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Evening star., 1961-08-29

For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points subtract times indicated
W AnnapoIis, S Sh hours; Bloody Point
Light, An hours; Colonial Beach,
8 hours: Deale, 41z hours; Solomon S
Island, GA hours; Point Lookout.
ia hours.
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun today 6:34 am. TAB pm.
Sun tomorrow 6:35 am. 7:42 pm.
Moon today - 1914 pm. 1929 m.
Automobile lights must be turned
on u hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1961-08-29
River RepoFt
Precipitation

River Report
Potomac River clear at Harper's
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen-
andoah clear at Harper's Ferry.
Evening star., 1961-08-29

Medical Society reports a pollen
count for the "a hours ending
at 9 am. today of 35 grains
per 3.6-centimeter square slide
area.
Resort Areas Tomorrow
Ocean beaches-Sunny, high SS.
Cape Hatteras-Brief Thunderstorm
ers. high S5.
Skyline Drive-sunny, high so to "a.
Water Temperatures
Annapolis, so: Atlantic City, 70:
Ocean City, IL: Rehoboth Beach, 10;
Virginia Beach, n. (coast and Geodet-
ic Survey.
Evening star., 1961-12-03
THURSDAY -

Europe" will originate in Paris with
David Schoenbrum as host and narrator
HOO q NEWS AND LOCAL NEWS.
Color. Harkness. Rash.
@ PM EAST.
Variety. Interviews. ! Hour.
q ELEVEN O'CLOCK FINAL.
ABC News Final. Commentary J. Nc
Caffrey; Weather. L. Allen; Sports.
S. Gilmartin; Local News, H. Wilson;
Editorial.
q II Pm. REPORT.
News. Weather. Sports and TV Editorial.
Ills q WEATHER, SPORTS.
Color. Forester. Simpson.
1l:20 q THE LATE SHOW.
Movie. Hours, 10 Minis. "HoId Back
the Dawn" le41. A refugee from the
Nazis woos and weds an American girl
in Mexico merely to gain admittance to
the United States. Charles Boyer. Olivia
de HavIIand. PauIette Goddard.
lips q SAM AND FRIENDS.
Muppets. Color.
ll:30 q JACK PAAR SHOW.
Variety. IVA Hours. Color
q FIRST-RUN MOVIE.
Approx. Hours. That Forsythe
Woman" 1e4e. John GaIsworthys story
of a woman and her love for two
brothers. ErroI Flynn, Greer Carson.
1900 g PM WEST.
Variety. Interviews.
1870 @ NEWSBEAT.
loo "a INSPIRATION.
1:30 q WORLD NEWS.
q THE LATE, LATE SHOW.
Movie. l Hour. Secret Enemies"
1912. First rum A counter-espionaee
agent receives a tip on his girl friends
subversive action Faye Emerson.
lbs "a DAILY WORD.
Religion Prayers by various faiths.
o.2A ~ MEnITATI0M MEArAER
Evening star., 1961-11-22

An merchandise subject TO Prior Sale. Not All Models at
Each Location. Sorry, no mail phone or {. o. D. orders
Take your purchases with you and delivery Costs
Portable Appliances, Housewares and Small Radios not
a. Bargain City. Imported Models not sf Alexandria
Quantities limited on some items.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22

dropped free fall-a four-ton ram on the
piling
Just getting the crane and hammer into
place along independence avenue was a
complex problem. 1T took day and half"
says Joe, lust to set up the foundation work
and cribbing to anchor the rig"
The steel is rising now, but Joe and his
crew Ga bunch of fine men to have around'O
still have finishing touches to add to the
Sub-StTucture.
In his two decades in the construction
field, Joe has worked on many unusual
jobs. One of the biggest was the ST. Law
renee Seaway
1T was hard work." he says, but this
building has been bigger challenge. We
dealt with pressures constantly on the
st, Lawrence project, but there the pres
sures we're apparent. Here you can't see
them. One thing I'm glad of: There have
been a minimum of accidents, and no fatali-
ties in the steel work We've been careful
but we've been lucky, too"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-22
By HAROLDJ. FLECKNOE

Through the years, Joe has specialized
off and on as hard hat" diver, working on
commercial projects and helping to get the
foundation started on The Stars new build
ing He's done no diving on the AHOB
job, but he's been below sea level enough
as it is.
Home to Joe is 1OO32 Tenbrook drive,
Silver Spring. where he lives with his
wife Peggy and their children, Nancy,
Maureen and David
Peg will be glad to see the building
completed" he says, because fight the
job at night, and haven't missed hitting
it six days since il was started"
In World War II, Joe served for period
with port marine maintenance unit during
the Allied landings on the Normandy
beachhead in France. Memory has dimmed
somewhat since those days, but how Joe
feels about his present job compared to
then is summed up aptly by one of his
favorite expressions at work
Omaha Beach was never like thiS!'
SUNDAY. THE STAR MAGAZINE, WASHINGTON
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Democrats UnveiI Plan
For orDividinq 5th District

Assembly within the next week,
the populations Of the districts
would range from 246,570 in
the 1st district on the Eastern
Shore to 621 1886 in the I'd dis
trict north of Baltimore. The
9Th district of Western Mary
land, including Montgomery,
would remain at 6O9, ,666. Pop
ulation Of the Sd district in
Baltimore City would be 293,-
238; the 4th district in the city.
unchanged at 289,218 and the
7th district in the city un-
changed at 359,78S.
Prince Georges would donni-
nate the new 9Th district, and
already several Democratic
leaders there have said they
are interested in the new post,
Among them are Perry o.
Wilkinson, speaker Of the
House OF Delegates; Delegate
Lansdale @. Sasscer. jr., son Of
the chief of the Prince Georges
Democratic organization; Dele
gate Carlton r. Sickles and
Delegate Hervey Machen.
Democratic Representative
Richard Lankford of Anne
Arundel County represents the
present 5th district. The Prince
Georges Democratic organiza-
ton has tried for years to dis
lodge him.
The new House member will
be elected in 1862.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
By PAUL HOPE
star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 2.-Dem-
ocratic Party leaders agreed
last night to ask the General
Assembly to create Maryland's
new congressional district out
Of Prince Georges and How
ard Counties.
Announcement Of the agree
ment was made by Gov. Tawes
after a two-hour meeting with
top State officials. General
Assembly leaders and legisla-
tors and party chairmen from
Southern Maryland counties.
Everybody seemed to be
happy" about the plan, the
Governor said.
The plan calls for dividing
the big 5th district into two
districts. This had been agreed
on previously but the admins
tration leaders had not de-
cided on the exact makeup
Of the two districts. :.
The 9Th district Of Prince
Georges and Howard would
have q population of 393,546
The new 5th district would
have q population Of 293.947
From 5th to Sd District
The eight precincts of Bal
timore City. which are now
in the 5th district, would be
placed in the Sd district ir
Baltimore City, which is now
represented by Representative
Edward A. Garmatz. Other
districts would not be affected
Two other redistricting planl
have been offered, one by thu
Montgomery County delegation
and one by the Republican mi.
nority, but the administration.
sponsored measure seems as.
sured Of passing.
Montgomery delegates have
asked that Montgomery ant
Howard be made the new dis.
trict which Maryland gets as &
result of the 1860 census. Tht
Republicans would create 6
separate district Of Montgom
cry County and another sepa.
rate district of Prince George.
and would take away one oi
Baltimore City's three Con-
gresSmen.
Populations Listed
Under the administrator
plan, which is expected to bt
introduced into the General
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Citation Awarded
To Miss VreeIund
Powell Disappointed

Miss Ellwynne Vreeland,
chief Of the research grants
and fellowship branch in the
Public Health Services Division
Of Nursing, has been awarded
a citation by the Nursing
School Alumnae Association of
the Massachusetts, General
Hospital.
Miss Vreeland was cited for
distinguished leadership in
the improvement Of patient
care through nursing" at a BAN
quet In Boston Tuesday cele-
brating the 150th anniversary
Of the hospital. Since 1855 she
has headed a PHS program to
improve the Nations health
and patient care.
A graduate of the Massachu-
sets General Hospitals Nurs-
ing School, she received a
masters degree at Columbia
University In 1912,
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Navy Considering
'Objective' Study
Of Weapons Plant

Secretary Of the Navy Con-
nally has taken under advise
ment the request that an
objective study Of the Naval
Weapons Plant be made i'm
mediately.
The request came from Rep
resentative Lankford, Democrat
Of Maryland, who met with the
Secretary yesterday.
Mr.. Lankford has been at
tempting to save the Weapons
Plant which is scheduled to
end operations by January OF
next year. Before his election,
President Kennedy promised in
% letter to Mr.. Lankford that
such Q study would be made
under his administration.
Mr.. Lankford also requested
the following:
!. That the reduction-in-
force at the plant scheduled
to 60 into effect February %
be postponed until April j.
2. That all shipments o1
machinery from the plant tc
other Government agencies be
Cancelled until April !.
Mr.. Lankford asked that the
study be conducted by a group
composed Of members Of the
Navy's Bureau Of Weapons
and representatives of industry
and unions representing en-
ployes of the plant.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Church to Hold
Special Program

A group Of so teen-agers
from the Shenandoah Valley
Academy Of New Market, Va.
will participate in a special
program tomorrow and Satur-
day in the Takoma Park Sew
enth-day Adventist Church.
Eastern and Carroll avenues,
Takoma Park, Md.
Richard Harris, religion in
structor at the Seventh-day
Adventist secondary school. will
conduct the first program at
7:45 pm. tomorrow in observ-
ance of the Civil War Centen-
nial. The program will feature
the school a cappella choir.
Harold Haas, principal Of the
school. will speak at the II am.
service Saturday. The program
will close with a veSper service
at 4:30 pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
KENNEDY FINDS
SOME DECISIONS
HARD TO ENFORCE

President Kennedy ap-
parently is encountering
some Illustration in getting
things done as fast as he
wants them done.
He had an immediate
answer when asked at his
press conference late yes
terday whether he had met
any particular problem in
being President that he
had not anticipated.
With an unheSitating
Eyes," Mr.. Kennedy said
the problem is the diff
Guilty "in securing a clear
response between decisions
that we might make here
which may effect the se-
curity Of the United States
and having them effec-
lively instr1Imented in the
field under varying circum4
stances" ,"
He philosophical that 1T
is easier to sit with a map
and talk about what ought
to be done than to see it
done, but that Is perhaps
inevitable I"
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Retirement Honors

Mrs. Rose Kramer and Mrs.
Helen Scharf will be honored
on their retirement from the
Montgomery County Board of
Education at a reception and
dinner q Z pm. February l6 at
the Shady Grove Club, Wash
ington Motel on Shady Grove
road.
Evening star., 1961-02-02

Virginia, Pennsylvania, Eastern
Kentucky. Northern Minnesota.
Southern Illinois and Detroit.
The Government would give
them stamps. which they would
use instead of money to buy
food at retail. The retailers
would be reimbursed by the
Government. @
Insurance Dividends The
Veterans Administration will
try to pay out this winter $25S
million of dividends on Ma
tional Service Life Insurance
and United States Government
Life Insurance policies. Dis
bursement of these dividends
ordinarily would stretch
through 1861. Mr.. Kennedy
said he hoped the VA will be
able to. pay an additional
dividend this year from Its
ample" reserves.
Minimum Wage - Congress
was urged to raise the minimum
wage for covered workers i'm
mediately from 81 to 4l.f5 an
hour, and to $1.25 within two
years. The proposed legislation
also, would extend coverage to
several million" workers who
now are excluded, starting them
at 81 and raising. them gradually
to. $1.2S. t.,.
Procurement-The President
directed all Government
agencies to speed up authorized
procurement and construction,
and to compile lists Of additional
projects that could pump money
into the economy quickly II
funds were appropriated.
He ordered Commerce Secre-
tary Hodges to make available
Immediately the full STA mil
lion Of Federal-aid highway
funds scheduled for allotment
between now and next June 80.
Mr.. Kennedy also ordered ac-
ton to channel more Federal
contracts to depressed areas.
Evening star., 1961-02-02

Under the administrators
plan, which is expected to be
introduced into the General
Evening star., 1961-02-02
APPOINTMENTS
Continued From First PaRC

Continued from k1rst rage
Plainfield, N. j., October /,
1922. He attended public
schools and Yale University,
where he received his bachelor
Of arts degree in 1943.
He enlisted in the Army in
January. 1943, and during 1s46
and 1947 he was with the War
Department in Tokyo as o
message analyst. Returning to
the Yale Law School after his
separation from the service in
1946, he received his law degree
In 1851.
Mr.. Marshall Is q Democrat.
He has three daughters.
Simkin Experienced
Mr.. Simkin has had extern
sive experience in government
and private industry as q medi-
ator.
A graduate Of Earlham Col
lege in Pennsylvania, he taught
school in his earlier years and
for five years was q field rep
resentative in the West Vir-
ginia coal fields for the Ameri-
can Friends Service Commit
tee. In 1887 he was appointed
an instructor In industry al
the University Of Pennsylvania &
Wharton School Of Finance
and Commerce.
Mr.. Simkin entered Federal
employment in lo42, serving
successfully 40 special media
ton representative Of the Ma
tional War Labor Board and In
similar positions with other
Government agencies.
In 1850 he was elected pres
ident Of the National Academy
Of Arbitrators and since then
has been permanent arbitrator
for the American Viscose Corp,
Crucible Steel Co., and Ma
tional Can Co. For the last %
years he also has served as
impartial labor arbitrator fol
the mems clothing and wom-
ems dress industry in Philadel-
phia.
He Is married to the fomel
Miss Ruth Commons Of Rich
mond, Ind. They have two
sons. Thomas, . graduate stu.
dent In Scotland, and Peter, q
senior in medical school.
Air Force Veteran
Mr.. Silberling Is Q graduate
Of Harvard College and Harvard
Law School and is q World
War II Air Force veteran.
A native Of Jersey City. he
became associated with the
New York law firm Of Reed
Mulligan, Crane & McGoverr
in 1850. Subsequently he be-
came an assistant district at
torney In New York City and q
special assistant to the New
York State attorney general, g
post he has held since early
1857.
In his new post, Mr.. Silber-
ling succeeds william g. Humid
ley, q Justice Department law
yer since 1851 and head Of the
organized crime section since
1857.
| Mr.. Kennedy announced that
Mr.. Hundley Is being made q
special assistant to the At
torney General in the or.
ganized crime and racketeerine
field. He will coordinate &C.
tivities of the Justice Depart
ment with those Of the I'm
migration Service, Internal
Revenue. the Federal Bureau o1
Narcotics and other Federal Law
enforcement organizations.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Fowl Order Revoked

HAVANA, Feb. 2 (APJ-The
Fidel Castro regimes Com
merce Ministry says it Is sus-
pending an order calling for
chickenleSS Wednesdays in
Cuba because Of a production
pickup at government-operated
chicken farms.
Evening star., 1961-02-02

Post Office and Civil Service;
Addabbo Of New York to Post
Office and Civil Service and
Veterans Affairs; and German
Of California, Space and AS
tronautics.
Powell Disappointed
-- Mr.. Flynt was not the only
disappointed applicant. Rep
resentative Powell of New York
repeatedly had hoped to remain
on the Interior Committee but
was removed because he will
be chairman Of the Education
and Labor Committee.
Representative Inouye Of
Hawaii sought transfer to the
Foreign Affairs Committee
from the Banking and Currency
Committee. He got his second
choice by going to the Agri-
culture Committee.
Representative Holifield Of
California. chairman Of the
Democratic Study Group oi
liberals that originally spear
headed reform" Of the Rules
Committee, leaves the Post Of
flee and Civil Service Commit
tee. He remains. however, as
second ranking Democrat on
the Government Operations
Committee.
The especially coveted places
on the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee went to Representative
Nix Of Pennsylvania, johnson
Of Maryland and Monagan o.
Connecticut.
Wickersham Returns
Representative Wickershan
Of Oklahoma, returning to thu
House this year after q defeat
two years ago, will return II
the Armed Services Committee
but much lower in seniority
Representative Slack Of West
Virginia goes from the House
Administration Committee Il
the more important Appropria.
tions Committee.
Representative Scott Of NORTH
Carolina. who succeeded former
Representative Barden, viii
serve on the Education ant
Labor Committee Of which Mr.
Barden was chairman for many
years. Other new members o.
that committee will be Repre-.
sentatives Smith Of Iowa, JOEL
son Of New Jersey and st. Ger.
main Of Rhode Island.
Other new assignments OF
transfers. not including those
to the District Committee
were:
Representatives Randall oi
Missouri. Casey of Texas
Ryan Of New York. Daddario o.
Connecticut and John w
Davis Of Georgia to Space and
Astronautics; Gilbert of New
York to Banking and Currency
McFall Of California ant
Giaimo Of Connecticut II
House Administration; King oi
Utah and johnson of Cali.
fornia to Interior: Byrne o.
Pennsylvania and Vanik ot
Ohio to Merchant Marine
Mcdowell Of Delware anC
Libonati Of Illinois to Veter.
ans Affairs.
Representative Ullman Of
Oregon and Burke of Mas.
sachusetts were elected severa
weeks ago to fill Democratic
vacancies on the Ways anc
Means Committee. The /!
Democrats on that 25-membel
committee make up the Demo.
cratic Committee on Commit.
tees that selects members Of
the other House committees
usually with the advice anc
consent Of Speaker Rayburn.
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-01

cousin, and Mrs. Reg. Howe, of
Glcndive, an aunt. cut and served
the cakes. Miss Emma Maschera
of Laurel, poured the ccafee, and
Mrs. Orville O'Reilly of Stockton,
Calf, served the punch. They
are both aunts cf the bride. As
listing at the gift table were Mrs.
Robert StorGe of Glendive and
Miss Carolyn Prigan and Miss
Alice Lanlge. Miss Joyce Bach and
Miss Judy Wind served the brides
table, and Mrs. Robert Gregg,
Mrs. john Gear and Mrs. Clifford
Bach assisted with serving. Their
hostess aprons of lilac and mint
green nylon net over satin, were
gifts from the bride.
For travelling, Mrs. Christ. nser
chose d plaid wool suit in brown
and purple, and a corSage from
her bouquet.
After a short wedding trip t.
Billings, GGr. and Mrs. Chrisben.
ser. are living at Savage where
ne is employed by the Burau d
Reclamation.
Mrs. Christensen is a gradual;
of Savage High School. Mr.. Chris
! tensen ,attAldod Sidney Higl
School, and completed high SCH O
in the service.
Out OF town guests include.
Mrs Alice Pnares Vancouver
Wash; Mr.. and Mrs. Orvill
O'ne1ly, Stockton, Calf; Mss rs
ter Geiser and Mrs. Ben Youne
Cf Livingston; Mr.. and Mrs. Henr,
Jokilson and Bryon, eff Miles City
Lane Basso Of Billings; and Nh
!; and Mrs. Paul Ripley of Lindsey
as well as many from Glendivt
Sidney, Lambert, and FairView.
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-01
Last Rites For
Carolyn Thomas
Held Thursday

Graveside rites for Mrs. Carolyn
Thomas, a long time resident of
Lambert and Sidney were held at
200 pm. Thursday, October 70
in Sunset Memorial Gardens, with
Rev. Thomas Powers, pastor OF st.
Philomena's Catholic Church, Of
ticiating. Cloyd- Gorder Mortuary
had charge of arrangements. Mrs.
Thomas died Oct. %, in Mlnnea-
polls, MINI. A requiem high mass
was sung there, Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Thomas came to the Lam
bert area, to teach In the Three
Buttes School in 1928. Her mar
riage to Ivan j. Thomas took place
at Sidney, June 15, 1929 and they
lived on their farm about three
miles southeast of Lambert. Later
she also taught in Lambert. They
moved to Sidney in 1858. Since
the death of her husband In April
20, 1860, Mrs. Thomas had MADE
her home in Minneapolis.
She is survived by one son
James A. Thomas, of Minneapolis
three brothers, John Novak, Mill
roy, Mimi; Frank Novak, FNorada
Mimi, and James Novak, Hemlt
Calf; two sisters, Mrs. Heller
Vest, Hillsboro, Ore, and Mrs. Lii
Liam Ovam of MINNEAPOLIS.
Pallbearers were Henry Ken
bein, Gordon Oakland, Martll
Lake, Pershing Carter, Osca
| Kvaalen, and Ben Mercler.
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-01
Final Rites For
Katie FaIkenhain
Held Saturday

Final rites for Mrs. Katie FaIk-
enhain, wife of Willy Falkenhaln
were held at 200 p. m. Saturday,
October %, in Pella Lutheran
Church ait Sidney. The Rev. STAN
ley Larsen conducted the service.
Cloyd Gorder Mortuary had
charge Of arrangements.
Mrs. Falkenhain died October
21, in a Denver Hospital, from
complications following surgery.
She had been in i'll health for the
past four years. She was SO years
of age.
Katie Falkenhain was born in
Grand Island, Nelo., September 26,
1892, a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Peterson. The family
came from the Nebraska to the
Sidney area in 1908, and she at
tended Newton School. Later she
lived in Omaha, Neb., and Billings,
Montana, before her marriage to
Willy Falkenhain in Kansas City,
Mo-, on Dec. "a, 1924. They lived
in Omaha, until 1929, then moved
TO the Crane community south OF
Sidney. In 1941, they moved into
Sidney to make their home. For
the past three and one half years,
she had lived with her daughter
Mrs. Lola Nichols, in EnIglewood
Cello. Her par>nts were charter
members of Pella Lutheran church
her., and she was confirmed IN
that church while a child.
She is survived by her husband
Mrs. Lola Nichols, of EnglewcOd
Willy, of Sidney; one daughter
/ Colo; Two loroShers, Fred Peter
sen, cf Savage and Henry Peter
son, Of Crane; three sisters, Mis-:
Andrea Peterson, of Savage, Mrs
Nellie H,ffstott, of Crane, ano
Mrs. .Dagmar jensen, of Poison
AT the service, Mrs. Peter Sci
fens was organist. MIR. and Mrs
Walter Quilting sang "In Th,
Garden" and There Is No Nigh
There"
Pallbearers were Leonard Oden.
bach, Math Dasinger, Jr., Vernon
Peterson, Gene Peterson, Gcrdor
Peterson, and Ray Peterson. Inter
ment was in Pella Lutheran Gem
etery at Sidney.
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-01

Mary Ann Ohm, David Nelson
and Bcb Peterson, college stu
dents, spent the week end at
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gotfry Berg and
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Helling at
oended the REA meeting at Wat
ord City Friday.
Ford Sims and Homer Painter
were in Miles City Monday and
tuesday.
The ladies of the ALCW work
shcp held their meeting at the
Trinity Lutheran church last Sat
urday. Refreshments and a noon
meal was served by Circle III and
w.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Winden left
Saturday for Las Vegas, Nevada
to attend a Mobil convention.
Glenn Helliug, and Tim Dwyel
attended the North Dakota HARD
Spring Wheat banquet at Willistcr
Saturday.