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I) liibbock, Morn. Avalanelw, April 7. Heroic Stand Captures French Imagination Bien. Phu Commander Called Modern Muskateer HANOI. April 6 In that, bloody corner of Indochina known as Dien Bien Phu.

Col. Christian' de Castries the dashing beau ideal of the is fighting the creates: battle of daredevil life. He stood as a symbol of all individual men in the center of his jungle fortress today while the Communist-led hordes surged and were shattered oive more against the barbed-wire defenses like some Impersonal, choking sea. The stand at Dien Bien Phu would make the reputation of any ordinary commander. For the M- do Castries it is just the most reoer.t— if the event in career filled willi narrow escapes and history-making drama.

Are Contident At the hMdquariers in H.moi Do Castries' superiors, announcing that the second phase of the battle appeared to have ended, went ahe.iri plans for tho Taking advantage of a brief lull, they parachuted reinforcements and supplies to De Castries in the cairn confidence that he would uphold ar. already secure reputation for averting disaster uhon things lookeci blackest. The MoreccRn troops Do Carries led Indochina say ho has the projection of heaven. Gen. Henri Nacarro.

Frer.ch commander in Pe Castries last Aucist from Paris. where ho ivnvalescir.c Iron; wounds action. Said Navarre: "He is a leader and the Moroccans worship Wife Helpful De whoso motto is His and to Honor." quickly. So ri'd his wile. She iins been helping tend ihe The won fame as a in the to tho bosi choice 1 been for the riotonso Bien Phu.

The heroic suv.cc'e the eagle- faced garrison ar.d "Frer.ch ir.fantrymen. pilots, cooks and paratroops to tho rYoroh hold ri a story of brave a Pe an inspired have givrr. 'heir un- it b.i"> hoavv ndds that captured ihr For ll.innr Of He had suffered many falls. His trips to the hospital were so numerous no one has a complete record of his bone-breaking feats on horseback. He was wounded thrice in battle and has been cited a score of rimes; for valor.

De Castries is a descendant of one of France's oldest military; families. His ancestors helped: make military history for five centuries. A relative fought as general at the side of Lafayette in! the American revolution. Many close associates of De. Castries like to think of him as a glamorous, swash-buckling character out of French on the style of one of the' t'iree musketeers.

He took up flying, not being content with the thrills of horse-jumping, and had a narrow, real-life escape in a spectacular accident. When the N'azis swept through: France in 1MO. Dp Castries led a cluster of tiQ men in a stubborn, holdout defense for three days' against tank and plane attack. He was captured and escaped three times. On his last escape, De Castries made his way to North Africa, where he led tough, mounted native Spahis on daring raids in the Moroccan desert.

He then went to Italy, as a captain and participated in the ing there. He was hit by a mine fragment near Florence. was sent to the hospital and then rejoined his regiment, with wliich ho participated battle that chased tho Cler- mo.ns out of Franco. Do Castries led Moroccan Spahis to Indochina on his tour of dutv: tliis is his second. IV Castries his mcr.

have been ttinrng back iho savage, suicidal attacks of the Vietminh since March 13. U'hen the smoke of bat- clears over Pien Bier, Phu, his superiors may well describe the sago of endurance and sacrifice with, the paraphrase: "There" stood De Castries like a stoiv wall. i H.s th military rr. a war ar.i ard '-n used to tracrrdy the honor and 'he American Confederate Th -mas Po onathan "Stone- did not the a the were TELEVISION SERVICE 5-5665 NEW 1954 TELEVISION and Nlqht SERVICE CALLS ANYWHERE ON ALL BRANDS PASHHALL RADIO and TELEVISION SERVICE Television InstaJlec 19TH DIAL 150 Attend Second In Lecture Series Dr. George F.

Thomas, chairman of the department of religion at Princeton University told the 150 to 200 Kuests attending the second talk in the Willson Lecture series at Texas Tech Tuesday r.iRht that physical scientists are beRinninp: to look on the moral and social -aspects ot their sciences. He said that physicists and others are taking a vital interest in the uses fp which their discoveries are being put. Dr. Thomas' talk was entitled, "Science and Religion." He! said that there is. no conflict be- Iween the two.

He declared, however, that there is philosophy which he called "scientism" which is in conflict. Scientism, he said is the idea that no knowledge can be obtained in any other way except by scientific "method, totally denying that learning can come from religious inspiration. The third and fourth talks in the lecture series are scheduled for 7:30 p. m. Wednesday a Thursday in the ballroom of the Student Union Building on the Tech Campus.

AT PEAK NEW 1352 and 1S5S, women's emBloyment was higher, on the average, than in any other period in American his'uivy higher even than at the peak of women's employment during World War TI -The incomes of more than 10,040.000 were increased during IflaS through the earnings of wives who had jobs outside their homes A substar.co which can bo rolled on black tires like wallpaper to make them permanently white walled is bring offered commcrc- Aly Khan, Film Actress Motor To Hollywood From Mexico HOLLYWOOD. April 6 Prince Aly Khan and actress tJenp Tit-rney motored into Hollywood today fro.ii the Mexican resorl they have been courting and i revealed Aly will on to York for a wi'h his ev.vife Kira Bar'ry Cvi.rr.. attorney for KayM'orth. said Khar, the country under an agree- that lv not be serv- legal papers in the long er a financial settle- TV-PP: for 'he coi.p!e's daughter. a n.

4. Crum said ho expected Khan to rome to Now York sometime ne.x: for hi? meeting with Rita, now 'he wife of crooner Pick Hnymes. HEAR DUDLEY STRAIN TONIGHT 7:30 "THIS SIN GOD WONT FORGIVE" Bring Your Family for These Helpful Sermoni Nursiry for Pre-Schcol Chiidrtn FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IROADWAY AND AVE. rea'Jy -ur. from to TTU Df a 1 a re- Indochina.

F.iscn- have marie De Castr.es a eer.cra! hr.d the I-'rcnch under him. DC Castries was famous in France Irns the U.S. Chief Execur.vr him for his bril- liar.t t.he fortress in norjiwest Iniiocr.ir.a wop. roniwr. as a setnr.s t-A-i world yjrr.pms marks, one ir.

1 othrr tho next krown a colorful in Franco for years. the Value Of The Penny Has Increased A nrnn.v be as much as to local shnr.ricrs for a four-civ period, hrcir.ning Wednosdiv. Apri! when Doc's Rexal; opens ir? Rpxall Sprinc Ono-Conr Sale of drugs, to.letrio? and sundries. Do'jhlr- of articles in-. cludM sn the Salo mnv he obtained for pennv moro than the regular which ranee as hich J-i P.T.

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Patrick J. Ryan, a Roman Catholic, has been nominated as Chief Chaplain of the £rniy, succeeding Maj. Gen. Ivan L. Bennett, a Baptist.

By PHYLLIS BATTELLE NEW YORK, April 6 INS Fragile Audrey Hepburn, under hrr grease-paint, and gritting is a seriously ill, an. She is suffering, International News Service learned today, from i anemia, a drastic loss of weight' and severe emotional exhaustion. The 24-year-old 'Vender girl," who less than two week ago copped Hollywood and Broadway's lop act.ing awards, has paid heavily for her honors. Has Secret Hideaway She drives herself through her strenuous role in tho Broadway hit "Ondine" but literally van- i iishcs from sight at the final curtain inlo the protective guardianship of her mother and a doctor who has forced her drop all other activities. No one knows the address or phone number of the ailing Miss 1 Hepburn or her titled European Mrs.

Farah Hiser, Abernathy, Claimed Funeral services are pending at McDonald Funeral Home here for mother. Baroness Ella Van Heemstra. Even on their big night the night Audrey shakily received her Hollywood "Oscar" they! withdrew alone, to drink warm champagne unspiced by the usual' mob congratulations. Even Audrey's press agent arid' the manger of "Ondine" don't know where they live. When business demands, Audrey phones' them.

1 Believed Overworked Friends blame most of the delicate actress' physical troubles on her intense, driving approach to) her career. She has been working. constantly and conscientiously i since she first came to Broad-, way, a 21-year-old unknown, less than three years ago. Her sudden and surprising (to Audrey) sweep to both the car" and Broadway's coveted i "Antoinette Perry award" climaxed many weeks of study, re- hersals, out-of-town and in-town performances, publicity interviews and parties for There are more personal complications. Audrey is said lo be deeply emotionally involved with.

her current leading man, i Mel Ferrer. And to Audrey, who two years ago broke an engagement to a British businesman for the sake of her career, such a romantic complication now probably causes intense Mrs. Farah E. Hiser, 48, nalhy, who died at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St.

Mary's Hospital. She had been a resident of nalhy for nine years. She was recently stricken with leukemia. She is survived' by her husband, Otto H. Hiser; three sons, Doyle, of Post, Leon, of Plainview, and J.

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