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The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25

We sometimes think it would be a good idea to go back
to the good old days.. That is until one takes a look at some
of the unusual boards that are seen on the citizens of Sidney
Some really have the look of distinction and others have
another look. 1t is not that these striving citizens should be
criticized for their hairy efforts because try as I might, 1
can't grow a beard.
Ihave made a weak effort to grow a face of hair and then
I look at the cover on the Newsweek magazine which is lying
on my desk and there 1 see a rather discouraging picture of
Castro and his repulsive face and it is more than I can endure
and out comes the razor.
Enough of this kind of talk in fact I believe it is too
much, for 1 may have to stay off the street a couple of days.
while the tempers settle down with these brave men who are
fighting so courageously to appear like old timers. By the time
the summer is over l do hope that some of the fellows will
wear a name plate so that they will be recognized by all of us.
If everyone has as much trouble as I do trying to grow a
beard 1 must congratulate them for their endurance. My
whskers grow out red, white and bad, even Mascara won't
help. Let's be honest = l can't grow hair on my head either.
Keep up the good work fellas.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25

tence. With an area eff 100000
square feet and employing a work
force of $500 this modern giant
is the center of all finance oper-
atoms of the U. S. Army.
This center maintains the record
of pay of every soldier and Of
Ulcer in the U. S. Army.
Issues more THAN 100000 checks
each month covering allctments.
retired pay. transportation and
other expenditures. (TTnare are
moe than 1,4O0,0 900 allotments
currently in force.)
Maintains records of deposits
for nearly zoo, 600 soldiers alb over
the world, paying 4percent simple
interest.
Makes withholding and social
security tax payments to the u. S.
Internal Revenue Service based
on deductions from soldiers pay.
Pays all transportation costs of
the Army and Air Force.
Settles an average of $4,000
claims per month.
Develops statistical data used
in preparing and juStifying mill
barry pay and allowance budget
estimates.
Conducts poSt-audit of MILITARY
pay accounts of the entire army.
Tine center contains 397 cleo
trio accounting machines and IL
automatic data processing mach
ines. A new higher capacity sys-
Ibem is to be introduced in 1861
using the latest and most modern
~electronic computing equipment.
The u. S. Army finance school
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, trains
approximately 1890 officers and
enlisted men each year in finance
specialists, courses vary in length
from 2 weeks TO 8 months.
High school graduates interested
in this type of work, may choose
a course in this career field before
~enliSting.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25

dieting on the part of men, and the trend
toward shorter skirts for women.
Despite all this predict evidence, there are signs that Amer1-
cans generally are still taking in too many calories. The beet
sugar industry proudly announces, for example, that % million
Americans use sugar in their coffee and that 803 million pounds
of the sweet stuff of high caloric content will be consumed in
this manner this year.
of 10, these many years has been the sending of free calendars
Some are business reminders, others contain those beautiful,
undrayed photographs of the fair sex. However, it took the
Office of Civil and Defense Administration to think up a new
wrinkle.
Despite the somewhat gruesome contents, OCDM head Leo
Hoegh is urging every American family to obtain one of his
calendars and post it in a prominent place in the home.
Besides the usual information on days, weeks and months of
the year, Hoegh's calendar contains vital information for use by
Americans in case of an enemy nucear attack, or a disaster.
The calendar also sports a list of first aid procedures.
Seriously, it's a good idea. Hoegh could well use the slogan:
"read my calendar and keep living!"
O TOO MANY inauguration committee officials are
quietly tearing their hair over the open-handed invitations issued
by Vice President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson during the campaign
It seems that wherever Johnson went during
the campaign, he was serenaded by local bands LBJ Big
of one sort or another. And in thanking the
musicians, the big-hearted Texan would invite ~
auguration parade.
Well, acceptances are now pouring in-and the word is pour
ing" One inauguration official, somewhat distraught, exclaimed:
IF they all come, they'll be marching past the White House
for two days!"
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
pAREnT PROBLEMS
Student Council Speaks
On Gifts To Teachers

livery Service, to operate the
last four days before Christmas
vacation.
Anyone who wanted a card
delivered in school had to pay
one cent for each card. Mem
bers of the Student Council,
when they had a study period,
sorted the cards and took them
to the home rooms. Then, at
the close Of school, the Student
Council representative in each
room distributed the cards with
in his room.
For Indian Children
"In the four days pllv4 to
vacation this year, 4,517 were
posted! This was $45.17, and
a check for that amount was
presented by our Student Coun-
Gil President to a teacher from
the st. Elizabeth's School for
Indian Children on the Standing
Rock Reservation near WAX
pala, South Dakota, for her to
use for the needy Sioux Indian
children there at the missionary
school.
Worthwhile Way
"All of us students felt that
this was a worthwhile way of
showing appreciation not only
to our teachers, but also for all
that we have in our lives. We
had discovered that many of
these Indian children don't even
have the bare material neces-
sites of life that so many Of
us take for granted"
When I read this letter de-
scribing the wonderful Christ
mas-time ways at this school.
I choked up with emotion. So
did Mrs. Myers when she read it.
MY bulletin 1.-THE Very Self
ish Child may be had by send
ing a If addressed, u. S.
stamped envelope to me in care
of this newspaper.)
Answering Parents Questions
Q. Our eldest daughter is my
mothers favorite. When she
graduated from college she was
given $25. When our son grad
uated, he was given SIS. These
are just two of the many IA
voritisms my mother has shown.
i A. Sounds. barbarous to me.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
PRECISION CLOCKS

Science is starting to tell time
with clocks so accurate they may
lose only ONE second in millions
of years.
The unusual precision is made
possible by the absolutely steady
vibration of atoms acting as PEN
dulumS in revolutionary timepie-
ces the National Geographic So
ciety reports.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
ONE MAN

The Army has announced that
they have a new four = and = =
na4f pound anti-tank rocket gre
made weapon with a powder ex-
ploSive.
1t is the XM72, and light enough
to be carried and fired by one
man from a dispoSable tube made
of polyeSter fabric and fibre glass.
The idea for it's use is that, in
a tight BATTLE situation, anyone
could fire it = even the cook
or truck driver.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
RED CHINA

The United States information
Agency said, in a recent report ON
a study Of twelve years OF Com
munlSt radio DrOaucaSting, that
Jne most spectacular development
was the rapid growth of Commu-
INST Cnina's international p1opa-
ganda broadcasting.
Communist countries broadcast
for about 5000 hours a week in
nfty-tIve languages as compared
to the United States broadcasting
565 hours a week in thirty-Six
languages.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
q. S. FAMILY INCOMES UP

The Census Bureau reported
THAT family incomes had increased
more than twice as fast as living
costs between 1947 and 1859. 1t
reported that after taking infla-
ion in account, the median in
come had risen from $4,000 to
$1,000 during the twelve years.
The statistics were based on an
nual surveys made by the bureau.
income Figures from the 1860 CEN
Sus will not be available until
later this year.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25

--Notes--
NEW B-52

N" b-ON
An Air Force B-52H with two
test models under each wing has
been completed.
The missile : launching bomber
built at the Boeing Airplane Com
pany plant at Wichita, Kan, will
nave more power and a longer
range than the present B = SIG
series.
Among advantages of the B-52
Skybolt, the Air Force says, is
dnat the bomber carrying the Wea-
pom can be recalled from its mis-
sion UP to the instant before it
releases the missile.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
NO BLIND OPPOSITION"

The Republican congressional
leaders have declared there will
be no ''blind opposition" to legis-
lative proposals of the Kennedy
administration, but there will be
vigorous opposition to RECKLESS
spending" proposals.
House Leader Charles A. Hal
leck, of Indiana said that when
ever a proposal is submitted that
will strengthen the country, 1--WE
will support it,"
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
LODGES

Elks Lodge No. 1881
A. W Andy" Anderson,
Exalted Ruler
Chef JOHNSON. Secretary
Regular Meeting Second and Fourth
Wednesday of each month.
uncheo served on SATURDAYS
starting at noon
Knights of Columbus No. 5000
GEORGE HAVERLUK, Grand night
JOE SCHANEY, Secretary
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of each month In the
church basement
Moose Lodge No. eSs
HART BRADLEY. Governor
BOB JARVIS. Secretary
Regular Meeting Second n Fourth
Tuesday of each month
American Legion Post Nc. Il
w. ID. Cummins, Cmdr.
tvES FJELDSTAD, AID
Regulat Meeting First and Third
Tuesday OF each month
vFW Post No. A0ss
Gordon Tuott. Cmdr
sim Rehbein. Adj
Regular Meeting the Second and
Fourth Thursdays of each month
Masonic Lodge No. so
CLINT FULKERSON. wo~shspfSi
Musfov
EARL B. HAWLEY, Secretary
Regular Meetings First and Third
Wednesday Of each month
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

ABOUT a year ago, IN re-
spouse to a column of mine
deploring the practice of gift
giving by school children TO
their teachers, the following
appeared in a letter.
Dear DR.. Myers:
zone of my classes in the
East Haven (Connecticut) Jun
Tor High School read with in
terest your article on Christmas
gift-giving to teachers. We all
thought so highly of it that 1
was requisitioned by the class
to write you an answer, explain
ing what we did at u 1000
student junior high school.
No Gifts
about the first of l. ..lber,
our principal told us over our
PA system that the teachers
had met the evening before and
were requesting students not
to present gifts to them at
Christmas-time. He said that
since most of us in junior high
school had about six different
teachers, it would be a finan-
cial burden for many to buy
presents.
Furthermore, he said, some
students would compare gifts
and, if a classmate were paying
a greater sum than another
student for a teachers gift,
the other student might feel
ashamed or embarrassed.
Gard Sufficient
"".The principal suggested
therefore, that students not give
gifts. If they wanted to show
appreciation to any teacher, II
was suggested that a Christ
mas greeting card would suffice
"Then our Student Council
which met the next day, came
up with a wonderful idea.
Spirit OF Giving
"They suggested that, since
presents were discouraged, stu
dents send Christmas cards Il
one another and to teachers
and do it in such a way tina.
'the spirit of giving would b.
uppermost in the transaction.
$50 the Student Council es
tablished a Christmas Card De
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
POSSIBLE TAX-CUT

PreSIdent-elect John F. Kennedy
has under study a call for tenn
porary income tax cuts In the
spring if the business slump takes
a serious turn for the worse.
The study group recommended
THAT the new administration act
Swiftly to put into effect a sheaf
of emergency measures designed
10 achieve recovery in these
times of international crisis.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
DEPENDENTS MAY RETURN

The Navy plans to bring home
about 1900 of the 10000 depend
ents of Navy personnel overseas
in the next nineteen months.
The 1000 figure announced re-
Gently by the Navy is well below
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25

the original schedule suggested by
the Defense Department. after the
nrogram was ordered by President
eisenhower 30 save dollar SPEND
ing abroad by reducing the num-
Der of dependents of service men
At overseas posts.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25

beside him. POliticianS seem 70 rum 90 IdIs
fortunately. the nation is blessed with new
diet fads that permit one to miss meals with
out missing them. The ~calories aren't taken
in. but the hunger doesn't become unbearable.
AS president, Kennedy will be as unusual
in his slimness as he is in his youth. Not
since Calvin Coolidge, has the White House
had a slim president-and he appeared more
wizened than thin.
Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
were all men of ample girth, although the
latter held weight down by diet, or by walk
ing or golf.
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
NsAIaeWASHINGT0M
MARCH OF EVENTS=
MAY START DIETING
FAD FOR PoLITIcos
JOHN r. FIRST SLIM
PRESIDENT I'M YEARS
By N CATHCAR1

Central Press Association Washington WTteT
WASHINGTON it is true that presidents set 1asnons
w and fads for men, get set for a wave of dieting. rresluenr
elect John F. Kennedy sports a boyish, slim-waisted figure. he
wears his high-fashion suits like a male model. He carries hmn-
self like a man far younger than his 43 years.
It's going to be tough for pot-benied politicians 10 goo
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
DID
YOU

BY M/SGT
BILL ATNSLEY
Army Recruiting Serves

Army Recruiting serves
Home of the Army Dollar: A
model of modern business man
agement is the army finance CEN
ter ait Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind. Next 10 the Pentagon the
largest defense building in exis-
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
Schedule Of MeefinUs


CLUBS
Sidney Newcomers Club
MAXINE TRELOR, President
ANNABELLE LANE, Secretary
Meetings are held the second and
fourth Monday of each month at
o O'Clock at the Girl Scout Cabin.
Kiwanis
DONALD KTNGERY, President
HURLf CAREY, Secretary
nche Meeting at Lalonde Hotal
every Thursday noon.
Sidney ToastulAsters - No. cas-
DICK REILLY, President
VEIN ROLAND, Secretary
Dinner meetings every Tuesday
at 6:l5 In the Lalonde Hotel Ball
room.
Junior Chamber of Commsrce
DON REESE, Pres.
DuWAYNE PLANT, Sec. = Treas.
Regular Meeting the Second Thurs
day of each month.
Sidney Bowhunfers
GLEN STANFORD. President
MRS. JOHN WALBURN, Sec.
Regular Meetings held First and
Third Thursdays.
alcoholics ANONYMOUS
Meetfns 800 I'm Fridays NYA Hall
Open meetings last Friday OF
month Phone 7g8-R-
The Sidney herald., 1961-01-25
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Foreign Countries. SIS so
Evening star., 1961-08-29

Algerian rebels have failed.
Will there be another try, or
will the government take new
measures?
No one here can tell.
And what about the French
Army, bitter and Smarting
from years of colonial wars
and political solutions con-
trary to its ideas of military
glory and accomplishment?
The Army has relaxed some
what since August II when
the government lifted the uni
lateral truce with which it
had hoped to ease the way
to negotiations with the
rebels.
The Army has returned to
offensive operationS-the sur
rounding of a suspected area,
combing, eventual clash.
The Army has again found
its mission and aim. But what
about tomorrow?
A young reserve officer
smiles at the question.
For me tomorrow is three
weeks from now-when leave
the Army"
Evening star., 1961-08-29

fully check the time on park
ing tickets.
The hour of tension. feal
and expectation begins al
dusk.
This is the hour of plastic, >
says a French settler in q
sidewalk cafe.
Army patrols appear. They
walk slowly, looking at shop
windows.
Then an explosion skaters
the silence.
"The first plastic" says the
settler. "
Someone at the next table
passes a mimeographed sheet
1t announces simply that the
cards of collectors of funds of
the secret European under
ground organization have been
suspended and new special
coupons will take their place.
The sheet is signed "OAS,"
the secret army organization
which has vowed to keep Al
geria French.
1000 Bombs Exploded
Since April the OAS has ex-
ploded more than 1000 plastic
bombs in Algeria, according to
Evening star., 1961-08-29

the difficult Welsh language,
and continuation of the Els
teddfod, the song festival that
is held every year.
Scottish nationalism is about
as Strong-verbally.
Everybody is a mild enough
nationalist so that almost no.
body would like to see the
drive succeed and Scotland
leave the United Kingdom.
But people are quick to COM
plain that Scotland is the poor
relation of England. And they
get very angry at being called
English.
Home Rule Sought
A few years ago more than
half of the adult population,
two million, signed the Scot
tlsh covenant calling for more
home rule.
Yet there is not a single
Scottish nationalist elected to
Britain's Parliament.
Real excitement in tn e
movement centers on the name
of Queen Elizabeth, whom al
most everybody adores. It's
unsafe to put up a mail box
with her initials signifying
Evening star., 1961-08-29

official figures. They were
aimed against the homes of
Europeans and Moslems whom
the organization accuses of
Liberalism or of favoring Al
geria's independence.
About 100 persons-mostly
neighbors or passersby-were
injured by the blasts and a
dozen we're killed.
In the heavily guarded gov
ernment offices no one ap-
pears to have the. answer as
to what tomorrow may bring.
AS they said four years ago,
officials say the nationalist
rebels are losing support of
the Moslem masses and that
few Europeans support the
extremist groups.
Many Settlers Leave
Many settlers who could
find employment elsewhere
have left Algeria. But they
are few compared to the mass
which remain, for better or
for worse.
Three efforts at negotia-
tions between France and the
Evening star., 1961-08-29
Refugee Tide Rolls On;
40 Million Have Fled

conquest of the China main
land a dozen years ago. Most
rushed to the British colony
before a Red clampdown in
1851, About 100 still sneak in
daily - some escaping by
swimming the Sham Chun
River, others by hiding in
cargo junkS. For thousands
their only home on arrival is
the street, their bed the side
walk. Smuggling of refugees
is rife. The price for escape in
the Snake Express"-packed
like a snake for the voyage
on a junk is $25-$30.
The Red Chinese have ex-
tended their border sentries
to include Tibet since the
Lhasa uprising in March, 1859.
Upwards of $4,000 Tibetans
have fled to India and Nepal,
but the number making their
getaway has slumped from s.
294 in the first seven months
of 1860 to only 1880 in the
same period this year.
Some Shifts Smooth
Some of the shifts in pop
ulation have moved more
smoothly. More than 100000
North Vietnamese crossed over
to South Wet Nam without
much interference when the
Communists cut the country
in half.
Most of the 100000 Hun
garians who fled in the 1856
revolution have been assimi-
lated around the world. A few
thousand stateless persons re-
main in Western, Europe DIP
camps but most have been
taken care of. The Rev. DOM
Unique Georges Pire, a Bel
gian priest, was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1858 for
establishing whole villages of
refugee families. who live in
their own houses and are now
paying their own way.
The escapes from European
satellite countries have been
isolated-but some dramatic.
A few years ago 80 Czechs,
with the connivance of the To-
comotive engineer, hiiacked a
train and rode to safety in
West Germany. Several Polish
and Romanian fliers have fled
to the West in Soviet-built
MIG planes.
u. S. Chief Haven
The United States has been
the chief haven for European
Irefugees-opening the door to
nearly half million since
1947. But since Fidel Castro
seized power in Cuba nearly
three years ago the United
States has provided a sanctu-
ary mainly for Cubans.
CubanS are rushing into
Miami at the rate OF more
than 1000 a week and up to
100000 have left the Carib-
bean island republic since
1859. The Castro regime has
given clearance to most but
hundreds have made their
getaways surreptitiously rather
than wait in fear of being
trapped or Jailed.
Evening star., 1961-08-29

Angry Basques say Madrid
siphons off their hard-won
prosperity to subsidize pow
erty stricken provinces in the
south of Spain. Most of
Spain's heavy industry is in
the four Basque provinces of
Alava, Navarro, ViZcaya and
Guipuzcua.
The Spanish republic of the
thirties once gave the BaS-
ques political autonomy. They
formed a government of their
own. Franco changed this.
The three million Catalans
the area includes Barcelona
want to keep their regional
character, their Language e
which, is close to Spanish,
their folklore traditions and
customs. But deep down they
realize they'd be lost without
/ G1iC ICSG VI Spain.
They are hard-working and
look down on the others in
Spain.
In France, the old "Briez
Atao" brittany Forever au-
tonomouS move ent dis
banded after World War II
after getting quite a reputa-
ton for extreme right-wing
intellectualism and vigorous
demonstrations.
Considered an Absurdity
When the Germans in the
last war tried to use the move
ment to create a further
cleavage a mong Frenchmen
they didn't get very far. The
movement was already con-
sidered an absurdity, based on
nothing serious or coherent.
Some Bretons danced to the
German tune, however, and
that dealt a death blow to the
movement although a few
supporters of Brittany inde-
pendence still exist.
But recently, a group called
the Movement for the Organ
ization of Brittany was formed
to work towards teaching the
Brittany language in public
schools.
It's in Britain that nation
alism at times borders on
fantasy.
In Wales the Welsh nation
alist movement is rampant
with whimsy.
Clandestine radio broad
casters, operating makeshift
transmitters from bedrooms
and kitchens, and pirate"
television wavelengths pour
out propaganda - after the
regular TV progra ms are
ended.
The Welsh Nationalist Party
called Plaid Cymru welsh
Party) denies it sponsors the
broadcasts.
A measure of it's strength
can be noted in the fact that
in the general elections inf
Britain the party failed to win
a seat.
Yet the party wants domin-
ion status for Wales, use of
Evening star., 1961-08-29

that she is Elizabeth II" The
Scots were independent during
the reign of Elizabeth I and
claim the Queen is their first
with her name.
Perhaps the most glorious
moment in whimsical ma
tionalism was the day Scot
tish youths stole the Stone of
Scone Destiny from the
Coronation throne at West
minister Abbey before the
Queen was to be crowned.
Scotsmen thought it was a
scandal when it was sent back
to England for the Coronation.