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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09
Teaves Fn- mcC nmh

Mrs. VIII Durham left Satur-
.day for McComb whore she will
spend several weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. jack O'Quin.
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Thursday Guests

Mrs. B. w. King and Mrs.
Hariette Williams of Inverness
we're Thursday guests of Mrs.
Kings parents, Rev. and Mrs.
r. E. Wasson.
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Recovers From Measles

Friends Of Mr.. j. z. Browne
are very glad that she is much
improved after being confined
several days with measles.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09
Home From rrSU

Miss Shirley Howard and Miss
Kaye Derrick Of MSU spent the
weekend at home with their pa
rents.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09
In Grand Junction

In Grand Junction
Nh. Joe z. Johnson and Mr.
Walter Durhan, Jr. are in Grand
Junction, Tennessee this week
attending the National Field
Trials.
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Spends Weekend AT Home
Bill Henley of MSU spent the
weekend with his parents, MI.
and Mrs. w. A. Henley.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09

Visits In Grenada
Miss Estelle Turner and Mrs.
NJ. j. Fowlkes spent Saturday
with friends in Grenada.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09
In Greenwood

n Creenwood
Mrs. Walter Durham, Jr is
visiting her aunt who is i'll in
the Greenwood Hospital.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09

Senator Visits In Durant
Senator John Clark Love of
Kosciusko and his mother were
visitors in the home of Mrs.
Zouella Bacon last week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09

Motors To jackson
Nh. and Mrs. w. P. Taylor and
son, w. R. Taylor, motored to
Jackson Wednesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09
Visits Gulf Coast

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Durham
spent Thursday and Friday on
the Gulf Coast.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09

Returns From Mobile
Mrs. T. S. HUMPHREYS and Miss
Agnes Maury returned home Fri
day night after spending a week
with relatives in Mobile.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-09

Shopped In Kosciusko
Mrs. j. T., Nicely, Mrs. j. E.
Brown and Mrs. Walter Odom
shopped in Kosciusko last We'd
nesday.
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Evening star., 1961-07-14

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choice Of colors; as low as S05
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Evening star., 1961-07-14

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MERCEDES $50 30O-sL: cleaning
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13
Out the Window

The hope for balanced budget next
fiscal year, which President Kennedy so
firmly promised as recently as July Is,
seems to have gone a-glimmering.
In the July speech, Mr.. Kennedy
said he would propose budget strictly
IN balance" for fiscal 1868 and he
pledged that increased taxes will be
requested" if necessary to attain that
goal His remarks at his news confer
ence this week, however, add up to
disengaging maneuver. The President
did not say that the next budget will
be unbalanced Instead he put it this
way: "Our present intention is to bal
ance the budget unless military in
creaseS, and only military increases"
threaten that objective He also backed
away from the seemingly firm commit
ment on increased taxes If there is a
significant rise in military spending, he
said, the administration will consider
the amount it can cut from nonmilitary
spending and the extent to which it
can raise taxes without strangling
recovery"
What this really means, we think,
is that the fiscal 1868 budget will not
be balanced. There is little prospect
of an improvement in the international
situation which would avoid the need
for higher military spending-an outlay
which will be essential to the national
security. And if the presumed interests
OF economic recovery are to be put
ahead of a tax increase, which very
probably will be the case in an election
year, the prospect of more red ink looms
large on the horizon. Needless to say,
there is no ground for optimism as to
the effects of this On initiation and de-
Ginning confidence in the soundneSS of
the dollar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13
Europe's FotoHsm

A North American Newspaper ALI
ance dispatch tells of the strange
apathy which most Europeans display
toward civil defense measures in this
era Of nuclear weapons. It Is a sort Of
fatalistic attitude of why worry over
the threat of big bombs-what is to be
will bel" Undoubtedly contributing to
this feeling is the popular theory that
Europe is too close to Russian bases to
be prime target for intercontinental
ballistic missiles. The man in the street
believes that the rocket launchers
behind the Iron Curtain are aimed at
the United States, not England or
France.
Thus, Europeans do not belittle the
trend in the United States to give
greater Importance than ever to civil
defense. They grant that shelters and
evacuation plans are justified in any
potential target area. But, except at
American military bases, there is no
civil defense program looking toward
shelter or escape patterns in Britain or
on the Continent. The MANA story
said that the British attitude seems to
be that if H-bombs were dropped on
England, the tight little isle would
become depopulated and uninhabitable
Four or five such blasts would do the
job. There would be no avenue of
escape, it was pointed out. In France
the main fear is of being overrun-as
France has been overrun in the past
by enemy armies. Civil defense would
provide no security against this sort
of attack.
To what extent this $50 what"
attitude may affect Europe's will to
fight any Soviet aggression is a matter
for speculation. However, our allies
have shown remarkable ability in the
past to meet forthrightly and coura-
geously the challenge of any invader.
And it may very we'll be a mistake to
interpret civilian apathy toward home
defense as evidence of unwillingneSs to
resist aggression to the bitter end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13

purpose in trying to anticipate their
findings.
We do have reservations, however,
about one comment made by the
Presidential belief on his part that 1--WE
must either provide Federal share in
campaign costs, or reduce the costs Of
campaign services, or both"
For it is difficult indeed to imagine,
with all the modern Improvements in
means of travel and communications,
that costs will be reduced very sub
Stantially. And for the Federal Gov
eminent to assume a share of these
costs would simply be to shift con-
siderable additional burden to taxpayers,
who we believe ought to be free to
contribute or not, as they see fit. Once
this door was opened, furthermore, 1t
probably would not be long before the
Government shouldered the entire load.
And If this is done in the case Of presi-
Dental campaigns, is there any less
reason that it should be done in State
and local elections as well?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13

This week end the North American
Air Defense Command will conduct
critical test of hemisphere security
against air attack. Called Sky Shield II,
the test will involve joint operations by
United States and Canadian air forces
and ground defense organizations. The
lessons learned may have drastic re-
percusSionS on the American defense
program. And the Importance of the
test juStifieS the nationwide shutdown
decreed for all civil aviation during the
12-hour period from l pm. tomorrow
until l am. Sunday.
There have been similar tests of
our air-attack detection and inter-
ception capabilities, but this years
maneuverS will take on added Signif-
icance because of Soviet air power
advances revealed at last July's Russian
air show near Moscow. There were
unveiled to Western observers at that
show number of new Soviet aircraft,
including bombers said to be able to
launch missiles 500 miles to 1000 miles
away from their targets Our present
detection and interception equipment
would have difficulty in countering
massive attack by such planes. If inter
continental ballistic missiles were used
instead Of bombers, our defenses would
be virtually helpless. For no successful
interceptor for ICBMs has yet been
developed.
During the 12-hour period the
defense command (NORAD) will simu-
late bomber attacks on this continent
from many directions, while radar out
posts linked in a far-ranging detection
system will watch for the Invaders"
and sound alarms for the interceptor
forces. The latter will include aircraft
as we'll as Nike-Ajax, Nike-Hercules and
Bomarc antiaircraft missiles. Mean
while, about $500 commercial flights
will remain grounded. This incon-
venience suffered by the airlines and
their passengers will be valuable
contribution to the improved security
to be gained from such test of Amer
ica's "sky shield"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13
implications for u. S. in Wet Nam
By CROSBY S. NO

would change the whole char
acter of the struggle there.
In the end it could well turn
out to be a Self-defeating
proposition in which the
United States would be forced
to commit ever increasing
numbers of troops in order
to salvage its original limited
commitment.
Red Psychological Weapon
Already the greatest handi-
cap which confronts Mr..
Diem in his war with the
Communist rebels is his re-
lance on outside help. So far
as the Communists are con-
cerned the military aid which
he receives from the West
makes him automatically a
puppet of the "imperialist"
powers. This provides the
Wet Cong with a highly eff
fective psychological weapon
in carrying on its subversive
assaults.
Direct American interven-
ton would enormously in
crease this psychological ad-
vantage Of the Communists.
Whatever the legal and moral
justification might be, the
war in Wet Nam would then
automatically become for mil
lions of Asians a struggle
against the colonial forces of
the West. And in this situa-
ton the United States would
find itself in very much the
same mess that the French
faced for seven terrible years
in Indo China.
This experience is not one
that can be lightly dismissed.
The war against Diem is fol-
lowing almost exactly the
grim pattern that ended in
defeat at Diem Bien Phu in
1854. 1t is a pattern in which
military force particularly
force supplied from outside
the CONTEMPORARIES no So
luton. At the time of their
defeat the French had a
crack army of 100000 men in
Indo China, supported by
more than 100000 loyal In
dochinese troops. They lost
the country to a force Of
Communist regulars esti-
mated at no more than TO-
900.
1t may be argued that
the problem today is not the
same. Most certainly Mr..
Kennedy is not thinking of
any such commitment of
American power in Wet Nam.
The problem is simply that
any commitment once made,
will be extremely hard to
limit or control, while the eff
fectiveness of direct inter-
vention on any scale appears
at best highly dubious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13
A Bad Vote

The 100-member United Nations
General Assembly has not distinguished
itself in voting, 81 to l, to cenSure South
Africa because of the address delivered
by Foreign Minister Eric Louw. The
censure is without precedent, and the
bitter, mean, emotional bias behind it
adds up to the sort Of thing, too fire.
quently recurring, that makes one
wonder about the U. MS survivability
in terms of the next year or two.
At any rate, as far as truth and the
simple realities are concerned, there
is nothing to be said in favor of the
censure. For the vote, engineered by
number of newly established and quite
inexperienced African states, consti-
tutes an injustice to South Africa-an
injustice doubly offensive because of
the stupidity and immaturity responsible
for it. After all, Mr.. Louw, in pre-
Senting his country'S case to the Assem-
bly,, has spoken in temperate tones, and
when one reads the text of his address
even If one diSagreeS with his defense
of apartheid, or racial separation-the
decision against him and his govern
ment seems to be wholly unjustified.
Indeed, the new African states have
acted in way that well deserves these
words from Mr.. Louw as regards the
yearly meetings Of the General Assem-
bly,: Instead Of 'harmonizing the
actions of nations, and achieving inter
national cooperation the annual as
SemblieS very soon became battle
grounds for conflicting national in
tereStS and rival ideologieS The annual
meetings provided opportunities for in
ternational intrigue, and for the forma-
tionS of rival geographical and ideolog-
ical 'blocS' Not content with an East
West rivalry, a so-ealled third force is
in process of being established. All this
is far call from the injunction of the
Charter to harmonic the actions of
nations
Clearly, in view Of South Africa'S
basically reasonable position, it is good
that our own country, together with
several other Western powers, has re-
fused to support the cenSure. In the
words of Ambassador Adlai Stevenson,
our chief delegate to the U. NJ, while
we reject the views of the Foreign
Minister of South Africa on the subject
of apartheid, and have SO stated many
times, we resolutely support his right
and the right Of every speaker before
the General ASsembly-to state his
views"
This is a sound attitude. But it
could have been expressed more en-
phatically, as Mr.. Louw has indicated,
by an unequivocal vote for South
Africa from the United States and
the numerous other abstaining and non
participating members. In any case,
the 81 states that have voted in the
affirmative have reason to do some
second thinking, with realization that
a few more such votes might easily
bring about the end of the U. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13
Footing the Bill

AS the costs Of conducting preSi
Dental campaigns continue to rise, no
one can contest the desirability of
freeing candidates from undue obliga-
tons to large private contributors The
appointment of non-partisan presi-
Dental commission to search for i'm
provements in campaign financing is
therefore a worthwhile and intensely
challenging endeavor.
Mr.. Kennedy is to be commended
also for his selection of the nine men,
bers of the study group, among whom
are exceptionally knowledgeable and
practical men. Until their report is
submitted in the spring, there is little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13
Bar What Briddes2
Ada M. Wentz.

There's always a funny
side! One of the most hu-
morous items The Star ever
published is that Virginians
would resist hordes of Wash
ingtonions coming over the
bridges into their State. if
Washington were bombed.
They completely forgot there
wouldn't be any bridges!
Isabel c. Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13

was some way to prevent any
future deaths that may result
from this type of accident.
This is what I suggest:
Construct a steel net around
or under the sides of the
bridge to prevent any We
hicle from falling into the
river.
Lutheran w. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13

Hurrah-for the Bladens-
burg High School teen-agers!
How refreshing to see a
group of teen-agerS looking
the part Of teen-agers. in
stead of the slovenly, SLOUGH
ing, sloppy group we have
been seeing for far too long;
young people who seemed to
take pride in outdoing one
another in detracting from
their inherent attractiveness.
Not so the Bladensburg
High School group pictured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13

It is my belief the lntem-
perate remarks of numerous
medical doctors and medical
Spokesman which emerged
from the medical quackery
meetings easily constitute a
biased, destructive attack on
long-eStablished and honor
able health professions, and
the health industries. We
speak of the chiropractic and
naturopathic professions, as
we'll as the various branches
of the dietary foods business.
Speaking in behalf of the
dietary foods industry, with
which I am proudly allied,
this writer would like to ex-
press the view they wish only
to be let alone, to carry on
the widely recognized, con-
structive contributions that
have been effected over re-
cent years for the betterment
of public health.
Clifford A. BurkhOlder
The editorial m e dical
CharlatanS" in your edition
of October 5 was very timely.
Unquestionably, this growth
of fraud and quackery is
alarming. The various medi-
cal societies are right in en-
phaSizing the dangers to the
public that are involved. You
likewise deserve credit for
urging medical men to in
crease their efforts in coun-
teracting the waste of money
by the American people on
useless cures and drugs.
Still, publicity about medi-
cal fads and nostrums is not
the only method of doing
something about this de-
plorable situation. One Of
the causes of. the recent
growth of expenditure by the
American people on useless
medical devices has probably
been the increasing cost of
genuine medical service by
competent practitioners and
surgeons. Persons of moder-
ate means frequently think
that they are financially I'M
able to secure adequate at
tention by qualified doctors.
In desperation. they try to
avail themselves Of remedies
which seem to be cheaper
than genuine, scientific medi-
cal care. Of course, it is
easy to argue that recourse
to such treatments is not
really economical. 1t is likely
to be costly and dangerous
in the long run. Still. when
most people are experience
ing financial distress or ply
steal suffering, they do not
always think or act logically.
One way of putting quacks
out of business is, accord
ingly, to make real medical
care cheaper and thus avail
able to a greater number of
Americans. To be sure, all
governmental agencies which
are owered to do so
should aid in fighting against
fraudulent medical advertis-
ing. Similarly, additional leg
islation in this field might be
helpful. Still, all of these eff
forts will be insufficient I'M
less more of our people are
convinced that they are able
to afford the cost of drugs
and services that they need.
In opposing legislation which
would put adequate medical
care within the reach of more
Americans, the American
Medical Association is mad
vertently failing to assist in
fighting against the shame
full exploitation of millions of
individuals who need what it
is trying to provide.
Don b. GOOdIOe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-13

RAH1S
In the light of recent his
tory and the outlook for the
future, the prospect of COM
hitting American troops to
the defense of South Wet
Nam must be extremely dis
agreeable to President Ken
nedy and his advisers.
The mission of Gen. Max
we'll Taylor. Mr.. Kennedy's
military adviser, to Saigon is
evidence of the seriousness of
the Communist threat there.
Depending on what he ad-
viseS, it seems, the decision
will be made in Washington
whether direct American mil
itary intervention is necessary
and practical. But it is I'M
likely that the General will
learn anything in the course
of his inspection trip that
will make the decision any
less unpalatable than it has
seemed in the past.
There is nothing, after all,
surprising about the recent
developments in Wet Nam.
AS early as last spring, when
this reporter visited that
country, most military experts
were predicting an increase
in the guerrilla activities Of
the Communist Wet Cong.
Even at that time the Wet
Cong, reinforced by infiltra-
tors through Communist
held parts of Laos, was oper-
ating in increasingly large.
well-armed groups. BY the
end of the summer Wet Nam
President Ngo Dinh Diem was
urgently calling attention to
the growing strength of the
rebels. In his recent speech
to the United Nations Mr..
Kennedy reported that the
Communists are now fight
ing in battalion strength,
raising a direct military chal-
lenge to the Vietnamese
army.
Wide implications
In this situation it may
seem logical enough to con-
slider bolstering the govern
ment forces with a small,
highly mobile American re-
serve able to act as a kind OF
fire brigade in emergencies,
From the military point of
view such a force might
seem to meet the demands of
the immediate problem. But
at the same time the impli-
cations go far beyond purely
military considerations and
involve risks which must
weigh heavily in any deci-
sion.
The danger. and it is a
very real one, is that any di-
rect intervention of American
forces in Southeast Asia