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Evening star., 1961-01-24
Laos Reported
Postporling lis
u. n. Protest

vIENTIANE. Laos. Jan. "a
(AP.-The Laotian government
has decided to postpone lodging
q complaint with the United
Nations charging Communist
North Wet Nam with aggression
and asking for an on-the-spot
investigation, foreign offices
sources reported today.
King Savang Vathana and
the Premier, Prince Boun Gum,
meanwhile, made plans to at
tend q gala religious festival in
South Laos. The King is to
travel 1870 miles south from his
royal capital Of Luang Pra-
bang and arrive in Vientiane
about Friday. officials said.
It was not known what
caused the sudden decision to
postpone lodging the U. N. COM
plant, which had been decided
on at a cabinet meeting Sat-
urday.
It was learned from q source
close to the cabinet that the
government had decided to ask
the Southeast Asia Treaty Or
ganization to send an inves-
tigation commission to Laos.
It could not be learned, how
ever, whether this request also
would be postponed.
The religious festival will be
held at the ruins Of the 18th
century Vat Phou Temple
Prince Boun is to fly to pakse
on Sunday and then travel to
Vat Phou by boat and overland,
returning to Vientiane OH Feb
ruary 20.
The King, who also will take
the boat trip. might spend a
day or two in South Laos, Off
cials said.
Evening star., 1961-01-24

porters are casting aside their
fear Of Castrotsm and It's po-
tential for mischief In alliance
with communism.
The Presidents forces ap-
pear to be confusing and OUT
whiting the Communist Castro
ist combine. They now have Q
good chance Of inflicting Q de-
cisive defeat on the extremist
alliance and Of making It stick.
# they accomplish this, they
win have delivered Q telling
blow to the Communist bloc'S
attempts to use Castroism for
the purpose Of mounting Q
heavy cold war offensive
throughout Latin America.
Venezuela's example can en-
courage and thus strengthen
other continental governments
which have been fearful Of
Castro'S hold on the imagins-
tions Of violently impatient
young men.
Reds Losing Grasp
The Communists, seeing Q
golden opportunity about to
slip from their grasp, may
eventually resort to tactics OF
desperation. and that can
mean more trouble for Ven-
ezuela.
The Communists and their
Castroist allies suffered defeat
In their early December ct.
tempt to topple the Betancourt
government BY means OF o gen.
eral strike. Mr.. Betancourt's
party. the Accion Democratica,
supported by Social Christians
Of the Copei Party. showed how
tough It, could be.
Mr.. Betancourt's government
suspended constitutional guar
antees during the recent ex-
plosions Of violence. They were
restored yesterday for nine
hours, then suspended again
with an announcement Of new
threats of rebellion by the Com
miinists and their allies In the
Mavtniento de Izquieraa Revo-
lucionario, made UP Of young
hotheads who admire Cuba's
Fidel Castro.
Mr.. Betancourt, In his salad
days Q quarter century ago, was
himself o Communist. He knows
bow they work. Today he is
probably the man the C0mrnu-
riists hate the most it1 all Latin
America. He Is hated because
he can block the path Of ex-
tremism Of the Castro type
which might lead to the con-
tinent-wide chaos and confu-
sion which Is O classic Com.
munist weapon Of cold war.
Beset By Problems
They hate him. too, because
Mr.. Betancourt has set out to
demonstrate that constitu-
tional government can work In
Venezuela.
Mr.. sstancourt has brought
Evening star., 1961-01-24

HAVANA, Jan. "a (AP.-
Fidel Castro charged today that
Observation-Disclosures hac
kidnapped and hanged two mi.
litiamen and Q uniformed
school teacher the. insurgents
accused ..of being . Communist
Vowine vengeance. the
Prime Minister declared the
executions were carried out
early this month In the hills
Of Las villas Province by q
group calling itself the "Army
Of National Liberation"
Speaking at graduation exer.
cises for 1900 young men and
women Of the militia who have
qualified as teachers, the Prime
Minister reported that 20
"counter-revolutionary crimi.
mails" had been captured In the
area where the alleged hang.
ings took place in South Cen.
trail Cuba.
Prosecutions Pledged
As the new teachers shouted
"Paredon!" TO the execution
waiD, the Prime Ministe,
pledged: .
"Over all Of them will befall
q persecution such as they
could never imagine. Nothing
will save them-not even mer-
cenaries they are expecting OF
their imperialist bosses"
Mr.. Castro blamed "hench-
men in cassocks"-a reference
to the Roman Catholic clergy
and agents of imperialism
for giving theological arms" to
the enemies Of the revolution.
Those who WELD ideologica]
arms first reach the conclusion
Communists must be assas.
sinated." the Prime Ministe,
declared.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Beset By Problems
BIonk Elected Head
OF AImds Temple

Jack J. Blank, president Of
Jack Blank Pontiac Co., 1887
Irving street NV, last night
was elected nlnstrious Poten-
tate Of the A. A. o. N. NJ. g..
Almas Temple. 1915 K street
NV.
Deputy Police Chief William
J. Liverman was elected chief
rabban, and Rudy q. Larson
was named assistant rabban.
Evening star., 1961-01-24

former French resistance flyer
living in the Portland (Maine)
area. The flyer has many rela.
tives in his native Yugoslavis
and refused to reveal his name
publicly because he said Il
might implicate people who had
helped him escape durine
World War II. The aviator said
the peculiar rivet construction
OF the fragment indicated II
was Q French plane Of the vim
tage Of L'Oiseau Blanc.
The fragment still retains the
creamy white Of the ill-fated
biplane that winged away from
Le Bourget Airfield near Paris
at sunrise.
Photos to Be Scannea;
Edward Rowe Snow Of Marsh
field, Mass, q historian Of the
New England seacoast, has ar
ranged to send photographs Of
the wreckage to French avia.
ton authorities In the hope
that positive Identification car
be made. The Ftench have lotir
hoped that some day the mys.
terry Of their missing ace could
DO solved. W sI M
Capt. Ntingessef was credited
with downing 46 enemy planes
In World War I combat. He
received every military medal
for bravery awarded by the al
Lied nations during the war
Capt. Nungesser was wounded
II times and survived only to
meet death, apparently, on q
foggy May morning off the
rocky coast Of Maine.
Evening star., 1961-01-24

In Bangkok. SEATO Secre-
tary General Pote Sarasin said
the Laotian Ambassador to
Thailand had discussed with
him the possibility of Seato
sending an observation team
to Laos. But he said the talks
Evening star., 1961-01-24

Nh. Rysn hos seen communion ct
work in the Soviet Union and Cos
troism at work in Cube. Now the
globe -trottins Associated Press
news aneIyist is on q swing through
Latin Ameriea 10 see how COM
munism and costreism ore affecting
the unis a States relations with its
nsishboIs. ~.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
We apologize.

Moving o bank from Tam
gier to Panama Is, frankly. 0
hell Of o job! The physical
problems alone involve NOV
ing tons Of files. equipment,
etc. The legal problems are
in themselves tremendous.
Reforms Are Blamed
The quoted material then ad-
viSed that all correspondence
be sent to the Panana City
post office box.
The Herald Tribune said II
had investigated the activities
Of the bank.
The story also said in part:
The privately managed
financial institution, formed 10
1912 and repeatedly headed. by
a man named T. Stangbye, an
nounced to its American and
worldwide depositors On June
% that recent reforms IN
Tangier made impossible the
continued freedom Of activity
the bank previously had en-.
joyed while Tangier was an
international city.
The depositors were advised
of the move to Panama where
liberal legislation would permit
the accustomed ease Of opera
ton. =
The Post Office box mum.
ber In Panama City was fol
absolute emergency" trans
actions over the following -four
weeks. After that, the bank
presumably would resume its
customary service to clients.
Efforts since that time tc
contact the bank in Panama
at % Boulevard Pasteur II
Tangier. or through It's cor
respondent banks have proven
futile. F.
For the moment. ct least
American and Foreign Bank oi
lTangier Cor Panama) appear,
Evening star., 1961-01-24

As
were strictly on an ."explor.
atory basis" and there had
been no specific request from
the pro-Western Laotian gov.
ernment for SEATO action.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
NenezueIo Seen Winning.
Battle With Costroism
! By WILLIAM L. RYAN
AasociakaA Preaa Nsva Analyst

CARACAS, Venezuela. Jan.
A.-Venezuela today Is going
through Q test Of profound i'm
portance to the United States
and Latin America.
While the rest Of the con-
ttnent watches, President Rom
ulo Betancourt and his sup
Evening star., 1961-01-24

NEW YORK. Jan. a. tAP).-
The New YORK Herald Tribune
reported today that the Amer
ican and Foreign Bank Of
Tangier-formerly known as
the Moroccan Bank-has been
missing since last June along
with executives and resources
Of $4.043.907.
The newspaper prefaced its
story with this note:
Lost: one bank with private
accounts totaling more than 50
million and listed assets in
excess Of 81 million. Finder
please contact anxious depos-
itors in New York. Vermont.
Mississippi. Florida. Europe
and North Africa. or the New
York Herald Tribune"
Also at the top of the story
were these reported excerpts
from the banks last official
contact with its depositors-a
circular:
Evening star., 1961-01-24
The American q Foreign Bank
Post Office Box 9e2.
Panama City, Panama

Tangier, June ~, 1850 ,
We are moving to Panama.
Today. June az. 1860.
marks the end of ID years
Of operation In Tangier for
the American d Foreign
Bank and its predecessor. the
Moroccan Bank. Today, we
are packing our books and
records and shipping them
to Panama o. the first phase
in our move to Panama with
o branch in London.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
FOUND

Pusli&sh:s he Rsily sss sun9sy
at Weshingten, b. o.
Second Ciass Resesso Paid
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
FRIDAY, MAY 10Th, 1861
at 1000 O'Clock A. M. (E.s.T.)
at 11:OO O'cIock a. M. (DSTl

at 1900 O'clock A. M. (D.S.T.)
on the premises, North side of Della
ware Ave. and Easterly side of Mont
gomery St, Milford, Cedar Creek Hun
dred, Sussex County, State of Della
ware, the following described Real Es-
tate, to-wit:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel
of land, with the buildings thereon
erected, situate in Cedar Creek Hun
bred, Sussex County and State of Del
aware, and being Lot Is as the same
appears on the Plot of Vinal f. Ben
nett made by l. w. Warren, Surveyor
in October, 1916, which Plot is of rec
ord I'm the office of the Recorder of
Deeds, in and for Sussex County, at
Georgetown, Delaware, in Plat Record
|, Page sc, being more particularly
bounded and described as follows, TO
wit:
BEGINNING at point on the
Northerly side OF Delaware Avenue
and the Easterly side of Montgomery
Street; thence in a Northerly direc-
tion along the Easterly edge of said
Montgomery Street, one hundred fifty
G50) feet to a point a corner for Lot
No. II; thence in an Easterly direction
along the line of said Lot No. II, sew
enty-five C75) feet to a point: thence
in Southerly direction, along the line
of Lot No. 10, one hundred fifty (150D
feet to the Northerly edge of said Del
aware Avenue; thence in q Westerly
direction, along the Northerly edge of
said Delaware Avenue SeNenty-fiVe
(75D feet to the place of beginning
Being the same lands and premises
which Kriswin Realty Co, a corpora
ton of the state of Delaware, by IN
denture hearing even date herewith
but previously executed, as yet I'M
recorded but intended so to be here
with, did grant and convey unto Merio
w. Siltc and Agnes ID. Silic, his WIFE
in fee simple, as tenants by the en-
tireties
With All Improvements Thereon
TERMS:-20 per cent of the purchase
money will be demanded on the day
Of sale, the balance to be paid on or
before June 5. 1861. If the purchaser
fails to comply with these terms the
percentum paid on day of sale will he
forfeited. The purchaser will be re-
quired to pay the cost of the deed
and Revenue Stamps.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of NERO w. SILIC and
AGNES ID. SILIC, and will be sold by
HORACE w. MILLS, Sheriff
Sheriff'S Office
Georgetown, Delaware
April %, 1861 4-2S-2t
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05

The Delaware State Highway De-
partment is conducting Perform
ance Tests for Pavement Marking
Paints (White and Yellow and in
vites all companies or individuals
interested in supplying this mate
rial to have their products tested
and rated by the Delaware State
Highway Department This Per
Torrance Test will be used as the
basis for purchasing Traffic Paint
during the Calendar Years 1862 and
1863 Only those companies or in
dividuals supplying products which
have been tested and approved in
accordance with the Performance
Tests will be extended an invita-
ton to bid on Traffic Paint Re
quirements during this period
Specifications may be obtained at
the Delaware State Highway De-
partment, Traffic Section, IL E.
North Street, Dover, Delaware.
Paint samples for the Tests will be
received until Monday, June 5,
1861 at 500 P. NJ, (ED.S.T).
Delaware State Highway
Department
By: j. Gordon Smith. Chairman
w J. Miller. Jr., Acting
Chief Engineer
April %. 1861
Dover, Delaware 5-5-2t
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
SALE OF FRAME DWELLING

The undersigned will receive
bids from any and all interested
bidders for the sale of a frame
dwelling house located on the west
side of West Street and being the
first building north of MispilliOn
Street in the City of Harrington,
Kent County. State of Delaware.
and being the building on lands
recently purchased by the under
signed from Kessler Farrow ct uX.
All bids are TO be in writing.
signed by the bidders including
their address and presented at the
office of the Superintendent of the
Harrington High School on or be-
fore 200 D. M Wednesday. May
"a, 1861. A cashiers check or GER
titled check in the amount of $3.50
of the bid price must accompany
the bid.
All bids are subject to the fol-
lowing terms and conditions:
l. The building must be removed
from the lot where it now stands
on or before June "a. 1861.
,. The building must be paid for
in full before removal.
3. All debris is to be removed
from the lot by the buyer. any
and all excavations are TO be filled
in and the lot left in a level con
ditiOn at its present level
4. The buyer before removal or
his moving contractor must pre-
sent for inspection and approval
by the undersigned a certificate Of
insurance showing adequate liabil-
ity cOverage for both property dam
age and personal injury.
The undersigned reserves the
right to reject any or all bids and
the successful bidder. if any, will
be announced at the regular meet
ing of the undersigned to be held
at 1880 p. m, May "a. 1861 The
checks. of all unsuccessful bidders
will be returned
In the event the successful bid
der shall default upon any of the
above stated terms and conditions.
then and in that event. any and
all monies previously paid by the
said bidder shall be forfeited as
liquidated damages and retained
by the undersigned with the build
ing to remain the property of the
undersigned.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Harrington Special School
5-5-3t District
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
ENGINE DEVELOPMENT

NEW YORK (AP)-The autOmo-
tive industry has reached a long
sought goal an engine which will
deliver one horsepower for each
pound of its own weight.
A California engineering com
pany, says Sideways magazine,
has unveiled a 175-pound engine
which generates IT'S horsepower
The American Iron and Steel In
stitute publication says the secret
of the four cylinder engine is an
engine block assembly made of
thin stainless steel sheet.
The engine will be tested in
sports and racing cars and boats.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the state Highway Department Of the
State Of Delaware at the office Of the
Chief Engineer Room 2O2) in the
Highway Administration Building in
Dover. Delaware until 200 T. NJ,
p. j., 5. T., May II, 1861, and thereafter
shall he publicly opened for a contract
involving the following approximate
quantities:
CONTRACT NO. 1910
PUBLIC LANDS SHOWER HOUSE
KEY BOX ROAD
East Of State Route No. "a. Approx
mately One and One-haIf Miles
South of Dewey Beach
Sussex County
Drill deep well. furnish and install
pump and construct a shower
house Except for roof and shower
stallsJ
LIS. shower House
LIS. Pump House
LIS. Furnishing and Installation
Of Pump
100 LIZ. Drilling Well
Attention Is called to the Special
Provisions IN the proposals, the speci-
fications and the Contract Agreement
Performance Of contract shall com
mence and be completed as specified
Bidders must submit proposals upon
complete forms as provided by the De-
partment for bidding purposes.
Each proposal must be accOmpa MED
by "A certified check to the amount 81
ten Ci0) per cent Of the total amount
Of the proposal
The envelope containing the propo-
sal must be marked Proposal for the
construction Of State Highway Con-
tract NO f"
The contract viii be awarded or re-
Jected within thirty 600 days from
the date Of opening proposals
The right is reserved 10 reject any
or all bids
Prospective bidders may obtain con
tract documents from the Highway
Department office. Third Floor Nd
ministration Building. Dover, Della
ware.
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
by: J. Gordon Smith, Chairman
w. J. Miller. Jr.,
Acting Chief Engineer
May 3. 1861
Dover, Delaware 5-5-2t
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
CARD OF THANKS
IN DEEP APPRECIATION

IN DEEP APPRECIATION
To the many friends of the
family of the late Clarence +.
Jester, who departed this life
April II, 1861.
We deeply appreciate the many,
many expressions of sympathy eX-
tended to us when ii was so badly
needed The kindness received at
Milford Memorial Hospital by all
the nurses, the office force, and
Doctors alike, especially DR.. John
Baker and Dr. Felix Mick. Dr.
Charles l. Carpenter. DR.. Roy
Tawes. Rev. Kaufman and Rev
Tull. for their prayers and COM
forting words. we thank you. Net
tie f.. Donald and Georgiana Jes-
ter. 5-5-lt
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
SEALED BIDS

Sealed bids, in duplicate, will be
received in the Office of the U. S.
Property and Fiscal Officer. Bldg
260S, New Castle County Airport,
New Castle, Delaware, until 800
p NJ, E.D.S.T.. 16 May 1861 for the
construction of Latrine at the
Camp Site, Bethany Beach, Della
ware
Bid forms, plans and specifica-
tiOns may be procured in the or
ice of the U. S. Property and Fis-
cal Officer for Delaware, address
same as above. Phone East S-2774.
CHARLES B. WHITE
Maj TIC
5-5-1t State Contracting Officer
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
cards. flowers. and sympathy Also
relatives and pallbearers for their
kindness to us in the loss OF our
husband and father, William H.
Moore (Mose) Also the Rev. ID.
A. Downing. Mrs. Clara Moore and
Children. 5-5-1tp
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
n o TICE!

Sealed bids will be received by
the Emily p. Bissell Hospital. 5000
Newport Gap Pike, Wilmington s,
Delaware, until 1900 a. m, Tues
day, May Is, 1861, for one Cd pas
senger vehicle.
Specifications may be obtained at
the above address. Each bid must
be accompanied by a certified check
in the amount of 1920 of the total
bid.
The Delaware State Board of
Health reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bids. 5-5-2t
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-05
Delaware Interstate Highway
Division
CONTRACT NO. as
Delaware Memorial Bridge Access
Road to Memorial Plaza
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed proposals for the construc-
ton of an access road to the existing
memorial plaza just south Of the Del
aware Memorial Bridge Toll Plaza
near Wilmington, Delaware, will lac
received by the Delaware Interstate
Highway Division at the Administra-
ton Building, Delaware Memorial
Bridge until 100 a. NJ, Eastern
Daylight Saving Time. on May -
1861. AT which time and place said
proposals will be opened and read.
The work to be performed under
this Contract includes, but is not
necessarily limited to: excavations;
cmhankment construction; pavement,
sidewalk, curb and gutter cOnstruc-
ton; new drainage facilities; topsoil-
ing and seeding; and other incidental
work
Work on this project shall begin
within ten (l0) days after the execu-
tion OF the Contract and sshall he COM
pleted on or before October 20, 1861.
Monthly payments viii be made for
ninety 900 per cent Of the work COM
plctcd each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Division
Each proposal must he accompanied
by an acceptable surety bond, certified
check or cash in the amount OF at
least ten u0) per cent of the total
amount Of the proposal.
The Contract will be awarded or
proposals rejected within thirty 900
days from the date Of opening propo-
sails The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
One set of the contract documents
may he obtained from the Delaware
Interstate Highway Division at the
Administration Building, Delaware
Memorial Bridge near Wilmington,
Delaware, after May s, 1861, upon
payment Of $1,000 Contract docu-
ments need not be returned and the
above payment will not he refunded.
Checks shall he made payable TO How
ard, Needles, Tammcn & Bergendon.
Delaware Interstate Highway
Division
BY: j. H. Tyler Mcconnell,
Director
William J. Miller. Jr
Acting Chief Engineer
Delaware Interstate Highway
Division
May 4, 1861 5-5-2t
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Georgetown Special School
District will receive sealed bids for
furnishing one "a sixty 600 pas
senger school bus. Bids will be
opened Friday. May %. 1861. at ,
p. m, DIST. Specifications may be
obtained at the office of the Super
intendent, Georgetown Special
School District. 5-5-2t
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MOTTO E j!

This will give notice that sale
will be held on premises of c. NJ.
Hammond 4 Son. located on the
west side of Dupont Highway No.
113. about 6 miles West of Mill
ford. Delaware, at o'clock in the
afternoon on May 10. 1861, of a
1857 Plymouth S/Wagon, Serial No.
16240993, formerly possessed by
Thomas c. Pierces 4-2S-2t
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SATURDAY. NAY 6. 1861


Admiral Gu. IT. refrigerator i'm per-
feet condition, Brown gas stove i'm per-
feet condition, 5-pc. wrought iron and
formica dinette set i'm perfect condi-
ton, co. steel utility cabinet. utility
table, steel base cabinets. G.E. iron
er, dishes, glassware, cooking utensils,
2-pc. kroehler living room suite red
nylon spring platform rocker, sliding
glass door bookcase tblonde), 2 end ia
hles and M a c h i coffee table
(blondeD, matching living room
lamps, matching bedroom lamps, s.
pc bedroom suite. complete (blondeD.
good extra bed complete. several odd
chairs, bureau, rocking horse, baby
crib complete, Cosco baby high chair.
medicine cabinet. towel racks, storage
hassock portable outdoor barbecue. 2
burner Dominion hot plate (electricl,
2 steel lawn chairs with round table,
porch swing, clothes tree, card table,
electric bathroom heater, several vene-
tian blinds. scatter rugs, So cast iron
sink top (porcelainl. Nearly all this
furniture is under five years old. some
lots newer.
Bed linens. curtains, table linens.
towels, lots of other items too numer-
Gus to mention.
ANTIQUES
Old farm dinner bell and wooden
churn.
TERMS: Cash day of sale.
Mr.. G Mrs. Harold o. Gober,
Owners
C. Walter Dickerson
Auctioneer 4-2S-2t