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Evening star., 1963-04-23
Asian Chiefs
OF u. ). Meet
In Laos Crisis

SIS 6NVO ~ uSu0
BANGKOK. Thailand, Apri
% (AP).-The United State:
two top military commander
in Asia are holding consulta-
tions in Bangkok amid a crisis
atmosphere generated by the
military situation. In Laos.
They are Admiral Harry d
Felt, United States Pacific COM
mander, and Gen. Paul d. Har-
kins, chief Of American military
assistance to South Wet Nam
and Thailand. Gen. Harkins
flew in from Saigon; Admiral
Felt from Honolulu.
United States Embassy au-
thorities labeled Admiral Felt''
rush trip as mot surprising" in
view of tension in Laos, which
shares a long and vulnerable
frontier with Thailand.
They said recent develop
ments in Laos, In which pro-
Communist forces have at
tackled neutralist troops. are
considered more critical than
events q year ago, when 5000
American Marines and infan-
trymen were rushed to Thai
land.
Speculation on Buildup
There was speculation that
another major American mill
tary buildup here is in the Of
fling. But Thai and United
States officials said nothing
definite has been decided.
There was no immediate
comment on Washington or
ders for some additional units
of the 7th Fleet. on patrol In
the Pacific, to move into the
area near the Gulf Of Siam.
News dispatches from Manila
said the attack aircraft carrier
Ticonderoga and the guided
missile destroyer Robinson,
which anchored in Manila Bay
last Friday, left Sunday for
an unannounced destination.
Massed in the Philippine
Subic Bay naval base. the
Nays chief center for opera
tions off Southeast Asia, were
the helicopter carrier York
town and six accompanying
destroyer-type vessels. A SUBJ
marine and q landing ship tank
LST) we're also on hand. A
Navy spokesman there said he
was not at liberty to disclose
departure plans.
Young Back From Washington
Admiral Felt conferred with
United States Ambassador
Kenneth Todd Young. Then
he met with military planners
of the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization at SEATO heed.
quarters in downtown Bang
kok,
Mr.. Young returned only
yesterday from Washington. HI
met Immediately with Tha
Premier Marshal Sarit Thana'
rat. Foreign Minister Thana
Khoman, who attended, sale
the talk dealt primarily witt
Laos matters.
Mr.. Thanat told newsmer
one of the items discussed wa
the use Of machinery provided
by the l4-nation Geneva con
ference which drew up ar
agreement guaranteeing thu
neutrality of Laos.
If this approach fails, Mr.
Thanat said, "appropriat
measures" will have to b
sought. He did not elaborate.
Mr.. Thanat noted that
when the Geneva agreemen
was signed last July. Thailan'
expressed doubt that the Com
munist faction in Laos woulI
carry out its end Of the peace
making bargain.
1T is unfortunate" he sal
that our forecast was cor
rect"
Evening star., 1963-04-24
CHEAPER, TOUGHER
Tragedy May Speed
New Steel for Subs

special equipment for handling
The contract will provide for
the testing of several new fab
ricating processes.
A process developed by United
Engineering Co. would shape
the metal while hot and let II
cool gradually. A cold process
known as the Bath process
would form the metal under
tension, thus eliminating many
welding problems.
A third method could be
tested by laminating several
sheets of steel with fiberglas
This would have an important
heat and sound insulating
value.
Small model submarines OF
titanium and fiberglas have
been built and tested but their
costs have been prohibitive
Navy officials are hopeful that
costs can be reduced by COM
mercial use if a steel is devel-
oped that uses low-cost shaping
and welding methods.
Evening star., 1963-04-24
ON WINGS
Plane With Winqs
Full of Holes

What could be one of the
greatest advances in aircraft
design since the wing itself is
undergoing tests at Edwards
Air Force Base.
The thing will ny, there's no
doubt about that. 1t was ferried
from Hawthorne, Calf, to Ed
wards last week. What the en-
gineers want to know now -
and 1t will take them at least
seven months to find out - is
whether it will do what it is
supposed to do.
The plane is NOrthrOp's X
| 2lA, a revolutionary jet with
wings that breathe" Strictly q
military project now. the exper-
iment has enormous commercial
possibilities, particularly on
trans continental and inter-
continental schedules and in
the supersonic transport field.
The airplane, which looks
like most any other, is apply
ing the laminar flow control
system. Simply put, laminar
flow control works this way:
Air passing over a con-
ventional wing creates turbu-
lence which causes friction
drag, building up an unneces-
sary burden for the engines to
overcome.
If a small part of the air is
taken away from the skin OF
the wing, the air particles travel
smoothly in parallel Qaminar)
layers. Theory says laminar flow
removes 80 per cent of the fric-
ton drag.
In the case of the Northrop
experimental plane, the thin
film of air is removed from the
wings by sucking Fart of the
air through paper-thin slots ir
the wing, diverting it through
pin sized holes into ducts that
conduct it to small turbo-
pumps. The pumps exert sue
ton throughout the system and
expel the air overheard.
Simple?
1t is expected to increase
range, payload capacity OF
flight endurance by so per cent
Northrop will be testing two
of them over the next seven OF
eight months and the Federal
Aviation Agency is interested
enough to sink 50 million into
commercial feasibility.
Evening star., 1963-04-24
By ALLEN M. SMYTHE
Contributing Writer

The Thresher disaster may
hasten the development of a
new high-tensile alloy steel and
produce new techniques for
construction of deep diving
submarines. Vice Admiral H. G,
Rickover and Admiral Ralph K.
James, retiring chief of the Bu-
reau of Ships, have been criti-
cal of the fabrication and weld
ing for submarine frames and
hulls.
The hull structure is large
part of the cost of the Sis
million Polaris subs. The "T''
frames tend to creep" and the
curved hull plates to spring
back with sudden changes OF
temperature and pressures.
Although the welded seams
are tested with X-rays - called
photography - return trips to
naval shipyards to repair leaks
are frequent and costly.
Costs $500 Per Ton
The alloy used for submarines
is called HY80 and has a ten
sile strength of 10000 pounds
per square inch. LukenS and
United States Steel are the
main producers. 1t costs around
$500 per ton against $50 for
ordinary carbon steel and be-
cause of the cost and difficulty
of shaping and welding, 1t has
no commercial use.
The ST" beams and hull
plates are shaped in Navy
shipyards and private ship
building plants by presses and
roller benders of ancient vim
tage. Welding thus becomes
difficult and expensive.
After recent visits to the
modern shipyards of Germany
Sweden and Japan, A dmir a
James ordered his architects to
design a modern shipbuilding
plant. The plans will be avail
able If Congress appropriates
the funds or if private firms
can find the risk capital.
Stronger Steel Sought
The Navy also has been
searching for a stronger Steel
that can be shaped and welded
easily. A three-year, $750,00C
contract with Westinghouse
Laboratories to carry on this
project has just expired.
The Navy is now reviewing
bids from United States Steel
Republic Steel and Westing-
house to develop such a steel
with a tensile strength of 130,-
900 pounds per square inch
More than 100000 for this vii
be available in fiscal 1864. Sev-
eral years of testing will be re.
quired. Included in the con-
tract will be initial research or
alloy steel of 100000 pound.
per square inch.
These steels would require
Evening star., 1963-04-24
By CHARLES YARBRoUGH

Problems, with which you
can bet Northrop's engineers are
we'll aware, might be what hap
pens when dust and CRIME get
into the tiny pin holes and clog
them?
Then" a Northrop spokes-
man said, you'll have a con-
ventional wing" The same
thing would apply under icing
conditions, yet modern de-icing
equipment is not very complex.
In supersonic transport, the
de-icing equipment is the heat
of speed and friction some
thing like 500 degrees at 1000
miles an .Iour.
Northrop does g this far.
When the airplane is parked,
the holed wings are covered.
4 4
The FAA has extend d indef-
initely its rule restricting the
use of portable FIN radios on
all United States civil aircraft
during flight. The rule also
prohibits use of FM radios on
other civil aircraft when very
high-frequency radio naviga-
ton equipment is in operation.
Indefinite extension of the
rule came after tests which de-
termined that the FM sets in
terfered with radio navigation
equipment.
Ek
Senator Hartke, Democrat Of
Indiana, has high praise for
seven airline members of the
National Air Carrier AsSocia-
ton. of Washington, citing the
more than a billion passenger
miles of flying without injury
or loss of life"
The achievement, he said in
The Congressional Record, "is
unequaled by any other seq
ment of the American airline
industry.
The seven supplemental car
rierS are: American Flyers Air
line; Capitol Airways; Modern
Air Transport; Overseas Ma
tional Airways, Saturn Airways,
Southern Air Transport and
World Airways.
Evening star., 1963-04-24
BY the Associated Press

Erie Cooke, sr., chairman of
the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp, today urged passage of
legislation to increase the max
imum of bank and savings and
loan deposit insurance from
$4,000 to $25, 900 per account.
Mr.. Cooke. in testimony pre-
pared for the House Banking
and Currency Committee, said
the increase would be an ad-
ditional element of strength in
the monetary structure and
would favorably affect the ma
Evening star., 1963-04-24
Cooke Urges us. to Insure
Deposits Up to $4,000

tional economy by encouraging
the public to place more of its
funds in insured institutions. "
The deposit insurance maxi
mum for both banks and saw
ings and loan associations was
raised from $4,000 to $4,000
per account in 1850.
The move, Mr.. Cooke said,
could be made without in
crease in assessments and with
only a minute effect on the
deposit insurance fund" He
estimated that the increase
would raise from 98.2 per cent
Evening star., 1963-04-24
METALS

NEW YORK, April "a CAP).-Spot
per 81 cents a pound, Connecticut
Valley. Lead 1Ola cents a pound, New
York. Zinc liza cents a pound, East
st. Louis Tin .14la a pound. New
York. Foreign silver S1.27 per troy
ounce. New York. Pittsburgh Scrap
Age at 29.00-3O.00.
Evening star., 1963-04-24

to 99.4 per cent the share Of
accounts that would be fully
insured.
To arguments that deposit
insurance might cause some fl
nancial institutions to become
lax. Mr.. Cooke noted that some
$3.50 billion from big depositors
would still be uninsured.
Evening star., 1963-04-24
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK (AP) - Noon over the
counter US. Government Treasury
bonds, bid, asked, net change and yield
Evening star., 1963-04-24
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK (AP). Foreign exchange
In dollars and decimals Of a dollar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
Colonial America Knew

New trend for modern gOurmets:
dinner parties taken from the
Old-time cOOkbOOks. Yesterdays
finest cooking still tastes great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

TINS WEEK 1sssrIn. / As,sh 81. 1893
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
ALEXANDRIA, VA.

ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Il HAVE BEEN EATING Nuns Beads and slipping
Chambemaid's Punch. And that's not all. Ihave
been feasting on Beef Olives and INDUCING in
Chocolate Wine spread on tea waters. It was at a
plantation supper typical Of the 18th century,
given in historic Cunston Hall in Alexandria.
Period dinners such as this one are now in
high fashion as different and amusing way to
earn extra dollars for club and church projects.
This awakening interest for the foods Of yesterday
comes as part Of a national trend to protect and
preserve the best of our past Americas young
creative artists Of the avan garde are looking back
to be inspired by yesterdays best to use for today
This supper was given by the Ann Mason
Guild Of the POhick Church for 100 guests Of the
Alexandria Association Forum, group devoted to
the cultural l8th-century Life along the Potomac
Mistress MGsOn's Menm
The dishes for the dinner were taken from
Caroline Mansur's 1.-THE Virginia Hostess" com.
Piation Of l7th and l8th-century recipes, written
for the Guild to sell as a money-making venture.
The supper menu was exactly as it might have
been planned by Ann Mason, the mistress of Gun.
ston Hall, to be served in the family dining room.
This mansion, home of George Mason, RevoIu.
tiOnary statesman and its $50 acres of land was
given to the Commonwealth as Mason Memorial.
came to supper early to see the gardens. The
mOcking birds were singing as walked down the
driveway to the front door, On either side were
jumpers, dOgwoOd, magnOlias. There was one mag.
ni6cent willow oak over 200 years old. Through
the Palladan arch Of the gracious doorway with its
DOric columns, followed down the hallway which
centers the house. This opens to l2-foot-high
bOxwOOd alice. On either side, and below the box
walk are the elaborate l8th-century gardens, re.
stored by the Garden Club of Virginia.
Dnnerwass served to seated guests from buffet,
prepared by Emory W. Reisinger II,
chef and owner Of noted Washington
restaurant. Chef Reisinger revised
the recipes taken from Mrs. Mansurs 'Vss
book. using modern measurements see
and ingredients available today poge a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Bringing the West to Its Senses

from Cuba was phony. While
offensive" missiles and the
IL-24 bomberS had been re-
moved, Cuba had become the
main base for Communist
operations against the loose
ly knit Alliance for Progress.
The realization that Mr..
Khrushchev and Mr.. Mao
had once more kissed and
made up is about to bring
both Paris and Washington to
their senses. When this re-
porter paid a short visit to
Paris recently he found smil-
ing French officials who pro-
fessed their delight over
President Kennedy's friendly
and conciliatory attitude to-
ward France in his press
conference. The talk from
some "ultras" that If need
be France would go 1t alone
with the support of Ger
many, of course) could no
longer be heard from those
who only a few weeks ago
firmly believed that Wash
ington wanted satellites. not
allies in Europe. The latest
plot to kill Gen. de Gaulle
has aroused indignation even
among his bitterest oppo-
nents. 1t is described in some
quarters as the combined
work Of a handful Of crazed
Secret Army members sup
ported by French Commu-
niStS.
There is talk in most Eu-
ropean capitals of a renewed
Red diplomatic offensive this
spring or summer against
Berlin with simultaneous OPP
erations in Latin America
and Southeast Asia.
1t becomes increasingly ev-
ident that NATO leaders
have come to the conclusion
that the threat from the
Russo-C hinese combine is
here to stay. At the same
time most of the members of
the Grand Alliance have come
to realize, after their recent
tiff, that if they remain
united, their power is such
that the Communist ambi-
ton for world domination
can be checkmated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Service Term to Fit Job
Is Sought for Reserves

need six months OF active duty
to become fully qualified. Army
officials said.
Another major change under
the plan would cut TO six years
the obligatory Guard and
ready-reserve service OF all new
enlistees. This would knock out
what has been for some an
extra two years In the standby.
non-training reserve.
The proposal would establish
one standard military obliga-
ton OF six months in the ready
reserve for all men enliSting
between the ages OF II and 20.
Part OF this time would be spent
In active duty training at the
outset, with the length OF duty
depending on the speciality OF
the man involved,
Secretary OF the Army Cyrus
r. Vance said that. under the
new program, just as under the
present one. enlistees would he
available for quick call 10
active duty during full or par
tial mobilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

The defendant who hurled a
filled water pitcher at a pros
ecutor last week at a District
Court robbery trial has been
sentenced yesterday to one year
for contempt of court.
The sentence imposed by
Judge David A. Pine is to be
served after completion Of a
3-to-9-year term given Roose-
welt Robertson, SO, on the rob-
berry charge.
Robertson, of the HOO block
of Girard street NV, threw
the plastic pitcher last Thurs
day at Special Assistant United
States Attorney H. Kenneth
Schroeder, jr., 26, while the
prosecutor was seated at a
counsel table examining trial
notes.
The pitcher broke against
Mr.. Schroeder's shoulder
spraying water. ice and pieces
of plastic.
A marshal wrestled Roller
son to the floor. The trial re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
BY JAMES v. MATHIS
Contributing Writer

NNN~---H
David E. X. Bruce, the
wealthy Marylander who. is now
United States Ambassador to
Great Britain, is said on good
authority to be President Ken
nedy's Secretary of State in
reserve.
The present Secretary of
State, Dean Rusk, hasn't indi-
Gated any early resignation.
President Kennedy has said
Mr.. Rusk could stay on as long
as he liked. Yet administration
and congressional sources indi-
cate Mr.. Rusk's position is ex-
tremely shaky.
Mr.. Bruce would move up
past George Ball, w. Averell
Hartman and another posi-
bility, Senator Fulbright of
Arkansas, chairman of the For
eign Relations Committee.
Mr.. Bruce and President
Kennedy have seen much of
each other in recent months.
The SIS year old native
Of Baltimore is one of the few
persons in the State Depart
ment who is a career diplomat
without being a foreign Serv-
ice officer. He is the only cur
rently active diplomat who has
been Ambassador to England,
France and Germany.
In Strategic Services Post
Mr.. Bruce's experience in
cludes a two year tour as a
vice consul in Rome beginning
in 1925; World War II repre-
sentative for the Red Cross in
England; and four years in the
office of Strategic Services,
three Of which he served as
director of intelligence efforts
in the European theater.
From 1852 to 1853 he was
Undersecretary of State. He has
been in Britain since 1861.
The broad background put
together by Mr.. Bruce in
cludes World War / service in
the Army and service in both
the Maryland and Virginia
State Legislatures.
President Kennedy is known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Delayed Opening
Seen for Span

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Feb.
% (AP). - The opening of the
Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunne
may be delayed until March,
1864.
Percy 2. Kitchener. project
manager for consultants Sver-
drup g. Parcel, said the last OF
four man-made islands for the
bay span will not be completed
until next month.
Contractors on the $l39-mil-
lion project have repeatedly
said they will need at least a
year after the last island is
built before the tunnel can
open.
Mr.. Kitchener said, however
there is still a chance the pres
ent January IS. 1874, target
date 49, already postponed 3is
months from the original
schedule - can be met.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
California Rivals
Fight to Control
GO. P. Assembly

ANAHEIM, Calf, Feb. %
(AP) Rival factions fought 1t
out on the John Birch Society
issue today for control Of the
California Republican Assem-
bly,.
Outgoing president Ere d
Hall, former Governor Of Kan
sas, who now lives in Long
Beach, kept up his anti-Birch
attack and threw his support
to a self-styled Warren Repub-
lican as his successor.
Party regulars in the 10000
member volunteer organization
lined up with Mr.. Hall behind
william j. Michigan, 81, San
Francisco telephone technician
and a union member. Oppo-
nents called him a machine"
candidate.
Conservatives backed Harry
Waddell OF Salinas, a retired
Navy commander, and Fred
Nagel, jr.. a Susanville rancher
Both said they don't belong Ia
the Birch Society but well
coined It's support. Mr.. Nagel
however, disputed Birch meth
DDS.
The election will be held TO.
morrow.
A side note: Citizens fol
Goldwater' opened shop IN 9
convention hotel suite. Tit
group sought signatures on pc.
titions urging Senator Gold.
waters nomination for Presi'
dent in 1864.
There was no sign Of oper
activity In behalf Of New Yorl
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
RALPH McGILL
With PiH-PIi, It's Trial and Error

are small bits OF crunchy
peanuts In 1t and It adds
greatly to the chicken and
rice.
There are two or three
root-l like vegetables OF the
family from which tapioca is
made. They are to be found
In the market either in the
root form or ground up and
marketed in huge mounds.
There are special sauces for
these to give taste to what is
a somewhat bland vegetable.
A third vegetable produces
something which looks like
hominy grits and has about
the same taste. Sauces are
added to 1t. as consumers of
grits In the United States
gritS-and gravy belt use
ham or chicken gravies, or
liberal dollops of butter to
give 1t fla;or.
A small. round millet-like
grain is eaten as a vegetable
or cereal. 1t also is a base
for additives Of meat, fish.
or vegetables.
The market abounds, of
course, in lettuce, cucumbers,
tomatoes and egg plant. The
latter two are small In size
but the taste is good. The
fresh vegetables here are
readily edible with a little
washing, as the West Afri-
cans do not use human ex-
crement as fertilizer. as do
the Chinese, Middle Eastern
and most Asian countries.
Salads in Guinea are quite
good.
At any rate, United States
cooks may anticipate M. d.
ops book. 1t will give all the
recipes, including the 80 or
more for pili-pili.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

White House ode to Castro: They call us names
like sap and simp but to him who shoots shrimp
JFKs ax-cut program is in troube-and Just when he'd
been warming up for "a with that old ballad III be down
to get you with taX-cut honey"
Republicans are in good shape for "a. They've got
Romney, Scranton Rockefeller and Godwaer as possible
nominees-dnd brand new alb that will look we'll on
any of them.
The White House Press Secretary says he doesn't know
what managed is He's somewhat familiar though with
unmanaged newsenough to know he doesn't any part
of it.
Father of the Never mind the color of her eyes
Just let me know the color of her fathers money"
Kennedy may not be doing well with De Gaue and
Defenbaker but he's the first President to have the last
word with May Craig.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
American in Guineon Cote Encounters
A New Pepper and Praises 1t Warmly

The visitor will do we'll to
use pili-pili Sparingly until
the taStebuds are attuned to
the shock. A liberal supply
of pili-pili applied to a plate
of rice and fish will cause
the scalp TO burn, the tears
to flow, and the throat to
construct. First-time diners at
Chez Diop have been known
to leap to their feet, clutch
their throat, and run around
making mewing noises. For
these Mr.. Diop always rec
ommends holding a drink Of
gin in the mouth for a few
seconds. The guest may then
either swallow gin or eject it.
The choice is his.
But, as aforesaid, one
learns by trial and error. The
fact is that pili-pili is an ex-
citing and delicious condi-
ment, M. Diop insists, elo-
quently, that the peppers
cure ills and assure health.
Rice is served with fish,
fresh or smoked. It also may
be had with very tasty bro
chettes Of beef, fish, mutton
or goat. The sauces are
many, but most of them con-
tain peppers. mild or hot. and
always tomatoes or tomato
paste. 1t is really quite a
rich variety.
Chicken also is popular.
Rice, of course, comes with
1t. For chicken there is a
sauce of which peanuts are a
base. Flour and milk are
stirred into peanut or palm
oil and cooked. The result is
something which looks like
creamed chicken gravy. There