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Evening star., 1961-04-29

United States would not permit
Laos to fall to the Communists.
One of the strongest public
statements was made by Vice
President Johnson, who de-
clared the United States would
not stand by and see Laos
"gobbled up"
Behind the scenes here there
has been considerable talk Of
United States military inter-
vention under the Southeast
Asia treaty and with co-opera-
ton Of treaty allies. However
Mr.. Kennedy has never set a
deadline for such action and
the Administrations hope has
been that the Soviet agreement
to a cease fire would make it
unnecessary.
The SEATO spokesman in
Bangkok was asked II SEATO
air, naval and ground forces,
currently engaged off North
Borneo in defense maneuvers,
might be kept together in
readiness after the exercise is
concluded. He replied:
IF the situation Tin Laos
gets out Of hand there is al
ways that possibility"
The exercise, labeled Pony
Express and scheduled to last
through next Thursday, in
wolves 5000 troops, about 100
planes and so ships from the
United States. Britain, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Thailand
and the Philippines.
Evening star., 1961-04-29
Farm Prices Dip
20 in Month
BY the Associated prsss

The Agriculture Department
reports that farm product
prices dropped 2 per cent be-
tween mid-March and mid
April.
Seasonally lower prices for
milk and eggs led the decline,
with lower prices reported also
for meat animals, oranges,
chickens and grain crops. Par
TALLY offsetting the declines
were higher prices for soy
beans, cotton and some vege-
table crops.
The mid-April price level was
/ per cent below that of a year
earlier and about "a per cent
below the record high set in
February, 1851.
Prices paid by farmers foy
goods and services used in pro-
duction and family living held
unchanged at the record level
set a year ago.
Evening star., 1961-04-29
Fifth-Groder Indicted
In Teachers Killing

CHICAGO, April % (AP) -
Fifth-grader Lee Arthur Hester
was indicted yesterday for stab
bing to death a supervising
teacher in a school storage
room.
The 14-year-old Negro boy
has told authorities the killing
was accidental. The victim,
Mrs. Josephine Keane, As.
mother of six. was found
stabbed seven times in the back
and chest on April 20.
The indictment was returned
before Judge Joseph J. Drucker,
acting chief justice of the
Criminal Court.
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LAOS
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ceasefire call, gathering in new
areas near Vientiane,
United States rowing Ambas-
sador w. Averell Hartman ar
rived in Vientane today. He
said he planned to fly to Luang
Probang tomorrow to meet King
Savang Vathana and Premier
Boun Oum. He might also meet
with Cambodia's Prince Siha-
nouk.
Mr.. Hartman said he had no
comment on the current
Laotian situation but was on a
fact-finding mission for Secre-
tary Of State Dean Rusk.
President Kennedy'S rowing
Ambassador came here from
the CENTO meeting in Ankara
and said he would spend two
days in Laos before flying on to
Saigon ana nome.
Meanwhile, a worried King
Savang Vathana sought quietly
in his royal capital heTe a
way to unite his kingdom, torn
in a civil war that threatens to
spread.
The King discussed with
Prince Sihanouk Of Cambodia
possible compromises to end the
fighting.
Sihanouk was openly pes
simiStic about the impasse.
Savang was described as
deeply concerned because his
leftist Pathet Lao countrymen
have failed to meet the cease
fire Britain and Russia asked
five days ago.
In New Delhi, the military
committee of the three nation
Laotian Control Commission
drew up its recommendations
today on the size of the inspec-
ton teams needed to verify a
cease fire. The commission
India, Canada and Poland-was
to meet in the afternoon to
study the details.
Samar Sen of India. COM
mission chairman, said his re-
port to Britain and the Soviet
/ Union-co-chairmen of the 1854
Geneva conference that created
the original Laotian truce COM
mission-was now finished.
| Mr.. Sens report will be the
basis for the British and the
Russians to give the commits
sion a green light to enter Laos
and inspect the effectiveness
| of a cease fire, still not in sight,
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CONGO
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unless they accepted Mr..
Kasavubu's authority.
Mai. Gen. Joseph Mobutu.
commander = in chief Of the
Congo's national army, flew,
here yesterday to take a hand
in trying to sort out the tangled
knot of Congolese politics, but
there was no suggestion here
the army Is taking over the
government.
Agreement Appears Remote
The military seems anxious
only that the political leaders
should come to an agreement
on the country's political and
economic problems.
But agreement appeared
remote at this stage.
Mr.. Tshombe walked out of
the unity parley Wednesday
because Mr.. Kasavubu agreed
to a United Nations demand to
clear all foreign advisers out
Of the Congo.
Mr.. Tshombe went on a
hunger strike when soldiers
prevented him from returning
home and flew into a rage
after learning that Mr.. Kasa-
vubu turned six Of his top
Belgian advisers over to the
United Nations.
A U. N. spokesman said the
six Belgians were flown to
Leopoldville for Interrogation
under the U. N. Security Coun-
ellis resolution of February 81
1t called for expulsion OF all
foreign military and political
advisers from the Congo.
Shortly after Gen. Mobutu
arrived yesterday, Mr.. Tshombe
left the airport terminal where
he had been held prisoner
since Wednesday to return
into town with Laurent Exc
tebi, Equator provincial pres
ident, and Col. Ndjoko, an aide
Of Mr.. Kasavubu.
Mr.. Tshombe agreed to talk
but made no promise to return
to the unity conference.
Evening star., 1961-04-29
Cubon Revolution
Efforts Continue

NEW YORK, April 20 (AP)
Cuban Revolutionary
Council vows to fight on against
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro with ever mounting
force"
The council made its pledge
in a statement Of thanks yes
terday to thousands of Amer
leans" who sent messages OF
encouragement.
Evening star., 1961-04-29

Diving Unit mere, LII. SCelnKe
himself set an individual escape
record when he popped up from
a simulated $50 feet.
Basically the invention is an
inflatable lifejacket equipped
with a hood that catches eS-
Gaping air bubbles.
The safest way to abandon an
immobilized submarine is still
by a rescue chamber from a
surface ship-but that isn't al
ways available. The only other
method is the "buoyant ascent, I"
in which an escaping submar-
iner must force himself to ex-
hale on the way up-fighting
instinct and a feeling of air
starvation.
Saw Men Panic
1t. Steinke. who lives in New
London, Conn, was disturbed
when he saw men, using the
buoyant ascent method, panic
half way up an l18-foot train
ing tank, when there was plenty
of breathable air bubbling out
Of their life jackets.
He borrowed his wife's sewing
machine, stitched his first hood
out of a plastic storm window,
and tried it from 100 feet.
Realizing that he wouldn't
rupture his lungs on a rapid
ascent because the hoods air
bubble automatically adjusted
to outside pressure, 1t. Steinke
tested his invention from 3l3
feet in waters off Key West,
Fla.
The New London submarine
school soon took up develop
ment of the Steinke hood as
an official project, and Comdr.
N. E. Nickerson. head of the
Navy's Experimental Diving
Unit, called it the most sig
Evening star., 1961-04-29
Queen and Philip
Stop in Surdiniu

CAGLIARI, Sardinia. April
% tAP) P).-Queen Elizabeth II
of England arrived on this
Mediterranean island in a
drizzling rain today. She is
en- route to an 11-day state
visit to Italy which will be
highlighted by an audience
with Pope John XIII in the
Vatican.
The Queen and Prince Philip
landed at Decimomannu Field,
a NATO airbaSe. aboard a
Comet jetliner from London
and drove IL miles to Cagliari.
Evening star., 1961-04-29
KENNEDY
Congress Leaders Advised
To Stand By on Laos
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Of dozens of nations. This we
are determined to do"
Mr.. Kennedy, speaking to
5000 Democrats at a fund
raising dinner. threw away his
prepared text, dealing mainly
with domestic matters. He
spoke extemporaneously for
about IS minutes and then alb
.ruptly ended his speech.
We can only defend the
freedom of those who are ready
to defend themselves" he said.
Our greatest ally is that
people desire to be free"
Secretary of State Rusk,
meanwhile. landed in Washing
ton at 6:S5 am. today from a
meeting of the Central Treaty
Organization at Ankara, Tur-
key. Mr.. Rusk had been Sched-
uled to fly back later today,
arriving about midnight. How
ever, the Ankar& conference
completed its work one day
ahead Of schedule.
Mr.. Rusk told reporters he
was very encouraged" by his
trip to the Middle East because
that part of the world is very
peaceful and things look very
promising there"
He declined comment on
either the Cuban or Laotian
crises. explaining he had been
out of touch for two or three
days.
80 Returns Quickly
Mr.. Kennedy had been ex-
pected to return from Chicago
later today but presumably cut
short his stay there in order
to get back to Washington
quickly and give his personal
attention to the latest reports
on the Laotian crisis.
State Department authori-
ties were reported still hope
ful the Communist side in the
Laotian civil war could be pre-
vailed upon to carry out the
Soviet-BritiSh cease-fire agree
ment before the military stu
alton deteriorated further.
But there was growing con-
cern over evidence that the
rebels were Stalling on final
acceptance Of an armiStice un-
til they had consolidated their
military position and further
undermined the morale of the
Boun Gum government. \
Mr.. Kennedy'S special ennis
sary, Ambassador at Large
Averell Hartman, arrived in
Vientiane, the administrative
capital Of Laos, today. He flew
there from Bangkok.
Rebels Continue Attack
The United States and
Britain had expected that the
eeaSe-fire agreement would
have been put into effect
earlier this week. Instead,
the rebels continued military
attacks on government forces,
driving toward the royal capi-
tai Of Luang Prabang and Wen
tiane.
Press dispatches reported the
e. morale of Boun Gum forces
was low and Mr.. Kennedy ap-
parently was confronted with
the possibility that unless
drastic measures were taken
the resistance of the pro-
Western side might break
down.
The troops loyal to the gov
ernment substantially outnum-
Der the rebel forces but lack
the determined, fighting spirit
which the pro Communist
rebels have shown. In addition
the rebels have repeatedly been
assisted by a large number Of
military technicianS from
nelghboring Communist North
Wet Nam.
Kennedy administration Of
ficials have said repeatedly the
Evening star., 1961-04-29
Bubbles Put to Work
Saving Sub Crewmen

A 35yearod Navy lieutenant who thought lot of good
bubbles being wasted has invented and successfully tested
simple fabric hood the Navy the lives of SUBJ
marine creWmen sunk $50 feet below the
1t Harris E. Senkes discovery permits natural breath
ing rapid individual ascent from depths not previously
thought possible
In final official test yesterday the Navy Experimental
Evening star., 1961-04-29
Thousands in Prague
Welcome Spocemon

PRAGUE, Czechoovakia, April 90 AP).-Soviet space
man Yuri A. Gagarn bigger turnout than his chief
Nka Khushchev when he rode through the streets Of
Prague.
Despite the fact that yesterday ordinary working
day hundreds Of thousands up the airport
Evening star., 1961-04-29

For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
from the above: s.
Annapolis, 3h hours; Bloody Point
Light, Az hours; Colonial Beach, 5
hours; Deale, 4Ia hours; Solomons
Island, 61a hours; Point Lookout. w
hours.
The Sun and the Moon
Sun today - 5.l3G.m. $50 pm.
sun tomorrow GIL am. 500 7. m
Noon today 49, 6:55 pm. 4:49 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
"a hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1961-04-29

the IIag-decKed streets and
squares to cheer the Soviet
major.
WeSterners here said the
Evening star., 1961-04-29

becoming northwest to west 10
to IS knots tomorrow. Fair
weather. Visibility 10 miles.
River Report
Potomac River cloudy at Harper's
Ferry and muddy at Great Falls, 6hen-
Andoah cloudy at HarDer's Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday I'D.
Midnight 40 Noon - "a
4A.m. w A. 4pm ~ "a
Sam. 81 spm SO
p....S r....,,. L.. A.
Evening star., 1961-04-29

Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, IS, on April 25.
Lowest, 1. on February 2.
Evening star., 1961-04-29

FURNISHED By the United States Coas
and Geodetie survey
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
81. Johns cufholie Church
Rev. Johs A. corrigas. posss~
Svndoy, Jonvory ~

Sondoy. Jonvory ~
Today liz the Feast of St. Francis
deSales, the Heavenly Patron OF
the Diocese of Wilmington. Masses
will be offered this morning at 1880
900 and l1:O0. AT the 900 Mass
all the children of the parish Will
receive Holy Communion In a body.
Confraternity classes of religion
will be held on Monday evening at
$50 for the junior and senior high
school students. For all the younger
children I'm the parish there will
be classes on Tuesday afternoon at
3:45.
Rosary devotions will be held on
"Wednesday evening at 1880 and
will consist In the recitation of
the Rosary, the Litany of the Bless
ed Mother. and Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament
During this week Mass will be
offered each morning at 100 from
Monday until Thursday. On Friday.
the first Friday of the month. there
will be no Mass in the morning but
there will be an evening Mass at
500. Throats will be blessed fol-
lowing the evening Mass on Friday.
On Saturday morning Mass will be
at 500.
One of the Oblate Fathers will
be here for confessions on Satur-
day evening beginning at 1880.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27

"All too often the purpose of an
organization is not clear to its
members and as result interest
lags, participation becomes burden
some and accomplishments. suffer.
An understanding of the pur-
pose and a firm belief in it are I'M
deed, important requisites for every
organization that hopes to make
worthwhile accomplishments.
DR.. Sam Gwinn, Assistant Direc-
tor of Extension Service, Univer-
sity of Delaware, in his remarks,
urged the leaders present to ex-
anime the Statement of Purpose of
their Organization" and to deter
mine whether the program being
conducted by their group is effec-
lively accomplishing the purpose.
DR.. Gwinn concluded with the
thought that "Purposeful Leader
ship may well be our number on
Challenge of the sos.
A Autographed pamphlet con-
tanning the Statement of Purpose
of twenty-one farm and home or
ganizations in the county was dis
tributed to the leaders present.
Anyone desiring a copy of, this
pamphlet may secure one by writ
ing the Extension Office, George
town, r. ID. 2, Box As.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
||M'lSINcs or Ia AMiNISTF1R
III Recorded Weekly BY ~
:. DreDwARDs kuHLMAAN

sis on religion in the life. of our
nation. Here it is heartening to re-
call that in the inaugural cere-
monies recently concluded pray
ers were offered by leading clergy
men of four segments of the
church. This a rightful recognit-
ion that God must be given
leading place in our national life
IL we are to remain great people.
Here | think of the words spok-
en- by Benjamin Franklin at the
first session OF the convention
that framed the Constitution of
the United States. He said, 81 have
lived long time, 81 years, and the
longer | live the more convincing
proof I see that God governs the
affairs of men and If sparrow
cannot fall to the ground without
His notice, is ii possible for an
empire to rise without His add
believe that without His con-
curing aid we shall proceed with
our political building no better
than the builders of the Tower of
Babel. / therefore beg leave TO
move that henceforth prayers be
said in this assembly before we
proceed to business" Thus our
nation was born dedicated to God.
We need such rededication to Him
now
A second well that needs re-
opening is deeper respect for
law. Many now mark it as a sign
of intelligence IL they can break
the law without being punished.
In widening circles law has come
scrap of paper" AS a result we
witness an alarming increase of
crime. Some have sought to cor
rect this by passing more laws.
This is futile. Reforms do not come
from multiplying statutes. They
must come from within. An illustrat
ion comes to mind here.
In medical days a Dutch city
was being besieged by Spanish in
vaders. They brought up battering
rams to break through the city's
walls. The people inside. fearing
the wall would not hold, with
great zeal and energy erected a
new anu oil OnSCf wall luctQc the
old. When the outer wall fell the
inner wall held and the city was
saved.
The moral of all this is plain
Outer walls are good but they are
not enough. These outer walls are
the armies we muster and the de-
fenses we create for our national
security. Added are the laws and
statutes we pass to guide our peo-
pie. All are good and all are need
ed, but standing alone they are not
enough. Strong inner walls must
be built Here our founding faith
ers were wise. They built for
themselves the inner walls OF
character, integrity and religion
that carried them through to vict-
ory in their own lives and in the
founding of the nation And / can
not think of more worthy opening
of a new administration than a
new didication of both president
and people to open again the walls
from which the founders of our
nation drank that made them and
us great people.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
Alfalfa Weevil Control

Many Delaware farmers have
been seeking advice on control of
alfalfa weevil during the coming
season. according to DR.. Dale +.
Bray, extension entomologist with
the University of Delaware.
DR.. Bray said that, unfortunate
! ly. it's too late now to treat alfalfa
fields with Dieldrin. the most eff
fective chemical authorized. Dield-
rim could only be applied up until
Dec. / because of residues. Appli-
cation after Dec. l can result in
residues showing up in milk or
meat of. livestock consuming the
treated alfalfa.
The only thing farmers can do
now is to wait and make spray
treatments after the weevil goes TO
work on the alfalfa in the spring.
Survey work indicates that the
weevil population this season will
be about the same as last year.
Bray said.
Malathion and methoxychlor can
be used for. spraying weevil. Tim
ing of the spray will be of utmost
Importance. Applications should be
made when feeding by small larvae
becomes noticeable but before
heavy damage occurs. If the timing
is right. within three-day-period,
one application will do the job. APP
plication must be at least seven
days before cutting however.
Farmers can get the right spray
date from Late News About In
sects and Diseases" a news letter
published each week during the
spray SESSION by the entomology
and plant pathology departments.
The right spraying time varies
radically from locality to locality.
Bray said.
To get Late News" write to
your County Agricultural Agent or
the department of entomology, Uni
versity of Delaware. Newark. Della
ware.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
Everyone Is Important

Everyone is unique, important in
his own right. We need to value our
abilities and be glad to share them
with others to make our world a
happier, more satisfying place in
which to live.
This was the message that Miss
Dorothy Emerson, Assoc. State f.
II Club Agent at the University of
Maryland, brought to more than 100
leaders of the Farm and Home or
ganizations in Sussex County at the
annual Leaders Training Confer
ence
Miss Emerson went on to point
out that everything is basically an
idea. When we deal with ideas we
become idea-conscious instead of
self-conscious. Helping others to
help themselves is perhaps the
highest form of leadership.
Stressing the importance of pur-
pose in helping to make an organi-
zation successful, Miss Emerson
had this to say:
THE Importance of purpose
should not be overlooked by those
entrusted with the responsibility of
providing leadership in an organi-
zation.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
First Presbyferiun Church
Rev. James III. Lappcn. Pastor
sunday, Jonvary z

i Begin The Lords Day by attend
ing Sunday School at 9:45 am
There is class for every age from
Nursery through the Adult Group
Mr.. Charles Postles is Genera
Superintendent.
The Morning Worship Service is
at 1900. The Pastor, Mr.. Lappen
has chosen Gods Blessing" as the
message for the morning. taken
from the text | Peter 1886. The
Adult Choir will sing Shaw's with
a Voice of Singing" During this
service. Nursery is provided foi
pre-school children.
At 1915. the second meeting OF
the training session for callers
participating in the Visitation
Evangelism Campaign will be held
in the Sunday School Room.
Westminster Fellowship Groups
will meet at $3.50 pm Members and
friends are urgently requested to
be present to hear the skit and
discussion on a very pertinent sub
ject Social Drinking.
The Evening Service is at 1880
pm. This will be Youth Night. The
Young People will participate in
the service and Mr.. David Greene
will speak. Let's support the young
folks in their efforts.
Thursday, February 2:
The following groups of the
Women's Association will meet at
200 pm.
Group rs:
Mrs. r. Harwood Jamison, chair
man. at the home OF Miss Lena
Short. 307 South Walnut Street.
Group "a:
Mrs. John Longbotham, chairman,
at the home of Mrs. James Lappen.
435 South Walnut Street.
The Youth Choir will meet for
rehearsal at 7:15 pm.
The Hour of Power, is scheduled
for 1880 pm. in the Sunday School
Room.
The Adult Choir will meet at
$50 pm.
On Sunday, February 5. will be
the next Family Night beginning
with a covered dish supper at 500
pm. The speaker at the 1880 Even
ing Service which will follow, will
be The Rev. Roy Brill who will
speak on Africa. Keep this date
in mind and be sure TO be on hand.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
REOPENING OLD WELLS
"Then conquer we must, when our
cause II Is just,
And this be our motto Tn God Is
our frust'.7

In the opening paragraph Of
President Kennedy's inaugural ad-
dress my interest was challenged
by this statement: II have sworn
before. you and Almighty God the
same solemn oath our forebearers
prescribed nearly century and
three quarters ago" That's a very
long time a century and three
quarters-but it is that long, one
hundred and seventy-two years,
since George Washington journey
ed to New York, then the seat of
government, to be sworn In by
Chancellor Livingstone as the first
president of the United States.
Aware of such historical facts,
ii is easy to let our thinking go
backward to the early history of
our nation. AS we look back like
this, IL we are mentally alert, we
cannot but marvel at the tremen-
dous progress America has made
since those epochal years when we
as a nation were born. In all dir
ections of human endeavor. part
icular in industry and education,
we have taken great strides for
ward. And far be IL from any one
of us to disparage this or to pirate
verbosely about the good old
days Their return would mean
the candle instead of the electric
light, the stage-coach instead of the
airplane, t h e one-room school
house instead of our modern, far
reaching system OF education. In
deed, as much as we admire Wash
ington, and the other great found
ers of our government, we would
not want to recreate for oursel-
yes and our children the kind of
civilization they knew.
This is one side of the picture
but let us not blind ourselves to
the fact that there Is another
side also. Though we are rich in
many ways where our national fore
fathers were poor, in gaining such
riches, have we possibly bartered
away things just as essential to
greatness as the things we have
attained? Aware of this, thought
full people have come to believe
and affirm that there are many
things from the days when Wash
ington was president that might
well be rewoven into the fabric of
our national life to make us an
even greater people than we are
now.
Here verse of Scripture from
the Old Testament comes to mind.
1t reads: And Isaac digged again
the wells OF water which had been
digged in the days of Abraham
his father" Now it seems to me
that it is just this that we ought
to do. We should open again the
wells from which our fathers.
Washington and the founders of
our nation. drank which nourish-
ed them and America into great
ness.
One well that insistently calls
for reopening is greater empha-