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COURT NEWS
Chrishunsted

In the Municipal Court in
Court in Christiansted, with
Judge William Moorhead pre-
siding, the following were
found guilty of criminal of
lenses: Albert 3. Richards was
fined $500 when he was
found guilty Of Aggravated
Assault and Battery but
$50 was suspended; Vernon
Carter was fined $50 for
trespassing; Joan Wilson
was fined $25 for indecent
conduct; Donald Stanley
Henley was sentenced to 8
months in Jail when found
guilty Of rape in the third
degree, but two months
were suspended and he was
placed on probation for !
yea.
Traffic violations: Jose
Evening star., 1963-01-01
AT&T Plans
I'd eIstur
For Spring

NEW YORK, Jan. (AP) -
The American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. plans to launch
a second Telstar satellite in the
spring in an effort to prolong
the useful lives of such future
space vehicles.
The company designed the
first Telstar, which was
launched by the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra-
ton July 10. A company
spokesman said yesterday the
Federal agency also will blast
the new satellite into orbit.
A prime function Of the new
satellite, the company said, will
be to gather data on how such
vehicles can avoid or overcome
radiation damage, which dis
abled the command circuit Of
Telstar 1 after four months of
successful operation.
AS was the case with Telstar
I, the company will pay the
cost of the second launching.
Evening star., 1963-01-01
Thunt Welcome,
Hungarian Says

VIENNA. Jan. l CAP).-
United Nations Secretary Cen
eral U Thant will be welcome
when he comes to Communist
Hungary, President IStvan Dobi
said in an article published in a
Budapest newspaper yesterday
Mr.. Thant has accepted an
invitation to visit Hungary but
no date has been fixed.
Mr.. Dobi said in the news
paper Magyar Nemzet that the
visit would give Mr.. Thant IAN
opportunity to see for himself
that the situation in Hungary
is completely different from
what its opponents claim"
The U. N. General Assembly
recently abolished the post OF
special u N. Representative on
Hungary and handed over his
responsibilities to Mr.. Thant
This was done by adopting a
United States-sponsored reso-
lubion which drew fire from
the Soviet bloc on grounds il
was cold-war propaganda.
A preamble to the resolution
noted with concern that Russia
and Hungary had not given
the U. N. representative oi
Hungary, Sir Leslie Monroe oi
New Zealand, any cooperation
Evening star., 1963-01-01

meaning for dealing with prob
lens facing the world today.
There is a danger that the
voter may mistake words for
substance, panaceas for basic
solutions and be deluded by
slogans and labels, such as
conservative, liberal and pro-
gressive," he said.
Gov. Rockefeller also was
sworn in at a quiet ceremony
last night in the Executive
/ Mansion.
Continuity Assured
That ceremony, held in the
drawing room in front of g
small group, assured the con.
tinuity of office when the
Governors first term expired
at midnight.
I Other elected State official;
Lit. Gov. Malcolm Wilson
Attorney General Louis j. Lef.
kowitz, both Republicans, anc
Controller Arthur Levitt, {
/ Democrat, were sworn in at the
public ceremony today, all to-
new terms.
Evening star., 1963-01-01

nomination for President in
1864, embarked upon his second
four-year term at an inaugural
ceremony attended by more
than 1000.
"A National Guard unit
doomed a l9-gun salute from
a park adjoining the capitol
grounds as Gov. Rockefeller
swore to faithfully discharge
the duties of the office of Gov
ernor according to the best of
my ability"
Chief Judge Charles S. Des-
mond of the State Court of
Appeals, the States highest
ranking jurist, administered
the oath, during which the
Governor held his left hand on
a Bible that belonged to his
Evening star., 1963-01-01
Surgery Delayed
On Joined Twins

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. /
(AP).-A kidney ailment is de-
laying plans to separate Sia-
mese twin girls by surgery.
I'VE are still hopeful the
twins can be separated" a
surgeon said yesterday, but
feel surgery will be safer after
they are a few weeks old"
The twins, Joined at the
chest and abdomen, are under
study at a hospital. They
were brought here from the
Blytheville, Ark. Air Force
Base hospital.
Evening star., 1963-01-01
Import License
Extension Asked

American embassies in 80
countries have been instructed
to ask for extensions of import
licenses on shipments of United
States goods held up by the
waterfront strike.
The Commerce Department
cabled the embassies. 1t ad-
vised them simultaneously that
the United States has extended,
by at least Sc days, any export
licenses whIdh might expire
during the strike.
The move, 1t was hoped,
would minimize the losses of
foreign traders through the loss
of entry rights while shipments
remain stranded at Atlantic
and Gulf Coast docks.
Evening star., 1963-01-01

grandmother, Laura Spelman
Rockefeller.
The Governors inaugural
address, transcending the
States borders as it does, is
certain to be widely interpreted
as evidence he is anxious to
win the G. q. P. nomination
to challenge Democratic Pres
ident Kennedy in the next
national election.
Gov. Rockefeller has refused
to discuss his political future,
holding that any speculation
about 1864 is premature.
In his inaugural, the Cover
nor expounded such conserva.
tive -oriented principals as q
Evening star., 1963-01-01

years, ana pIODdDly JIle COlu-
est" A year ago, an estimated
100000 persons, the most in
recent years, jammed the
square.
1t took the heavily clothed
revelers just 9 minutes to leave
the scene of their chilly cele-
bration. Winds lashed Times
Square with gusts up to 80
miles an hour and the bitter
cold-11 degrees at midnight
seemed to penetrate the stock
ing caps and two or three
scarves wrapped around the
heads of women.
The birth of 1868 was hailed
just as joyously in other cities
of the world.
Color Observance
And perhaps one Of the most
colorful observances was in
Japan, where thousands of
colorfully dressed japanese
thronged shrines and temples
throughout the island nation
to welcome the new year
The Year of the Hare.
The new years holiday in
Japan is a combination of
Christmas, the Fourth Of July
and Easter. And, Of course,
with the nation more prosper
Gus than ever, The Year of the
Hare designated such by the
Oriental calendar of the Zodiac
looked good.
In Tokyo, an estim a t e d
$4,000 persons jammed Meiji
Shrine. Some 1000 national
police were on hand to control
4 the crowds.
In Kyoto, ancient capital Of
Japan, many of the country's
age-old customs were followed
closely.
Young women in flowing XII
monos wore wigs shaped like
tropical birds. Some 100000
persons visited four famous
shrines in the city.
Throughout the country. the
doors of homes were decorated
with pine boughs to show
Toshi-G -Gami, god of the new
year, that he could enter. Sake,
a rice wine, flowed.
Will ThrOng Palace
An estimated 100000 Japa-
nese were expected to throng
the Imperial Palace today to
give their New Years greetings
to the Emperor, Empress and
the imperial family.
In London, the amplified
chimes of Big Ben were relayed
to midnight revelers at the Cafe
Royal. Pipers and trumpeterS
marked the hour at other night
spots.
British millionaire Jack Cot
ton gave a lavish party at the
Dorchester for $50 guests K
: celebrate not only the new yea,
Y but his 60th birthday.
}. The Eros statue, traditiona
Evening star., 1963-01-01

belief that "the local COM
can justly appeal to the
State for help in meeting its
economic and social needs only
if it does all in its own power
to satisfy these human wants
at the local level"
He called for the concept of
fiscal integrity in government
and said, Il believe that politi-
cal leaders have the affirmative
duty ruthlessly to prune out
wasteful and nonessential ex-
penditures of the taxpayers
money"
Turns to Civil Rights
On a liberal tack, he turned
to civil rights, asserting that
I'VE must strive even more
ceaselessly" to extend oppor
tunity and dignity to every
member of all groups in oul
society, no matter what his
race, color, religion, origin ol
status"
The Governor repeated al
most verbatim in his speech to-
day comments from his frs
inaugural message in which h,
held that such slogans as lib
eral" or conservative" had m
Evening star., 1963-01-01
World Greets New Year
In Usual Noisy Manner
Ry the Assoclated Press

The year welcomed jubilantly by a shiverng
wnd-whpped crowd of 100000 in New York Times Square
at midnight and greeted in traditional in other
parts of the world
The New York celebration described by Police Com
missioner Michael Murphy the smallest many
Evening star., 1963-01-01
Rockefeller Sworn In,
Talk Is MiddIe-of-R Rood

ALBANY, N. Y. Jan. (AP)-Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
SKINNED quickly New York State matters in his second
inaugural address today and devoted most Of it to outlining
governmental philosophy that put him in the middle of
the political road
The 54-year-od Governor top possibility for the G. o. P
Evening star., 1963-01-01

target of new year revelers in
Piccadilly Circus, was not
boarded over as usual, because
the cold was enough to keep
really big crowds away.
When in Rome-vcelebrate
the new year like the Romans.
Italians by tens of thousands
welcomed the new yearly
breaking the law.
Exactly at midnight, they
hurled old pots, pans, dishes
and other rubbish from their
windows, a symbolic way OF
throwing out the old year.
Motorists Nightmare
The midnight crockery
shower was against the law
But that didn't stop the cele-
brating, BY two minutes after
midnight, almost every street
in Rome was a motorists
nightmare.
Spumanti-Italy's own bub-
bling wine which costs only a
fraction Of what champagne
does-was the drink of the
evening.
Tel Aviv was the gayest town
in Israel when 1868 was ush-
cred in. Merry-makers filled
hotel bars and night clubs un-
til the early hours.
Jerusalem celebrated the be-
ginning of the new secular year
quietly, mostly at private
parties.
In the Southern United
States, New Orleans virtually
jumped with joy. Bourbon
street was lively, as the French
Quarter resounded from cheers
from Arkansas and Mississippi
supporters for today's Sugar
Bowl football game.
Strip joints unaffected by a
district attorney anti-vice
breakdown did a booming g
business.
In Cherryville, N. c., New
Years came in with a bang. A
colorful l5l-year-old custom of
heralding the New Year began
at midnight.
Good Health, Long Life
Two separate groups called
at every home in the town of
1000. At each, a crier sang out
a chant of several verses begin
ming:
Good morning to you, Sir.
We wish you a happy New Year
Good health, long life. :"
Then some 80 men, each
armed with old muskets fired
a volley. The custom was
brought to CASTOR County,
N. c., by German settlers.
At Colorado Springs, Colo.
the Adaman Club made its an
nual climb to the top of Pixies
Peak to shoot fireworks at mid.
night. The custom was started
three decades ago.
Evening star., 1963-01-01
Cigarette Use

Americans now smoke 500 bill
lion cigarettes a year, nearly
1000 per person of smoking age
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
BY j. A. O'LEARY
Star Staff Writer

Members of the Senate met
Informally at 10 am. today to
adopt resolutions Of regret
over the death of President
Kennedy and to hear eulogies
by Democratic Leader Mans
field and Republican Leader
Dirksen.
The Senate had recessed on
Friday until noon today be-
fore Mr.. Kennedy died, and
could not meet officially before
that time.
Since most Of the Senators
were attending the funeral
mass at noon, four members
stayed behind to comply with
the requirement that an Of
fetal session be held at noon,
Senator Hayden of Arizona,
president pro tenn, presided at
that two-minute meeting.
so Attend Mass
Senator Hayden named the
entire Senate as q funeral COM
mittee, but because Of space
limitations, so members were
designated to attend the mass
With two exceptions these Sc
were chosen on the basis Of
seniority.
The exceptions were Senator
Hayden, who had to convene
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GueVara Sees
Attack Danger

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. IS (AP)
-Ernesto (Che) Guevara said
today the killing Of Lee Harvey
Oswald. alleged murderer of
President Kennedy was like a
scene out Of an American
gangster movie.
The Cuban Minister Of In
dustries was quoted by the
Cuban radio as saying in a
speech yesterday that Cuba, in
the wake Of the assassination,
must be ready to repel any
attack"
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro said In a radio and
television speech Saturday
night his regime had nothing
to do with President Kennedy's
assassination.
He also said that Cuba may
face an even more warlike"
policy than under Mr.. Ken
nedy.
Mr.. Castro said: 1.-THE ad-
ministration as well as that OF
Eisenhower =. was character
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Resolution by Senate
Expresses Deep Regret

the Senate at noon, and Sen
ator Long, Democrat of Louisi-
ana, who gave up his place on
the seniority list to permit
Senator Yarbrough of Texas to
attend. Senator Marlborough
was travelling with Mr.. Ken
nedy in Dallas when Mr..
Kennedy was shot.
Mansfield's EuIOgy
In his eulogy, Senator Mans
field said in part:
For, we will find in his
death the strength to do what
must be done to bride the
bigotry, the hatred, the arro-
gance, the inequities which
marched in the boots of a
gathering tyranny to that mo-
ment of horror"
Senator Dirksen said the
memory of President Kennedy
will linger for a long time in
the Senate, where his labors
were performed until a few
years ago.
While the eulogies were be-
ing delivered, Senator Mar
garet Chase Smith, Republican
of Maine, placed a red rose on
the desk once occupied by Mr..
Kennedy before going to her
own place. The desk is in the
back row near the center aisle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
johnson WeH-Truined for Role

The last three years have
taught him a great deal-in
his numerous talks with
President Kennedy on the
most sensitive and contro-
versial question Of national
policy; by his work on the
National Security Council; by
his careful study Of conf
Dental Government reports
and documents; and by his
endless discussions with pub
lie officials. President john
son will unquestionably bring
some Of his own people into
positions Of great RESPONSE
bility into the White House.
But he will make these
changes very slowly. and he
VIII aim always at preserving
the greatest possible CONT
nuity in policy and person.
mel.
The large number Of peo-
pie who think that President
johnson was converted by
President Kennedy to q new
intense faith in racial equal
ity and human dignity are
strangely unfamiliar with his
long standing convictions,
and with his personal dedica-
ton to this cause. The tone
may be different in the new
administration as it conducts
its own campaign on civil
rights but the target viii
remain the same.
We must think today not
only Of President johnson
but of his wife. She is, quite
simply, and In the full
meaning Of the words, the
most important influence in
his life. Her quiet wisdom and
constant dignity have helped
him over many hard places
in the past. They will be in
valuable again to him In the
White House.
President johnson has al
ways shown that he has
what amounts to q political
genius in creating the largest
possible consensus for legis-
lation. He is at his best when
he is working in a spirit Of
national unity and is speak
ing for the national interest.
There can be no better lead
er in this period Of tension
and tragedy than President
johnson as he seeks to hold
the Nation together in Sc
date unity and to move it
forward to new achieve
ments. He deserves not only
our compassion but our CO.
operation and support.
g 1858
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Availability to Mentally Disturbed
Con No Longer Be Shrugged Oft

ures now viii come in for
constructive criticism. But
many a President disregards
the need for some Of the
extra precautions. The Secret
Service itself is powerless to
do all that 1t wishes to do. If
a President, for instance, in
sists on riding in an open
automobile while campaign
ing in big cities, can not the
technicians invent some trans
parent canopy for the vehicle
that would really be bullet
proof7
The man arrested for the
crime in Dallas-Lee Harvey
Oswald-went to the Soviet
Union in 1859, renowned his
allegiance to the United
States, and gave back his
passport. Yet later his trip
back TO this country was fl
nanced by the Government Of
the United States itself. He
then engaged in activities Of
q pro-Castro committee and
he distributed literature
which showed his sympathies
with Marxism and commu-
nism. Here was an cratic
individual whose record was
known to our Government
authorities in every detail.
Should such a man have
been permitted to buy lethal
weapons?
The whole world was
shocked by the crime. Many
q person, including this
writer, has been sick at heart
these last few days over the
act Of the despicable GRIM
inal.
1t was not, however, the
first Of such tragedies. There
now have been four assassi-
nations Of Presidents In
office in this country. Each
incident occurred in a public
place. This writer was a pub
lie school student in Buffalo,
N. Y, when President VIII
liam Mckinley was asSassi-
mated there Just after finish
ing q public speech at the
PAN American Exposition.
There were sfew telephones
then and, Of course, no radio
or television. 1t took two
hours after the event for the
Nation to learn Of the trag-
edy as newspaper extras
flashed their big headlines
to a stunned people. All Of
us we're bewildered and de-
pressed by what happened,
and Mr.. Mckinley fingered
on for several days before
he passed away. The assas-
sin was an anarchist the
forerunner Of the present-day
Communist subversive. He
was later electrocuted.
While danger Of other pos
sible assassinations was rec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
DAVID LAWRENCE

Thomas Gray, in his classic
"Elegy" Of two centuries ago.
wrote: the boast Of her
aldry. the pomp Of power. and
all that beauty, all that
wealth e'er gave. awaits alike
the inevitable hour" But
while life on earth is finite,
neither the American people
nor the peoples Of the rest Of
the world were prepared last
Friday to see the sudden
transfer Of presidential power
in the United States that
came in the wake Of a hide
Gus and unforgivable crime.
John F. Kennedy was q
sincere man, q conscientious
mana public servant with
a high sense Of fidelity to
his office and to the people.
How can we explain the
abrupt separation Of the
president at age As from
service to his country Why
was he removed overnight
from the international coun-
ellis in which he sought so
earnestly to carry forward
the task Of averting q
nuclear war?
Pope Paul VI uttered in
Rome his prayerful wish that
the death Of President Ken
nedy may not hinder the
cause of peace but may serve
as a sacrifice and as an ex-
ample for the good Of all
mankind"
God has taken from US a
man in the prime Of his life,
with tasks left unfinished,
as a disheartened and dis
traught world goes into
mourning. Could the mean
ing be that we who are left
behind have not senSed the
neglect Of responsibility by
peoples to find ways to
eradicate inside each coun-
try the perils to human life,
including the ravages of
crime? Was this Gods way
Of serving warning to US all
that the cratic behavior
Of the mentally disturbed
among us and Of the delin-
quents in our society can no
longer be given just cursory
attention?
Why are rifles and revolv-
ers sold to persons of dan
gerous impulse whose records
betray symptoms or signs of
mental attitudes that can
lead to the destruction of
their fellow men? Crime in
America is growing, but there
is a tendency to shrug it off
as merely a consequence of
an increasing population.
Government security meas
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lied by its hostile and implac-
able policy toward US.
Cuba was the victim of .
attacks Of all kinds, attacks
that cost blood. Hundreds Of
our compatriots lost their lives
defending themselves against
Yankee imperialism.
"HiS (Kennedy's) conduct
carried the world to the brink
Of thermometer war in
October 1.-THE October, 1862,
United States naval blockade
Of Cuba) and the Bay Of Pigs
invasion"
Nevertheless, the Presidents
assassination is grave and bad
news"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
SENATE ADOPTS
OWN RESOLUTION
By the Associated Press


Here Is the tert of the res
olution adopted By the Sen
ate today expressing sorroD
at President Kennedy'S death
and extending sympathy to
his family:
Resolved, that the Senate
has learned with profound sor-
row and deep regret of the
tragic death of Honorable
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the
late President of the United
States, and a former Repre-
sentative and former Senator
from the State Of Massachu-
sets.
Resolved, that in recogni-
ton Of his illustrious states
manship, his leadership in ma
tional and world affairs, and
his distinguished public serv-
ice to his State and the Ma
ton, the presiding officer Of
the Senate appoint a commit
tee, to consist Of all the men,
bers Of the Senate, to attend
the funeral Of the late Presi-
dent at noon today.
Resolved, that the Senate
hereby tenders its deep SYM
pathy to the members of the
family of the late President in
their sad bereavement.
Resolved, that the secretary
communicate these resolutions
to the House Of Representatives
and transmit an enrolled copy
thereof to the family Of the
late President.
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Restricting Sale of Weapons

ognized thereafter, public
men began not many years
later to take chances again.
It has long been regarded by
police experts as almost I'M
possible to protect q Presi-
dent and other prominent
figures against snipers firing
from windows Of high build
ings.
It Ill behooves anyone to
attribute q motivation for
such crimes as that in Dallas
to any group or faction or
political party in this OF any
other country. For each Of
the four asSassinations Of
American Presidents was the
deed Of a deranged man with
a particular grievance Of his
own. his disordered mind
bent on vengeance. Lee Har-
vey Oswald was discharged
from the United States Ma
rines in 1853. In January,
1862, he wrote to John Con-
nally. now Governor Of Texas
but formerly Secretary Of the
Navy, a letter in which he
said, Il shall employ all
means to right this gross
mistake or injustice" Gov.
Connally was seriously
wounded in the same burst
Of shots that killed Mr.. Ken
nedy. The murder Of Oswald
himself yesterday was the
passionate act Of another
vengeful man.
The tragic ending Of the
career Of John F. Kennedy
viii serve to remind all Of US
that. while man is mortal
and faces "the inevitable
hour" our human society
within the span Of our lives
can do much more than has
been done to isolate the mem
tally unbalanced who are
permitted to buy rifles and
pistols and roam at will
menacing citizens on city
streets and in their homes
everywhere as crime produces
in America the highest num-
Der Of victims in all our
history.
G 1858
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the moraSs Of an all-consuming
and cynical self-concern.
We will find in his death
some Of his love and reverence
of life, some of his humility
some Of his patience and for
bearance, some Of his wisdom
and some Of his humor. And, so
strengthened, we will join with
the President in forging a new
decency at home and a rea-
soned peace in the world.
God willing, those things we
shall find. or God help us all.