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sTUMPY POINT PERSONALS

Mrs. C. E. Payne left Monday
to visit her sister, Mrs. NJ. w.
Maness, and mother, Mrs. Bette
Nixon in Fayetteville.
Major (ret.) D. R. Nixon, Jr.
and family of Jacksonville visited
Mrs. Monroe Midgette for the
week end.
Geo. Wise. Jr. of Norfolk is Wis
iting his mother.
Eddie Leigh Hooper visited his
cousin, George Wise III, and Mike
Butler in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hooper Wis
tied his brother, Capt. NJ. I. Hoop
err and family in Washington, D.
C. during the week end.
1t. Commander and Mrs. K. w.
Wise of Arlington, Va. visited
here Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Wise
returned to Arlington for a visit
with their son and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Sutton
Jerri and Bonnie Sue of Elizabeth
City visited Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Hooper.
Charlie Brinn is i'll at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Edie Midgette
D. w. Burgess was operated on
Tuesday at Public Health Hos
pital and is recovering satisfac-
torily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey Smith re-
turned to their home in Laurens
s. C. Sunday after visiting Mrs
Smiths parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Dick Best.
Mrs. Donald Midgette was hos
tess to the W.S.C.S. study class
Monday night. Mrs. Midgette
taught the chapter on "The Holy
Spirit and the Church." from the
Study on Basic Christian Beliefs.
After the study Mrs. Jasper
Hooper assisted the hostess in
serving hot chocolate, cake and
sailed nuts to those present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Best were
in Norfolk Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph O'Neal Wis
tied in Fairfield Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Midget,
Steve, Donna and David visited in
Oxford over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Meekins and
son, Penn of Norfolk, visited Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Meekins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Etheridge
and Mrs. Mcdonald of Wanchese
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover Bratten
and Buster of Manns Harbor Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Brantley Twi-
ford.
Mrs. D. w. Burgess visited her
husband Sunday in the Public
Health Hospital, Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tai Best were in
Elizabeth City Monday.
Sallie Best visited Carolyn Mar
shall in Engelhard Saturday.
Darlene Daniels of Wanchese
visited Susie Best.
T. L. Midgette of Norfolk visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Wise Mon
day.
Birth
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Gray
their first child, a daughter, Bon
ME Kay, weight z lbs, 10 OF. on
February 10th at Columbia Hos
pital. Mrs. Gray is the former
Carolyn. Knight, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Knight.
Mr.. Gray is the son of Mr.. and
NJ. Hxr:ll;n-A Hrn.r
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HIGH SCHOOL PTA TO MEET

The Manteo High School PTA
will meet Tuesday night, February
28, at eight o'clock in the school
auditorium. The speaker will be
Miss Adelaide Lennon of the Child
Welfare Division Of the state de-
partment of public welfare in
Raleigh.
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Agricultural Building Wednesday
night. They were Living Stone"
an interesting story on Eskimo
stone carving. The other "Eye of
an Artist" which gave a lot of in
formation to the art class. Seven
teen attended.
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Dislike what deserves it, but
never hate, nor that is of the ma
ture Of malice, which is applied
to persons, not things.
William Penn
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so long as the Legislature might
be in session Good!
LUNCH Seen having lunch to-
gether last Friday Graham
Jones, administrative assistant and
chief speech-writer for Gov. San
ford. and Ed Rankin who
spent nearly ten years in the Gov
errors office as assistant to
William B. Umstead and L. Hodges
i. . and Ed is now with the on-the-
ball John Harden Associates, public
relations firm -.
CAPITAL CLIP. Gal 2...-...................
DECADE Ten years ago last
week Gov. Kerr Scott went on the
radio to ask for help from the peo-
pie to break the hold-the-line Gen.
eral Assembly and one of the
men who helped him most was Raj
phi Fisher, Republican of Transyl-
vania County =. who died several
years ago and John Umstead,
who is still in the Legislature and
will be e on April z -.
'SEAFOOD Favorite late-hour
food of the legislators: steamed
NO HANDS One result Of the
1869 minimum wage law: legisla-
tors ride new automatic (no opera
tors) elevators at the Hotel Sir
Walter and we get it straight
that the Republican Party is taking
over two complete floors of the
Andrew johnson Hotel at the cor
ner of Salisbury and Martin
INITIATION And repeat that
name. again. please -. the lobbyist
who repeatedly asked for $4,000
to protect a segment of the farm
retail group from taxes! Wow, talk
about inflation!
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so long as the Legislature might
be in session Good!
Evening star., 1961-10-24
Questionable Assistance to Exi|es

Communist. On this theory
all the Batistas and Trujillos
could find employment with
Gen. Swing: they are, among
other things. anti-C -Commu-
mist. OF course. the Batista
and Trujillo families don't
need the money.
The President cannot es-
cape all responsibility for
these operational boo boos.
Gen. Swing Is an Eisenhower
appointee, often under fire,
not only in policy matters but
for his abuse Of some Of the
prerogatives Of his office.
Democrats had looked for
ward to his replacement
when his term expired last
summer.
1t is understood that he
was rescued by his friend,
Representative Walter, chair
man Of the House Un-Amer-
ican Activities Committee,
and a powerful voice on the
Joint Committee on Immi-
grafton policy. Mr.. Kennedy
needs. Of course, every House
vote he can get.
1t was then pleaded for
Gen. Swing that he needed
slig htly more government
service in order to get GER
tain retirement privileges.
He has had it or soon will
have it. He serves at the
pleasure of the President and
under the Presidents broth
er. Attorney General Ken
nedy.
Evening star., 1961-10-24
Use of Former Botisto Police Aide
To Interview Anti-Costroites Hit

Latin-American volcano now
in the process Of eruption
is the Dominican Republic.
The policy of this govern
ment, working through the
Organization Of American
States, is to encourage the
departure Of the family Of
the late Dominican Dictator
Rafael Trujillo from the
scene. This is believed to be
the only method Of prevent
ing total explosion and
anarchy.
Col. FACET fled to the
Dominican Republic with
Gen. BatiSta when Castro
forces triumphed in January,
1859. They we're given asylum
by the late Dictator Trujillo,
the sort of fact which would
impress itself upon any
potential rebel against a
Trujillo regime.
Such rebels are not likely
to find encouragement in the
employment policies followed
by Gen. Swings immigration
service. The service is trying
to play down Col. FACETS
role, insisting that while he is
part Of the Cuban screening
and interrogation process, he
is only an interpreter.
He is being used, according
to a service spokesman, be-
cause he is an expert anti
Evening star., 1961-10-24
Anniversary of a Tragic BIunder

rifle fire. The British Heavy
Brigade Of cavalry became in
volved and also checked the
Russians, though at ghastly
cost.
Then came an order to the
commander of the 600-odd
members Of the Light Brigade
to move nearer the enemy"
Out Of this came the blunder-
ing decision to charge the
main Russian position, the
heavy guns and thousands of
entrenched troops - a mile
and-a-half distant. It was,
Of course, murder. OF more
than 600, about 200 returned.
Today, on United Nations
Day, and the eve Of the an
niversary Of the magnificent
but tragic charge Of the Light
Brigade, mankind hopes to
avoid blundering into an
atomic war Of horror and
death.
Evening star., 1961-10-24

PARIS.-Relations between
France and Spain have i'm
proved greatly in the last
few months, much more than
appears on the surface. This
is only natural. remarked a
veteran French journalist,
for besides their many COM
mon interests, France is a
republic with a monarch"
at its head, while Spain is a
monarchy with a kind of
un-elected, accepted presi-
dent at the helm.
Whatever may be said,
since the army brought him
to office in 1858 Gen. Charles
de Gaulle has been acting
more like a king than a presi-
dent. What is important for
the balance of power and
the security of Europe, the
rank and file of Frenchmen
love it.
Despite the many out
bursts in Algeria on the part
Of officers of the regular
army, who are reported to be
about 80 per cent against
Gen. de Gaulle's policies in
Algeria but not against Gen.
de Gaulle (the uncrowned
king Of France; and despite
last summers outburst of
discomfort on the part of
French farmers and salaried
people because wages did not
keep up with the cost Of liv-
ing. Gen. de Gaulle is today
the most popular man in
France. If he called for an
other plebiscite tomorrow, the
best guess is that he would
win by a 10 or 80 per cent
majority.
1t is the cabinet of "le
General" which is unpopular
and bears the brunt of the
discomfort caused by the
hiatus between prices and
income. Gen. de Gaulle's
royal demeanor appeals to
the French populace, be they
farmers from Brittany or
Normandy, industrial workers
or white collar workers, as
well as the vast French bour-
geoisie. He continues to re-
main Frances backbone. He
has brought back to these
people an era as glorious for
France as that of Louis XIV
and Napoleon I.
It comes naturally to Gen.
de Gaulle to be in this role.
Even as a cadet at st. Cyr.
he spoke and thought about
his future Of one day leading
the deStinies of France.
Strangely enough, his fellow
Evening star., 1961-10-24
DAVID LAWRENCE
Americas True Military Might

does strike back, her power Of
destruction is so great that it
will be more devastating in
the damage inflicted on So
Wet Russia and her people
than the first blow against
the United States would be.
This is the first time any
such information has been
divulged by officials Of the
United States government. It
confirms the famous phrase
of the late Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles, when he
made a speech a few years
ago predicting massive re-
taliation" if the Soviets at
tackled. He was derided by
left wing" critics and ap-
peasers and others who
thought it was impolite TO
tell the Soviets what would
happen if they struck the
first blow. It was the pooh
pooling Of this warning in
many quarters which may
have stimulated Mr.. Khru-
shcheV'S militant behavior in
world politics.
Now it comes out-Amer-
leans need not be so terrified
as so many have been that
the first blow" would be
fatal and that it might be
better to appease the So
vietS after all.
The administrations frank
disclosure is a significant
move in the cold war" 1t
should have a sobering ef-
feet in Moscow. But it does
make one wonder how much
political benefit was unfair
ly derived in the last presi-
Dental campaign by those
who cried missile gap" and
otherwise deprecated Amer
ica's military strength. For
unquestionably the military
power Of the United States
could not possibly have been
built up to such awesome
proportions since January
20, 1861. when Mr.. Ken
nedy was inaugurated. Most
Of it must have been accom-
pliShed sometime during the
two terms Of President
Dwight Eisenhower and with
the $3.50 billion of tax money
furnished by the American
people for defense in those
eight years. At last, the in
formation gap" has been
closed.
Copyright. 196D
Evening star., 1961-10-24
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Corps Director Shriver South America
That's the last you'll hear from him for month There be
post cards home from that fellow.
Republicans the slogan market In the New Jersey
Governor Since they're running Jim Mitchell big
for big job Democrats can't very well retort that
their Hughes is "a little man for little job"
II think college admissions aren't getting tougher
just try to into the Iowa Michigan State Mississippi
Stadiums Saturday afternoons
When in Rome do the Romans do-and watch the
actors from Hollywood dodge American
Q-Whats this fight between Moscow and Communist
Albania? Alabama claims it has pure communism" Khru-
shchev argues that If it's pure it amt communism.
Freedom Information bulletin Things have changed
the Secretary of State Dulles newsmen couldn't
get into Red China Under Secretary Ruk they can't
into the State Department.
Evening star., 1961-10-24
DORIS FLEESON

Gen. Swing, meet Secre-
tary of State Rusk.
Secretary RuSk is in charge
Of a foreign policy whose
aim respecting Cuba is to
encourage underground OPP
erationS there. Many of the
Cuban exiles now fleeing to
the United States are ex-
perienced guerrillas who
fought the BatiSta dictator
ship, became disillusioned
with Fidel Castro and form
the main hope for a sue
cessful anti-Castro under
ground.
The immigration and
Naturalization Service head
ed by Gen. Swing has en-
ployed as one of its inter-
prefers interviewing these
exiles Col. Mariana FACET, a
high secret police official in
the BatiSta regime. Col.
FACETS presence at the Gu
ban screenings has shocked
and bewildered the exile
leaders.
They declare it will turn
anti-Castro fighters against
the United States. complicate
underground operations in
Cuba and discourage defec-
tions from Castro.
But there is more to the
FACET story than that. The
Evening star., 1961-10-24
CONSTANTINE BROWN
The Popularity of lie General

world powers; and he has
made an almost bankrupt
France into a strong econo-
mic entity in the world. Only
four years ago the French
gold reserves amounted to a
little more than SITS million.
Today they are over So bill
lion, and that after having
paid some $7O0 million of
their debt in gold to us in
advance.
As some doubt is beginning
to creep into the minds Of
Europeans about Americas
policy toward Germany, it is.
no exaggeration to say that
most of the European people,
including the once aloof Brit
ishers, look toward the
French monarch" (who pre-
fers to be called Monsieur le
President). for leadership.
Evening star., 1961-10-24
De GouIIe Reported Looked to by Some
Outside France for Leadership Role

cadets did not make fun of
the ideas Of the tall skinny
youngster.
He did not react angrily
when the late President
Roosevelt suggested derisively
that the French leader
considered himself the en-
bodiment Of Joan Of Arc and
Clemenceau. He is reported
to have resented somewhat
the comparison with Clemen-
ceau, for whom he had only
a limited regard because he
was a politician"
Gen. de Gaulle's present
behavior Of aloofneSS and
royal pride Is not a put-up
act; it comes as naturally to
him as does baby-kissing to
an American ward politician.
The following story has been
told to this reporter about
one Of the more recent at
titudes Of 'le General"
He was visiting an area in
the poorer part of France,
and stopping in a small town.
The mayor, garbed in his Of
ficial accoutrement Crock
coat with tri-color sash
around his protubera t
belly), presented the Presi-
dent the towns golden book,
filled with signatures Of the
great.
This is a great honor for
our city. M. lie President" he
said. THE last signature in
this book was that Of one of
your predecessors, President
Vincent Auriol." And he
handed Gen. de Gaulle a pen.
Gen. de Gaulle looked at
the book. returned the pen
and said: DE Gaulle never
signs his name beneath that
Of another"
He then shook hands af-
fably with Monsieur lie Marie,
and proceeded to make his
usual short speech about ia
grande. belle France cherie.
The great days of the past,
be they Of the high civiliza-
tion Of Louis XIV or Of the
pioneers who fought for the
liberty Of America, are more
appealing to the rank and
file thar so many empty,
high = falutin' words about
brotherhood of nations.
But there is something
more substantial in Gen. de
Gaulle's continued popularity
as the uncrowned monarch
of France. He has, in the face
Of enormous difficulties,
brought the country into the
forefront of international af-
fairs as one of the great
Evening star., 1961-10-24

To this day no one knows
for sure why" someone
blundered. Cecil Woodham-
Smith, author of THE Rea-
son Why" wrote a brilliant,
fascinating book on the bat
tie. He concluded: Who
blundered and why remains
one of the mysteries of his
tory"
The British cavalry was the
elite corps of the empires
armed forces. 1t had not been
able to get into action, the
nature Of the siege prevent
ing. 1t was reStive, eager.
Some days before, a strong,
additional Russian army had
been reported moving toward
the British rear. The warning
was ignored. But on October
"a, this force, composed Of
cavalry, artillery and num-
erous battalions of infantry,
had driven the Turks from
the advance positions guard
ing the vital supply fort.
The British staff, for a
long time at odds with one
another, dominated in turn
by jealous incompetents, was
poorly organized for the test.
BY nightfall on october "a
all were worried. By morn
ing of october 25 all were
deeply concerned lest the
port be lost and the entire
British army cut off and
starved out.
In the valley, on that fate
full morning lot years ago,
they beheld the massed Rus
sian infantry marching for
ward, with enormous units of
cavalry riding ahead of them.
They began to overrun other
Turkish positions and to
slaughter the troops. The
British could hear the
screams of the defenders be-
ing put to the sword by the
Russian cavalrymen. A thin
line of Scottish Highlanders
managed temporarily to stop
the advance by murderous
Evening star., 1961-10-24
Gogorin Better,
Attends Conqress

MOSCOW. Oct. "a (AP).-
Spaceman Yuri Gagarin, who
has been i'll for over two weeks,
is we'll again and attended the
Communist Party Congress to-
day, the Foreign Ministry press
department reported. Maj. Ga
garin turned down an invita-
ton to visit Genoa to take part
Evening star., 1961-10-24
Picture of u. S. RetoIiotory Power
Called SIGNIFICANT Cold War Move

heavy bombers and many
more medium bomberS equal
ly capable Of intercontinental
operations because Of our
highly developed inflight re-
fueling techniques and world
wide base structure"
This is a lot of information
packed into a single para
graph. but it is accompanied
by facts even more mean
ingful, as follows:
THE United States also
has six Polaris submarines at
sea carrying a total Of 96
missiles, and dozens Of inter-
continental ballistic missiles.
Our carrier strike forces
(naval aircraft carriers) and
land-baSed theater forces
(overseas air baSeS) could de-
liver additional hundreds Of
megatons.
THE total number Of our
nuclear delivery vehicles,
tactical as well as strategic,
is in the tens Of thousands;
and, of course, we have more
than one warhead for each
vehicle"
These phrases are from the
vocabulary of military men,
but, in a nutshell, they say
that America has bombs and
missiles of a most destructive
kind, and the means Of de-
livering them. Mr.. Gilpatric
goes on to say:
"Our forces are so deployed
QocateO and protected that
a sneak attack could not ef-
fectively diSarm us. The de-
structive power which the
United States could bring to
bear even after a Soviet sur
prise attack upon our forces
would be as great aS-perhapS
greater than-the total un-
damaged force which the
enemy can threaten to
launch against the United
States in a first strike.
I'm short, we have q Sec
ond strike capability which is
at least as extensive as what
the Soviets can deliver by
striking first. Therefore, we
are confident that the So
vietS will not provoke a ma
jor nuclear conflict"
The preceding statement
means that, if the Soviet
Union strikes first, she cannot
hope to destroy our power to
strike back. When America
Evening star., 1961-10-24

Sometimes it takes months
for facts-even though re-
assuring-to permeate the
consciousness of the Amer
ican people. Maybe it's be-
cause those facts aren't prop
erly launched in the first
place.
An important speech was
made last Saturday night by
Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy
Secretary of Defense. 1t was
cleared for publication" by
the President of the United
States - which means he
made the decision that its
contents should be broad
cast to the world. Secretary
of State RuSk said on Sunday
that he went over the speech
with Mr.. Gilpatric before it
was made and that the
speech served a very useful
purpose"
Actually, the President
himself should have made
the announcement contained
in the speech, as it would
then have attracted world
wide attention. His reluc-
tance to do so probably
Stemmed from a fear that it
might be regarded as "saber
rattling," though there is
much less reason nowadays
to be concerned with such
nicetieS in the face of Khru-
shchev's numerous outburStS
and threats.
Mr.. Gilpatric's speech is
the first statement of the true
military power of the United
States that has been issued
In recent years. 1t was re-
leased at this time undoubt-
edly to impress the Soviet
Union, but one wonders how
many misconceptions of
American military power
have been allowed to form in
Mr.. KhruShchev's mind here
tofore because he never was
told the facts or because
some politicians in America
sought to draw the picture of
a weak America.
Mr.. Gilpatric's carefully
chosen words are truly star
ting. He says:
THE United States has to-
day hundreds of manned
intercontinental mbers
capable Of reaching the So
Wet Union. including 900
Evening star., 1961-10-24
RALPH McGILL
On u. N. Day, Hope Is That Mankind
Can Avoid Fate of Light Brigade

1t is almost as if the Julian
calendar as reformed by
Pope Gregory had conSpired
to produce on this October
"a both United Nations
Day and the anniversary Of
the beginning of the battle
of Balaklava, with its hide
Gus blunder which commit
ted the Light Brigade against
the massed might of the
Car.
One hundred and seven
years ago Russia. dominant
in the war tensions of the
day, was at war with Britain,
France and Turkey. Today,
Russia's determination in
Germany and other parts Of
the world to bring nations
within the Communist grasp
causes fear and concern. GA
century and seven years ago
the Army of the United
States was chiefly occupied
with war parties of the Sioux
Indians, safe from the world
behind our vast and splendid
oceans.)
Balaklava was a fishing
village of no Importance un-
til destiny chose it for a great
military disaster. 1t still is
not a familiar name. But the
Light Brigade is, and for
generations every school
child in Britain and America
has known that someone
had blundered."
Thousands of shrill and
adolescent voices have de-
claimed Tennyson's poem be-
fore countless high school
literary societies
Halt q league, half a league,
HdI a league onUdrd,
All in the Udlley OF death
Rode the sir hundred
Was there a man diSmayed?
Not though the soldier
kneD
Some one had
blundered. E"
Evening star., 1961-10-24

in Columbus Day celebrations
october IL. The Soviet Ambas-
sador in Italy said he was sick.
Then he Cancelled a trip to
New Delhi scheduled for next
Thursday with the same excuse.
Yesterday the Foreign Min
istry said they had no news of
him. but today it reported he
was at the Congress session in
the Kremlin.
The ministry said it did not
know the nature Of his ailment.
Evening star., 1961-08-17

centage of its 10000 (estimated) popu-
lation was identified as lamas (priests or
monks). 1t is understood that the lama
population has declined under Commu-
mist rule that has been complete for 20
years or more
Anyway, the State Department has
now announced that Gin view of the ex-
listing world situation it is in the best
interest of the United States to suspend"
any consideration of diplomatic rela-
tions between Washington and Ulan
Bator. 1t is reported also that we will
abstain if and when vote is taken this
fall on admission of Outer Mongolia to
the United Nations. This may be as good
a course as any-as far as either Outer
Mongolia or Mauritania is concerned.