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Globe-Trotter The Evening Times Editorials Unusual Situation: U.S. And Soviet on Same Side cgfi 'j I The United States this week finds itself in the unusual situation of, wishing full success to Soviet Union in a diplomatic venture, as the leaders of India and Pakistan sit down in Tashkent under Soviet auspices for talks looking toward a settlement of their dispute. 1 For once Moscow and Washington are in full agreement as to the desired results a settlement that will bring peace and amity to the Indian sub-continent. And even though the Russians have seized the initiative by arranging for the peace talks on Soviet territory, the United States is lending the full weight of its in- fluence to win a development that cannot but enhance Soviet prestige. i WoeViirnrrm ha macp it Hearlv known to food as a lever when India is faced by threat of a serious famine.

But even though the United States is eager to see the conference succeed, there is a realization that American interests can suffer some loss in such an event. The Soviets would be very happy to see American influence in India and Pakistan whittled down, while this country is little interested in seeing Soviet influence increase. The conclusion of a peace agreement would certainly give Moscow a far stronger position than it has at present, and help her to woo Pakistan in particular away from her former position of an ally; albeit of late a somewhat uneasy one, of the United States. Nevertheless both countries see a common cause in this situation in view of the threatening presence of Communist China just across the borders of both of the two countries directly involved. Resumption of Indian Pakistani hostilities would vastly increase the chances of Chinese intervention, perhaps on behalf of Pakistan, perhaps only in a grab for Indian territory.

But in either event, there would be a strong possibility of vastly increased Chinese influence in Asia, a matter equally distasteful to both the United States and the Soviet Union. The Tashkent meeting, therefore, represents a battle for high stakes indeed, and although the United States is not at the table in body, it represents an absent player of no small weight. It is represented by the $345 million in economic assistance to India and the $250 million for the same purpose for Pakistan, which hinge on a solution of the difficulties. Unless Moscow stands ready to pick up that tab, which is unlikely, any solution which might be worked out will not entirely eliminate this country from the scene. naaimigHu both India and Pakistan that it considers a settlement of their dispute of vital importance.

It has gone so far as to inform both parties that any further American aid, outside of the shipment of surplus foods, will be held up until the two countries are again at peace. Food shipments have been excepted from that general ban on the ground that this country cannot use Remedv Still Needed Pennsylvania Story Anythng but Pushover For Scranton in 1966 By MASON DENISON HARRISBURG The new year has barely blushed into existence but already it is crystal clear the Scranton Administration ia headed for anything but a "push-over" year in 1966 at least on the legislative front. This in itself is somewhat of a paradox Inasmuch as heretofore the final year of an administration has been regarded generally as a tender year one in which the Governor usually is permitted to ride out of office gently and comfortably along a flower-strewn path. At this point there is considerable question as to whether even the flowers will be there. Two factors are combining to bring about this rather ruddy prospect.

In the first place Mr. Scranton by his very nature is not one inclined to simply roll over and watch the tennis balls fly overhead as he nears the end of his rope in this instance the. end of his gubernatorial rope. It is true under Pennsylvania's present constitutional decree he cannot succeed himself and therefore should become a declining power and therefore should be content to snooze in the gubernatorial sanctum, fully aware he has assumed a lame duck status. His Excellency however gets very excited and irked when the lame duck facet is mentioned, vowing he has no intent to join the duck parade one 'minute before his term expires.

This is noble. Thus the situation is created where Pennsylvania this year has a Governor determined to go down flailing, which brings up the second factor: the legislative branch. In this year 1966 the same "division" of the Legislature exists as during last year's yearlong legislative trot: the House of Representatives continues in control of anti-administration Democrats. -With the 1966 session limited to consideration of fiscal affairs only, the answer would seem to be simplicity itself. This isn't quite the way, it works out however.

It will be recalled that the 1965 session was one of those "general" sessions where everything running from an official state fish to a billion-dollar-plus budget for the fiscal year could be and was considered. This left the door wide open for all sorts of controversies and hassles (political, that is) as both administration Republicans and legislative Democrats jockeyed for what each considered "strategic In all of this wide range of musket firing, skirmishing and assorted fiddling, what turned out to be the big bone of contention, the achilles heel of the "general" session just past? It was nothing less than that single subject: "fiscal the administration's budgetary proposals. It is this same subject the only subject-that is destined to dog the current session. In theory it could be short. In theory too the 1965 session could have been short but it wasn't.

Indications are the 1966 session will not be quite so long as the 1965 gathering but when it comes to consideration of budget matters it may well turn out. to be just as tough, just as bitter and just as loaded with controversy. The inescapable fact remains that opposition Democrats controlling the House of Representatives will view the budget through the same pair of glasses used last year perhaps even more intently inasmuch as this is the only point upon which they can harp. Why all the This year Pennsyl-vania elects a new chief executive and for out-of-office Democrats who have no podium, what more "official" and convenient medium exists to get their "word" across! It Seems Like Yesterday Valley Area Notes from Newspaper Files of Past Years Others Editors' Views Policymakers Production of gunpowder for use in small arms ammunition for the troops in Viet Nam has been resumed following the settlement of the strike at the Olin Mathieson Chemical Co. plant at East Alton, 111., but from the point of view of national defense, the matter is still far from being settled.

The strike was, in fact, somewhat of a blessing, in that it called to public attention a major weak spot in the security of -the United States the dependence on a single source for a supply of ammunition absolutely vital to any combat action. And so far, nothing effective has been done to remedy the situation; There is still a rather frightening possibility that American troops might, at any time, be deprived of the ammunition for their rifles and machineguns. Artillery shells and aerial bombs are of vast importance in war, but it is the soldier on foot who still is depended on to occupy territory and put out of action the individual troops of the enemy; and soldiers on foot are useless without their rifles. As a result of the strike in East Alton, the government, has ordered into productive status, a powder manufacturing plant that has been in mothballs for a number of years. That will be of some help in guaranteeing a continuing source of munitions supply, but it.

is far from doing the full job. Having two plants in operation would help to guarantee a cutting of the supply of gunpowder from such cases as fire, explosion (always a possibility in such factories), or natural 20 Years Ago January 5, 1916 1-c Gale Bostwick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Bostwick of 106 S. Wilbur Sayre, has returned to New York City after spending a leave at his home.

He is stationed aboard the USS Missouri and was on the ship when the Japanese surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay. Carrier boys of The Evening Times sold an average of $736.28 in U. S. War Savings Stamps each week for the 212 weeks The Times participated in the sales program, which started the day before Pearl Harbor, Dec. 6, 1941 and continued until the close of 1943.

First Lt. Bert R. Sumner of Athens, who led the first field artillery battalion of the famous 19th Mountain Division across the Poe River in Italy, knocking out a German defense line and opening a gap for an Allied breakthrough, is spending a holiday leave at home. Charles Willis, USNR, stationed at Brooklyn, is spending a leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Willis of 118 Stedman Sayre. Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson of Shepard Sayre, have received word that their son, Cpl. Eldyn Gerald has arrived in Seattle.

Wash. He The White House (has) accepted the resignation of McGeorge Bundy as President Johnson's special assistant for national-security affairs. In announcing the resignation, Bill Moy-ers, presidential press secretary, invited speculation that there may be a down-grading of the importance of the post Bundy is vacating. To our mind, this is a welcome trend in the operation of the executive branch. To so assert is not to reflect discredit upon the work of either Bundy or Secretary of State Rusk, whose relative decision making or decision influencing powers have been the subject of repeated speculation since the late President Kennedy set up the so-called "little State Department" under Bundy.

Although circumstances can create exceptions, government usually functions best when each cabinet member is the actual, as well as the statutory, principal adviser to the President in his particular area of responsibility. In this connection, it is of interest to note that Vice President Humphrey pointed yesterday to "rivalry within and between government agencies" as a greater danger to good government than corruption. Humphrey did not say he was referring to Rusk and Bundy. But certainly the "little State Department" has held the potential, at least, for debilitating interagency rivalry. Seattle Times Ha! Boyle New York City Neighborliness has been overseas since June, in the China-Burma-India Theater.

Mrs. Doris Randall Slusser of Fox Hill Place, Exeter, daughter of Mrs. George Kiphut of 104 Allison Sayre, was crowned "Snow Queen of 1945" at the annual ball held at the American Legion Hall in West Pitts-ton. 10 Years Ago January 5, 1956 Mrs. Lena Hartman has returned to her home in Pine City after spending the past month visiting with her son and his wife, Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Schoonover of Pennsylvania Athens. Mrs. John Kerr and daughters have returned to Bainbridge, after spending the holiday season with Mr. and Mrs.

DeWitt Blackman of 502 North Elmer Sayre. The Sayre Borough Council voted unanimously last night to rename River St. as a tribute to Dr. John M. Higgins, and set next Tuesday as Dr.

Higgins Day in the borough. The newly-named thoroughfare will be known as North and South Higgins Ave. Theodore M. Edsall of Nichols was re-elected to his 15th term as chairman of the Ticga County Board of Supervisors, a record unsurpassed by other chairmen, at the reorganization meeting yesterday in Owego. The nation received a warning today from a top-level Civil Defense Committee that it could be attacked with intercontinental ballistic missiles in less than six years.

Donald II. Barringer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Barringer of 56 Erie Waverly, was recently promoted to EM 3-c, according to word received by his parents.

James McKean of Ulster is among four Bradford County youths who will receive a "Keystone Farmer" award next week. This is the highest degree conferred on Future Farmers of America at the state level disaster. But the standby plant is operated under contract with Olin Mathieson, and could easily be involved, along with the East Alton plant, should further labor-management troubles develop with that company. There is only one solid assurance that the supply of gunpowder may not again be cut off, and that is the existence of at least two, perhaps more, entirely independent plants, located in different sections of the country. In that way, all contingencies could be guarded against.

The Defense Department should lose no time in bringing about such a situation. Washington Merry-Go-Round Republicans Gloat over Right-Wing Democrat James Marlow Prospects Are Dim tongued St. Michael, fighting the dragon of City Hall. To others, Lindsay was a heroic defender of the municipal purse. How long will the chuckles last if the strike goes on? Not for many days, one might hazard.

While the New Yorker welcomes a brief break in the rut of the routine, lie prefers to return pretty quickly to that rut because he soon misses it. If the strike continues for long, you can bet that Blue-nosed walkers will discover that it is no fun to mush across the Brooklyn Bridge when the temperature falls to 20 degrees or lower, and ice and snow cover the walk. Cabbies will be snarling at passengers, and passengers at cabbies. Cops will be bawling out car pool drivers, and car rjool drivers will be bawling out cops. In fact, practically everybody will be angry women shoppers unable to to town for the January sales, business owners, unpaid workers, and even the strikers, who get no strike pay from their union.

Even street beggars and Bowery bums will be angry, because their handouts are bound to fall off. Y'es, the average New Y'orker prides himself on his cheerful spirit under adversity so long as the adversity is temporary. He expects things to operate on schedul If inconvenienced very long in an unexpected way, the New Y'orker will yelp louder than any man on earth. NEW YORK (AP) The average New Yorker prides himself on his cheerful spirit under adversity. He likes the usual anonymity of life in the big city and takes it in stride.

He doesn't mind if the fellow who works at the desk next to him, or the people who live in the house or apartment next to his, remain strangers. But come a blackout or a snowstorm, and the New Yorker also likes the feeling of spontaneous neighborliness such temporary disasters gen-crate. Everybody is kindly and helpful to the other guy. Everybody likes to gossip about the hardships met and surmounted. The big town has been turned into a small town.

So it was the first day of the subway and bus strike here this week. There weren't enough merit badges around to reward all the folks who pitched in to cooperate. People joined in sharing cab rides and organizing car pools. They traded experiences they had had in walking across Brooklyn Bridge or hitchhiking from the Bronx to ens. Even John V.

Lindsay, the hard-some young mayor, set his constituents an example by strolling 60 blocks from a midtown hotel to City Hall. To many New Yorkers the adventure was a lark, a welcome break in the routine. They chuckled at the oral duel between Mike Quill, leader of the Transport Workers Union, and Mayor Lindsay. To some, Quill was a fiery- WASHINGTON (AP) Even if President Johnson succeeds in his spectacular efforts to get Vietnamese peace talks started and there is no sign he will prospects for any meaningful settlement are dim. His efforts, if unsuccessful, at least will do much to mute criticism' here and abroad about his administration's willingness to seek a peaceful settlement and halt the killing.

But it is hard to see how there could be any final agreement between the United States and the North Vietnamese Communists without one side or the other backing down and admitting defeat, even without saying so. Last April Johnson said he was willing to have "unconditional discussions" with the Reds but he also said he intended to keep this country's "promise" to the South Vietnamese to preserve their independence. He said, in explaining that the "appetite of aggression is never satisfied," that "we will not withdraw either openly or under the cloak of meaningless agreement." He added that "peace demands an independent Viet Nam." (Continued on Page 6) Trudy In one case, four F-104 pilots were also fined and grounded after they had strafed a friendly truck two miles below the North V.et Ncm border. The extra punishment was not ad-minLtcred, however, for tlie navigational error but for improper mission reporting. The pilots, realizing their error, had tried to cover it up.

The incident was lack mark that three of the four officers gave up their Air Force careers and asked to be released from active duty. In the other instances, the pilots received administrative reprimands which will be dropped from their records after their next transfer. The overwhelming majority of Air Force sorties, however, have hit the right targets on the nose. Views On Viet Nam The Honolulu Star-Bulletin's crack-erjuck columnist, Jim Becker, who has spent most of his 25-year newspaper career in the Far East, has sent this column his crisp conunents on the Viet Nam war. "People seem startled," he declares, "when a layman even one who has seen considerably more war than most soldiers says that some military men might not know what they are doing.

Yet I will risk saying we have applied a military solution to a political problem and the wrong military solution at that. "Actually I do have a solution, which is simply to turn the public heat down, phase our people out of there, and quit acting as if Viet Nam is vital to our interests. It wasn't vital until we got up to our necks in this quicksand, and it won't be when we get pulled out. "Our vital interest in Asia is not Viet Nam it's India. More people die of cholera every year in India than there are in Viet Nam.

Save India and Vict Nam will take care of itself." By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON The Democrats have enjoyed hugely the discomfort of the Republican party as it has struggled to wrench itself loose from the John Birch Society without jarring the campaign chest which right-wing contributors help fill. But it looks as if the Republicans may now have the last laugh. They have dug up evidence that the Democratic party also has its John Birch sympathizers. One of the prize discoveries is that Rep. L.

Mendel Rivers, chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, has defended the John Birch Society and praised its founder, Robert Welch. Rivers is held in such high esteem in his native South Carolina that he has ah-eady been cast in heroic bronze to take his place alongside Robert E. Lee, Pierre Beauregard, and other Southern heroes who have been immortalized in granite and metal. The latter were obliged to wait until they were dead and gone to have monuments erected in their honor. But grateful businessmen; who have benefited from the military bases Rivers has brought to South Carolina, have rushed history for white-maned bourbon-imbibing Congressman.

A noble, life-size bronze bust of Rivers now gazes majestically down from a seven-foot, solid granite shaft upon Rivers Avenue in North Charleston, S. C. The road, known elsewhere as Route 52, was previously named in his honor. Saint Stephen's Big Day The Congressman's influence in Washington is such that a glittering entourage of admirals, generals and civilian dignitaries flew down to South Carolina in Air Force planes and stood in a downpour or the unveiling. An equally impressive assemblage turned up a year earlier in the tiny South Carolina town of Saint Stephen to help celebrate Mendel Rivers Day." No doubt they were motivated more by Rivers' power over military legis lation than his views on the John Birch Society.

However, the Republicans have unearthed a speech, delivered by Rivers on March 22. 1961, extolling the society as "a nationwide organization of patriotic Americans whose dedication to their country is epitomized in their aim to bring alwut less government, more responsibility, and a better world." Rivers also praised "its courageous and perceptive founder, Robert Welch," then went on to suggest that attacks on the society were taken straight out of communist propaganda. The Republicans can now point out that the Birch-hailing Rivers is one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington. Note: It was supposed to have been kept secret, but Lockheed Aircraft, the nation's largest defense contractor, offered to pay the balance if North Charleston businessmen failed to raise enough money for the Rivers monument. This was at the same time that Lockheed sought Rivers' support in securing the Air Force contract to build the C-130, D-141, and C-5 cargo planes.

As it turned out, the local businessmen raised all but $200, which Lockheed promptly coughed up. Strafing Errors Despite some press reports which give the impression that American pilots are careless and indiscriminate in shooting up the Viet Nam countryside, a secret Air Force survey found a ratio of only one bombing or strafing error for every 9,000 sorties. Only 14 instances could be discovered of Air Force attacks upon improper targets. Each case was thoroughly investigated to find out who was responsible, and an Air Force officer immediately sought out the victims to offer apologies and reparations. The pilots responsible for four of the erroneous raids, though they made honest mistakes in navigation or target identification, were given sharp rebukes in their effectiveness reports.

THE EVENING TIMES Today in History By The Associated Press Today's highlights in history: Ort this date in 1893, the last spike in the Great Northern Railroad track was driven in at the east-west junction point in the Cascade Mountains. On this date In 1778, kegs loaded with explosives were set afloat on the Delaware River to destroy the British fleet at Philadelphia; none of the kegs exploded. In 1781, Benedict Arnold, colonial war hero turned traitor, led a British expedition which burned and plundered Richmond, Va. In 1933, former President Calvin Coclidse died at Northampton, Mass. In 1945, the U.S.

banned conventions and trade shows to relieve the strain on wartime transportation. In 1949, President Harry first called his administration the "Fair Deal" in his State of the Union message. Ten years ago A Senate Internal Security subcommittee questioned New York newspapermen about charges of Communist affiliation. Five years ago Voters started a three-day referendum on French President Charles De Gaulle's reform program for Algeria. One year ago Pope Paul VI designated Sept.

14 as the date for opcn'ng the final session of the Ecumenical Council WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1966 VtAg tVj-tA 9tit Publisher Dana S. Johnston Dana S. Johnston President Harold Yinglmg Editor Paul E. Seibel City Editor Waverly Office Juanita West 421 Fulton St Phone 565-9634 Sayre Office Business Office Phona 883-9241 Athens Office Evelyn Gleockner 308 S. Mam St Phona 883-7261 The Evening times delivered by newspaper boys in lA.wAriu Ath.nc nnfh Wiu.rlu anrl TnwanHi a 1V Sayre.

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