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Many Area Churches
Feature YuIe Music

The choirs of more than a
score Of churches In Washing
ton, the Maryland and Virginia
suburbs, will present special
Christmas musical programs to-
morrow.
Leading the Washingto n
churches will be st. Paul's Epis-
cOpal, Rock Greek Parish, at
Rock Creek Church road and
Webster street NV, reputed to
be the Oldest church in the Dis
trict.
A choral pageant held annual
ly for eight years in Holy Trini-
| ty Cathedral, Havana, will be
duplicated. Proceeds from the
presentation will be given to
Cuban refugees through the In
ternational Rescue Committee.
A children's performance will be
held at pm. and the benefit
performance at 7 pm.
At the Lutheran Church of
the Reformation, 212 East Cap
itol street, the choir will offer
"Advent-Christmas in Central
Europe. 1t will be coupled with
advent greetings from repre-
sentatives from the embassies
of Austria, Germany and Switz-
erland.
The program beginning at
7:30 pm. will also include a talk
by DR.. Werner Simpfendorfer of
Bad Boil. Germany.
National City Christian
Church, Thomas Circle, will
present a short organ recital by
Lawrence P. Schneider, minister
of music at AIS pm. Carols and
anthems by Diember, Buchner,
Koch, Sowerby, Hoist, Clokey
and Nicolai will be sung.
The choir Of COncOrdia United
Church Of Christ, Evangelical
and Reformed, 1920 @ street
NV, will hold its annual
Christmas musical at 7 pm. A
candle lighting dedication will
close the service. the Rev.
Henry c. Koch, pastor. said.
The music department of
Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Sixth and A streets NE. an
nounces two Cantatas at the
7:15 pm. service. The junior
choir will offer "Lo a Star" by
Robert Graham. The adult pre-
sents John Peterson's Love
Transcending."
The choir Of GuntOn- Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Sixteenth and Newton streets
NV, directed by Bruce c.
Rhoads, will hold its Christmas
candlelight and carol service at
4:30 pm.
Ingram Memorial COngrega-
tiOnal United Church of
Christi, Massachusetts, avenue
and Tenth streets NE, will
present "An Opera for Christ
mas" at 1880 pm. 1t was writ
ten by Alfred J. Neumann, or
ganist and choir director Of
Christ Church of Silver Spring.
A Christmas oratorie by
Saint-Saens will feature the
IL am. service at National
Baptist Memorial Church, Six
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Jewish Groups Work
For Christmas Parties

tional Capital Association of
B'nai Birth.
Some participating groups
include the Young Peoples
Synagogue, the Junior Host
esses of the Jewish Welfare
Board, the D. c. Jewish War
Veterans and the B'nai Birth
Youth Organization.
Volunteers Needed
Many volunteers, entertain
ers and gifts are needed to
m axe the parties successful.
According to Jack Frankel, area
director Of the Jewish Welfare
Board, about 200 volunteers are
needed, plus about 1000 per-
sonal gifts or money with
which to purchase them.
Another welcome gift would
be food items for the USO
Christmas m nu, including
fruit, turkey, cranberry sauce,
potatoes. mixed vegetables,
rolls and pumpkin pie.
Individuals or organizations
with interested members may
call the office of the Jewish
Welfare Board to register fol
a few hours of duty at one
Of the hospitals or clubs. Gift'
or money may be left at tht
office at 1887 Massachusetts
avenue NV. '@
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CHRISTIAN cHURcHEs DISCIPLES
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lclude works by Bach and Hap-
del. A similar program was
presented last week at Fair
lington Presbyterian Church.
The Shenandoah College and
Conservatory, Winchester, will
Evangelical United Brethren
Church, North Glebe road and
Twenty fifth street, Arlington,
in presenting a series of five
concerts.
The first will be Handels
Messiah" to be held tomor-
row at 4 pm. The orchestra
will be backed by a 60-voice
choir.
The adult and youth choirs
of Fair-Park Baptist Church,
Quaker lane at Crestwood
drive, Alexandria, will sing
Born a King" The program
DeBlnS AT I.0U pm.
Robert Graham's Dawn of
Redeeming Grace" will be
sung at GrOvetOn Baptist
Church, 1948 Richmond high
way, Alexandria, by As mem
bers Of the choir under di-
rection of Herman v. Thoma-
son. 1t will be presented at a
7:30 pm. service.
The senior choir Of Trinity
Episcopal Church, Columbia
pike and South Wayne street,
Arlington, Va, will present a
Christmas musical program at
the IL am. service instead of
the sermon.
"The Song of Christmas" will
feature the II am. service at
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/ teenth street and Columbia
road NV. At 1880 pm. the
National Players will present
the drama Star Light and
Stable Star" in the sanctuary.
Maryland Churches
Handel's Messiah" will be
sung by the choir at TakOma
Park Baptist Church, Piney
Branch road and Aspen street
NV, at 8 pm. Soloists are Mrs.
Dave Bartine, Mrs. Neil Kott-
witz, Neil Kottwitz and Ralph
Sharp. Violinists are Hendrick
Essers and Harry Cherkassky.
The annual Christmas Canta-
ia, "A Melody of Christmas, F."
will be sung by the adult choir
of Mount Rainier Methodist
Church, 1901 Bunker Hill road.
Themes by Franz Schubert have
cen arranged by Ellen Jane Lo-
REM. The program will be held
in conjunction with the IL am.
service.
The Sanctuary Choir Of First
Baptist Church, Wayne avenue
and Fenton street, Silver Spring,
will have Christmas Cantata,
Dawn Of Redeeming Grace"
written by Robert Graham on
its program being presented at
5 pm. Miss Lois Butler, organ
list, will accompany the singers.
WOOdside Methodist Church,
$3.50 Georgia avenue, Silver
Spring, will offer two perform
ances of q dramatic-musical
program, at 4 and 8 pm. Con-
tributions will be donated to
the Baltimore Conference
Board of Child Care.
Noel! Noell" by Nobel Cain
will be presented at the First
Baptist Church Of Wheaton,
109l4 Georgia avenue, at 7::30
pm. The choir will be directed
by John H. Anderson, minister
of music.
Three choirs of Centennial
Baptist Church, 6S07 Decatur
place, Hyattsville. will partici-
pate in the church's Christmas
musical under the direction of
Kenneth Davey at 1880 pm.
A Might of Miracles" will be
sung by the SeabrOok Baptist
Church adult choir at Z pm.
in the new sanctuary at Sea-
brook road and DuBarry ave-
nue., Seabrook.
Virginia Programs
The First Baptist Church,
1882 King street. Alexandria,
will be among those including
Handel's Messiah" in its
Christmas-New Year services.
The choir will also sing carols
at a $50 pm. service.
The darlington Presbyte-
rian and darlington Methodist
Churches will combine choirs
to present a choral, chamber
music and harpsichord Christ
mas program.
The event at 5 pm. tomor-
row will be held in darlington
Methodist Church, 5000 King
street, Alexandria. 1t will in
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NAIL. sPIRITUALIsT ASSN.
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The scene is the Lafayette
Square USo Club. December rs.
About 100 servicemen and their
families are sitting down to a
complete turkey dinner donated
by the Washington Jewish
community and served by VOL
unteers from Jewish organiza-
tions throughout the area.
The Washington Arm e d
Services Committee Jewish
Welfare Board is winding UP
preparations now for this party
at the USO. Six others also
win be given at the Alexandria
Service to the Armed Forces
Center, Mount Alto Hospital,
Bethesda Naval Hospital,
Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, Soldiers Home Hospital
and st. Elizabeths Hospital.
To be called Inter = Faith
Day, December 25, 1862" in
memory Of recently deceased
Jewish servicemen, the project
is designed to relieve nom
Jewish volunteers of their du-
ties In local service installa-
tions so that they may spend
Christmas with their families
Hospital Program
"A different program Il
planned for each hospital with
local entertainers donating
their time to perform in the
wards, assisted by amateurs
from such groups as the Heri-
tage chapter Of B'nai Birth
Women.
Volunteers will visit with the
patients and distribute gifts of
stationery, pipes, shaving
equipment and many others be-
ing collected now.
Assisting Mrs. Shirley Marko-
witz and Mr.. Jack Frankel as
eo-ordinators are Miss Jean
Howard. entertainment chair
man. Nat Black. D. c. Depart
ment Of the Jewish Welfare
Board and Jack Kasofsky. Ma
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John Calvin Presbyterian
Church, 5000 Columbia pike,
Annandale. In addition to the
singing, the Rev. Earl s..
Christman, jr, will narrate the
story.
Vienna Presbyterian Church,
Park and Church streets,
Vienna, will present Maunder's
Bethlehem" at 7 pm. The
Rev. Horace c. Lukens, pastor,
will preside.
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British Company
Withdruws Pill
Seen Harmful

LONDON, Oct. 81 (AP).-A
British herbal drug firm has
withdrawn a SHINING tablet
which, like thalidomide, may be
harmful to unborn babies.
DR.. John Moss, medical Off
Ger for Leicester, analysed the
tablets and then wrote to the
manufacturers. They at once
Withdrew the tablets from the
market. The tablets contain
podophyllum.
DR.. Moss carried out tests
after a doctor, writing in the
medical magazine Lancet, re-
ported a young mother who
took tablets containing podo-
phyllum gave birth to a child
with deformed hands and ears.
A spokesman for the drug
firm said last night:
I'VE have no evidence that
these tablets have harmed any,
one. Podophyllum is an old
fashioned vegetable laxative
which millions of people have
taken over the past so years.
But, to be on the safe side,
we have withdrawn the tablets
from the market and we are
altering the formula, substi-
tuting another ingredient in
stead of podophyllum."
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jected on Soviet territory to
safeguard proposed arms limi-
tation or nuclear test ban agree
ments, so far as Cuba is con-
cerned. He said he did not be-
lieve it would be difficult to
get Cuba and Turkey to agree
to let U. N. inspection teams
come in to police the dismant-
ling of missile bases.
The Khrushchev message
proposed only negotiations be-
tween Soviet and American
representatives at the U. NJ,
saying nothing about a possible
summit meeting between him
self and Mr.. Kennedy.
The Russian leader has put
out several feelers for a sum-
NIT meeting recently but Amer
lean officials have indicated
that they consider the posi-
bility of such a meeting as so
remote as not to be worth
thinking about at the moment.
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BY the Associated Press

The United States yesterday
defined the interrogation area
for the Cuban blockade as COW
ering waters from Northern
Florida to the northern tip of
South America and from the
center of the Gulf of Mexico
to the eastern tip Of Puerto
Rico.
The information was given
to Acting United Nations Sec
retary-General U Thant by
Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson
for possible relay OF Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchev.
Mr.. Khrushchev, responing
to an appeal from Mr.. U Thant,
has stated that for temporary
period Soviet vessels will stay
out of the blockade area in
order to avoid any clash with
United States warships.
President Kennedy has also
told Mr.. Thant the United
States would not seek any con-
formation if Soviet ships
stayed clear of the blockade
The note which Mr.. Steven
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Six Firemen Die
As Wall Topples
In Queens BIuze

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 (AP).-
Six dead firemen, including a
captain, were pulled early today
from the debris of a collapsed
wall at a burning soap factory
in Queens.
More than 20 firemen were
trapped last night when the
side wall and part of the Sec
ond floor gave way during the
fire. Five were hospitalized.
The whereabouts of the
buildings Waterman and his
assistant were not known, but
firemen said they were not be-
lieved to be in the building.
The fire department identi-
fled the six dead as Capt. Will
liam Russell, Firemen Richard
Giffard, George Zahn, James
Marine, Francis Egan and
Richard Andrews.
The fire broke out from I'M
known causes at about 8 pm
in the two-story brick, 75-by
50-foot building housing the
Sefu Fat and Soap Co.
The four-alarm fire was
brought under control at 1880
pm, and shortly thereafter the
wall fell. A fifth alarm was
sounded to bring emergency
equipment to the scene.
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Episcopal Bishop
Sees Soviet Plea
As Reasonable

COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 81
(AP).-The presiding bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal
Church today described as rea-
sonable Premier Khrushchev's
offer to withdraw offensive
weapons from Cuba If the Uni
ted States will take its rockets
from Turkey.
Asked at a news conference
If he considered the Soviet Pre-
mier's proposal reasonable, the
Rt. Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger
replied, II do"
However, after President Ken
nedy's reply to the Soviet Pre-
mier had been read to Bishop
Lichtenberger following tn e
news conference, he added this
statement:
THE reply as now explained
by the President certainly seems
to be a reasonable one. The
Presidents decision must be
based on activities, but we still
hope and pray that this matter
may be settled by negotiation" "
The reply from the White
House said that, before it can
consider any proposals, the So
vietS must stop work on the
Cuban missile sites, destroy Of
fensive weapons in Cuba and
stop supplying arms to Castro.
The bishop is here for the
1862 meeting of the House Of
Bishops of the Episcopal
Church.
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U.S.. Defines Red Ship
'Interception' Area

son gave to Mr.. Thant, accord
ing to the State Department,
said:
MY Government has in
structed me to inform you
that 'interception area re-
ferred to in your letter of Oc-
tober 25 to the President Of
the United States and in his
reply of October 26 comprises
(A) the area included within
a circle with its center at Ha-
wanna and a radius of 500
nautical miles and CD the area
included within a circle with
it's center at Cape Maysi Mai
SID, located at the Eastern tip
of the island of Cuba, and a
radius of 500 nautical miles.
You may wish to pass the
above information to Chair
man Khrushchev so that he
can proceed in accordance with
his October 26 letter to you, in
which he stated that he had
ordered the masters of Soviet
vessels bound for Cuba but not
yet within the interrogation
area to stay out of the area"
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, In the Far East are intended
to contain the Sino-Soviet mil
itary threat in the Far East.
United States ground and
air units are located in Korea
and Japan; the Philippines has
a strong air arm at Clark Field,
and Formosa plays host to ro-
rational units of the United
States Air Force.
AS the United States devel-
ops its submarine missile force
and hardened intercontinental
rocket sites in the United
States, the value of some air
facilities overseas will be re-
duced, American Officials &C
knowledge. But there has been
no official move to dismantle
any of the base structures, eX-
cept in Morocco. where the
Government decided in 1859 to
pursue a non-aligned foreign
policy.
In addition, the United States
has training facilities, COM
munication centers, missile and
satellite monitors and other re-
search institutions manned by
military men in some 10 other
countries.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
lister Zorin Jumped these 19
countries with the other 16
and charged before the United
Nations Security Council that
the United States has IS mill
tary bases" overseas.
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Sentenced to Home

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 81
CAP. - Short-term prisoners
here soon will be serving their
sentences at home-on govern
ment subsistence allowances.
It's too expensive to keep them
in Jail, explained Prisons Com
John Allan. Most
non-habitual convictS are tax
defaulters.
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Flu in Uganda Area

KANIPALA, Uganda, Oct. q
(AP).-The Health Ministry
reports a virulent Spanish in
fluenza epidemic is sweeping
the northern region. The chief
medical officer found the worst
affected county had 10 flu
deaths and $50 new hospital
cases a day.
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BASES
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
spection. Then all kinds of
talks are possible.
I The new presidential pro-
poSal contains all the elements
the United States could afford
to provide for a graceful back
down by the Soviet Union. The
mention of a dentente was ex-
pected to be regarded by many
! Soviet policymakers as pie In
; the sky.
Talked for Years
: Soviet and American negotia-
tors have talked general dis
armament, including Withdraw
al from foreign bases, for many
years without coming close to
agreement.
The old stumbling block, ade-
quate inspection, is not likely
to disappear after the Cuban
problem is settled. On the con-
trary, diStrust is likely to be
greater.
American officials noted with
satisfaction that the Soviet
Union made no effort to link
the Cuban crisis to a Berlin
settlement. This is taken as an
indication Moscow also regards
that issue as too hot to become
involved with the Caribbean
problem.
Berlin Still Problem
But official Warrington is
certain it has not heard the
last of Premier Khrushchev's
four-year-old campaign to push
the West out of West Berlin.
That. however, looked at the
end of this strenuous week
like the next crisis, at least I'M
til Soviet rocket bases in Cuba
are closed down.
President Kennedy's rejection
of the Soviet offer to with
draw from Cuba in return for
the United States pulling out
of the naval base in Turkey
stems from an entirely different
concept of the world power
balance from the one on which
Premier Khrushchev processes
to operate.
/ NATO decided to station
medium-range missiles and nu-
clear warheads in the United
Kingdom, Italy and Turkey in
1857, to answer open threats by
the Soviet Union to establish
its own rocket complex aimed
at Western Europe.
American strategists say the
Soviet rocket base in Cuba does
not fit into the NATO context
at all.
If the Soviet Union is inter-
ested in the removal of defense
bases in Turkey, the admins
tration reasons, this should be
done as part of a general dis
armament program. where mil
itary power of the two sides is
gradually reduced in a bal
anced way.
! The United States, for in
stance, has proposed a first
stage 80 per cent reduction
of missiles, combat aircraft
and other ornaments by the
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Peers Visit Kennedy

Sir David Ormsby Gore, Brit
ish Ambassador to Washington,
called on President Kennedy at
the White House yesterday &C
companied by the Duke and
Duchess of Devonshire. Sir.
David said he was making a
private visit.
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leading world powers over a
three-year period. The proposal
was advanced before the IT.
nation committee on disarma-
ment at Geneva last April 10.
Turkey is one of Is nations
lin which major United States
military power is stationed
Eight of the host countries are
lin Europe: Germany, Italy,
Turkey, United Kingdom, the
Azores Portugal, Spain, Ice
land, and Greenland (Den-
mark.
Four countries In the Far
East have American military
forces stationed on their soil:
Korea, Japan, the Philippines,
and Nationalist China. Other
American military forces are
stationed on OkinaWa, which is
under United States control.
Three Western Hemisphere
nations have major American
military installations; Panama,
Canada and Cuba Guam
tanamo Bay.
Morocco is the other nation
where United States military
forces are stationed. According
to All agreement negotiated in
1859, the United States will
evacuate air bases in Morocco
by 1868.
Strongest in Germany
Major United States power is
concentrated in West Ger
many, where there are both
air and Army units of sub
stantial size. Canada, France,
Belgium and Germany also
contribute ground forces to the
NATO contingents in Germany.
Most of the American forces
in Europe have the major mis-
sion of defending Western Eu-
rope against the Soviet ground
and nuclear-miSsile threat.
In the Azores, however, the
United States bases tanker
planes for refueling long-range
military flights. The island air
facilities are also way sta
ton between the United States
and Europe.
In Iceland, Greenland and
Canada, the United States has
erected important early-warn-
ing systems to detect possible
plane or missile attacks over
the Arctic.
Canal Guarded
In Panama, Army and anti
aircraft units guard this vital
transportation link for the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Naval and Marine units at
Guantanamo Naval Base also
have a major mission in the
defense of the Panama Canal.
The five major installations
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clude six aerial port squadrons.
These are ground operations
squadroHs."
The United States has made
no secret of the constant vigil
lance being maintained over the
Communist island to keep track
of from eight to 10 Soviet mis-
sile bases.
Mr.. Sylvester's first warning
of condensation came when
he was asked about Havana
Radio broadcast that anti-air-
craft batteries forced" un-
identified planes from over the
western part of the island.
A little later, Havana radio
broadcast a statement by
Prime Minister Castro that war
planes could violate Cuba's air
space only "at the risk Of meet
ing our defensive fire" the As
ISOLATED Press reported from
Key West, Fla.
The Castro regime has been
complaining of alleged air
space violations by United
States planes since early July
but never has limited that
treaspassers might be attacked.
The text of the Cuban COM
muniqoe about having turned
back planes:
cat 10:17 hours, Cuban anti
aircraft batteries forced the
flight of unidentified war
planes which were amply
violating the air space and
penetrated deep in national
territory in the west Of the
republic.
1.-THE Cuban forces are in a
state of maximum alert and
maximum combat disposition,
disposed to defend the sacred
rights of the fatherland."
Mr.. Castro's own statement,
as monitored in Key West,
said:
by declarations formulated
today, the Government of the
United States tried to claim
officially the prerogative of in
vading our air space.
Cuba will not accept the
vandalistic and piratical privi-
lege of any war plane to violate
its air space because this essen
TALLY affects its security and
facilitates the conditions for a
surprise attack on our territory.
Such a legitimate defense
right cannot be renowned,
therefore:
"All combat planes which in
wade Cuban air space will be
able to do SO only at the risk
of confronting our defensive
fire.
"Fatherland or death. We
will conquer.
Signed: Fidel Castro Ruz,
commander in chief of the
armed forces"
The Defense Department has
not identified the type of planes
it has ordered to carry out sur
veillance missions, nor the bases
from which they fly. However,
aerial photos of missile bases
in Cuba have been released
that appear to have been taken
from both high and low alti-
tudes.
Mr.. Sylvester was asked If
the counter-action to interfer-
ence with the continuous sur
veillance of Cuba means the
United States will drop bombs,
or Strafe, if Mr.. Castro's forces
fire on approaching planes.
He said he was not prepared
to go beyond the statement.
The American naval block
ade off Cuba continued amid
official silence as to whether
any further surface vessels
have been intercepted en- route
to Cuba.
Mr.. Sylvester said that to the
best of his knowledge, there
had been no Soviet or Russian
chartered vessels intercepted at
sea since Task Force 1856 re-
ported encountering the Rus
sian tanker Bucharest Thurs
day and the Lebanese freighter
Marucla Friday.
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Summit Unmentioned

The Soviet premier signifi-
cantly accepted the idea Of U.
n. inspection. which he has re-
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Mr.. Sylvester, after reading
the statement of Mr.. McNa-
mara, said:
an accordance with Execu-
tive Order 11O58, the Secretary
of Defense today issued in
structions for the recall to &C
tive duty of 14,215 Air Force
reservists.
THE units to be recalled in