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Evening star., 1961-04-01
MOSCOW
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mist alliance in Europe again
attacked imperialism and in
cluded Laos among those suf-
fering from it. But the COM
munique skipped over the bub-
bling crisis in the jungle king
dom and called West Germany
the "hotbed of war danger. "
The declaration was mild
and prompted observers here
to believe the Soviet Union
had taken some steps toward
meeting the British proposal
for peace in Laos.
But the Russians were still
showing a determination to
strike hard bargains.
While the Kremlin discus
sions we're going on about Laos,
the Soviet Communist Party
organ Rravda was boasting that
the initiative in the interna-
tional arena belongs to the
socialist (CommunisD camp.
Silent on Contents
Questioned by reporters about
what the reply contained, Mr.,
Thompson replied:
We'll soon all know what
will happen"
The Russians announced they
would begin broadcasting the
reply tonight.
Mr.. Thompson declined to
comment on an editorial in the
Soviet government newspaper
Izvestia, under the headline
Peace and neutrality for
Laos"
1t appeared about four hours
after Mr.. Thompson's meeting
with Mr.. Khrushchev and said
THE situation in Laos can
and must be settled by nego-
tiation. The interested coun-
tries must try to reach the
necessary decisions on a mu-
tually acceptable basis.
That is why the Soviet
Union has appealed for the
calling of an international con-
ference and the restoration OF
the control commission in
Laos"
1t did not mention a cease
fire nor did it give any hint OF
what sort Of decision would be
acceptable.
Izvestia denounced United
States military buildup in the
area and said such acts were
incompatible with the idea oi
negotiation.
Indication Of Future
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Porking Meter Test
Proves q Wushout

TOPEKA, Kans. (AP) In a
move to determine how park
ing meters can be used most
efficiently. Topeka traffic Of
ficerS started marking the
tires of parked cars.
But their efforts went for
naught.
A few minutes later street.
cleaning machines spouting
water followed behind the Of
ficers, washing away most Of
the tire marks.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Algeria Rebels
Sill Ready 10
Talk Peace

TUNIS, Tunisia, April
(AP). - The Algerian rebel
government said today it is
still ready to negotiate an end
to the 612-year rebellion in
North Africa, though it is
waiting for new developments"
in peace feelers with France.
The rebel statement came
after indication yesterday that
the rebels might not show UP
at Evians-les-Bains after all
for the negotiations due to
start there next Friday. The
rebels had said they were re-
considering going to go to the
French city near the Swiss
border under present circum-
stances. But today a rebel
spokesman told a news con-
ference:
The principle of negotia-
tionS has not been questioned
(by u.s.. We are ready to
negotiate, no matter where and
no matter when, in the shortest
time possible. We are awaiting
new facts to assess their proper
value and modify, in conse-
quence, our position.
'Blunder' Reported
Yesterdays sudden wavering
by the rebels came after Louis
JOKE, Frances chief negotiator,
said on an Algerian tour that
France intended to consult "on
a similar basis" with both the
rebel government and another
group known as the Algerian
Nationalist Movement CMNA).
The rebels refuse to recog-
nize the NINA as representing
any segment of Algerian opin-
ion. The French agree the NINA
is far lesser force and Off
cialS privately agree that Mr..
Jokes statement was a blunder.
The rebel spokesman at to-
days press conference said the
rival NINA delegates would be
acceptable only as members of
the French delegation and said
that is their genuine place
anyway"
Mr.. JOKE returned to Paris
last night from his Algerian
tour. 1t was generally expected
that the French might find
some formula to clarity" his
statement and thus cool off
tempers at rebel headquarters
in Tunis.
Release Demanded
The rebel spokesman re-
peated in today's statement a
demand that France release
five imprisoned nationalist
leaders, including Vice Premier
Ahmed Ben Bella. The Spokes-
man said their unconditional
liberation is claimed with in
: sistence by our people as a
just reparation."
He referred to Mr.. Ben Bella
5 and his imprisoned comrades
as representatives of the rebel
.. government ranking equal with
= the ministers in Tunis.
: 1t appears possible that the
release of the rebel leader
} would provide the new de-
velopment" needed to get the
peace talks back on the road.
Since the French have long
: contemplated the release of
l Mr.. Ben Bella-and privately
! concede that he would have a
} valid place at the negotiations
this move would not be un-
: likely.
Mr.. Ben Bella was seized in
1856 when his plane from
: Rabat to Tunis was forced to
r land in Algiers instead. The
rebels called the act "interna-
tional piracy"
Evening star., 1961-04-01
To Fete Cornell Dean

Howard B. Meek. dean OF
Cornell University's school ot
Hotel Administration will be
honored at a retirement dinner
Monday evening at the May
flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
KENNEDY
KENNEDY
Cease Fire Would Be First Step
In Negotiations on Laos Settlement

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hotel until both he and the
President had read the text of
the Soviet note, then confer by
telephone with Mr.. Kennedy
and fly back to Washington
this afternoon, Mr.. Salinger
said.
The press secretary told ques-
TONERS that Mr.. Kennedy
hoped to play a round of golf
this afternoon.
The summary sent by Am
bassador Thompson presuma-
bly, provides the President and
Mr.. Rusk sufficient informa-
ton to judge whether the So
Wet is willing to agree to a
cease fire in the fighting be-
tween Russian-supported Com
munist rebels and loyal forces
in Laos.
Cease Fire First Step
The Western proposals for
a cease fire as a first step
toward negotiating a peaceful
settlement of the Laos crisis
were put forward in Moscow
by Great Britain, backed by
the United States.
The second step in the West
ern plan is for revival of the
Lhree-member control commits
sion, composed of India, Can
ada and Poland, to check on
the cease fire. Only then would
the Western powers be willing
to join in an international
conference demanded previ-
ously by Moscow to consider
the future of Laos. The United
States wants a neutral, inde-
pendent Laos.
Mr.. Rusk flew here late last
night to give the President a
first-hand report on the SEATC
Council meeting in BangkoE
and his conference with Indian
Prime Minister Nehru in New
Delhi on Thursday.
The Secretary of State board
ed a military air transport
plane for Palm Beach a few
hours after he had returned tc
Washington from Southeast
Asia. He landed here at 11:2C
O'Clock last night.
Mr.. Rusk said there were nc
surprises" in his talk with the
President. He said he merely
wanted to fill in the President
on the Bangkok conference anc
discuss matters that may come
up in Mr.. Kennedy's meetings
with British Prime Minister
Macmillan in Washington next
Wednesday and Thursday.
Rusk NOncOmmittal
Asked if he was optimistic
that Russia would accept the
cease-fire plan, Mr.. Rusk said
when you make a proposal yoI
hope that it will be accepted
but I don't know whether yol
would call that optimism"
The Secretary headed the
American delegation at the
SEATO Council session which
pledged appropriate" action by
the SEATO allies if necessary
to stop the Communist drive Il
take over Laos. o..
He stopped over in New Delh
on his way back to the Unitec
States for four hours to confer
with Mr.. Nehru, who recently
needed a plea from Mr.. Ken
nedy to join in urging Pre-
mier Khrushchev to agree II
a cease fire in Laos. They alst
discussed the Congo crisis. MI
RuSk reported they found them
selves in general agreement.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
Bandit Shutters
utFIees With
Store'sS1,3OO

! A stammering, mustached
bandit last night escaped with
$1,000 after holding up the
owner of Florida liquors, Inc,
+ at 1922 Fourteenth street NV,
Washington police reported.
| Robbery squad detectives
said the stickup was one of IL
holdups and street robberies
which occurred in the District
between 9 am. and midnight
yesterday. A total of about
$1,870 was stolen in the IL
robberies.
Samuel C. Swedarsky, As,
owner of the Fourteenth street
liquor store, told police he was
alone when the holdup man
walked in Just before 6 pm. and
drew a .45-caliber automatic
pistol.
Gets Bag Filled
+. He said the Soto 35-year-old
thief seemed nervous. The man
stammered: Get away from
the cash register" But, he
then handed Mr.. Swedarsky a
paper bag with the command
Fill it,"
A police lookout described the
gunman as colored, about S
feet 8 inches. 165 pounds, with
a thick muStache, wearing a
gray tweed overcoat and a gray
fedora pulled low over his face,
/ In other holdups yesterday,
police said thieves netted $27O
in cash.
Robbery Squad 1t. Murray
Kutner said two gunner ap-
parently were responsible for
two OF the robberies. The pair
took $40 from the Columbia
Market. l119 N street NV, at
|9:15 pm. and robbed the RING
Carry-Out Shop, 1911 North
Capitol street, of $3.50 at 1906
pm.
Descriptions Listed
Police described the pair as
colored, 20 to 25 years old. One
was 5 feet 5 inches, about 16C
pounds, wearing a gray car
and military field jacket. The
other wore gray topcoat, was
about S feet 6 inches tall anc
weighed 145 pounds.
The third robbery occurred
in a delicatessen at 400 Eight
eenth street NE. Police saic
two armed men took $50 from
the store proprietors, Alfred
Ranno and Walter Smith. Mr.
Ranno said one of the mer
poked him with a pistol, took
his wallet and rifled the cash
register.
The robbers were described
by police as colored, about q
years old, both wearing dark
clothing.
Evening star., 1961-04-01
PLOT
Inquiry Is Routine,
SoIinger Declares

where any of the family goes
one or more Secret Service men
are not far away.
Routine, Salinger Says
After first reports of the in
vestigation leaked out, Mr..
Salinger said late yesterday:
The Secret Service from
time to time gets information
bearing on the President and
his family which requires a
routine investigation. There is
such a routine investigation
under way at present"
That's all the press secretary
would say about the case. ex-
cept to tell a questioner the
investigation was not centered
in Palm Beach.
I'm just trying to caution
you that this is not a big sem
sationarinvestigation," he said.
ITS a routine case ard is being
handled routinely."
The case recalled the arrest
by police here last December
Of Richard Paul Pavlick, who
had made himself a human
bomb" with 10 sticks of dyna
mite. allegedly planning to
destroy himself and Mr.. Ken
nedy. then President-elect.
Castro Link Denied
! In Havana, the Cuban news
service denied today that sup
porters Of Prime Minister
Castro had planned to kidnap
Caroline. The denial was pub
lished on the front page of the
semi-official newspaper Revo-
lucion. 1t said the Palm Beach
reports on the supposed plot
were completely lacking in
truth"
While the Palm Beach in
vestigation was going on, Mrs,
Kennedy made her first public
appearance since she came here
Monday. Wearing dark glasses
and a white scarf, she ducked
into a side entrance to go to
Good Friday church services
yesterday afternoon.
She drove up in a sleek tan
car driven by a Secret Service
agent at 3:l5 pm. and spent
Evening star., 1961-04-01

Indication Of Future
The tone of the Soviet re-
Sponse is expected to give a
good indication of Premier
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overnight stop in Puerto Rico
tonight on his way to Africa.
Evening star., 1961-04-01

where any Of the family goes
one or more Secret Service men
are not far away.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
JFK Urges to Observe Memorial Day by Praying For a New World of Law

WASHINGTON ID - President Kennedy Tuesday urged the American people 10 observe Mem orial Day May 30, by praying for a new world Of law where peace and justice shall prevail"
 He also urged the people 10 in- yoke the blessing of God on those who have died in defense of our country.
 Kennedy's proclamation said the high courage and the supreme sacrifice of Americans who gave their lives in battle made it possi- ble for our land to flourish under freedom and justice
 He said the same principles and revolutionary beliefs for which our forefathers fought and died are still at issue in the world and the challenge against them can be met only through the same qualities of courage, strength, a n d unflinching determination shown by our noble dead"
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
Secretary Ribicoff Assures Federal Aid For Alaskan Education

JUNEAU tR - Abraham Ribi- coff, U. 5. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, has as sured Alaska the federal govern ment will continue 10 help the state provide adequate elemen- tary and secondary edueation
 Coy. Egan said yesterday Ribi- coff gave the assurance in answer to an expressed concern by Egan that proposals advanced to pro vide federal aid for education would give Alaska "an unjust and inadequate share of the monies appropriated.
 Under proposals submitted to Congress by the Kennedy Admin istration, federal aid to education allocations would be based to a large degree on per capita income.
 Egan had objected o1 the grounds that Alaska's apparent high per capita income did not reflect a corresponding high pur- chasing power.
 Ribicoff told Egan in a letter he had been consulting with Alaska's Sens. E. L. Bartlett and Ernest Gruening on the problems faced by Alaska in connection with the federal program as writ ten now.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
Gov. Rockefeller Urges Americans to Support President Kennedy

WASHINGTON lB - Gov. Nel- son A. Rockefeller of New York Tuesday urged all Americans 10 support President Kennedy in whatever measures are necessary for the defense of freedom.
 Rockefeller, after conferring privately with Kennedy for an hour at the White House, said steps that Kennedy has taken to promote solidarity among nations of the Western Hemisphere have been very constructive.
 Rockefeller said further that the presence of Premier Fidel Castro in Cuba, coupled with world developments, have threat ened the security of the United States. Then in summing up his talk With Kennedy, Rockefeller said:
 q think it is time for all Ameri- cans to stand united behind the President in support of what ever action becomes necessary to defend freedom"
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
Navy to Bring Attack
 Carrier in Atlantic Waters

WASHINGTON R - The Navy is bringing the Shangri La, a big attack carrier, back from the Mediterranean and stationing it in Atlantic waters within range of Cuba.
 The Shangri La will return about May Is to it's home base at Mayport on the east coast of Florida
 This will cut the attack carrier force in the Mediterranean to two, and increase to four the number of such carriers along the Atlantic Coast and in the Carib- bean.
 No official reason was given for the move.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
Testimonial Dinner HOnOrs James Seitz Here

James Seitz, Chief of the Nome FAA Flight Service Station was honored at a testimonial dinner party held at the North Star on Monday night. Seitz came to Nome from Anchorage where he has held the post of station supervisor. He is leaving Wednesday to accept a FAA promotion as the manager of the Aniak Flight Service Sta ton.
 More than 50 friends attended the testimonial. Dusty Rhode was toastmaster, and brief commen- taries were heard from Merle Crump, Dusty Rhode and Allen D. Hulen who is the manager of the Alaska Region of the FAA.
 Seitz has resided in Alaska since 1929, having settled at that time in the Matanuska Valley with his family. He has owned several Alaskan businesses including a roadhouse and store at Talketna, stores at Ninilchik, a saw mill and mining as well as a fishing opera ton, all in Alaska.
 Accompanying him to Aniak are his wife and two daughters.
 Air Traffic Control Specialist Lee Adams will be acting station chief upon Seitz's departure.
 The arrangement committee for the dinner included Merle Crump, Jess Jones and Roy Snyder.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
 No. 1908
 NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT AND DETERMINATION OF INHERITANCE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
 OF
 FRANCIS E. COWDEN, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska of Nome, Alaska, Administrator, has filed it's Final Report and Account, and that the 2nd day of June, 1861, at the hour of 200 D. m. of said day. in the above named court, Nome, Alaska, has by Court Order been fixed as the time and place for hearing on said Report and Account; and also. at such time and place the Court will determine and adjudicate the beneficiary of this estate OBJECTIONS, if any there be. to said report and account will be heard at this time.
 DATED this 3rd day of April, 1861.
 MINERS AND MERCHANTS
 BANK OF ALASKA.
 Administrator Virgil Vochoska, Attorney for Admin istrator.
 Publish: April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 1861.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
London 10 Seattle Nonstop
 In Hours and 53 Minutes

SEATTLE R - From London to Seattle nonstop in 8 hours and 58 minutes!
 The record was set Monday by a Pan American World AirWays' Boeing TOT Intercontinental with 68 passengers and a crew of Il aboard. The big plane averaged 547 miles an hour for the 4,777- mile WestbOund Polar flight.
 The old record for the route of 10 hours flat also was held by Pan Am.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
N o TT C E

To Our Friends and Customers Pops Drive-In will be under new management as of April l. 1881. The lessees. Esther and James Carter. will give continued and better service.
 We have sincerely appreciated your patronage which has made this small business a success. Look for better things to come al Pops. We will not be responsible for any debts contracted after March 3l, 1861.
 Chuck Frazier &
 Don Perkins
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
ENVIED LASSIE

HOLY LOCH, Scotland R - Attractive Beryl McNeil is the most envied lassie in Scotland one girl among 1000 sailors.
 She has gone to work aboard the U. s. Navy tender Proteus, anchored in the middle of Holy Loch as floating base for Po- laris submarines.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
Man-tO-the-MOOn Race - Do the US. People Want 1t?
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press Ne1os Analyst


 The Kennedy Administration appears to be willing to let the American people decide whether they want to spend vast sums of money over a period of years on the possibility that this country can send a man to the moon ahead of the Soviet Union.
 Lines for debate over it are ex- pected to be drawn soon.
 As one official put it, the tech nical groundwork for such proi- ect is being laid and the question is: "Does the country want it?" Presumably the decision will be based on reaction expressed to Congress and the executive branch after a period of trial bal looming
 A guess is that the administra- ton would like to have approval.
 The $125 million already added to the space development budget by the administration is to be spen [, according to official sources, on rocket developments pertinent both to current pro- grams and to the moon attempt if it is decided upon.
 According to these sources, if such a project is to be attempted within the estimated time it will take the Soviet Union, it must be decided upon in time for provi- sions in the 1863 budget.
 The project involves develop ment by 1867 or 1868 of the al- ready researched Nova booster rocket, at extremely heavy cost, at time when the expense of the space program already will be passing S2 billion annually. Nova might double it.
 One of the great arguments eX- pected to arise is whether the needs of the military development program have been met before this experiment in science and shoWmaship is undertaken.
 Some people in Washington will tell you that military needs will be met by missile programs al- ready in hand or decided upon. Others are asking whether they are sure that the competition With the Soviet Union for prestige in scientific space exploration will advance the American military potential rather than hinder it, and whether the United States space program pays as much at tention to the military potential as does the U.S.S.R.
 The man-to-the-moon rocket would have to be far more power ful than the Saturn CT now com ing up, which has eight engines, is 21 feet in diameter and is one third as tall as the Washington Monument, but not as powerful as current Soviet boosters. The larger C2, now projected, will not do, either, even with new engines and fuels now projected.
 AS of today, there is doubt whether Nova would have any military significance.
 The question to be answered this year is, therefore, whether the public wants to go into such a project, primarily for the sake of scientific exploration and in an effort to regain some of the prestige lost to the Communist claim that the Soviet system is the one which can produce the fastest scientific and economic advancement.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-26
Jet Fighter Pilot Shameless Tn Accidental Shooting

WASHINGTON R - The Air Force has found a jet fighter pilot blameless in the accidental shoot ing down of B52 jet bomber April '.
 The Board of Inquiry found an electrical malfunction caused a short circuit that fired a Side winder missile from the jet fight CT flown by It. James w. Van Scyoc on a training mission. Three of the eight men on board the bomber died in the crash.
 One d ca can make you wealthy. The man who invented roller skates made a million dol lars. So did the fellow who first thought of putting a crinkle in the ordinary hearpin.
Evening star., 1961-01-20

just arrived from the States
along with q few experienced
"old hands" already in the
combat area.
Truth to tell, my own boat
was q hard-luck number. AZ
ter I was relieved Of command
and hospitalized in Australia
with malaria it was blown UP
with the loss Of my old execu-
tive officer. Bob Bond Of Co
lumbia, s. c.. and several mem
bers Of the crew.
! didn't see Kennedy again
until he showed up in town in
1945 as Q newly elected mem
Der Of Congress. But the mark
Of the politician was on him
even more firmly than I had
remembered.
He promptly called out the
number Of my old PIT boat, but
I had not the slightest idea
Of the number Of his even more
famous craft.
Evening star., 1961-01-20

when this thing happened. !
didn't want to turn around and
60 back to the States 30 soon.' -
SO he kept from his superiors
the fact that pain from an old
football injury to. the lower
part of his spine had recurred
when he was thrown against
the deck Of his boat In an
earlier incident. He was given
command Of PT-59, which had
been converted into q
"gunhoat."
His squadron commander,
AL Cluster Of Van Nuys, Calf.
recalls:
Working against Jap barges
close to shore with q slow, over
loaded PIT like that was really
perilous and terribly exposed
Evening star., 1961-01-20

~ AAAO SAAS AAOV AeAJs
"Oh. hell, let's Just flip a
coin and decide it that way"
Up into the air sailed q So
cent piece. He called out
''heads" before it landed on
the ground. Tails" was up.
He lost.
No one can say that Ken
nedy came close to losing his
life three months later because
Of his unlucky call on the
coin. But we can say for sure
that II he had won, he would
have been spared that par
ticular hazardous experience.
One Boat Needed
Here's the background:
At that point in Kennedy's
history he and I were both
equal In naval responsibilities
and our earnest hope to join
. group Of five other PIT boats
being detached for duty in New
Guinea. The trouble was this:
Only one Of our boats was
needed to round out the num-
Der Of departing craft to six.
Both Of US had friends in
boats already designated to
leave. And Kennedy did not
come by his name Fighting
Jack" accidentally: The ever
present rumors Of wartime had
1t that there was more action"
In the New Guinea area.
For Q few weeks after the
coin-tossing incident ! muttered
many q time to myself. about
that lucky Kennedy guy"
Our boats were attacked by
japanese planes on our first