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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Khrushchev Removes
Agriculture Minister

MOSCOW, Dec. 80 tAP).-
The Soviet Union has a new
agriculture minister after a
poor crop year and open dis
satisfaction with the handling
Of the ministry.
Premier Khrushchev trans
ferred Vladimir v. Matskevich,
one of his longtime favorites,
and named Mikhail Olshansky,
vice president Of the Academy
Of Agricultural Science, to take
over the job.
Mr.. Matskevich, who has been
under fire in some newspapers
for crop failures. was assigned
to rescue one Of Mr.. Khru-
shchev's pet projects, the con-
version Of virgin lands in Ka-
zakhstan to full agricultural
production. He was assigned to
a new agricultural district in
the northern part of the Gen.
trail Asian Soviet Republic.
Appointment to Kazakhstan
often has meant political OBJ
livion for Soviet officials, but
Mr.. Matskevich'S transfer may
not signify disgrace. The Short
comings in Soviet agriculture
during the year were blamed
mostly on bad weather, and Mr..
Matskevich's new territory is in
the richest part of the virgin
land area.
His rise to power has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

were among the items seized.
The government said it will
take the prisoners to La Cabana
Fortress Prison to await trial
before military tribunals.
Meanwhile the Commerce
Workers Union organized for
q parade through Havana
streets tonight to protest acts
Of terrorism and to demand
death for terrorists. Such pro-
tests from unions and various
revolutionary organizations
were printed in a long list by
the government press.
A twin-engine yellow-and-
blue Cessna plane few over
Pinar del Rio Province early
today, dropping copies Of the
magazine Bohemia Libre and
the Miami-published newspaper
FL Mundo. Soldiers and mi
litiamen fired at the plane,
which approached from a
southerly direction.
Havana's newspapers and
labor organizations began a
mass appeal today for a big
turnout Monday in the, Civic
Plaza, where a huge army and
militia parade will commem-
crate the second anniversary Of
Fidel CaStro's triumph over ex-
Dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
President to Ask
Extra Aid Fund
BY the Associated Press

Administration sources said
yesterday President Eisenhower
plans to ask an additional
$3.50 million for overseas loans
after Congress convenes next
month.
The appropriation request
for the Development Loan
Fund would supplement the
money available for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1861.
Congress voted $3.50 million
for development loans for the
current fiscal year, and admin
istration officials had indicated
they would be seeking a fur
ther $3.50 million before the
year was over.
The loan fund is part Of the
United States foreign aid pro-
gram. 1t supplies easy-term
loans for economic develop
ment in backward countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

dynamite was Of United States
manufacture. The raids were
chiefly in suburban Marianao.
Revolution declared tn e
accused group took orders from
the United States Embassy
here. The semi Official news
paper charged that seized arms,
explosives and documents show
counter revolutionaries have
relations with Yankee i'm
perialism. from whose agents
they receive direct aid to
carry out terroristS acts"
The Embassy could not be
reached Immediately for COM
ment.
2 Blasts Reported
While the raids were going
on, a bomb exploded in the
balcony Of the Candida movie
theater in Mariana and in
jured seven persons. One Of the
wounded was arrested for in
vestigation. Another bomb re-
portedly went of at a govern
ment run supermarket IN
Marianao.
The government said two of
those arrested, Alfredo Carbon
and Manuel Pinango. work for
the Revolutionary Democratic
Front, an anti-Castro organ
iZation with headquarters in
Miami.
Raiding agents said the ex-
plosives they found are SO
powerful that cigarette packs
were used as containers. Revo-
lucion printed a picture of some
blocks Of explosive that say in
Stenciled English lettering lone
block equivalent to one half
pound INT block"
Prime Minister Castro
charged in a recent speech that
the Pentagon and the Central
Intelligence Agency In Wash.
ington supply anti-Castro
agents with a special new high
explosive used by the United
States Army.
A few machine-guns. revolt
vers, fuses. timing devices and
detonators and live PHOSPHORUS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

NIT the incoming administra-
ton.
Both sides congratulate them
selves on their oIdial correct
ness in the transition period.
The danger, of course, in a
fast-moving situation like Laos.
is that the policy-making func-
ton could fall between the two
chairs.
Career officials insist, how
ever, that they are having no
difficulty getting authority to
act Just as they believe they
should act. and probably would.
no matter who was Secretary.
The United States could take
no more decisive move than it
has in the notwithstanding
of an American observation
plane earlier this week, officials
say. 1t has not been clearly
established whether the gun
fire came from the Soviet plane
being observed in the act Of
air-dropping supplies to a
pro-Communist faction In the
Laos civil war, or whether the
bullets came from the ground.
Another improbable point is
the identity Of the pilot and
crew Of the nyushin-14 making
the airdrop. There is a strong
presumption the crew was
Russian. but no proof.
In this situation, American
officials cannot be sure to whom
a protest should be sent-the
Russians, the Chinese Com
munists, who also are known
to fly this plane, or the North
Vietnamese, who are strongly
suspected Of providing the base
from which Communist aid to
pro-Red forces in Laos is sent.
Without proof Of nationality
Of the crew, a protest to any
Of the three regimes could be
rejected out Of hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Rideon Rocket
Due in Spring
For American
By the Associated Press

The first American manned
rocket ride IS set for early
spring if a large ape survives
the jolt Of a blast-of from
Cape Canaveral early in 1861.
The House Commute on
Science and Astronautics made
this prediction in a man-in-
space report today.
Despite setbacks in recent
tests, Chairman Brooks, Demo-
crat of Louisiana, pictured the
United States standing ION the
threshold of q major flight
test program of short and long
range ballistic flights, leading
first to unnamed, and later on
to named orbital flight late in
1861, If all goes we'll"
The report, based on infor-
nation supplied by the Defense
Department and the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration, set next March or
April as the date for the first
manned rocket ride. one Of the
Mercury astronauts will be
strapped in a capsule and shot
we'll over 100 miles UP by an
Army Redstone missile. -
If all goes well with the
first manned space probes, the
payof will come next fall when
the first attempt will be made
to put a man into a satellite in
space, and keep him there long
enough to complete several Or
bits of the earth.
The House report praised ex-
isting cooperation between
NASA and the Pentagon and
the sense of urgency with
which both are pressing the
space program on a three
shift-per-day, seven-d q va
week basis.
The House committee said
that the man-in-space pro-
gram, known as Project Mer-
curry, is scheduled to cost 1898
million. But the report forecast
the possibility that the price
Of getting the first Americans
into space and recovering them
alive may run to half q billion
dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Aurund Named
To Pacific Board
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower today
named a West Point classmate,
retired 1t. Gen. H. s. Aurand,
to be United States commits
sioner on the South Pacific
Commission for a two-year
term.
Gen. Aurand, father Of Mr..
Eisenhower's naval aide, Capt.
Peter Aurand, will succeed
Alexander Spoehr, who re-
signed last week.
In addition to the United
States. the South Pacific Com
mission is composed Of Aus
tralia. New Zealand, the United
Kingdom, France and the
Netherlands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

visible, but without massive
ness. from the distance.
Among its many virtues"
he added, lis the way its open
character incorporates the ma
tural beauty Of the landscape,
including altering views of the
Potomac River and the Tidal
Basin in which the bright
shafts are reflected. Added to
this, the shifting play Of light
and shadow as the sun ira
verses the sky animates the
structure and imparts q sense
Of living reality to enhance its
spiritual meaning"
One Regret Expressed
Mr.. Belluschi said his only
regret is that the competition
for the memorial was not an
international one. He said Mr..
Roosevelt had such q following
all over the world that 1t would
have been better to open the
competition to architects every
where.
The proposed inscription on
the eight tablets Of varying
size includes parts of the
speech Mr.. Roosevelt made in
1888 when, in proposing dra-
matte legislation, he declared I:
Il see one-third of our Nation
Ill housed, Ill clad. ill-nour-
ished."
Mr.. Biddle said the selec-
ton Of quotes is by no means
final. The inscriptions them
selves may be of aluminium
letters rather than engraved
in the concrete, but this again
is not certain.
Congress on August II, 1855,
authorized the appointment OF
the memorial commission and
on September !, 1859. reserved
a site for the memorial In
West Potomac Park and au-
thorized the commission to
hold a competition for the
memorial design.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

6Ouu yum, WIFI only MINOR
changes, if any. This would give
the provisional government
more authority at home and
provide a more firmly based
executive authority with which
the United States could work.
Thus the United States is
pushing ahead with its plan to
give strong support to the anti
Communist faction in Laos de-
spite the misgivings of British
and French foreign Offices,
which believe only a broader
based government, including
neutralists and possibly pro-
Communists, can restore sta
bility.
Herter on Vacation
Day-to-day handling of Laos
policy In the State Department
has been in the hands Of top
career officials for weeks. The
acting Secretary of State now
is Livingston Merchant, regular
Undersecretary for political
affairs. The Assistant Secre-
tary Of State for Far Eastern
Affairs, J. Graham Parsons,
another career foreign service
officer. is the other diplomat
principally involved in Laos
policy making, along with
Deputy Undersecretary Of
State Raymond Hare.
The plush new, offices OF
Secretary Of State Herter and
Undersecretary C. Douglas
Dillon stand empty on the
seventh floor of the mammoth
addition to the State Depart
ment building overlooking the
Lincoln Memorial and the
Potomac.
Mr.. Herter is mentioning in
South Carolina. Mr.. Dillon,
the second-ranking State De-
partment official in the Eisen-
hover administration, is in
Hobe Sound, Fla, vacationing
and getting acquainted with
the Democratic cabinet he is
to join next month.
Rusk BOning Up
Seven floors below the little
used suites assigned to Mr..
Herter and Mr.. Dillon, their
successors, Secretary-designate
Dean Rusk and Undersecretary-
designate Chester Bowles have
set up shop in less pretentious
but still elegant quarters de-
signed to accommodate visiting
dignitaries when international
conferences are in session in
the ultramodern chambers
across the hall. The Kennedy
appointees are reading briefing
books on the crisis area, seeing
key department officials and
generally boning up for the
long grind ahead.
The incoming team has
passed the word, however, that
it Is staying scrupulously out Of
policy decisions. Until he has
the responsibility, Mr.. Rusk is
leaving all official action to the
outgoing administration. Mr..
Herter, at the same time. is
understood to be avoiding
moves that would deeply COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

closely linked with Mr.. Khru-
shchev. They both were active
in the politics Of the Ukraine
during the Stain era. Mr.. Mat
skevich visited the Unite d
States in 1855, paying particu-
lar attention to corn farming
in the Middle West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

Continued From First Page
City were the winning archi-
tects. They will get q $4,000
award whether the design Is
used OF not.
They said the concrete which
would 60 into the memorial:
slabs would be tough enough to
Withstand the elements indefi-
nitely and would rest on pilings
driven far into the ground
The slabs. the highest Of which
would be 156 feet. would be
hollow and from 8 to IL inches
thick.
The 81 million cost made the
winning design the fourth In
cost among the six flnalists.
Pietro Belluschi. dean of the
School Of Architecture and
Planning at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and
chairman Of the jury which
selected the design. said the
memorial was chosen after
lengthy discussion and analysis
by the jury.
Some Had Reservations
He was asked whether any
members Of the 1ive-man jury
had any reservations about the
winning proposal. He said they
did not, but added the decision
was mot quite" unanimous or
the winner.
Mr.. Belluschi called the com
petition itself IAN unqualified
success" and described the rea'
sons for picking the winning
design this way:
The jury feels that thu
winning entry has met thu
basic requirement Of the com
petition by giving a clear image
of Mr.. Roosevelt's greatness
through carefully chosen ex'
cerpts from his writings owe
the period of his presidency
His humanity. his charity ant
concern for all people emerge
with great force.
THE monumental quality o
the project comes from thu
simplicity with which this ides
is transmitted. Although thu
basic form is so elemental al
to be virtually the outgrowtl
Of tradition, the vast concret,
planes emphasize the inter
vening spaces as POSITIVE
entities. thereby providing {
total image which is firml!
identified with the goth cen
tury."
Harmony Stressed
Both Mr.. Biddle and MI
Belluschi emphasized that tn,
arrangement Of concrete plane
would harmonic with tn,
nearby Jefferson and Lincoll
Memorials and not detract from
the landscape beauty Of tn
park. They said the slabs carr,
great force and provide al
open, ethereal quality which
would have great impact.
"As one moves on to tn
various levels of the platform
within the memorial" MI
Belluschi said, "the view
changed and new spaces &C
quire significance. AS a monu
ment 1t satisfies the visitor
desire to apprehend the who'll
from many approaches and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Defense Shift
Caution Urged
By Russell

Chairman Russell Of the
Senate Armed Services Com
mittee suggested today that the
new Kennedy administration
proceed cautiously" on defense
reorSanization.
He urged President elect
Kennedy to use powers already
held by the White House before
seeking new legislation. There
are vast unused powers under a
1858 act and earlier laws that
could be used by the President, I"
he said.
Senator Russell said he thinks
there is room for some i'm
provement in the organization
Of the armed forces, but has
tened to add he is not zone Of
the monolithic staff" advocates.
He explained he is not for q
single chief of staff to replace
the Joint Chiefs Of Staff.
The Georgian also empha-
sized that he favors a continual
ton Of some competition among
the Army, Navy and Air Force
in the development Of new
weapons.
Senator Russell's cautious
view was echoed on the House
side of the Capitol by Repre-
sentative Mahon, Democrat Of
Texas, chairman of an Appro-
priations subcommittee that
holds the military purse strings.
Mr.. Mahon said he would
not favor any very significant
reorganization at this time.
Much can be done under pres
ent law"
Mr.. Mahon added, however,
that he favors more unifica-
ton in the Joint Chiefs of
Staff because he said the Sec
rotary Of Defense still does not
get objective advice from the
military chiefs. They are still
giving the viewpoints of their
own services"
Senator Russell also became
the first chairman Of a Senate
Committee to announce he will
committee to announce he will
nominations early in January
so that the appointments can
be acted on by the Senate
Immediately after they are sub
mitted on Inauguration Day.
No Objections Filed
The Russell committee will
have Jurisdiction over the
nominations of Robert s. Nc
Namara for Secretary Of De-
tense: Roswell L. Gilpatric for
Deputy Secretary of Defense;
Eugene M. Zuckert for Sec
rotary Of the Air Force and
John B. Connally. jr., for Sec
rotary Of the Navy.
Senator Russell said no OBJ
jectionS have yet been filed
against any Of these nominees.
Senator Mansfield of Mon
tana. slated to be new DEM
ocratic leader, has expressed
hope that all committees hav-
ing jurisdiction over cabinet
members will consider the APP
pointmentS before the Inaugu-
ration. even though the names
cannot be submitted formally
until January 20.
May Back Aged Plan
On an unrelated subject,
Senator Russell said he prob
ably will support Mr.. Ken
nedy's request for q social
security type Of medical care
for the aged If a few minor
changes are made in the bill
which failed last August. He
said one Of these changes
would relate to the rights of
the States in accrediting hos
pitfalls to be used in providing
the medical care.
Senator Russell said he re-
CARDS the social security APP
proach as the most conserv-
alive Of all the medical care
proposals becaue it would pro-
vide its own financing through
a payroll tax. The plan adopt
ed by Congress last August
for Federal aid to voluntary
State programs would still be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Meeting Of Parliament
In Laos Urged by U. S.
BY EARL III. VOSS
Star stan Writer

American officials advising the Communist Strong
man of embated Laos Gen. Phoum Nosavan the
couny parliament quickly to give legal sanction to the
regime.
High authorities here believe the majority in parliament
would ndors the present Communist cabinet Of Premier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
; Bomb Plants Roided
II Arrested in Cubo

HAVANA, Dec. 80 (AP).-The Cuban government
nounced today has smashed three small ceters
and arrested II persons anti-Castro terrorists.
series Of night raids by intelligence agents brought the
arrest of is and two plus big quantity Of
geatinous dynamite and weapons The said the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Spun 1882 Feet Long

OTTAWA.-The longest COW
cred bridge in North America
is at Hartland, New Brunswick.
It is 1882 feet long.
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The Sidney herald., 1960-01-13

At the monthly meeting of the
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department,
Thursday mite, January Z the first
honorary membership in the de-
partment was presented to Lloyd
SMILEY" Sather. An engraved
plaque was presented to Smiley
enscribed 'For his continuous
friendship and support" He, along
with all other residents of Richland
County, has been a firm supporter
of the Sidney Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
The firemen meet the first
Thursday of every month. The 25
man department have dinner
which is put on and paid for by a
four man committee. Following
dinner the meeting is conducted by
Chief Bonnie Dave. Two firemen
have completed their 20 years of
service and were honored follow
ing the meeting. Axel Anderson
and Joe Meyers were placed on the
retired list. Chief Dave and Stub
Benzinger both have over 20 years
The Sidney herald., 1960-01-13
Yellowstone
Township

Stewart Stair left this week
after visiting relatives since before
Christmas.
Arvin Heinle, Don Schlothauer
and James K~etterling spent a few
days in. Fargo this past week.
Mike Flynn has returned from
Billings, where he visited his
brother ROLAND and family.
Chancho and Ray Chanchez
and Dick Moore left this week
for Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Heinle and
Melvin Simmons and family were
supper guests on Friday night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Holder.
Charles Dahl was over from
WilliSton Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Flynn
have moved to Sidney for the
winter months.
Albert Liebelt made a trip to
Bismarck this week.
MFR. and Mrs. John Hardy were
among those from here who at
tended the annual Sheep Feeders
tour at Sidney on Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. William Holder
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig Hutter
were guests at the Don Noteboom
home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Liebelt at
tended a cattle sale at Glendive
on Friday.
Supper guests on Sunday eve.
ming at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Stepan, Jr. were Stewar
Stair and Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Heinle. Mr.. and Mrs. Davic
Paschk wer also visitors there
that evening.
Pupils in the East Fairviev
school began basketball playing
this week and will have theil
first game on Saturday.
Eddy Ochs left for Fort. Orc
California to begin his six month.
training under the Nationa
Guard.
Bud Woodwork is leaving thi
week for Fort Ord. Mrs. Wood
worth and baby Shelley will sta,
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Richard Hayden while he is gone
Word has been received here O
the death of Ole Olson. 81, forme