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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-12

LAGOS. Nigeria - Pretty
soon the reception room Of
the Honorable Clu Akinfosile.
Member Of Parliament and
Minister of Communications.
filled up. When his visitor
was shown out. the minister
came to the door, looked at
the crowded condition Of it.
and said. in precise Oxford
English: This is how I like
things, crowded and pleasant. "
"These," he said to me
fare some Of our party stall
warts" Turning to q hand
some, rather large woman,
he said II remember her
when she was a slender young
girl. She viii not mind wait
ing. She is in charge Of
women's organization and she
is used TO being patient" Il
judged the lady was a femi-
nine Jim Farley.) She did not
seem to mind. She merely
whacked the minister on the
shoulder with her fan and sat
down to wait.
Minister Akinfosile pro-
duced coffee and we talked
about Nigeria. The nation
has the freest press in Africa.
1t Is q vociferous, eager media
and includes. as does the free
American press. q few irre-
sponsible. always strident ell
ements. Nigeria has also q
greater amount Of individual
freedom. Her civil rights rec
ord. by comparison, Is a
bright and shining light.
There are no searches with
out warrants and no arrests
except by due process of law.
Nor are there any detentions
except by formal charges and
assurance Of trial.
The minister talked Of his
Job Of communications. Be-
fore the British left they had
produced q plan. 1t projected
the need Of q certain number
Of telephones within 20 years.
That number already has
been passed and the govern
ment Is busy removing, at
considerable cost, the old
ultra-high frequency system
OF colonial times and replace
ing 1t with a modern micro
wave network.
Nigeria also has television.
There we're regional telecasts
three years ago. The state
network Is now In operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-12
RALPH McGILL
Niqerio's Potential Influence

gives the northerner Q chip
on the shoulder attitude
which also reminds the
American visitor Of the psy-
chology Of some persons
south Of the Mason Dixon
line. But there is oil in Nj
geria, and there are new in
dustries and small businesses
In being and In planning.
The big problem Is an In
ternal one. There are diverse
regions, North, East and
West. Before independence
came, these areas were sep
arately governed. They still
are, In the manner Of states,
since Nigeria has q federal
system. Lagos Is @ federal
city, as is Washington, d. C.
Jealousies and rivalries PR
sist.
1T is a big problem" said
Mr.. Akinfosile. There are
periods of much Illustration,
but we are made strong by
the signs Of progress. Slowly,
but surely, all the regions are
learning that the national
unity and identity is the SAL
walton Of all Of US. Some ma
tons, confronted with such
q vast material problem, have
neglected the spiritual, or In
dividual. problem Of liberty.
We are trying to keep them
In some balance"
Nigeria Is an exciting, dy-
manic, even ebullient coun-
try. If the regions do not fall
apart in jealousies. she may
become the most influential
example in Africa.
Gan Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-12
ERIC SEyAREID
More Facts Than We Can Digest

and their influence-theSe
men and women are working
harder and longer hours than
their fathers and grand
fathers. The daily cartoon Of
the exhausted commuter
taking home his bullying
briefcase is no sketch from
fancy.
These people simply do not
have anything like the resi-
dual time and energy to
manage their families and
concern themselves with
community affairs. and still
work their way 10 the truth
Of De Gaulle and NATO, dis
armament. foreign aid. Latin
Americas bewildering predic-
ament. Britain's lost position,
the question of whether or
not TO cut taxes and whose
taxes to cut. the meaning Of
the upheaval In Iraq, the best
way to handle juvenile delin-
quency, overcrowded schools.
immoral movies-you name
1t. They desperately need the
aid Of more skillfully edited.
presented and explained news
not simply more news.
There are only so many hours
In the day: the more time
spent scanning or hearing the
cataract Of hard news" the
fewer hours there must be for
understanding It.
Mr.. Cogley's manifesto goes
on-"we are saying that the
judgment of the people Is
still to be trusted" OF course,
1t Is to be trusted-on the
great. simple and immediate
issues. On a hundred other
important issues It cannot
be trusted, because such
judgments, under present
conditions, are not expressed,
and they are not expressed
because they are not formed.
can Rights Reserved)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-12
Informing Isn't the Same as EnIightening
And Therein Is Found Hord Truth

ested-they are more inter-
ested. Not because they are
less well educated-they are
better educated. But because,
with the growth of education
and interest and the man.
moth bulk of matters, both
domestic and foreign, now
lying within the realm Of the
public sector" we have
tried to take all such knowl-
edge for our province.
In this we are failing. We
are failing at the first level,
the communications level, be-
cause in the media Of COM
munication the swing to an
emphasis on selectivity and
constant explanation is too
slow a swing. The daily
needle shower Of unrelated
facts still tends to create a
steamy vapor, obscuring
vision. We are failing at the
second level Of the "consum-
err" 1t seems to me, for two
reasons related to this.
In the first place, 1t is sim
ply not true that there has
been a general extension. in
this country, Of leisure time
for reading, listening and
study. 1t seems to me the
extension of leisure has gone
mostly to those Americans
at the lower rungs Of the
economic and educational
ladder, those whose desire for
distraction completes power
fully with their desire for
knowledge. Those Americans
with a higher educational
base, those in the middle and
upper ranks Of business and
professional life-that is to
say, those who must be well
informed because Of the i'm
portance of their decisions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-12
Ask About
REAL ESTATE LOAN
From
WGSkington'S Oldest Bank
Ask About a

Whether it to buy, build refinance your home
to finance apartment commercial property We offer
ave terms at reasonable rates. The simple way find what they
is to ask of the officers of cwde locations The
successful financing of project of this kind Uey important
also important know that ready accommodate you May
have the opportunity discuss your real loan?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-01-11
Ex-Policemun
jailed so Days
In Bride Case

A former District policeman
found guilty of accepting a
bride was ordered in District
Court yesterday to serve a
6O-day Jail term.
The remainder OF a six
months 10 JWo-yCar sentence
imposed on George T. Coor. 30.
was suspended and he was
placed on probation for two
years.
Coor. Of the 1900 block OF
Fifteenth avenue, Takoma
Park, Md. was convicted along
with Donald f. Webb. 20, of
the 6400 block OF Kilmer street.
Cheverly Manor. Md, Of TAX
ing a $40 bride last January
from a man they suspected OF
bootlegging.
Webb was 10 be sentenced
separately later. Both resigned
from the police force after
charges we're filed by their
superlors.
In sentencing Coor, Judge
Luther Youngdahl pointed to
the mans previously unblem-
Shed record but said that "a
brief period OF confinement Is
necessary as an example TO
others who hold responsible
Jobs.
Coor was permitted 10 re-
main free en- bond pending
ippeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-01-11
CeyIOn Leader
Talks 10 Nehru

NEW DELHI, Jan. IL (AP)
Prime Minister Sirimavo Ban
daranaike of Ceylon opened
talks today with Prime Minister
Nehru on the Colombo pro-
ppsals for a truce between
India and Communist China.
After the two-hour meeting
Mr.. Nehru said 1t was too early
TO discuss the nature Of the
talks. Mrs. Bandaranaike told
reporters she always had been
hopeful" of resolving the
Himalayan conflict.
% Indian sources indicated the
talks were primarily an effort
by Mr.. Nehru to obtain infor-
nation. Mr.. Nehru said re-
Gently that the Colombo pro-
posals were not precise in places
and needed TO be clarified.
The proposals were formu-
lated at a meeting last month
. in Colombo Of Burma, Cam
bodia, Ceylon. Ghana. Indo-
nesia and the United Arab
Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-01-11
1.-Two Tax Rises
Are Opposed
BYFederation
By WALTER GOLD
Star staff Writer

Delegates to the Federation
5d Citizens Associations last
might voted to oppose proposed
real estate and income tax in
creases for District residents.
However, the federation voted
)f 20 support a recommended one
,ent-a-pack tax increase on Gig
arettes, along with a payroll tax
and an increased Federal pay
ment ito keep the city solvent"
Although the federation's
Fiscal Relations and Taxation
Committee was divided on the
necessity of cigarette tax in
crease, such an increase would
add much needed funds to the
eity's treasury" according to
Joseph A. Kaufman, commit
tee vice chairman.
II adopted, the proposal would
boost the tax on each pack of
cigarettes sold in the District
from 2 to 3 cents.
The federation's decision to
oppose real estate and income
tax increases was made after
several alternative methods of
B obtaining additional funds were
suggested.
Bigger Payment Sought
A larger Federal payment to
the city for land used by Gov
eminent agencies was cited as
"a prime source of additional in
come. Efforts will be made in
this session of Congress to seek
a larger Federal payment. the
delegates we're told.
r Adoption of a payroll tax for
persons who work in Washing
ton but live in the suburbs.
along with additional taxes on
District telephones, were other
increased income methods sug-
gested by the federation.
x Until all of the other meth
DDS are enacted it is not |
fair to ask District residents to
pay still higher taxes to support
the CITY," the federation recon-
nendation said.
1.-THE citizens group also sug-
gested the hiring of a lin
spector general" to keep tabs
on District expenditures as a
"money-saving" effort.
st- Other Actions
In other action. the fedora
ton voted:
To oppose a variance in zon-
ing regulations that would al
low the Communications Satel-
lite Corp. to temporarily use
portion of the 16-acre Tregaron
estate in the Cleveland Park
residential community.
To oppose construction Of
above-ground oil storage tanks
in commercially zoned areas
that border residential commu-
mites.
To urge District residents to
display the American flag on
their homes and businesses on
all legal holidays.
The federation also an
flounced plans to hold its an
nual banquet on March 9 at the
Mayflower Hotel. The fedora
TONS yearly civic awards will
be presented at the banquet,
the announcement said.
Forty-nine citizens associa-
lions are members of the fed
Grafton, representing nearly TO-
900 District residents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
the Moon

official guide all arranged He could 60 anywhere he
liked ask any questions he pleased UNSA trusted him,
for his stories had always been accurate his attitude
friendly Yet the had gone sour; he did not know
why, but now he was going to find out.
He reached for the phone and said Operator? Please
get me the Police Department. want speak to the
InspectOrICeneral"
PRESUMABLY Inspector General Gandra Cupta possessed
uniform, but Wilson had never seen him wearing it They
met arranged at the entrance to the little park that
Plato Cys chief pride and joy. At this time in the morn
ing of the artificial MhOw day it was almost deserted
and they could talk without interruption.
As they walked along the narrow gravel paths, they
chatted about old times the friends they had known at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11


make book of when get hack to Earth So why
should people be trying to hide things from me?'
1t impossible to hurry Chandra; he always took his
time in answering questions, and his few words escaped
with difficulty around the stem of his handcarved Bavaran
pipe.
what peOpIe?" he asked at length.
You've really idea?'
The InspectOrCeneraI shook his head.
mot the faintest" he answered; and Wilson knew
that he telling the truth Chandra might be SILENT but
he would not lie.
81 was afraid you'd say that. Well, if you don't know
any than do, here's the only clue have and it
hghtens Medical Research is trying to keep me at
arms length"
Hmm" replied Chandrs, taking out his pipe and
looking at IL thOughfully.
us asGt all you have to say?"
"YOu haven't given me much to work Remember,
I'm only cop; lack your vivid journalistic imagination"
IAN can tell you is that the higher get in Medical
Research the colder the atmosphere becomes Last time
was here, everyone very friendly, and gave
fine stories. But can't the Director. He's
always busy, the other side Of the Moon Anyway
what sort of man is he?"
"Dr. Hastings? Pnckly little character. Very COM
potent but not easy to work with"
"What could he be trying to hide?"
Knowing you, I'm sure you have some interesting
theories"
"Oh, thought of narcotics and fraud and political
cOnspiraces but they don't make sense in these days.
So what's left scares the hell out of me-"
Chandra looked uncOmPrehending. His dark-TwnPys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

college together, the latest deveE
Opments in intcrplanetary politics.
They had reached the middle
of the park, under the exact center
Of the great blue7painted dome,
when Wilson came to the point.
you know everything that's
happening on the Moon, Chandra, !"
he said. ''And you know that I'm
UTATcA
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07
First Concert
This Sunday

The first In the series of con-
certs to be presented by the
Community Concert Associa-
tion will be held Sunday, No
vember 10 at 8 pm. in the Do
yer High School Auditorium.
Margaret Parsons and Clifford
Poole, duo-pianists will be
heard at the first of five con-
certs during the lo63-64 season.
With a total of 1890 members it
has made it possible to have an
extra concert this year, five in
stead of the usual four. Mrs.
Esther S. Frear is president of
the association, and Mrs.
Jeanne Hawley, membership
chairman.
The membership includes
persons from Kent and Sussex
County and nearby Maryland. 1t
has been requested that ten
minutes be allowed for parking
and entrance as every effort is
made to start the concerts on
time. A special buffet will be
offered In the Dover Room of the
Treadway Inn at $50 pm. after
the concert.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07

Starts On
School Bill

The State Board of Education
already has started talking on
the l964-65 school construction
bill even though the last one
passed by the legislature still
awaits the governors sigma :
ulre.
The board Tuesday agreed
with recommendation of
Supt. George R. Miller Jr. that
the staff of the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction be
allowed to do groundwork on
the requests for lo64-65.
This would replace the old
method Of having board mem
bers devote time to studying
individual school requests.
]. Ohrum Small, board pres
ident, said after the meeting
the intent is to streamline the
initial work. The board mem
bers will get in on the re-
quests before another bill is
agreed upon year or SO from
now.
The board also approvedpre-
liminary construction plans un-
der the current bond bill for
the Alexis l. du Pont, New
Castle, Millsboro and Selby-
vile 2l0 Districts.
1t also approved, contingent
on Carvel's signing the bond
bill, a provisional certificate
of acceptance for Alexis |. so
the district can speed its work,
Continued on papp Tnn1
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07

Waves of correspondence are
coursing the world in all di-
rections carrying invitations
and exchanges ofprogram color
slides, paintings by school
children, cultural and CONNER
cial exhibits, students, lee
turers, Rotarians and families.
The Smyrna Rotary Club has
accepted the responsibility Of
promoting this meeting, which
will be held on November IA
at $50 pm. In the new Asbury
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall. The food will be good, the
parking facilities are adequate
and the cost of the meal nominal.
Rotary AIMS will be invited.
Facilities are available for 400
people. ]. Reynolds Pratt is
serving as chairman.
Governor Wilson is in back of
this meeting 100 percent, and
Rotarians are urged to get be-
hind the program and give Past
District | irector Taylor an en-
thusiastic welcome to District
764,
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07
Educators
To Discuss


About 200 members of Della
ware school boards are expect
ed to gather Saturday for a
workshop on school dropouts.
The topic will be the theme
of the Delaware School Boards
Association at its fall meeting
on the University of Delaware
Campus.
Paul M. Hodgson, assistant
state superintendent in charge
of vocational education, will
lead off with review of the
dropout problem.
The gathering will split into
five groups for closer discus
sion of what school board mem
bers can do to help keep
Youngsters from leaving class
es without diplomas.
"We1l be discussing what to
do about dropouts now and
what to do to prevent chill
dren from dropping OUT" said
Robert W. Lawrence, presi-
dent of the DSBA.
''We'n also talk about what
the communities can do, as
we'll as the schools. This isn't
just a school problem, he
added.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07
Book Fair
Scheduled
AT School
Nov. 1922

The Smyrna Special School
District will hold a Book Fair
during the week of November l8-
22 at the Smyrna Elementary
School on School Lane. Books
will be exhibited each day from
9 am. to A pm. and from 7 to 9
pm. The success of the Book
Fair will depend upon the sup
port and cooperation given by
the community. The Book Fair
should stimulate among stu
dents an interest in supplement
tary reading that will broaden
their knowledge about things
they are currently studying.
1t should be accidentally
satisfying, visualy tempting,
literarily interesting and profit
making"
Adult and child interest areas
will be adequately covered in the
wide range of books to be dis
played. Best sellers, classics,
children's favorites, encyclo-
pedias, dictionaries, home re-
ference tools, and basic re-
ference sources will be among
the hundreds of books on ex-
hibit.
The Book Fair committee
consists of John W. Dickinson,
high school librarian, chair
man; William C. Pritchard III,
vice chairman, Miss Geraldine
Knopf. secretary, and Mrs. Sand
ra Marshall, publicity chair
man.
Other committee members
are William Ward James, sup
erintendent; Mrs. Julia w. Slau-
ghter, elementary principal;
Charles V. Williams, high
school principal; Miss Margaret
Strecker, reading specialist;
Mrs. Ruth Seyler, elementary
librarian; Mrs. Margaret M.
ONeill and Mrs. Norma Spen-
GER, representing the Parent
Teacher Association; and Mrs.
Louis Clifton, of the Smyrna
Public Library.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend the Book Fair,
to browse and to purchase any
of the books on exhibit.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07
Fire Chiefs
Back From
National
Convention

E. Reynolds BraoIey, Smy-
1na, first vice president, Della
ware State Fire Chiefs Asso-
citation, and Jack T. Roe, chief,
Dover Fire Company, have re-
turned from Memphis, Tenn.
where they attended the Inter-
national Association of Fire
Chiefs goth Annual Conference.
There were more than three
thousand In attendance, with the
program including outstanding
speakers In the world. All states
In the United States, Canada,
and Puerto Rico we're repre-
scented.
The faculty included John A.
Granite, Institute Director, as
sistant Professor of Education,
State University College, Al
bany, N. Y, Martin S. Hurst,
former fire marshal of Ontario,
and vice chairman of the IFAI
Board of Trustees; DR.. Joseph
Leese, Professor of Admins
'tration, State University, Al
bany, N. Y;
Battalion Chief, Edmond F.
Marnane, direcor, Division of
Training, Fire Department,
Providence, R. l.; Henry ]. NC
Farland, director, Municipal
Service Division, New York
State Department of Civil Ser
vice;
G. L. Sartain, fire chief of
Tulsa, Oklahoma; E. C. Slim
bert, superintendent of schools,
Memphis, Tenn; DR.. Wavland
A. Tommisina, professor of
marketing, Memphis State Uni
versity;
R. Marvin Townsend, assis-.
tant city manager, of Corpus
Christi, Texas; Elmer H. Wise,
principal personnel technician
In charge of Municipal Exami-
ners for all local units of
government In New York State.
The sessions on fire depart
..ieli, included management;
personnel management; and
leadership development.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07
List Prizes
In Annual
Halloween
Parade Here

With more than twenty units
In the Halloween parade spon-
sored by the Smyrna Clayton
Jaycees the highlight was the
Drill Team and the Drum
Corps of St. Joseph's Indus
trial School, Clayton. They re-
ceived a hearty round of ap-
plause as they drilled before
the judges stand.
Another outstanding group
was the marching band of the
John Bassett Moore High School
and their cheer leaders. New
this year was the band of fifth
and sixth graders at the local
school under the direction of A.
Rodney Daniels.
Miss Delaware, Miss Smyr-
ma, and Mrs. Fire Prevention
also we're singled out for at
tention by the crowds.
Other units included the Color
Guard and members of the Atlas
Post who looked sharp in un-
iforms; American Legion. A
float entered by the Smyrna
Grange was awarded the prize
in the division.
The high school football team
Received plaudits along the line
of march for their winning spirit
this year. Adding color to the
parade were pony carts, and
antique cars, andmany children
and adults In costumes which
showed great originality.
The crowds along the line
of march we're concentrated at
Four Corners, with many peo-
pie sitting In their cars on
Commerce and Main Streets.
The Smyrna police we're as
sisted by auxiliary police In
white capes and there we're no
incidents, or disorderly con-
duct.
Prize winners In comic di-
vision: 9 years and under, Dana
and Debbie Rash; Loren and
Lee Kennedy, Mark Jacobs; l0to
Is years: the Sipple family;
Glenn Bartlett, Mark Young,
Wesley Bartlett, Charles Sim
mons.
Adult division: Ruth and Marie
Leager, Peggy Vartlett, MIL
dred Simmons, Anna Caldwell,
Ruth Ann Mitchell; Adult divi-
sion; James Morris, Barbara
Collins; Fancy division: Ricky
Hoskinson, Karen Williams,
Robin, Harold, and Andy Cole;
lois years: Carol Stumpp, Do
rothy Anne Englert, Andrea Mu-
leaner; Adults: Barbara and
Sandra Kinsey, Ruby Segars.
The judges we're Mayor Ro-
bert w. Riddagh, Mrs. Margaret
M. O'Neill, and Mrs. May Par
ker. Joseph Churchman was the
Jaycee announcer at the judges
stand. Serving as Jaycee chair
man for the event was Barry
Meeks.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-07
Smyrna Couple Driving South
For Winter In Motor Home

There is new dimension In
ltving-furnish your home and
ride off in 1t in any direction,
and a Smyrna couple is doing
this very thing this week as they
drive south In their Dodge Motor
Home.
MIR. and Mrs. Reese Boyer
will enjoy this luxury In what
is termed by the makers as
"a revolutionary way to eat.
sleep, and live on the move. "
This vehicle, that combines the
excitement of travel with the
comforts of home, is the first
one In the east, and was driven
In from Brown City, Michigan
for delivery In Smyrna.
The Motor Home has a stun
ming beige exterior and an In
terror which is luxurious and
attractively furnished. The
draperies, furnishing, and car
peting create a home-like in
terror, and there is a bath
and TWO showers. The cupboards
and walls are of mar-resiStant
Formica. The countertop is of
nick and stain-resistant mater
ial, and drawers have positive
hold-in features.
The Motor Home is spacious
enough to hold large ward
robe with sliding doors; a stove,
refrigerator, a Wo-section
sink. 1t is possible to sleep
six persons, with davenport
which can be made into an ex-
ira bed.
There is a TV hookup, radio,
swivel seats; screened roof