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Evening star., 1960-12-04

Of service to the British, French
and Dutch Guianas.
Beginning this week, the air.
line will fly four direct flights
a week between Miami and
Georgetown and Paramaribo,
and two direct fights a week
between Miami and Cayenne
and Belem.
Pan Am jet fights will merge
at Trinidad with piston-plane
flights to Guiana airports.
Political unrest sometimes
plays havoc with plans for
tourist promotion. But despite
the eye-catching news from
specific areas. South and Cen
tral American countries are be-
coming more and more polit-
ically stable. and are beginning
to turn a glance toward the
American tourist dollar.
And the American tourist is
a hardy soul with a short
memory for the unpleasant.
The coming decade should
see the Caribbean tourist boom
spread further South.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

light tours through private
homes not usually open to the
visitor.
Craftsmen and "do-it-your-
sellers" will be offered the three
Hobby Craft Week Ends-Jan-
uary 20-22, February 1912, and
February 1926. These begin
Friday night with tours Of craft
shops. highlighted by demon
strations in the colonial crafts.
Special demonstrations in the
arts Of silversmithing. wood
working and bookbinding will
take place Saturday morning
After luncheon. visitors will
take part in q do-it-yourself
craft discussion and demon
stration.
Sundays during each Of the
special week ends will feature
tours Of many restored build
ings and an opportunity for
golf. as well as church services
at historic Bruton Parish
Church.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
AIR FARE
American Is Addinq
Holiday Coach Seats

American Airlines will in
crease the number Of coach
seats on its TOT jet aircraft for
the peak holiday travel period.
The lines transcontinental
jets-between December 18 and
January Twill operate with
80 coach seats and 40 first
class seats. This compares
with the present configuration
Of "a coach and A first-class
seats.
American said the action is
being taken is recognition of
the heavy demand for coach
seats from persons travelling I'd
visit relatives during the holi-
day season. The demand for
flrst-class seats for business
travel normally drops during
the holidays.
National Airlines will resume
daily DC-8B Jet flights between
Philadelphia and Miami on De-
cember 16.
AA& -
A study-vacation tour in
connection with next summers
session at the University of
Hawaii has been planned for
young women Of college age.
The program is being offered
by Student Travel Overseas
Program Of Berkeley, Calf, in
cooperation with United Air
lines. Non-scholastic features
during the six weeks-June Is
Evening star., 1960-12-04

Turkey with chestnut dressin,
and cranberry sauce, to thu
Mighty Mo" type cheeseburgel
served at a drive-in.
What are the most distinc.
lively American dishes worth
travelling for? Here is a re.
gional list compiled from sug.
gestions by Life magazine anc
Holiday magazine:
New England-Boston-b baked
beans (baked ever so slowly In
an earthen pot) with Boston
brown bread; chowder "a base
OF CLANS, cod or haddock, sim
mered with potatoes and creamy
milk); Indian pudding (corr
meal, molasses and ginger
baked and eaten with cream
and maple syrup.
Middle Atlantic - Philadel-
phia Scrapple (corn meal and
spiced ground pork served
fried with eggs for breakfast;
snapper soup (another Phila-
delphia speciality which in
cludes turtle meat, and shoofly
pie (crumb-covered molasses
Evening star., 1960-12-04
williamsburg Schedules
Old Virginia Week Ends

Colonial Williamsburg has
planned nine "Old Virginia
Week Ends" for the traveller
who wants to escape into the
18th Century.
Colonial Week Ends, Will
liamsburg Homes Week Ends
and Hobby-Craft Week Ends
scheduled for December, Jailu-
ary and February win feature
a chance for visitors to live
and even dress as the 18th
Century Virginians who lived
in Williamsburg when 1t was
the capital Of a vast New World
colony.
The Colonial Week Ends
December 1918. January 6-8,
February 3-5. and February IT.
10, begin Friday with an eve
ming Of 18th Century games
such as Goose, Loo and Put, an
early version Of poker.
The Williamsburg Homes
Week Ends-January 1915 and
January 27-29-feature candle
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Here's Food Fit for Kinq-Sized Traveller

Americans have the creates
variety Of foods and an amaz.
ing array Of interesting anc
different restaurants to enjoy
as they travel.
That has been the comment
Of a substantial number Of
tourists from abroad as they
conclude Visit USA In 1866
Year." according to the Ma.
tional Association of Travel Or.
ganizations, which has beer
assessing reactions Of foreign
tourists.
Our only complaint" said
one Swiss restaurant man, sis
that the wine of the country
which Is generally as good as
any In Europe-is not as avail
able as 1t should be-"
Unusual foods and restau-
rants, most travel authorities
agree. are definitely among the
leading travel incentives in all
lands.
Distinctive American fare, of
course, ranges from the holi-
days traditional roast Tom
Evening star., 1960-12-04

to August 6-include scenic
trips around the island Of
Oahu, a luau, a dinner dance,
surfboard or water ski lessons,
and other special events. Cost
is SOTO.
A new airline will begin oper-
ations in New Zealand this
month. 1t is tentatively called
South Pacific Airlines and will
run a tourist service covering
smaller cities by-passed by the
state-owned National Airways
Corp.
A special Christmas tour Of
the Holy Land has been set up
by British Overseas Airways
Corp. The 17-day excursion
leaves New York December 16,
in cooperation with Lanseair
Travel Service of Washington.
The group also will visit Egypt,
Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Turkey
and Greece.
i
Beginning this week, Pan
American World Airways will
fly direct flights from Miami
to connect at Caracas and
Trinidad with jetliners to
Buenos Aires and Rio de ia
metro. Travel time between
Miami and Buenos Aires will
be IL hours and 80 minutes.
kim Royal Dutch Airlines,
In conjunction with Travel
TYNE Tours, has set up five
Caribbean air tourS-one Of IS
days and four of 16 days. All
of them include Aruba and
Curacao, and among the places
to be visited are Colombia.
Costa Rica. Ell Salvador, Guate-
mala, Mexico. Nicaragua, ia
maica. Panama, Surinam and
Miami Beach.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Red TapeCut
For Travellers
|nPhi|ippiines

The Philippine government
has drastically revised It's bor-
der formalities in favor Of the
tourist.
The visa fee has been fixed
at 81, as opposed to the pre-
vious charge Of IS. Paper work
has been cut from q variety Of
forms to q single form to ex-
coed no more than one page.
Except for the new 81 visa
fee. all charges formerly re-
quired for documenting foreign
tourists have been eliminated.
The personal presence of >appli-
cants for tourist documents
will no longer be required.
Tourists will not be required
to file a customs declaration,
and their luggage will be ex-
empt from examination If an
oral examination proves salts
factory.
Transit visas are to be
eliminated. This Is especially
valuable to cruise travellers,
who will not be required to
have transit visas II they are
in the Philippines less than 72
hours.
The Philippine government
also has eased travel restric-
tions for its own nationals.
Passport applicants no long
er need clearance from the
Foreign Office division of in
telligence and research. The
regulation requiring revalida-
ton Of passports for Filipinos
travelling abroad has been
abolished, except for those
going to Hong Kong mr. Tokyo
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Hotel Sets Up
No-Tip' Policy

The Marrakesh Hotel at Ochc
Rios. Jamaica, has set up a mo-
tipping" policy for its guests
between January 4 and Is.
During the period. guests will
pay no gratuities, and viii take
part in free sightseeing trips
parties, golf and other attrac-
tions. Among the attractions
offered is a day Of rafting" on
the Rio Grande River.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
South American Countries
Expect New rove| Boom
GET UP AND GO!

that by 1862. the tourist trade
will replace sugar and pine.
apple as the No. / industry in
the islands.
Seven Pacific countries, tax
ing their cue from this years
Visit U. 8. A. 1860" program,
have combined to promote q
Visit the Orient 1861" year.
And the Civil Aeronautics
Board last week approved new
trans-Pacific fares which should
make travel in that direction
even more attractive.
In effect, the new fares re-
place the present tourist class
with an economy class, similar
to the popular transatlantic
economy class. The fare will be
IA per cent below present
tourist fares.
The lowest fare in jet serv-
ice between Pacific Coast points
and Tokyo will be $435 one-way,
compared with the present $508.
On piston planes it will be
$405.
First Glass Higher
Two types of first class serv-
ice will be offered. One, with
deeply reclining sleeper seats"
will cost $700. an increase Of
$40. The other-"standard first
class"-provided on non-jet
airliners, will be $3.50, the same
as the former first class fare.
Next year, 1t seems likely that
the growing American travel
public will set its sights on
South America. With jets, the
24-hour hop to Rio is a thing
of the past. And fares-by air
to South American points soon
will be cut almost as dramat-
ically as travel time.
One small indication of the
expected upsurge in travel to
that area comes in the reopen
ing here of REAL Brazilian
Airlines' Offices, primarily to
promote the coming of it's jets
six months hence.
Luis Da Silva, who headed
REALS former Offices in WASH
ington, has been in town for
the past two weeks, re-estab-
fishing the branch. Tomorrow,
Alfredo Lavrinenco, from the
airline's New York headquar-
ters, will take over direction
Of the temporary Offices in the
Albee Building.
Fastest Jets
Next June. REAL plans to
begin flying the fastest of the
jets-the $40 = mile an hour
Convair 990-between New York
and major Brazilian cities.
Pan American World Air
ways, already flying Jets to
South American points, has
been undergoing an increase
and improvement of its already
vast Latin American route net
work.
Latest from Pan Am is an
announcement of improvementl
Evening star., 1960-09-06

ent "a 71a here is a 5h
there, but shoe stores will
measure your feet as they
do here.
Sweaters and most gar
ments are sold according to
the bust and hip size. Coats
are sized the way they are
here.
Incidentally, your best
buys are woollens, cashmeres
and leather goods. China
is an exceptionally good buy
and much cheaper than in
the States. Shoes are ap-
proximately the same price
as they are here and furs are
more expensive in England.
Mems tailors in England
also make beautiful women's
suits at a very low cost COM
pared to prices here. For
instance, a wool suit, hand
Evening star., 1960-09-06
READERS CLEARING HOUSE
Editors Note

Readers Clearing House operates
as o public service exchange Of
ideos between Washington 0re0
readers Of The StoF. II is con-
Quoted entirely through the moiI.
All letters must bear the writer's
full name ond address. Pleose send
replies according to subject matter,
NOT initials. Letters received in
response to queries will either be
published or forwarded to the per-
son making the inquiry.
Evening star., 1960-09-06

as we are going there to live
very shortly. I especially
would like to know If I will
need any winter clothes. Do
they use only summer clothes?
Also, shall I ship all my
French Provincial furniture
and my appliances, or is it
Evening star., 1960-09-06
Tomato Pickles
J. r. H., Arlington


Here is a recipe for tomato
cocktail pickles, recently re-
quested in this column.
Use / gallon green toma-
toes; cup sugar; l and "a
tablespoons salt; 2 or 8 cloves
garlic; 2 tablespoons mixed
spices; 4 cups vinegar; dill,
small hot peppers; bay leaves;
mustard seed.
Cherry, plum or love
apple" tomatoes are best for
this pickle, but tiny regular
tomatoes can be used. Wash,
rinse and drain tomatoes. Add
sugar, salt. garlic. spices cited
in bag), and 4 cups water to
Evening star., 1960-09-06

tailored. can be purchased
for as little as $50.
I don't think you will have
much trouble with sizes, as
most Of the statesmen and
women in England are very
courteous and helpful-as
indeed they are here.
Stocking sizes are the
same and so are hat sizes,
but you will feel very elegant
buying shoes two sizes too
small"
Evening star., 1960-09-06

vinegar. Simmer is minutes.
Pack tomatoes into hot jar
with ! head dill (green or
dry, pepper, l small bay
leaf and / teaspoon mustard
seed. Pour hot picking liquid
Evening star., 1960-09-06
TroiIer Travel
p L. II WnShinnfnn

Has anyone had experience
that could be passed on in re-
gard to pulling a 2,500-odd
pound trailer behind an eight
cylinder. automatic transmits
sion equipped car?
Is the wear and tear SO
severe as to make 1t unwise?
I have heard that 1t "tears
up" the transmission. I con-
template driving at least
5000 miles.
Thank you.
Evening star., 1960-09-06

clothes to take. Any help at
all would be most appreci-
ated. Thank you for any
thing you can let us know.
Evening star., 1960-09-06
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. c. GANsA&N-A AARNAA
Tuesdoy September &, 1860 SO~HSAy ssOUS

practical to buy furniture
over there?
We plan on travelling by
boat, and wonder what
Evening star., 1960-09-06
The Best in British Buys
To Mrs. D. J.
D. H., Washington

am formerly of Berkshire, England, so per-
hans can give YOU the information you seek on
clothing sizes there along with some hints on shop
ping buys" -. - ~.
English sizes vary quite bit from the
Evening star., 1960-09-06

nice soft cookies-the kind
you roll out. sprinkle with
sugar and bake.
Evening star., 1960-09-06

The RestouFont Hot by
chende: suspended on a
"moon shoot" Of guinea
feothers! SIS.
chondo's "Bomb"-sunmit
of millinery artistry! I'M
ported fur-Iike crown brin-
med in hi-Iite ponne. $3.50
M. Jacques Towerins
TERED cloehe in rich-tex-
tured print. $39.5o.
"TuIIe with Tweeds"-Mr.
Jacques flight of foney pill
box. $3.50.
M. johns Iovish fur beEet
Of erey-dyed rabbit. sos.
Leslie jones magnificent
Mink : end Sotin tuFbon
mokes the most of the seq
sons fur furry! $ll0.
Josuer! high end hsndsome
winter fur toque! SAC. so.
twice as dramatic with
motehino muff, $7o.5o)
Fur hats plus federal tax.
Evening star., 1960-09-06
Hawaii Bound
d. w.. WOODBRIDGE. 7

d. w., Woodbridge. Va.
I have always enjoyed this
column very much. Now I
find I need some help.
Will one Of you kind read
ers let me know about Hawaii,
Evening star., 1960-05-31
5OODriven0ut
ByForest Fire

GAGNON, Quebec, May 81
(AP).-Aided by dying winds
and a light rain. hundreds of
firefighters feverishly built de-
fenses today against a forest
blaze that forced air evacuation
Of some 500 women. children
and hospital cases from this
northwest Quebec mining town.
Twenty-six military, COM
mercial and private planes
moved more than 400 evacuees
yesterday to Montreal. where
they were installed in one of
the city's best hotels. Another
80 were flown to Sept-Iles, an
ore point on the st. Lawrence,
$50 miles to the southeast.
Showers and favorable west
erly winds were forecast today,
easing the menace to Gagnon.
but authorities warned that
the winds could shift and whip
the blaze toward the commu-
nifty again.
Gagnon, built around a 5000
million iron ore development
being readied by a subsidiary
Of the United States Steel
Corp, lies about 500 miles
northeast of Montreal. The
company had expected to
start production from the
areas huge iron ore deposits
early next year.
The fire broke out from un-
known causes on Sunday about
a mile south of Gagnon. The
winds rose early yesterday fan
ming it toward the community.
Fed by scrub spruce and moss.
it appeared to be burning over
an 80-mile radius.
Gagnon could only be reached
by air because floods had
washed out the only road to
the town.
AS the last dependents were
flown out, about 1000 freight
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Sheikh Ais Kin Held
In Try at Rulers Life

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 81
(AP). Lebanese authorities
have reported an attempt to
gun down the ruler Of the OIL
rich little Persian Gulf shiekh-
dom of Qatar and are holding
his cousin as the assailant.
The cousin - Nasser Ibn
Hamad al Thani-was accused
of opening fire on the vacation
residence of Sheikh Ali Bin Alb
dullah al Thanh in the Leban-
ese resort Of Alley and pepper
ing the rulers empty car with
i've bullets.
Police arrested Nasser and
three others from Qatar and
seized guns and ammunition
from the house. Informants
laid the attack to financial
differences between the sheikh
and some members Of his fam
lily.
Sheikh Ali has ruled the state
of 10000 persons since 1949.
1t is a British protectorate, like
Kuwait and Bahrain.
Two oil companies-the Ca
tar Petroleum Co., a subsidiary
of the Iraq Petroleum Co., and
the Shell Co. OF Qatar, a sub
sidiary Of Royal Dutch Shell
operate in the sheikhdom.
Oil production in the little
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Hong Kong Hotel
Planned by Texun

HONG KONG, May 81 (AP).
-Hotelman L. F. Corrigan of
Dallas. Tex, has bought one
Of the choicest pieces of real
estate in Hong Kong for ST.
100000 and says he will build
the city's biggest hotel there.
The property was sold at auc-
ton yesterday. Mr.. Corrigan
few into Hong Kong Saturday
night. He said he was heading
back to Texas tonight.
The Texan said he would in
vest another $40 million in the
project and would build a / ,000-
room, 25-story hotel on the
39,000-square foot property in
downtown Hong Kong.
Mr.. Corrigan said he owns the
Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, the
Baltimore Hotel in Los Angeles
and the Emerald Beach in Mas
sau. Bidding against him for
the Hong Kong site we're a local
hotel development company
and a group of Japanese finan-
ciers. Hong Kong has an acute
shortage of hotel space.
Mr.. Corrigan said another
American f1nancier, o. P. Cor
ley, has an interest in his prof.
ect.
Evening star., 1960-05-31

ers succeeded In hating the
advancing blaze. Flames
jumped the break In several
spots and came within 100 feet
of the town before they were
beaten out.
Tired and bewildered. most
Of the evacuees had little more
than the clothing they wore as
they stood among the well
dressed tourists in the Mon
treal' hotel lobby.
They were quickly taken in
hand by officials of the iron
ore company. Each family was
assigned to one of 200 rooms
set aside at the company's ex-
pense and each person was al
loted $40 a day for meals. Ar
rangements we're made to lend
cash to families needing it.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
RedsFind Body
On Everest

TOKYO. May 81 (AP) The
Chinese team of mountaineers
that climbed the north face of
Mount Everest may have found
the body of a British climber
who disappeared into mists
shrouding the peak 36 years
ago.
Peiping radio said the Com
munist team that scaled the
worlds highest mountain May
IS found the corpse of a man
a month earlier at a height
above 1880 feet.
"Its shredded and faded
green down garments were of
British make. The corpse had
stiffened and shrunk and the
features were beyond indentifi-
cation.
owing to the cold the body
had not completely decom-
posed. The indications seemed
TO show that 1t was the body
of a dead British mountain
eer.
Despite their exhaustion
toward the end Of their days
climbing and the bitter wealth
er, the Chinese climbers dug
q grave in the snow and duly
buried the corpse"
British climbing experts
were inclined to think the
Chinese might have discov-
cred the remains of G.. L.
Mallory or A. c. Irvine. who
were last seen ascending the
north fcae of the mountain on
June 6. 1924. I
The only trace ever found
of them was an Ice ak be-
longing to Mr.. Mallory which
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Turkey Receives
u. S. Recognition
By the Associated Press

The United States recognized
the new government of Turkey
yesterday without even bother
ing to make a formal thing of
it.
A State Department state
ment said:
I'VE believe merely carrying
on our usual relations with
Turkish government officials
constitutes recognition. No other
formal act of recognition is con-
sidered necessary.
I'VE expect that our close
and friendly relations with
Turkey will continue as In the
past"
Evening star., 1960-05-31

was found at 1880 feet nine
years later. The Peiping re-
port indicated the body was
found considerably lower. but
I. P. Irwan, director of Brit
aims Royal Geographic So
ciety, said a moving glacier
face or an avalanche could
have carried it down.
Evening star., 1960-05-31

peninsula totaled 8 million tons
in 1858. The sheikh gets so
per cent of the oil profits. The
revenue has enabled him to put
on an extensive program of
building schools, hospitals and
water and electric utilities in
his 8,000-square-mile territory.
Evening star., 1960-05-31
Allied Civic Bunouet

The Allied Civic Group Of
Montgomery County, Md, will
hold its annual banquet at $50
pm. tomorrow in the Brooke
Manor Country Club, Norbeck,
Md.
Evening star., 1960-05-31

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Evening star., 1960-02-21
Queen Bee to Reign
At Birthday Ball

ter of Capt. and Mrs. William
S. johnson.
Others in the Queens
court will be Miss Jane Cod
dington. daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. James A. Codding-
ton; Miss Carol Ann Corradi,
daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Peter Corradi: Miss Elnora
M. Moore, daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. William NJ. Moore;
Miss Susan Kaye Moore,
daughter of Comdr. and Mrs.
Norman H. Moore; Miss
SusSanne Jeannette Pollock,
daughter of Comdr. and Mrs.
Jack P. Pollock; Miss Vic
toria Lee Prahl. daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. c. G. Prahl;
Miss Dorothy Kilbourn Root,
daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Lloyd E. Root, and Miss Ia
mara S. Scanlan, daughter
Of Comdr. and Mrs. Melvin
E. Scanlan.
Eleven Midshipmen from
Evening star., 1960-02-21

The Naval Civil Engineer
Corps will be marking its
93d anniversary and the Sea
Bees will be celebrating its
18th birthday when they hold
their annual Birthday Ball on
Friday March 4.
The event will take place
at the Army Navy Country
Club with Rear Admiral Nor
man J. Drustrup as ball
chairman. On his committee
are Comdr. Greer'A. Busbee,
Comdr. John M. Daniels,
Comdr. Lloyd r. Larson and
1t. Comdr. James P. Marion.
Miss Regis Ann Heron,
daughter of 1t. Comdr. and
Mrs. William Heron, has
been chosen as Queen Bee"
Her attendants will be Miss
Andrea Pollard, daughter of
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Andrew
Moore Pollard. and Miss
Jean Mary johnson, daugh-
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Lord lindsuy
To Speak

THE Chin e S 2 Brand of
Communism" will be the sub
ject of a speech by Lord
Lindsay Of Birker. professor
of Far Eastern Studies at
the School of International
Service, American University,
to the Woman's Club of
Chevy Chase, Md, at 2 pm.
Tuesday.
The International Rela-
tionS Section is in charge
of the meeting.
Evening star., 1960-02-21

the Naval Academy who in
tend to enter the Civil En-
gineers Corps will be escorts
for the Queen and her court
at the ball.
The honor of crowning the
Queen is expected to go to
retired Admiral Ben Moreell,
the World War II chief of
the corps and original King
Bee" of the Sea Bees. He i
to be the honor guest at the
celebration.