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Evening star., 1963-01-01

as II Cne spanish needed Such
prodding.
Several of his diplomatic
colleagues greeted the hosts.
There we're Greek Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Matsas, Turkish
Ambassador and Mrs. Meme
.mencioglu, the retiring Chill
can Ambassador and Mrs.
Muller who plan to remain in
Washington through January,
German Minister and Mrs.
Won Lilienfeld, the hosts
brother Minister Emilio Gar
rigues and his attractive
wife, and retiring Italian
Counselor and Mrs. Vim
cenzo de Benedictis who will
give their goodbye party next
Tuesday.
THE GREAT PIANIST
Artur Rubinstein was there
with his wife and two daugh-
ters. The youngest, Alma,
will make her debut at a
party at the Sulgrave Club
tonight. All are staying with
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon who
was also at the dance.
Deputy Secretary of De-
fense and Mrs. Roswell Gil
patric we're wishing the best
of years to Undersecretary of
the Air Force and Mrs. Jo-
seph Charyk. And the Arthur
Schelesingers were having a
tWirl on the dance floor.
Philip Geyelin and his at
tractive red-haired wife
Sherry were among the most
expert dancing couples. So
were former Cuban Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Nicolas S
Arroyo.
OF course all dancing
ceased for the countdown of
midnight. Just before the
witching hour little baskets
containing IL grapes apiece
were passed among the guests
and on the first stroke of
IL each guest downed his
first grape. Thereafter at
each stroke a grape was con-
sumed or at least popped into
the mouth. AS it is impos-
sible to finish chewing one
grape, especially if you don't
want to swallow the seed,
before time for the next
grape, most guests started
1868 with such a mouthful
of grapes they couldn't talk,
least of all shout. Whether
or not this Spanish custom
brings luck is a moot point,
but it most certainly starts
the new year out on a muf-
fled but CHEEKY note.
WHEN HAPPY NEW
YEAR did ring out, there
were some ruffles and flour
ished from the orchestra plus
the announcement tn a t
Princess Inmaculada would
dance with her step-father.
Everyone stepped back to
make room for the lovely
looking girl in her white
bouffant dress to waltz with
Mr.. Sander, and they finished
the number as the sole per-
formers.
From then on there were
twists, which the Princess
did exceedingly well; bossa
novas, sambas, tangos and so
forth. Glimpsed on the dance
floor, or sitting in the draw
ing rooms, or standing and
chatting in the patio were
young Princess Elizabeth AL
tenburg of Austria, Assist
ant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Luke Battle, the Arthur
Krocks, the Presidents Ma
val Aide and Mrs. Tazewell
Shepard, Mrs. George Tyson
and the Morris Cafritzes.
Evening star., 1963-01-01

Callejon who are staying at
the Fairfax for a week.
In the meantime still an
other supper and dance was
going on at the home of for
mer Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate and Mrs. Edward Nc
Ginnis. Some 200 friends
gathered in their house on
Dexter street where they kept
things humming until the
small hours. Among them
were TV personalities Pat
Crowely and Hugh Downs
and his wife, and Ray Bell
of Columbia Motion Pictures
who came to town for the
party.
Evening star., 1963-01-01
Governors
Daughter
Is Engaged

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. l
(AP).-Gov. and Mrs. Albertis
S, Harrison, jr., announced
the engagement Saturday of
their daughter, Antoinette
Barkley Harrison, to a medi-
cal student from Virginia.
The bridegroom -to-be is
Evening star., 1963-01-01

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ence experience BooYl
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pasting, 10 S3BS. POT
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The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18
New York Life
Ups Dividends

New York Life policy owners
for the second successive year
will receive a record increase
in dividends, according to Gen
eral Manager, John M. Marley,
of the company's Billings general
office. The increase of $2S, 400, 900
will bring the total dividends to
S1S5, 100000 in 1864 as compared
to Sl57, 400, 900 in 1868.
About $1,000, 900 will be coming
to New York Life policy owners
as dividends on. individual life in
surance and annuity policies in
Montana in 1874, Mn. John Man
ley said. The company has been
doing business in Montana for
more than 80 years.
Expressing optimism in fine
American economy for 1864, New
York Lies Chairman Richard
X. Paynter, Jr. said, I'VE see
our dividend increase as another
promising barometer for general
business expansion in the U.S.A.
next year. The economic indica-
tors that we watch give us a IA
verable reading. Our own life
insurance sales are ID per cent
ahead of last year and we are
looking forward to another rec
ord year in 1864"
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18
Local Savings
Bonds Sales
Remain Strong

County residents supported
the us. Savings Bonds program
during November by purchasing
so, LOG worth of Series E and
Series H. Savings Bonds" Vol
unteer County Bond Chairman
Fred Mielke, reported here TO-
day.
This brings total county sales
for 1863 up to $266, 500" the chair
man said when noting, there is
a steady upswing both locally
and nationally in Savings Bonds
sales during the year, creating
a record holding of Bonds
throughout the nation of more
than SAG billion, 700 million.
Statewide, sales for Novem-
Der followed the upward trend
started last January. They
amount TO S1,.374, S04, bringing to-
tai 1868 sales in the state to $16.-
O23. sos.
when talking with regular
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18
Alexander News

The American Lutheran Church
Women OF Alexander held
their quarterly meeting at the
church Dec. 5. The basement
was decorated in the Christmas
theme; the nativity scene was
banked with foliage of Badlands
cedar. The cedar was also used
in decorating the serving table
and the table upon which gifts
for the House of Mercy, Fargo,
were placed by those attending.
The program consisted of Christ
mas readings and musical num-
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18

Bond buyers" the chairman said.
they tell me they buy bonds
as an expression of appreciation
for our personal liberty and free
doms we enjoy. Each Bond an
American buys is a way of buy
ing a share of our country"
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18

bers. Mrs. Jerome Fitness of
Williston, missionary from China,
was guest speaker and showed
slides of their work there.
Mrs. Connie johnson left last
Thursday, Dec. Il, for Florida
to spend the winter months.
Mrs. Luella Void left Satur-
day for Missoula to spend Christ
mas with their daughter and
family, the Bob Manchesters.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bell
came home Friday after visiting
relatives and friends on the West
Coast.
Circle / of the Allow of the
Lutheran Ladies Aid met at the
Edwin Leer home Tuesday eve
ming.
Circle III enjoyed a Christmas
party at the Trinity Lutheran
Parsonage Thursday, Dec II, at
2 pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Helling
and Peter visited at the Louie
WasIif home Sunday afternoon.
Mn. and Mrs. Louie Waslif re-
turned Tuesday from Rocnd-up
after attending funeral services
there for her sister.
Mrs. Evelyn Anderson and
Greg OF Williston were overnight
visitors at the .Gunda F.jelstads
Saturday.
Mrs. .Gunda Fjelstad visited
her sister, Alice Rud at Watford
City Saturday.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18

CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY -
LANCE CHURCH, 3rd Ave. Main,
Sioney. Rev. Leslie Conklin, Pas
tor Sunday: Sunday School,
10 am. Morning Worship, II am;
Evening Service. 7:30 pm, Thurs
day: Prayer and Bible Study, 1880.
HOLINESS METHODIST CHURCH,
Bird St. and Bird Ave. NE, Sidney,
Rev Paul +. Pratt. Pastor -
Sunday: Sunday School, 10 am;
Morning Worship. II am; Eve
ming Worship. 1880 pm. Thurs
Cay: Prayer & Bible Study, 1880
pm. Ladies Mission Circle fourth
Thursday OF month lat 2 pm.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Corner
of Main & 4th Ave Sc, Sidney,
Arnold NJ. Friez, fPastof TX Sunday:
Sunday School, 9ef5 ami; Wor-
ship Services, II asnC CO. Y.F..
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18
About Sidney

MIR. and Mrs. Ansgar Jensen
and daughter Sheriff. of Billings
spent several days in Sidney the
past week where they came to
attend funeral services for Ken
meth Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Rittger
of Seattle will be Christmas
week guests at the Harold Mer-
Ger home. Mr.. Rittger works for
Boeing Aircraft and the two
families were close friends dur
ing the time that the MERGERS
lived in Seattle.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18

It's turkey, cranberry sauce
and all the trimmings for Mon
tanans this Thanksgiving time.
But. there. are over. 200 families
in Montana whose Thanksgiving
is marred this year by a missing
member. Yes. more than 200
Montanans will not join their
families at Thanksgiving Dinner
this year-their lives snuffed out
by traffic smashups.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18
AssEMBLY OF con CHURCH Al

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH. Ala
East Main St, Sidney, Dean A.
Rohner. Pastor. Phone 482-2550 =
Sunday: Sunday School, GAS am;
Morning Worship. II am; Revival
Hour with Rey. Amundson of Will
liston guest speaker. 7:45 pm.
Tuesday: CA. Service, 7:30 pm.
Thuroday: BEole Study and Prayer
Night, 7:45 pm.
CHURCH Or TIE NAZARENE,
D. l.. Hunter, Pastor - Sunday:
Sunday School, Gas am. Worship
Service. IL am; N.Y.PSs 7pm.:
EvangeliStic Service las pm.
Wednesday: Prayer Meeting, 7:45
pm.
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18

$50 pm; Gospel Service. 1880
pm. Thursday: Bible Study and
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18

Don't let your epitaph read,
HE was too bullheaded TO use
his seat belt"
The Sidney herald., 1963-12-18

F~rost-white cottons with
embroidery n lace; Dac-
rome polyester n cotton
blends with multi-color
trim! 80 to-38.
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2U. S. Airmen
Drown as Car
Skids in Britain

LONDON, Dec. 81 CAP).-
Two United States airmen
drowned last night when their
car plunged into a canal IS
miles north of London as the
winters thickest fog enveloped
Britain.
The Americans car swerved
off a traffic circle into the
canal at Mildenhall.
Killed were William McFar-
land, %, of Huntsville, S. c.,
and Thomas Franklin, 20, of
Ryder, N. D., both stationed
at nearby Lakenheath Air Base.
Both were Airmen first Class.
Altman Mcfarland is sur
vived by his wife, Gloria, and
Airman Franklin by his wife,
Dianne, and three children.
Britain was counting its
highest Christmas highway toll
in four years with at least "a
dead and the count still in
complete. Fog, ice and reckless
driving were blamed for the
accidents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
Living Costs
Hit New Peak
Housing, Food Push
Price Index Up
By the Associated Press

Living costs, as measured BY
the Government, rose two
tenths of per cent in Novem-
Der to a new high.
The Labor Department re-
ported today that the increase
resulted mainly from higher
housing and food costs. al
though prices of many other
goods and services also ad-
vanced.
The Novem Der consumer
price index, at 1914 per cent
of the 1957-59 average, was 1.3
per cent above that of a year
earlier.
The figure means that con-
sumner items that could be
bought for $40 in the 1957-5S
period now cost SOFA.
Food prices, which usually
decline in November, increased
2 of l per cent. Advances in
prices of fresh fruits and vege-
tables and sugar were the prin-
cipal factors. Fresh vegetables
were up 7.8 per cent, and sugar
rose 81 per cent.
Housing costs advanced 3 Of
/ per cent during November
Rents continued their gradua
upward trend while coal anc
See PRICES, Page At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27

NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec. 81
(AP).-British patrols moved
through Nicosia today to keer
the peace on explosive Cyprus
but disagreement delayed plans
for Greek and Turkish soldiers
to join them.
At the southeast port of
Larnaca, a British soldier was
shot and slightly wounded in
the shoulder on a similar
patrol. The patrols are de-
signed primarily for the pro-
lection of British civilians.
In Nicosia, however, the
British were waved through
roadblocks of both Greek and
Turkish armed Cypriots. whose
fighting in five bloody days
beginning last Saturday has
caused grave international con-
Germ.
Commanders of the British,
Greek and Turkish garrisons
stationed on this Eastern Med
iterranean island met in the
morning but were unable to
agree on the composition of
the mixed patrols.
I'VE have British patrols out,
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Sam began shivering then
either from emotion or the raw
Washington weather. so differ
ent from the tropical climate
of Conakry. So Mr.. Moulton
took him into a nearby lounge
for a press conference.
There Mr.. Moulton recount
ed the long, sad story-the
original mixup at the pet
h ospital, the Ambassadors
refusal to believe he had the
wrong dog, the State Depart
ment's Intervention, the cables
and phone calls to Dakar and
Conakry. the Ambassadors
eventual conversion. and final
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
What Poll Shows
Spanish Parliament
Votes Biggest Buedet

MADRID, Dec. 81 (AP). -
The Spanish Cortes (Parlia-
ment) today approved. with
three negative notes. the larg-
est budget in Spanish history.
It is 80 per cent higher than
the ls62-63 estimates, with es-
timated expenses of 1908 bill
lion pesetas (ahout $2.01 bill
lion) with a balanced estimat-
ed income.
Higher wages for admins
trative workers. a vast plan
for public works and a greater
interest towards fostering edu-
cation through scholarships
are in part responsible for
these figures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27

ly, Sans transatlantic jour-
ney home.
Mr.. Moulton was charitable
to everyone-the hospital
people, who made what he
called "a very human error;
the State Department, which
overcame its early indifference
and smoothed Sans way back
to the States, and even Ambas-
sador Loeb, who had been so
hard to convince.
While he was at it, Mr..
Moulton thanked The Evening
Star, which told the story first
and, in Mr.. Moulton's opinion,
inspired the State Department
to herculean efforts in Sans
behalf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
END OF DACHSHUND TALE
Sans Back From Safari
BY DAVID BRAATEN
Star Staff Writer

Star SLan Wr1ter
A more poignant scene than
the reunion of a boy with his
dog would be hard to imagine.
So things got pretty emotion
al this morning at National
Airport when Sam, the we'll
Travelled dachshund returned
from his inadvertent Safari to
Africa.
A good deal of the emotion,
it must be admitted, was gener-
ated by the dozen or so report
ers and photographers who
showed up to greet the little
pooch, only to find that Sam
had arrived an hour early, due
to one more of the mixups that
have been logging Sam for the
past week.
But a re-enactment Of the
little fellows reunion with his
master. Maxwell C. Moulton,
was arranged. and a stewardess
handed Sans travelling kennel
out the door of the plane while
the newsreel cameras whirred.
Inside the cage, Sam wagged
his tail and emitted little yaps
that sounded like Ralph!
Ralph!" or possibly Max!
Max"
Mr.. Moulton reached in,
grabbed the dachshund and
gave him a big kiss in the
neighborhood of the right ear
the one with the telltale scar.
It was this identifying mark
that finally convinced Ambas-
Sador James Loeb, jr., that he
had indeed taken the wrong
dog with him to Conakry,
Guinea, last Friday.
Sam responded with en-
thusiastic railways and ticks
Of the tongue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
Freighter With 40
MISSING in Atlantic

MADRID, Dec. 81 (AP).-
Spanish authorities issued an
alarm today for the 7,072-ton
Spanish freighter Castillo de
Montjuich, six days overdue on
a voyage from Boston, Mass,
to La Coruna. Between 40 and
so men were aboard the ship,
which had a general cargo Of
5000 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
West Berlin Ignores
Protocol, Reps Killing

The West Berlin action fol-
lowed a similar protest made
today by the United States
Charge d'Affaires. Martin j.
Hillenbrand, at Bonn to Pyotr
Abrassimov, Soviet Ambassador
to East Germany.
The Russians have since 1949
rejected all allied protests, say
ing that the sovereign" gov
eminent of East Germany
should be addressed in any
matter involving a situation
in Berlin.
The Russians could, upon
arrival of the United States
protest, say that it was re-
dundant since a statement al
ready had been made by the
West Berlin government to the
East Germans.
Russian Viewpoint
The Russians have always
maintained that this was the
correct" way of handling
East-WeSt business in Berlin.
The city government took its
action on the heels of a former
West German cabinet minis
ter's charge that the city had
deliberately tried to play down
the shooting.
Ernest Lemmer, Minister for
Communications and later for
Alderman Affairs under
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
said he was completely dumb
founded" at the situation. Mr.
Lemmer is a Christian Demo
! See WALL Page A;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27

Of the proposals now before
the committee are recon-
mended to Mr.. johnson.
The President named Under
secretary Of State George Ball
as chairman Of the group
which is otherwise made up of
Government officials represent
ing the State, Defense and
Treasury Departments, the
White House and the Peace
Corps as well as the AID agen-
cy whose administrator, David
E. Bell, Is q member.
The committee scheduled its
second meeting today. a first
session having been held last
week and preliminary work
started at that time.
The principal proposals for
splitting UP the program are
these:
1. To separate all AID opera
tons fog Latin America and
put them under the control of
Assistant Secretary of State
Thomas Mann, Mr.. Johnson's
new hand-picked assistant who
has been empowered to reshape
all United States-Latin Ameri-
can relations.
2. To take. away the lending
operations Of the AID agency
and give them to the Export
Import Bank (which would
mean reorganizing that institu-
tionD or to one or more inter-
national agencies. The AID
agency makes loans ct low
interest rates and on easy
payment terms which are
known as soft loans. Some
international organizations do
such financing for underdevel-
oped countries, but Export
Import Bank lending is Of the
more normal commercial va
riety.
8. To set up q special agency
to handle technical assistance
to foreign countries. This
would be comparable to the
Point -Four program Of Truman
administration days. In gener-
al, technical assistance deals
with such things as improved
farming and marketing meth
DDS and basic industrial skills-
all the way down to the level Of
putting iron tips on wooden
plowshares.
4. To split off the billion
dollar military assistance
program completely and make
the Department Of Defense
responsible not only for plan
ming and administering 1t but
also for getting it through
Congress.
The remainder of the aid
agency, including handling Of
financial assistance to smaller
countries handicapped by
heavy military commitments
. countries such as Korea and
South Wet Wainwright be
handled by merging the aid
organization or what remained
See AID, Page A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
Thousands in Sofia Attack
U. S. Legation in Spy Case
Protest Asks
Payment OF
Damages

VIENNA, Austria, Dec. II
(AP) .-Anti-American Demon
strators using icicleS and ice
chunks from the street
smashed all windows on the
first three floors Of the United
States Legation in Sofia, Bull
garia, today. The demon
strators overturned four Amer
lean cars outside.
Reports reaching here by
telephone from the United
States legation mentioned no
casualties among the legation
staff. The legation said the
demonstrators numbered sew
eral thousand.
The Bulgarian news agency
BTA said the demonstration
was in protest against alleged
United States employment of a
former Bulgarian diplomat,
Ivan Asen Christof Georgiev, as
q spy.
THE demonstration was of
university students and young
people who expressed their in
dignation at the traitorous &C
tivity Of the spy" BTA said.
U. S. Asking Damages
In Washington, the United
States announced 1t lis making
strong protest" and demand
ing compensation for the dam
age, which it said was done by
a mob of 5000 Bulgarians dur
ing an hour-long attack.
At the same time State De-
partment Press Officer Richard
I. Phillips scornfully labeled as
a show trial" the Sofia gov
ernment's action against the
Bulgarian ex-diplomat accused
Of spying for the United States.
Officials added they were not
certain what the real purpose
of the demonstration was: they
only said that truly spon-
taneous outbursts Of public in
dignation against some foreign
government are not usual in
Communist lands. Such up
heavals are ordinarily govern
ment-inspired there.
Defendant Pleads Guilty
Georgiev, No. 2 man of Com
munist Bulgaria's U. N. del
egation from 1859 to 1861,
pleaded guilty before Bulgaria's
Supreme Court yesterday to. a
charge of spying for the United
States Central Intelligence
Agency. He implied that he
expected the death penalty.
The legation spokesman said
he felt Bulgarian police took
their time" in getting to the
legation to drive off the demon
strators. He pointed out that a
militiaman is stationed in front
of the building at all times
and has a telephone with which
to summon aid if needed.
He said the demonstration
began shortly after II am.
but that the police did not ar
rive until 11:45. Then they
slowly began to force the dem
onstrators away.
BY 1915. the spokesman
said. the situation appeared
under control, and the crowd
had been driven to the ends of
the street on which the lega"
ton is located.
1t was the first Bulgarian
demonstration against the
United States reported in al
most two years.
/ On April 10, 1861, hundreds
See BULGARIA, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27

whose primary purpose is to
protect British families" 1t.
Gen. P. @. Young, British Army
commander on Cyprus, told re-
porters after the meeting.
Commanders Disagreed
Gen. Young said there were
no Greek and Turkish Army
patrols out and it would take
longer to organize them be-
cause Of language difficulties.
The small Turkish and Greek
Army garrisons remained at
opposite ends of this capital.
Their movement from their
treaty bases into NicoSia
Christmas Day led to fears of
Ia showdown that might en-
broil Greece and Turkey, both
members of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Greek and Turkish CypriotS
generally have observed the
Christmas Day ceaSe-fire, end
ing q conflict that began Satur-
day with an exchange of gun
fire between a Greek Cypriot
police patrol and Turkish
Cypriots.
But a few shots still could be
heard at times from the north
east sector of the border divid-
ing the Greek and Turkish
Cypriot sectors of Nicosia as the
first British column entered the
Turkish sector.
In the column were eight
Royal Air Force regiment Land
rovers, or personnel carriers
escorted by armored cars. They
were checking to make sure
British civilians in the sector
were all right. All vehicles
carried large British flags.
| Meanwhile, the first rein
IforcementS ordered from Brit
ain Thursday by Prime Minis
tier Sir Alec Douglas-Home
LANDED at the British Akrotiri
base. Their number was not
given. A headquarters spokes-
man said they will replace
troops in the base areas Or
dered to duty in Nicosia and
elsewhere.
Life gradually was return
ling to normal in the Greek
Isector of NicoSia. Almost de-
serted since the fighting be-
lgan, streets began to fill with
people. A few shops-mostly
grocers-reopened after nearly
a week.
Shops Still Shattered
The majority of offices and
other shops are still shattered.
Road blocks manned by armed
Greek Cypriots have been set
up at frequent intervals. Sand
bagged gun emplacements were
at strategic intersections.
In the beleaguered Turkish
sector Of NicoSia, which has
been cut off since last Sunday,
the situation is more grim.
Telephone reports said the
Turkish Cypriot Command
had sent loudspeaker vans out
in the streets this morning to
warn citizens to remain indoors
It was not clear why this order
was issued.
ii AS in the Greek sector, Turk
iSh Cypriot civilians armed