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Evening star., 1961-12-25
WayC|eared
For Meeting Of
Laos Princes
HuggIing Seen
Before Coalition
Rule Is Agreed on

VIENTIANE, Laos. Dec. 25
(AP) The way was clear to-
day for the meeting Wednes-
day Of Laos three politician
princes, but formation of a
coalition government was still
considered a long way off.
Much water will flow yet
under the bridge before a coali-
ton is attained" a leader in
Prince Boun Gums conserva-
tive, pro-Western government
said.
Military delegates represent
ing Prince Boun Gum, neutral
ist Prince Souvanna Phouma
and pro- Communist Prince Sou
phanouvong agreed yesterday
on security arrangements for
the meeting Of their chiefs in
Vientiane.
11O Soldiers in Group C
They agreed Prince Souvanna
and his half-brother, Prince
Souphanouvong, would each be
ACCOMPANIED from their head
quarters in the Plaine des Jar
res by ITO escort soldiers, 80
civilian advisers and 10 news
men. Planes of the Interna-
tional Control Commission will
bring them to Vientiane.
The meeting is scheduled to
end Friday.
The three princes agreed at
a meeting in Zurich in June
that Laos should be governed
by a coalition Of all three fac
tions. They met again in Octo-
ber near the eease-fire line and
agreed Prince Souvanna would
head a cabinet of 16 members
pledged to keep Laos neutral,
but distribution of the posts
still must be worked out.
A cease fire was signed May
l3, between the government
forces and those of Prince Sou
wanna and Prince Souphanou-
vong's pro-Communist Pathet
Lao, which fought together
against the royal army. But
scattered fighting has con-
tinued each day, and the In
ternational Control Commission
has been unable to check on il
because the neutralist and pro-
Communist command would
not let its inspectors operate
in their territory.
Much Haggling Seen
The new government is ex-
pected to consist of eight neu-
tralists, four conservatives and
four pro Communists. But
much haggling is expected be-
fore agreement is reached on
which faction will get which
post.
Two adjoining two-story viii
las have been reserved for
Prince Souvanna and Prince
Souphanouvong to occupy while
in Vientiane. Only a low fence
separates that of the pro-Com-
munist prince from the Ameri-
can Embassy.
Large yellow tents in the
rear of each villa will house
the military escorts. A third
villa was set aside as a guest
house for Soviet diplomats ex-
pected to accompany the two
princes.
The meeting will be held in
a barracks the control commits
sion uses for its offices.
Prince Boun Oum and the
strong man Of his regime, Gen.
Phoumi Nosavan, in recent
weeks have been publicly criti-
cal of Prince Souvanna de-
scribing him in speeches as
being weak and dominated by
the Pathet Lao.
Prince Boun Gums govern
ment has stepped up its propa-
ganda against the Pathet Lao.
The conservative capture of
Vientiane a year ago was cele-
brated as liberation day" and
acclaimed as a victory against
communism. Foreign diplomats
boycotted the celebration.
Evening star., 1961-12-25

suburbs north and west of
Washington. Most of it melted
as fast as it fell. however, and
Santa Claus must have had
rough shedding in many Sec
tions of the city last night.
Only patches of glare ice on
some streets and highways and
a busting Of snow on area fields
and lawns remained today as
residents set out to visit rela-
tiveS, friends and churches.
This afternoon, with church
services over, for the most part.
police expected some fairly
heavy traffic in the area.
Road, rail, plane and bus
traffic are expected to become
extremely heavy tonight as the
great mass of those who trav-
eied out of town for the holiday
week end begin returning to get
ready for work tomorrow.
Day Dawns Cold
Christmas Day awne d
clear, windy and cold, and the
winter sun was expected to
raise the temperature here to
the mid-30s today. Tonight will
be clear and cold with the
lowest near % degrees and the
likelihood of more icing on
streets and highways. Tomor-
row will be cloudy and con-
tinued cold.
More snow may reach the
Washington area Wednesday
on the heels of the storm that
gave this area a mere brush
before moving north to drop a
heavy white blanket on New
York and New England over
the week end. The forecaster
said he expects the precipita-
ton will start as snow and
probably change to rain late
Wednesday, totaling one-quar-
ter to one-half an inch.
The five-day forecast also
said more rain or snow may be
expected Saturday.
The day-long snowfall yes
terday, described as a furry"
by the Weather Bureau for
most Of Sunday, might have
been a good, solid three-inch
snow if the ground tempera-
ture had been about five de-
grees colder. The mercury hov-
cred around IS most of the day,
turning the flakes into water
y the more heavily-traveled
streets.
Snow in Maryland
Little evidence of the snow
remained today in Alexandria,
Washington and parts of Fair
fax County, but there was more
snow on the ground if not in
the streets in most of Mary
land.
District police reported 12O
accidents since 6 am. yester-
day but pointed out most of
them were minor fender bump
ings caused by isolated patches
of ice. On a normal winter day
there are about 40 accidents of
that nature, police said.
State and local police from
Annapolis, Md, to Culpeper,
Va, reported one of the quiet
est nights on record, consider
ing the icy conditions on high
ways and streets. Earlier in the
day, hundreds of minor acci-
dents were reported in the area.
Most severely hit was a belt
leading from Northern Fairfax
County, Va, through Falls
Church and into Washington
by way of Lee highway.
Arlington's emergency snow
Evening star., 1961-12-25
kotonga Proposes
Congo Revonping
More Power
Sought for
Provinces

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo.
Dec. Is (AP) "A parliament
ary mission is expected here
from Katanga with proposals
to revamp the Congolese con-
sttution along lines favored by
President Noise Tshombe Of
the secessionist province.
Dispatches from Elisabeth
vile did not say when the mis-
Evening star., 1961-12-25
PHONE SERVICES
FOR TODAY

The stor's holiday telephone ser-
ices will observe the following clos
ing hours todoy:
Classified Department, ! pm.
Circulation Department, s pm.
Main Switchboard, 6 pm.
As usuol, night service lines will
be ploced in operation subsequent
TO closing Of main switchboard.
Evening star., 1961-12-25
Christmas in Capital
Is Cold, Slightly White
Snow Furry No Bar as Residents
Make Rounds Of Holiday Visiting

Christmas Day celebrated today with festive family
gatherings and religious ceremony by Washington
residents who little bothered by the effects of
fall that technically, made it white Christmas.
An official inch of fell from dawn to dusk on
Christmas here and from inches reported
Evening star., 1961-12-25

Madrid for the Christmas holi-
day.
An aide of the Spanish leader
said he slept well and an ex-
animation this morning dis
closed no trace of fever or in
fection.
Evening star., 1961-12-25
Picture on Poee AS


sion would leave, nor did they
spell out the proposals. But
the Katanga program presum-
ably would cut down the power
of the central government and
give the provinces more self
government. a goal long sought
by Mr.. TShombe.
A Katanga communique said
only that the proposals were
aimed at modification of GER
tain articles of the constitution"
drafted by Belgium before Con-
golese independence last year
but never ratified by parlia-
ment. The Belgian draft calls
for a strong central govern
ment.
Although Congolese Premier
Cyrille Adoula is likely to OPP
pose moves to cut his govern
ment's power drastically. arrival
of the Katangan delegation
in Leopoldville by Wednesday
would be regarded as the first
successful test of the agreement
reached by Mr.. Tshombe and
Mr.. Adoula in peace talks at the
United Nations base at Kitona
last week.
Adoula Skeptical
In a Christmas Eve message
to the Congolese people, Mr..
Adoula indicated he does not
place much faith in Mr..
Tshombe's Kitona pledge to
subordinate the Katanga re-
gime to the central government
and adhere to U. N. resolutionSS
on the Congo.
From past experience we
knew that each time Tshombe
was close to defeat he asked
to negotiate" Mr.. Adoula said.
when the fighting had been
stopped Tshombe proceeded to
violate the agreement"
The Congolese premier said
Mr.. Tshombe had gone back on
his word as soon as he returned
to Elisabethville and warned
that the Katanga leader would
bear the blame for "halting
the last effort to resolve the
Katanga crisis by peaceful
means"
He was referring to Mr..
TShombe's stipulation that
competent authorities" in Ellis
abethville had to approve the
Kltona agreement even though
Mr.. Tshombe himself had
signed it. Mr.. Adoula called this
a ridiculous claim"
Epidemics Feared
Refugees arriving in North
ern RhodeSia from Elisabeth
vile reported the Katangan
capital had been without water
or electricity since December 13
and was threatened with cpl
denies of cholera, typhoid and
rabies from hundreds of starv-
ing dogs roaming the streets.
Sanitation facilities have bro
ken down and garbage collec-
tions have stopped, reported
Georges Ivaniscevic, a mining
official who brought a party Of
refugees out in his truck.
"Elisabethville today is just
a sinking CITY," he said. You
can smell the stencil of it even
after you leave its surrounding
suburbs"
A U. N. spokesman announced
in New York, however, that
U. N. relief operations in Ellis
abethville have reached full
scale proportions. He said U. N.
troops escorted Belgian engi-
neers and mechanics to repair
the waterworks and electrical
installations damaged in the
two weeks of fighting between
U. N. forces and Katangan
troops.
Evening star., 1961-12-25
Christmas Sad, Quiet
For Kennedy FomiIy
Trocheotomy Performed on Father
As Mild Pneumonia Develops
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
Star Staff Writer

PALM BEACH, Fla. Dec. 25.-This sad and quiet
Christmas for President Kennedy and his family.
1t made by the serious illness of the Presidents
father parayzed and speechess the result of stroke
and, now suffering from pneumonia we'll.
An emergency tracheotomy performed 3year- old
Evening star., 1961-12-25
ENEMY WARSHIPS
HEAD FOR PT-7Oo

JAPANESE DEsTRoYERs steom
toword zone potroIIed by 1t. Ken
nedy's PT boat, Robert Donovan
writes in todoy's instoIIment Of
"PT l09-John r. Kennedy in World
War;" Poee AZ.
Evening star., 1961-12-25
TILE lA/rAruHn. Full Report
IHE VEAIHEN. on Poqe BE-

District and vicinity-Clear and cold to-
night, low near %. Mostly sunny and con-
tinued cold tomorrow. High and low of the
last "a hours: High "a, at 10 am. today;
low, 49, at / 30 am. today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29

President Kennedy will re-
quire more detailed information
on individuals being considered
for important administration
positions, including statements
covering their tax position, it
was learned today.
The President was under
stood to have ordered fuller re-
ports as an aftermath of the
case of Frank D. Reeves, whose
nomination as District Com
missioner is being withdrawn.
The White House said the
President was not aware Of Mr..
Reeves tax difficulties when he
sent the nomination of the
Negro leader to the Senate for
confirmation.
Such reports have not been
required except in appoint
mentS to sensitive Government
positions, a White House
spokesman said.
But it was indicated that
they will be required in the
future for all positions involv-
ing important roles in the ad-
ministration.
In some cases there may be
a review by the White House
of appointments already con-
firmed If information should
warrant such action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
SoIinger Plans
Flight to Puris

White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger disclosed today
that he plans to fly to Paris
tomorrow or Saturday to take
his nine-year-old daughter Su-
zanne who will spend the
summer with friends there.
Suzanne will be the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rene Brouillet.
He is cabinet chief to French
President de Gaulle.
Mr.. Salinger himself ex-
poets to be back at work at
the White House next Wednes-
day. He said he plans to visit
the birthplace of his mother
at Feche l'Eglise near the Swiss
border.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
CONSUMERS
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with double chins, he was
packaging himself. 1 think it
was a normal, sound human
instinct"
Chairman Hart of the Pack
aging Subcommittee felt obliged
to enter a smiling protest.
Loyalty impels me to say
the President was making him.
self more accurate, because in
truth he doesn't have a dou-
BILE chin"
DR.. Dichter nodded under
standingly at what he obviously
considered fresh evidence of
reluctance on all levels of So
ciety to apply rigid labelling
practices.
When the subcommittee
finally coaxed DR.. Dichter away
from the subjects of love and
politics and into the grocery
store, he suggested that if they
wanted to make the public care
about the contents of cans and
packages, they might make it
chic to be a smart consumer, by
using Snob appeal"
A Large Order
He warned the subcommittee
that asking him to do some
thing about consumer indif-
ference was like asking a doc
tor to suggest a cure for a
disease at a cocktail party. AS
a start. he indicated, they
might hire him to find out why
people behave as they do. He
is against sin, he said, but
changing human nature is a
rather large order.
IF you are q politician who
tells the public you aren't going
to be much better than your
predecessor, you won't win," he
said, returning to his ;avorite
subject. THE Air Force doesn't
recruit by telling a boy he's
going into a dangerous Situa-
ton, they sell a trip around
the world and even show pic
lures of pretty girls.
Most advertisers are for
morality. If he dramatizeS his
honesty, he may gain a. COM
petitive advantage. You could
educate the public to watch out
and educate the advertiser not
to put down exaggerations and
tell him there are not many
morons left in the world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
X-15 Speed Claim
Cut to 3,6O3 MPH

EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASE, Calf, June. 90 (AP) -
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration reports
that the Kills rocket plane flew
at a record 1903 m.p.h. not g.
$50 m.p.h. last Friday.
The revised figure was OBJ
tanned after a check of radar
flight data, the space agency
said yesterday. The plane was
piloted by Air Force Maj. Rob-
ert White.
The previous world speed rec
ord for controlled aircraft was
1901 m.p.h.. also set by the
Kills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
HIGHWAYS
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include $500 million a year
from continuing the gasoline
tax at its present 4-cents-a-
gallon rate, $3.50 million from
other highway taxes and the
switching of 5 per cent of the
excise tax on trucks and buses
from the general treasury to
the highway fund, for another
$3.50 million annually.
The diversion, which the
administration opposed, was
postponed until July /, 1868.
The bill also continues for
two years the provision grant,
ing bonuses in ALLEGATIONS to
States that ban advertising bill
boards along the new roads.
The bill contains these tax
increases:
The use tax on trucks and
buses over $4,000 pounds, now
$3.50 per 1000 pounds, to So.
The tax on highway tires
from 8 cents a pound and on
inner tubes from 8 cents a
pounds to 10 cents.
The tax on tread rubber
from 8 cents a pound to S cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
Tourist Spending
Barrier Okuyed
By the Associated Pres,

The Senate Finance Com.
mittee yesterday approved
President Kennedy's bill cut.
ting from $500 to $100 the
duty-free allowances on good.
a United States tourist bring.
home from abroad.
The committee tackled on ar
amendment to make the allow.
ance 5000 for items brought
from the Virgin Islands.
The President asked for The
reduction as a part of his pro.
gram to cut the United State.
balance Of payments deficit
Treasury officials said the tour.
list allowance change alone
might cut this years prospec.
tive SIG billion deficit by $15C
million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29

ern rights for air access to
West Berlin are in no way de-
pendent upon approval or dis
approval of the East German
Communists.
Britain is also rejecting the
East German proposals.
ANY East German decree
respecting plane movements OF
course could not apply to al
lied military or civil aircraft
going to or leaving Berlin" q
British Foreign office spokes-
man said today in London, the
Associated Press reported. 1.-THE
movement of allied planes is
regulated by the safety control
center set UP by Russia, Brit
ain, the United States and
France"
One of the Vests main aims
in the aide memoire answer and
in normal diplomatic contacts
with the Soviet Union, will be
to clarity antiquities and ap-
parent changes in Soviet policy
as reflected in Mr.. Khrushchev's
almost-daily output of pro-
nouncementS on Berlin and
East Germany.
Mr.. Kennedy has been adj
vised by the United States Am
bassador to the Soviet Union,
Llewellyn Thompson, that the
first week in December seems
to be the most likely date fol
IMr. Khrushchev's promised
peace treaty conference among
Soviet-bloc states.
Subtle Point Outlined
There has been no definite
indication from the Soviet
Union, but it is generally ex-
pected to be called after the
September elections in West
Germany and after the Com
munist Party Congress in Mos
COW, scheduled for October.
The administration is at
tempting to establish a subtle
point with the public, and par
ticularly with West Germans
and the Soviet Foreign Office
on prospects for formal nego-
tiaticnS on the problems Of
Germany and Berlin.
The United States is ready
to talk but it is not ready to
admit that allied rights in
West Berlin are negotiable.
To establish this distinction
the West may decide to take
the initiative in seeking nego-
tiations so that the terms OF
the talks can be better con-
ltrolled. If the initiative is left
solely to the Soviet Union the
context of the negotiations
would be largely controlled by
Moscow, it is feared.
| American officials are I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
WOEFUL FBI BUM
PUTS THE TOUCH
ON PANHANDLER

CINCINNATI (AP). -
Here is what happened to
two FBI agents the other
day:
The agents. dressed like
buns, were lettering on a
Cincinnati street, looking
for a certain fugitive.
Along came a panhandler
with a tale of woe.
He told his story to one
agent and asked for a dime.
The agent turned out
empty pants pockets with
holes in them and told the
panhandler an even sadder
story.
The panhandler nodded
Sympathetically and moved
on down the street to
where the other agent was
stationed. He told his story
and asked for 20 cents.
He got it.
Then, according to Ed
Mason. special agent in
charge of the Cincinnati
FBI office, the panhandler
went back to the first
agent, handed him one of
the dimes and shuffled
away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
WhiteHouse to Require
Full Data on Appointees

The withdrawal of the Reeves
nomination was revealed by the
White House with the release of
an exchange of letters between
the President and Mr.. Reeves.
The letters made no mention
of tax matters, but it is known
the White House was fully in
formed-and the President was
disturbed by the disclosures
concerning Mr.. Reeves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29
MARITIME

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OF delaying the boards return
to Washington.
Only slight concessions were
said to have been made by the
diSputing parties.
Anticipated Procedure
If the board reports that the
Nation is endangered, Mr.. Ken.
needy presumably will instruct
Attorney General Robert F
Kennedy to obtain a Federal
court injunction ending the
strike for an 80-day cooling-ofi
period.
Labor Secretary Goldberg
at the request of Mr.. Ken
nedy. has appealed for settle
ment Of the contract dispute
by tomorrow. He said neither
ne nor Mr.. Kennedy relishes
the Injunction process. Union
leaders have commended no ma
tional emergency exists and
have opposed issuance of an
Injunction.
An estimated $50 passenger
ships, freighters and tankers
have been immobilized on the
Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf
Coasts. The rest of the Amer
lean flag merchant marine of
almost 1000 ships is at sea,
and the ships will not be idled
until they reach a United
States port. Foreign flag ships
are not tied up.
Unions on Strike
The striking unions are the
National Maritime Union, the
Seafarers International Union,
the Marine Engineers Benefit
cial Association, the Interna-
tional Organization of Masters,
Mates and Pilots, and the
American Radio Association.
The NMU and STU represent
unlicensed deck and engine
room personnel. Members of
the three other striking unions
are officers. Members of sew
eral ether Seagoing unions are
not working because of the
strike.
A key issue in the dispute is
the union demand to organize
the crews Of American-owned
ships flying foreign flags. These
eo-called runaway ships" pay
lower wages than American
flag ships whose men are rep
resented by American unions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-29

impressed with reports that
Mr.. Khrushchev believes q
settlement on Germany is ur-
gent in order to forestall West
Germany'S acquisition of nu-
clear weapons through NATO
They point out Mr.. Khru.
shchev could be given assur-
ances on this point by NATC
without disturbing the statu.
quo in Berlin or seeking tt
establish the status quo in
partitioned Germany.