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Evening star., 1961-12-17
A Dog and TobIec|oth
Cause q YuIe Crisis

When the owner came home,
she was saddened to hear Of
the dogs death, but pleased to
learn that he was given an ap-
propriate funeral.
But" she asked later,
where is my heirloom lace
tablecloth?"
THAT old white one?" the
caretaker said. "Oh, we used
that for the dogs shroud."
Well, it blew over after a
while, and the owner finally
decided she really didn't want
her tablecloth resurrected.
I'm not the lace tablecloth
type anyway I guess. I really
prefer plastic mats-particu-
larly now," she said.
But her sister, who remem-
bered the tablecloth as having
been appraised at $2,500, de-
cided she would like to have
1T. The trouble is, nobody on
the farm can remember Just
where the dogs grave is.
Hence the mine detector. The
sister thinks it may be able to
detect the dogs collar, license
tag or the metal hinges on
the coffin.
Concerned about the sensi-
tiyitles OF other dog lovers or
tablecloth fanciers, the prin-
cipalS involved prefer to re-
main anonymous.
Evening star., 1961-12-17

erty with promises of economic
progress.
The promises are soon for
gotten, he said, adding:
I'VE have seen this in the
grim, drab poverty of Eastern
Europe, in the famines of
China and here in our own
hemisphere"
That was an apparent ref
erence to Cuba. President
Romulo Betancourt, in re-
sponse, declared Venezuela is
ranged in the Western camp
by her own decision and will
do her part to impede the
expansion of the Sino-Soviet
bloc in Latin America"
The 10-year, $40 billion Al
lance for Progress links United
States aid with Latin American
self-help and reform.
The President visited two
housing and agrarian reform
See KENNEDY, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-12-17
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

A trail-blazing step in Wash
ington area governmental pur-
chasing that might save tens OF
thousands of dollars is now re-
ceiving serious consideration.
Samuel Humes, executive Sec
retary Of the Washington Met
ropolitan Regional Conference,
said the possibility of joint con-
tracing by the District and
suburban governments will be
considered at a meeting of the
conferences new administra-
tive officers advisory commit
tee on January 4.
Joint contracting by local
governments on certain prod
uctS should be carefully ex-
plored." Mr.. Humes said. 1T
might save each local govern
ment tens of thousands of dol
lars"
For example, the District
buys standard sized police
squad cars for about $500 less
than the other local govern
ments by making volume pur-
chases directly from the man
Evening star., 1961-12-17

fighters and dive bombers were
roaring toward Guadalcanal
from Rabaul. New Britain.
Up on the bridge 1t. Living
ston received orders to wait off
Togoma Point for the destroyer
Aaron Ward, now on the way
to screen him.
! 1t. Livingston ordered his
helmSman to start circling. He
had good reason to. LIST 449
was carrying, among other
things, a cargo of bombs for the
Russell Islands. A direct hit
from the air might blow 449 and
every man aboard into frag-
ments. The circling motion of
the ship was too much for 1t.
Kennedy'S curiosity. He climbed
out of his bunk and made for
the companionway.
just about this time, at $40
pm, a Japanese plane glided
down out of the sun into the
flaming guns of 449. Ten feet
off the port bow a 500-pound
bomb splashed into the water.
A tremendous explosion knocked
the ship into a 20-degree list
to starboard and lifted the
stern out of water.
Bound for the deck, Kennedy
was nearly thrown off his feet.
Above. a great fountain of
water splashed across the ship.
Moments earlier, 1t. Livingston
had gone out on the port wing
OF the bridge near where the
bomb fell. The explosion hurled
him clear across to the star
board wing. He was soaked with
salt water but did not immedi-
ately feel any severe pain, which
was surprising because the con-
cussion had fractured his neck.
kennedy scrambled to the
deck, and the sight before him
remains to this day one of the
most spectacular he has ever
seen.
Nine enemy planes, some
hurtling down in steep dives,
others slanting in on long
See PIT 109, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-12-17

OF Maryland'S new savings ano
loan law, Albert w. Ward, di-
rector of The Department oi
Assessments and Taxation, tolo
the firms:
/. Discontinue the illegal
practice of investing with the
Security Financial Corp. any
funds or others assets in (Se-
curity Financial's) trust fund
2. Immediately secure a re-
fund of the funds so invested"
There were immediate pro-
tests by some of the savings
and loan firms that they al
ready had ceased the practice
which the State yesterday Or
dered them to drop.
And a spokesman for Secu-
rity Financial said the firm
would continue to abide by
whatever is legally right"
Three other savings and loan
firms now under court super
vision - either IN receivership
or conServatorship - are ex-
pected to be advised by letter
of the action.
1t was indicated, the re-
ceivers or conservatorS are ex-
Evening star., 1961-12-17
u. S. Shift
Lifts Odds
On Survival
Copyright 1861, The Evening Star
NRWsnaner Co
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Staff Writer


The Kennedy administration
is switching to a strategy de-
signed to spare Soviet cities in
case of nuclear war.
This major shift in war plan
ming, Pentagon officials feel,
would improve the odds for
wartime survival for individual
Americans and for the Nation
as whole. At the same time.
it is believed, it would make
both accidental and deliberate
war less likely.
For the past decade Ameri-
can war plans have provided
for destruction of the enemy'S
cities along with bomber bases.
missile sites and air defenSeS.
The Russians, as near as mill
tary analysts can determine,
have the same intention to de-
stroy both the people and the
weapons of this country if war
comes.
The American nuclear-war
target list is being revised to-
day. however, to permit the
President to hold back this
country's city-destroying weap-
onS.
/ Plan Offers Enemy Choice
! The decision to avoid killing
millions of enemy civilians in
any future war was not taken
out of desire to be gentle.
Rather it is an effort to deter
an enemy from deliberately
killing millions of Americans.
1t is an appeal to his own selfish
interests to limit the thermo-
nuclear war.
The administration sees no
rational reason in modern war
fare for either side to bomb
the people, the industry or the
government centers of the OPP
ponent. Adoption of the new
strategy would in effect tell
the Soviets that life or death
Of most Russians lies in the
Kremlin's own hand.
If the enemy spared Ameri-
can cities, the United States
would spare it's; if it destroyed
United States cities, this coun-
try would retaliate in kind.
War Still Not Attractive"
American officials say that
even a war that avoided city
bombing would be dreadfully
destructive to property and
lives on both sides. Therefore
this country is not making
a sudden nuclear attack on
America attractive to the Rus
slams simply by reducing the
outlook for Soviet deaths from
so million to five million.
The United States would not
give up its city = destroying
See STRATEGY, Page Ala
Evening star., 1961-12-17
EVERYBODY's PREPARING FOR SANTA
Teerl-ageGir|'s
Death Pro,ed

A teen-aged girl, found slair
yesterday in a honeysuckle
thicket in Loudoun County, Va.
was "unquestionably the victim
of a sex fiend." Commonwealth
Attorney Stirling Harrison de.
clared last night as authorities
pressed efforts to identify the
slender brunette.
In Leesburg, Va, where the
investigation is centered, Mr.
Harrison said the girls back
side and legs were covered with
marks and scars from recent
beatingS.
"She might even have been
beaten with a belt" the prose-
cutor theorized.
An autopsy disclosed the girl
died about 2::30 am. yesterday
OF blows about the head
causing a brain hemorrhage,
Richmond authorities said.
The girl was judged to be in
her late teens or early eos
Despite the numerous cuts and
bruises all over her body, the
examination showed she had
not been raped.
Word of the autopsy's re-
suits were relayed from James
Gerbis, assistant State medical
examiner to Sheriff Maurice
Dwyer of Loudoun County.
State Police Investigator C.
L. Wood said she may have been
alive when she was thrown
from a car near an unpaved
See GIRL, Page Az
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Today's Star

MRS. ElcHMANN, wife Of the
condemned mass murderer, tells her
reoetion to the news from lsroeI
Ond the Background Of her life
with Adolf Eiehmonn in an excIu-
sive interview granted OF q secret
rendezvous in Munich. Her story
oppeors on Pose Ala.
KEEPING FIT is q trodition with
the Attorney General and his seven
children. Mrs. Robert +. Kennedy
tells how her fomiIy does it, on Poee
4 of This Week Mosozine, which
also lectures "Whot You Don't Know
About Dreoms." on Pose s, ond the
Governor Of Puerto Rieo's blueprint
for sowing Lotin America from Cos
tro, on Pose II.
oLD-FASHloNeD CHRISTMAS
will be celebrated as usuol this yeor
by Bloir Lee ond his large fomiIy.
The Democratic senotoriol condi-
dote from Maryland and his brood
give preview Of their Christmas, on
Poss 4 Of SUNDAY. The Stor Mag
ozine.
HOT MEALS in flight ore token
for granted now but only O quorter-
century ago you were lucky to get
cold chicken ond on orange. ChorIes
Ycrbroush, The Stor's TroveI Editor,
troees the development Of oirplone
meols ond the fovorite food ond
drink Of Washington passengers. on
Pose CT.
SIX GLAMoR GIRLS got together
for on upcomins THE Defenders"
show and mode the star feel like
the Shoh Of Psrsio. Bernie Harrison,
The Stor's TV editor, tokes you
behind the scenes with Actor E.
6. MorshoIl ond his sIomorous cost,
on Pose z Of Tv Mosozine.
Evening star., 1961-12-17

President Kennedy and seemed
an omen of success in MS
mission, which spotlights United
States determination to help
this continent and stem the
appeal of communism.
Banners of welcome and
United States and Venezuelan
flags flew above the most mas
sive security precautions ever
taken in Venezuela for a visit
ing chief executive.
With no sign of the incidents
that had been feared, Mr..
Kennedy drove 10 miles into
the city, flew by helicopter to
projects associated with the
aims of the Alliance for Prog
ress, and bespoke a new, 1861
good neighbor policy for all the
Americas.
In his main address of the
day he solemnly warned Latir
Americans against alien phi
losophies and repressive die
tatorships that take away lib
Evening star., 1961-12-17

Condition Red" This meant
that an air attack was immi-
nent. Moments later a Destroy
er rushing by gave LIST 449 a
similar warning. 1t. Livingston
ordered his ship turned about,
and as quickly as he could he
took out after the vessels flee
ing through Lunga Roads.
LIST 449 carried a heavy load
of cargo and passengers, includ-
ing ITO Army requirements and
a group of naval officers bound
for assignments in the Solomon
Islands. Among them was 1t.
G.g) John Fitzgerald Kennedy
of Boston, a bachelor a few
years out of Choate and Har-
ward, who had recently COM
pleted the course at the Motor
Torpedo Boat Squadron Train
ing Center at Melville, Rhode
Island. AS a transient he had
no duties aboard and was be-
low in his bunk reading when
1t. Livingston began ducking
from one destroyer screen to
another for protection as the
ships continued to clear the
roads.
The sharp turns rolled 1t.
Kennedy alpund in bed. He
Evening star., 1961-12-17

pected to follow the terms OF
the order.
The firms involved have
about $4,000 shareholders with
approximately $20.3 million in
savings.
The Security Financial In
surance Corp, according to its
financial statement, was formed
to insure the savings of share
holders in savings and loan
firms up to $4,000 in each
account.
The State Insurance Depart
ment said that about 80 Mary
land loan associations are men,
berS of it. Two others are from
out of State.
The nine firms ordered to
See SAVINGS, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-12-17
BY ROBERT J. DONOVAN

On April Z, 1943, the United
States Navy's LIST 449 ap-
preached the northern coast of
Guadalcanal. At 1915 pm. off
Togoma Point the skipper, 1t,
Carl S. Livingston. notified sew
eral transports and destroyers
racing out at high speed into
Iron Bottom Sound, so named
because so many ships had been
sunk there before the Ameri-
cans had finally wrested Quad
alcanal from the Japanese.
At 1920 pm. the signal sta
ton at Koli Point flashed:
Evening star., 1961-12-17
PIT Oo-CHAPTERI
Welcome to the Pacific

thought it strange, yet no word
came from above to arouse con-
Germ. It could hardly have
dawned on him or his fellow
passengers that the Japanese
had launched their greatest air
attack since Pearl Harbor and
that at this moment 1T enemy
Evening star., 1961-12-17
9 More Loan Firms
Face Maryland Action
BY ROBERT GRUENBERG
Star staff Writer

Nine Maryland savings and loan assocations-in-
Guiding three in nearby Montgomery Counydrew action by
the State yesterday.
They have been ordered to halt what the State terms
Illegal investment practices with the Security Financial
Insurance Corp. of Baltimore.
In sweeping regulatory action under the authority
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Roads Glazed
By Ice, Area
TrafficSnar|ed
D. 6. Sunds Streets
As Wreck Reports
EneuIf Police

Freezing rain fell on Wash
ington, Maryland and Virginia
last night. causing hundreds of
traffic accidents as streets
and highways were coated with
ice.
Collision reports poured into
all area police stations faster
than they could be handled
when the ice storm started.
After an hour or two, the ice
had melted in many areas and
the accident furry abated.
Warmer weather this morning
was expected to minimize haz-
ards.
The District Highway De-
partment announced snow
emergency Plan No. /, pro-
claiming a traffic emergency"
had gone into effect at tbs
pm.
Although there was no snow
on the streets, the plan in
voked by the District makes
subject to arrest any motorist
if his vehicle stalls and OBJ
structs any of a designated list
of major arterial streets in the
city and he has no chains or
snow tires or if he runs out of
gas or exhausts his battery.
Virginia State police said
they had so many collisions
from skidding, sliding autos
they didn't begin to have
enough troopers to handle them
all. Silver Spring police said
the collision reports were COM
ing in at the rate of a couple
Of dozen a minute.
Crashes Multiply
There were so accidents in
the first half hour of the storm
in the Bethesda and Wheaton
areas of Maryland and Fairfax
County reported so over a sim
naT period of time. All streets
and highways were like skating
Kinks under a fine coating of
ice that made 1t virtually i'm
possible for motorists to steer
or stop at will.
A 50-year-old Frederick, Md.
man was killed when an on
coming truck, attempting to
pass on icy highway, skidded
sideways into his auto. The
man, Austin B. Gross, was
killed on U. s. Is one mile north
of Frederick.
One three-car smaSh-up in
Arlington was further compli-
Gated when a police cruiser.
coming up to straighten things
out, skidded into the three-car
tangle and in turn was struck
by another helpleSsly skidding
motoriSt.
The District mobilized IS
Sanitation Department trucks
to sand main theroughfares
but not soon enough to prevent
a rash of accidents that had all
available police cars busy. One
of the worst situations report
ed was on the Whitehurst free
way where traffic was helpless
ly snarled by slipping. sliding
vehicles.
Park Police said the Balti-
more-Washington Parkway and
the Mt. Vernon Boulevard were
in very hazardous condition
and were being sanded.
Freezing on Ground
Air traffic was not affected
at first because of the very ma
ture of the storm. The Weather
Bureau explained that a.
glaze storm is the product of
rain falling from a warmer
layer of air aloft into the 30
degree temperature on the
ground and then freezing.
Thus. once an airplane got
into the air it encountered
only rain.
The forecaster said the
rain was expected to con-
tinue through this morning
with a temperature rise to
about 40 degrees.
noon.
Rain will fall most of to-
day and will not end until
tomorrow, giving rise to pre-
dictions that more street icing
can be expected tonight when
Evening star., 1961-12-17
New A-War Strateqy
Would Spare Cities
Kennedy Wins Vivos'
In Venezuelan Tour
Caracas Stages Warm Welcome
As Threats of Protests Vanish

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 16 (AP)-Threats of lefst
violence vanished amid Viva Kennedy" cheers in Caracas
today the United States President the people
Venezuela to support the Alliance Progress program
Latin American development.
The warmth of his reception brought happy smile to
Evening star., 1961-12-17


Gools. Poee A.
tangan base on the eastern side
of the city.
Katangan soldiers still held
out in the heart of the capital
near the Leopold II Hotel
crowded with refugees from two
days of furious ground fighting
Sees Early Success
At U. N. headquarters in New
York, Brig. Indar Jit Rikhye
acting Secretary General L
Thant's top military adviser
said he believes Elisabethville
will be under U. N. control with
in another day. He said the
U, N. force would complete its
planned operation by seizing
only two more objectives-
Mr.. Tshombe's palace and Ra-
dio Katanga-and that only
pockets of resistance would re-
main.
Hospitals jammed with
wounded were without water,
as was most Of the city. Food
was scarce. Shops were smashed
by the mortar fire. And still
the fighting went on in a vio-
lent rainstorm.
A spokesman for Mr..
Tshombe'S secessionist govern
ment announced he had ar
rived at Kipushi, 80 miles south
OF the capital on the border of
Northern r odesia. Mr..
Tshombe took refuge there for
a time during the fighting be-
tween his troops and U. N.
forces in September.
Massacre Charged
Before leaving Elisabethville.
MI. ASnOmDe issued a cOmmu-
nique charging the U. N. Of
fenSive in the city led to a
massacre of the Elisabethville
civilian population" Declaring
katanga will continue to resist,
the communique predicted
outchery will only strengthen
our faith in the final victorious
issue of a just fight"
Dispatches from the battered
capital said it seemed impos-
sible that the 2,00O-man Ka-
tangan garrison with its white
officers could hold out much
longer against the onslaught of
5000 Swedish, Irish and In
dian Gurkha troops.
Morale was low among the
Katangans. White officers in
See CONGO, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-12-17

Also Sunday. The Stor Mosozine;
This Week Mosozine, TV Moso-
zine and Comic Section.
Evening star., 1961-12-17

This is the first Of l8 articles based on
the book, "PT- lo9-John F. Ken
nedy in World War H." published
by MeGrow Hill Book Co., Inc, New
York
Evening star., 1961-12-17
U. n. Captures
3katangan
Strongho|ds
Tshombe FIees
Tottering Capital,
Vows to Fight On

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo,
Dec. 16 (AP) P).-United Nations
forces overwhelmed three Ka-
tangan strongholds in Elisa
bethville today, the U. N. an
nounced. With his capital top
pling. President Noise Tshombe
quit the city, vowing to fight
to the end.
Last stronghold to fall was
Camp MasSert, the chief Ka-
Evening star., 1961-12-17

U Thont Insists U. N. Attoin Congo
Gools. Poee A.
Evening star., 1961-12-17

District and vicinity-Freezing rain chang
ing to rain with rising temperatures today.
high near 49, Rain and warmer tonight,
low in the mid-30s. Rain ending tomorrow
followed by partial clearing and cold.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29

1943, recorded in D.B. 100, page
ID. reference being made to said
deeds for more accurate de-
scription of the conveyed prop
erty.
This being the same property
conveyes to Raymond l. Latham
and Shirley D. Latham, husband
and wife from Kenneth H. La
than and Doris Jean Latham,
husband and wife by General
Warranty of Title by deed dated
February 18th, 1861 and record
ed in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Prince Edward
County, Virginia in Deed Book
146, page 148.
TERMS OF SALE: 5 per cent
Down, Blance thirty 800 day.
Long term financing arrang-
ed on good credit references. y
Given under our h a n ID S this
18th day Of September. 1861.
WILLIAM A. SMITH, Trustee
GEORGE w. COLEMAN
Substitute Trustee
9-26-3t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29

or any section thereof, due to
widespread rabies episootic, for
the protection of the public
health, the Health Director may
declare a quarantine in Amelia
County or such section thereof as
may be affected, and restrict all
dogs to the owners premises and
or to the immediate custory of
responsible person for the dura-
ton of such emergency as it is
set forth.
SECTION vi.
The provision of this ordi-
nance shall be enforced by all
public officers of Amelia County.
the Sheriff and his deputies, and
the game warden of said county.
SECTION VII.
1t shall be unlawful and consti-
tute a misdemeanor for any per-
son violating any OF the pro-
visions of this ordinance or pre-
senting a certificate of vaccina-
ton for a dog other than that for
which it was issued, or an un-
authorized certificate of vaccina-
ton. Any person violating this
ordinance shall be subject to a
fine not exceeding three hundred
dollars ($300.O0l or confinement
in jail not exceeding thirty (3O)
days.
SECTION VIII.
This ordinance shall be in eff
feet on and after September IL.
1861. The invalidity of any Sec
ton or provision of this ordi-
nance shall not invalidate any
, other section or provision thereof.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF AMELIA COUNTY
By: F.. B. JONES, Chairman
Attest: S. L. FARRAR, Jr, Clerk
1927
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29
TRUSTEES SALE
TRUSTEES SALE

In execution Of a deed of trust
by Raymond l. Latham and
Shirley D. Latham recorded in
the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Prince Edward County,
Virginia, in Deed of Trust Book
l46. at Page 255 the undersigned
Trustees will offer for sale at
public auction
ON Monday Oct. 10Th at
HOO am. EST at the site Of
the property.
Directions to Property: going
west on AGO to Farmville. turn
left at Main Street stop light,
go next stop light turn right.
follows High Street into Old
Hampden Sydney Road about 5
miles. turn right on lane at sign
with Raymond l. Latham, ST..
on sign. Sign on lot.
The following Real Estate: All
that certain lot or parcel of
land, lying and being in Farm
vile Magisterial District, Prince
Edward County, Virginia, and
about 4 miles Southwest of the
Town Of Farmville, on the line
between the Latham Property
and property of E. j. Ward
which said point is located 210
#. Southwest of the Northwest
corner part (of which the herein
conveyed property is part
thence in an Easterly direction
in a line perpendicular to the
Ward Latham line, 210 #. to
an iron pipe; thence in a South
erly direction on a line parallel
to the Ward Latham line to an
iron pipe; thence in a Westerly
direction on a line parallel to
the first mentioned line, 2lO it..
to an iron pipe on Ward: thence
in a Northerly direction 21O it..
along the line of Ward to the
point of beginning and being a
portion of the property conveyed
to the parties Of the first part by
deeds of Raymond T. Latham
and Elsie Latham Newell and
Morris Latham, dated July 18,
1858. recorded in. the Clerks Of
| flee of Prince Edward County
/ and further being portion of
the property conveyed by E. j.
Ward to Mary Keeton Latham
! IS m h dated September a,