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Smyrna times., 1960-01-14
Herbert Services
To Be Held Today

Mrs. Nellie Y. Herbert, "a,
widow of John F. Herbert, Sr.,
died Monday at her home on
School Lane, Smyrna. She is
survived by three sons, Willard
Y. Rutter of Smyrna; Walter P.
Rutter of Wilmington, and Capt.
John F. Herbert, Jr., Garfield
Park, and the Delaware State
Police; daughter. Mrs. Franz
Smyrna times., 1960-01-14

following com m ii t tees: Home
Economics, Mrs. Francis Raugh-
ley, Mrs. Francis Thomas; Leg
islative, Harold McGrath, John
Tarburton, George Pyott; Agri-
culture, Arthur Taylor, Winfred
Gruwell, Arthur Walker; Youth,
Wallace Caulk, Jr.; Resolutions,
Mrs. Harry c. Johnson, Ernest
Cool and Francis Raughley.
Smyrna times., 1960-01-14
Snow Son Named

MIR. and Mrs. James E. Snow
of near Smyrna announce the
birth of their first child, Bruce
Edward, on December 20, at
Kent General Hospital, Dover.
He is the grandson of Mrs. Roy
d. Everett and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Smithers Snow, Sr.
Smyrna times., 1960-01-14
18th Birthday Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Street
entertained at large semi-for-
NAL party in honor of the six
teenth birth of their daughter,
Judy, on Tuesday evening at the
Twentieth Century Club. There
were two hundred and fifty in
vited guests.
Smyrna times., 1960-01-14
The Smyrna Times
Phone 1921 SMYRNA. DELAWARE

Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. JULY
1854. Editor and proprietor until Feb
ruary 20. 1901.
Owned and Published by Robert d. Hof-
feeker. Jr.. from February TO- 1907 10
December "a. 1889.
eablished Every Thursday Morning bv
The Smyrna Times. Inc. 25 Commerce
Street. Smyrna. Del.
DVERTISEMENTS- Smyrna Times
Is the business medium not only for the
town il represents but for the outlying
district of which it is the center. en-
bracing the towns of Clayton. Kenton.
Cheswold. Townsend. Leipsic. &c. A raie
Of 55 cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season 1r
yearly display advertising rates quoted
sa application. Classified advertisements
70 words or less. a minimum charge Of
50 cents per insertion. In memoriam
articles. 10 cents per line per issue.
Entered as End class matter March Is.
lS7e at the post office at Smyrna. Del.
ander Act of Congress of March 3. 1879.
Subscription price. $500 per year. strictly
in advance.
Smyrna times., 1960-01-14

A. Hill, of Woodcrest; a brother,
Willard S. Yarnall, Rehoboth
Beach; nine grandchildren, and
II great-grandchildren. Services
will be held today, Thursday, at
/ pm. in the McCrery Funeral
Home, 2700 Washington Street,
Wilmington. Burial will be in
Gracelawn Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1960-01-14
Boggs Calls For
YMCA Observance

Delawareans have been urged
by Governor ]. Caleb Boggs to
participate in various special ac-
tivities planned for next week
which the states chief executive
has designed as Y.M.C.A. Week.
Smyrna times., 1960-01-14

Mr. anud Mrs William Carter quietly celebrated their 65h
wedding anniversary their Downs Chapel home Saturday
The couple married Denton Md JAM g. 1895 Mrs
Carter the former Ida Ford daughter of Namiah and Mary
Ford The couple lived Mayd for number of years before
moving ary and later Downs Chapel in 1909 where Mr.
Carter operated general for 43 years They have five
children Earle and Mrs Mildred c. Attix both of
Chapel Mrs Beuah c. Palmer Richardson Park;
Margaret Canwel Hills and Kenwohy Carter
Heights Is grandchildren IA greagandchden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

S1.30; married employees, 1912.
Option two, single employees,
1884; married employees, $3.50.
NO NEED To WORRY
Many employees are worried
about making the right choice.
The csc says that 1t expects
to have by May / a complete
analysis and comparison of
each health plan in full detail,
so that employees and their
families can compare the bene-
fits offered them and decide
which one would serve their
needs best.
Also, the csc is briefing key
personnel in all departments
and agencies on the health
program so that they, in turn,
can advise and counsel employees
in their own bureaus on the
various health programs that
will be offered to them.
PAY "A total of so Govern
ment classified and postal en-
ployes pay raise bills have been
sponsored in the House since
Congress convened last month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Five Schoolgirls
Held in Beutinq,
Robbino of Child

Five Northeast schoolgirls
were accused last night of beat
ing and robbing a 12-year-old
girl who was returning from a
grocery.
Ninth precinct Pvts. A. G.
Hess and S. M. Pilkerton said
they turned the five over to
the Womans Bureau. They
ranged in age from IL to Is.
Rita Gaines, IL, Of 1923 D
street NE, told PvtS. Hess and
Pilkerton the girls stopped her
at the corner of Sixteenth and
F streets NE. at GAS pm, threw
her to the ground and kicked
her several times.
While she was on the ground,
she added, one CT the girls
stripped off her glove and took
$1.40 grocery change she had
tucked in her mitten. She said
they also took a pound of cof-
fee and a pound Of margarine
she had just purchased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Con-
siderable cloudiness and not
as cold tonight with low near
80; variable cloudiness and
warmer tomorrow.
Virginia-Cloudy and not as
cold tonight with lows 80 to
IS and 20s in the mountains;
some light snow in the south
ern portion possible tonight;
variable cloudiness and warmer
tomorrow.
Maryland Considerable
cloudiness and not as cold to-
night with lows in the upper
20S to low 3es; some snow in
western portion; considerable
cloudiness tomorrow with some
snow furries in the mountains
and highs IS to 50 in the east
and SO to 40 in the west.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Winds southerly at
10 to is miles per hour shift
ing to southwesterly at 10 to
20 miles per hour tomorrow:
some clouds; visibility 3 to 6
miles in haze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Miumiuns Begin
Mass Polio Drive
With Oral Vaccine

MIAMI. Fla, Feb. Is (AP).-
More than 1000 Dade County
school children and several
thousand adults drank the Cox
oral polio vaccine yesterday,
inaugurating the Nations first
COMMUNICATIVE attempt to
wipe out polio with the vaccine.
The program was sponsored
by the Dade County Health
Department, the county Medi-
cal Association and the Uni
versity of Miami. The vaccine
was provided by its developer,
Lederle Laboratories, Inc.
Two cubic centimeters of the
pink, cherry-flavored vaccine
containing weakened living
polio virus was given to each
person. Doses were thinned with
distilled water.
The goal is to give the vac
cine to $4,000 residents under
the age Of 40-those most sus-
ceptible to polio. Results Of
the million dollar program are
expected to be known by Sep
TENDER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

Air Force Base here, said yes
terday.
Some had it low and slow.
Some had it high and fast" he
said.
Pete Walsh, Wien Alaska
Airlines employe at Nome, said
the object was travelling at ire
mendous speed, about 1000 to
5000 feet above the earth. He
described it as silvery and tub
ular, somewhat like jet plane,
with orange flames shooting
from the tail.
Mrs. Stanley Molitor of Nome
said, 1T had the appearance
of a large star and was a very,
very brilliant white" Neither
she nor Mr.. Walsh could tell
whether it had wings.
Observers said the mysterious
object curved up and away as
it approached Cape Nome, as
if it was manned and con-
trolled.
Maj. Haines said an invcsti-
CATION was started Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Father of Six
Wins Mercy in
Thefts of Radios

A Municipal Court Judge
tempered justice with mercy
yesterday after a 2s-year-old
man testified that he stole
seven radios to helpwupport his
six children.
I'm going just as far as I
can with you" Judge Edward
A. Beard told Bivins Peacock,
OF the 1900 block of Edison
place NE. The judge then sent
him home to his family after
getting a promise Peacock
would appear in court for SEN
fencing on March 10, pending
a probation report.
Peacock was arrested Satur-
day by second precinct Detec-
tive Henry Perkoski and
charged with the thefts from
w. Bell and Co., 1901 Four
tenth street NV. He had
worked there for four months
as a stock clerk.
Peacock admitted in court
that he had taken the seven
radios between January IL and
IA.
He told Judge Beard that
his wife, Doris, had given birth
to their sixth child on January
8. His $50 a week salary wasn't
enough to cover all his ex-
penses, he said.
I can understand with six
children you're feeling the
pressure of the cost of living, "
Judge Beard told him. But we
all face the same problem to a
greater or lesser degree" he
continued.
Judge, Beard said, however
that he couldn't condone the
thefts because then everyone
in town would go out and
steal"
Peacock's wife later told re-
porters that she and her hus-
band faced eviction from their
one-bedroom apartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
U.S.. Calls on Reds
To Free Battles
BY the Associated Press

The United States called on
Russia yesterday to give up
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
and allow ther peoples to enjoy
national independence as sep
arate, free countries.
Secretary of State Herter, in
a statement marking the 42d
anniversary of their independ-
ence from old Czarist Russia,
said:
I'VE retain the strong convic-
ton that the people of Lithu-
ania, Latvia and Estonia are
entitled to governments of their
own choosing and look to the
day when the Baltic countries
can again enjoy national indie
pendence."
All three countries were for
chilly annexed by Soviet Russia
20 years ago and now are rec
ognized by Moscow as Soviet
republic.
The United States has refused
to recognize this forcible Sci
zure and continues to maintain
diplomatic ties with representa-
tives of the last legal govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

United States. he said in a ban
quet speech last night:
"Other countries aside from
RUSSIA want to throw in q
little wheat and a little timed
meat they have in excess, and
which once you eat, you are
hungry again.
That's not aid-that's a
dole" he asserted.
Mr.. Khrushchev insisted
Russia renders aid only to
build industries.
Before leaving today, Mr..
Khrushchev said he was opti-
mistic that India and Red
China can settle their bitter
dispute over about $4,000
square miles Of border terri
tory. Prime Minister Nehru has
invited Chinese Premier Chou
En-lai to New Delhi to discuss
the dispute.
Mr.. Khrushchev will not have
to worry about the delicate
subject of border disputes dur
ing his brief Burma stay. Burma
and Communist China agreed
to a partial settlement of their
long dispute January % and
also signed a nonaggression
pact.
'Peiping Radio announced to-
day that Communist China's
state council approved both
agreements and would submit
them to the standing commit
tee of the National Peoples
Congress for approval. Such
approval is automatic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Jet-Like Object in Sky
Has Alaska Mystified

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Feb
Is (AP).-A silvery object
flashed through Western Alas
ka skies late Sunday belching
flames and leaving a dozen
unanswered questions in its
wake.
Was it a jet plane? If so,
whose? Was it an unidentified
flying object?
The Alaska Air Command
hopes to find some of the an
swers today.
The flaming object was re-
ported by several persons from
Nome to st. Michael, about
$50 miles away. They said it
appeared from the direction of
Russian Siberia and hurtled
southeasterly.
The reports were conflicting,
Mai. Roy E. Haines, public in
formation officer at Elmendorf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

travelling different roads to-
ward different goals.
ROLAND H. Upton, school
superintendent in Olympia,
Wash. told the convention of
the American Association of
School Administrators that
the emphasis in Russia is on
the needs Of the state, in this
country on the needs of the
individual.
You could no more trans
plant the Russian system to
the United States than you
could make a Hope diamond
out Of a lump Of coal, he said.
Mr.. Upton was one of "a
school administrators who
spent three weeks in Russia
last October. The group pre-
sented its findings today in a
booklet, "A First-Hand Report
on Soviet Schools"
In remarks prepared for a
panel discussion of the report,
Mr.. Upton pointed out some
differences in teaching read,
ing, writing and arithemetic in
the two countries.
so Years Apart
In Russia, he said, reading
is taught as it was in America
so years ago-f1rst the alpha
bet. then phonics (pronuncia-
tion), then words and finally
sentences" (This "phonic"
system is still used in some
United States schools, although
the word recognition" or look
say, supplemented by some
phonics, is much more gen.
eral.)
The arithmetic instruction is
more formal in Russia than
here, Mr.. Upton said, with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Army Shifting
R0TC Traininu
By the Associated Press

The Army is cutting back on
military instruction in the
campus education program of
its Reserve Oficer Training
Corps. The move is intended
to head of further criticism
from a number of the 233 COL
leges and universities now help
ing produce military officers.
The Army said that begin
ming with the 1960-l96l school
year, advanced ROTC cadets
Will substitute regular college
taught courses such as science,
psychology and political insti-
tutions for about 20 per cent of
their military instruction.
To get in this additional
academic work and also the
necessary but strictly military
training, college juniors and
seniors will receive field train
ing in weapons and tactics dur
ing six-week summer camp
periods.
The Army said yesterday
that the changes were designed
to stimulate increased in
tellectual attainments" among
ROTC students and to lessen
the training load on youths
seeking technical degrees.
In recent months, a number
Of colleges taking part in the
ROTC program have urged
notifications in the military
curricula and have also pro-
posed making more of the mill
tary training courses elective.
The Army said that it op-
posed extension Of the elective
principle for freshmen and
sophomores. At present, mill
tary training courses for ROTC
cadets in the first two years
are compulsory in 1853 schools
1t is elective for all juniors and
seniors.
The Army ROTC now num-
beers 155, 900 cadets. The Army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
He Gets His Medal
Years Later

PEORIA. Ill, Feb. 16 (AP) -
While serving in World War I
David Buchanan was. named
recipient of the Victory MEDIA
for service with the 35th Infan-
try Division in the Argonne
campaign.
He finally got the medal in
the mail yesterday - Al years
after his discharge. Mr.. Bu-
chanan. SO, and a retired rail-
road switchman. figured some
one was looking through some
old papers and spotted the
delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Catholics Indorse
U. S. Veto Repeal
BY the Associated Prssr

The Catholic Association for
international Peace today in
dorsed President Eisenhower's
request for repeal Of a United
States veto over Jurisdiction Of
the World Court.
Under a reservation by t1O
Senate in 1916, this country
reserves the right to deny court
jurisdiction in any matter it
decides is Of purely domestic
concern to the United States.
The Roman Catholic group
said repeal of the amendment
would represent a relatively
modest step" in the right di-
rection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

more dependence on rules.
Students learn to use an
abacus fairly early.
Written work is introduced
early in Russia. and a fairly
large amount Of it Is required.
Russian children use ink from
the very first in keeping their
notebooks.
Although every Russian
school child takes at least one
foreign language, MFR. Upton
said, in the lower grades there
are only two classes a week.
Tenth grade pupils after
five years of English could not
usually answer questions put to
them by members Of our party"
Mr.. Upton said. Il got the i'm
preston that they could handle
English in about the same way
an American high school senior
could handle French after his
third year. -.
COnant Raps Disease"
DR.. James B. Conant, former
president of Harvard Univer-
sity, told the convention that
over-emphasis on athletics is a
disease that has spread from
the college campus to the high
school and junior high school.
In many localities the local
interest in football and basket
ball has been almost a deter
mining factor in regard to the
organization Of the junior high
school," DR.. Conant said.
Colleges, of course, are by
and large the worst sinners in
this regard, but that the dis
ease has spread to the junior
high school was to me a new
and shocking revelation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

ploye will have to stay with one
plan for at least five years is
to avoid administrative confu-
sion in operating the program.
An even more important rea-
son is that employees could up
set the projected costs of the
various types of health plans
by transferring to other health
insurance plans to suit their
needs of the moment. For ex-
ample, an employe with a preg-
nancy in the family might
want to change to a health in
surance program that pays
higher pregnancy benefits, or
one with an ailment requiring
serious surgery might want to
change to a plan that provides
more generous benefits in that
respect.
The point made by csc off,
Gals is that such hopping
around could greatly increase
the cost of premiums to all
Federal employees and to the
Government and would be most
unfair to the large majority Of
employees who did not change
health plans.
FURTHER EXPLANATION
This columns tables last
week, showing the proposed
benefits offered by the so called
service-type health plan and
the indemnity insurance plan,
have caused many readers to
ask for Qualification of details.
The service-type plan will be
offered by Blue Cross-Blue
Shield and covers all or part
OF the expenses incurred by
employees and their families.
The indemnity plan is offered
by insurance companies and
either covers all or part of the
medical expenses or pays the
employe cash for them. Each
plan offers a different scale of
benefits.
Also to be offered employees
will be the prepayment med
tcal plan which also provides
doctors services, such as the
Group Health Association here,
and the various Federal en-
ploye unions and associations
plans.
Regarding the service type
Blue Cross-Blue Shield plan
and the indemnity-type insur-
ance company's plan they will
each offer two options, as will
all other plans.
Option one provides the So
called standard plan, which
contains basic and major type
benefits. Option two provides
a richer scale Of benefits and
costs the employees more.
The proposed Blue Cross
Blue Shield plan would cost
employees the following BIZ
weekly premiums:
Option one, single employees
$1.30; married employees, $3.48;
Option two, single employees,
1927; married employees, $3.50.
The proposed indemnity type
plan offered by the insurance
companies would cost employees
the following bi-weekly pre-
MUM:
Option one. single employees,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
AAA Road Report


West-District Of Columbia TO Penn
sylvania turnpike, mostly clear; Penn
sylvania turnpike, slippery spots Som
erset and west: Ohio turnpike. clear;
U. 8. 40 west to Ohio, slippery spots
Hagerstown west: U. s. so west to
Ohio, slippery west of Romney. W. Va.
U. 8. so through West Virginia, slippery
spots District Of Columbia to Harris
burg, clear to Pennsylvania line. slip
perry north.
South-Shirley highway and U. 8.
l. to Richmond, clear; Richmond south,
clear; District of Columbia to Char.
lottesville, clear.
North and East-District Of Column
bia to. Harrisburg, Pa. clear: District
OF Columbia to Delaware Memorial
Bridge, clear: New Jersey turnpike to
New York City, clear; New England,
clear. except extreme north slippery.
Tamneratures In V.rio,. Ci.i..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

counts on about $4,000 gradu-
ates yearly of whom 300 to
1000 obtain regular Army COM
missions. The remainder dis
charge their military obliga-
tons in the reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

descended from the giant Ilyu-
shin turboprop airliner that
brought him from India.
Mr.. Maung welcomed Mr..
Khrushchev mot as a stranger
but as a friend who has come
again for the purpose of
strengthening the existing ties
of friendship which you helped
to forge during your first visit
Tin 1860"
Mr.. Khrushchev in reply ex-
pressed regret that his stay
would be short but said he and
the Burmese officials would
discuss some of the important
problems Of our time which
deeply agitate the peoples of
the Soviet Union and Burma. "
Problem Of Stable Peace
Inc most burning problem
facing all nations and govern
ments at present is the attain
ment of universal and stable
peace" he added.
About 1000 persons were at
the airport to greet Mr.. Khru-
shchev, and only small groups
were along the route from the
airport to the presidential pal
ace, where the Soviet leader had
lunch with Mr.. Maung.
Following a 36-hour stay, Mr..
Khrushchev moves on to Indo-
nesia, then Afghanistan.
The Premier's departure from
Calcutta ended a f1ve-day In
dian visit that many observers
felt did not measure up to ex-
pectations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Health Policies Set
Plan for 5 Years
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star stan Writer

Once Federal employees select their choice Of health
surance plan themselves families they will
not be able to change to another years
Employees will be given full details competing
plans by May and viii make their choice that month
Civil Service Commission ofcas say reason an en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
s., Russian School
Paths Seen Divergent

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j. Feb. 16 (AP).-one of the few
valid comparisons draw between the educational
TENS Of Russia and the United States is that both Of them
start with the three recent visitor to the
said today.
Otherwise. he said it's mostly a Of nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Khrushchev Greeted
In Burma as Friend

RANGOON Feb. Is (AP)-Soviet Premier Nkita Khrush-
chev arrived in neurast Burma today the stop
his four-nation Asian tour
Top officials headed by President Maung
Premier Win stocky Russian leader as he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16
Critical of U. S. Aid

The major Khrushchev theme
the last two days of his visit
was that Western economic aid
is designed to hold India in
"imperialiSt, economic slavery"
Obviously referring to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

snow ues expected tonight
New York. the Ohio Valleys the
Lakes area Snow forecast for Upper Mississippi
the Rockies and Northwestern
Ior the Northwest Pacific Coast Forda-AP
photo Map ~ ~ 80 ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

River Report
Potomac River muddy at Harpers
Ferry and muddy at Great Falls.
muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-16

feETy ana muddy AZ Great FAILS.
Shenandoah muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight ---- 90 Noon -- 81
) am am: - Il ! P Pm: - - g
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 6s, on February 10,
Lowest, 20, on January 22.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High -------- 1922 am. 11:Qs am.
High ---- 1914 pm. 1882 pm.
Low -------- 5:15 am. SOP pm.
For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points subtract times indicated
from the above.
Annapolis. 9 hours: Bloody Point
Lisht. 5 hours: Colonial Beach, 5i
hours: Deale, 8 hours Solomons Is
land, hours; Point Lookout, hours.
The Sun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, today - 6:59 am. 5:46 pm.
sun. tomorrow 6:5s am. 5:47pm.
Moon, today 1908 pm. 9:01 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.