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u. n. to Block
Advancing
Congo Force

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 25
(AP).-The Belgian radio said
today a Congolese armored
column is reported on the way
to Leopoldville from Thysville,
a garrison town southwest of
Congo's capital, and United
Nations troops are taking posi-
tions to block 1t.
BY the radios account, the
U. N. forces have dug pits end
set up heavy weapons on the
Thysville -Leopoldville road.
Troops based at Thysville
have been reported the most
stable in a period when the
hold of Col. Joseph M.>Sutu,
the summer coup leader, on the
rest of the army is prob
lematical.
The Belgian radio said the
Thysville column was making
its march by order Of Col.
Mobutu. 1t said he was warned
against this action by Rajesh-
war Dayal of India, the U. N.
top representative in the Congo.
Mr.. Rayal also was reported
to have sent a message to Ian
Berendsen, the chief U. N. rep
resentative in Elisabethville,
not to leave that Katanga
Province capital.
U. N. reinforcements are
ready to fly to Elisabethville,
the radio said, if Provincial
President Tshombe carries out
a threat to expel Mr.. Berend-
sen. Mr.. Tshombe has ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with
both executives and troops OF
the U. N. assigned to Katanga
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thrust of less than 2 million
pounds, we may be obliged to
think about refueling tech
niques for an early accomplish
ment of manned lunar surface
missions" said the scientist.
DR.. Won Braun charted these
steps for this Nations space
flight program in the immediate
future:
The Saturn, now being de-
veloped will be composed of
eight fuel tanks, clustered
around one center tank. with
each of the eight engines allow
ing $4,000 pounds Of thrust.
The next step, the Saturn CT
version, will be able to lift TO-
900 pounds into low orbit. and
for more demanding missions it
should be capable of boosting
a 6,000-pound payload along an
escape-departure trajectory and
of landing 1000 to 1000 pounds
safely on the moon.
The hypothetical Saturn CO,
next planned development, not
only would be capable of placing
small manned space stations,
cargo ships and propellant
tankers into orbit, but could
also place a shorter version of
the space station in a fight
path around the moon.
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million = dollar q mile project
is sometimes beset by politics
and prohteering, folly and
fraud.
And so is the 44-year-old
Federal-State program for con-
struction of primary, secondary
and urban roads.
In most cases, excellent high
ways are being built at an ap-
parently reasonable cost.
And once the Superhighways
are completed-in 1875 If all
goes well-you'll be able to zip
from coast to coast at so to 10
miles per hour without en-
countering a stop light.
Problems Abound
Nevertheless, the programs
are afflicted by problems rang
ing from simple ineptitude to
brazen frauds-and taxpayers
are footing the bill.
Every time you buy a gallon
of gas you contribute 4 cents
to the Federal Governments
share Of highway building costs.
You pay an equal amount, or
more, in State gas taxes.
Just to pay the Federal Gov
ernment's 80 per cent share
of a 81 million superhighway
Evening star., 1960-10-25
BY the Associated Press

A House subcommittee staff
is checking to see whether the
Government has made and kept
secret an overseas poll of
opinions on United States
prestige.
Representative Moss, Demo-
crat Of California, chairman of
a House Government Informa-
ton Subcommittee, directed
the inquiry at the United States
Information Agency.
His action followed a report
yesterday that a secret poll
made by the agency showed
overwhelming belief in other
countries that Russian mill
tary strength will surpass that
Of the United States within
10 years.
Today the New York Times
quoted reliable sources abroad
as saying a survey report by
the USIA'S research division
found an almost unanimous
belief that the Soviet Union is
the leading military power.
Allen Is Silent
George v. Allen, head Of the
US1A, declined to comment on
the reports or to say whether
such a poll had been made.
Senator Kennedy, the Dem
ocratic presidential nominee,
has made a campaign issue of
what he calls declining United
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project requires consumption
of .221a million gallons Of gas.
Due to the vastness Of the
great Federal program. even
FIVE months investigation could
not cover the details in every
State. Facts disclosed in one
State, however, could apply to
many. Much of what has been
going on in the highway pro-
grams is already known to
Congress. Further investigation
by Federal or congressional
agents with subpoena power
may disclose additional trou-
bleS.
Some Developments
Meantime, what has this re-
porter's survey turned up?
One land-buying scandal in
Indiana has already been
highly publicized. Two others
Of even greater scope appear
to be brewing in Massachusetts,
and Florida.
A congressional investigating
committee says a case Of pos
sible fraud in road materials
is developing in West Virginia.
In New Mexico a 81 million
See HIGHWAY, Page A-6
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US. Strongest
lnHistorYNOw,
President Says
No Major Effort
Seen Necessary
To Aid Economy

HOUSTON. Tex. Oct. IS
(AP). - President Eisenhower
rates America as history's most
powerful nation. He says it
needs no giant new defense pro-
grams or any massive eco
nomic shot in the arm from
the Federal Government.
The President ended a cross
country speaking trip on that
note last night nine-day
trip billed by the White House
as non-political. Today he was
flying back to Washington to
prepare for putting on his po-
litical gloves in q stretch-drive
effort to elect the Nixon-Lodge
ticket.
The President left Houston
after a breakfast meeting at
which Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby.
president of the Houston Post
and former Secretary of We'll
fare in the Eisenhower cabinet,
was hostess.
The President was more than
an hour behind schedule.
About 1000 persons were at
the airport to bid him good-by.
About 500 persons were at
the hotel to greet him earlier
as he left for a nearby hell
copter launching pad, where a
whirlybird took him to the
airport.
On Friday night Mr.. Esen-
hover will address a Nation
wide television audience from
a rally in Philadelphia. A week
from tomorrow, he will be in
New York for another major
political address, which will be
carried coaSt-to-coaSt on both
radio and TV. He may make
additional speeches.
Ovation in Texas
Mr.. Eisenhower. q native
Texan, got q roaring welcome
to Houston late yesterday from
a police-estimated crowd Of
100000. He carried Texas in
1852 and 1856, and the hackers
of Vice President Nixon, Mr..
Eisenhower's choice to succeed
him, hope the Presidents great
popularity viii keep the State
in the Republican column
November 8.
At the outset Of his address
last night to an audience Of
about 5000 at Rice University,
Mr.. Eisenhower smilingly noted
SEE EISENHOWER, Page As
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HIGHWAY SURVEY
Problems AHIict
FederuI Program,
BY Benz PRICE
Associated Press stan writer

For many months now, the Governments A,OOO-mNe
uperhghway program has been plagued by rumors OF vide
spread mishandling and corruption.
After nearly five months of onthe investigation
across the Nation the findings indicate reports Of the
programs troubles have been exaggerated.
But they also indicate that around the edges the huge
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Pink Jeep RuffIed

ACCRA, Ghana, Oct. IS
(AP). - President Kwame
Nkrumah has been given a
pink jeep by American indus
trialist Edgar Kaiser. He
turned it over to the American
Women's Association of Accra,
a group of wives of American
businessmen and diplomats
here, to be raffled off for
charity.
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party, assured the Prime Minis
ter Of a warm reception by the
American people. The Tunku
"a title meaning prince in Ma
laya) said he looks forward to a
most interesting, pleasant and
profitable stay in the United
States.
The Prime Minister few here
from Toronto aboard Presi-
dent Eisenhower's personal
plane, Columbine III. He landed
at the Military Air Transport
Service Terminal at National
Airport.
1S-Gun Salute
The Prime Minister was ac-
corded ceremonial honors, in
cluding q 19-gun salute dur
ing the rendition Of the ma
tional anthems Of Malaga and
the United States. Then he
inspected the military honor
guard drawn to attention in
front of the MATS Terminal.
Mr.. Herter, in his welcoming
remarks, said the United
States admired the orderly and
purposeful way in which
See MALAYA, Page A-6
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Each Candidate Charges
Rival MisIeods Voters
Nixon DepIores
'Downgroding' Of
U. S. Strength
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star stan Writer

EN- ROUTE WITH NIXON,
Oct. 25.-Vice President Nixon
today charged that his rival
was trying to win the presi-
Dental election "by recklesSly
downgrading the Unite d
States"
The Republican nominee,
overlooking no opportunity to
assail his Democratic opponent.
unlooSed another barrage of
charges as he entered the Sec
ond day Of a whistle-stop cam
paign designed primarily to win
the big Northern industrial
States.
Mr.. Nixon, getting rougher
on Senator Kennedy as each
day narrows the gap between
the November 8 election, said
his opponent was trying to win
the election with misleading
statements, with misrepresenta-
tionS, with half truths"
The Vice President, who is
an apostle of the doctrine that
elections are won or lost in
the last two to three weeks of
q campaign, summed up a
scathing assault on the Demo-
cratic nominee in a speech at
a rally this morning at Mari
eta, Ohio.
800 at First Rally
A crowd of about 800 turned
up for the first morning rally
at Marietta in Republican ter
ritory shortly before 8 o'clock.
Noting that the election Is
just two weeks away, Mr.. Nixon
said the voters probably will be
making the most important de-
cision Of their lives. It will
See NIXON, Page Al
Evening star., 1960-10-25

This is the first Of four articles bossd
on neorIy five months inVestisotion
Of the muIti-biIlion -dOlloT hishwoy
prosrom.
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OFF-RECORD TALKS
WITH GERMANS

SYLVIA PORTER reports on re-
cent conferences in which Treasury
Secretary Anderson told the West
Germon government thot they must
begin to pay their own wuy on de-
tense costs. Her column is on Pose
Az.
BOWS AND ARROWS os we'll os
guns ore used by hunters to bog
squirrels. For an oeeount Of a
squirrel hunt by q skilled archer,
turn to the Leisure Pose on All.
Evening star., 1960-10-25
Premier Here
From NaIaya
Greeted by Herter
On Airport Arrival
DIN v. HORNE
Star stan Writer

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra
Prime Minister of the Fedora
ton Of Malaga, arrived In
Washington at noon today fol
a state visit in which he will
discuss political and economic
matters of mutual interest with
high officials Of the United
States Government.
Secretary Of State Herter
heading the ofi1cial welcoming
Evening star., 1960-10-25
Censure Fails,
DeGau|IeWin
OK Of A-Force
Vote Is 70 Short
OF TotuI Needed
To Gust Debre

PARIS, Oct. IS (AP).-Pres-
ident Charles de Gaulle today
won the approval of a reluctant
Parliament for his atomic strik-
ing force but faced more polit-
ical storms.
His $1.2 billion plan for
France to develop her own nu-
clear deterrent outside any
integrated NATO force was
automatically adopted on first
reading in the National Assem-
bly, when an opposition motion
Of censure won only 207 votes
This was 10 short Of the
necessary 277. but it was the
biggest total yet massed against
the government Of Premier
Michael Debre on a cenSure
vote in the 552-seat Assembly.
No total was announced Of the
votes against the motion, or Of
the abstentions, which were
classified in the governments
favor.
The opposition mustered 109
votes for censure last November
when the 1860 budget was in
volved. Last May there were
l22 votes for a cenSure motion
arising over q farming bill.
Military Budget Issue
This time the issue was the
military budget which included
$l.2 billion for initial develop
ment Of a nuclear striking
force through 1864.
The fact that censure took
the place Of q vote on the bill
caused many deputies to hold
back expressing their oppoSi-
ton. Had the censure motion
won, Mr.. Debre could have been
overthrown. Gen. de Gaulle.
whose own job was not at stake.
probably would have called for
new parliamentary elections or
a referendum.
The bill now goes to the
Senate, where 1t is expected to
get further rough criticism, and
finally back to the Assembly,
where the prevailing mood of
the opposition is unlikely to
change.
Socialist Leader Guy Mollet,
who marShaled the opposition
forces, argued that creation Of
an independent French strik-
ing force was a blow at Altan-
tic integration and European
unification and threatene e d
France with isolation from her
allies.
| Denies Isolation
Mr.. Debre denied France
would be isolated and said the
Atlantic alliance would be
stronger If France had her own
atomic force.
The Algerian problem, which
added to the parliamentary un.
rest during the censure debate
now bounds back to the center
Of the stage.
Gen. Raoul Salan, former
commander in chief in Algeris
and q leading figure in the May
See FRANCE, Page Al
Evening star., 1960-10-25
Kennedy Scores
False Issue on
Aid to Schools
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
Star star writer

CHICAGO, Oct. Ex-senator
Kennedy today charged Vice
President Nixon with creating
q political bogeyman" in argu-
ing that Federal aid to boost
school teachers salaries would
lead to Federal control Of
schools.
"Mr. Nixon has deliberately
created a false issue to defeat
Federal aid to education and
mislead the people" the Demo-
cratic candidate asserted in a
speech prepared for delivery
at the Meadowdale Shopping
Center in nearby Carpenter
vile.
Senator Kennedy pressed an
intensive drive for Illinois 81
electoral votes for the second
day in a row today, arranging
q 15-hour motorcade through
several Chicago suburbs and
outlying towns.
Changes Tactics
He hoped to stir greater en-
thuSiaSm than his motorcades
reused in a whirlwind plane
and motor tour of Rockford,
Champaign, Peoria, Moline and
Rock Island yesterday. With
scattered exceptions, few peo-
pie turned out on the streets to
see him compared to the crowds
he had drawn the previous two
days in Missouri, Kansas and
Wisconsin. A sizable portion
of those who did were children
and teen-agers.
Senator Kennedy began his
day by telling about 200 rooters
outside O'Hare Inn. where he
spent the night, that he and
See KENNEDY. Page AS
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Confiscotes
167 ponies
Firms Left
In Business
AreSmuII

HAVANA, Oct. IS (AP).-
Fidel Castro's government to-
day confiscated the most VAL
liable remaining American
owned firms in Cuba to retaliatc
for the United States embargo
on most exports 70 Cuba.
The new naturalization de-
cree ordered the seizure Of 167
Evening star., 1960-10-25

firms, leaving 213 American
companies untouched. Most
of those still not in govern
ment hands are comparatively
small, and United States esti-
mate their value at probably no
more than $25 million.
This Is exclusive, however, Of
the $85 million Moa Bay Min
ing Co., which was not con-
fiscated although it has been
controlled by the government
under intervention for months.
There was no explanation for
why the big nickel and cobalt
operation was not seized out
right.
The confiscation order COW
cred most of the $3.50 million
in American property left here.
Before the Castro government
started its wholesale seizures,
American citizens were esti-
mated to have owned or con-
trolled 81 billion worth of prop
erty in this island nation of s
million people. =.
The latest government de-
cree cited Washington's recent
embargo on all American ex-
ports to Cuba except food and
medicine. The decree called
the embargo exceptional ag-
gresSiveness designed to
strangle our economy"
Guantanamo Untouched
Among the firms nationalized
were Sears, Roebuck; Wool.
worth's and the operating firm
for the United States Govern
ment's Nicaro nickel plant.
which has a $110 million book
value.
Still untouched was the big
United States Navy base at
Guantanamo, on the south
east coast, which the United
States holds on a perpetual
lease. Prime Minister Castro
has said he would, at some fu-
ture date, demand that the
United States give up the base.
But he said he would make his
demand through legal channels,
possibly meaning he would 60
to the World Court.
Like the American owners Of
other properties seized pre-.
viously by the Castro regime,
owners who lost their holdings
today are expected to get no
compensation.
Sugar Volume Unlikely
A Castro decree provides that
compensation will be paid out
of a percentage of the proceeds
from Cubar sugar sold in the
United States in excess of 8
million tons a year. The United
States has already cut its pur-
chase for this year below that
figure, and there is widespread
belief that it will import much
Lessor nothing-from Cuba
next year.
Many Of the firms national
lied today had been under gov
See CUBA, Page "A
Evening star., 1960-10-25

Moloyo's Leoder Won Freedom for
Motion. Poss At
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TIE NIEAFuED. Full Report
IH6 V6AIH6N. on Poas AZ

District and vicinity-Clear and cold to-
night, low near "a in the city, freezing
in the suburbs. Clear and q little warmer
tomorrow. High and low Of the last "a
hours: High, 81. at Q pm. today; low, Il,
at tbs this morning.
Evening star., 1960-10-25

United Stotes Denounees cubon Con-
fiscotion. Pose A
Evening star., 1960-08-14

called on to attend the rally
and take a formal pledge to
defend the revolution and fight
aggression whether it comes
under the flag of the Organi-
cation of American States OF
counter-revolutionaries.
The position against the OAS
backed up earlier declarations
by Cuban officials that he rev.
olutionary government will not
accept an adverse decision COM
ing out of the OAS conference
Of foreign ministers opening
Tuesday in Costa Rica. The
foreign ministers will take up
the question of subversive ac-
tivities within the Western
Hemisphere. Mr.. Dorticos said
earlier this week the Cuban
delegation would convert the
conference into a revolution
ary forum of America" ~
The meeting in Costa Rica
comedies with the opening
Tuesday of the national as
sembly Of the Cuban Popular
Socialist Party, Cuba's Com
munist party. Invited to at
tend are top-level Communists
from China, France, Italy and
North Korea.
Jubilation week in Cuba saw
the naturalization of some S77O
Evening star., 1960-08-14
Castro Calls Off Plan
To Speak at Big Rally

HAVANA, Aug. 13 (AP).-
Cuba today formally rejected
United States protests over the
conf1scation of American
owned properties by the Castro
regime.
United States bassy
sources said the rejection was
contained in brief notes. The
texts were not made public.
The takeover of the bulk of
a billion dollar United States
investment here by armed
Cuban militiamen on orders Of
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
last Sunday touched off a So
called week of jubilation
capped by scheduled rally to-
night.
Original plans called for Mr..
Castro to address the rally but
there was an apparent change
at the last minute. Semiofficial
sources said Mr.. Castro, who
was "a today and apparently
recovered or at least much i'm
proved from a recent bout of
Illness, spent the day resting
and did not plan to attend the
rally. President Osvaldo Dor
ticos was scheduled as the
main speaker.
Thousands of workers be-
longing to the huge Cuban
Confederation of Labor were
Evening star., 1960-08-14
Expelled Tourist
Plays 1t GoiIy

SPARKS, New, Aug. l3 (AP).
Robert Christner, a 27-year-old
tourist expelled from Russia,
telegraphed his mother in
Sparks today: Don't worry,
I've been thrown out Of better
places"
Mrs. Nellie Thuem received
the telegram from Helsinki,
Finland, where Mr.. Christner
has stopped over on his return
trip to the United States.
He was accused by the Rus
slams of photographing war-
ships on the Black Sea while
visiting the Soviet Union as a
tourist. He was charged with
eSponiage and ordered out of
the country.
Evening star., 1960-08-14
Inquiry Planned
In Texas Gussino

LA PORTE, Tex. Aug. 13
(APD. - Authorities casting
about.for a reason for the sud-
den illness of more than 40
persons here yesterday said to-
day they may call a court of
inquiry.
The illness, which temporar-
lily felled more than 40 per-
sons. was blamed on a mystery
gas. DR.. Walter Quebedeaux,
Harris County's pollution ex-
pert, said phosgene, a colorless
gas with an unpleasant odor,
appeared the cause.
Justice V. L. West said.
Holding a court of inquiry may
be the only way to find out
what happened"
Phosgene is a battle gas used
in World War I. Persons who
became i'll suffered from severe
nausea and headaches. Seven
lapSed into Inconsistencies.
Evening star., 1960-08-14

press adviser. Mr.. Michel has
been living in Tunis, working
tor the Algerian national lib
GRAFTON front which MASTER
minds the Algerian rebellion
against France. He is known
in Tunis for his left-wing
ideas and contacts. He said his
services were offered to Mr..
Lumumba by the liberation
front as part of general assist
ance to the Congo.
Evening star., 1960-08-14
Herter 10 See
Eisenhower on
Soviet Threat
By the Associated Press

President Eisenhower h S
summoned Secretary of State
Herter to the White House
Monday, a few hours before
Mr.. Herter departs for a con-
ference of hemisphere foreign
ministers in San Jose, Costa
Rica.
Charges that the Soviet
Union and international COM
munism have become an in
creasing threat to the United
States and to hemisphere ma
tions in general, as a result
of growing Moscow-Havana
friendship. are to be studied at
the conference.
The threat by Soviet Premier
Khrushchev to rain rockets on
the United States if the United
States abuses Cuba was a major
factor in the agreement to call
the conference. Another factor
was a charge by Venezuela that
the Dominican Republic plotted
an attempt to assassinate Presi-
dent Romulo Betancourt of
Venezuela June "a.
BOhlen's Role
An indication of the i'm
portance the Eisenhower ad-
ministration attaches to Com
munist activities in this hemis-
phere, following the Towering
friendship between the Soviet
Union and the Fidel Castro
regime, is seen in some quarters
in the fact that Charles E.
Bohlen has been named an ad-
wiser on the United States del
egation to Costa Rica.
Mr.. Bohlen. now special ad-
wiser to Mr.. Herter on Soviet
Union affairs, spent nine years
in Moscow on diplomatic as
signments, the last as ambas-
sador from 1858 to 1857. He is
Evening star., 1960-08-14
Vigil Slated

The fourth annual all-night
vigil commemorating the as
sumption of the Virgin Mary
into Heaven will begin at 8
o'clock tonight in SITS. Con-
stantine and Helen Greek Or
thodox Church, Ais Sixteenth
street NV. Divine liturgies will
be celebrated at 7 and 10 am.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1960-08-14

Of the note given to the en-
bassy, the family continued to
hope they would see Pilot Pow
ers. The note indicated the en-
bassy might have a chance to
see him after the trial. This
suggested the Russians had no
idea Powers would be a free
man after the trial.
The note expressed surprise
at the tone of the American
request" first made immedi-
ately after Mr.. Khrushchev an
nounced the shooting down of
the plane.
/ Oliver Powers said he would
ask Monday to see his son and
will ask also to see Mr.. Khru-
shchev, although last reports
indicated the premier was down
on the Black Sea.
Whom will you ask?" a re-
porter asked.
The tired cobbler. who had
choked his way through the
reading of the note, waved his
hand and replied:
I'm going to get it through
somebody or other"
! Mr.. Curry. who lives in the
same neighborhood as the elder
Powers, then broke off the
news conference. Asked about
Mrs. Powers. Mr.. Curry replied
Mrs. Powers is in bed, rest
ing. She has had a hard time.
She's all right. She's just rest
ing"
When Mr.. Powers was asked
whether he would see his sons
Soviet defense attorney. he re-
piled: II am going to try to
see him. I have been promised
I could talk to him."