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Evening star., 1961-02-04

POINT L'EVEQUE. France,
Feb. 4 (AP).-This little Nor
mandy town has adopted an
American CT and has appealed
to President Kennedy to let
him stay in France to complete
his education.
The CT. incidentally, hap
pens to be a mainstay on the
local basketball team. He is
SPA John H. Givens, "a, Of
Milwaukee, Wis.
GivenS, who is stationed with
the army aerial support center
at nearby st. Andre, warmed
up to his French surroundings
almost from the moment he
arrived in France in December
1859. It was through his basket
ball skin that he became ac-
quainted in Pont L'Eveque.
Givens had played on YMCA
Evening star., 1961-02-04

disclosing the widespread vio-
lations.
The letter, which stated that
$500 transient naval officers
had purchased more than 49,
900 cases Of liquor at the
Guantanamo Officers Club
store in a years time, was made
public by Mr.. Benefits office
yesterday.
Mr.. Strubinger said appar-
emily most If not all of the
liquor was brought into the
United States illegally and
placed the revenue loss to the
Government at approximately
100000. When he wrote Mr.
Bennett, the Customs Bureau
had already assessed a total OF
$151,452 in penalties on 75a
Of the officers involved and was
trying to trace other purchases
The acting customs chie1
stressed today, however, thai
the bureau feels most of the
officers were simply confused
over their rights. Up to thret
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Customs Billing
Servicemen for
SmuqqIed Liquor

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 4
(AP).-Military personnel who
smuggled liquor into the United
States from Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. in 1859 are getting
billed for customs duties-or
they soon will. e---
The United States Customs
Service said more than 10000
cases OF liquor worth $3.50, 900
were smuggled in aboard mill
tary aircraft that year. Gus
toms officers, with the help Of
the Navy, are checking records
Of every bottle sold at the
Navy's Guantanamo base.
So far. 1.040 purchases have
been traced to flights that
landed in Florida at Jackson
vile, Mayport, Miami, Sanford,
Pensacola and Key West. An
other 100 purchases flown to
Panama City, ST. petersburg
and Orlando are being tabu-
lated.
Other purchases went as far
north as Minneapolis and as
far west as Texas.
The checkup has already
brought $4,000 in tax pay
ments. If all the bills are COL
lected they will bring in about
$500, 900 in Federal taxes.
Representative Charles E.
Bennett, Democrat of Florida,
made public the information
given to him by D. D. Stru-
binger. acting commissioner of
customs at Washington.
Evening star., 1961-02-04

or four years ago, he noted,
anyone travelling under official
Government orders could bring
an unlimited amount Of duty
free liquor into the United
States-though by 'tacit un-
derstanding" with the military
services the imports were kept
within reason.
Now military personnel are
limited to the one gallon of
duty-free liquor permitted any
American who has been out Of
the country for more than 40
hours.
Mr.. Strubinger said the Navy
had co-operated 100 per cent"
with the Customs Bureau in
checking out the violations.
The bureau will assess penal
ties wherever it can locate the
officers involved, but plans no
prosecution Of any of the cases.
A fifth of better brand
Scotch or bourbon costs about
50 in Guantanamo. .,
Evening star., 1961-02-04
= Khrushchev Sends
Greeting to Quudros

BRASILIA. Brazil, Feb. 4
AP).-Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev has messaged Presi-
dent Janio Quadros he hopes
relations between the Soviet
Union and Brazil will develop
further"
The two nations have had
only minor COMMERCIAL dealings
since 1947. when Brazil broke
diplomatic relations because
a Soviet newspaper criticized
Brazilian military leaders. Mr..
Quadros who took office this
week. has indicated he intends
to resume diplomatic ties with
Moscow.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Distress Area
Aid Sought
In Maryland
BY the Associated Press

Efforts were made on several
fronts yesterday to aid de-
pressed areas Of Western Mary
land.
In Annapolis, Gov. Tawes
said he has asked local leaders
to report by Monday on con-
ditions in their areas and
whether they desire Federal
aid.
Gov. Tawes said his office
has inquired about procedures
for including Maryland in a
Federal program of food stamps
for needy people.
In Washington, Representa-
tive Matthias, Republican Of
Maryland, urged President Ken
nedy to include Western Mary
land in the pilot food stamp
program.
Mr.. Matthias said the region
has conditions Of unemploy-
ment and distress similar to the
six project areas already des-
ignated.
Mr.. Matthias added that the
unusual weather of the past
go days has aggravated the sit.
uation to a point which has
become critical"
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Skier rCompoenoni
Found in Crevice

SONDRIO, Italy, Feb. 4
IAP).-Severino Compagnoni,
veteran Italian Olympic skier
missing since Tuesday and
feared killed in an avalanche,
was found alive today lying in
. deep Alpine crevice.
Mr.. Compagnoni was report
ed suffering from exposure,
but his rescuers said other
wise he appeared to be in fair
condition. He had fallen while
crossing a glacier on Mount
Ceverdale.
The 46-year-old italian skier
won several Italian long-dis-
tance skiing titles in 1910 and
was on the Italian Olympic
team in 1852.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
More Than z Buried
In Cinder Heap Slide
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

MOULnS-S S-SOUS-FLERON.
Belgium, Feb. 4 (AP)-More
than a dozen victims were be-
lieved entombed today beneath
cinders which swept in an
avalanche into this tiny town
last night from a huge Stag
pile which had weakened un-
der heavy rains.
Before down q snowstorm
swept over this town in Bel
gums coal mining district
near Liege and covered the
giant dune.
Officials estimated the death
toll at IA and a local police
officer said: Lets hope we
are not overly optimistic. "
About six homes were swamped
and 10 badly damaged. A
butchers shop was cut in half.
Nothing But . Tomb"
The town doctors house was
pushed 10 yards by the on
rushing mass before it was
finally swamped. A rescue
worker gestured over the ex-
panse of cinders and said: 1T
will be nothing but q tomb. I"
Last night a load Of cinders
from a nearby electric power
plant was being piled at the
top Of the hill which looms
over the small knot Of houses
along the road from FIeron to
Jupille. A nuge section Of the
big heap broke loose. 1t rolled
Evening star., 1961-02-04
ICC to Hear
BoWieWreck
Case Feb. ID
BY the Associated Press

The Interstate Commerce
Commission has set February
II for a public hearing on the
Pennsylvania Railroad train
wreck which killed six persons
and injured more than 100
Thursday near Bowie Race
Track.
Railroad officials in Phila-
delphia said yesterday that the
derailment was caused by ex-
cessive speed at a point where
the 11-car special train was to
turn off the mainline onto a
spur leading to the race track.
The statement said COM
plete investigation will be re-
quired before any determina-
ton can be made as to why
the speed was not properly
controlled"
Heavy snow hampered this
investigation yesterday as
agents of the ICC and the rail-
road began searching for clues
in the tangled wreckage.
The railroads staten e n t
said:
"All physical evidence indi-
Gates that the speed Of the
train as it entered the race
track switch was excessive. al
though the brakes were applied
and were functioning prior to
the time of the derailment."
Howard w. Horner. the
trains engineer, said Thurs
day his brakes failed as he
turned off the railroads main
line into the spur leading to
the race course at about 80
miles an hour.
The two-unit diesel engine
could not make the curve al
that speed and plunged over
a 15-foot embankment. Seven
cars behind it derailed.
A railroad official said yes
terday the top speed permitted
at that junction is is miles an
hour.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
French Want to Keep
Basketball GE.:

and high school basketball
teams in Milwaukee and found
a spot as a forward on the
local army squad. He soon was
hopping baskets in Pont L'Eve-
que and in early 1850. got taken
on as center or forward.
Local families set aside. .
room for him on game nights
and he eats at the family
table. His French developed
to the point where CONVERSE
tion flows easily.
Everything was going well
until Givens announced he
was booked to return to. the
States next June. The local
citizenry, unknown to Givens,
got together and Bernard
Chauviere. president Of the
Pont L'Eveque Sports Union.
drafted a letter to President
and Mrs. Kennedy. a..
"Mr. Givens epitomizes the
friendship Of France and. the
United States" Mr.. Chauviere
wrote, and then he added two
requests: -.
/. That Givens be given q
grant so he can study at the
nearby University Of Caen
after he completes his military
service in France. -.
2. That Mrs. Kennedy be-
come the sponsor Of the Ponf
L'Eveque basketball team.
The letter was sent to the
American Embassy in PSris
and was forwarded to the
State Department for the
White House, l IL
"This all came as q big sur
prise to me-" Givens told q re-
porter. II don't know what
to say"
Evening star., 1961-02-04

down q long slope and across
the road, finally coming to rest
against q small hill.
King Baudouin and Queen
Fabiola came from Brussels and
toured the village. At one
point the young Queen, married
to Baudouin only last Decem-
Der, was offered an umbrella
by a bystander. She declined,
saying: 1T rains for everyone.
For me, too"
Rescuers welding picks and
shovelS attacked the rubble
with renewed vigor when noises
were reported coming from one
buried house. But then In
terror Minister Rene Lefebvre,
who had rushed to the scene,
said there was little hope for
the missing.
This rubble is 50 thin" he
said, that 1t must have pene-
trated everywhere"
Rains Weakened Heap
The 300-foot high rubble
heap. weakened by heavy rains,
collapsed with terrifying speed
and crashed through the town.
One witness said it Travelled
faster than q man running" Z"
The avalanche, about 2,460
feet long. and 80 feet high ran
its course Of destruction In a
matter Of minutes.
Many children were playing
in the streets. Housewives were
working in their homes. one
man sitting in the back Of q
truck ran when he saw the
avalanche. His two companions
were buried.
II heard the noise, as Of two
heavy trucks crashing headon, >
one survivor said. Then I saw
the mass Of dirt falling, my
house was shaken and I was
hit by glass debris, but I ran
through the back door and into
my garden from where
escaped.
"The heap has been there for
three years: nobody had really
thought Of any possible dan
ger"
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Road Opened
In Wet Nam

SAIGON, Feb. & CAP).-
South Wet Nam opened . sec
ton Of Southeast Asia'S most
modern highway today,
The Wet Nam highway-build-
ing program. considered the
spectacular single American
aid project in Asia today, is
costing the United States more
than $66 million.
The section opened today
runs from the outskirts Of Sal
gon north for 20 miles through
barren country. In another
two months. the super-highway
will be completed. Later in the
year, the entire $66 million
program will be finished with
completion Of q ross-country
highway in the north.
Critics have charged the
highway projects are too big
and too costly for the needs
Of this 6-year-old nation strug-
Cling for development.
Supporters Of the program
say highways are vital for the
opening Of new areas and by
passing old two-lane colonial
roadways crowded with trucks,
scooters, bullock carts and pc
destrianS.
"The economic impact Of
this artery can be felt all
around this region already" an
American aid official said.
He cited q list Of paper mills,
textile plants, power facilities,
housing projects and q new
university that are moving into
the region as the road pro-
crosses.
Evening star., 1961-02-04


clear the road leading into the
rebel-held Central Plain area
Advance government units were
about 5 miles south Of the juno
ton.
About q battalion Of Red
rebels apparently infiltrated
into rear areas behind the gov
ernment column and attacked
at s pm. last night, reports
said. Government troops were
rushed by helicopter to the
fighting area.
Government Troops Push
Government troops displayed
unusual aggressiveness yester-
day despite relatively heavy
casualties and pushed toward
the junction.
Reliable reports said gov
eminent artillery north and
south Of the junction. had
Zeroed in on the rebels, forcing
them to withdraw eastward.
Two government columns
converged on the junction, one
south from the royal capital OF
Luang Prabang and the other
north from the administrative
capital Of Vientiane. They
planned to link up and then
attack eastward against rebel
strongholds in the central
plain.
Casualties Reported
Most military experts said
the government troops would
have tough going against the
well = equipped, dug in rebels
But Laotian Gen. Phoumi
Nosavar expressed confidence
he would take the plain.
The government disclosed its
forces suffered IS dead and
Evening star., 1961-02-04

wounded January 80 when the
southern column ran into artil-
lery fire, land mines and small
arms fire a few miles south Of
the junction.
This Is q high toll for the
off-and-on skirmiShes in this
Southeast Asia jungle king
dom. Western military OBJ
servers expressed surprise the
army was unshaken by the
casualties.
The leftist forces claimed
yesterday another T-6 trainer
fighter furnished the govern
ment by the United States has
been shot down. %
Red China's new China News
Agency quoted the clandestine
radio Of the pro-Communist
Pathet Lao as saying a T-6
was shot down January II and
another January 18. The pro-
western government Of Premier
Boun Oum has admitted losing
one aircraft.
Evening star., 1961-02-04

three weeks curing the past
two years, according to the
American Chamber of Com
merce in Germany.
One influential American
businessman here said:
IF the recession at home
gets tougher, there's only one
thing many American COM
panies can do to save their
necks-get to Germany as fast
as possible and into q market
that's really expanding"
Factor I'm Gold Drain
Whether the Kennedy ad-
ministration viii allow this
trend to go on is the big ques-
ton, and the recent flood Of
American capital to Europe
probably win be held back for
some months until Washington
makes up its mind.
The establishment OF opera
Cions in Europe by big Amer
lean companies has been partly
responsible for the drain on
United States gold reserves.
The scope of this drain is
indicated by Germany's giant
Mannesmann Holding Corp.
which reports that in 1860, one
half Of all private United
State investments made abroad
were made in Europe and that
Americans contributed 80 per
cent Of the total capital in
vetsed by foreigners in the
common market area.
From 1868. 33.6 per cent
Of the $8.3 billion invested by
, Americans in the common mar
ket went to West Germany
q. where they employed about
/; half o million German workers
, at wages averaging SO cents
an hour.
, So far the United States has
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Eanfani Draws
Student Fire
Over Tyro|

ROME, Feb. 4 (AP).-Stu-
dents took to the streets again
today. demanding that the
Christian Democrat govern
ment take q stronger stand in
the bitter 1talian-Austrian dis
pute over the South Tyrol.
Traffic in downtown Rome
was snarled for hours as stu
dents by the thousands
marched through city streets
for the fourth day in a row.
Steel-helmeted riot police
stood by; but there were no
immediate reports Of trouble.
Dozens Of police and students
suffered minor injuries in
street fights yesterday and
Thursday.
Unlike previous days, when
the students directed their ire
mainly against Austria and
the South Tyrol Peoples Party
(SVP), the students scattered
political leaflets in the streets
today denouncing the govern
ment of Premier Amintore
Fanfani.
Work Of FasciStS
The attempt to turn the stu
dent demonstrations against
Mr.. Fanfani apparently was
the work of the Fascist italian
Social Movement (MSD. At
least some Of the leaflets were
signed by the "MSI Roman
Youth Group"
Enough with the terrorism
and provocations Of the Aus
trian lovers" said one leaflet.
"E nough with government
adolescence! Enough with the
policy Of accords between the
Christian Democrats and the
SvP."
Another pamphlet said 1.-THE
campaign Of violence Of the
renegade Austrian lovers" Ii
being carried on thanks to
the weakness and completely Of
the Christian Democrats"
The Fascist MSI Deputies
had sought a ban on the SVP
the main political organization
of German speaking residents
in the South Tyrol. The Fas-
cists said the SVP should be
outlawed because of bombing;
in the predominantly German.
speaking border province sitter
Italian Austrian talks were
broken off a week ago.
Chamber Rejects Motion
BY a show-of-hands vote
early today, the chamber over.
whelmingly rejected the FaS-
cist motion.
Then the chamber passed {
resolution, by q vote of 211 tt
100, approving Mr.. Fanfani'i
handling Of the dispute and thG
police measures to maintain
public order in the South Tyrol
The South Tyrol, largely in.
habited by German-speakinl
residents, was ceded to ITALY
by Austria after World War !
Vienna now claims Italy Is no
respecting the full rights Of tht
German-Speaking population.
The United Nations Genera
Assembly recommended las
fall that Italy and Austria Seel
o solution to the South Tyro
problem In bilateral I1egotia
tions.
Italian-Austrian talks on thu
Issue broke down a week ago
Dynamitings in the South Tyro
and student demonstrations ir
Rome and other Italian cite!
followed.
Evening star., 1961-02-04

acquired q third Of all foreign
owned company share capital
in Germany, and is the chief
foreign shareholder in the
federal republic, followed by
Britain and the Netherlands.
In the past few years. 20
per cent Of the annual Amer
ican investments in Germany
came from direct transfers
from the United States, about
Is per cent from United States
funds raised abroad, and IS
per cent from income earned
in Germany and re-inveSted,
officials Of the American
Chamber Of Commerce in Ger
many report.
Many American firms with
German subsidiaries are con-
nected with the petroleum buSi-
ness, such as the Cologne
branch Of the Atlantic Refin-
ing Co. of Philadelphia, or with
motors. such as Ford's Cologne
branch or the General Motors
Opel subsidiary in RueSsel-
Sheim.
Many Selling Gadgets
A healthy share are associ-
ated with the wants Of q gadget
conscious society - National
Cash Register, the Addresso-
graph Multigraph Corp. Of
Cleveland, Remington Rand in
Frankfurt, the Container Corp.
of America in Hamburg, Min
nesota Mining and Manufactur-
ing Co. turning out abrasives in
Dusseldorf.
Hundreds Of others are small
outfits making and selling
everything from shoe polish and
tanning equipment to cosmetics
and brass screws.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Revolt Over Jobs Faces
Democratic Committee

states Attorney, emerged as
o strong contender for COM
mittee support.
Dark Horse Seen
But this week, with an ap-
parent deadlock reached be-
tween supporters Of Mr.. Chase
and Mr.. Carey. it has been
reliably reported that David
Acheson, Washington attorney
and son Of former Secretary
of State Dean Acheson, will be
the darkhorse choice for the
job.
However, Mr.. Kenney pre-
sided over another Executive
Committee meeting last night,
announcing that no specific
candidate has been picked for
support for United States At
torney or the vacant judge
ships.
He would say only that the
Executive Committee discussed
the names Of many who are
candidates for the job, adding
that he hopes to confer soon
on these appointments with
Attorney General Robert Ken
nedy.
Democratic Party sources in
dicated that the 39-year-old
Mr.. Acheson, a Harvard Law
School graduate, was among
those discussed at last nights
Executive Committee session.
David G. Bress is among
those who have been consid.
cred by the Executive Com.
mittee as a possible choice tt
fill the District Court vacancy
created by the recent death o.
Judge James w. Morris.
Mr.. AcheSon is a member O
the Democratic Central Com.
mittee here and campaigneC
for the Kennedy johnson
ticket In New York this pas
year. He has been q membe.
Of Covington & Burling, o.
which his father is Q partner
Bress Active
Mr.. Bress. So, is Q past pres
ident Of the District Bar AS
sociation and has been an &C
tive member Of the American
Bar Association and the Fedora
Bar Association.
Mr.. Bress has been men
toned as a candidate in pas
years for other judgeship va
cancieS that have occurred il
the District. He has said il
the past that he is a politica
Independent, but has report
edly contributed to Demo
cratic campaign funds.
Mr.. Acheson is married an,
has two sons and q daughter
He lives at 3101 Garfield stree
NV. Mr.. Bress, of 1925 ELI
colt street NV, is marie,
and has a son and daughter
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Kennedy Children
Due in Afternoon

The children of President
and Mrs. Kennedy, 3-year-old
Caroline and 2-month-old John
F., jr., will arrive in Washing
ton this afternoon, the White
House announced this morning:
Mrs .Kennedyq will go to
National Airport to meet them
at the MATS terminal.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Novy Officers Import
Of Liquor Mininized

Navy officers who have brought thousands Of Of
liquor into the United States from the Guantanamo Bay Navy
base in Cuba without paying the duty apparently isde
stood" the law, the Customs Bureau said today.
Acting Customs Commissioner D Strubinger Rep.
resentatve Bennett Democrat Of Florida several months
Evening star., 1961-02-04
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star staff Writer

A revolt against "a select
few" Of the Districts Demo
critic Central Committee is de-
veloping among the rank and
file members Of the committee
The Star has learned.
Disgruntled committee mem
bers have indicated their dis
content will break out into the
open when the full 26-membel
committee meets Monday. The
conflict apparently has arisen
over the manner in which q
small number Of members
headed by Committee Chair
man w. John Kenney. have
been handling consideration OF
candidates for the United
States Attorneys post and
Municipal Court and District
Court vacancies.
One influential COMMITTEES
member, not in the select few
said he has yet to be con-
suited on his preference fol
any candidate for these offices
He noted that the last full
committee meeting was held
about q month ago.
The committeeman said hi
can't understand how q small.
group Of members apparently
has been acting as the full
committee-"they were choser
on the same basis as the rest
of U.s." st
Hits at Action
During the last few weeks q
so-called executive committed
Of the Central Committee hal
been having lengthy discus
sions on recommendations tt
the Justice Department fol
vacancies here. Yet other com
mittee members said they hav'
learned Of the results Of thes'
discussions only through read
ing newspaper accounts.
Influential Democrats her
are ming increasingl!
vocal in private criticism O
the Central Committees ap
parent inability to reach an,
final decisions as to whom t,
support for the judgeships.
They point to the fact tina
there have been several per
sons reported to be front
runners as candidates TO
United States Attorney here
replacing incumbent Olive
Gasch, a Republican appointee
First, Assistant United State
Attorney Thomas M. O'Malle,
was mentioned as the stronges
contender for support from tn
Central Committee.
Then, Washington Attorne,
Nicholas J. Chase reported,
took the lead. But it WASH
long before Edward L. Carey
a former Assistant Unite,
Evening star., 1961-02-04
o-Communistsin inLoos
Lounch Surprise Attack

vIENTIANE Laos Feb. (AP).-Pro Communists launched
troops maSsng Muong
Kassy for the strategic sala Pou Khoun road
junction, fragmentary reports said today.
The rebel attack to be attempt to blunt the
Saa Khoun % miles north to
Evening star., 1961-02-04
West Germany Luring
More u. S. Businesses

FRANKFURT. Germany. Feb. (APl.-West Germany Is a
growing magnet for American business andness the Ken
nedy administrations restricts the-United States firms
expected to and subsidiary operations here
in 1861.
United States firm put roots here every