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Evening star., 1961-03-25
BY ROY ESSOYAN
Associated Press stan Writer

HONG KONG, Mar. 25.-
If American troops go into Laos.
they will bog down there for
years to come.
It's that kind of country,
Most military experts agree
there is no quick or easy vic
tory for anti Communist forces
in that rugged landlocked king
dom.
Treacherous swamps and jun
gle in the south and soaring
peaks and precipitous noun
tain trails in the north pro-
vide ideal terrain for hit-and-
run guerrilla warfare such as
the pro-Communist rebels have
been waging there for the last
10 years.
American military men be-
lieve United States Marines
or American troops specially
trained in jungle warfare could
drive the main o-Communist
forces back, or maybe even out
of the country.
Permanent Garrison Seen
But United States forces
would have to garrison Laos
from then on if they wanted
to keep it outside the Com
munist orbit.
They would have to shoulder
the burden of fighting before
and after victory. in the opin-
ion of most responsible West
ern observers.
And they would have to fight
on Laotian terms, packing wea-
pons and rations on their backs
because the terrain in most
places is too rugged to haul
anything bigger.
There are few roads in Laos
and most Of these turn to mud
under the driving seasonal
rains just ahead.
Retreating Communist forces
would leave isolated guerrilla
bands and mountaineering
tribesmen in the hills to harasS
the American rear.
Land FavOrs GuerrilIas
The royal capital Of Luang
Prabang, the northern Com
muniSt base Of Sam Neua and
most villages and strong
points" in Northern Laos are
cupped by mountains. They're
at the mercy of any guerrilla
Evening star., 1961-03-25

cylinder base. 1t is So inches
high.
Because Of the extreme cigar
shaped orbit sought, the satel-
lite was to make one sweep
around the globe in Ill hours,
compared to the normal satel-
lite circuit Of two hours or less.
Scientists primarily were con-
cerned with the first SIS hours
of flight-which is the intended
operating life of the batteries
This covers the time it would
take the space laboratory to
reach its planned agogee, OF
high point.
I'VE plan to run the battery
power at full force during the
SIS hours to get an extremely
high rate of information of the
initial penetration" explained
DR.. James P. Heppner, project
manager. I'VE hope the probe
will tell us much about mag
netic fields close to earth and
those in interplanetary space
NASA said today's payload
was intended to make the most
extensive study ever attempted
of the magnetic fields and the
manner in which they are af-
fected by solar winds-great
clouds Of ionized gases which
burst from the sun and streak
through space.
The fields consist of magnetic
lines Of force which extend in
great bows upward from the
earth's surface. These lines
which reach about 1000 to
more than $4,000 miles into
space, trap charged solar parti-
cles and force them to zigzag
around the earth in two huge
bands Of radiation-the poten-
TALLY dangerous Van Allen belts.
Evening star., 1961-03-25

force that holds the command
ing hillsides. And the hillsides
are practically impossible to
flush.
Additionally, Laos 600-mile
border with Red China and
Communist North Wet Nam in
the North would pose a con-
slant threat Of Communist in
vasion or, at the very least,
raids across the border.
Most European observers be-
lieve the United States could
not rely on the easy-going, fun
loving Laotian people to fight
any determined anti Comnau-
mist war for them. It is not,
they say, a matter Of military
equipment but of basic human
attitudes.
Laotians, from farmers to
cabinet ministers to generals,
never have been a warlike race.
They have had 10 years of war
and. although most of them
See LAOS, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-03-25

oack safely. ThaC S p u I n K
weighed 4,700 Kilograms Q0,360
pounds.
Moscow radio said today'S
space ship weighed just about
the me-4,695 Kilograms
(10.329 pounds Indicating the
two may have been similar
models. ......
The dog was named ives
dochka little Starr, and the
announcement said "prelimi-
nary investigation of the landed
Spaceship-satellite have shown
the condition of the expert
mental animal is normal"
Moscow Radio said the main
goal of the launching was to
improve designs that would in
sure mans vital functions
during flights in space and the
return to earth" This virtually
duplicates the announced goals
of most recent launchings.
The broadcast reported a
great deal of valuable data"
was obtained. There was no
mention Of any human aboard.
Today'S announcement, read
repeatedly on domestic broad
casts Of Moscow Radio, hailed
the new launching as another
magnificent victory of Soviet
science and technique"
That was the Introductory
sentence. The rest Of the an
nouncement said:
"The fifth Soviet satellite
Spaceship was put into orbit
around the earth on March Is,
1861. On the same day the sat-
ellite-Spaceship landed on COM
Evening star., 1961-03-25
Soviet Reply
On Laos Crisis
Due Monday
President, Briton
Confer Tomorrow
At Key West
BY DAVID S. BRODER
Star Staff Writer

~N~---
President Kennedy will meet
tomorrow with British Prime
Minister Macmillan in Key
West, Fla, and will receive a
message from the Soviet gov
ernment, conveyed by Russian
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko, at the White House at
noon Monday.
These latest developments in
the Laos crisis. were announced
by the. White House this after
noon.
Pierre Salinger, the Presi-
dents press secretary, said Mr..
Kennedy will fly to Florida to-
night and meet Mr.. Macmillan
at IL am. tomorrow for a dis
cusSion of "the serious situa-
tion in Laos and the opening
on Monday of the SEATO con-
ference"
Requested by GrOmykO
| Mr.. Kennedy will return to
Washington Sunday night or
Monday morning for the con-
ference with Mr.. Gromyko.
Mr.. Salinger said the meeting
was requested by the Soviet
Foreign Minister, who has q
message for the President from
his government"
The White House spokesman
also said the President is "re-
manning in close touch" with
French President de Gaulle. Mr.
Kennedy sent Gen. de Gaulle
a personal message on the Laos
situation this morning, Mr..
Salinger said.
The White House announce
ment noted that Mr.. Mac
millan's presence in Trinidad
makes a meeting Of the two
Western leaders easy to arrange.
1t said the two men agreed
that a discussion between them
can be very helpful "in framing
plans to deal with the Laos
situation.
First Soviet Reaction
The message Mr.. Gromyko
delivers on Monday presum-
ably will contain the firsJ
Soviet reaction to President
Kennedy's warnings that the
United States will not stand
idly by and permit Communist
supported forces to overthrow
the Laotian government.
President Kennedy plans to
leave the White House at S
pm. today by helicopter and
will fly from Andrews Air
Force Base to his home in Palm
Beach, where he will remain
overnight. He will fly on to
Key West tomorrow morning
to meet Mr.. Macmillan.
The meeting of the two
Western leaders will take place
at the Key West naval base,
where former President Tru-
man liked to vacation.
Radio Moscow today said that
the Laotian situation grows
more serious daily, but the Rus
SLAMS remained publicly silent
See POLICY, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-03-25
8Americans
Lost in Laos
U. S. Plane MISSING
Since Thursday
By the Associated Press

A United States transport
plane with eight Americans
aboard is missing in Laos, the
Government announced today
The plane was assigned to
the United States Air Attache
in Laos, but neither he nor
A m b a SIS a do Winthrop G.
Brown was aboard.
The plane has been missing
for two days.
The Defense Department
said it was notifying next oi
kin of the men aboard the
plane. It planned to make
public the names Of the eight
later in the day.
Whether or not the aircraft
was flying over Communist
controlled territory in the war;
stricken country, a State De-
partment spokesman was un-
able to say.
Headed for Saigon
Nor could he say whether the
Communists might have fired
on the aircraft.
The announcement by Press
Officer Ben Thirkield said:
"a CAT plane assigned to
the office of the air attache
Of the American Embassy at
Vientiane is missing with eight
men aboard.
1.-THE plane left vientiane
Thursday morning. Its final
destination was Saigon. Moth
ing has been heard from 1t
since"
Mr.. Thirkield said the de-
partment had no other detail.
He was not able to identify
the men aboard the aircraft,
but said, II assume they are
Americans"
The CAT is a twin-engine
aircraft, the military version
Of the DC-3 which has been
used for many years by civil
airlines.
The Governments decision
to make the bare announce
ment about the aircraft ap-
parently was triggered by in
quiries here about reports in
Southeast Asia that a United
See PLANE, Page ALI
Evening star., 1961-03-25
KennedyDeaIt
Setback on
Minimum Paw
Turns to Senute
After One-Vote
Defect in House
BY LEE M. COIN
Star Staff Writer

|
The administration struggled
today to marshal its Senate
forces to reverse President
Kennedy's jolting defeat on
minimum wage legislation in
the House.
With conservatives in COM
mand of the situation, at least
for the moment, the Presidents
prospects for q clear-cut final
victory on the wage issue are
not bright.
He lost the first round by
one vote yesterday, when the
House defeated his compromise
proposal to raise and extend
the minimum wage. A coali-
ton of Republicans and con-
servative Southern Democrats
prevailed on a 186-185 teller
vote.
Crucial Test Won
After winning this crucial
test, the coalition nailed down
its victory on successive votes.
The House adopted the coali-
tion'S limited wage bill, intro
duced by Republican Repre-
sentative AyreS of Ohio, as an
amendment on a standing vote
of 206-i62 and then on a 2l6-
203 roll call.
Administration forces then
failed on a 224-196 roll call to
send the amended bill back to
committee for a new try at
liberalizing it. Final passage Of
the amended bill came on a
340-78 roll-call vote.
1t was the first clearcut leg
islative setback for the new
administration.
The coalitions bill would
raise the minimum wage for
"a million workers who now
are covered from 81 to $1.15 an
hour. 1t also would extend COW
erage to about IL million en-
ployes Of retail stores, giving
them a $1-an-hour minimum
but no premium pay for over
time.
New coverage would apply
to retail chains with five or
more stores in two or more
States. But the bill would ex-
empt any individual chain
store with gross annual sales
below $250,000.
Sought SIPS Hourly
The administration, after a
series Of compromises, wound
up pushing for a bill that
would raise the wage floor for
workers now covered to $1.15
an hour after four months and
to SIPS two years later. The
bill would extend coverage to
about 3.7 million workers
mostly in retailing, with a min
imum wage Of 81 an hour and
no overtime.
Coverage was the main issue.
Even after compromising, the
administration stuck to the
principle that coverage of re-
tail stores should be based on
volume of sales. The admin
istration bill would extend COW
erage to any retail store or
chain with gross annual sales
of 81 million or more, whether
the retailer operated in one
State or several States.
Opponents contended that
See WAGE, Page A-11
Evening star., 1961-03-25
Pope to Take Port
In Palm Sunday Rites

VATICAN CITY, Mar. 25
.(AP).-Pope John XIII will
take part tomorrow in Palm
Sunday ceremonies that recall
Christ's triumphant entry into
Jerusalem almost 1000 years
ago.
Thousands of tourists and
pilgrims in Rome for Holy
Week will fill st. Peters Basil
lea for the service.
Evening star., 1961-03-25
Satellite Hunts Sofest
Mon-in-Spoce Route

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
Mar. Is (AP). - The United
States today successfully fired
into orbit Explorer x, a space
laboratory designed to study
mysterious magnetic fields and
the intensity of solar winds.
The 78-pound satellite raced
away from Cape Canaveral at
Evening star., 1961-03-25
Storm Now Typhoon

TOKYO. Mar. Is (AP).-
Tropical Storm Tess today
turned into a typhoon, with 81
mile-an-hour winds, 500 miles
southwest Of Guam.
Evening star., 1961-03-25
Kennedy Will Meet Macmillan
Russians Lond Dog
In Spoceship SofeIy
Reds Repeat Feat of Is Days Ago
With Vehicle of About Same WEIGHT

MOSCOW, Mar. Is (AP)-The Soviet Union today sue
cesSfu obted and brought back to earth another animal
carrying spaceshp. Moscow Radio said it carried dog
and other small creatures
The launching repeat performance of March 9
Sputnjk in which dog rocketed into orbit and brought
Evening star., 1961-03-25
AssembIySets
New Vote on
ReaIignment
Big Counties Fail
By z Votes in
Test in House
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 25.-The
administrations reapportion-
ment bill failed its major test
in the Maryland House of Dele
gates yesterday, but urban
county legislators will get an
other chance to put it over
Monday night.
The bill, which would give
the big counties more repre-
sentation in the Legislature,
failed by two votes to win the
three-fifths majority needed to
pass.
Most bills are dead after one
rejection, but the vote was so
close that proponents of the
measure think they may be
able to get it through on the
one parliamentary maneuver
still possible.
Administration leaders were
able to muster enough votes
yesterday to have the action
reconsidered. The reconsidera-
ton will come Monday night
and II the administration can
pick up two more votes it can
get the bill through the House.
1t would still have to go through
the Senate.
Five Were Absent
Five members were absent
yesterday and at least one of
them is known to favor
reapportionment. Democratic
House Majority Leader A. Cor
don Boone, Of Baltimore
County. said he believes the
extra votes can be found.
While they are looking for
the two extra votes, however,
the administration leaders, and
urban area legislators will have
to keep any Of yesterdays IA
vorable votes from straying.
The vote was 72-46, with the
four big counties solidly behind
the bill. Only one vote in Balti-
more City's big delegation went
to the rural county forces. The
Eastern Shore was almost SOL
idly against it, as well as most
OF, the delegates from the other
small counties which would not
benefit from the reapportion-
ment bill.
In an unusual move before
the vote was taken, Gov. Tawes
sent q written message to the
House of Delegates asking that
the bill be passed.
Debate Flares Again
The reapportionment issue
which has occupied much of
the time Of the legislators this
week was debated emotionally
again yesterday for more than
an hour.
Delegate Russell o. Hickman,
Democrat Of Worcester, i'm
piled that reapportionment
might lead to a "socialistic
state" SHe said urban area
legislators are more subject
to pressure groups. He was
particularly critical Of organ
lied labor.
Delegate Charles w. Coff,
Democrat Of Washington Coun-
ty, who said he had intended
to vote against the reappor-
tionment bill, changed his mind
because Of Mr.. Hickman's
statements.
Mr.. Hickman's Eastern Shore
colleague, Delegate James C.
Latham, Democrat of Talbot,
apologized for some Of Mr..
Hickman'S remarks, comment
ing that the Worcester law
maker was carried away by
his enthusiasm"
Evening star., 1961-03-25
Loos Pictured as Boo
For Any U. S. Force
Observers Doubt Organized Army
Could Ever Keep Down GuerriIIus

correspondent Roy Essoyon knows
strife-torn Loos well. He wos in
vientione before and during the
bottle for thot copitoI when the
pro-Western government took over
Lost December and he reported the
fipt Soviet oirliFt to Loos os q
"troiIbIozer." Here he tells whot
cOnfronts American troops it they
ore sent to LooS.
Evening star., 1961-03-25
DID JESUS GET
A FAIR TRIAL?

THE TRIAL OF CHRIST Is sx-
omined from q legal point Of view
by o Rockville tMd.) attorney and
sportsmon, Bernard 7. Welsh, in an
ortieIe illustruted by Stor Artist
Newmon Sudduth. Puse AS.
Evening star., 1961-03-25
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK (APl.-Following are
the sales (add Q0), high, low, closing
price and net change Of the 20 most
active stocks for the week:
Evening star., 1961-03-25

Picture on Pose Az
Evening star., 1961-03-25
TlE WEAFuED. Full Report
ti6 "EAIH6N. on Poas Az

District and vicinity-Clear tonight, low in
lower 30s in city and near 80 in the suburbs.
Sunny and mild tomorrow. High and low
OF last "a hours: High, 81, at pm yester-
day; low, II, at $3.50 am. today.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-07-13

Deed of Trust as aforesaid, as
under the statutes made and
crowded in such cases.
NOW, THEREFORE, l, H. w.
Broom. Substitute Trustee, IN
he Deed of Trust as aforesaid,
will within legal hours, on the
7th day of August, 1861, at the
North front door of the Court
House in Lexington, Mississippi,
offer for sale and sell at public
outcry and auction to the highest
and best bidder for cash, the
and and property hereinafter
described, being located and
situated in the City of Durant,
Holmes County, Mississippi, and
more particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
A parcel of land So feet in
width evenly off the west side
Of Lot 139 the City of Durant,
Holmes County, Mississippi,
more particularly described as
follows, to-Wit:
Begin at the northwest corner
Of said Lot 139, and thence run
easterly along the boundary be-
tween said Lot and Cedar
Street. extended, distance of
SIS feet; thence run southerly
parallel to the west boundary Of
said lot distance of 165
feet to the southern boundary
thereof and an alley; thence
run westerly along the boundary
between said Lot and said alley
distance of SIS feet to h e
southwest corner of said Lot;
hence run northery along the
west boundary of said Lot a dis
tance of 165 feet to the north
west corner thereof, the point
Of beginning and close.
ALSO: 1851 Buick Fordor Sc
dan Motor No. 629767O5.
ALSO: One couch, two chairs,
two end tables, coffee table,
rue. bedroom suite consisting OF
bed. dresser, chest OF drawers
and rug; Modern Maid gas
range and Norge refrigerator,
nhilco table model radio.
Title to the above described
property is believed to be good.
but I H. w. Broom, Substitute
Trustee, will convey only such
title as is vested in me as such
Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE
this 7th day of July, 1861.
H. w. Broom,
Substitute Trustee
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-07-13

To me this little poem wnic1
I found in farm paper would
fit so many little boys ike mme
thai has to help their Daddy
hoe that / would like to pass
it on to them but as for the
season they might like to say
blackberries instead of plums.
Quit Your Dreamin'. Boy. an
Hoe!
Oh, l know a place where the
cool winds blow,
Where the catfish bite, but l
can't go
Cause there amt no end to the
row / hoe
Yep, / know a place where the
plums are red,
But l must chop this row, Pa
said,
Til the sun goes down to earn
my bread -.
Oh gee, it's hard for lad to
stay
In the cotton field on summer
day,
When the plums are ripe an
the catfish play!
$50, please Lord, let it rain,
pray.)
Copiad
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-07-13

The article below was taken
from the Castleberry High
School Magazine, Fort Worth
Texas, written in memory OF
Mr.. c. w. Daddy Melton, who
departed this life July l9, 1860,
by Sara Melton.
Sara is also the granddaughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Brister
of West.
IN MEMORY OF MY
GRANDFATHER
G.. w. MELTON
I can walk upon the porch but
no one is sitting in the rock
ing chair.
There's the cot without pill
low. but then there's no one
to use it.
I'm his bedroom there's his medi-
cine and his favorite candy,
but there's no one to take or
eat it.
The chair, his chair, in the dim
ing room is occupied by
whichever son is there.
And there's no one there to take
hold and order, and yell and
make you mad.
Down in the garden the chair
he rested in as he 'ssat awhile
and hoed awhile" is just in
the sum-
And the cane he used to carry
isn't carried now at all.
A shirt is on the ironing board
but there isn't anyone to
wear it.
And the houseshoes that sit
under the table are just rot
ting away.
His glasses lie in the case just
as he left them.
And the lamp that used to burr
all night doesn't burn, cause
he isn't there.
His clothes are in the closet and
his "spit box" has been
thrown away
His pants never lie on the back
of the chair and his shoes are
never in the front.
Just a little old lady carrying
on for him cause there's no.
thing else to do, and no one
is there to poster and grab
me on my knee.
There are no freckles on white
bald head, No yellow index
finger, and you never see him
drive his car any more.
I'll never be used to it, cause
| love him. my grandfather,
better than anyone else could.
Sara Melton
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-07-13

Dr.. and Mrs. John Campbell
of Memphis were supper guests
n the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Lamar May on Sunday night,
also Mrs. Mildred May of jack
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Smithson
j.. and children are enjoying a
few days on the Gulf Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hutchinson
of Gadsden, Alabama spent the
weekend holidays in the home
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Suggs Mabry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mitchell Of
Kosciusko visited her mother,
Mrs. Jessie Burrell on Tuesday
A lovely shower was given
IN the home of Mrs. John d.
McCrory for Miss Joe Betty
Mcdaniel who married Sunday
July 9th. She received many
beautiful and useful gifts.
Tuesday visitors in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen Abels
were her brother, Melvin Nc
Bride and family Of Bessmer,
Alabama and Mrs. Dave Abels
Of Benton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Frank Allen
are enjoying a visit from their
daughter Mrs. Johnnie Var
brough, Mr. Yarbrough and lit
tie daughter. Sheila. Mr. and
Mrs. Yarbrough have moved
from Riverside, California, and
will make their home in Pickens
J II. the present time.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-07-13

Willie Terry of Durant cnart
Friday with Cade Ricker
-
Don Autrv snant Wednesd,u in
C;reenwood and Parehman
-
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs
G. d Thornton
-
Mrs A G Autrv visited Mrs
'iesaay'
Mr. and Mrs Owen Mcclellan
and Mr. and Mrs Andrew
Stevens TIT enioved tr;n 70.
Mrs Roeamond Sarnanv .na
three children of Ruston Io,,;si-
sna snent the weekend with
pasa
Pow uorola Robertsor .rd
Mr. Do,,olas Self en;oved !
movie - D,r.nt Fr;doy n;obt
Inc Little League baseoaii
ooys prayed 1ehuia poys at
Ichula Wednesday AFTERNOON.
west won Il 10 o.
,on and Mrs Mel erov of Cam
don snent SUNDAY with the r
r Jacleon,c and Mr. w n
Tarkson
Mrs cecil Can't and Mrs w
Mr. and Mrs r T. Jackson and
family recentlv
and Teresa of Canton visited
over the weekend with their
narents Mrs Min. Holnoac ond
MRS Carl Arnold
Mrs. Mary McCreary and Mrs.
Friday after several days IN
Forrest City, Arkansas with
Mrs. LYDIA Heustess.
Miss Jean Hand OF Memphis,