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Evening star., 1963-05-12
PLANNERS NEMESIS
Gap Stymies Pan-Am Road

the National Geographic could
love.
Its a paradox" said Tomas
Guardia. who has directed the
studies Of the impossible ter
rain since 1866 in preparation
for the highway. Although 1t
was one Of the first parts set
tied by Europeans, 1t has been
left behind by civilization. 1t is
much less populated now than
1t was in the l500's. and, II II
is possible. 1t Is even more
backward"
Knows Area Well
Mr.. Guardia should know. He
has crisscrosSed the area up
and down and sideways cover
ing some 1000 miles via mach
etc, foot, and canoe, always
looking for ground that would
hold q road.
"It can be done," he said
firmly about the possibility Of
joining North and South
America in one ribbon Of as
phalt. To prove 1t, he traversed
the gap with two jeeps in 1860.
OF course he admits he trav-
eled more by winch than by
wheel. Usually they were either
using q winch to pull the We
hicles UP q hill or to ease them
down the other side.
The trip took four-and-a-
half oozing months to cover 450
miles. Sometimes as many as
thirty-five men were needed
to move the trucks from the
muck.
At least the natives are
friendly. but they haven't al
ways been. Two tribes, one
sedentary, one nornadic, and
both primitive, inhabit the
jungle. Mr.. Guardia theories
from the histories Of Balboa
that these tribes were once
not only hostile. but quite pop
ulous.
The records show that when
Balboa crossed the Isthmus to
become silent on q peak in
Darien, according to John
Keats, he met tribes every day
that attacked with 500 to 1000
men. Now 1t Is lucky II there
are 10000 In the whole area,
Mr.. Guardia said. (The En-
Evening star., 1963-05-12

cyclopedia Brittanica states
there are only about $4,000 in
habitants of the area, less than
half Of whom are Indians.)
What is the cost Of closing
the gap? A mere quarter Of q
million dollars per mile.
There's no use kidding our
selves" sighed Mr.. Guardia,
"it's going to be expensive. I"
The final survey alone to de-
termine where the bridges,
tunnels and culverts will go
will cost So million and take
thirty months to do.
But the pressure is on. The
great road swoops UP from
Buenos Aires for thousands OF
miles. II zooms down from
Alaska with barren verve and
the two meet at the Darien
Gap. The bare-breasted Choco
tribe may soon be suitably
clothed, and selling blankets
and pottery to gibbering new
Yorkers within another decade.
Tourist Want II
Nobody ever, wanted to do
anything about the jungle be-
FORE" said Mr.. Guardia. The
Spanish left It. The British
tried to settle there and gave
up. But now the tourists want
1t.
OF course the highway Is ex-
pected to do great things for
the economy Of Central Amer
lea. but as yet. 1t merely pre-
sents q hotter path for bare
peasant feet than the old dirt
road. But at least 1t will re-
lease the Yankee from con-
finement to Miami Beach and
Disneyland.
Nov is the time to co." said
Mr.. Guardia. He admitted the
driving and accommodations
were not exactly Of the Hilton
variety, but he said one can
still see the sleepy Indian, the
slow-footed mule. and one Of
the worlds last great jungles.
And when the Latinos find out
the road will take two-way
traffic, the Yankee isolation
will be as out Of place as q
tortilla in Coney Island Is to-
day.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
BY HUGH WELLS
Star staff Writer

The Darien Gap, as any
jungle-lover will tell you (anc
rather scornfully). is not the
difference in salary between
commuters from Connecticut
and Brooklyn.
Nevertheless. 1t Is dear to the
hearts Of old-time Yankee
isolationists.
The Darien Gap Is a snarly
$50 miles Of meshing jungle
craggy mountains and soupy
swamp in Panama that pre-
vents an ambitious Eskimo
from gaSsing up in Anchorage
and rolling unimpeded in his
auto to Argentina.
Consequently the focus OF
the Ninth Pan-American High
way Congress-beside trying
to agree how to say soft shoul-
der" in Spanish - is how to
abolish the Darien Gap.
It's q Gordian Knot.
Delegates from 20 nations are
whispering behind closed doors
at the State Department, where
the congress is meeting here
until May lS. Yet they ap-
pear happy at the moment
because $500 miles Of highway
from Laredo. Texas, TO David,
Panama. was opened q few
weeks ago.
Problems Exist
But there are problems, any
sporting delegate will warn you.
Don't Jump into the family
jalopy yet unless you don't
mind sleeping under the stars,
breaking an axle here and
there or devouring q certain
amount Of pure dust.
Outside the capital cities,
there are no neon signs of
motels to mar the bucolic
beauty, and gas stations are as
rare as peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches. When the mon
soonS have come and gone the
potholes are still there. And q
few hundred miles Of road re-
main to be paved In Costa Rica
and Panama.
After which comes the Dar-
len Gap, q stretch Of land only
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-06
By SAM DAWSON

NEW YORK tR = Labor is ex- pected to push for new share-the- prosperity schemes in the next round of contract talks. Once the chief emphasis was on wage in creaSeS. then on the many kinds of fringe benefits, more recently on job security.
 But in the current business up- swing industrial production has been rising faster than employ ment totals and the percentage of the labor force out of work has all but failed to budge.
 So now union leaders - with an eye also on increased corporate profits - are expected to step up demands for shorter work weeks and longer vacations, and also to press in new contract negotiations for curbs on overtime. The aim: to get more workers on the pay rolls.
 Latest Labor Department fig ures put jobholders at 69.9 million in mid-October. The unemployed totaled 3.5 million, or 5.5 per cent of the labor force, and 159,OOO higher than a year ago. Of inc jobless 919,000 have been out of work Is weeks or longer.
 Industrial production in miQ- September was 125.7 per cent of the 1957-59 average, compared with 1198 per cent the previous year.
 Factory workers overtime av- eraged three hours a week, high. est since 1856. Some labor leaders contend more than II million workers are working longer than the standard 40-hour week. So along with the drive to cut the standard to 35 hours, number
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-06
Recording District Map Published by U-A

COLLEGE - The University of Alaska has announced the com pletion of a new and larger Re- cording District map, which also shows Townships and Ranges throughout Alaska.
 The map was prepared through the joint efforts of the Alaska D. vision of Lands and the Unlver- sity's College of Earth Sciences and Mineral Industries.
 The map is 54 inches by 76 inches in size Con USGS Map ''B" basel and shows the boun diaries of the Recording Districts and the place of each Recording Office. The protraction system Of rectangular surveys is delineated in a light, readable background, giving the approximate location of all Townships and Ranges for the entire state.
 The map fills a long-felt need for map which properly com pines legal descriptions and Re- cording Precincts. It should be of value to prospectors, surveyors, engineers, oil companies, local, state and federal agencies, and anyone interested in recording land ownership.
 The map may be obtained from the College of Earth Sciences and Mineral Industry, University of Alaska. College, Alaska, for $500.
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-06
US. Labor Expected to Seek More Jobs'

of leaders are expected to try to discourage overtime while other members of the union are idle.
 Management usually has dolla.' and cents reasons for resorting to overtime rather than adding to payrolls, with all the fringe bene- fits that involves: pensions, vaca- tionS, health insurance and eligi- bility for unemployment payments and the like.
 Also the production spurt may be temporary or uncertain, mak- ing overtime more feasible in man. agement's eyes than a fluctuating total of workers. Often expansion of the work force would mean training new employees rather than recalling experienced ones.
 But that stubborn hard core Of unemployment - whether caused by automation or overtime - is bothering unions and their leaders.
 Some are going to ask in the next contract talks that overtime be limited to emergencies, such as breakdoWns. Others are going to seek stricter rules, making over time more expensive and there fore less attractive to management. This could range from paying over time after 32 hours rather than 40, or paying double for overtime rather than time and a half.
 Congress also is looking into the matter. The House Select Sub committee on Labor is planning public hearings this month on both the proposals for shorter work weeks and for curbs on overtime or more expensive overtime.
 Government officials, business executives and labor spokesmen will present their arguments.
 And listening will be many Who have been laid off when indus trial production slipped and hay. en't been recalled when it revived Also listening will be many who have been enjoying - and mayhe counting on-their added overtime take as a prop to family budgets
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-06
Sealskin Price Drops

The Interior Department r9- leased figures giving highlights of the auction of United States seal skins conducted Oct. 17-18.
 The overall price for the skins, including dressed and dyed fe- male skins, was down 5.3 per cent to $111.72. Black skins carried the highest price, S126.13 Gan increase of 2.9 per cenD, followed by Xii tovi at $95 58 (doWn 14.5 per cenO and Matara at $1O3.94 (down 1922 per cent. Total number of dressed and dyed skins auctioned was 25,- org which included 4,668 female skins.
 Ladogas, sheared female skins, were auctioned for an average price of S4063, down Is per cent, for a total sold of 7,457.
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-06

When loaf it's baking dish full of tonghs dinner! hearty eating for hungry fall capacities is in this novel recipe Yankee The ingredient is salmon know the tender fakes mixed with pepper and the bread crumbs removed from inside the of baked together and served together tme-savng moneysaving recipe that be prepared morning. stored for baking before lunch High in protein excellent vamins and minerals
 Yankee Sea Loaf small loaf unsiced bread, C 1-pound salmon inches 1 Jespoon Utter F rmargar cup minced pepper ] teaspoon pepper m shell thick Crunb bread. It should make about
 
 Drain liquid add milk liquid Beat liquid and
 In boy combine crumbs fake salmon heb at and cooked vegetables
  firmly n place. brush melted butter Bake 50 for 50 Serve hot slce with avote Serves
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-06

At least 20 countries have bor- rowed the song God Save the King" for their national anthem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-21
3, no Assdslat.a ptss.

Representative league. DEM
ocrat Of Texas. said after 4 con-
ference, yesterday with Iresi-
dent Kennedy that chances
are slin that any big new
veterans program will be en-
acted In this session Of con-
Vress.
Increased benefits proposed
by the American Legion, the
veterans Of roreien Wars, and
Ward War ! veterans drew
objections from the President
because they would add billions
Of dollars annually TO the pres
ent SIS billion.a.year veteran
program, said Mr.. league,
chairman Of the House Vet
Grams Affairs Committee.
The President was well In.
formed on these proposals. "
Mr.. league said after the 40
minute White House confer
ence.
'But he left no doubt that
the cost vac the big worry 10
him. It would surprise o lot
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Veterans Costs Draw
Kennedy Objections

OF people to know HON con-
sciolis he is Of the budget"
The proposal 10 extend
World War II and Korea OF
educational benefits to cold
war veterans also came up for
discussion At the meeting.
"The President YES sym
pathetic with the proposal, In
90 far a. the soldiers on duty
In hotspots around the world
are concerned. such Is Wet
Nam, Laos and Berlin" Mr..
league said,
Deserving that his committee
would look thoroughly into the
various proposals. Mr.. league
said that chances for enact
.ment Of major proposals were
slim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-21

TAPEI. Formosa, Feb. 81
(Ap).-President Chang Kali
shek's government reports that
B3,soA foreign tourists visited
this Nationalist Chinese island
In iee2, q "a per cent increase
over 1891.
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No phone or COD orders Bofsoni Throughout beth
numerous st herthe Gerry Gets best choice Many
In ohcne ceons mostly with few used items All items
subject TO pFos sale. 81.
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Rstina Reflex III wf:2S lens new ..... aasSo isASo
i36m Schneider telephoto for EenA Reflex $3.50 csc
3Smm f.38 wa fer Hstina Reflex .-..-.----- Tb0 else /
20Onnnn lens w. case for RatinA Reflex . 125O0 1885
Retina Automatic III -. - -. 1880 $3.50 /
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Ross-PhiIIipps

Lt. Col. Martin Allen Ross,
USA, and Mrs. Ross an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Vivianne Al
leen to Mr.. Carl Goss Phil
lipps, son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Carl Allyn Phillips.
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Juckson-Sonders

Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. jackson
Of Selma, Ala, announce the
engagement Of their daugh-
ter Joan Lee to Mr.. Allard
Michael Sanders. jr., son Of
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Sanders Of
Bethesda and Mr.. Allard M.
Sanders Of Garrett Park. Md.
A May wedding Is planned.
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MuttheWs-Bernstein

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin M.
Matthews Of Silver Spring
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Roberta San
dra to DR.. J. Edgar Bern
stein. son Of Mrs. Joseph
Bernstein and the late Mr..
Joseph Bernstein. A June
wedding Is planned.
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JIIrich-McCo rthy

Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Ull-
rich Of Falls Church an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Kathleen Ma
RE to Mr.. Michael l.. Nc
Carthy, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph H. Mccarthy Of Ar
lington. A June wedding Is
planned.
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Jockson-GombIe

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Jack
son announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Ju-
dith Brockett to Mr.. Charles
William Kent Gamble, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Watts
Gamble, jr.. Of Alexandria.
A June wedding is planned.
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Hipps-PoWers

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Hips
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Mary Ann to
Mr.. Richard John Powers,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Joseph Powers Of Bethesda.
A June wedding is planned.
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ReynoIds-Lonois

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Reyn-
olds, ST., Of Arlington. an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Marie Ann to
Mr.. Raymond Louis Lanois,
son of M/Sergt. and Mrs.
Harvey H. Lanois Of Denver,
Colo. A June wedding Is
planned.
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Eirth-Auld
Adoms-Clorke

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ed
win Adams Of Falmouth,
Mass. and this city, an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Amy Elizabeth
to Mr.. John Caleb Foreman
Clarke, son Of DR.. Francis
Mann Clarke and the late
Mrs. Clarke Of New Bruins
wick, N. J. An october we'd
ding is planned.
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ENGAGED
SiIvermon-Kossoff
Or. and Mrs. Meyer M. ST.

DR.. and Mrs. Meyer M. Sill
verman Of Chevy Chase. Md,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Marlene Merle
to Or. Martin Kossoff. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Kossoff Of Flushing, Long
Island. N. Y. A June / we'd
ding Is planned.
Firth-AuId
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett En-
manuel Firth Of Sanford,
Me. announce the engage
ment OF their daughter Sher-
rilI Cora to Ensign David
Aud, USNR, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Vinson Aud of
Easton, Nd, and this city.
A June wedding Is planned.
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Ariop.
q noseeoy print 10
fveksio. gold or blue
the single bedspreod,
$3.50 Double. $3.50
Dual. $3.50
Center
polished eoIors Of
gold. blue. pink.
natural. hyocinth
or whlte'-the single
bedspreod. $3.50
Double, 1880
Dual. 1880
Below, q traditional
Richmond Rose print
In gold. Blue or rose
the single eoverIe',
$500 Double, $500
Dual, $3.50
The single petAcout.
1000. and the
double, $3.50
All droperies.
90 inches long,
2s.oo q pair.
Copper River current., 1963-06-06
CUEA HIRES NEI n1AMAGER

The P0ard Of Directors of CUEA has hired 6 .N. AndriakOS as N0anager. Tn addition to man8ge- ment duties, Fr. Andria uill also do the C0-Op'S accounting.
 N1r. Andriakss has been in Alaska l4 years, 0f uhich the last seven uere in Anchorage. His last job uas ui tn the FAR.
 n1r. AndriakOs has no previous REA experience, hOueCer, his baCk- ground in Indust ial Engineering and Accounting should provide him Wi tn the ability t0 handle the job
Copper River current., 1963-06-06
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY DESERVED .

An open house tea at the AL a5kan PiOneerS' Home in Sitka marks it s fit eth anniversary on Iune 2. The tea uas supervised by Sarah Roberts, wF7O is soon to observe her 95th birthday, and has formerly lived in KetChikan for many years.
 The date set for the 0bserV- anCe COinCided uith the 99th birth- day Of Emme ttKOOns, formerly of Juneau uJhO has lived at the Alaska Pioneer Home since 1855 and is it's oldest guest.
 "= As originally est tablish6d, the Home COnsi 5ted of United States Marine Barracks made avail lable in
Copper River current., 1963-06-06

1913 to the then neu Territory of Alaska and accepted in one Of the first official acts of the Terri- tOrial LeQi s lature Of that year.
 The present Home under 5uper- intendent James D. Harrlgan, is modern three-stOry building in the heart Of dOuntOun Sitka.
 The H0me's first guest u5S Edu7rd LudeCke, uh0 came to Alaska on October 9, 1867, and uas mem- Der 0f the 9th Infantry color guard uy7iCh raised the United States .:* Flag on BaTanOf Hill, near the Si te 0f the present Home, during the formal ceremonies uhiGh trans- ferred Alaska from Rus5i to the Uni ted States in 1887.
 Tuenty-nine Of the Home s present guests have passed their g0th birthday.
Copper River current., 1963-06-06
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 BAR 0]NJN9 Z Jlj9 ,
N1usiG C F estiVal Time in Alaska.

The Alaska festival Of Music uil1 be staged in Anchorage for the eighth year during the period of June 12 through June 27. This year the Festival is aforementioned in sCOpe ui tn artist from NOruay, France and Japan partiCip ipating. The pr0Qram uill be sta eui de in SGOpe |, cont ri outing to the pres tige and culture of our State. Everyone is urQed to attend this uOrthy and en- jOVBble event.
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considered the last word in comfort and luxury -
that is, If you have the time for il.
On one faIl crossiAg alas, big floating palace ran
into full gale. The dozen VIP's who had been
assigned to the captains table appeared for dinner
amidst definite signs Of distress. The captain cleared
his throat and spoke as follows:
81 hope the twelve Of you will enjoy your trip.
Il is pleasure to look into your eleven faces and
realize that the eight Of US will be dining together
for the next few evenings. any Of the four of you
would like rubber Of bridge, I'll be glad to see you
both in my cabin. Wasz, dislike dining alone, 50
please sake die food oaUey quickr'
Bargaining with Mexican salesman is a fine
art and requires infinite Gnesse. One astute peddlcr
approached an American fOursOme with tray Of
beautiful silver bracelets, all priced at thousand
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We, & certainly scems like Old Home Week to
come back and write q column for TINS WEEK!
Charlie Rice, who generally conducts the Punch
bowl, asked me to take over for week while he took
few days vacation, '1Oa6ng around the pool" as
he put il.
Now, I happen to know that Charlie has no
swimming pool, 90 he must have meant Kelly pool
but | say that every man is entitled to the
vacation Of his choice.
Z FeceaAy reaA some interesting figures about
vacation choices. Did you know that about ninety
million Americans visit national park area each
year?
Four and half Of every 100 Americans 60 out
side the US, mostly to Canada. One out Of 100
goes overseas, and Of these 80 per cent travel by air.
But even in this jet age, crossing by boat is still
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pesos. One Of the American ladies' had been in
Mexico long enough to negotiate intelligently and,
after extensive bargaining, enjoyed to the hlt by
both parties to the transaction, acquired bracelet
for exactly two hundred pesos.
"NOw that's a genuine bargain" enthuscd the
second lady. I'm take bracelet too at the same
price"
mo, no. saSOru," protested die PeddIr. For
yOG zoe start OC~ GeGiH."
Nine-year-old Marien, taken by her parents for
her FIRST transcOntinental rail journey, was thrilled
when the train plunged into long tunnel in the
Rockies. When it finally emerged at the other end.
Marion exclaimed, LOOK, Moml IFS sOnsOvTOscr'
@f yoaire umahse to get away for q vacation"
cOunsels Kitty Carlisle, you can get the same
feeling by tipping every third person you meet"
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CHARLIE RIcE's

OO who dropped for the weekend It's old friend the Cd
Evening star., 1963-12-30
OBERLIN SINGER
SHOWS MATURITY

BY WENDELL MARGRAvE
Contributing Critic
Evening star., 1963-12-30

with considerable success, but
in the hands Of q lesser virtu-
oSo, they do not stand up.
The most interesting piece Of
the evening, as well as the one
which brought forth Miss Vet
ter's finest efforts, was an
elegiac sonata for unaccompan-
led cello by Hendrix Andres
sen, a Dutch composer.
The AndrieSsen sonata proved
to be frankly, conservative and
unabashedly romantic in idiom,
but it was beautifully made and
extremely effective for the
instrument. Miss Vetter project
ed its somber moods with OBJ
viOus understanding and sympa-
thy.
The first cello sonata by
Bohuslav Martini, written in
1910, the year the Czech COM
poser fled from Paris before the
German invasion, was a differ
ent cup Of tea. Here Miss Vetter
and her accomplished accom-
PIANIST at the piano, Lillian
Freundlich, seemed a bit out Of
their depth, and the work failed
to emerge with either vitality or
eloquence.
The concert closed with a
wOrkmanlike but not inspired
Evening star., 1963-12-30

The years music at the Ma.
tional Gallery Of Art ended lasi
night with a pleasant recital By
a youthful Dutch cellist, Fran.
coise Vetter.
Miss Vetter is a member Of
the Hague Philharmonic Or.
chestra which played in COnsti.
tuition Hall under WiIlem var
0tterloo with considerable sue.
cess last season. She did mos
Of her studying in Amsterdam,
but after her graduation from
the Conservatory there, she
obtained a scholarship from the
French Government and be
came an advanced pupil oI
Pierre Fournier in Paris.
The broad tone and the clean
finger-work Of the French mast
er were evident In Miss Vetter's
playing. The hand Of her men.
tor also could be seen in her
choice of a set Of COuperin
pieces with which to open her
program. Fournier played these
rather pedestrian arrangements