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Realtor

Ilo ollso ave JU, $4,000
ROCK CREEK HILLS-A grand
home. in lovely neighborhood, brick
rambler having living nm, dining
nm, spacious kit, 3-hedrms.. ,
baths, den or ith bedrm. on lst
hoor daylight bsmt. having biz
rec. nm, extra bedrm and bath,
double garage. Immediate occu-
pancy. Call JU. 5-42o2; ewes III
S-SS90, LAWRENCE V. LUTES
CO
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COLONIAL; NEAR NIH-select your
colorS for tvs BRAND FF Wi
liamsburg. You'll Ike the pretty
family kitchen Combination.
living room, dining room. den and
p bath on LIST floor: FOUR bed.
rooms and . baths on End floor
The children will be safe on this
quiet street. Priced in the low 30s
Call and see today Call MISS
BLAND. WO. 6-64S6, FREDERICK
W. BERENS SALES, INC
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APIS. FURNISHED. Q.
lCONIINuEpl
PERFECT
Washington. D. c.
MoHdoy, februov 70, 1859

Automatic air-cono. apt. beauti.
fully, completely furnished incl
secfetarial service. linen, eooking
utensils. etc garage 1V avail
Central location. Embassy row al
park. 1875 Euclid ST NV
It's Great--It's Hilton House
RANDALL CIRCLE Sc. IO-Desir-
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PARK LAWN-3-bedr hath
brick rambler: living I'm. with fire-
place kitchen has range and re-
frigerator, dishwasher. disposal
washing machine and drier: avail
able l week; S135.
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COOP APIS. FOR SALE

ASSUME as L0ANs-l, 2 bedrms
$4,000, $500; low dn. payts, Mo
payts, less than rent. STILLS REAL
ESTATE. IA. $4,000.
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BROOkDALE, CHEVY CHAsE-old
brk. Cape Cod built 1856. Extra
apt. at rear Of LIST floor for own
erS parents. Centerhall plan,
paneled den. extra big kit, &
bedrms., upstairs. Full bsmt :,
porch. Easily adapted for doctor.
SAMUEL E; BOGLEY OF MD,
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Vacant

BETHEsDA-4 BEDROOMS
A new, attractive split level with
nice bedrms., garage, rec. rm.
large lot very nice kit. Priced In
low 30'S.
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Thomas L. Phillips Co.
OL o-521S OIL. 2-76l5

PARkW0OD-sale urgently needed
Cape Cod. decorated to peak of
perfection master-sized bed
rooms, game or club room: corner
lot; A real dream house: only
S24 $50. Call OIL. 6-2344 once
open 3 I'll 9. FREDERICK W,
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Hwy CHASE-ROCK CREEK FOR-
home has 3 bedrooms and . baths Baths
on 2nd floor; living room, dining
room, kitchen with breakfast nook,
poreh and garage on 1st-floor
level; fun basement. Priced to
sell at S22 500. Call WO. 6-23O0,
~ 8 pm. EDW. H. JONES a. CO.,
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Weldon Hall

q ROOMS, KITCHEN, BATH S77
Utilities Included
SAERS REALTY co. DE. $4,000
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MINED. OCCUPANCY

MT. VERNON wooDs-3-bedroom
rambler; liv rm. 22x13 with fire.
place. fiill din. rm., carpeted
kitchen with cleo. range and IL
cuff. REFRIGERATOR; fenced yard
near Belvoir bus, Vacant. S115.
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ATTENTION
JUST WHAT YOU NEED
$500 DOWN PAYMENT

Detached brick; corner lot, 4 bed
rooms 2 baths, fireplace patio
Has everything. All for S15,95O.
APPROX. $50 rs per month. Plus
interest and taxes. Purchaser must
be FLA approved. Directions: Out
Georgia ave. extended to 1918.
OPEN Sat, Sun. and Mon, l-6
q m
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CHEVY CHAsE-New, 4-bedroom,
2la-bath split-leVel. viii accent
trade, name your terms Iiv rm
with fireplace magnificent din
rm,, de luxe kit, paneled rec. rm
Huge screened porch. SUBUR-
BAN PROPERTIES, MANAGE
MENT 10 6-o2RO
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CHEVY CHAsE-S16,950: immacu-
late is this lovely 3-bedrm. home
separate dining rm., full basement
with custom finished recreation
rm, large screened porch. dark
room and level fenced lot: won't
last long GRAHAM a. co. 10,
5-2322 9 It'll q,
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HOUSES UNFURNISHED

ANNANDALE-2-yr.-old, 3-bedrm
new, brick rambler; util. rm.: dish
washer, disposal; fenced ward,
patio. SIPS mo. CT. 6-595s.
ARL., N.-3-bedrm, brk. Colonial;
Kenilworth, OIL. 6-3751.
Arr. N.-Older house: 3 bedrms,
oil heat being redecorated: sos
per mo. JE. 2-l047.
ARL.' 500 .5O-Two bedrms,, liv.
m separate din. rm., full bsmt +:
immediate occupancy: located at
ll0i S. Glebe I'd II interested,
call Mr. WILKINS, IA 5-12O7.
II no answer, call ia. S-6525
ARLINGTON bedrm. br, ram
oler: ,iull bsmt.; will decor: conv.
schools shops, bus, S125. Nc
elaine PROP. INC, ia. 1882.
BR0OKLAND-6-rm. semidet. brk.,
Z bedrmS.;. mr.. Catholic Univ. and
New Providence Hospital: S1IO.
CHEVERLY AREA-3-bedrm,, din.
rm., split kitchen. loads Of closets
rent S125 or will sell $3.50 down,
CO, III. s.IisS6, VIII. N 6lss4RiH
COUNTRY DUPLEX = bedrms
lily: rm.. kit. bath: car essential
S65; nondrinkers. WA. 7-3498.
FAIRLINGTON-Conv. to Pentagon
and Navy Annex; 3 bedrms., encl.
patio: row end brk. S125 plus
utils. 1910 Kenyon ave. Alex,
Va. Call HU. 3-69S6 or EN-,
2-lS55, after q pm.
FALLS CHURCH-3 bedrms., exp,
attic. kit. with din. space. Liv.
rm. fireplace. 20-ft. scr. porch:
fenced yd.. S110. JE. 3-01S7.
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N ARLINGTON, 2413 N. Noting
hsm-3-bedroom. l-bath rambler
living room with fireplace, dining
ell, large kit with range, refgr ,,
dishwasher, disposal: no bsmt at
tractive lsndseaping, fenced yard;
vacant. Sl35.
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APARTMENTS WANTED

ONE-BEDRM. UNFURN. APT. with
lfe. closets. air c0nd L.. balcony.
fireplace parking fac, desired
Woman, l-yr. lease. Dupont cir. OF
GEORGETOWN area. Box 7-R, Star.
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RENT YOUR APT.
RENTAL LISTING svc.. No I fee.
VII. 2-s27O, HA. 2-3372.
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ASupIrprnM -prrrrrrnA
10-YR, MONEY BACK

=. aIAIIID gAN 7 ON ID y IILDIh
Three spacious prize winning dwell
ingS, rich in contemporary design
and planning, outstanding in every
detail.
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BURNT MILLS MANOR-Home now
under const.l Pick you won colors
and fixtures. Attr. 3-bedrm., >
bath brk, rambler: countryside
all-elec, kit. with breakfast space,
scr. porch, rec. rm. and garage
G.. ROBERT GRAY & co, GIG
Ellsworth dr., JU. 5-fIOO
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Greenwich Forest

BETHESDA-BRIC COLONIAL
On large level lot with many tall
oaks; 3 bedrms., 2 baths, separate
dining rm. and den; full bsmt.
with rec I'm Prize 81 q hnQ
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POWDER ROOM

on trst floor Of this immac. brick
home plus entr. foyer, large liv,
rm. with fireplace, sep. din. nm,
Kitchen. 3 bedrooms and bath on
End fir; lovely side screened
porch, fenced yard, full bsmt;
oft-street parking. Name YOUR
terms; price, $4,000.
10. F. blanchard Pealtor
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J. A. JORDAN
FE. 3-21S6

re. o-El6b
3-BEDRM, HOME, excel
location: quiet street. mr.. schools,
churches, shopping, swim pool
excellent financing: SI1,35O plus
ground rent. Pc. BASIS, OWNER
BETHESDA, MASS. AVE- BED
RMS" 8 FULL BATHS, center
hall, sep, din. rm.; garage; day
nght rec, nm, hrepl, patio;
REALTY, OIL. 4-14ls
BETHESDA REALTY co. is graft
ned with the response to BE-
THESDA'S NEWEST CHOICE To-
CATION: 3 sold 80 days prior 10
opening 3, 4, 5 bedrm. models;
ramblers and split-levels; S27,-
$50 and up.
BETHESDA REALTY, OIL. ALAS
BETHESDA-3-bedrm., lh-bath,
2-story Colonial brick; full bsmt
with outside entr.. firepl Price
and FILA appraised, Sis,75O
59l5 Conway I'd. Alta Vista ter
race. NH l mile. OWNER, call
JU. 9-5922.
8ETHESDA-Conv. shopping and
transp. immac. 3-bedrm. brick
Colonial, with center hall, firepl.
in liv. nm, sep. din. rm., mod. kit.
with breakfast area, full bsmt.
with, rec. I'm. and u bath, scr.
porch garage, fenced yard: 500
300 KORZENDORFER, REAL =
TOR, OIL. 4-Sl1l It'll Q.
sETHEsDA-Thrse- bedrm., 2-bath
Cape Cod, on deep wooded lot.
Sep. din .rm., breakfast space in
kit, full bsmt., garage: S21, 800.
KoRZENDORFER, REALTOR, OIL.
4-S111 til Q
sETHEsDA-EDGEMOOR - Desira-
BILE residential location: walking
to schools. P o.. theater. shops
and transp 3 bedrms., . baths:
rec room with f1repl.; scr porch. q
car garage; mid-20s. Call OWNER,
OIL 2-5644
iETHESDA-Foyer entr.. din. rm.,
liy. nm 4-bedrm 3-bath rambler:
good eat. space; garage, plus off-st.
parking S32 500 A. v. PISANI,
Realtors, OIL. 1880: ewes. OIL
6-6O9l.
3ETHESDA-Attrac. brk. rambler
only $1,000. Kit. has wall oven,
disposal. etc, 3 bedrms., Ia baths,
earport. nr shops and bus. SAM
UEL E BOGLEY OF ND. INC.
OIL $500
new split
level value bedrms.. "a baths,
big kit, full din rm., I'm. rec I'm,
etc Only S25,S5 SAMUEL Z.
BOGLEY OF MD, INC, OIL
$500
sETHESDA-3-bedrm. paneled den
rambler; 2 full baths, Ice. we'll
handicapped lot Excel location
s3O,950. GEO W. ROBERTSON,
R I z 1885 Wise. ave- OIL
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APIS. UNFURNISHED-MD.

COLLEGE PARK-Adj: Univ, lge.
bedrm, liv. rm., kit. det., mod
ernized. S92.5 mo. ME. S-5096,
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GA. 4-5U5O, Gaithersburg 247.
SILVER sPRING-Brick rambler;
. bedrms.; basement; S15,500 or
will rent, Sl25 per mo. Short
term lease. LEE FREW PLATT.
JU. 9-b7OS, OIL. 4-bRaR.
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TAKOMA PARK-By OWNER, near
schools, shopping centers, fare
express bus, BRO committing. 8
rms. IL baths, lge, bsmt. Just
redecorated inside and out. FILA
or assume trust with $1,000 down.
An excel, buy at $4,000 67n6
Westmoreland ave, JU. 7-7267
or JU 5-7095.
LANE AREA-Mod.
3-bedrm. brick rambler. "a baths,
fireplace, ". to W. carpetinF, CEN
TRIAL AIR CONDITIONING. Close
to schools. trans, shopping. Trades
considered HUGH T. PECK, 1850
New Hampshire ave. HE. 4-6400
It'll q.
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CHEVY CHASE-New center-haii
4-bedrm.,. 3Ia-bath. charming brick
home with fabulous kitchen, family
rm. or den on LIST floor and huge
ground-level rec. rm.; beautiful
lot. DONALD E. YOUNKIN a. Co
JO j-S0oo iii q 49,
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MOBILE-SOFT

MOBlLE-SOF'T
ICE CREAM UNITS
Earn $4,000 to $4,000 in only
mOnthsl
: Choice of exclusive territory.
: Own l truck or beet.
We set YOU UP completely.
For brochure, write DAIRY DAN,
Dept. s, Commonwealth Bldg,
2045 N 18th ST., Arlington, Va.
Phone IA. 4-6464.
MODERN BEAUTY SALON, near
White House; owner retiring. For
appt, call ME. S-7769, Tues,
Thurs. or Fri, bet. $40 am.
PARTNER, active, wholesale sea
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Keatng Lines Up so Hopefu|s on Launching Pad

Titan Is a missile to be reckoned
with. for 1t has the best-oiled
mechanism OF any in DAMP.
The Texas Titan is still on the
secret list insofar as plans for
firing are concerned. It's launch
ing probably will be deferred until
next spring. and the site Of the
launching is not yet certain. 1t
could be the South. but there is
also a possibility that 1t may be
sent up from the West. The deci-
sion will be made upon the basis
Of weather forecasts at the time
that is. which way the wind is
blowing.
Like the Missouri Fury, the
Texas Titan has a natural tend
ency to fly straight down the
middle, but unlike the Fury, the
Titan manages to rub both sides.
This may be due to the fact that
the Texas Titan usually hits much
higher attitudes, where space
flight raises more critical prob
lens. The Titan also shows &C.
casional tendencies to veer
sharply to the left, as occurred
last January, but it has a remark
able ability to recover and get
back on course when such devia-
tons from normal orbit cause it
to run into showers of msteorites.
AS I near the end Of this prog
ress report on the Democratic
Astronomical Missile Program,
certainly must not neglect to
mention
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IntercontinentoI AdIoi

The early prototype Of the Inter-
continental Adlai was unSuccess-
full in its first two firings-at least,
1t was completely overshadowed
by that tried and true Republican
missile known as The General.
But six years of research and
development have gone into the
current model of the Adlai, and
there are those who feel that 1t is
now vastly improved. While it
still shows a tendency to waver in
flight, and there is some doubt as
to whether its egg-shaped nose
cone is the most effective design,
the Intercontinental Adlai con-
tinues to find much favor among
the Democratic scientists.
Many, in fact, are of the opin-
ion that the Adlai might have
gotten into orbit in 1852 and
again in 1856 had it not been for
the highly unfavorable atmos-
pheric conditions at the time.
The problem of 're-entry" is
the one consideration that really
bothers proponents of the Inter-
continental Adlai today. 1t is
generally accepted, nevertheless,
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Ting Hubert, the Eager John also
has trouble with its guidance
system.
AS rule. the Eager John orbits
slightly left OF center. This means
that certain. geographical areas
just can't see 1t, although visibility
is excellent in New England and
the four-color magazine pages. But
the Eager John also has a tend
ency to yaw between north and
south. which appears at times to
check its forward momentum. No
expense is being spared. however,
in correcting these faults. and the
familiar hoffa-hoffa-hoffa sound
of the Eager Johns mighty engines
is certain to be heard in the land,
one way or another.
Next we come to
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Saturday

6 AM.
All of Sam Neua is shrouded in
a thick layer of fog, from which
only the mountainous emerge.
It's like this throughout the rainy
season, and during the dry season
it's the bruno seche"-the dry
fog-which can cover an airfield
in a few minutes and make it i'm
practicable for landings or take
offs. OF course, not a single air.
field in the whole country, save
that of Vientiane. is equipped for
anything but visual landings, and
preferably daytime, at that.
Sam Neua having no airplane
fuel on hand, Catry decides to fly
the "Otter"-a sturdy Canadian
plane with a brute of a 750-h.p.
engine which can carry up to IS
equipped soldiers and still land
on and take off from an unpre-
pared short strip-to Phong Savan
and return to Samneua.
7 AM.
The first radio messages begin
to pour in.
An urgent message from Ban
Pa Thi:
Under attack since 0l00 from
strong rebel elements. Will try
to hold out until noon. Please do
something"
Ban Pa Thi is a Meo hill tribe
village. Perched nearly atop an
almost unscalable cliff, it is con-
Sidered impregnable save for the
fact that it can be cut of from
its water supply. Hitherto, it had
never fallen into Viet-Minh rebel
hands and thus had become sort
of symbol to the mountain tribes
of Sam Neua. Something had to be
done. and quickly, and the otter"
is the only means to do it.
If we're lucky, it'll be back at
1890 am. from refueling.
Out on the road. long lines OF
mountaineers march single file
towards the army post. All of
them wear colorful sashes and sill
yer necklaces and bracelets. They
are partisans who form the self
defense groups designed to defend
their own villages against rebel
incursions; if need be. they are
supposed to fight along mlaQuiS
lines, harassing in turn rebel
communications, if any.
1t is hard to say how it works
out in actual practice. What if
the tribesmen just pick up the
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FOLLOWING are excerpts from
the remarks OF United States
Senator Heating, Republican OF
NetU York, prepared for delipery
at a Western Connecticut Re-
publican Embarrassing dinner
last night in Danbury, Conn.
I wouldn't be surprised If you
expected me to discuss politics
here tonight. Well. it is just pos
sible that might get around to
that subject before I sit down.
At the outset, however, I would
like to present a scientific report.
1t is in the nature of progress
report on the Democratic Astro-
nautical Missile Program, ia
miliarly known to those Of us in
the scientific world as DAMP.
And If any of you here this
evening should leap to the con-
clusion that there is something
all wet about DAMP-well, that's
your privilege.
Now the purpose of the Demo-
cratic Astronomical Missile Pro-
gram is to put a donkey into
space. The space which such
scientists as DR.. Paul Butler seem
to have in mind is the space now
occupied by Dwight D. EiSen-
hover. There is vast confusion
among the Democratic scientists.
however, as to which missile to
fire. and in what direction. There
also is considerable doubt in many
quarters that any of these mis-
siles have sufficient thrust to go
into a successful orbit. But let
us take a look at the DAMP
arsenal, and we may as we'll begin
with:
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istrative layer (ARPA) was slow
ing progress.
Last week, the Pentagon acted
to get ARPA out of the space bust
ness.
DR.. Herbert York. director Of
Defense Research and Engineer
ing. announced that ARPA was
returning several projects to
the military services. The Air
Force was getting the Midas
satellite for early warning against
ballistic missiles and the Samos
reconnaissance satellite; the
Army, the NotuS, a communica-
tons system. and the Navy. the
Transit satellite navigation sys-
TEN.
Additionally, the Air Force was
given sole responsibility for space
transportation and, ultimately, for
the development. production and
launching Of all space vehicle
rocket boosters. This means that
the Air Force will be sort Of a
single manager" for launching
space shots, providing services for
the Army and Navy. who will con-
tinue to have charge of payloads
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BY BERNARD B. FALL
Contributing Writer

Five years-almost to the day
after the signature of the Geneva
cease-fire which ended the Indo-
china war, fighting again flared
up in Laos.
Rebel forces of the -Commu-
mist Pathet-Lao. having refused
Indignation in the Lao National
army, smashed at Lao army posts
in the two northern provinces of
Phong Sally and Sam Neua which
they had held as their exclusive
flef until November, 1857. After a
brief furry of panic, Lao army
forces began to dig in for a de-
termined stand against the Pathet-
Lao guerrillaS, whose first major
objective is to cut of Sam Neua
Province from the rest of the
country and to destroy its gar
rison, thus dealing both a political
and military blow to the Lao gov
eminent in Vientiane.
This is the story of a quiet week
end I spent recently in the Sam
neua sector, with Lao army forces
In the field.
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full satellite missile, the Joyful
Jacqueline.
The Eager John was first fired
successfully at Chicago in 1856.
Although at that time rival mis-
sile known as the Tennessee Ter
ror reached a slightly higher al
titude, the Eager John since then
has been constantly beefed UP and
test-fired in all directions. The
Tennessee Terror, on the other
hand, now appears to be a COM
pletely outmoded item.
The Eager John is probably the
first Democratic missile to be sent
aloft with live hopes in it, Sci
entists attending the Eager Johns
development, however, are still
struggling with the problem of
weightlessness at very high alti-
tudes, and such outer space au-
thorities as DR.. Eleanor Roosevelt
continue to find fault with the
basic design OF the Eager John.
On the other hand, Dr.. Abe Rib
icoff assures us that the Eager
John is the one missile in the
DAMP arsenal most likely to get
off the ground. and impartial SCI
entiflc observers such as DR.. Elmo
Roper are inclined to agree at the
moment. Whether the Eager John
can hit its target, however, is an
other question, for like the Hur-
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peaks and deep valleys covered
with dense vegetation.
1:25 PM.
A wider valley. Several small
villages surround a bigger town.
On the hills surrounding the val
lev thin black lines drawn in
irregular ochre spots: The
trenches of the hill positions
commanding the approaches to
Sam Neua. Way in the back, a
greenish-brown level area-Sam
Neua airstrip. It's got tricky APP
proach between two mountain
ridges, which allows for no re
takes"
Plenty Of traffic on the strip:
Oaks from the Lao air force, Air
Laos" planes piloted by French
men and small, single engine
planes, also piloted by some French
bush pilots who know Laos like
Lnelr own pocket.
One Of them feted his 12,000th
flying hour in Laos nobody
knows how he made it and still
stayed alive. The pay is good,
but the list of those who disap-
peared in a monsoon Squall, never
to be heard from again, is long
and growing.
1850 PM.
I report to the officers mess, to
meet the commanding general.
Gen. Amkha Soukhavong is per-
haps the most prepossessing off,
Ger of the whole Laos army: Tall
and lean, with close-cropped hair.
His eyes look straight at you when
he speaks or listens. He has a
quick smile and a relaxed man
ner; l don't recall ever having
seen him with any headgear. Gen.
Amkha's record is excellent: A
Christian-the sole member OF his
faith to reach such a high rank
in strongly Buddhist Laos-he was
a regular army officer in the
French army, where he reached
the rank of major, again fairly
unusual thing for Loatian. and
distinguished himself in the Indo-
china war against the Wet Mini.
I still have time to pack in
quick lunch: Rice, which is served
dry in woven baskets and is used
like bread to sop up sauces and
added to the various fish, meat and
vegetable dishes which are being
passed around, along with tea.
Arrangements for quarters are
quickly made; I'll stay with the
provincial governor, the chao-
khoueng. His house is very
spacious and well-constructed.
800 PM.
On my way to the command
post of Gen. Amkha, I pass the
officers mess. Organ music
streams out of the window
quick glance shows an air force
pilot playing Aud Lang Syne"
to an enraptured audience Of
two female social workers.
The brief1ing by Gen. Amkha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27

DR.. H. s. Truman, Of Independ-
ence, sole architect OF the re-
markedly successful Hot Shot
Harry missile of l948. heads the
small research and development
team at work on the Missouri
Fury They have a great advan-
tage in the Missouri Fury's nat
ural tendency to soar gracefully
down the middle without appear
ing to rub either side. Another
desirable feature Of the Fury is
the fact that 1t Is somewhat
quieter than other models in the
Democratic family of missiles.
The big problem with the Mis-
souri, Fury is whether 1t can de-
velop sufficient thrust in its one
military engine to break free OF
the apathy which has thus far
kept 1t earth-bound. More exotic
fuels are being sought, and plans
are being drafted to convert the
Fury into two or three stage
missile, but this will depend upon
conditions which develop during
the West Coast count-down.
Now we come to