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ANATOMY OF CHAOS
Congo Business Seen
Due to Grind to Stop

slowly. Trains are infrequent
and invariably late. Air sched-
ules depend upon the caprices
Of the Force PubliQue, which
occasionally delays arrivals OF
departures and more frequently
detains passengers.
When a part breaks down
there are no spares. When q
pilot becomes i'll, there is often
nobody to replace him. Air and
river navigational aids are
sketchy and function at all only
through the grace of the N. N
Roads are deteriorating rapidly
In the interior, crops are
being harvested, bought and
exported. But the coming cot
ton and peanut crops will prob
ably be SO per cent below aver
age. Coffee, tea and palm oil
exports are expected to decline
by about is per cent. The
mines seem to be running rea-
sonably normal.
Reports reaching here indi-
cate that only about Is per
cent of the white-owned plan
tations have been abandoned.
Most of them belonged to small
marginal producers.
The big companies are hang
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22
Control Tower Shut
BY Fire at Airport

MIAMI. Fla, Nov. % (AP).-
Miami international Airport's
control tower, smoke filled by
q cocktail, lounge blaze, shut
down for IS minutes yesterday
while firemen battled flames
in the lounge below.
Air traffic at the busy field
was controlled by mobile radio
units and by an auxiliary ia
cility hastily set UP on the ter
minal roof.
A Pan American World Air
ways spokesman said the lines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22

was postmarked from New
York and delivered to Mr..
Clark's ONCE while he was on
his American Bandstand tele-
vision show.
Investigators said the mech
anism inside the package had
all the appearances bf an ex-
plosive but did not contain any
powder.
The mechanism was made
up OF a five-inch piece Of cop
per tubing, a number of wires
and what appeared to be a
blasting cap but later study
disclosed it to be nothing but
a piece Of tree bark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22
Phony Bomb Sent
To Dick Clark

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. "a
(AP). - A secretary in disc
jockey Dick Ciark's Office un-
wrapped q package which APP
peared to contain a homemade
bomb yesterday but detectives
quickly found 1t to be a dud.
The package obviously was
the work of a crank, Detective
1t. Howard Dando and Postal
Inspector Joseph J. McNabb,
jr.. said.
Wrapped in brown paper, 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22

grinds to q dead stop. Some
observers compare the country's
present situation to the mus
cular refleXes of a chicken aft
er its head has been cut off.
The port of Matadi has been
dredged by the United Nations
and is once again capable of
handling ocean-going ships.
The railways, river boats and
airlines, which together form
the transportation sinews OF
this vast country. are function
ing.
They are not functioning
normally. The river boats move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22

ing on and hoping for the best.
They have too much invested
in the Congo to abandon their
holdings.
Force Publique Rules
In the up-country centers,
natives are moving into the
homes abandoned by fleeing
Belgians. If a white man re-
turns to reclaim his property
Gas many are trying to do)
he is denounced as a spy to
The Force Publique by the new
owners"
In Stanleyville q few days
ago, any European who could
not produce on demand a bill
of sale for his car had the
vehicle confiscated by the Force
Publique.
The best hotel In Bukavu,
capital of Kivu Province, is
closing next month. The second
best establishment has been
turned into an African brothel.
The Congolese revenue, in
the words of a U. N. finance
expert. has become "insignifi-
cant" and the central treasury
is "in a desperate condition. "
Some taxes are being collected
in some areas.
But much of this revenue is
being retained by the provincial
governments rather than icing
forfarded to Leopardville. In
other instances, tax-collectors
are setting themselves up in
business on their own.
In some areas government
employees are being paid. In
others, they are not. One Force
Publique unit in Equator Prov
ince recently solved the pay
problem by holding up a bank
Force Puhlique vehicles are
gassed up at service stations at
bayonet point.
| u. N. Doctors Worried
The food situation, bucked up
by the free distribution Of more
than 5.3 million pounds Of U.N,
food, seems to be good. The
health situation is fair. But
u. N. doctors are worried.
All but 100 Of 1900 Belgian
doctors fed the Congo during
the first few weeks of the dis
orders. leaving all but six OF
the country's 400 hospitals
without physicians. Twenty
three Red Cross teams made up
of 113 doctors and nurses have
managed to reopen SO hospitals
But the U. N. estimates a
minimum of TOO medical per-
sonnet must be recruited. At
the moment, only so of 1870
World Health Organization doc
tors destined for the Congo are
expected to arrive within the
next few weeks.
There are no Congolese doc
tors and it will be % years
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Prolific Pup

DUNCAN. Okla. (AP).-A s.
year-old Chihuahua has had a
litter Of six pups with a total
weight of II ounces. The little
dog has had II pups in is
months.
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BY SMITH HEMPSTONE, JR.

ny DW11 I H 1KEVNK . O1NLD JHNs
Contributing Writer
LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo Re-
public.-The momentum Of the
great economic machine built
by the Belgians continues to
create the appearance at least
of business activity in this
Strife-torn Central African
state.
But nobody knows how long
1t will be before the economy
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Clipper Lounge sustained about
100000 damage from the
blaze. which apparently smol-
dered for some time before it
was discovered.
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ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS

Over the holidays, or at any other
time, you enjoy yourself more, feel
better when you know you look your
very best. Let our dry cleaning ex-
perts-speciolists in formal weor-
give your wardrobe that extra touch
that is so assuring. You know you look
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| u. ". 0ulClaS GetuuhJe, De1pTC
the country win have enough
physicians of its own 10 STAFF
the health services on even q
greatly reduced level. d.
So far there have been no
major epidemics. although cases
Of bubonic plague and smallpox
have been reported from the in
terror.
Schools Cut Back
Most schools are either closed
or operating on a part-time
basis. The majority Of. the
white teachers left and have
not returned.
Many African teachers have
gone into other branches of the
government service where pay
and opportunities are greater.
There is little money to pay
those who have remained. To
get the school system running
again, UNESCO will have to-
recruit 1900 teachers. U. N.
educators say.
The statistical service, like
everything else of a technical
nature, has ceased to function.
But in Leopoldville Provinces
high schools it is known that
nearly thirds of the pre-
independence faculties have
not returned and are not ex-
pected to do so.
CongoleSe have moved into
the homes and Offices of the
former Belgian district COM
missioners and are making an
attempt to administer the
country. Their success depends
largely on the force of their
personalities and on the whims
Of the Force Publique, which
has degenerated into a number
of bands of armed brigands.
The courts have ceased to
function. Of 400 Belgian law
yers in the Congo before in
dependence, only 90 remain.
The U. N. estimates it will re-
quire the services of at least
$50 lawyers to reopen the
courts. The first Congolese will
not get his law degree until
next year and only four others
are due to graduate in 1862.
About 10 per cent of Leopold
ville's labor force of 100000 is
unemployed and the situation
is the same or worse in pro-
vincial centers. The U. N. has
started an emergency $6.3 mil
lion public works program in
an attempt to furnish some
relief.
Financial Outlook Bad
U. N. finance experts have
no idea as to how the Congo
can meet its running expenses.
Since July. the central govern
ment has been existing on
short-term loans from the Gen.
trail Bank and no more funds
are available from this source.
The governments expendi-
lures are about SIT million per
month. The U. N. recently ad-
vanced the Congo SIS million to
pay of its most pressing obliga-
tons. Unless more money
comes from somewhere soon,
the Congo will collapse.
This years U. N. operation
in the Congo will cost about
SGT million. During 1861 the
cost will rise to about $500. 900
per day. Nobody knows how
long the U. N. will have to
stay to get the Congo on its
feet.
A conservative estimate. as
Stunning that some reasonably
stable government emerges and
that the Force Publique is
brought to heel, would be five
years. 1t may take 20. And the
bottom may not yet have been
reached.
Reports a U. N. officer from
Kivu: IF much of the techni-
cal, economic, industrial and
agricultural backbone of the
province was there in early
September. it is on its way out
now"
Although it still functions
at a reduced level. the Congo
may already be dead without
anyone realizing it.
TOMORROW: U. N. Inde-
cision Blocks Political Recon-
structiOn.
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Ladies . .

Open your 1861 Christmas Club &C
count now at any First & Citizens
office or branch.
Evening star., 1960-09-04

give thanks, should, there is SO
much to be thankful for, and
praise God for all blessings, and
the abundance of all things.
And then wintertime! When
zero stands at Is or 30, when we
Evening star., 1960-09-04

hard. bitches to dig. Poultry to Gull and house
Thanksgiven, in some homes there will be rejoic-
ing in others there will be sorrow. But we that can
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19

vestigated prices and practices in
the drug industry.
Other visiting speakers will be
James G.. Patton, president, and
Glenn j. Talbot, vice president,
of National Farmers Union in Den
yer. Patton is also president of the
International Federation of Agri-
cultural Producers, and Talbot is
president of North Dakota Farmers
Union. Three other presidents of
state unions are scheduled to
speak: Gilbert Rohde of Wiscon-
sin, Edwin Christianson of Min
nesota, and Harold Golseth OF
South Dakota.
President Ed Nelson Of Alberta
Farmers Union; James S. TIMBER,
president of Montana AFL-CIO
and Ernest Salvas, executive board
member of the international Unior
of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
also will address the convention
Speaking for Farmers Union re-
gional cooperatives at Saint Paul
will be Gordon Roth of the Grain
Terminal Association; To Steichen
general manager of Central Elk
change, and Glenn Long, genera,
manager of the Marketing AsSocia'
ton.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
SIDNEY DELEGATES ATTEND
STATE CONVENTION
OF CATHOLIC WOMEN

Mrs. Lawrence Delaney, Mrs.
Bert Lalonde and Mrs. Leo
Schwartz returned Friday from
Great Falls, where they attended
the 18th biennial convention OF
the Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women.
Mrs. Leonard Seelinger of
Havre was elected to the two year
presidency of the organization al
its last session and Glendive was
named as host to the next con-
vention, which will be held in
1862.
Featured speakers at the con
Guiding banquet were the Most
Rev. William j. Condor, D. D.
Bishop of Great Falls; the Mos
Rev. Bernard j. Topped, Bishor
of Spokane; and Miss Nora Lee
Tourneau, field secretary of the
National Cow, Washington, D. c
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
MISC Publishes
Brochure On
New Ag Course

BoZeman-TO acquaint high
school students with its new cur
riculum in agriculture and at the
same time point out the career
opportunities in today's agricul-
ture, Montana State College has
published an illustrated brochure
entitled, "Study Modern Agricul-
ture at Montana State College"
The brochure will soon be avail
able at the offices of County Ex-
tension Agents and high school
principals or by writing to the
Division of Agriculture at MISC.
In its introduction, the brochure
cites the tremendous growth in
career opportunities in agriculture
as a result of the chronological
revolution in producing, processing
and distributing farm products
SO broad r these opportunities
that it is estimated that there are
nearly two jobs open every year
for the $500 or more college grad
yates in agriculture.
The brochure then goes on to in
dictate some of the career possibil-
tiles in each of the five main areas
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
Hay Creek

MeSdames Walter Houchen,
Chester Dore, Scoop Dore and
Garfield Linde were hostesses at
a Pantry Shower on Wednesday
afternoon at the Houchen home,
in honor of Miss Selma Evjen.
Miss Evjen was presented with
a beautiful corsage A theme of
pink and white was carried out
in the decorations. The main table
was centered by a pink and white
twin hearts cake, decorated and
trimmed with a pink umbrella.
Also pink candles and pom poms
on the table. Each small table was
centered with a pink candle sur
rounded by small flowers. Several
bouquets of assorted flowers de-
corated the room. The guest book
was trimmed with a pink ribbon
bow and umbrella. The gift table
held a large plastic laundry bas-
ket in which the guests deposited
their gifts upon arrival. After a
short program Miss Evjen opened
her many gifts, after which cake
and ice cream was served.
Several of the neighbors attend
ed the wedding of Richard Levno
and Selma Evjen on Saturday
afternoon. October 18th, at the
First Lutheran Church in Willis
ton. After a wedding trip to
Canada, the young couple will re-
side in Forsyth where Richard is
employed. Mrs. Henry Levno drove
to Williston on Wednesday morn
ing to get Miss Evjen for her
shower. On Friday evening BeulaI
Levno, Charlotte Wallace, Laura
Klose and Verna Mack, all Of
Sidney drove to the Henry Levnc
home to welcome the other LevnC
children who came for Richard.
wedding. They are his sisters
Iona Levno, from New York City
and Mrs. Dorothy Mahoney anC
children, Glenda and Jimmy from
Salt Lake City, and his brother
and sis~ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mr.
Delwyn Levno, from Billings. MI
and Mrs. Delwyn Levno and Mis-
i, Iona Levno left on Sunday even
; ing to return to their homes. Mrs
Mahoney and children have re
manned to visit at her parent
home for a week. Col. and Mrs
Frank Levno, of Big Fork, Mont
Richards uncle, also came for tn
wedding. Our sincere congratul
, ations to the young couple.
Rev. and Mrs. George Sander
and Wendy of Sidney visited a
the Sheriff. Henderson home O
Wednesday afternoon.
Sheriff. Henderson and Lione
Gall drove to Glendive on Thurs
day evening to attend a bushes
. meeting at the Jordan Hotel.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19

CONTINUED FROM PAGE u

firing and Turner, who has also
been Fire Prevention Chairman
during his IA years on the de-
oartment, is resigning. These two
men have done a wonderful job
towards fire prevention in Sidney
and Richland County and should
be congratulated for their eff
forts over the past years.
In climaxing the weeks actlvl
ties, Chief DAVE again reminded
US that Fire Prevention is not a
7 day program, but n which
should be carried out 365 days
a year. While the local depart
ment will do its best and assist
in any way possible, the general
public has to "carry the BALI In
order to make the program a
success. This is an important
challenge which has to be taken
to heart by every individual.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
Christmas Tree
Exports To Top
Three Million

Bozeman - If growers meet
their expected quotas, 1860 will be
the eighth consecutive and 18th
years on record that Montana has
exported over three million Christ
mas trees, says Richard t Marks,
Extension forester at Montana
State College.
College.
All the principal tree shipping
counties increased shipments last
year with Flathead county leading
the pack. This county has been
the leader in eight of the past ten
years. Missoula county increased
5 percent from 1858 to 1859 while
Sanders and Lake counties in
creased 20 and Al percent, re-
spectively, for the same period,
/ Marks explains. Lincoln county
held the top position in 1858.
Montana's rail exports reached
26 market states in 1859, he con-
tinues. California and Texas used
Al percent of these exports.
With the establishment of
Christmas tree plantations near
many of the large cities on the
west coast and also in the Chicago
area, Montana's Christmas tree
growers must practice the best
cultural work to produce trees to
compete with those grown close
to the market, the forester says.
To preserve a "five million
rollar forest Industry, growers
should keep in mind that Montana
will continue to be the tor
Christmas tree producing state
in the nation only if growers con
tinue to ship competitive quality
trees, he concludes.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
G.. Hansen
CONTINUED FROM PAGE II

this state can't afford another
four years of the bankrupt COP
farm policies" he declared. "Now
the Republicans are proposing an
extension of the Soil Bank to 80
million acres which, added to low
farm income, would bust half the
business in Montana" Hansen
said.
The Richland County farmer
urged both farmers and business
men to work for a Democratic
victory Gas the best possible so
tuition to the farm and small
business problems in Montana"
Hansen is a longtime resident
cf this county, having lived here
for about 10 years. He has been
active in Civil Air Patrol, Farm
ers Union, Toastmasters Club, and
is a member of Pella Lutheran
church.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
:. :.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE II

Ter, chairman; Eugene Wind, vice
Sigurd Jonasen.
Sidney Dry - Daniel Anderson,
Carl Dynneson, Jr., vice
chairman; Ed Erickson.
Sidney Irrigated = Otto Dige,
chairman; Hillerk Fisser, vice
chairman; Niels Frandsen.
Sioux Pass - Charles Hackley,
chairman; Raymond Cattaneo, vice
chairman; Aldo Zoanni.
Three Buttes = Earl M. John
son, chairman; Lester Putnam,
vice chairman; Lloyd Salisbury.
This years elections will again
be conducted by mail ballot. After
the closing on November 10 of
the period for nominating candi-
dates by petition, the county ASC
office will prepare and mail bal
lots to all known eligible voters
in the county. Voters will have
about two weeks in which to mark
end return their ballots. A COM
mittee consisting of chairman,
vice chairman and regular mem
Der, plus two alernates, will be
chosen to serve in each ASC COM
munity.
In counties where there are two
or more communities, the chair
man of the community committees
then meet to elect next years
county ASC committee. In coun-
ties which are not divided into
ASC communities, the committee
elected by mail balloting becomes
the county committee.
All committeeman take office
january l to serve for the calen-
dar year in the administration o.
tee agricultural program assigned
to the ASC. These include price
support, wheat acreage allotment
and quotas, agricultural conserva.
tion, wool incentive, grain storage
Soil Bank and sugar programs.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
Fines, ~Forfeits
Amount To $40

Max Klasna of Sidney paid a
SIS fine for indulging in alcoholic
beverages in a bar while being
under the legal age of 81 years.
Daniel Pease, Sidney, fined $40
for speeding.
Chuck Morrin, Watford City,
N. D., forfeited a SIS bond for
making an improper u turn.
Douglas j. Cundiff, Sidney,
fined $40 for failure to back in
safety.
Evelyn Kilen, Sidney, fined SIS
for careless driving.
Harold S. Moe, Sidney, forfeited
a SIS bond for failing to stop at a
stop sign.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
Sidney Man
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ~

promoted to Assistant Master
Mechanic of that plant.
Following completion of a lab
oratory course in Instrumentation
at Foxboro, Massachusetts he was
transferred to Holly's Carleton
plant at Brawley, California, to
assist in its construction. In 1850
he was made Master Mechanic of
that plant, the position he held
prior to his recent promotion.
Mrs Hanson is a former Mon
tanan too who prior to their mar
riage in 1885 was employed at the
Northern Pacific Hospital at Glen
dive as a Registered Nurse. The
Hansons have one daughter who
is now completing studies toward
majors in accounting and educa-
rion at George Pepperdine College
IN Los Angeles.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
Sidney School
CONTINUED FROM PAGE II

Group. James Wood, math instruc-
tor at the Sidney High School, will
present a half hour demonstration
at the mathematics sectional at
Billings. His demonstration will be
on. Theory of Groups"
All teachers will hear outstand-
ing speakers at Billings. These
speakers include DR.. Meredith o.
Wilson, president of the Univers-
ity of Minnesota. DR.. Gonna
Mowry, associate director of lay
relations of the National Educa-
ton Association, and Captain Will
ham c. Mott, news analyst and
former military assistant to Ad-
miral Radford.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
NOTICE

Services for October % will be
cancelled at the local congrega-
ton of the Reorganized Church OF
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
of Fairview. There will be a
priesthood institute held at the
rev church in Williston, N. D.,
October % and %. Anyone inter
ested is welcome to these spe-
o;o1 meetings.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19

of MSC's new agricultural cur
riculum - business, education,
engineering, production, and
science. Under these major head
ings are many areas of specializa-
ton which give the student a wide
choice of courses which will pre-
pare him for agriculturally related
occupations or for active farming
and ranching.
1t also calls attention to scholar
ships and part-time employment
available to agricultural students
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
CONTINUED FROM PAGE II

on which he has written extern
sively.
Following Investigations in
Nevada, Kefauver wrote that "my
personal opposition to legalized
gambling has become firm =
Gambling produces nothing and
adds nothing to the economy or
society of our nation. America
will be in a bad way if we ever
have to resort to taxing crime and
immortality for the purpose of
raising revenue to operate our in
stitutions."
He will also speak here on find
ings and recommendations of his
Senate anti-monopoly subcommit-
tee, which has most recently in
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19

October 10, 1860
Senator c. R. Thiessen
Richland County
Lambert, Montana
Dear Senator Thiessen:
l received your letter of Sept
ember 10, 1860, and my staff has
been trying to determine the
answers to the questions involved.
I must assure you that by now the
thought we would have the
answers completed. However, be-
cause of the Juror that was pres
ented because of the Highway
Departments activities it is very
difficult to get anything by way OF
information from the Highway
Department because they are fear
full of the political ramifications
that might result from their
answers. We will keep trying to
get the information you seek.
With kindest personal regards,
7 am
Very truly yours,
FORREST H. ANDERSON
Attorney General
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kelly of Sid
"ev visited with Mrs. Celia Strom-
feldt on Sunday afternoon.
MI. and Mrs. Bill Lewis, Rich
ard and Brian of the Sioux Pass
community, Chas. Houchen and
Terry of Sidney were supper
guests at the Garfield Linde home
on Sunday. Walter Houchen call
ed later in the evening.