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The Sidney herald., 1962-12-26
The Sidney HERALD
Wednesday. Dec. rs, 1862
Lambert News

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Coach and Mrs. Thilimonv ,uero
most ana hostess at a party for
slle paSketbaH team, their girl
Irlends and high school faculty ON
wednesday night at their home
after the Trenton game.
The Lambert basketball foam
LOST uhelr game to Richey there
tuesday night by two points in
overtime. They played Trenton
on Wednesday night, losinp
by ten points.
The grade school gave their an
nual Christmas program on Thurs
day, Dec. 20 at the gym. The title
OF the program was christmas
customs IN many Lands" On Fri
DAY the room parties with gift ex-
changes were held before lunch
After lunch the Student Council
sponsored a film my Dog Shep"
Tor the entire school.
Bernadette and Barbara Backes
returned home Tuesday from Nit
chell, S. Oak, where Bernadette
has been working in a hospital
and Barbara is going to school
and working part time.
Sharon Carter is home from
Concordia College in Moorhead.
Mimi. Sharon is a junior and is
maJoring in education.
Mrs. Wanda Eldridge and son.
Stuart left Friday for Durango.
Colo, where they will spend
Christmas with the Eldridges.
The Baxters will spend their
Christmas in Fairview. Their son,
Colin, is home from Eastern Mon
tana College of Education in Bill
lings.
John Willoughby and Ron Sol
seth, 7th and 9th grade and math
and science teachers left Friday
afternoon to spend their vaca-
tions at their respective homes in
Ray and Alamo, N. Oak.
The Jerome Thilimonys left
Friday TO spend Christmas with
Mrs. Thilmony's folks at West
Fargo
The Reimann girls, Wanda and
Renee from Mt. Ellis Academy at
Bozemann and Sandra at Walla
Wala are home for the holidays.
Wayne Salisbury arrived home
from the State College at Boze-
man and brought Richey Rogers
with him. He is spending some
time at his Grandma Schilling's
in Sidney.
Sue HeiSer arrived home Fri
day night from Seattle where she
is employed at Boeings.
Roberta Glodowski, who teaches
in Missoula, is to arrive home to-
day, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Hepler ar
rived home Friday from Billings
where Mr.. Hepler received medi-
cal care.
The Jim Brenners plan to leave
Christmas Day to visit their
daughter JoAnn and family in
Portland This daughter and hus-
band are the parents of the first
baby making the Brenners grand
parents LOT bIle llISl lllilCs vein
Brenner is home at Enid from
Eastern Montana College of Edu-
cation and Janice from Missoula
where she has completed nurses
training.
The Russell Stotts went to Glen
dive Friday to meet daughter
coming home from college in
Oregon.
Mrs. Alvin Burgess and Alan
arrived here from Billings yester-
day.
Robert Petrik came home from
Corvallis, Oregon, on Thursday.
He has finished his biology degree
and was commissioned a End
Lieutenant last week. Friday
morning he and his parents left
for Hibbing, Mimi, to spend the
Christmas season with the David
Henry Thiessens. The ThieSSenS
moved to Hibbing last fall where
David received a promotion with
Bell Telephone.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Kennedys Attend Mass,
Plan Cruise and Party

weighing 31a pounds, with
everything edible but a cotton
fluff of smoke from the Chin
.ney. 1t was sent to the Presi-
dents daughter by German
American children Of the York
vile section of Manhattan.
Caroline got the talking doll
she told a department store
Santa Claus she wanted. And
little John had a fascinating
toy helicopter with rotor blades
that moved Just like the real
whirlybirds in which both he
and his family frequently ride.
Gift From Cardinal
And there was a special gift
for Caroline from Richard
Cardinal Gushing, Roman
Catholic archbishop Of Boston,
who sent the package by plane
to make sure 1t reached her in
time for Christmas. The nature
of the gift was not known.
The Presidents three sisters
Patricia Lawford. Eunice ShriveI
and Jean Smith. are here with
husbands and children to join
the Christmas gathering. So are
Mrs. Kennedy's sister and
brother-in-law, Lee and Prince
Stanislas Radziwill of London.
The Presidents brothers, Ed
ward and Robert and their
families, won't be here, though
They'll be seeking a white
Christmas atmosphere for the
holidays with their children
with a post Christmas skiing
vacation planned.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
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the Janiculum Hill, only a short
distance outside the Vatican
walls. He walked from ward
TO ward, speaking words of
comfort and cheer TO the chill
dren.
Doctors and others at the
hospital were impressed by the
Pope's return TO vigor and his
normal ruddy complexion. They
said he showed signs of great
recovery from his illness and
looked as he did before he be-
came III with a stomach dis
order and anemia.
you see, / am In perfect
condition" the Pope told the
hospitals doctors.
"Oh. l am not yet ready TO
run any races or enter In con-
tests. but all in all am feeling
we'll"
The Pope said he had cele-
brated three masses for Christ
mas last night and this morn
ing In his private chapel.
THE doctors" the Pope said
"have said that the Pope has
had-yes-some little disturb
ance. But now you can see well
that he lacks nothing--in eyes
in tongue, in ears nor In heart,
which is the most important
and precious thing"
Returning TO the Vatican,
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Two Bundits Get
100000 at Bank

BURNABY, B. c., Dec. rs
(AP).-Two bandits held up a
bank here yesterday and es-
capped with more than $10O, 900
in Christmas eve deposits Of a
department store across the
street.
William Barber, manager OF
the branch Of the Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce
said two masked men waving
pistols entered the bank about
4:30 pm. an hour and a half
after closing time, and scooped
the money from a counter.
"The bandits sprung a lock
on the door as the weekly
money was being counted"
Mr.. Barber said.
I'VE had a full staff OF 10
on at the time but only six
were In the main office.
"One Of the men Just said
Hold It. They scooped up the
money in about two minutes
and fled"
There was no shooting.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
CHRIST CHILD HoNoRED
Bethlehem Marks Nativity

Preceded by prancing Arab
Legion horsemen and flanked
by a pageantry of Christian
banners, the patriarch slowly
crossed the Manger Square
while massed choirs chanted
hymns-and a Jordanian po-
lice band spiritedly rendered
Marching Through Georgia" "
impartially followed by Dixie. I"
Meanwhile, a short distance
across the Judean hills, Protes-
tants gathered in Shepherds
FieldS-where shepherds first
heard the angels sing of Christ
on Christmas night-to sing
hymns and offer up prayers for
peace.
AS worshippers from many
lands prayed for peace, sand
bagged gun e mplacem ents
looked down on the Holy Land
from atop the brown hills.
These mark the battle line be-
tween Jordan and Israel, still
technically at war. The demar-
cation line now winds south of
Jerusalem, cutting the old road
to Bethlehem.
For Christmas there was a
brief feeling of brotherhood.
Each year Jordanians permit
some Arab Christians to cross
into Jerusalem through the
Mandelbaum Gate to visit sepa-
rated relatives.
This year 1886 came over
Christmas Eve morning but
must return through the barbed
wire corridor by Christmas
night.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Hospital Robbed

TAIPEI, Formosa, Dec. IS
AP).-Thieves broke into a
hospital operated by Seventh
Day Adventist missionaries last
night and stole more than
$4,000 in United States dollars,
checks and Formosan currency.
The MISSIONS large iron safe
was found empty in a nearby
rice field.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
Star staff Writer

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. 25.
-Five-year-old Caroline and O.
year-old John got President
and Mrs. Kennedy up before 8
am. today to watch them open
their Christmas presents.
The family presents were
pied under a big Christmas
tree in the living room of the
C. Michael Paul home where
the Kennedys ake spending the
holiday season.
After attending 10:30 am.
mass at st. Edwards Church,
the President and Mrs. Ken
.nedy were going for another
luncheon cruise on the presi-
Dental yacht Honey Fitz as the
temperature rose up into the
S0s on a sunny Florida day.
They invited a group of
friends to a $50 pm. egg nog
party at the Paul house.
Christmas Dinner
The President and Mrs. Ken
nedy also were to be hosts at
a quiet Christmas dinner in the
Paul home this evening.
The Kennedys were observ-
ing a far happier Christmas
this year than last, when his
father suffered a stroke.
In the Presidents vacation
headquarters there was all the
traditional Christmas cheer.
There also was a child's de-
light "a gingerbread house,
Evening star., 1962-12-25

the Judean hills as the Star
of Bethlehem once appeared to
the wise men.
In the surrounding hills,
shepherds still shelter flocks OF
sheep in countless grottos as
they did long before the first
star of Bethlehem appeared.
Across from the church on
the Manger Square, at the
Muezzins' Tower Mosque, came
a MoSlem call to prayer. Many
MoSlen1S thought also of Christ
who is venerated by MoSlemS
as a holy prophet.
Band Plays Dixie"
Christmas eve ceremonies
inside the ancient church
rebuilt by the Roman Emperor
JuStinian in the 9th century
marked the end Of a long
day Of holy festivities. These
started beneath a warm noon
day sun when the patriarch led
a Roman procession into Beth
lehem from Jerusalem.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
u. N. Fund Boosted

DAMASCUS. Syria, Dec. 25
(AP) - Saudi Arabia will
double TO 100000 its annual
contribution TO the United Ma
tions relief and works agency
for the Palestine refugees
budget, Mecca radio reports.
The order becomes effective In
the l962-63 fiscal year.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Santa Visits
Junior VILLAGE
or Gent Mobbed
BY Youngsters
BY BETTY MILES
Star Staff Writer

Santa Claus paid his first
visit to Junior Village this
morning.
For the children at the Dis
triCt's overcrowded institution
for homeless youngsters it was
a elimination of the entire
city's efforts to make their
Christmas a merry one.
Here comes Sanity Claus, F"
little girls at Hoover Cottage
yelled as the portly gentleman
plowed through the snow.
Counselors tried, without
much success, to hold the
youngsters back as they rushed
out the door without their
coats and threw their arms
around him.
Boys Enthusiastic, Too
This is the largest Christ
mas they have had here in my
II years at Junior Village" Mrs.
Lottie B. DiggS, a counselor at
Hoover Cottage, declare d,
Some little girls got three and
four dolls"
Junior Village has been the
object Of officials and public
attention because of its over
crowded condition. Comments
by President Kennedy. a pre-
Christmas visit to the children
by the First Lady, and the
opening of the new cottages
helped ease this situation.
Santa was mobbed, at Cool
idge Cottage, the counterpart
of Hoover. for boys. The age
range is about 5 to 8.
They rushed down the stairs
in various states of dress and
undress and crowded around
yelling, SANITY Claus, SANITY
Claus" and each one tried tc
tell Santa what he wanted.
Il want that big one over
there" one boy shouted, point.
ing to a box that held a toy
to be shared by all.
A 7-year-old stole over shyly
to the piled-up gifts where in
See VILLAGE, Page B-l
Evening star., 1962-12-25
TODAY'S STAR
PHONE SERVICES:

Because of the holiday
The Stur's Classified, Cir
euIution and Main Phone
Departments will observe
the following schedule:
Classified Department:
7 o.m.-7 pm.
Circulation Department:
7 o.m.-7 pm.
Main Switehbc lrd: 7 u.m.-
7 pm.
Direct night service lines
rem uin in operation us
usuuI.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
DETECTIVES OF
THE AIRLANES

THE FLYING detectives Of the
Civil Aeronouties BOord's Bureou Of
Sefsty ore mokins oir troveI soier
by finding and correcting the eouses
Of oirplone eroshes. Their duties ore
described today by Pulitzer Prize
winning Reporter Miriom ottenbsrq
in another chapter from her book,
The FsdsrOl lnvestisotOrs," on
Poae A.24.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Pope, Fit Again, Visits
Children in Hospital

VATICAN CITY, Dec. rs
tAP) Pope John XIII left
the Vatican today for the first
time since his illness q month
ago to pay a Christmas visit to
children in the Hospital OF the
Infant Jesus.
The Sl-year-old Pontiff spent
40 minutes at the hospital on
Evening star., 1962-12-25

Lnelr IaJner uleQ Iouf months
ago in Havana. Eugenio, 40, a
leader of the April, 1861, inva-
sion, had been held incom-
municado in the Isle of Pines
for the past seven months. He
was never told of his fathers
death.
Rene Luis Pelly, %, arrived
at Dinner Key Auditorium for
the first reunion with his fam
lily, and was introduced to his
5-month-old twin nephews,
Felix and Jose Solaun. They
had been flown from Rochester,
N. Y, for the occasion.
$4,000 WindfalI
One young bachelor got the
word that he had more than
$4,000 in the bank as a result
of his 20-month Imprisonment.
The United States Government
had continued paying refugee
relief checks to prisoners who
had once lived here, even those
without dependents.
In this case, a friend here
had banked the checks.
Although some of the tension
built up through the long vigil
of Sunday by a nine-hour de-
lay in the arrival of the first
prisoners of war had eased by
the middle of yesterday. Home
stead Air Force Base south of
Miami was still the scene of
emotional incidents.
Sergio Garlic, a Negro who
was assistant to one of the
Roman Catholic chaplains in
Brigade 2506-the Bay of Pigs
Evening star., 1962-12-25
GOOD NEWS, MOSTLY
Fate Held Surprises
For Cubon Coptives

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. Is AP)-Homecoming held surprises
for some of the Cuban invasion prisoners.
Eugeno SARDINIA for example, got off the shuttle plane
from Havana and found his brother Jorge Roman Catholic
priest in Madrid waiting for him.
The brother had made the long trip to tell Eugenio
Evening star., 1962-12-25

LONDON, Dec. rs (AP).-
The spiritual head OF the
Church OF England. the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, called
today for prayers for Pope
John XIII.
The Archbishop, Or. Michael
Ramsey. said In his Christmas
Day address In Canterbury Ca
thedral.
I'VE pray today for Pope
John that he may be given re-
covery Of health and strength
and that his ardent longing
for the growth OF charity may
be fulfilled.
Looking forward, we press
along the road OF unity know
ing that unity. truth and holi-
ness must 20 together"
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Snowfall Sets Christmas Record
Tops Mark
0f4.5 Inches
Made in 1909
Salvation Army
Gives Toys, Food TO
Needy Thousands

A record snowfall brought
Washington its whitest Christ
mas today in nearly half q
century.
BY noon, as inches Of new
snow had been measured on
the roof of the National Airport
terminal and it was still snow
ing.
In other parts of Washington
Most Of Nation White, Wet for
Holiday. Poee Az
accumulations of 5 inches were
reported. !
These topped old snow. which
was about 2 inches thick.
Forecasters said the new snow
might be up to Z inches deep.
The previous Christmas record
was As inches in 1909.
Fifth Since 1888
The snowfall was an unusual
Christmas present for young
sters. This was only the fifth
snow storm recorded here on
Christmas day since 1888.
Except for a trace in 1885,,
there has been no measurable.
fall on December rs here since
1885. the Weather Bureau said.
This was only the 10th
Christmas since 1900, in fact,
that there has been snow on
the ground at all.
The snow was a pleasant
surprise for the young. Lucky
was the wide-eyed child who
found Santa had left a sled or
skates last night.
Taxis Scarce
Unlucky was the adult, how4
lever, who sought a cab.
Two major cab companies
were running two hours bel
hind on calls at 10 am. DiaA
mond Cab had only IA caba
on the streets, the lowest num-
! ber of cabs available on Christ
J mas in three years. according
, to the company.
Out of a fleet of 1900, Yel4
low Cab Co. had 80 drivers
working. The normal number
of Christmas drivers available
is closer to so.
The dispatcher said, ''it's
getting to the point where
we're not taking any calls.
If we had the cabs we could
haul 1000 people today"
For even the poorest young
sters. Santa did pretty we'll this
year as 12,500 children received
new toys from the Salvation
Army. and workers left gifts
with $3.50 persons in youth in
stitutions, jails, hospitals and
convalescent homes.
S55.4O0 Donated
These presents, grocery or
ders and food baskets for 4,200
needy families were made pos
sible by gifts totaling SIS, 400
dropped into 40 Salvation Army
kettles here.
This money-$5,400 more
than the goal-also enabled
aged couples and individuals to
purchase a good Christmas
dinner and provided clothes for
$50 area school children.
Although children liked It.
snow meant trouble for some
adults.
National Airport closed for
three hours of scraping this
morning but an official said he
hoped Washingtonians return.
ing here tonight and tomorrow
would find the airport open.
Dulles Runway Clear
Dulles international Airport
reported 1t had enough facili-
ties to scrape one runway al
a time and still keep the airport
open.
Intercity buses. especially
those reported arriving a half
hour to three hours late today
See SNOW, Page Al
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Guide for Readers

Hove The Stor Delivered
Dolly and Sunday
Diol Lincoln 5000
Evening star., 1962-12-25

the Pope appeared at noon in
the open window of his study
overlooking st. Peters Square,
where the temperature was a
few degrees above freezing. He
smiled happily at a crowd of
$4,000 in the rain-splattered
square and spoke for almost 10
minutes. his voice ringing with
Its former resonance and force.
Silence came over the square
as the Pope raised both hands
In benediction. Many persons
knelt on the wet cobblestones.
The Pope told the gathering
there is no philosophical study
which has any value "if the
soul does not open completely
to the effusion OF the light and
OF Heavenly grace
"The truth OF the Beatitudes
proclaimed on the mountain
returns In particularly vibrant
echo at Christmas and de-
mands universal attention he
said.
Evening star., 1962-12-25

BETHLEHEM, Dec. 25 (AP) i.
The bearded Patriarch of
Jerusalem knelt today in the
tiny grotto where tradition
says Christ was born and
picked up a small swaddled
form representing the Christ
Child to express Christendom's s
reverence of the Nativity.
AS the bells Of Bethlehem's
churches pealed the arrival of
the holy day, Patriarch Alberto
Gori re-enacted the scene of
almost 1000 years ago.
The figure of the Christ
Child was carefully placed at
the altar on the manger where
the infant spent his first night
on earth.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Ex-Captives Await
Arrival Of Relatives
Castro Agrees
To Discuss Fate
Of q Americans

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. rs (AP).-
The survivors of the Bay of Pigs
invasion spent Christmas in
freedom today with the promise
of another present to come.
The lib men were flown
here in a 10-plane, two-day
Evening star., 1962-12-25

invasion force-dropped to his
knees and kissed the airstrip
pavement.
Victor Cardenas, unable to
contain his emotion, collapsed
from excitement before he
reached the bus waiting to take
the men to the immigration
Service processing center at the
air base. He sobbed piteously
as Border Patrol troopers
helped him aboard the bus.
Heart-rending scenes were
repeated over and over at Din
ner Key auditorium, the re-
.ceiving center for the men
coming in from the air base.
Men pale from long months of
confinement and inadequate
diet wept openly as they show
cred wives, children, fathers
and mothers with kisses.
Families Reunited
Men stared happily at infant
sons and daughters they had
never seen before. Mothers,
tears streaming down their
faces, gave shrill shouts of joy
at the sight of sons free from
Communist prisons.
One arriving prisoner, "a
year-old Raul Leal, shouted
for joy as he saw his 14-month-
old son, Raul, jr.. for the first
time, and pronounced himself
very happy, especially about
this little package of JOY" His
wife Nina, smiling through
See REUNION, Page "A
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Star Marks Birthplace

In a grotto softly Lit by flick
ering candles and lined by
priests and monks where wise
men and shepherds once stood,
the birthplace was marked by
a silver 14-pointed star on the
floor.
A golden star once marked
the place, but it fell victim to
the ancient religious rivalries
over the Nativity Church site
The church now is divided
among Romans, Greeks and
Armenian rites, each insistent
on their prerogatives.
Christmas eve ceremonies
broadcast to the world by
Jordan radio-were held at the
Roman Catholic st. GATHERINGS
Church, adjoining the Greek
Orthodox altar directly above
the grotto.
AS always, st. GATHERINGS
was jammed with Christians
from around the world. Among
them were Christians in Indian
saris, African robes and West.
ern clothing.
At the top of the church 9
giant electric star shone across
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Leave Tomorrow

Relatives of some of the
prisoners are expected TO leave
Havana tomorrow aboard the
African Pilot, which carried to
Cuba Sunday the down pay
ment" on the ransom.
The African Pilot will make
the 12-hour run with the wom-
en- and children to Port Ever
glades, about 80 miles north of
Miami.
President Kennedy, whose
administration was involved in
the negotiations to return the
prisoners and the raising of
the ransom through contribu-
tions from American COM
panies, hailed the completion
of the operation.
This Christmas will be a
little brighter for all Americans
because these men are being
united with their loved ones, "
Mr.. Kennedy said at the VIM
ter White House in Palm
Beach, Fla.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Last PlanelOad

Mr.. Kennedy's statement was
read at Homestead Air Force
Base, on the outskirts Of Miami,
as the last planeload of pris-
oners pounded down the ramp
to freedom. shortly after $3.50
last night.
Aboard the craft was a trio
of men who led the volunteer
brigade of some 1000 in the
abortivc invasion.
They were Jose Perez San
Roman, the military COM
mander; Aneido Olivia, second
in command, and Manuel Ar
See PRISONERS, Page A-4
Evening star., 1962-12-25

mission that ended in the wan
ing hours of Christmas eve. A
main feature of Christmas Day
for the former captives was a
holiday dinner of "lechon''
(roast sucking pig) with loved
ones they hadn't seen since the
invasion failed 20 months ago.
Meanwhile, 1000 relatives of
the prisoners prepared to board
an American ship in Havana
harbor to come to the United
States as political refugees.
CastrO's christmas Bonus"
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro called that a Christmas
bonus"
And Mr.. Castro promised also
ito discuss the early release of
the % American prisoners" still
in Cuban jails.
He made the pledge to James
B. Donovan, the New York law
yer who negotiated the swap
of the Cuba invasion prisoners
for $50 million worth Of med
ical supplies and baby food.
The two-day exchange was a
mixture of agoniZed waiting,
as the return sputtered fitfully
with long delays between
planes, of unashamed tears, OF
husbands introduced to chill
dren they had never seen, OF
emotion charged reunions with
mothers, fathers and friends.
And more reunions are to
come.
Evening star., 1962-12-25

Freishter Gets Reody for Prisoners
FomiIies. Poee "A
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Freezing rain or
drizzle tonight, low in upper 20s. Some
rain tomorrow morning, followed by clear
ing in the afternoon, high in the 3Os.
High, 20, at IN, today; low, "a, at 4 am.
today.
Full Report on PGse B-4
Evening star., 1962-12-25

A record snowfall brought
Washington its whitest Christ
mas today in nearly half q
century.
BY noon, as inches Of new
snow had been measured on
the roof of the National Airport
terminal and it was still snow
ing.
In other parts of Washington, 4
Evening star., 1962-01-23
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (AP) Foreign
exchange rates (Great Britain and Aus
tralia In dollars, others in cents and
decimals of a cent: