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, 1961-06-28
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadruplicate
will be received at the Depart
ment Of Property and Procure
ment, Division of Procure
ment, Christiansted, St. Croix
Virgin Islands until HOO am.
July 7, 1861.
Water Meter Boxes
The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any i~nformality
in bids, and unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept any
item in the bid.
Copies of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision Of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Vir-
gin Islands.
"A LEWIS
Commissioners Of Property
and Procurement
Per:
Alphonso Romney
District Supervisor
27-28-29
, 1961-06-28

Company Inc. which is headed
by Mr.. Johnson as president and
MIR. Abbott as vice president. 9th
er officers are PauS P. Henson r,
Of Orleans, secretary, Mrs. Vera
johnson of Orleans, assistant trea
surer, and James H. sherwood of
Christiansted, assistant secretary.
, 1961-06-28
POSITION WANTED

Executive Secretary : Moving
permanently to st. Croix. Ten
years experience in Advertis-
ing, Radio-TV, Hotel and Real
Estate fields.
Available October LIST. Write
Mignon G. Moore
Point Road, Bellport, NY.
, 1961-06-28
NOTICE

J ForSdle as is; where is: to highest bidder
One, Pickup Truck. hTon Chevrolet. 1854
Location: Ydrd, Christidnsted Telephone
Exchange.
One, International Truck CONSTRUCTION
LILO series 1914. Location: Storage wore
house Central Fdctory Ydrd.
Bids may be mode by letter to: Mdnqqer
Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation,
Christidnsted
Bids will be opened at 200 PM. June so,
1861 at the Exchdnge Building. Christidn-
sted. The Telephone Corporation reserves
the right ( reject onY dnd | or gil bids.
, 1961-06-28
TAMARIND

Guides r availble for deep sea,
bone and spear fishing. The re-
sident staff at Tamarind Reef al
SO arranges tours to points of in
terest on st. Croix.
Tamarind Reef is being built by
the Leeward Islands Construction
, 1961-06-28
GROCERIES

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The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any informality
in bids, and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept any
item IN the bid.
Copies of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
MARIO LEWIS
Commissioner Of Property
and Procurement
Per:
Alphonso Romney
District Supervisor
26-27-28
, 1961-06-28

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Gina Lollobrigida, Melina Mer-
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Also latest worldwide News
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, 1961-06-28
CALL FOR BID

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
cate, will be received at the
Dept. of Property & Procure
ment, Division of Procure
ment, Chrisiiansted st Cro =.
until HOO A. M. July Z, 1861.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Hearing Set
On PurochiuI
School Looms

The Senate Education Sub
committee decided yesterday to
hold public hearings April II
and 1S on a bill to provide loans
to private and parochial schools
The measure, providing $3.50
million in long-term, low
interest loans. was introduced
yesterday by Senator Morse
Democrat of Oregon, and SEN
ator Clark, Democrat Of Penn
sylvania.
Committee aides said the ad-
ministration's school aid bill,
limited to public schools, will
be considered in executive. ses-
sion before the hearings begin
on the private school loan
measure and is likely to reach
the Senate floor before the end
of April.
Catholic church leaders have
indicated they want the ad-
ministration bill amended to
include parochial school loans
Backers Of President Kennedy
want the loans considered sep
arately.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
MOSCOW

Continued From First Page
BRIGHT presided at the Kremlin
conference underscoring the
emphasis on Germany as the
major testing ground in the
cold war.
The Warsaw nations backed
Mr.. Khrushchev's repeated de-
Imand for q quick settlement Of
the German question and de-
clared:
I'm the interests Of security
and peace it is absolutely nee
essary to eliminate the rem
nants Of World War II by con-
cluding q peace treaty with
both German states, and, in
t h / 5 connection, rendering
harmless the seat Of danger in
West Berlin by converting 1t
into e demilitarized free city"
No time limit was set al
though Mr.. Khrushchev said
earlier he wanted q settlement
OF Berlin - now under four
power occupation-this year.
Albania's party boss Enver
Hoxha was the only leader
among the Warsaw pact ma
tions to stay home. A diplo-
matte source in Belgrade said
Mr.. Hoxha feared his life
might be in jeopardy in Mos
COW after a bitter personal con-
flict with Mr.. Khrushchev at
last November's meeting and
his continued closeness since to
Red China.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
FlLIBUsTER
Foes Fail to Stop
Cigarette Tex Rise
Continued Prom First Page

Continued From First Page
Democratic floor leader from
Montgomery County, tried tc
convince the rehelling law
makers that their counties
would benefit from the bill, but
the Southern Maryland Sena-
tors were not buying.
ssTaxes are like kittens, they
grow up and scratch you," said
Senator Phipps,
This taxi not going to help
Southern Maryland We didn't
ask for it and we don't want
it, declared the Anne Arundel
Senator.
Senator Phipps spoke more
than three hours during q
filibuster that began at 9 pm
Senators Dorsey and Edward
8. Hall. Democrat Of Calvert
took second honors, talking
more than an hour each.
Senator John Thomas Par
ran. Democrat of Charles
who said he was q relief
pitcher from the hullpen-usec
up more than half an houi
during several brief stints.
Obviously enjoying himself
Senator Harry T. Phoebus, Re-
publican Of Somerset, got In
several licks at the Democratic
Evening star., 1961-03-31
U.S.CunceIs
q A-PIune
Contracts
~ the Associated Presa

The Air. Force has announced
the termination Of four con-
tracts involved In development
Of q nuclear powered aircraft
The action came yesterday
two days after President Ken
nedy told Congress the project
to develop q military atomic
powered plane was being
dropped because 1t had beer
fruitless. He said cancellation
would save 435 million next
year and would "avoid a future
expenditure Of at least 81 bill
ionp that would have beer
needed to achieve the first
flight.
The contracts were held by;
/. Pratt g. Whitney division
of United Aircraft Corp, Mid
dletown, Conn, for develop
ment Of an indirect cycle nu-
clear aircraft engine.
2. The General Electric Co.
Evendale, Ohio, for develop
ment Of a direct cycle engine.
3. Convair at Fort Worth
Tex, for development Of q
flight test aircraft.
4. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
nuclear laboratory at Dawson
vile. Ga, for radiation and
hazard studies.
The Air Force did not say
how much money was involved
in these contracts.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Gunmen Get $40
In market HoIdup

Two armed men held up
Allin's Market at 1850 Third
street NV. today and got away
with about $40 from the cash
register.
Mrs. David Allin, owner Of
the market. said the men
bought crackers and then drew
guns on an employe making
change at the register.
Police broadcast a lookout
for two Negroes, one about
10 or 20 years old, S feet /
inch, slender and with light
complexion. The other is
about rs. 5 feet 6 inches. 1876
pounds, with dark complexion
Both men were carrying re-
volvers, and were last seen
running west on r street.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Third Youth Gets
Jail Term in
SIuyine of Guard

A l6-year-old youth was
given 9 2-to-10-year Jail sem
tence yesterday on his plea OF
guilty to manSlaughter in the
fatal beating of a National
Training School guard. q
The sentence was handed
out by District Court Judge
Alexander Holtzoff to Bernard
j. Jankowski of Newcastle, Del.
The judge previously had
given 5-to-10-year Jail terms
to two youth who had pleaded
guilty to manslaughter in the
case. They are Walter S.
Bracket, Is. Of HattieSburg,
Miss. and Richard L. Nc
Cracken, II, Of Weirton, w. Va.
All three originally had been
charged with first-degree MUIR
der in the Staying Of the guard,
william w. Latimer, 81, Of the
7400 block Of Eighty-fourth
street, Palmer Park, Md. Police
said the youths beat and kicked
Mr.. Latimer while trying to
escape from the institution on
September IL. He died Oc-
toher Is.
Although the Judge had
given the maximum sentence
to the other two youths, he
noted that Jankowski had
struck the guard only once
with his fist, "then evidently
repented and went back to his
bed"
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Five Educators
In District Area
Win FeIIowships

Five Washington area .edu.
Gators, including two high
school teachers, were named
yesterday among 178 Nation.
wide winners Of special fellow
ships which will enable the re.
cipients to take part in summer
institutes this year.
The list includes so school
administrators and 118 secon-
dary school instructors.
The local winners are George
M. Richardson, principal Of
Hoffman, Boston Junior Senior
High School, Arlington; H
Murray Schere, assistant prin.
cipal Of woodrow Wilson High
School in the District; Seymour
B. Stiss, supervisor Of secon-
dairy social studies. Arlington;
Mrs. Rachel A. Ames, an Eng
lish teacher at Mclean High
School, Mclean, Va, and
Richard H. Miller, a history
teacher at Ballou Senior High
School in the District.
The fellowships. awarded bs
the John Hay Fellows Program
will take the winners to various
colleges and universities across
the Nation in the summer
months for special instruction
in the humanities. Each viii
receive travel expenses and tut
ton as well as $T5 per week anc
SIS a week for each dependent
up to four.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Soviet Reported
Ready to Accept
Laos Proposals

MOSCOW, Mar. 81 (AP)-
Western sources said today
there is every indication the
Soviet Union will accept Brit
ish peace proposals for Laos in
general, but that the question
Of an immediate cease fire still
Is up In the air.
These sources said converse
tons with Soviet officials indi-
Gated a Soviet reply to the
British win be forthcoming
within the next several days"
Every indication we have is
that they viii accept the Brit
ish proposals" said an in
formed Western source.
When first spoken, the SEN
tence included the words "in-
cluding the cease fire" Queried
closely after a general session
with reporters, the informant
said, Better take out that
about cease fire. They will
want some leeway about that
just say, "A reply, generally
favorable, is expected"
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Suspect Smushes
Window, Escapes

Cornered by two policemen
In his apartment. q housebreak-
ing suspect took the hard way
out yesterday. He went through
a first-floor window in the 1900
block Of Benning road NE, un-
mindful that the window was
closed.
Detectives Marvin Sears ana
Andrew Farrell said the suspect
made his break as they were
letting other policemen into the
apartment. They said property
from several housebreakings
was found at the place.
Sergt. Sears fired two shots
at the fugitive as he turned a
corner of the building, but
neither apparently took effect.
The suspect had been traced
through a stolen .22-caliber
pistol recovered in a pawn shop.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
145 Killed, 143 Injured
By Russian Earth Slide

one side of the ravine about
$3.50 am, sending the earth
rolling down into an inhabited
area and devastating about rs
acres.
The slide destroyed 80 houses
two workers barracks, a street.
car depot, an experimental con-
struction plant and a municipal
store yard.
In Kiev at the time were q
number Of foreigners, including
the University Of Michigan
Symphonic Band, which Is
touring the Soviet Union. The
band was unaware Of the trag-
edy, but other travellers brought
reports of it back to Moscow.
( The Kiev newspaper said
legal proceedings have started
against those responsible fol
the catastrophe" but it did not
identify them.
A government commission
announced that all families
who lost their property were
promptly reimbursed and that
by March % all the homeless
had been given apartments in
new buildings and money to
replace furniture and household
goods.
Evening star., 1961-03-31

MOSCOW, Mar. 81 (AP).-
An earthslide near Kiev killed
las persons and caused millions
Of dollars in damage on March
Is, the Kiev newspaper Pravda
Of the Ukraine announced to-
day.
Another 143 persons were
hoSpitalized. but by yesterday
"a had been released.
It was one Of the worst nat
ural disasters reported in the
history Of the Soviet Union.
The slide occurred near
Babiyar. the tragic ground
where the Nazis massacred tens
Of thousands of Jews and Ukra-
mans during World War II.
Rumors of the disaster have
circulated in Moscow for the
last two weeks. The report in
the Kiev Pravda was the first
confirmation.
It has not been mentioned by
the Moscow papers, the Soviet
news agency Tass or by the
Soviet radio.
Pravda Of the Ukraine said
workmen were trying to fill in
q rayine partially filled with
water, but their technique was
faulty, The water washed out
Evening star., 1961-03-31
z Face Charges
In Numbers Raid

District detectives yesterday
closed what they described as
a $l,500-a-day numbers and
orse-betting operation in the
1400 block Of Massachusetts,
avenue NV.
In a third-floor bedroom OF
a private house, Morals Division
detectives arrested Jacob Min
ovitz. so, Of the 5000 block of
Penbrook place, Hyattsville,
and James Gerondakis, SIS, of
the 1900 block of Eighth street
NE.
They were charged with op-
Grating a lottery and released
on $1,000 bond pending an ap-
.pearance today before the
United States Commissioner.
A quantity Of numbers slips,
betting paraphernalia and two
telephones were found in the
room occupied by Minovitz and
Gerondakis, according to 1t.
William Foran Of the Morals
Division.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
New Real Estute
Trust Registers
Plan With SEC

The Washington Real Estate
Investment Trust. a new vari-
alton on the mutual fund idea,
today registered with the Sc
curities and Exchange Com
mission a proposal to market
So million in securities.
B. Franklin Kahn, president
of the organizations trustees,
said the trust viii invest in
real estate in somewhat the
same way q mutual fund In
vests in stocks.
The registration statement
said the trust plans to sell
100000 shares at IS q share to
the public. Ferris & Co. is ar
ranging distribution Of the
shares along with other under
writer's.
The novel approach to own
ership by small investors Of
large apartment houses, office
buildings and shopping centers
was made possible through q
new law enacted last fall. It
requires such trusts to distrib-
ute at least 80 per cent of in
come, and accords special tax
treatment for this.
WRIT has already signed a
contract to buy Q new 87-unit
apartment building at 4901-
4915 Battery lane in Bethesda.
The apartment does not vet
have q name.
Other trustees are James X.
Sullivan, BENJAMIN H. Dorsey,
William c. Eacho, jr., and Ar
thur A. Birney. Mr.. Kahn is
owner Of B. Franklin Kahn In
vestments.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Wife, ", Killed
Touching Heater

NORFOLK. Va. Mar. 81 (AP). !.
Mrs. Betty Louise Carabeau,
II, was electrocuted yesterday
when she stepped out Of a
bathtub and touched an elec-
trio heater.
Her husband, George, was in
bed when he heard her scream.
MIR. Carabeau smashed open
the locked bathroom door. His
wife was lying over the side Of
lthe tub.
Police took Mrs. Carabeau to
a hospital. She was dead on
arrival. Police said they could
not determine whether Mrs,
Carabeau brushed against the
heater or tried to disconnect
It. The CarabeauS were mar
tried in July. j.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Anrlu|n1ent
Appeal Fails

The Municipal Court Of Ap-
peals yesterday ruled a woman
could not have her marriage
annuled because her husband
lacked the job and apartment
he claimed he had and alleged
ly had concealed a criminal
record.
Judge Thomas D. Quinn said
Mrs. Julia Ann Craun, "a, q
waitress, met Donald Lee
Craun. who reportedly had been
a bartender, casually" in a
District restaurant in Septern-
ber, 1858.
Mrs. Craun, divorced less
than a year earlier, saw her
future husband about twice q
week for about two months; the
judge said. Then, he said, they
drove to Forestville, Md, one
evening with another couple
and were married.
Returning to the District that
night. Judge Quinn said, Mr.
Craun told his bride 'he was
not employed and had no place
for them to live" The wife
returned to her parents
home" the judge said.
Learning also that her new
husband had a criminal record
she had not known about, Mrs
Craun, Of the 1900 block OF
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
asked Municipal Court Judge
Frank H. Myers to annul the
marriage because of. fraud
Judge Myers refused.
Yesterday, Court of Appeals
upheld the ruling. Judge Quinr
said Mrs. Craun had made ne
effort prior to the marriage tt
check the truth of her future
husbands claims.
Judge Nathan Cayton, dis.
senting from the Appeal,
Courts ruling, said it was "un.
realistic to deny relief becaust
(the woman) did not launch 9
premarital investigation of hel
husbands financial status anC
criminal record"
Evening star., 1961-03-31
MAIL

Continued From First Page
feel it is Just the increase Of
population. Others think the
live televised press conferences
have given many people q
sense of personal acquaintance
with the President. They ap-
parently feel less compunctior
about writing to him than they
did about writing to President
Eisenhower. whom they APP
parently felt was too eminent
a man."
President Enjoys Mail
The President, himself, sees
in the neighborhood of zoo
letters a day. He enjoys getting
mail and twice has ordered q
random cross section brought
to his desk. Early in his ad-
ministration, he went over tc
the mail room, dipped into the
tubs and ripped open several
letters. Employees hadn't seer
anything like that since Frank.
lin D. Roosevelt dropped in
in 1896.
Thomas r. Padgett, chief OF
the mails who with two assist
ants makes a preliminary re-
view of all presidential mail,
has certain standards foI
plucking letters out Of the tor
rent that all but overwhelms
him and rs other readers OF
Mr.. Kennedy's letters.
Mr.. Padgett can tell from
an envelope whether the letter
deserves staff attention or not,
These are automatically held
out: Governors, State officials,
Congressman, those on "real
nice stationery" and those
with printed return address.
Mail from Massachusetts,
Palm Beach, from churches
ministers and Harvard also
gets special attention. The can
celled stamps go to veterans
hospitals.
Letter Gets Kennedy Reply
Recently the President got
a letter from Williamstown
Mass, which pleased him very
much. 1t was from a man who
had incloSed two dollars be-
cause his children wanted him
ito do something for the Pres
ident." The President appended
a handwritten postscript to the
reply prepared by a staff mem.
ber. He told his correspondent
he was "heart-warmed" by the
gesture.
The President also gets 8
steady trickle Of letters from
people who deplore Mrs. Ken.
nedy's interest in fox-hunting
They urge him to ask her Il
take up some more plebeiar
sport like walking, mountain.
climbing or bicycling. Mos
Of the letters, however, art
friendly and favorable, and as.
sure him Of continuing ap.
proval.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
japanese on Strike

TOKYO, Mar. 81 (AP). = A
million and a half workers
Joined in 24-hour strikes and
rallies throughout Japan today
as part Of the annual spring
drive for higher pay and better
working conditions. Industries
affected included coal, steel,
paper, metal, printing and
chemicals.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Hillary Fined

: KATMANDU, Nepal, Mar. 81
(AP).-Sir Edmund Hillary, the
conqueror Of Mount Everest,
paid a fine Of 800 rupees t$ll5J
yesterday for climbing Mount
Anna Dablam recently without
advance authorization. Nepal
charges for climbing its noun
tains according to the height
Of the peak.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Pipes Popular

NEW YORK.--Pipe smokers
are increasing in the United
states and at present total
nearly S.6 million. They an
nually spend about $40 mil
lion for tobacco and $40
million for pipes.
Evening star., 1961-03-31

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Of debate.
The five Senators had q full
blown filibuster going for five
hours until they were tricked
with Q parliamentary lnaneu-
yer into yielding the floor,
When they lost the floor, the
majority sped the bill past
them to q favorable prelimi-
nary vote.
After that. all the protesting
lawmakers could do was Offer
amendments to the bill, and
they ran out Of them in two
hours, each being beaten down
by the majority.
PhOebus Protests
Senator Phoebus bitterly pro-
tested the parliamentary ma
neuver that took the floor away
from Senator Phipps.
"I've never seen such q dirty
trick. You take advantage
sometimes Of a Senator when
he doesn't know what he's do
ing" said the 6S-year-old Sena-
tor.
In the House, the cigarette
taxes sailed to preliminary ap-
proyal without discussion. But
there, too, the Southern Mary
land Delegates are likely to put
up a lively-but probably losing
scrap when it comes up fol
final action expected today.
The House was having its fun
with a beer tax bill which has
been dubbed the "hockel
rocker" bill. It would increase
the beer tax 5 cents a gallon
and the wine tax Is cents q
gallon.
It gets its "hocker rocker
name from George Hooker, 9
spokesman from the Maryland
beer industry and a close friend
and adviser Of Gov. Tawes.
Administration forces thought
they had laid the beer bill tc
rest Wednesday, but it, was re-
vived yesterday on the House
floor and sent to the Ways and
Means Committee. where spon-
sors hope it will get better
treatment than it got earlier
in the Alcoholic Beverages
Committee.
Sales Tax Action
While the cigarette and beet
tax debate goes on, Gov. Tawes
bill to increase the sales taz
moved q step closer to passage
in the Senate yesterday. 1t il
scheduled to come up for final
action today.
The bill would expand the
sales tax by dropping the
starting point to items costing
Is cents and extending it tc
restaurant meals costing 81 OF
more.
The sales tax has some
pretty formidable hurdles tc
get over yet in the House
There is q move, which 'seeTns
to have considerable strength
to dump the Tawes tax pro-
gram and substitute an income
tax revision plan.
The latter plan is to lower
the personal exemption on the
income tax from $500 to $500
which would raise about $1s
million. enough to pay for thC
Governors program Of aid tC
localities and give the teachers
an extra salary increase, too.
Administration leaders are
still shooting for q Saturday
adjournment, but II there are
any more sessions like last
nights marathon in the Sem
ate, q post.Easter meeting def.
nitely viii be ON the docket.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
LAOS

Continued From First Page
soon as possible" He was to
go directly to the State De-
partment from Andrews Field
and telephone q report to the
President.