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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

spent the week visiting h e r
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. R.
A. Talbot.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carton en-
joyed a weeks vacation this
past week. They spent three
days at Clarksville, and the rest
Of the week at Buckroe Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Marcuson
of Richmond, visited Mrs. Tom
Maxey Tuesday.
Mrs. JAMIE Gunter, of Ander-
sonville, spent the week with
Mrs. j. B. Allen.
Miss Jane Allen. of Richmond,
spent the week end with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. AL
len.
New England Visit
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Snoddy.
Jr.. and Pat, Bobby and Brian,
returned home Saturday after a
two weeks vacation in the New
England states.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Dun
KUN and their sons. Mark and
/ Leslie. are spending several
days vacationing at Buckroe
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton I. Poole,
Irving Poole and Mrs. M a r k
Saunders and her daughter, SUI
cite. returned home Sunday aft
er a two-week vacation at At
lantic Beach, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Beales and
son, Harold, of Fairfax. were
dinner guests Sunday Of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. j. H. Grow.
A sub-district meeting of the
MYF was held Sunday night at
Smyrna Methodist Church. Mrs.
R. j. Jones, leader of the White
Hall Methodist group, accom-
panied MYF members to the
meeting.
Mrs. w. N. Bryant accom-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
DilltCyn Garden Club Holds
Picnic At Peaceful Valley

DILLWYN, July % = The
Dillwn Garden Club enjoyed
its annual picnic Thursday wnen
SO members and their guests
were present at the gathering
which was held at Peaceful
Valley
The Ways and Means Com
mittee of the Buckingham
Count Woman's Club met
Thursday at the home of Mrs.
B. D. Sueur. committee
chairman. Those who attended
the meeting were: Mrs. George
White, Mrs. j. Francis West,
Mrs. Frank G. Agee, Mrs. B..
G. Ransom, Mrs. John L. Parker
and Mrs. Eugene Elcan.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. LeSueur
were Sunday supper guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. LII Jacob in
Lynchburg.
Mrs Mary Pierce, of Pasa-
dena and Altadena, Calf, is
spending two weeks as the guest
Of Mrs. c. r. Wood, her sister
in law.
Here From Pittsburgh
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Gar
land and daughter, Andrea, of
Pittsburgh, Pa, are spending
two weeks with Mrs. C. F.. Grow
Mrs. Elizabeth Collier and her
daughter. Sue, of Richmond, are
visiting DR.. and Mrs. Garland
Dyches.
Mrs. A. C. Wood and Miss
Cora Wood. of Wingina, ar e
spending the week with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. C. Dunkum.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Maxey
were in Richmond Sunday where
they visited Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Maxey, Mr.. and Mrs. R. T.
Maxey and Mrs. Ethel Maxey
who is a patient at Medical Col
lege of Virginia Hospital.
Duffy Talbot, of Curdsville
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Rice, at Fal1nville Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs Nuble Barton and chill
dren. Of Burkeyille. and her sis
ter, Mrs. "Mond" Smith. and
children, of Louisa. called on
number of families in this COM
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

panied Mrs. B. D. LeSueur to
White Sulphur Springs la s t
Wednesday. Karolyn Sue return
ed home with them after spend
ing a month at Allegheny camp.
Members Of the Enon-Bethle-
hem Field who attended the
Training Union Assembly held
at Eagle Eyrie last week were:
Mary Jamerson, Of the E n o n
Baptist Church: and from the
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Mar
jie Newton, Edith Moss, Shirley
Moss, Larry Cough, Pam
Sprouse, Shirley Sprouse, Betty
Ruth Sprouse, Patricia Sprouse
Doris Ragland, Karen Cough.
Sus Cough and Nancy
Nuchols, Of Richmond. Counsel
ors who accompanied the group
were: Mrs. j. E. Newton, Mrs.
Ben Bersch. Mrs. Nowlin Cough
Mrs. Luther l.. TAYLOR and Mrs.
c. c. Dowdy. Mrs. E. B. Sprouse
Jr., Mrs. R. E. Newton and Mrs.
J. A. Taylor. The Rev. George
Reynolds spent day there dur
ing the assembly.
ro~c.t,.~, Co.,rc~
Austin c. Goode represented
the Burrus Land and Lumber
Company when he. attended the
forestry course at VP1 la t
Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce w. Bat
son, Of Newport News, were re-
cent guests in the home of 1t.
Col. and Mrs. R. j. Wojnicki.
Mrs. Robert Fielding and
sons, bert Edward and
Charles, of Lynchburg, spent
several days visiting Mrs. Field
ing's mother, Mrs. S. B. Pear
son.
w. w. Moore, Jr., of Norfolk
spent several days last week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Moore.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. For
est Rakes Monday were Mr..
and Mrs. George W. Ayres and
Sheldon Ayres, of Richmond,
and Mrs "a. H. Newton, of Gold
Hill.
Church Picnic
A Sunday school picnic was
held on the grounds of t h e
First Baptist Church on Wednes-
day from 2 to 5 pm. Arrange
ments for the picnic were made
by Mrs. w. A. Sprouse, Mrs.
Forest ARakes, Mrs. Kenneth
Ransom and Mrs. w. B. Carter
Deborah Fay Netherland was
honored last Saturday afternoon
On the occasion of her fourth
birthday when a party was held
for her at the home Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Neither
land. Guests included Donis
Netherland, Mike Roop, Tommy
Rothgeb, Mike Rothgeb, Nancy
Law. John Station, Betty Rakes,
Seay Davis, Vickie Sprouse, F..
c. Sprouse, John Goode an d
Mary Clay Goode.
NO DOUBT ABOUT 1T!
'Is this milk fresh?"
Fresh? Why three hours ago
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

mllnity Tuesday afternoon. Some
Of them were Mr.. and Mrs. Char
lie Mylum. Mr.. and Mrs. Billy
Slayton. Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
ThlOckrnorton and MIR. and Mrs.
Bert Swalley. They also visited
their old home place now owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Willie Collie
Evening star., 1960-03-08
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star STAFF Writer

ORLANDO, Fla. Mar. g.
Billy Consoles lifetime batting
average in the majors read:
like a date for late lunch, .223
but he figures he's not going tt
be a displaced person in Sen.
ators' shortstop scramble. He
wants regular duty and ISM
submitting meekly to the no.
ton that 19-year-old ZoilC
Versailles will capture the job
The position could be de.
termined by giving it to the
first of the three contender'
who gets a hit. Versailles was
a 1853 batter with the Sen.
ators last season, Ron Sam.
ford batted .224 and Console
suffered at .2l3.
Versailles has more range
than his competition. but he
disturbs his teammates in gen.
eral and Manager Cookie La
vagetto in particular with un-
necessary fielding flourishes
Unless young Zoilo sheds the
showboating habit quickly, he''
likely to be sent to the minors
to learn that consistency II
more desirable than flashiness
Even II Versailles clicks
Evening star., 1960-03-08
BILLY THINKS TIMING IS BACK
Console Not Quitting
In Shortstop Fight

afleld, there will be grave
doubts about his hitting. Ir
that department he currently
is below the level of Console
and Samford-if possible-anc
so the struggle equalizes a bit
Search for Optimism
In the midst OF such anemic
averages, the Senator'S brass
searches for something or
which to peg optimism. Ir
Consoles case they may regard
the last nine games of the sea-
son, when Billy batted .357
1t could point to improvement
II do think that I've recov-
cred the split-second I lost
from my reflexes because o.
sitting on the bench so long,
Console said. The Red So1
gave him $60,000 to sign after
he was graduated from Dorsey
High School in Los Angeles ir
1858. AS a bonus boy, he
couldn't be sent to the minors
He put in two unproductive
years at Boston and the rust
started to accumulate.
Sent to Oakland in 1855, he
batted .276 in the Pacific Coast
League, then was recalled. He
See SENATORS, Page A-2(
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Mantle Widens Break;
Yonks Seek Foytock

wasn't "fooling" or trying to
"bulldoze" the Yankees, but
added: when said wouldn't
call them or go down there to
talk. I meant it."
George Weiss, general man
ager of the New York club,
said with finality last week
that the club was through try
ing to negotiate with Mantle,
who slumped to a .285 batting
average last year and drove in
only rs runs as the Yankees
fell to third place.
The difference between the
Yanks and Mantle amounts to
quite a bit more than pin
money. Mantle has said he is
willing to take cut, but Moth
ing near the preported $4,000
slice the Yanks want to take
See BASEBALL, Page A-2O
Evening star., 1960-03-08
BY the Associated Press

You'd think that between
them the wealthy New York
Yankees and bowling impre-
sario Mickey Mantle could
spare $l.71 for a phone call
that might lead them to a
compromise over the slugging
outfielder's salary demands.
However. the breach between
the two parties seems to be
getting progressively wider with
no immediate hope of either
putting through the call be-
tween Mantle's home in Joplin
Mo-, and the Yankees camp al
st. Petersburg, Fla.
Mantle, still firm in his hold
out siege. threw the latest barb
in the dispute yesterday when
he said:
Il honestly don't believe I'll
be getting to st. Petersburg
this year"
Mantle repeated that he
Evening star., 1960-03-08
California I'd
To Beurcuts
In Final Poll
BY the Associated Press

Cincinnati's Bearcats, who
took the lead in the first
weekly balloting last December
and held it all the way, today
were named No. / in the AS
sociated Press final college bas-
ketball poll Of the 1959-60 sea-
son.
The Bearcats, chosen the Ma
tion's top team for the first
time since the AP poll began
in l949, rode All-America Oscar
Robertsons brilliant play to a
25-l regular season record, in
Guiding last nights 86-68 VIC
tory over Xavier of Ohio.
Cincinnati's only loss was by
a point, 9l-90. at Bradley jan
uary 16.
Cincinnati collected 80 first
place votes from the 1914 sports
writer's and sportscasters par
ticipating in the final poll. In
points, figured as usual on 10
for first, 8 for second, 8 for
third, etc. 1t was 1882 for
Cincinnati to LIS for Califor-
MIA, defending NCAA champion.
Voting was based on games
through last Saturday. Cali
fornia. with a PAL record and
a 15-game winning streak since
its only loss, 65-57 to Southern
California on January 2, had
46 first-place votes.
Cincinnati and California
were followed by Ohio State,
No. 3; Bradley No. 4; West
Virginia No. 5. and Utah No. 6
with Indiana. Utah State, St.
Bonaventure and Miami of
Florida rounding out the top
ten.
The first 10 teams with points
on a 1898, etc. basis FIRST
place votes and won-lost rec
ords through March 6 in paren-
theses:
Evening star., 1960-03-08
ZORRO JUMPS
BACK TO CUBA
BY a Star stan Writer

BY Star stan Writer
ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. 8.
Zorro" took a powder
today. leaving the Senators
shortstop situation as con-
fused as ever.
Zoilo Versailles, a flashy.
but f1ighty fielder, jumped
the club and went back
to Cuba. He told Club
President Cal Griffith last
night that he needed
money to take clothing out
of hook in Cuba, informed
one player that he had to
go home because his
mother was sick. and also
tried to borrow money
from Cookie Lavagetto.
Griffith, no stranger to
Cuban eccentricities. pre-
diets his return tomorrow.
HAWKINS.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
ENTRY BOX FILLED EARLY
Bowie Set to Resume
Rocing Tomorrow
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star RacinE Editor

With the track, access roads
and parking areas in good con-
dition, and heartened by a
weather forecast of cloudy,
with slowly rising tempera-
tures." Bowie definitely will re-
sumo its spring racing program
tomorrow after a five-day re-
cess because of snow.
The entry box for tomorrow's
nine-race program began filling
soon after the racing secre-
tary's office opened at 7 am.
today.
A total of 247 horses passed
through the box before entries
closed at 1890. In one race l0l
horses were excluded, and in
another, %. 1t was obvious
that the horsemen, feeling the
financial pinch Of their en-
forced idleness. were anxious
to get back into action.
Meyer Optimistic
Track Supt. Marty Meyer still
had a good days work to do on
the parking lots, but anticipated
no serious trouble.
THE good Lords not going
to send us much heat" the
veteran trackman said, 80
we'll have to supply our own
power, but we're in good shape.
We have IL trucks. four load
ers and three road-graders on
the job"
Meyer is fortunate in one
respect, his men have only a
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Track Stors Arrive

NEW YORK, Mar. 8 (AP) -
Brian Hewson, European 1900
meter champion, and Mike
Rawson. European 800-meter
champion. arrived from Lon
don last night to compete In
the Chicago Daily News Relays
Friday, the Milwaukee Jour-
nal Games Saturday and the
Cleveland K. Of c. Games
March 1s.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Golden Beers
Open Defense
Of u. S. Crown
By the Associated Press

California, relying on its re.
doubtable Bear-Hug defense,
opens a bid for another nation
al basketball championship to-
night as the NCAA Uourna-
ment picks up with a six-game
program.
The defending champion
Bears of Pete Newell, back with
a brilliant z4-I record anu a
NO, Z naLiOnaI ranking, play
Idaho States Rocky Mountain
CONFERENCE champions t2l-4)
in a f1rst-round game in the
NCAA WeeU Ieg.ouaI al san
Francisco.
At the same time, Ohio U.
facts Notre lame and western
Kentucky clashes with Miami
OF Florida at Lexington, KY.
New York u. laceS Connecti-
cut, West Virginia plays Navy,
and Duke clashes with Prince
ton in a trlpIe-header in New
York.
Each of the six winners goes
on 70 regional semiflnals next
Friday-the California Idaho
state survivor 70 The Western
semlfinals at Seattle, the Lex
ington winners to the Mideast-
ern semif1nals at Louisville, and
the New York winners t. the
Eastern semifinals at Charlotte,
N. C.
The f1rst-round firing in the
NCAA tournament began last
night with Utah's Skyline Con-
ference titlists whipping South
ern California, 8O-73, in a
West regional opener at Provo,
Utah, and DePaul beating Air
Force. 69-63, in a Midwest re-
gional preliminary at Chicago.
DePaul, getting "a points
from 5-fooC-g 4doWle Ld44,
takes a 1876 record against
Cinclnnati's Missouri Valley
Conference champions at Man.
haitian, Kans., Friday. Utah,
now 25-2, advances to the West
See BASKETBALL, Page All
Evening star., 1960-03-08
TODAY'S SPORTS
ON TELEVISION

Wrestling
WTTG-5, 1880 pm.
Bowling
Strikes n Spares, WTTG-5,
1890 pm.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
BOWIE SCHEDULES
1O-EVENT CARD

The first of four 10-race
programs authorized by the
Maryland Racing Commits
sion will be run at Bowie
Saturday. The additional
races we're allowed to make
up for four races Cancelled
on Saturday. February l3,
by a snowstorm.
The S25.000-added Bowie
Handicap features the
weekend program and the
additional event will be the
$500 Myrtlewood Handi-
cap for fillies and mares at
six furlongs. Nominations
for the Myrtlewood will
close Thursday.
Evening star., 1960-03-08
Navy Underdog as NCAA
Cuts 8 from Field Toniqht
West Virginia
And NYU Head
Eastern Field

NEW YORK, Mar. 8 (AP).-
West Virginia, the Nations No.
5 team, and New York Univer-
sity, a club the Mountaineers
beat by 30 points a month ago,
rate as co-favorites tonight as
Eastern regional play begins in
the NCAA basketball cham
pionships.
West Virginia. 24-4. Southern
Conference champion for the
sixth straight year, plays an
at-large choice in Navy $3.50
Streaking NYU 19-3 meets
Connecticut's Yankee Confer
ence kings as part of a triple
header at Madison Square
Garden.
NYU opens the program
against Connecticut Q7-8 at
6 pm, followed by West Vir-
ginia- Navy at 7:45 pm. Dukes
Atlantic Coast Conference
champions meet Princeton's
Ivy League winners at 9 pm
The three winners will join
st. Joseph's (Pa0, which drew
a first round bye. in the East
ern semifinals at Charlotte,
N. c., Friday and Saturday.
Lapchick Likes Violets
Although West Virginia was
runnerup to California in the
NCAA championship game last
year and has one of the Ma
tion's top players in two-time
All-America Jerry West, there's
strong support for NYU to wind
up the Eastern champion.
II think NYU is going to sur
prise some of those high-ranked
clubs who regard Lou Rossini's
team lightly" says Coach Joe
Lapchick. whose st. Johns
team was whipped decisively by
the Violets in the city title
game last Thursday.
Forget that loss they had to
West Virginia. This is a differ
ent club nowAsmart, smooth
and accurate. Their Tom San
ders is as good a big man as
there is anywhere-both on Of
fense and defense"
The all-around play of g.
Ifoot-6 Sanders. the second top
scorer in NYU history. and
Soph Ray Paprocky. coupled
with the fast development Of
junior AL Barden. have trig-
eered NYU to an eight-game
winning streak since a 9S-69
loss to West Virginia at Nor
gantown February 8.
Point Spreads, Listed
NYU is favored by IL points
over Connecticut, another vet.
eran squad led by 6-5 Jack
Pipczynski and sill Jack Rose
West Virginia, with West
averaging 20 points a game. Il
an 8-point pick over Navy
which. in Dick Brown. jim
Bower. Jay Metzler and Frank
Delano. has four of the five
starters back from last years
team which upset North Caro-
lima in the NCAA prelimi-
naries here.
Duke, the ACC winner after
back-to-back upsets Of North
Carolina and Wake Forest, has
only a 1910 record but is IA
vored by eight points over
Princeton Q5-S).
Evening star., 1960-03-08

short haul to the Patuxent
River bordering the grounds
to dump the white stuff, and a
steady procession Of trucks
made the quarter-mile trip.
Horses and trainers we're on
the track at daybreak and,
"a though the thermometer
dipped to a numbing 10 de-
grees, the workouts proved a
tonic for man and beast. Mey-
er planned to leave the track
open until noon. then throw
another battery Of eight pieces
of equipment on 1t.
1T was a little sloppy yester-
day" Marty said. but we'll
have a fast track tomorrow
See BOWIE, Page A-2O
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Bunche Asserts
All CoIonioIism
Must Be Ended

q. CLEVELAND, Dec. is (AP)
--Dr. Ralph Bunche says ''the
safety Of the world demands
the complete liquidation Of
colonialisrh."
:. The Undersecretary of the
United Nations and Nobel
Peace Prize winner spoke to an
audience Of 2.500 at Fairrnount
Temple In o lecture commen1-
Grating Or. Barnett r. Brick
ner hast night.
: There were 800 million per-
sons under colonial rule when
the U. N. was established, and
by the end of this year the
number will be about 100 mil
hon. DR.. Bunche said.
q That is still too many" he
added, but the vast reducgtion
Of the number of colonial
peoples in IS years Is one Of
the most creditable facts Of
our times"
He said the U. Ms member
ship would increase from 90 to
100 in the next five years and
the increase will be mostly
African nations.
1T is no exaggeration to say
that II the quest for world
peace Is lost, it is likely to
happen in the continent Of
Africa" he declared.
- I'VE shouldn't assume that
all the African nations will be
able to- make q system Of
Western parliamentary de-.
mocracy work." Dr. Bunche
said. There are likely to be
some autocracies. It Is not
easy to build democracy. on the
foundations Of African society" /"
Evening star., 1960-12-15
U.N. Ready to Resume
+ Debate on Congo Crisis

led with Al votes followed by
Belgium with 36.
The U. N. also must wind up
its Algerian debate before the
recess. The political committee
still has to hear l6 speakers
before it reaches the voting
stage. After this the Assembly
must act on the committees
decisions.
The Assembly is not slated
to return from its recess until
March Z. but the Russians may
renew their demands that the
session resume early in jan
uary.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Pilots Group
Blasts FAA

The head Of the worlds larg-
est pilots organization today
charged that an atmosphere
"of anger. fear, distrust, con-
fusion and bewilderment has
been created by the Federal
Aviation Agency's own actions. "
J. 3. Hartranft, jr., president
Of the Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association, told a con-
gressional committee that his
organizations early "nisgivines
were well grounded" and called
for corrective action in an over
haul Of the act which created
the agency.
Mr.. Hartranft's testimony
was given before the House
A er on a utics subcommittee
which is looking into the iarst
Evening star., 1960-12-15

| two years OF the FAA. His
statement was two-fold.
It was In answer to % pages
of sharp criticism aimed at
the AOPA yesterday by FAA
Administrator Elwood r. Que
sada. The Hartranft statement
also was q reaffirmation Of
criticism it has had for the
act which created the FAA. fer
the FAA itself and It's admin
istration.
Among other things, Mr..
Hartranft's charges were that
the intent Of Congress has been
compromised; that despite
great increases in FAA person.
mel there have been more air.
craft accidents; that further
increases in personnel may be
expected.
I'm our opinion" Mr.. Har-
tranft said, "the main difflcul.
ties in which the FAA finds it
self have been generated by ILL
conceived headquarters policies
that have been formulatd and
issued with little or no regard
for their .soundness or neces-
sity. This has been made pos
Evening star., 1960-12-15

newai rrojects--Alexandria aHe
the DiStrict--have found the
undertaking highly ccntfo-
versial.
At last nights meeting,
County Attorney Alfred H.
Carter said he, rather than the
council, had placed the renewal
item on the list Of proposed leg
islation. q.
In swift succession, however,
four Of the seven council mem-
bers expressed backing for the
proposal, They were David l.
Cahoon, william F. Hickey,
Stanley B. Frosh and Mrs.
Stella B. Werner.
A fifth council member. Jerry
T. Williams, said he was mot
sure" that he supported the
proposal. Two members were
absent. 't > ~
Observing that four members
backed the proposal, Mr.,
Hickey, the president, assured
the delegation that the urban
renewal proposal. .tdoes have
council support. " =
Following the meeting. Mr.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Montgomery Council
Seeks Renewal Powers

preparation for the s0-day
General Assembly session that
begins next month In Annapo-
Lis.
Many Of the proposals have
been discussed before and re-
feet the councils long stand
ing interest in such things as
additional taxing powers, reap
portionment, hand-gun sales
and road construction, but the
urban renewal item came as o
surprise.
Three weeks ago, County
Manager Mason A. Butcher told
a television audience in answer
to q question that he foresaw
no need for the county to get
into the urban renewal busi-
ness for some years.
Metropolitan Area jurisdic-
tions that have attempted re-
Evening star., 1960-12-15

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Dec. IS (Ar). - The United
Nations General Assembly
cleared It's decks today for an
other airing Of the Congo crisis
amid signs the Russians may
try to keep debate going until
Christmas.
Weary delegates, striving to
wind up the first half Of the
session before the recess set for
Tuesday. faced q week end Of
day and night sessions.
3 The Assembly set tomorrow
for the start Of the Congo de.
bate in q move that came as q
surprise 10 some. delegates.
When India and Yugoslavia
asked for an urgent Assembly
meeting on the Congo, 1t was
Believed that the issue would be
held up until the political COM
n1ittee wound UP debate on
Algeria.
Informed Western sources
said the, Russians, smarting
over Security Council rejection
Of their demand for release Of
PatIice Lumumba. jailed de-
posed Congo premier. were de-
termined to launch a nonstop
debate on the explosive issue.
;, Red Tactics Predicted
zone informant said the Rus
SLAMS would try to keep the
Assembly debate going right up
until Christmas eve and then
demand that 1t be tossed back
into the lap of the Security
Council.
The steering committee has
set December 20 as closing date,
but the Russians were expected
to try to overturn the recon-
mendation when it reaches the
Assembly floor late today.
With most of the 90 member
states expected to speak once
or more on the Congo question
delegates wondered whether
the Assembly could wind UP it.
business by Tuesday.
!. The Assembly also must, breal
deadlocks over disputed seats
on the Security and Economic.
Social Councils before the re.
cess, or neither council will be
able to operate next year.
The Assembly failed aftel
seven ballots last Friday to de-
eide the contest between Portu.
gal and Liberia for a Security
Council seat. At the end Of the
voting. Liberia led Portugal
SS-3S, which was seven vote!
short Of the required two-third'
majority. 5,
10 Ballots without Decision
!. The contest for the disputet
Economics Social Council sea-
went to 10 ballots without +;
decision. At the end, Indi;