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Evening star., 1961-05-30

Bridges made of air mat
tresses are being developed
by the Army's Corps of Engi-
neerS.
They are intended pri-
marily for assaults across
rivers when time for bridge
building, probably under fire,
is at a high premium. They
might have been ideal for
example to replace tempor-
arily Remagen Bridge fol-
lowing it's collapse shortly
after the first troop cross
ingS.
The concept is described
by DR.. G. H. Hickox, director
of research at the Army
Corps of Engineers labcra-
tory at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Adaptations of the CONNER
cial air mattress made of
nylon impregnated rubber
can be used, he explains.
I'VE expect, DR.. Hickox
says, Ito carry deflated mat
tresses on trucks or trailerS
to a point neaf the launch
ing site where they will be
inflated and readied for
launching with the help of
ram jets. The jets will pro-
pei the bridge as well as
support its forward end.
Small samples of load-car-
rying pneumatic structures
have been fabricated by in
terested rubber companies"
Flying Carpet Tried
The laboratory also is ex-
perimenting with flying
carpets" able to carry heavy
bridge spans up to 80 feet
long, implacable by a re-
mote operator as much as
so miles away. The Army,
DR.. Hickox says, probably
will be dependent on bridges
and ferries for many years
and the need for mobility
is becoming of more i'm
portance almost daily in the
missile age.
"An interim solution to the
problem of assault bridges"
DR.. Hickox says" is an
aluminium alloy structure
which is carried anG hy-
draulically launched by a
modified turretless tank.
Eighteen such launchers and
18 60-foot bridge: to go with
them now are being pro-
cured for armored units in
this country and Europe.
"Tests have been held to
determine the possibilities of
delivering bridge and sup
porting equipment by air.
Using the H-21 helicopter,
which has a load carrying
capacity of about 5000
pounds the following have
been successfully air-lifted:
"A complete bay of a 12-
ton capacity light tactical
bridge, floats for a widened
treadway bridge, superstruc-
ture for these floats, a 49,
foot bridge erection boat,
and eight assault boats.
"The Corps also is de-
veloping q revolutionary
ballastable airborne, air.
dropable tractor weighing
less than $4,000 pounds but
Evening star., 1961-05-30
D. c. Land Values

AAS s@SsSA y SSSAJ SAA 4ASSAA
endorf's agreeing to pay $40
per square foot for IS acres
Of commercial property in
the 10th Street Plaza area Is
somewhat more encouraging
news than the earlier 50 fig
ure Zeckendorf negotiated on
a 13-acre tract. However, If
my math is correct, he got
% acres of Washington's
choicest property for $12 per
square foot average price.
Your editorial (April "a,
196D concerning the diff
Guilty Of setting land prices
in the Southwest did not
overemphasize the problem.
When the land was taken
from private owners, they
were paid on a valuation
much less than Webb and
Knapp (ZeckendorD h a S
been willing to pay; and
what he has been offering is
far less than what property
would bring at public auc-
ton. This has been the view
Of the General Accounting
Office, and it was substan-
tiated by the first public
auction, when The Star re-
ported that bids went "as
high as twice the appraised
land value"
The fact is that RIA seized
a lot of land from owners at
falsely low valuations, often
between 81 and So per square
foot. This sum was generally
reached by selecting apprais-
ais of only those appraisers
who would testify to this
valuation. The justification
for these unreal appl Aisals
evidently was that the best
use Of property was its pres
ent use as individual low-cost
home sites, when appraisers
and the Government knew it
was being taken for office
buildings, large apartments,
and hotels, and that the land
was far more valuable for
that purpose. In fact, some
Of it was selling on the open
market for residential use for
$3.50 to IS per square foot
in the early 1950s because
owners wouldn't take less,
and buyers were willing to
pay that amount.
When it was first suggested
that Webb and Knapp should
come to Washington to de-
velop part Of the Southwest.
the land was to be redevel-
oped privately, just as Webb
and Knapp had developed
certain New York areas.
Colonel John Brabner-Smith
who did some early private
redeveloping on Capitol Hill
and in Southwest, testified
that Webb and Knapp could
then profitably have paid IS
for all land between 9th and
18th streets which was his
valuation on land then being
used chiefly for residential
purposes. If that company
had done so then, that area
would now be redeveloped by
the same firm; the property
owners would have gotten
the negotiated value Of their
property in a free and fair
market; and the redevelopers
would not have bitten off
more than they could chew
at one time.
If methods can be devised
to seize good private property
for resale to private redevel-
opers, means could also be
devised to get owners to dis
pose of land under some sys-
tenn that left them more
nearly whole than they were
left under the RIA system
even after recourse to jury
trial.
LOuisan Manner.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
panied by self = addressed,
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
tton. Those not used tDill be
returned only Dhen accom-
stamped envelopes.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
All CLUB MEMBERS
COLLECT S1S5 IN
WHITE CANE DRIVE

All members have collected a
total of $185.30 for the benefit of
he Montana Association for the
Blind Inc. The All clubs sold the
miniature white canes in Sidney,
Savage, Fairview and Lambert as
veil as in the rural communities.
The twenty clubs participating
n the drive were, Happy Stitch
rs East Side Stitch and Pick,
;astside Eager Beavers, Clever
IoVerettes, Sioux Pass Go-Get-
ers, Ridgelawn Boosters, Bronson
'anmhands, Sidney Termites,
rimberline Workers. Haycreek
3usy Bees, Girard Jolly Workers,
3rorson Busy Bees, Four Leaf
Clover, Can Do, Elm Coulee Pros
)ectorS, Brorson Up-N-Do-It, Hay
sreek Clodbusters, Lambert Hi
tiers, Breezy Flats Lads and Las
les and the jolly Hilltoppers.
The Montana Association for the
Blind is very grateful for the All
members who worked SO willing
y on the drive and to the public
for their generous contributions.
Mrs. Ann Bauman was All
Council chairman of this White
Cane Drive.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
JAYCEEN INSTALLATION
At MOOSE CLUB APRIL 8

The Sidney Jayceens will hold
installation at a 1870 luncheon at
the Moose Club Saturday, April 8.
All Jayceen members and their
guests are invited to attend.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
AIRPORT NEWS
BY jim SEBASTIAN

A vacation tip. Try Katmai Ma
tional Monument, located on the
Alaskan Peninsula approximately
$50 miles from Anchorage in the
Bristol Bay Pacific salmon fishing
area. This is the largest national
park under the American flag,
1857, $50 acres, site of the great
est volcanic activity on earth.
Within the park is the world fam
Gus VALLEY of 10000 Smokes" and
the stump of Mt. Katmai which
blew its top in 1912. 100 miles of
beautiful ocean bays and fjords
are backed by glacier covered
peaks and active volcanoes of the
Aleutian Range, crater lakes,
forests; streams, lakes and rivers
TEEN with fish; wild game abounds
including the Alaskan brown bear,
largest living carnivore.
Alaskan Consolidated Vacations
has installed two wilderness vaca-
ton camps in Katmai under con-
cessionS from the National Park
Service, one at Brooks River and
the other at beautiful Grosvenor
Lake. Just outside the Park boun-
Diary to the North is HULK Lodge
and Nonvianuk camp, both on
Nonvianuk Lake, II miles apart.
HULK, Alaska is the airport SER
wing Katmai National Monument.
Northern Consolidated Airlines
flies Anchorage HULK. The fare
Sidney HULK is $348.22. Package
guided fishing and sightseeing
tours are available thru Northern
Consolidated.
Passengers boarding Frontier
AirlineS this past week in Sidney
included Jim Powers, Sacramento
Calf; S. K. Skinner, Seattle
Wash; Lloyd Travis, Billings,
A. j. Ganyaw, Billings; Bill Miller
San Francisco, Calf; Mrs. Perry
Bovee, Omaha, Neb.; Sam Maltese
Billings; and Sue LaLonde, Bill
lingS.
8 . .
Another Frontier Travel Tip -
Leave Sidney 11:44 am. - Arrive
Minneapolis 4:2O pm.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
Hardy and
RsdgeENsCgs

Mr.. and Mrs. Doug johnson
entertained Friday evening in
honor of Doug's birthday at five
tables of whist. Prizes went to
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Davidson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Al Layne.
Miss Wanda Anderson of Bill
lings was home for the Easter
week end and spent some time
visiting her sister, Mrs. Eugene
Iversen. She was accompanied by
a friend, Ed Collins of Billings.
Her mother, Mrs. Harry Anderson
returned with them Sunday after
noon to Billings.
Mrs. Soren Petersen entertained
Wednesday afternoon at a jewelry
party.
Easter Sunday dinner guests at
the Doug Johnson home were Mr..
and Mrs. DeVere Steinley and son
Mark, and MI. and Mrs. j. B..
Johnson
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Iversen entertained at a
birthday party for Bernard Hart.
Mrs. Ejnar Rasmussen and son
Roger and Mrs. Pat Kelly drove
to Wolf Point on Thursday after
noon to meet Rosemary and her
guest for the Easter holidays.
Rachelle Lanouette, Miss Lano-
uette'S parents live in Nebraska.
She is a niece of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. w. Wilder of Sidney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Verhasselt
entertained 30 relatives at their
home Easter Sunday.
MIR and Mrs. Nels Baadsgaard
entertained at Easter dinner for
members of their families.
Rosemary Rasmussen entertain
ed four girls at a late waffle sup
per after Good Friday evening de-
VotionS.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Carda and
family of Billings visited at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Eugene
Iverson the past week.
Ronnie and Rosalie Renner r
spending Easter vacation at their
home. Ronnie, a junior at Richar-
ton, N. Oak, and Rosalie, a fresh
man at Bismarck.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05

Some of our old friends passed
through the local airport this past
week. Herbert Phillbrick, former
counterspy and lecturer, came thru
here last Friday. Phillbrick spoke
in Scobey, Mont, boarded Flight
SO in Wolf Point and was on his
way to Bismarck for another
speaking engagement The
Four Lads, recording stars for
Capital Records, also came thru
here from Bismarck on their way
to an engagement in Glasgow on
last Friday also Lloyd Ira
Wis, former agent for Frontier Air
lines here in Sidney and now
working for Frontier in Billings
was also a Sidney visitor Friday
... SO we had Phillbrick, The
Four Lads and Travis all here on
the same day.
+ = : = &
Frontier Airlines carried 29,874
passengers in March of 1861. This
is ITO more passengers than were
carried during March of 1860. The
following cities exceeded their
quotas, Billings Bismarck, Casper,
Cheyenne, Denver, Pennington,
N. M. Lincoln, Minot, Phoenix,
Rapid City Riverton, Wyoming,
Rock Springs, Wyoming; Salt Lake
City, Scottsbluff, Silver City, N. M.
and Tucson.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
CHOSEN
TO GIRLS STATE


The girls chosen as delegates
to Girls State were announced
this week by Mrs. Betty Carey,
Girl State Chairman for the
American Legion Auxiliary, which
sponsors this project in Richland
County.
Girls selected were Daniella La
Bonte, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan LaBonte of Fairview. Miss
LaBonte's alternate is Wilma
Johnson. These girls are co-spon-
Sored by the Fairview P.T.A.
The delegate from Savage is
Joyce Bach, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Bach with Julia
Leivestad, daughter of MI. and
Mrs. Lars Leivestad as her altern-
ate. Co-sponsorS are Savage P.T.O.
Sidney delegates are Jackie Yo-
der, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Glayde Yoder with jeanne Etc
holtz, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard EicholtZ as her alternate,
and Kathleen Price with Barbara
Weitz as alternate. Kathleen is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Price, and Mr. and Mrs. James
Weitz are Barbara's parents.
Jackie and her alternate are being
co-sponsored by the Sidney Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary, and the
Sidney Kiwanis Club will co-spon-
sor Barbara.
Girls State will be held at Mon
tana State College the week of
Jnue 1925
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
SIDNEY SADDLE CLUB
SPRING WORK DAY
SUNDAY, APRIL 9

The Sidney Saddle club will
hold its annual early spring work
day, April 9, weather permitting.
A pot luck dinner will be served
at l o'clock. All members please
be out.
The saddle barn will open May
l with a regular caretaker in
charge. Anyone who would like
TO bring his horse to the barn
at that time may do 80.
We would like to have a good
turnout this Sunday so that we
can get everything in s~hip-shape
and the rest of the summer the
regularly scheduled programs may
De carried out.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05

Rosa Bal of Williston was an
overnight guest at the Raymond
Lee home.
Word was received from Tripoli
Llbya that professor Limo Scog-
nomiglis, brother of Mrs. Raymond
Lee, will arrive in the states to
study at Washington, DC. for six
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Paluck and
children of Alkabo spent Easter
at Alexander, Donald Wold's Of
Bismarck spent Easter weekend
with Luella Void and the Hetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Taylor and
girls were Easter dinner guests at
the David Soiseths at Williston.
MIR. Martin Fjelstad passed
away Sunday morning at the Good
Samaritan Hospital where he has
been hospitalized since the first
of November. Our sympathy goes
to the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. LOWE Waslif were
Easter dinner guests at the Glenn
Helling home.
College students home from col
lege for Easter are Marian Ohm,
Philip Oakland, Lois Ann Taylor.
Alfred Melby, Grace Ann Mosby.
Krisie Jacobson.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Neubauer
and children of Minot and David
Nelson spent Easter with Pastor
and Mrs. Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Custer Solem Of
Zap were guests of the Lloyc
Powells on Friday.
Mrs. Rindy and Mrs. Tom Oak.
land of Watford City and PhiliT
Oakland and Lila Drieling anC
daughter spent Easter at Baker
at the Dwayne 'Rindy home.
The Spring Concert was helC
Thursday evening at the gym
under the direction of Mr.. Sahr
Tilda Johnson and Cathy spent
Easter holidays at Minneapoli:
with her sister Mrs. Walter Mel
son.
Paula Ekren and Dwanne Bow.
rcy of Moorhead came Wednesday
to spend Easter holidays with hel
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gotfry Berg were
dinner guests at the Bob Hinmer
home together with the Hinmer
relatives Sunday.
Glenn Iverson and Yavont
Graavard of Tioga spent EasteI
with the Elmer I%versons.
Lille RrOckmier and fami1,
spent Easter at Fortuna.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05

The only way to get anything
done is to start doing it.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
EASTER DINNER GUESTS
AT MRS. AXEL NELSON HOME

Mrs. Axel Nelson entertained at
a family dinner Easter with Mr..
and Mrs. Jay Lalonde and David
included as guests. Family guests
were MI. and Mrs. Paul Hurd and
son Boobie, and Mr.. and Mrs. BUD
Nelson and children Jim and
Jan who are at home, and daugh-
terS, Kay and Lynn, who were
nome from school for the Easter
holiday. The girls left that after
nuCn 10 return to their respective
schools Kay to the College OF
Great Falls, and Lynn to Eastern
Montana State College at Billings.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
CHAPTER w. O. E. 5.
INITIATES AND SPONSORS
RAINBOW NIGHT

With Worthy Matron Avis Pc
terson and Acting Worthy Patron
Ernie Turner presiding, Carol
Ann Hansen received the degrees
of the Order of the Eastern Star
at the regular meeting Wednesday
evening, March %. The initiation
was followed by a short business
session.
Following the Chapter meeting
a very impressive program was
put on by Rainbow girls Worthy
Advisor Darla Anderson, Peggy
Beier, Marilyn Foss and Kathy
Price.
Following the meeting a lovely
lunch was served during a social
hour.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
EASTER GUESTS
AT HOMES

MIR. and Mrs. Don Mercer, Vir-
gil Adams and daughter Jana of
Billings, and his son Tom, who
is stationed at the Glasgow AFB,
spent the Easter week end in
Sidney as guests at the Harold
and Ben Mercer homes. They also
visited Don's mother, Mrs. Ben
Mercer, and Al Payne, both of
whom r under care at the Com
munity Memorial Hospital.
Saturday evening they had a
pre-Easter family dinner at the
Ben Mercer home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Mercer and Ben Mer-
Ger as hosts.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
CARD OF THANKS

We would like to thank the Sid
ney Fire Deptment and all of our
neighborS who came to our assist
ance at the time of the fire on our
place. We very much appreciated
your quick response to our call.
We also thank Station KICK for
announcing the fire over the radio
which was heard by many who
came to help us, and the telephone
operators, who yer very instru-
mental in getting help to us in a
hurry.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Norby
and family
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05
Coolies VISIT PATIENTS
AT MILES VET HOSPITAL

Twelve members of the Charles
Petty Pup Tent No. 81, of the
Military Order of Coolies, recently
visited the 81 patients in the Vet
Grams Hospital in Miles City, and
distributed game prizes of cigar
cites. A lunch of coffee, ice cream
and cake, was served the veter-
ans, and patients in the wards re-
ceive two canteen books good
for articles in the hospital can
teen.
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05

BUY A WATCH WITH A GOOD
MOVEMENT FROM JOHN
STOCKHILL JEWELLERS. WEAR
1T WITH PRIDE. l2-ltc
The Sidney herald., 1961-04-05

Our own idea is that reporters
pay too much attention to the
sensational, regardless of its I'M
Importance.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
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removal under the memorial
legislation, however.
The recreation boards pro-
posal, Mr.. Waters said, would
serve two purposes:
First, it would act as a "liv-
ing memorial" to Mr.. Roosevelt
and stand out in contrast to
the jefferson and Lincoln Me-
MORALS and the Washington
Monument.
Second. it would compensate
for the existing and potential
loss of recreation facilities else
where by other monument,
building and road projects. At
the same time, it would make
new land available for recrea-
ton facilities.
Mr.. Waters also pointed out
that the boards recommended
ton would more closely follow
the wishes of the late President.
Mr.. Roosevelt once repeatedly
told friends he would like a
simply inscribed monument of
modest size, located SYMBOL
cally between the White House
and the Capitol on the little
plot of green in front of the
Archives Building.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
BY EARL H. VOSS
star staff Writer

Methods for neutralizing Laos
and dealing with the Sino-
Soviet bloc are expected to be
the major topics when British
Prime Minister Macmillan
comes to Washington Tuesday
for lengthy talks with President
Kennedy.
Although Moscow has agreed
to join Britain in a call for a
cease fire in Laos, the two free
world leaders still have delicate
points Of strategy in Southeast
Asia to work out.
Mr.. Macmillan can also be
expected to explore possibilities
for joint strategy on admitting
Red China to the United Ma
tions when the subject comes
up in the General Assembly
next fall.
He repeatedly has no inten-
ton Of pressing any line OF
action on the President but
wants to be prepared for strong
q. N. resistance to another
years moratorium on discussing
the subject.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Purse Thief Gets
Visitors $140

A visitor to Washington lost
her purse to a street thief last
night while walking in a South
east park, police reported.
Miss Happy Bilekos, 80. of
Ann Arbor, Mich, told Fifth
Precinct police the thief got
away with her purse and the
$l40 that was in it about 8 pm.
Miss Bilekos, who is staying
here in the 100 block of North
Carolina avenue Sc, said she
was walking in Folger Park at
Third and D streets Sc. with
Miss Marilyn SuthWell when
the robbery occurred.
The man sprang out of some
bushes, snatched her purse and
disappeared in the 300 block of
ID street. She described the
thief as a Negro, between 18
and % years old, S feet IL
inches tall, 100 pounds and
wearing a green coat and dark
trousers.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
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by the government of the
USSR.
The invariable position of
the Soviet government was
and is that Laos should be a
neutral, unified, independent
and peaceful state, in con-
formity with the Geneva ac-
cords, and it has long since
pressed for the urgent convo-
cation of an appropriate inter-
national conference, as the
most effective means to solve
the problem of Laos in the
interests of insuring the indie
pendence and unity of that
country, in the interests of
strengthening world peace.
In this connection the Soviet
government notes with salts
faction that the government
Of Great Britain has consented
now to the convocation of an
international conference to set
tie the Laotian problem with
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Macmillan to Discuss
Laos With Kennedy

The President and the Prime
Minister will have more than
nine hours Of talks together
on the three occasions they
are scheduled to meet here
between Wednesday and Sat-
urday. No formal agenda has
been drawn up.
Mr.. Kennedy has set aside
most Of Wednesday, six and
one-half hours, from IL am.
until about $50 pm, for a
tour Of the horizon" with Mr..
Macmillan.
COmmunique Due Saturday
Another two-hour session is
set for Thursday afternoon. A
final hours meeting for ap-
proving the communique and
saying goodbye is scheduled
for next Saturday morning.
Besides Laos and the COM
panion trouble spot in neigh
boring South Wet Nam, these
other problems are due TO.
discussion: Economic co-opera-
ton, Berlin and Germany
South Africa and NATO de-
fense.
Mr.. Macmillan wants to hear
! for himself the new admins
tration's position on these
subjects.
The British foreign secretary
! the Earl Of Home, arrives in
Washington tomorrow evening
He is to meet with Secretary
OF State Rusk Tuesday.
| Mr.. Macmillan'S British
Comet will arrive at Andrews
Air Force Base from Jamaica
at 6 pm. Tuesday. He is tt
transfer Immediately to a hell.
copter for the short flight tt
the Naval Observatory near the
British Embassy.
Rusk to Greet Macmillan
The Prime Minister and Lady
Dorothy will be greeted by Sec
retary and Mrs. Rusk, Lore
Home, Ambassador David K. E
Bruce, who has returned from
London for the occasion: AS.
sistant Secretary of State anC
Mrs. Foy Kohler, and the Chic,
OF Protocol and Mrs. Angler
Biddle Duke.
After the long Wednesday
session at the White House
Prime Minister Macmillan anc
Lady Dorothy will dine witt
the British Ambassador anc
Lady Caccia.
The chairman Of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
j. William Fulbright, is to give
a luncheon for the Prime Min.
lister at the capitol Thursday
Mr.. Macmillan flies Friday tc
Boston where he is to speak al
the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology.
After returning to Washing.
ton late that night he is tt
have a final session with Pres.
ident Kennedy at the White
House Saturday morning. HI
will leave Washington Sunday
at $3.50 pm.