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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-20
Editorials
A CHANGE OF SEASON

The midday heat and swarming
gnats will be with us for a while, but
the sign is on that the season is
swinging over into Fall.
The downtown merchants got the
jump on nature few weeks ago
when they decked out their window
mannequins in wool coats la
Jacqueline Kennedy and brought out
the bulky sweaters and wool pants
that appeal to the school crowd.
But the weather is catching up
now, and little breezes pull a few
yellow leaves off trees and send them
drifting along the sidewalks.
Townspeople are turning off their
air conditioners early in the day and
opening up the houses. A few get out
their rakes and gather up the stray
leaves.
The ministers run an eye over the
turnout on Sunday morning and make
a dry comment to the effect that it's
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-20
NEW BUSINESS

Ed Shannon has opened a
new laundry and dry cleaning
business next to Cameron Drug
Store on Railroad Street. Mr.
Shannon has a second cstab-
liShmcnt in LOris. where he
has operated for the past two
years. Prior 10 that time. nc
was in the laundry and dry
cleaning business in Conway
for 20 years. His business is
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-20

Miss Elaine Brown, dauGht-
or Of Rev. and Mrs. Hal T.
Brown of the Guideway Sec
tion has entered nurses train
ing at the Southeastern Cen
cral Hospital at Lumbcrton.
Miss Brown graduated from
tho High School department Of
Wesleyan Methodist College
Central. s. &. this past June.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-20
And In This Corner
By CHARLES YOUNG
The Tracks


We were crossing Railroad Street. headed for
nothing more than the other side Whcn Wc saw him
ID Tall man, and thin, dressed IN rough Clothes
lie was standing in the railroad bed, between
the Two tracks, few feet III from the crosSwalk
W hen we reached the rails he turned and we
were looking at each other and he raised his I,ud
and hooked ms finger, over to see what
he wanted.
He didn't say anything at first. He lust smiled
little. His years Sho ed in the wrmk cs of his face
and neck, and the worn hat the back Of his head
capped long black-gray hair
When ne began to talk, had Il little trouble
understanding him. He spoke in broken sentences
and phrases about railroads and trains, but we
couldn't get much meaning out of it,
But from what he said could see that he
knew lot about them. We asked him if ne were =
railroad man, but he said no.
Just like trains he said. Passengers the
best FreIghtS are all right too though. | remember
when they used to carry passengers on the train
through here. | don't know why they quit"
lie asked us if we knew why they quit and we
said we didn't know but thought il was probably
because they were losing too much money at it,
'Oh well, railroads always lose money - ne said
He took long look both ways alomg the track
trans come through.
Then he asked us if we had ever stood between
the track" OF a railroad and tried to see how far
we could see. We said we hadn't done if Iatcly
80 ne invited us, and we looked.
. ms Is Il good place to look from" he said
You see how straight it is both ways? That's the
thing about railroads. There are always plenty of
Sraght stretches and you can stand and look and
see the rails JON up and go right out of sight
We agreed with him.
HOW many people do you guess walk across
these tracks every day." he asked
we said we didn't know, and nc shook his head
as IT he we're sorry for our lack
More people ought to take the irc &, I,ok
said. '''''" Nv
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-20
On Fifth Street, Thursday

AT mid morning, with traffic heavy an old auto
came SLOWLY along the street and conkcd out and
came to stop
hh aC.racuVciy dressed and handsome young
woman got out from under the steering ,vbocI and
went to the front of the car and raised the hood
ohe bent over the fender and with dainty banky
reached down around the motor, and with flick Of
me wrist did something. Then she closed The hood
smiled at the several men who looked on from tbe
sidewalk, declined an offer of assistance from one
got PACK In the car, started it up and drove off
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-20
NURSES TRAINING

called Surc-Way Cleaners.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
NATO Leaders
Set Tour of U. S.
BY the Associated Press

Top military leaders of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation will meet here April 10
II and then visit United States
Army, Navy and Air Force
bases, it was announced yester-
day. !
The group comprises the
NATO military committee
which is the supreme military
authority in NATO. 1t is re-
sponsible for recommending
measures for unified defense
of the treaty area and is
charged with strategic direc-
ton of all NATO military agen-
cies and international COM
mands.
At the invitation of Gen.
Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
members Of the NATO group
will tour United States military
installations from April ILLS.
These bases include Fort
Bragg, N. c.; Norfolk, Va, naval
base; Strategic Air Command
headquarters at Offutt Air
Force Base, Omaha, Nebr., and
the headquarters of the North
American Air Defense Com
mand at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
By the Associated Press

The United. States, acting
under a law signed last night
by President Kennedy. today
halted bonus imports of sugar
from the Dominican Republic
A ban on any sugar imports
from Cuba-in effect since last
July-was continued.
The Dominican Republics
bonus share of the former Gu
ban quota was cut out under a
United States Agriculture De-
partment order fixing quotas
for the calendar year 1861.
Dominican Quota
The department, under terms
of the law signed by Mr.. Ken
nedy, set the Dominican quota
at the basic 111,157 tons estab-
lished in the 1856 Sugar Act
But the Dominicans, under
previous legislation, could have
exported up to an additiona,
$4,000 tons to the United
States.
This $4,000 tons. plus the
remainder Of the 3 million plus
tons which Cuba formerly ex-
ported to the United States
Evening star., 1961-04-01
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

:. District and vicinity Fair,
%indy and colder tonight; low,
near "a. Mostly sunny, breezy
and cool tomorrow; high to-
morrow around So.
: Virginia - Fair, windy and
somewhat colder tonight, with
lows from 80 to SO in the west
and north and SO to 40 in the
southeast. Mostly sunny, breezy
and cool tomorrow.
!, Maryland - Partly cloudy
with snow flurries in the noun
tains tonight, clearing in the
east and becoming windy and
colder. The lows tonight will
range from % to 33 in the west
and from 33 to SO in the east.
Some cloudiness in the noun.
tains tomorrow, but otherwise
the weather will be mostly
sunny, windy and cool.
>: Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small-craft warn
ings are on display. Northwest
erly winds at Is to rs knots to-
night becoming steady at q
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Gromyko Praises
u. N. Assembly

NEW YORK, April l (AP).-
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
A. Gromyko left for Moscow
last night, praiSing the work Of
the United Nations General As
sembly but criticizing the Sec
retary general.
1.-THE General Assembly has
done good work during consid-
Grafton of the questions relat-
ing to the granting Of inde-
pendence to colonial countries
and peoples" Mr.. Gromyko told
a news conference before board
ing a plane at Idlewild Airport.
He expressed hope that the
current session would make a
positive contribution to the al
deviation of international ten
sion and the affirmation Of the
right of nations to peace and
independence. :"
OF Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold. who has come
under sharp attack from Mos
COW, Mr.. Gromyko said:
"As for the United Nations
secretary generalship and Mr.
Hammarskjold, the occupant o1
the post, the situation is COM
pletely intolerable. :"
Evening star., 1961-04-01

men, injured dozens and left
a trail of damaged property
and snarled communications
lines.
Worst hit was Unadilla, Ga,
where an elderly plumber. Jesse
Thompson, was killed and l3
other persons were hurt,
Damage was estimated at
$50O,000.
Two OrleanSo, Fla, men
drowned when winds broke UP
their fishing boat on Lake
Conway. They were James
Jordan. "a, and John Fergu-
son. AZ.
Sections of Alabama were
under tornado alerts yester-
day and a twister struck the
area near Phenix City, Ala.
and Columbus, Ga, injuring
nine persons. Some IS homes
and a grocery store were
damaged at Phenix City.
Evening star., 1961-04-01

in Cedar Rapids yesterday and
inched slowly back toward
normal.
An estimated 5000 persons
had evacuated their homes in
Cedar Rapids. mostly as a pre-
cautionary measure, but the
levees and dikes held and water
reached only about 20 homes in
lowland areas.
Many of the thousands Of
volunteers who labored franti-
cally since Monday to contain
the river with sandbags re-
turned to their homes during
the night, while others kept
watch for leaks in the soggy
barriers.
Officials said the river should
drop rapidly during the day,
but three villages to the south
east are expected to get some
| flooding as the crest moves
downstream. They are Roches-
ter, Cedar Bluffs, and Cedar
| Valley.
Damage in Cedar Rapids was
relatively minor compared with
that at Waterloo and suburban
Evansdale, where the swollen
river, poured into 800 homes
causing an estimated $50 mil
lion in damage.
In the flood-weary South
hundreds of persons evacuated
their homes in Southern Mis-
sissippi and Western Alabama
as q deluge of spring rain
spread overflow water into low
lands.
Most Of the evacuees were
among those who were driven
out by floods just five weeks
ago along the Leaf and Bouie
Rivers in the Hattiesburg
(Miss.) area.
Besides Hattiesburg, other
areas Of Mississippi reporting
excavations included Collins,
Laurel, the Long Lake area on
the Yazoo River, Monticello
Vicksburg and areas along the
Chickasawhay, Pearl. Tombig-
bee and Luxapallila rivers.
Elsewhere in the South
tornadoes and whistling wind
storms killed at least three
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Chest Puins Disclose
World War | Injury

NOW LIGURE, Italy. April l
(AP).-Giacomo Freggiaro, "a,
complained Of pains in the
chest recently. Yesterday he
went to a doctor.
The doctor extracted shrap-
mel which Mr.. Freggiario had
been carrying for "A years,
since he was wounded in World
War I.
Evening star., 1961-04-01

diplomatic and trade break
with the white supremacist
union government.
The United States made its
position clear this week when it
denounced South Africa's apar-
theid Tace segregation poll
cies, but took issue with those
urging punitive measures.
United States Delegate Fran
els T. P. Plinton told the
U. MS 99-nation special Polit-
ical Committee that sanctions
would hurt the victims of the
racial laws more than the lead
ers Of the union government.
Resentment Stirred
This reasoning has stirred
some resentment among African
leaders. Liberals Christie Doe
told the committee that South
African non-whites themselves
support the clamping of penal
ties on the union government
even though they would suffer
from an international boycott
"The United States should
drop this paternalistic atti-
tude," one African diplomat
said privately. Let us do the
worrying about who suffers
from the boycott. We have
suffered a good deal already
and are willing to suffer a little
more"
The United States caused
jubilation among the African
nations recently when it split
with its Western allies and
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Khrushchev Sees
CeyIon Minister

MOSCOW, April / (AP).-
Finance Minister Felix Banda
ranaike Of Ceylon concluded a
To-day visit to the Soviet Union
yesterday with an hour-long
conference with Premier Khru-
shchev.
He also reached agreement
on the spending Of a 100 mil
lion ruble Russian credit ad-
Sanced in 1858 worth $50 mil
lion at the pegged rate at that
time) but SO far unused. Prof.
ects agreed upon, but not yet
started, include a 35,000-ton
steel mill. a tire and tube fac
tory, and an irrigation project.
Mr.. Bandaranaike got top
level, red-carpet treatment dur
ing his visit.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

is much more dependent upon
them than Belgium was on the
Congo. An estimated Is per
cent of all Portuguese exports
go to her two African colonies,
and IL per cent of imports
come from them.
The administration has not
yet formulated a specific pro-
gram of aid to Lisbon. But
American officials have let the
Salazar government know they
will give sympathetic consider
alton to any economic pro-
posals Portugal puts forward.
ish-French View
British and French fears OF
this new American missionary
zeal can best be summed up
by the old Chinese proverb:
Once you mount a tiger you
have a hard time getting off
They are afraid of creating a
precedent in Africa for United
Nations intervention whenever
firebrand African nationaliSm
wills it.
Both British and French say
the American Government is
overestimating its own ability
to control that nationalism
They note that most Of theil
pre-war empires have beer
liquidated peacefully and with
out United Nations aid.
British diplomats are pri.
vately saying their movement
toward bi-racial self-govern.
ment in East Africa-particu.
larly in Kenya and Tanganyiks
is in delicate balance. They
need at least three years Of
peace and quiet to complete
the process.
To them that means three
years insulated from thai
name-calling and petty maneu.
vering for power which infec
many Of the members of thu
y. N. Afro-Asian bloc.
Echo in the u. N.
The American switch OF
colonialism may have its great
est echoes in debates owe,
Communist Chinese admission
to the U. N. Many Of the coun
tries the United States is nov
offending are those which havl
begrudgingly followed tn,
American lead against ever
discussing the matter. Tht
Afro-ASian bloc by and largl
supports admission Of Com
munist China. In Latin
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Lions Kill Is

LISBON, April l (AP).-
Lions killed 13 persons in Ma
Gala Province of Portuguese
East Africa Mozambique, the
Lusitania news agency reports.
It said Planter Ose Camilo Con-
salves escaped from one lion
by climbing into his attic while
the beast tackled his dinner in
the kitchen.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Gurkha Troops
F|ownbyU.N.
Into Katanga
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo,

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo,
Apr. (AP).-The United Ma
tions sent 1000 Gurkha troops
flying TO North Katanga today
as an emergency move to pre-
vent a new flare-up of civil
war in The Congo.
AU. N. spokesman said it has
been decided to significantly
strengthen the U. MS military
position as the danger of large
scale clashes is clearly appar-
ent."
The action followed an
nouncement by the Katanga
government yesterday of the
capture of the town of Manono
a Lumumbist rebel enclave in
North Katanga.
A large force of Katanga
gendarmerie - spearheaded BY
South African and British mer.
cenaries-now occupy the towr
and its airport, together with
| U. N. Nigerian soldiers.
Troops RegrOuping
Congolese troops, nominal.
loyal to the leftiSt regime o
Antoine Gizenga, and Balubi
tribesmen who are fanaticall,
hostile to the Katanga Presi
dent, Noise Tshombe, hav,
withdrawn from Manono bu
are understood to be regroupinI
in the area.
THE primary stress is OF
negotiation and the peaceful
prevention of clashes" said {
U. N. spokesman. Force viii
be used only as a last resort t,
prevent a breach of peace"
Mekki .Abbas, head of tn
U. N. operation in the Congo
drove off hurriedly this morn
ing for a meeting with Congo
lese Premier Joseph Ileo t.
review the situation" Ger
Sean McKeown, the U. N. mill
tary commander. had a simila
meeting with the Congoles
commander in chief, Ger
Joseph Mobutu.
Gurkhas Begin Move
The. Gurkha troops begal
moving out early this morning
The troops movements wer,
carried out behind a tigh
security screen.
Fifteen planes were lined VI
to transport the Gurkhas. wear
ing for the first time thei
U. N. blue helmets instead o
their uniform slouch bush hats
Adjoining their uniforms wer
symbols showing two famou
battles fought by the regimen
one in France in World Wa
l, the other in Burma in WorlC
War II.
In both battles. the Gurkht
; historians relate, / 1000 Gurkha
held their position against bit
ter attack until only 10 wer
left alive.
Katanga President Mois
= Tshombe has declared pub
licly he will regard it as a.
act Of war if the U. N. flies an
Indian trhnnS to KatanRa.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
School of Politics Set

The first session Of a nine
week nonpartisan school politics
sponsored by the Arlington
Young Republicans will be held
at 8:l5 pm. Tuesday at the
Broyhill Building auditorium,
1920 Lee highway.
Evening star., 1961-04-01

in Angola. 1t was followed a
week later by an American vote
in the General Assembly against
South African policy in the pro-
tectorate of Southwest Africa.
Critics at home and abroad
have claimed the switch is an
attempt of United States Am
bassador Stevenson to sacrifice
the interests of our European
allies to a spurious popularity
contest" with the Communists
in uncommitted areas.
Cite Consistency
Highly qualified sources here
strongly deny this contention
First, they point to President
Kennedy's inaugural address
and his statements on Africa
during vhe election campaign
Second, they note the Ameri.
can switch was no surprise II
Portugal, because the admin
istration had long conversations
with the Salazar government
before the Security Council
vote.
Mr.. Kennedy'S aides admit
the public ground could have
been better prepared. But they
argue the administration ha!
been in office for only tive
months. Unfortunately, the!
say, all the problems of the
world are not going to accom-
modate themselves to public
relations needs of a youni
administration. .
What worries these official
most is a growing tendency il
the West to make American pol
icy on colonialism and either
or choice between Europe ant
Africa Asia. They emphasiz
that the cornerstone of Ameri
can defense is still Western
Europe.
Time for New Understanding
| On the other hand, the.
believe the time has come TO
American diplomacy to asser
its leadership in taking Europ
to a new plateau of under
standing" of the rest of tn
world. The methods are to b,
tact and persuasion, not dicta
ton. But too often in the past
these officials believe, Ameri
can policy has pasSively fol
lowed the dictate of oil
European attitudes towar,
colonial areas.
They also say that Europ
is far more dependent upol
raw materials from Africa an,
Asia than is the United States
If the Communists we're t,
dominate those two continents
Europe could not survivJ
economically.
The difficult task Of tn
: United States, as administra
ton Spokesmen see it, is to us
its anti-colonial traditions AM
relative non-environment II
Africa to help" the European
: colonial powers into new re
lationships with liberate,
nations.
The biggest test comes il
= the Southern tip of Africa
American officials privatel
! characterize South Africa an,
the Portuguese colonies Q
1 Mozambique as "a powder ke
just waiting to explode"
They emphasize they are we,
aware of the American obliga
ton to help Portugal over tn
economic hump caused by tn
loss Of these colonies. Portugs
Evening star., 1961-04-01

America, Brazil has already
said it favors a U. N. debate,
and the British are under
strong pressure at home to
follow suit.
DiSgruntled opponents of
the new administration policy
for Africa and Asia are already
saying the bitter harvest of
seeds sewn today could come
next year in Communist Chi
nese admission to the General
Assembly.
Evening star., 1961-04-01

Mr.. Hoss hos been covering develop
ments in the United Motions since
the doys when Africon delegations
were few and far between. Here
he opproises the reaction thot con
be expected when the United Stotes
votes on sonctions against South
Afrieo for its roeioI policies.
Evening star., 1961-04-01

supported CLle DldCk naClOnS
on two race issues. It backed
demands in the Security Coun-
Gil for reforms in Portugal'S
African colony of Angola and
joined the General ASSembly'S
move to censure South Africa's
racist policies in Southwest At
RIGA.
U. S. Move Hailed
The enthusiasm increased
when the United States dele
CATION served notice on its CO.
lonial allies that it would steer
an independent course hence
forth on issues concerning in
dependence.
The African nations threw
their support behind Ghana's
call for sanctions against South
Africa at a private meeting
yesterday. African leaders later
predicted they would also win
solid backing from the 2l-na-
ton Asian group.
Informed sources said, how
ever, that India already had
begun circulating a rival draft
that would denounce South At
rican racial policies but omit
any call for penalties.
Many diplomats felt that a
demand for worldwide sane
tions is useless, since most
nations trading with the Union
government would ignore such
a boycott.
Drastic Moves Called For
Ghana's resolution would call
on all U. N. member states to
sever diplomatic and trade re-
lations with the Union Of South
Africa, halt all. postal and tele-
graph communications and
close all ports and airfields to
South African craft.
AS one delegate put it: They
want to do everything but push
South Africa out to sea and
sink it."
Elsewhere in the United
Nations:
The 4s-nation combined
Asian-African group huddled
last night over a proposal that
would give Belgium 81 days to
get all its military personnel
and political advisors out OF
the Congo.
The Security Council had
called in February for imme-
diate withdrawal Of Belgian and
other foreign military person
mel and political advisors from
the strife-torn nation.
Belgium has agreed to call
back all military personnel
subject to service at home, but
said it could not compel others
to return and would not inter-
fere with the right of the
Congolese to recruit Belgians
as political advisers, II they SC
Evening star., 1961-04-01
South Africa Question
TickIish One for u. S.
BY TOM HOGE
Associated Press Staff Writer

UNITED NATIONS, NJ Y, April 1.-The United States may
ALLEVIATE of African friends in the United
Nations through racial issues when it votes the
explosive questions of repriSas against South Africa
The issue headed for showdown the 25 African member
states unanimous support Ghanas call for worldwide
Evening star., 1961-04-01
u. S. Sticks to Its Line
Aqoinst CoIonioIism .
BY GEORGE SHERMAN
Star Staff Writer

Despite antiAmerican riots among Portuguese settlers in
Angola sonng of the American Embassy in Lisbon and
criticism the Kennedy administration is holding fast to its
more aggressive line against colonialiSm.
The tack first American support for Afro
resolution in the Security Council asking United Nations
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Floods and Tornodoes
Leave Havoc in South
BY the Associated Press

The rampagng Cedar River in Southeast Iowa receded
today spring rains in the South pushed rivers over
their banks in that for the second time in five weeks
The Cedar already responsible for millions Of dollars In
damage in Waterloo than feet flood stage
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Others to Get Share

1t is expected that Mexico,
the Philippines, Peru, Brazil
and India will be cut in on the
Dominican Republics former
share. But the department
said these allocations will be
announced later.
The department order, signed
by Undersecretary of Agricul-
ture Charles S. Murphy, allo-
Gated basic sugar quotas total
ing 6,702,805 tons for both do
meStic. and foreign areas ex-
cept Cuba for calendar 1861.
His action continued a pre-
vious determination that con-
tinental United States sugar
needs in 1861 will reach 10 mil
lion tons.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
U. S. Cuts Sugar Quote
Dominion Republic

will be divided up later among
other sugar exporting countries
Congress, in giving Mr.. Ken
nedy authority to end the bonus
shipments from the Dominican
Republic, directed that special
consideration" in a redistribu.
ton of imports be given tc
countries which buy United
States agricultural commodi-
ties.