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from the radio in the village COM
munity center. "I heard about
Mr.. johnson being in Saigon on
the RADIO" he says.
This is a reference to Vice
President Lyndon JohnSor's visit
last May. Mr.. johnson promised
more American aid for South Wet
Nam in the grim war of attrition
against the Wet Cong.
Did Grandfather Nguyen under
stand that? He ShrugS. You can't
tell what the gesture means.
Does he know about American
aid to the country? It has been
averaging around 5000 million a
year.
Enemy Propaganda
He learned about the fact, not
the amount. in an incongruouS
way-from Wet Cong propaganda.
Last year." he says, II got a
government loan" 1t equaled
about $27.70. He bought scythe
and some other tools.
"The Wet Cong tells the farmers
not to pay back their loans" he
says. They say" This is Ameri-
can money, don't give it back. 4"
Nevertheless he says, he did
repay the loan.
He also knows about the anti
malaria teams, but not that Ameri-
can money finances them.
When the Wet Cong captures a
Evening star., 1961-07-16
By ALICK de MONTMORENCY
Contributing Writer

contributing Writer
A remarkable experiment, pit
ting the power of moral force
against the military might Of So
Wet Russia, enters its third year
today.
It began two years ago when a
joint resolution OF Congress set
the third week of July as a period
of commemoration of the lost ma
tional independence of a score of
countries in Europe and Asia and
OF the destroyed freedom of the
many millions of people of vari-
GUS races and creedS who lived
there.
There was not much new in the
resolution, since the loss of free
dom by the many nations behind
the Iron Curtain was already
keenly felt here.
And the resolution itself was
rather innocuous-so sounding docu-
ment, more in the nature of COM
passion for the helpless Captive
4NoVAO1Lo OIlu1l VI q SOIlCISGC SlEp
towards their eventual liberation
from the Communist yoke.
Hitting on Exposed Nerve
Yet the Soviet reaction to the
resolution and to the celebration of
the Captive Nations Week which
followed was a very angry one
indicating that the blow struck
home and that the Soviet leaders
were keenly aware of the chink in
their armor constituted by the
yearning for freedom of the ma
tions they had enslaved and to
which the new American gesture
gave new hope.
The Captive Nations which the
congressional resolution enumer-
ated included Idel-Ural, a tiny
nation on the eastern fringes
Evening star., 1961-07-16
BY GEORGE SHERMAN
Star Staff Writer

Star Staff Writer
The recent multi-million-dollar
''molasseS deal" between Fidel
Castro and an American company
has highlighted the pitfalls in the
present informal embargo on trade
with Cuba.
In order to stop the Publicker
Co. of Philadelphia from paying
Mr.. Castro IL million precious
dollars for 100 million gallons Of
molasses, President Kennedy had
to use a combination of public
persuasion" and behind the :
scenes business bargaining.
The reason: Although the
United States Government has
embargoed all American exports
to Cuba-except food and medi-
cine-Since last October, it has
not outlawed any Cuban import
here other than sugar.
In theory, any American citizen
or company can still legally i'm
port a host of Cuban goods. In
fact, however, sugar accounted for
almost 80 per cent of the $3.50
million yearly average value of
products Cuba sent here before
President Eisenhower cut the
Cuban sugar quota last July.
Trode DwindIine
In the two and one-half years
since Mr.. Castro came to power,
overall trade between the two
countries has steadily dwindled.
Today exports and imports are
almost evenly balanced at some
where between $25 and $50 million
a year. Mr.. Castro pays for
American food (mainly lard) and
medicines with sales here of Cuban
tobacco, seasonal vegetables and
(before the Publicker AFFAIR." mo-
laSSeS.
The only other legitimate source
Of dollars for Cuba remains the
more than $5 million the United
States Government pays every
year to the $500 Cuban workers
on Guantanamo Naval Base at the
eastern tip of Cuba.
The United States has refrained
from any counter action, because
it considers Guantanamo, and the
Cuban workers who help run it,
essential to the national security.
But why has the Kennedy ad-
miniStration not cut off all other
sources of dollars? Does the legal
machinery exist for total en-
barge on Cuban irnro-tS?
What other devices exist for
limiting trade and what are their
loopholes?
The MoIosses Matter
All these questions have been
raised by that first small 5000 900
shipment of molasseS which ar
rived in New Orleans last month.
1t was secretly unloaded at the
Publicker wharves before the walls
of competitors and Government
pressure could stop it.
The White House Immediately
declared that the import of the
remainder of the $12 million order
waSnot in the public interest. But
the company was duly compen-
Sated.
Several days later the Depart
ment of Agriculture hastily con-
cluded long-disputed agreement
with Publicker to sell IA million
bushels of surplus Government
corn at bargain prices-as a sub
Stitute for the molasses used in
producing industrial alcohol.
The transaction Immediately
caused an uproar. On the floor
of the Senate, Senator Williams.
Republican of Delaware, charged
the administration with paying
an So million subsidy to dissuade
the Philadelphia concern from
dealing with Castro.
He noted that while Publicker
the largest producer Of indus
Evening star., 1961-07-16

cedureS. GAIT, the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
forbids members to discriminate
against one another. Both Cuba
and the United States are mem
bers. The United States would
have to get a special waiver to in
woke an embargo against Cuba.
On the domestic front, cutting
off the remaining Cuban imports
overnight would cause serious un-
employment in critical areas Of
the country. For instance, Cuban
tobacco-the largest remaining
IMPORTS absolutely essential to
the hand-rolling cigar industry in
Tampa, Fla.
For all these reasons, the Gov
ernment is opting for lesser legal
and psychological devices to
strangle Cuban trade slowly in
stead of killing it in one fell swoop.
One such device under study is
to raise preferential tariffs of the
Reciprocal Trade Act to the high
est levels permitted under the old
Smoot- -Hawley Tariff.
Few Contocts Now Possible 81"
On the other hand, this action
only harasses trade; it does not
stop it. Officials note that dou-
bling or even tripling tariffs poses
no problem to a state controlled
economy, provided the foreign
government wants dollars badly
enough. They say the Cuban
government could arbitrarily re-
duce all prices of exports to the
United States to make them com
petitive on the American market
whatever the tariff. ora
When all is said and done, the
greatest barrier to Cuban imports
is the lack of diplomatic relations
with this country and the accom-
panying psychological attitudes
on both sides. Very little oppor-
tunity for. contact exists.
Any American businessman
must have special stamp in his
passport to 60 to Cuba-a stamp
the State Department does not
give out freely. H..
Any American businessman who
should get to the island would
find the system of private trading
wholly destroyed. The established
banks have been nationalized
along with most everything else,
and all financial contacts are con-
trolled by the state. 80
AS he makes his way through
the new labyrinth of state bu-
reaucracy, he would find little
concrete assurance about How.
when and where goods would be
delivered or payments received.
No Guorontee Seen W
Even if these obstacles we're
overcome, the businessman would
still have no guarantee that Mr..
Kennedy would not invoke the
Trading With the Enemy Act to-
morrow or the next day. His whole
investment could be wiped out
overnight.
The Cuban dictator's reaction
to the lard confiscation is a coed
example Of how all trade with
Cuba can be gradually eliminated
without any blanket embargo.
Mr.. Castro claimed the United
States was trying to "starve out"
Cuba. said he would no longer buy
lard from the United States.
If Mr.. Castro is true to his
word, he is cutting out his lars-
est current import from the
United States. Last year Cuban
lard purchases here were $18 mil
lion-more than half of all
American exports to Cuba.
1t would not take many more
such blows to reduce the current
low level of Cuban-American trade
to the zero mark, without the in.
ternatlonal embarrassment of a
wholesale embargo.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
By RELMAN MORN
Associated Press Staff Writer

ASSOCldbeu FIeSS ObdlA "ElLcE
RHOC GOI, South Wet Nam,
July Is. Grandfather Nguyen
looks past the barbed wire bar
riers, past the militiamen guard
ing the brush cutters, and fixes
his one good eye on a patch of
rice land in the lush green fields
beyond.
Before dark, the soldiers and
workmen will be back inside the
village, behind manned barriers.
Grandfather Nguyen under
stands why this is necessary.
He knows the army is fighting
some people called Wet Cong.
He has heard that they are Com
munist guerrillas. The word Com
muniSt," however, means little to
him. He knows the Wet Cong
moves mostly by night, entering
villages. killing or propagandizing,
using persuasion and terror.
The Grand Prize
But why they do this, and what
they want, is not very clear even
though the Wet Cong wants him.
He is the grand prize of the
war being fought in South Wet
Nam. If the Wet Cong can win
over Grandfather Nguyen. and
the millions of other Wet Namese
farmers. then this country will
go Communist-and eventually all
of Southeast Asia.
Thus, he represents, to them, an
avenue that potentially can lead
to the greatest Communist victory
since they completed the con-
quest of China IL years ago.
II have never met any Wet
Cong" says Grandfather Nguyen,
but I fear them very much"
This in itself indicates a de-
gree Of success for the Wet Cong
the fact that he is afraid of
them. For if he had no security,
if the government can't protect
him, he has little choice but to
cooperate with the Reds, merely
to save his neck.
Grandfather Nguyen is 81. He
is thin. leathery, with a wispy
little heard and toil-hardened
hands. A opaque blue film covers
his sightlesS left eye. He looks
much older than 81.
You pronounce his family name
"N'wen." His given name, Nhieu,
means abundance.
Rents His Lond
There is a pathetic irony in
this. For abundance is something
he has never known, not even by
his meager standards. He doesn't
own his land. He lives in a palm
thatched hut. He wears a coarse
black pajamlike costume that
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MoIosses DeoIPoints Up Cuban Trade Fact:
Only Sugar Imports From Island Are Barred

trial alcohol in the country-is
buying surplus corn at 81 cents a
bushel, any of its competitors must
pay between $1.21 and $131 a
bushel on the open market.
Limit on Profits Set
Publicker has answered that the
molasses-and later the corn
was essential for keeping open it's
New Orleans distilling plant with
700 employees. Government Off
cialS added that all profits from
the corn over 2 per cent will re-
vert to the United States Treasury.
But Senator Williams now says
he can find no evidence that any
of the corn is being shipped to the
New Orleans plant. 1t is going
from Government warehouses in
Evanston, Ill, to Philadelphia-at
Government expense of between
Is and 80 cents a bushel.
But the biggest question is what
happens after the present 12-
month corn agreement ends?
The only sure-fire way to stop
such transactions would be for
President Kennedy to invoke the
Trading With the Enemy Act.
This act-which dates back to
World War I-empowers the Pres
ident to declare any country an
enemy of the United States" in
time Of national emergency, and
to require all imports from that
country to have a special license
from the Treasury Department.
Since the national emergency
declared at the outbreak of the
Korean War in 1850 is still tech
nically in force, the President
could in fact make such a declara-
tion about Cuba tomorrow. At
the moment, the act is being used
against only two countries: Com
muniSt China and North Korea.
The Complications
The President has not extended
it to Cuba, because he feels that
the amount of trade at the mo-
ment is not worth the interna-
tional and domestic repercussionS
its Stoppage would cause.
Both the White House and the
State Department are convinced
that Castro would use such an
embargo to launch new propa-
ganda broadside against "Ameri-
can Goliath" attempts to starve
out the Cuban David"
Officials here fear that in many
Latin American ears the charges
might ring true. The embargo
could be construed as a violation
of the charter of the Organization
of American States, which forbids
economic warfare" against any
neighbor in the hemisphere.
Furthermore, State Department
officials note that the total en-
barge would involve this country
in complicated international pro-
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Chance to Anticipate

Planners today are attempting
to make representations of how
our communities will function, the
tools we will have and the impact
technology will play on our every
Evening star., 1961-07-16
OBJECT OF RED GUERRILLAS


In the cold war contest for
Southeast Asia, the battle-ground
is South Wet Nam, the weapons
are seldom cold for long, and
the final victor may be deter
mined by the South Wet Namese
rice farmer. Here's a picture of
the man and his problems.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
C1ARDoN
BY Mrs. Howard Ensign

Congregational church Baz-
aar will be this week, Satur-
day night, Oct. 81, from 4 to
7:30 pm. with a turkey din
ner. There is also a Junior
Bazaar. the gneral chairman
asks for donations for the var
iouS booths: Aprons a n d
fancy work, jewelry, baked
goods, Country Store, and
candy. Mrs. Yunkers asks for
a 25cent gifts for children.
Marked boy or girl if it makes
any difference.
Mrs. Leland Lumadue re-
turned to her home later part
of last week following sur
gerry at Geauga Community
hospital.
Mrs. Bartlett Warner is re-
cuperating at the home OF her
daughter in cambridge fol-
lowing surgery at Community
hospital.
Harrison R wiley of FIT.
Lauderdale, formerly of Clar-
idon, and father Of Robert
RoWley successfully went thr-
ough surgery last week. His
home address will be found
in last weeks news for Clari-
don.
Mrs. Maloney, teacher Of
Kindergarten, was i'll with pm
eumonia last week.
Study club met at the home
Of Mrs. Clifford Babcock last
Wednesday night. Pauline Sill
vernail was the speaker.
Golden Rul e Fellowship
met at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert FenWick with
twenty pr S e mt Saturday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilmot
named their baby girl, Beth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fen
wick entertained Mr.. { and
Mrs. James Fenwick and
daughter, Nancy of Cleve-
land Hts. for dinner last We'd
nesday night. Nancy leaves
the country this week for gov
ernment service in Lydia
North Africa.
Betty Watkins had a birth
day party Sunday. Present
was Greg George, Mary Lou,
Johnny and Lee Slusher, Den
iSe Wilmot and Mrs. Margar-
ct Wilmot.
Sympathy is extended to
Mrs. Marian Babb in the loss
of her son, Herbert in death.
Victor Dilda of Lake Aquila
underwent surgery at Geau-
ga Community hospital last
week and was released later
In the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Pol
lock entertained his cousin
and Mrs. Annabell Grant OF
Cleveland for dinner last Sat
urday night. .
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
Granted

Daniel H. Fisher, l8, of
MeSopotamia, O., and Marie
Schmucker, 81, Rt. 2, Middle
field. a-.
Glenn Eugene Grant, 10, of
Rt. 4, Chardon, and Michele
Woolams, 18, Rt. 4, Chardon.
Applied For
Emo John Maxi, %, of Fair
port, O.. and Charlene Sue
Perine, II, Clay St., Thomp-
son, o.
Dennis Schlabach, %, Rt. 2,
Burton, O., and Fannie Mill
er, 30, Rt. 3, Middlefield.
Edward Nelson Lindgren,
%, of Rt. 5, Chardon and Mao
mi Dingess, 10, of Rt 5, Char
don.
Ronald C. Macy, %, of Har-
ward Ave, Cleveland, O., and
Dlanne M. LaMuSga, Il, OF
Chagrin Falls, o.
Richard Pazderak, 27, Of
Haverhill Rd., Clevland, O.,
and Nancy Ellen Buday, %,
of Chesterland, o.
Chauncey S. Hoyt, SO, of 105
Woodside, Chesterland, O.,
and Virginia R. Cooper, SIS, of
los WoodSide, CheSterland, o.
John PetrowSki, Jr., 20, of
Perry, O., and Frances Ruth
Skiba, 10, of Chardon, o.
Arnold M. Plyler, 81, of
HuntSburg, O., and Dolores
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
Newcomers in Chardon
HAVE YOU MET?

HAVE YOU MET? -
Mrs. Olive valvoda and her
family who have recently
moved to the rear apartment
at III Park ave-? Mrs. Valv-
voda has a son, Tommy, who
is seven. Her mother, Mrs.
Helen Durey, also lives with
her. Both Mrs. Valvoda and
her mother have worked at
Chardon Rubber company the
past seven years. They have
moved here from Middtlefield
Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson,
who have recently purchased
the new pink bungalow type
home with the stone front at
$50 South Hambden? They
have moved here from Pep
per Pike, where Mr.. Johnson
is employed as village SER
vice director. They have a
daughter, Carol, 18, and a son
John, II.
4
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dub
anieWicz who have recently
purchased a h o m e at lib
North street? They have NOV
ed here from Shaker Heights.
Mr.. DubanieWicZ is employed
by Johns Manville. Mrs. Dub
anieWic has two married
sons, Albert j. McOuistion
who lives in MunSon and Dav-
id McQuistion who also lives
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

at the North street address.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. David A.
John who have recently NOV
ed into the large, Grey house
on the Chardon Lakes Golf
course, just before you get to
the curve of Route "A. Mr..
John is the advertising man.
ager for the Pinesville Tele-
graph. They have moved here
from Mentor Headlands. and
have two boys, Wayne, S, and
Timmy, 8.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
At THE COURTHOUSE

Oscar Weinstein has been
appointed as a qualified auc-
tioneer and is authorized to
exercise the occupation in
any county of Ohio.
Cleveland Industrial Tool
Co., has been ordered to with
hold any payment of wages,
salary, commissions, bonus,
credits or money, nor to tran
sfer any property to Gerald
o. Yanders until examination
of such assets to satisfy claim
of the Ace Finance Co.
Chardon Savings Bank Co.
is ordered to appear in Court
Oct. II at l pm. to answer
respecting money, property
or credits in its hands or un-
der its control belonging to
Kenneth AShba, Sr., 419 N.
Hambden ST., Chardon and
they are ordered to hold and
safely keep, sufficient Of such
money, property and credits
to satisfy judgment of DOM
eStic Loan Inc, Euclid Ave.
Cleveland and court costs ac-
cured.
Court ruled that Cadillac
Glass Company, 81 S. Berea
Rd., Clevland, should recover
from Edward Prohazka, do
ing business as Geauga Lum-
ber and MillWork the amount
of 81 ,348. SO plus costs Of the
court action.
A restraining order is grant
ed to Thelma Fike, Aquilla
Village, against Todd w. F'ike
Aquilla Will a e enjoining
him for coming upon the pre-
misses of Mrs. F'ike or in any
manner moleSting or annoy
ing her.
Joseph J. Zid has been ap-
pointed as a member of the
Soldiers Relief Commission
of Geauga County by Judge
Harold j. Richmond of Com
mon Pleas Court of Geauga
County.
The Court ruled that David
E. Griffiths, SO Center ST.,
Chagrin Falls, O., has $3.50.
90 owing to him from Lois
Schneider, Savage Rd., Cha
grin Falls for legal services
performed for her plus 6 per-
cent interest as of August 16,
1860, plus costs of the action.
Judgment was rendered a
gainSt Ray Skiba, Chagrin
Mill Rd., Chagrin Falls in IA
vor of Ralph Carney, IS E.
BelmeadoW L a n e, Chagrin
Falls, in the amount of $460 90
with 6 percent interest from
august 18, 1859.
Court ruled that the Mack
Trucks, Inc, should recover
$541 .38 with interest at 6 per-
cent per annum from Oct. 25,
1860, from Cyril Guy CroSley
1872 FairvieW Ave, Rt. 3 &C.
auga Lake, o.
A Sheriff'S sale has been or
dered on property of Wilmer
c.. GroSSkopf ct al in Burton
HgtS subdivision and from
proceeds of sale costs of this
action, including expenses OF
attorney Of John Smoker, do
ing business as Smoker Lumr
ber Co., plaintiff, should be
paid by the sheriff, also taxes
due to Treasurer of Geauga
County, to The First Federal
Savings and Loan Association
Of Willoughby, SIT ,242 40 with
interest; to the Union Savings
and Loan Co., the sum of 81,
23925 with interest and tC
John Smoker, doing business
as Smoker Lumber Co., the
sum of $68.06 with interest.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19
COMMON PLEAS COURT
New Cases

Gayle Saracki, aka, Gayle
Siracki a minor 20 years Of
age, by Norma Croft, her
mother and next friend, Hot
chkiss ST., Burton has filed
suit for divorce from Michael
Saracki, aka, Michael Siracki
HotchkiSS Rd., Burton.
Mary w. Guella, 165 Kirk
wood Dr., Chesterland, has
filed action for alimony a.
ganist Joseph S. Guella, Sab
Lakeside Ave, Cleveland.
Rulings
Edward B. Byrd, Rt. 5,
Chardon, has been ordered to
appear before Judge Harold
j. R C h m o n d in Geauga
County Common Pleas Court
at II am, Oct. 81, to answer
why he should not apply GER
tain property toward a judg-
ment obtained by the Depart
ment of Taxation of the State
of Ohio.
Joseph S. Guella, Lakeside
ave, Cleveland, O., has been
ordered by the court to pay
$4,000 per week to Mary w.
Guella 1855 Kirkwood DR.. ,
Chesterland, for her support
and the support of their four
minor children.
The case of Ann Sager,
Nash Rd., Rt. 2 Burton, a.
gainst Clarence Sager, Nash
Rd., Rt. 2, Burton, has been
dismissed at plaintiffs costs.
Court ruled t h a Teresa
Graves, ct al, Aquilla Rd.,
Chardon have no title, inter-
est or estate in and to premis-
eS described in her petition
as in MunSon Twp, and that
Rose Tapley, RID, E. Clar-
don, O., should have her title
quieted against defendants
and they are enjoined from
claiming or asserting any
claim in and to said premis-
eS.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

Taylor, II, of Huntsburg, o.
John Skala, %, of Mantua,
O., and Saundra Dombeck, 19
of Rt. 2, Mantua.
Sterling William Gilling-
ham,, 20, of Chardon, o., and
Judy Shively, 10, Middlefield,
o.
ROLAND LaRue, % of Rt. l,
Burton, and Anne Ackley, q,
of Rt. l, Burton, o.
Amos Gingerich, %, Of Bur-
ton, o., and Mary HoStetler,
81, of E. Claridon.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-19

I see men ordinarily more
eager to discover a reason
for things than to find out
whether the things are so. =
Montaigne
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