H.
who told his fellow sentative 'v5E
"a mans life is more jmn NM Ia.
than a seat in the Un;tod o.. d.
Senate OR ANY other BODY =, '''''
Following his second onsu..
Bilbo said from his sick bo La@2i
Il am going back Ia WI.
ton it I live. Ii I die NV
will 60 back there and ham, s'1'
hell out Of them" Is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18

AKRON, O.. Aug. 17-tF-Hov
Carolinians placed in heat sum
maries of today's 10th running O.
the An-American soap box derby
with winning time.
Round one included:
Heat eLAshton Faucette, Jr.
Durham, first. 1884.
Heat 19-Robert e. Pittrnan
Kinston, third.
Heat 26-Roger Lee jackson
Winston-Salem, second.
Heat 27-Ted I. WiIliams, VII
mington, second,
Heat 31-Drew Hearn, Charlotte.
first. 27.N.
Heat 33-William R. Horton.
Columbia, third.
Heat 35-Raymond Clark. Ashe.
vile, second, second.
Heat 42-Jerry H. Cowan, Bur
Iington, second.
Round 2
Heat 48-Faucette. first, 26.98.
Heat 58-Hern. First 26.97.
Round 3
Heat 65-Faucette, second.
Heat 70-Hearn, second.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
WEDDING
Continued From Page One)

hours later 1s miles west Of Ra-
1t was a total wreck. The
Houchins allege hotel bellhop AL
bert Walden, who was to park it
borrowed the car for a "joyride."
I'VE had to stay in Raleigh I'M
til Wednesday to get things
Strengthened out about the car and
then we were forced to return to
Richmond On bus Houchins
said.
II only get one vacation a year,
SO we'll have to wait now until
next year for our honeymoon"
The great mental suffering,
distress, agony and humiliation
they said in their complaint in
Wake County Superior Court in
Raleigh was worth $25O.82 for
damages to the car, $62 for loss
of articles in the car, $4,000 for
loss Of the car for their honey
moon trip and $1,000 for the men
tai suffering.
Houchins served SO months in
the army, including 10 months in
tie Pacific, and was discharged
a little over a year ago. His bride
Helen was born in Washington but
has known him for nearly 19
years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
LOAN TALKS
Continued From Page or.,

ton for increasing coal r..
ton vital to Europe reco9s, ~-.'
ton. ~ut'
Meanwhile, the United g..
was reported ready 10 iasis, ,'"
the face of French rejnc+sn
upon aiding GERMANY il 5rN,
back part Of her prewar he., V'1a
dustry under a plan If irts,r Az
tional supervision to keen h.
becoming a war potential, A o~
ference on this question will
underway some time this well 81
London.
The British loan discussions will
be held with a ten-man LocSa.
delegation headed by Sir Wilfr.!
Eady, special Assistant to Cb.o'
cellor of the E~xchequer Hugh MI
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
CAPE FEAR
Continued From Page One)

snnointed Indian maidens might
be seen on the Cape Fear shores
shading their eyes as they gazeo
xeaward toward the south. Iney
kept a vigil for he return OIL Cap
Tain Hilton and his ship.
But history more accurately re-
hates that Captain Hilton did not
return when the colonists came to
settle on Old Town Creek several
months later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
Police Discover Aged Woman
In House Here Without Care

A 65-year-old woman who neigh
bors said had sat in a rocking
chair in the front room of her small
cottage at 514 Dawson street with
out care for six days, last night
was removed at the instance Of
police to James Walker Memorial
hospital in a serious condition.
The woman Miss Annie Walker,
about IS, who neighbors said was
without relatives.
The woman was discovered by
Mrs. W. F. Ganey, 914 South Sixth
street, and Mrs. A.. r. Phillips,
918 South Sixth street, neighbors,
who attempted to administer to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18

the woman. They informed police
Of the case.
Police called Yopp's ambulance
and the officers were obliged to
carry the woman to the ambu-
lance. Hospital authorities declin-
ed to state the condition Of the
woman but did admit she was
received into the hospital.
Neighbors and the police report
stated that the woman had been
under the care Of the Welfare de-
partment for several weeks.
Mrs. Mary Ellis Of the Welfare
department, could not be located
last night for comment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-18
LATIN AMERICAN
Continued From Page One)


the idea of blocking Argentina
Mexico announced she was offer
ing a resolution similar to Colon
bias.
Bramuglia said previously Mexi-
co and Argentina would work to-
gether on a special economic con-
ference plan. Last night Mexican
Foreign Minister Jaime Torres
Bodet said such a plan was "un-
feasible" .
The Colombian-Mexican proposal
has the support of the United
States. Brazil, Chile and Verezue-
la - key countries in the confer
ence. Bolivia and ECUADOR were
supporting Argentina.