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‘ 2 R THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
: € P Abilene. Texas, Sunday Morning, January 1,1961
New Officials To
Take County Jobs
By JOEL KIRKPATRICK
World Conditions Described by Top AP Writers
political problems are more so eration Front (FLN) has already still h.gh and unemployment low, sible entry Into the United Na- . SOUTHEAST ASIA
phisticated, launched a campaign, against tile A credit squeeze, however, has tions—Chiang Kai-shek might By JOHN GRIFFIN
1- For newly independent Nigeria, referendum. What they may ac- taken some of the bounce but of throw off restraints and try to in-1 SINGAPORE (AP) — A sea of
the problem is maintaining a mod-complish by persuasion and ter-business.
erate policy of nonalignment. The ror cannot a be foretald. . The big question is the state unlikely, however.
consensus is that it can — if the Otherwise, France goes into the of the US economy. Britain If they remain untouched by -------------------
Western powers pitch in with fi- new year in solid economic posi- hopes its trading position will not Chinese developments, the out- the United States appears to hold
nancial and technical aid and at- tion, stable in government. be damaged by Washington’s look is comparatively bright for the upper hands in Laos. But the
tach no political strings The standard of living is up, steps to halt a drain of gold and South Korea and Japan: pro-Communist Pathet Lao, aided
The question for Ghana in there is virtually no open labor dollars - South Korea enters 1961 with by the Russians and neighboring .
*- ■ - - agitation and industrial expansion Unless there is a major change greater freedom and more hope Communist North Viet Nam, re-
in U.S-Soviet relations, things as a result of the overflow of mains • dangerw
go on as they have the Syngman Rhee regime. But The situation in South Viet Nam
been in the. heart of Europe, widespread unemployment, heavy is serious. Viet Cong terrorists
If Kennedy and Khrushchev hit defense spending, an unfavorable from Communist North Viet Nam
it off, friction along the Iren Cur- trade balance and the threat of are on 8 rampage of tailing and
tain will fall off. If they don’t, the inflation still menace the economy, sbotasenewhile President Ngo
friction is bound to increase
EDITOR'S NOTE What is
ahead, around the world, in
. this brand new year? The As-
sociated Press sent that ques-
| launched a campaign, against the
credit squeeze, however, has tions—Chiang Kai-shek
might
By JOHN GRIFFIN
EUGENE WILLIAMS
...new constable
NELSON B. QUINN
.. . mores up a notch
tion to key correspondents in
9 areas Here are their re
ports.).. 4
Reporter-News Staff Writer
The changeover in prosecutors
at the Taylor County Courthouse
effective Jan 1 will be a quiet ; B. HAROLD K. MILKS *
one. HAVANA, Dec 31 P —The whether pridde agnation and moustral expansion
County Attorney Bill Thomas coming year will show whether mh — be therant, continues The balance of Pay-
will become 42nd District Attor- Fidel Castro’s Cuba can become o his Lumumba policy ments system is sound. Prices are likely to
ney and Asst. County Attorney the tail that wags the Latin Amer- A A are holding up well. are 44 1
Nelson Quinn will move up to lean dog ■ - hea s spokesman the woed
CA A . Virtually every Latin American will be drawn more closely into
Both were elected tothe new country has political and econom- the Soviet orbit. Indications are
posts in the recent general elec- ie problems which Castro and his that he is allowing the Russians
tion. . 3 - Kremlin supporters hope to ex-penetrate his country's econ-
There Will no format swear ploit into, revolutions to replace omy and will continue doing so
NTS in ceremony for the new offi-elected governments with regimes n hopes of building up his pres-
cis - _ patterned after Cuba’s. tige and keeping up pressure on
Quinn said he wouldn’t request It appears, however; that Cas- his neighbors.
a formal swearing in .tro will have his hands full at. To the south, the problem is
Thomas took his oath of office home- Economic trouble and still white man against black,
before retiring District Attorney growing insurgent opposition may Many of South Africa’s three mil-
Wiley L Caffey, and has already topple his two-year-old regime be- lion whites fear more racial vio-
forwarded the papers to the Tex-fore promised So. iet aid can be lenice, even though the leaders of
as Secretary of State. come effective about III million Negroes are in . _____________..
said he may take his While the Lat in American pic- jail or exile. The government has Moscow, Dec. 31 in - At the uneasy border. — . .E
oath office before any notary ture. is not rosy, it looks better announced it is aiming to the Red summit conference in Mos- President Nasser of the United. 1
public and may ask County Clerk than at the beginning of 1960, limit." prompted especially by cow. Premier Khrushchev won Arab Republic, most dynamic of 13
Mrs. Chester Hutcheson to swear . hopes , the threatened breakup of the continued dominance in the Com- Arab leaders, is turning his at
him in. tan Arsen under Fes' lent arc Central African Federation, long munist world. But like other world tention to Africa. He appears
Eugene (Red) Williams, new Frosts despite top ston from considered a buffer between black leaders, he faces some tough bat- ready to back all over Africa'the J
Constable in Prec. 1, was sworn 4 a.pier Africa to the north and south Af- ties in 1961. 84 type of movement Patrice Lu-
^ ode He sthealouny tor Juan D. Peron’ ane ‘Comma- rica’s white-supremacist govern- Khrushchev has c ommitted nim- muniba tried “n the Co ons Thus af.
fice Jan. 1 - . • nists arill continue their disrup- " FRANCE, ALGERIA
All other officials who were sub- tive tactics. And the jArmy
is restless, demanding stronger
I ATI AMERICA
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O’MALLEY
si
GROVER
SOVIET UNION
By PRESTON GROVER
• . | vade the mainland. This appears political troubles lies ahead for
The big question is the state unlikely, however. - Southeast Asia, a
A pro-Western regime armed by
,„__Dinh -them's autocratic rule sur-
Japan, its economy booming, an attempted coup
looks toward investments in South- lived an a empled Coup, many
--------,------Fas Asla to counter losses it ex- ^ heka off further trot:
BEIRUT, Lebtnon AP) L The pects to stiffer from U S' dollar ble.
quiet" but jittery Middle East conserveaction measures Prime Indonesia will challenge vigor,
faces new tensions. : en Haxerire dedal expect ously, perhaps violently, the
with Arabs and Israelis still Japan in 1900 ne choient demon Dutch hold on West New Guinea,
technically at war, border inci- stra’ions against the US se- The Dutch are fortifying New
dents will be inevitable Barring v®trejv the new se Guinea, and Indonesia is seeking
an arms buildup by either side. Suite
• MIDDLE FAST
By WEBB MCKINLEY
no major crisis looms along the
J P
S
more arms abroad from the So-
viet Union and other nations.
Internally, President Sukarno
, faces chronic economic problems,
I Asia's second largest Communist
■ party, low public morale and
L armed revolts in outlying islands.
3 Red China’s influence in the
area probably will be enhanced
after reaching a low point in 1960
Peiping’s feud with Indonesia ox-
er treatment of Indonesia’s large
Chinese population has cooled.
. Peiping also settled a king border •
dispute with Burma and moved
closer to neutral Cambodia. .1
self to get a Berlin and German The is .expected 16 find himself in a
solution in the coming year It conflict with the we t. E
Sect to the last election or to the is resuess. demanding stronger By RICHARD AMALLEY will be hard to get one palatable A rival for, Arab leadership,
primaries a ceneienner tothe measures against the subversives. PARIS De 31 AP France to Communist Germany that the Premier Abdel Karim Kasse :.uf
eue a new oath of oncer and if Brazil, another country laden ana asuried by the peatest sin- walr, allies "llsuncn there Iraq will com innh balancing
they must be bonded, as in the with economic problems, stakes de problem facing its otherwise could but here its nousoiutions there act bprween riant and left. It isNEW DELHI, India (AP) —In- Although uneasy over events in
case of Tax Assessor - Collector, its hopes on President-elect Janio bright future: The large and ahead - m . moments doubtful how long he can continue dia in 1961 will undertake its big- neighboring Laos, Thailand is
Burl King, must make new Quadros, who as governor of Sao bloody question mark that is Al- Internally east. gest drive for funds, for it is the prospering. Malaya is an econom-
bonds. Paulo turned that state into a ' and its six-year-old rebel, indoey the / pian for The Shah of Iran faces a badly first year of the third five-year ic bright spot with good rubber
,----prosperous industrial region. . and “ industrial and.gricuitural Ce organized economy and dissatis-plan. And $21 billion must come and tin prices.
, Chile is plagued by inflation. Untit President Charles de pment a mbles along. - axas faction ove del ys in, news elec- from somewhere if the plan is to The Philippines expect to make
s * ***** * * **Rig Slud-of Saudi Arabia has be carried thrcumen more rennomic ProgreMs tettins .
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etc. — James Mallow of Brady, Venezuela faces continued opposi-Gaulle’s referendum on his pro-has been Burrs Resources There Pant, rd R Ms China forces India into heavy-mil-veloped .as Filipinos turn to pol-
and Mike Neel of Rochester tion COPT sram -... f-oeterminntion power damsemerge stronger from a s itary spending. • pastime. The Na
Oboe and bassoon:—Clayton t 1940 Algeria s nine million Moslems. al gas has w idened year. He seeks improv ed rela. Red Chinese designs on Indian tion will elect a president.
Dodd of San Angelo Lake View), preatas IADs, this mineral. It goes before the people Jan. Russian production in many tions with Arab neighbors, partic. frontier areas and the border
and Gene Currie of Sweetwater . 8. How big the vote turn-out may fields will bear watching by the. ularly Iraq. But a dangerous feud states India is pledged to protect
Alto saxophone - Rebert Gans rehieaen in Latin America be is problematical, but De Gaulle West. ° with the U A.R. continues, will be the subcontinent’s biggest
of Winters. . communist inaintration wirre feels a 65 percent affirmative The skill of Soviet scientists Israel, unable to breach the wall threat to peace
Hom - Eris Ritchie of Cisco, main the big problem ir Castro ald represent a mandate, continues high. raising the pos- of Arab hostility, will try to win There also is the danger of
— %*—-Cnull the savage and bloody sibility that a Soviet man will be friends among newly independent worsening relations between-In-
events December when EurO the first in 1961 to fly through the nations of Asia and Africa. An dia and Pakistan. Relations im-
peani eeqeL ane cosmos. ‘ important domestic concern will be proved in 1969 when the two gov-
rose in Algeria curing Gaulle’s Khrushchev seems to confront Adolf Eichmann’s trial,
visit, . it appeared, the Moslem no immediate dangerous interna- 1
majority would vote yes. There tional or domestic political prob- I 1
is doubt now that he may get the lems. He has been ill with f i 4
kind of vote he would like from but he has repeatedly shown great :
Algeria itself. Certainly the die-capacity for recovery of his 7
hard Europeans will oppose him health ‘ 24
at the polls. Coupled with this is But the year ahead could bring
the imponderable posed by Mos: another summit conference fail- ‘
. for autonomy but for clear inde- elsewhere. And in President Ken.
* pendence. The rebel National Lib- nedy Khrushchev will face a new
- leader in the western camp.
Chairmen Named (This dispatch, like all received
BAND
fighting a wage and price spiral, tion will continue to hover on the meat, grain ana other Too:
1961 can be the year he becomes brink of undefinable disaster.
and Ken Worsham of Trent, and his pro-Communist regime
Cornets and trumpets — Rus- thrive, all Latin America faces a
sell Griep of - Lincoln Junior turbulent 1961.
High, Abilene: Gary Ivy, Roscoe:
Peggy Tate, Throckmorton; and
Eddie Green, Albany.
Trombone — Buck Hughes. Lo-
raine and Warren Thaxton.
Breckenridge.
Baritone — Lawrence, Long,
| Wylie, and W E Mayes, Stam-
ford.—
Tuba and string bass — Wen- 4
dell Gideon of Bronte and Clyde
Peterson, Anson. *
BILL THOMAS . Drums, tympani, and. bells -
... wins promotion Phil Hewitt, Eastland; Dwight: .
—- .-----------F Tomb, Colorado City, and Buddy
Dis “Postlethwaite, Ballinger.
PlClure rear There will be nine directors for ue.
the evening concert, including the
Award Dierinsad Thaxton of Breckenridge; Robert catere
Award LICOSCO Fielder, Abilene High School: Pat casting ...
NEW YORK (AP)—The New Patterson, Sweetwater: Homer playing roulette
York film critics have split their underson. San Angelo: Gans of This year brought independence
decision on the best picture of esi f rank Porters, Haskell: to almost a score or territories. hairmen
the year award. It goes equally Tim Jones. Hamlin: Melvin Mont- In the Congo the result has S
to “The Apartment” and to “Sons somerySnyder and W. E. been chaos Although Col. Joseph — E I
and Lovers • Maves. Stamford..-._______M obutu ‘s string of political v ic- They include: Industrial devel ?
Each mim received eight votes cos %.5 N . Stories he impressive: for morth: Ane ana sesroek. Tim Gulf: t/as. 1
when the critics bailoted Thur-- South. Sure Not — from uninea control ‘ or this development. John Kerr: water
day. Short of Chickens sprawling jungle nation. His main committee. Bill Leach: adminis-
: opponent, deposed Premier Pat- trative committee, Walter Gar- .
CHARLESTON, S. C. (. - A vice Lumumba, is in jail, but land: transportation committee, •
MILKS
GOLDSMITH
AFRICA
By Coleman C-C
LEOPOLDVILLE. The Congo. COLEMAN L(RNS) — Walter
Dec. 31 HP — The problems of L.
emerging African states are
or gathered up in the Congo. Fore-
the future here is like
By MICHAEL GOLDSMITH
They singled out the directors
of both films for a similarly di- _________. .. .. ... - . nice Lusaurnia, a an ..._____
vided award for best director- presidential campaign slogan once Lumumba’s supporters have set Fred Rudolph; community devel-
to Billy Wilder for “The Apart, suggested that a chicken in every up their own -------------
ment”” and Jack Cardiff for Sons pot helped make for a contented leyville.
andors" was voted best household. ___, with members of the United
. ancaster was voted best Now comes word from the Char- Nations divergent on what course 4
actor for Elmer Gantry, and leston Field office of the U.S. De- to take“for reAtoring order in the
Deborah best actress, for partment of Commerce that com- Congo, the U.N. force of nearly
her role in The Sundowners.” mercial hatcheries in the South 20,000 is as helpless as Mobutu
The critics voted Hiroshima produced enough broilers in 1*59 to establish order or revive the
Mon Amour" best foreign film of to put nearly 30 thickens in every collapsing economy
1960. • pot Up the West African coast, the”
her role in “The Sundowners."
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but Kashmir, the divided princely ical and Atomic Workers Union
state claimed by both. Talkst on agreed Thursday on a wage in-
. Kashmir come up an. 1961 crease of 14 cents an hour.
1 Pakistan will receitusp new con- This will boost the refinery
■ stitution which-should end nearly workers’ hourly pay to about
[ three years of martial law and $3.04.
I prepare the way for elections. , , Texaco is the fourth major oil
i The - constitution will provoke company to grant the union de-
’ controversy. East Pakistan fears mand for a cents an-hour rather
domination .by West Pakistan if than a percentage wage increase,
the constitution provides for the . Officials of the Mobil refinery,
strong presidential government fa-in Beaumont and Gulf plant in
RODERICK vored by President Ayub Khan Port Arthur offered the OCAW
East Pakistan prefers a parlia- increases of 14 , cents an hour
By JOHN RODERICK mentary system. Thursday. A similar offer had .
TOKYO D RODERICK In Nepal, political maneuvering previously been made by the
Garland, president of = BS TON OCHLTKEE prudtetubie Cotnmunan enima un. will run hias. a esse Res Atlantic: Refining Cocarefimerr on *
the Coleman Chamber of Com- LONDON, Dec. 31 a - Britain doubtedly will decide the course ahead for the Himalayan king- port Amtburg and thePure Oil
merce and Agriculture, announced faces 1961 with an- odd mixture of events in the Far East in 1961 dom,r r N
today that all eight action com- of hopes arid fears. Wil Red. Chia attack s me of Geyion will make ■ headlines and 2PAMie .
mittees of the Chamber have been This is particularly true on the Will Red China attack some of when 8 Buddhist monk and four
assigned and appointments of 2 .
have been made for Aadth. Says a London Will it explode its first nuclear F ime Ministers W R. D. Ban-
P banker: "1961 weapon? These are fateful pos- daranaiken Festimony is expected
j will either be a sibilities.
I year of happy Undoubtedly, Peiping: will
■ progress or a tensify efforts to establish new
I shocker I be- footholds in Asia, as it is doing
| lieve we are in Afrifa and Latin America. The
I heading for weapons will be economic.—
from Moscow, was -subject to cen-.
sorship.)
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Officials of OCAW indicated the
economic front, the Nationalist offshore islands? others so on trial for killing offer would, be approved
- ___________._______About eight of every 10 living
to embarrass many prominent creatures are" insects, but only a
in- people, not on trial," - fraction of these are pests.
more prosper- All this could spell • serious
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