davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-09

Mrs. Sallie Morgan is still con-
fined to her home from broken
hip.
Gir. and Mrs. Lee Reed are the
proud parents of a new son.
Guy. Post of Blanchards, has
been confined to his home on the
account of sickness.
Mrs. Nora B. Rust has been
seriously i'll for the past two
weeks. She is improving very
slowly at this time.
Mrs. Anna Mansfield entertain
ed her children on Sunday. They
were, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sedg-
wick, Mr.. and Mrs. William Sedg-
wich and children, all of Cordova
Md.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-09
Dave Burton, Speaks
To Milford OAR.

continued from page one)
and a member of the local chapter,
presented a trio composed of Miss
Nancy Conard, Miss Kay Reed and
Miss Mary Lou Lankford, who
sang three numbers. Mrs. ]. S.
Willis was program chairman for
the afternoon. Tea was enjoyed
after the meeting with Mrs. w. ].
Dufendach in charge of the ar
rangements, assisted by an able
committee. Mrs. Mark Ulery and
Mrs. Dufendach poured.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-09
POSTAL CONFUSION

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)-If
postmen puzzle over mail for
Cross Roads, Ark, it's no
wonder The state has six towns
by that name.
There's a Crossroad, a Cross
roads and four Cross Roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28

The first open conserva-
tive challenge to President
elect Kennedy has come from
William McChesney Martin.
IT,, chairman Of the Federal
Reserve Board. Martin. in eff
feet has placed q large chip
on his shoulder. labeled "in-
dependence Of the Federal
Reserve" and dared Kennedy
to knock 1t OF.
The Martin views ap-
-peared last week end in
stories under the thin dis
guise of remarks to his as
sociates. No immediate prov
ocation appears for them;
the President-elect has said
or done nothing about the
Federal Reserve since his
election and there are no
present vacancies on the
board that he is obliged to
I'LL. The reasons why Martin
decided to take the offensive
now are therefore unclear.
Published accounts state
that Martin was alarmed by
earlier Kennedy statements
calling on the Federal Re
serve to cooperate with flu
ture strong and well-consid-
cred presidential leadership"
as 1t co-operated with the
Eisenhower administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
DORIS FLEEsoN
Puzzle of Martins CHALLENGE
tcopyrisht. 1eeo)

Truman, who also appointed
him to his present post In
1851.
He Is in no apparent
danger Of losing his job. His
present term as chairman
does not expire until 1865
and his 14-year term on the
board does not end until 1870.
The real citadel Of conser-
vative monetary and 1lnan-
cial policy Is the Senate FL
nance Committee, Of which
Senator Byrd Of Virginia is
chairman. That august con-
servative for the third time
has given his blessing to the
Republican nominee for Pres
ident. openly in the case Of
President Eisenhower and
more by indirection this year.
Still there seems no prospect
that he will be deprived Of
any Democratic majority pre-
negatives next year.
He has lost one unquestion-
ing supporter on the commits
tee in Senator Frear. Della
ware Democrat, who was de.
feated by a more liberal Re-
publican, Gov. BoggS. But
the process Of conservative
attrition on Senate Finance
is VIGOROUSLY slow: it is q
place to which no liberal Re-
publican can aspire. All Of
which adds to the puzzle Of
the Martin timing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Inoqe of an African Leader

has no relation to the color
of his epidermis."
It was due chiefly to his
skill and intelligence that
the General Assembly voted
with him. Almost all the
African members Of the
French community Joined
him with their ballot. Thus,
the United States position
was sustained.
Here is a page Of history
which the Southern people
cannot fail to read. Those in
state capitols will neglect it
to their own and their peoples
loss.
The stimulus of men like
Charles Rene Guy Okala is
one reason why new leader
ship is rising in the ranks of
American Negroes. It has
given them a sense of ethnic
identity. The attitudes long
imposed in a country Of
which they are citizens are
no longer acceptable. Here is
the crux Of the problem, and
those who think the mobs Of
New Orleans can delay or
solve 1t are blind indeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Vow to Resist Kennedy Domination
OF Reserve Board Seems UncuIIed For

Kennedy has criticized the
Federal Reserve and the adj
ministration for tight money,
high interest rates and lack
Of flexibility in their none
tary policies.
AL but the most conserva-
tive Democrats have made
similar criticisms. Neither
they nor Kennedy have
sought to change the Federal
Reserve constitution, and
Kennedy has further said the
boards daily operations
should be removed from po-
litical pressure.
Martin is quoted as being
skeptical of Kennedy's use Of
the word Cooperation" and
as wondering If he means
domination" If he means
domination" Martin is de-
scribed as determined to
fight back"
Ironically, the Federal Re-
serve chairman is a Democrat
who is being suggested in
some conservative quarters
as a possible Kennedy Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. A native
Of st. Louis, he was appointed
Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury in 1919 by his fell
low Missourian, President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Kennedy Faces Castro Crisis

among the Hollywood pre-
ducers who provide the main
picture Of the United States
here.
For an illustration. the
other night at an interna--
tional film festival In AGA.
pulco the United States Of
fering was q hate.sickened
thing called "The Fugitive
Ones" It presented racial
troubles at home in terms
so savagely extreme as to
revolt even such members Of
q visiting American press
party as hold an advanced
civil rights position. In alE
the world, there could be no
more worse place to show
such q melodrama, for the
Mexicans are infinitely sem
sitive about racial discrim-.
nation.
Some Of us walked out Of
the film early, preferring to
seem rude rather than to
seem to support such q
fantasy Of ugliness. And
Mexican officials pointedly,
and in advance, avoided any
association with it. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ode to q babe: There baby named Jack
born the right side Of the track his proud
gnned at the crowd crying please Jackl"
Treasury Secretary Anderson returns from a save
thedoar" mission to Europe friends abroad were
operative promising to every dollar they could get
from
Reported gift from Bob Kennedy to his new nephew
JFK, jr.: set of goal posts for the play pen.
Summary Of the presidential election rhubarb: Whoever
wins, didn't
Republicans yell fraud" in Chicago and Newark This
election the most protested match since the Dempsey
Tunney long count.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Hemisphere Problem Seen Requiring
Quick Action by New Administration

here with men from President
Lopez Mateos downward, it
would appear that the begin,
ming Of a solution might be
found in this way.
/. BY an early Kennedy
Lopez Mateos meeting. This
correspondent is informed by
very high quarters here that
Mexico would be pleased II
such a conference could be
held Immediately after Presi-
dent-elect Kennedy's inaugu-
ration, and Mexico would be
pleased, indeed, If President
Lopez Mateos and Vice Presi-
dent elect Lyndon johnson
could meet in the meantime
to make the arrangements.
2. BY About American
support for Mexican efforts
to develop a common market
in Latin America. This would
help to arrest those economic
conditions on which Castro
feeds. Thus it would assist in
neutralizing him. President
Lopez Mateos grants as much
- though he quickly adds
that the common market is
not being formed for anti
Castro purposes. (His en-
phatic line is that CastroiSm
is mot a Mexican problem
but a Cuban problem.")
8. BY the appointment Of
an American ambassador, in
succession to the able and
retiring Republican Robert
G. Hill. holding close person.
al friendship with Senator
Kennedy. What is needed is
a man politically strong
enough to bypass the State
Department careerists. They
seem chemically unable to
see this area as currently of
even more urgent Importance
to US than Europe.
4. BY the exercise Of some
small sense of responsibility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
HowtoFixPoIiticuI Responsibility

q majority Of the Parliament
selects the Prime Minister,
who combines executive as
well as Legislative duties.
This avoids any setup such
Is America has experienced
in recent years In what Is
known as divided govern
ment"-when one party con-
trolls the legislature and the
other Is In charge Of the
executive branch Of the gov
eminent.
The opposition party.
moreover. Is on notice con-
stantly that it might any day
take over leadership. Thus
there Is q continuous proc
ess Of training for the cabi-
net portfolios. In Britain,
for example, q so-called
shadow cabinet" Is always
chosen by the opposition par
ty and keeps In touch with
the executive department all
the time, so that the reins
of government can be taken
over at any moment.
Unquestionably. the people
Of the United States would
want to modify the British or
Canadian parliamentary sys-
TENS somewhat to conform to
American traditions. It
might be stipulated, for ex-
ample. that no change in
government should take place
In less than two years after
an election has taken place.
Likewise, it might be, re-
quired that q two-thirds vote
Of one house and o majority
vote Of the other should be
necessary to remove o Presi-
dent from power, or that Q
general election would be
called only IL q certain per-
centage vote Of both houses
were recorded against the
administration in power.
What America lacks today
Is q system that provides for
continuity in government.
with q trained personnel that
has become familiar with the
problems Of government. To
choose q President by popu-
lar vote sounds, theoretically.
desirable. but the indirect
system, whereby the people
choose their members Of
Congress carefully and they
In turn pick the President.
would. In the end, provide
more stability to the whole
governmental process.
tcopyrisht. 1sso)
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WILLIAM S. WHITE

MEXICO CITY. - Look
homeward to this hemisphere
for the most Immediately
critical Of all the foreign
policy problems with which
the new Kennedy admins
tration must quickly grapple.
The cold war with the So
Wet Union, is Of course. in
finitely larger In the ultimate
sense than the crisis Castro's
Cuba has created below the
Rio Grande. But this second
example Of international
communism's disruptive pow
err almost certainly viii be
the higher on Senator Ken
nedy's first world-affairs list
Of business, for our troubles
down here are Of the here
and-now kind.
They must be dealt with
at double time. or they may
become too infamed to be
dealt with at all, and Mexico
under President Adolfo Lopez
Mateos can fairly be said to
hold the balance Of power
in Latin America. We must
prevail upon him to weight
that balance in our favor.
A visit here makes one
deeply aware that to check
mate Castro as an effective
agent Of Communist imper-
ialism we must have the
genuine support Of other
Latin-American powers. Any
action against him taken
strictly on our own would in
jure US irreparably. The
Mexicans have bitter mem
cries Of past American inter-
ventions. Though the decisive
people here don't like what
Castro is doing, they would
like even less anything we
might do in Cuba which
smacked Of the big stick.
From many conversations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Foreign Minister OkoIo of Comeroons
Led Debate Against Seating Lumumbo

organized opposition to the
return Of the Cameroons to
Germany at the end Of the
first great war. In 1945 he
was elected to the Assembly
for the Cameroons, then
under French control. He
speaks nine Of the 80 Ian
guages spoken in his coun-
try.
This small detail of multi
languages helps explain some
of the difficulty of bringing
the new tribal countries to
stable, representative govern
ment. The foreign minister
also is fluent in French. In
politics he is a Socialist.
There is q wisdom in him
which has enabled the Ca
meroons to begin with some
success. In 1852 he appeared
before the United Nations to
urge independence by stages.
If we look at The Congo
today, where the Belgians
erred in favor of haste, we
can see what a prophet the
Foreign Minister was when
he, eight years ago, argued
that immediate independence
for a country that is not pre-
pared for it helps only a few
leaders. When, he said, the
people are not prepared to
play their part, it throws
them back into a tribal state
instead of improving their
condition.
When haunted by the So
Wet - supporting m e m b e RS
from Africa, Foreign Minister
Okala replied in kind. II am
a lackey," he told them. in
debate, but at least ! know
who my masters are. I am
the lackey of my people, but
not Of any outside policy"
He has not hesitated to OPP
pose those who try to Or
ganize an all-Africa bloc.
II am not a racist," he
told the General Assembly.
II have never been that and
1 never shall be. I have no
completes. So far as I am
concerned, the vaD : Of a man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Divers Find Boxcur

WATKINS GLEN. N. Y, Nov.
% (AP).-Skindivers found a
steel railroad boxcar and a row.
boat loaded with 600 pounds Of
copper and brass at the bot
tom Of Seneca Lake Saturday.
The boXcar had been missing
since the floods of 1858. The
rowboat was stolen six years
ago before its owner had a
chance to use it. The copper
and brass it contained was be-
lieved to have been stolen
about the same time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Adaptation Suggested of British Setup
Whereby legislators Pick Executive
DAVID LAWRENCE

Throughout the country.
judging by letters received.
there Is q feeling of dissatis-
faction oyer the manner in
which Presidents are chosen.
It isn't new-something of
the same kind Of criticism
has been heard before but
it is given added momentum
because Of the closeness Of
the recent election.
Curiously enough. the rea-
sons for the criticism seem to
center on the Electoral Col
lege formula-the fact that
q narrow majority vote with
in q State can give the en-
tire electoral vote to o par
ticular candidate. But there
is something deeper and far
more important that's wrong
with the present system Of
choosing Presidents. It is
that the voters at large do
not familiarize themselves
with the basic issues, and
have scant knowledge Of the
capacity Of the candidates to
discharge the duties of the
high ONCE Of President.
Millions Of persons on No
vember 8 last apparently
voted their likes or dislikes
of o certain facial express
sion or image on the Tv.
Millions Of others were
swayed by feelings engen-
dered by the controversy
over the religious issue. Still
others voted their diSsatis-
faction with economic con-
ditions as related to their
particular lives. How many
really grasped the funda-
mental issues involved in the
election Of Q President Of the
United States?
With the c ON tinuing
growth Of Americas popula-
ton, the problem of choos-
ing q President Is going to
be more and more challeng-
ing. The question Is. how
can the best qualified man be
selected? Can it be done by
o direct vote Of the people,
either under the present
electoral system or some
modification thereof?
The nominating conven-
tons themselves have not
proved satisfactory, and
every four years there Is re-
peated criticism as cliques
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Lodge Returns
With Rockefeller

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (APJ.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
and Henry Cabot Lodge re-
turned aboard the same plane
last night from holidays in the,
Caribbean.
Gov. Rockefeller, accom-
panied by his brother, Laur-
ance, spent the Thanksgiving
week end in Puerto Rico.
Mr.. Lodge, the Republican:
vice presidential candidate and
former Ambassador to the
United Nations, had been va
cationing with his wife in the
Virgin Islands. IN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
RALPH McGILL

Behind the narrow margin
Of the United Nation votes
to seat the Congo's Joseph
Kasavubu and his delegation
in the General Assembly in
stead Of Patrice Lumumba is
the story Of a man-Charles
Rene Guy Okala.
AS foreign minister Of the.
Cameroons, he led the debate
against the African nations
supporting Lum UNI ba -
Ghana, Guinea, and other
delegations. It was a diplo-
matte defeat for the USSR.
He is the image Of the new
African leader.
Those Americans who have
not yet learned how to face
up to, much less cope with.
the irrevocable demands Of
human relationships in this
last half Of the goth Century
will do well to study him.
and others in the United Ma
tions.
The people of Louisiana,
and Of all other States that
face a decision in this field,
could learn much that will
help them in their desperate
and melancholy attempt to
avoid reality. if they will con-
slider the meaning Of history
being made there on the
bank of the East River, at
the foot of Forty-second
street.
Minister Okala's father.
grandfather and other an
cestors were tribal chiefs.
There are many like him
in the new African states
not nearly enough - but
many in the relative sense.
He was born in 1910. He was
trained in a Roman Catholic
school. Until he was 10 he
studied to be a priest. He
changed his mind and be-
came a teacher. Later he
went to work with an export
ing company.
His political career began
as q young man when he
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and pressure groups actually
select the nominees. As for
the national platforms
adopted by the respective
parties, the country already
Is being told by leading DEM
ocrats that these pronounce
ments of last summer were
Of no consequence.
How. then, can response
bility be fixed and o political
party or q leadership be held
accountable to the people?
Any change. of course, would
have to be made by consti-
tutional amendment.
For many years Q school
Of thought In this country
has advocated the Iso-called
parliamentary system which
has been successful In Cam
ada. Australia and New Zea-
land. as well as in Great
Britain. It has not been 30
successful in France and
some Of the Latin countries.
The fault there, however, is
not in the system, but in the
failure to provide safeguards
against splinter parties and
factionalism.
AS Americas population
grows Inv the next so years,
probably to Q height Of $780,
100000 people. the question
will arise as to whether Q
so-called pure. democracy"
or q "mobocracy" will ever
choose q President from the
most talented leaders avail
able. What is most impor-
tant is that the voters shall
have an opportunity to place
their confidence in some
leader known In their own
community. as is done to q
large extent under the par
lament system. II all the
437 members Of the House Of
Representatives and the 100
Senators together were to
elect one of their own num-
Der as President by q ma
jority vote, there would be Q
better opportunity to desig-
nate the most experienced
legislator and ablest execu-
tive for the highest ONCE in
the land. He would be the
party leader who. by reason
. Of training and experience.
became the logical choice for
President.
Under the British system,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28
Senators in Ethiopia

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia,
Nov. % (AP).-Senators Church
of Idaho and Moss of Utah,
both Democrats, called on EN-
peror Halle Selassie today in
their fact-finding tour Of
Africa.
Evening star., 1960-03-21
Miss Lucille D. AppIeby, So,
Blair High School Teacher

Miss Lucille Drummond Ap-
pleby, So, a teacher and guild
ance counselor in the Mont
gomery County school system
since 1922, died Saturday at her
home, 1910 Baltimore street,
Kensington, Md.
Miss Lucille Drummond Ap-
pleby was a favorite Of thou
sands Of students at Mont
gomery Blair High School, Silver
Spring, where she was student
guidance counselor since 1943.
Before her assignment at
Blair, Miss Appleby had taught
at Sherwood High School,
Sandy Spring, since 1922 when
she was hired by the Mont
gomery County Board of Edu-
cation.
Born in Wilmington, Del,
Miss Appleby was educated in
New York State. She received
her advanced education at
George Washington University
and held a masters degree in
English and a science degree.
She was a sponsor of the
Future Teachers of America
and the mead of the L. D. Ap-
pleby Chapter of that organi-
zation. named in her honor.
She also was a member of
Evening star., 1960-03-21
J.W. CoufuI, 80;
Sales Executive,
Air Crash Victim

RICHMOND, March 81 (AP)
Joseph w. Coufal, 33. of
Richmond, injured more than a
month ago when his light plane
crashed and burned near Mil
ton, Pa, died Saturday in a
hospital here.
He had been under treatment
at Medical College of Virginia
Hospital for burns received in
the February 3 crash since his
transfer February 8 from a hos
pital in Lewisburg, Pa.
Mr.. Coufal was trying to take
of from a Milton airport en-
route from Richmond to Will
Transport, Pa, when the crash
occurred.
He was general sales manager
of Gray Products, Inc, OF
Waverly and Richmond.
He leaves his wife. Mrs.
Sherle Buhler Coufal: his
mother, Mrs. Madeline CoufaI
of Forest Hills. N. Y; and three
sisters, Mrs. Louis Lovasik, of
SyoSsett. N. Y; Mrs. Richard
Smith, Of New York City, and
Mrs. Leonard Kington of Over
land Park. KY.
Evening star., 1960-03-21
Jack D. Neff,
Hecht Aide

Jack D. Neff, AZ, controller
Of the Hecht Co., died last night
at the National Institutes of
Health.
Mr.. Neff, who lived at 1929
Dublin street. Silver Spring, was
born in the District. A graduate
OF Central High School, he
served as lieutenant colonel of
the schools cadet corps. Grad
uated from Strayer Business
College in accounting, he joined
the Hecht Co., in 1886 as a
stock boy.
In 1914 he was named super.
visor Of the department stores
general accounting office, be-
came assistant controller in
1858 and controller in January,
1859.
Mr.. Neff was secretary-treas-
urer and a board member of
the National Group of Con-
trollers. He was a member of
the Montgomery County Jewish
Community.
He leaves his wife. Mrs.
Goldie Neff; two sons, Robert
S. Neff and Larry I. Neff; two
daughters. Joyce Neff and Pau
la Neff, all of the home address;
Evening star., 1960-03-21
1t. Col. Stewart H. Elliott,
World War | Ordnance Aide

1t. Col. Stewart H. Elliott,
Army. retired, a World War 1
ordnance expert, died Thurs
day at his home, 4201 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV. He
was rs. .
Col. Elliott recently had
moved to Washington for
treatment at Walter Reed
Army Hospital. Since his re-
tirement in 1943. the colonel
had lived in Miami Beach and
billiard, Ga.
Col. Elliott, a native of Chi
cago, attended the Peekskill
Military Academy and Andover
Preparatory School. He was
graduated from Yale Univer-
sity in 1905.
Shortly after the outbreak of
World War 1, Col. Elliott was
commissioned a captain in ord
nance and was assigned to
organize motorized mobile ord
Evening star., 1960-03-21

nance repair shops for the
Army 3rd Division. He COM
manded the unit throughout
the war and was wounded in
action.
After the war, Col. Elliott
served at several arsenals and
proving grounds around the
country and Hawaii, and at one
point was assigned to the office
of the Army Chief of Ordnance
in Washington.
He suffered a heart attack in
1910 at Fort Monroe, Va, and
was retired for physical dis
ability in 1943.
He leaves his wife, the former
Lucretia Sanger of Norwalk,
Conn.,, who resides at the home
address.
Services will be at 10 am.
tomorrow in the Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arl-
ington Cemetery.