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Evening star., 1961-02-13
Kennedy Voices
Great Shock at
Lumumbu Death
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy today ex-
pressed great shock over the
Staying of Patrice Lumumba,
deposed Congo Premier.
The Presidents reaction was
reported by White House Press
Secretary Pierre Salinger.
Mr.. Salinger told a news con-
ference he had informed the
President by telephone of dis
patches telling OF the killing Of
Mr.. Lumumba.
1.-The President expressed
great shock" Mr.. Salinger said.
ANY further comment will
come from the State Depart
ment."
A reporter asked whether
there was any truth to reports
that the Kennedy administra-
ton had been looking with
increasing favor on the idea
of supporting the Lumumba
faction in the Strife-ridden
Congo.
II wouldn't have any COM
ment on that" Mr.. Salinger
replied.
At the State Department,
there was no immediate COM
ment but a communique re-
stating the United States posi-
ton in relation to the Congo
situation was reported to be
in preparation.
Evening star., 1961-02-13

he called in police after a 40
minute sit-in.
Charged with trespasS and
held at the city jail were VIII
liam G. Roberts. 81, of Ali
quippa, Pa; James Andrew
Tucker, %, Clifton Forge;
Ralph M. Reeves. 19, Lawrence
vile, and Elijah Jones Regulus,
10, Waycross, Ga, students at
the seminary; Essie Elva Cor
don, %, Lynchburg, and a Ju-
venile.
Mr.. Patterson'S store also was
the scene of a Sit-in demonstra-
ton last year which led to the
arrest of six college students
four white and two Negro-on
trespass charges.
These students now are serv-
ing 30-day Jail sentences i'm
posed after they pleaded guilty
when their lower court convic-
tions came up on appeal in the
Lynchburg Corporation Court
last week.
Evening star., 1961-02-13
6'Sit-Ins' Seized at Store
Where jailed Pupils Sat

LYNCHBURG, Va, Feb. 13
(AP). - Six Negroes denied
service at a drugStore's segre-
gated lunch counter today
were arrested on treSpass
charges after a 40-minute sit
in demonstration.
The six-four male students
at Virginia Theological Semi
nary and two women, one a
juvenile-sought service at the
lunch counter but were told
they could not be served.
William Patterson. owner Of
the store, telephoned City Man
ager Robert Morrison and re-
queSted he send someone to
talk with the group.
Subsequently, two Negro
members of the city'S bi-racial
commission appeared at the
store and talked with Mr.. Pat
terson and the group.
Mr.. Patterson said he ex-
planned the trespass law to the
six, they refused to leave and
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Moscow Features
Lumumbu Staying

MOSCOW, Feb. 13 (AP).-
The death of Patrice Lumumba
knocked the Venus rocket from
the top spot in the Soviet news
tonight.
"The world will never forgive
this bloody crime of the colo
nizers," proclaimed Moscow
radio and television in the lead
item of the evening newscast.
The Russian language broad
cast rejected the official Ka-
tanga government version that
Lumumba was slain by villagers
after escaping from jail.
In a broadcast for African
listeners. Moscow radio de-
scribed the Katanga govern
ment as "puppet regime"
Evening star., 1961-02-13

Then came three shots con-
cerned largely with the moon.
then three studying effects on
animals and other life in space
travel around the earth.
Now the fourth stage is the
exploratory reach toward near
by planets, with a space craft
carrying a Soviet banner, as
did the one which hit the moon
in 1859.
Yelled by obscuring white
clouds, Venus is a worthy first
planetary target. The weight
lab pounds - Of the Venus
messenger indicates it carries
instruments that could answer
puzzling questions about Venus,
If the probe comes near enough
See SPACE, Page A-4
Evening star., 1961-02-13
BIost Wrecks Building

SAYRE, Pa, Feb. 13 (AP).-.
A terrific explosion wrecked the
First National Bank and heavily
damaged three other buildings
in this Northern Pennsylvania
community early today. Two
caretakers were injured. Police
said natural gas may have ex-
ploded.
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Lumumbu and Two Aides Slain
vi||agersGet
$1,000 Reward
For Massacre
Kutungo Defies
Critics to Prove
Any Conspiracy
ELISABETHVuLE. Katan.

EL1SABETHVILLE, Katan-
ga, Feb. 13 (AP). - Patrice
Lumumba is dead, the Ka-
tanga government announced
today, and the African villa
gers who killed him have re-
ceived a reward Of $1,000.
The interior ministry Of this
secessionist province declared
the Congo's deposed Premier
was "massacred yesterday
morning" along with two aides
said to have fled with him
three days earlier.
Godefroid Munongo, the in
terror minister, told reporters:
II will speak frankly. If
people accused us Of killing
Lumumba, will reply: Prove
it,"
The effect Of the slayings
was to bring the long-brewing
Congo situation to a new crisis
holding the threat Of civil war.
It came as Katanga was flex-
ing its military muscles with
a drive which brought q United
Nations warning.
ReprisalS Feared
The interior minister re-
fused to name the village where
Mr.. Lumumba died.
1--WE do not want the Africans
of the tribe which killed Lu-
mumba to be identified because
they might be the subject Of
eventual reprisalS by LumunI-
bists." said Mr.. Munongo.
I'VE cannot honestly blame
these people because they have
rid the Congo, and the whole
world, Of a problem which GER
tain people have exaggerated
and a problem which menaced
the existence Of humanity.
"This village will be given
the total of 100000 francs
($S,000) promised by the Ka-
tanga cabinet for the capture
Of the three men, and I shall
say no more about it."
Mr.. Munongo caller Mr.. Lu-
mumba a criminal responsible
for tens of thousands Of deaths
in Kasa and Katanga prov
inceS, and insisted the han
ding of the case was a local
matter for provincial author
tiles.
U. S. Cases Recalled
He said, in this connection,
that the United States had
handled by itself the executions
of Sacco and Vanzetti, the
Massachusetts, pair seized in
the 2Os for a payroll robbery
in which q messenger was
} killed; Julius and Ethel Rosen-
berg, the convicted atomic spies,
and Caryl Chessman, the con-
victed California rapist.
II only remind you," the in
terror minister told newsmen,
: that in these well-known
, cases. the opinion Of the wolld
and high religious authorities
asked for grace for the con-
demned, but in vain. The
United States ignored them and
considered the matter enirely
. their own affair"
Mr.. Lumumba became Pre-
See CONGO, Page A-4
Evening star., 1961-02-13

2. Russia created, in effect,
a space platform from which
to launch q talkative and
guided visitor with q good
chance of hitting or going into
orbit around Venus. DRIFTING
and seemingly innocent space
platforms, say some military
experts, might also be used
to launch nuclear warhead
rockets downward at prime
targets on earth.
Red Flag Toward Planets
3. 1t is another dramatic
demonstration Of the Soviet
lead in space capabilities, and
Of quick exploitation of space
frontiers before that capability
is equalled or surpassed.
To amplify these points:
RusSia'S first phase was three
Sputniks exploring space and
space conditions near earth.
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Strong Quoke Hits
KuriIe Islands Area
BY the Associated Press

The Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey reported today it had
recorded an earthquake Of con-
siderable intensity at 4:53:39
am. (EST) today in the Kurile
Islands area north of the
Japanese island of Hokkaido.
A precise reading on the
quake's severity had not been
worked out. The Coast and
Geodetic Survey had been
advised Of recordings made in
Japan. India, Sweden, Norway
and Finland.
Evening star., 1961-02-13

Urged IN U. N.
Reds BIdst PIun
As HypocriticoI

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Feb. 13 (AP).-Secretary-Gen-
eral Dag Hammarskjold today
urged a full and impartial in
quiry into the Staying Of de-
posed Congo Premier Patrice
Lumumba. The Soviet Union
Immediately blasted his pro-
poSal as hypocritical.
But United States Delegate
Adlai E. Stevenson quickly sup
ported Mr.. Hammarskjold and
appealed to all countries to
avoid any action which might
inflame the situation.
The news that the contro-
versial Mr.. Lumumba had been
killed in Secessionist Katanga
province came as the U. N.
Security Council met to resume
debate on the Congo problem.
After hearing several speakers.
the debate was adjourned until
Wednesday because Of the new
developments.
Stevenson Distressed
Ambassador Omar Loutfi of
the United Arab Republic called
the death of Mr.. Lumumba
"premeditated murder" He
said 1t would have serious con-
sequences both in the Congo
and internationally. Britain's
Sir Patrick Dean, council
president, expressed profound
shock"
Mr.. Hammarskjold told the
Council he already had in
structed Brig. Gen. Mengashs
Hyassu, chief of staff of the
U. N. Congo command, to push
the investigation and to insist
upon complete cooperation o1
the Katanga authorities.
Mr.. Stevenson called the
news of Mr.. Lumumba's death
distressing and deplorable. ,
He called for an acceleratior
OF efforts to find a Congo peace
formula.
Soviet Delegate Valerian A
See U. NJ, Page Al
Evening star., 1961-02-13
RUSSIANS PUSH
PLANE INCIDENT

THE RUSSIANS ore making the
most Of the recent French strofins
Of Soviet pIone neor Morocco, &C.
eordine to on Interpretive report
by Crosby S. Noyes, foreign CORE
spondent Of The Stor. See Pose
A-l0.
Evening star., 1961-02-13
BY LEE M. COIN
Star staff Writer

Labor Secretary Goldberg
today declared the Kennedy
administration has no intention
of trying to impose a contract
settlement on the auto in
dustry.
Addressing the National In
dustrial Conference Board, Mr..
Goldberg denied the admins
tration plans to get tough with
union and management nego-
tiators in crucial auto industry
contract talks later this year.
The administration wants
only a settlement that would
be fair" to the public, the
workers and management, he
said. leaving the way open for
some Government influence or
even pressure on the negotia-
tions.
Kennedy to Speak
President K Kennedy was
scheduled to address a luncheon
of the NICB. a business-sup-
ported research organization
holding a one-day Govern
ment industry conference" at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
THE restoration of our econ
omy rests primarily with pri-
vate industry in the United
States" Mr.. Goldberg said,
adding:
And the policies which Gov
ernment is going to pursue
here are to stimulate, to help,
to create a climate, so that
private business enterprise can
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Russian Rocket Streakinq
Through Space for Venus
Piggy-Bock Device
Launched From
Sputnik in Orbit

MOSCOW, Feb. 13 (AP).-A
1,41S-pound Soviet space sta
ton" hurtled toward a mid
May rendezvous with the planet
Venus today, after a spectacu-
lar piggy-back launching the
United States does not expect
to achieve for another 18 to "a
months.
The space traveller carrying
a banner emblazoned with the
Soviet coat of arms should
reach the area Of Venus when
earth's sister planet will be
about 26 million miles away,
the Russians said.
The latest Soviet space shot
second in Seight days-was
fired from a Sputnick in orbit
and was aimed at investigating
conditions on and around the
planet, whose perpetual mantle
of clouds has made it a mystery
to scientists.
The aim is either to hit We
nus or to have the ship pass
closely enough to send back
detailed studies, Victor Bazy-
kin. director Of the Moscow
planetarium. told reporters to-
day. He said it was far from
certain the ship will hit the
mysterious planet.
Kennedy Informed
The space ship has a radio
transmitter believed capable of
sending messages across mil
lions of miles of space, but Mr..
Bazykin said it has not been
announced whether the We
hicle carries equipment to re-
lay photographs back to earth.
He declined to speculate on
this.
Scientists and officials onI
both sides Of the Iron Curtain
hailed the Venus shot as the
greatest space feat since Rus
sia orbited her first Sputnik
three years ago. It adds to
claimed accomplishments, >.
which include hitting the moon
with a rocket, photographing
the far side of the moon and
orbiting the sun.
The White House issued a
terse statement that President
Kennedy had been advised Of
the rocket firing and that the
United States had been track
ing it ever since. A Defense
Department spokesman said
the Pentagon knew about the
firing before Russia announced
it yesterday.
Launching Complex
DR.. Hugh Dryden, deputy ad-
ministrator of the National
AeronauticS and Space Admin
iStration (NASA) said in Wash
ington the United States is at
least l1a to 2 years from
achieving the kind of several
stage launching of such a large
object reported by the Rus
SLAMS. But he added that he
was not surprised by the an
nouncement.
"We have known for some
time" Mr.. Dryden said. that
they had the booster (rocket)
capability for such a mission.
United States space officials
pointed out, however, that the
United States already has sue
cessfully fired a rocket into
the area of Venus with some
what the same purpose as that
announced by the Russians.
They referred to Pioneer V,
the 94.8-pound rocket launched
last March II from Cape Ca
See VENUS, Page A-4
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Fourth Phase Opening
In Great Red Program
Era of Planetary Exploration at Hand
With Soviets Dramatically in Leud
By ALTON BLAKESLEE
Associated Press staff Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 13-RuSsias Venus-bound messenger
her spectacular and significant shot In several
respects:
It apparently opens fourth phase in the Soviet space
explore the planets The next and fifth stage
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Goldberg Dismisses Idea
Officiating Auto Pact

provide jobs for the American
workers"
Replying to questions, Mr.
Goldberg rejected the sugges-
ton that organized labor is
too powerful and contended
that ban on industry wide
bargaining would be unwork-
able.
In other speeches to the
NICB:
Commerce Secretary Hodges
said the economic situation now
is dark but the country basic
ally is sound.
Ivan Nestigen. Undersecre-
tary Of Health, Education and
Welfare. defended the admins
tration's push for Federal ac-
ton in such fields as water
pollution and education by
arguing that State and local
governments lack necessary
financial resources and are
handicapped by narrow political
Jurisdictions.
Study Being Extended
Mr.. Goldberg yesterday com.
pleted a five-State tour of de-
pressed areas in Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, Michigan ano
Pennsylvania.
The Labor Secretary said, or
returning to Washington, that
he soon will hit the road again
to visit the South and West
and such areas as West Vir-
ginia, Massachusetts, and the
Mesabi iron range in Mime
sofa. His itineraries are incom-
'plete.
He reported wide acceptance
See GOLDBERG, Page Al
Evening star., 1961-02-13
BY LYNN HEINZERLING
Associated Press Writer

LONDON, Feb. 13 (AP). -
Patrice Lumumba in a dusty
Katanga grave may be a more
dangerous threat to Central
African stability than he was
in the days Of his gaudy
dictatorship in Leopoldville.
The dictatorship never came off
effectively. but his death quite
easily could set off a new spasm
Of terror and bloodshed in the
Congo.
Mr.. Lumumba's fanatic. left
leaning lieutenant. Antoine
Gizenga in Stanleyville, with
the moral support Of Moscow
and President Abdel Canal
Nasser Of Egypt. Is capable Of
extreme measures against anti
Lumumba Europeans and Con-
golese in his domain.
Anicet Kashamura, another
less forceful subaltern Of the
former premier, is cut in the
same mold, but his domain in
Kivu province Is isolated from
the main theaters Of conflict
and less accessible to outside
aid.
The events in these two CEN
ters during the next few days
may we'll determine the course
the future in the Congo will
take.
Troops on Move
Even before the Katanga
government Of President Noise
Tshombe announced the mass
acre" Of Mr.. Lumumba. forces
of the Intellectual central gov
ernment in Leopoldville were
moving against Stanleyville by
Congo river steamer.
The United Nations. unable
so far to fulfill its assigned
task Of maintaining order in
the Congo. now faces its su-
preme test.
The quick reaction of Moscow
radio to the violent events in
Katanga was a tipoff to the
Evening star., 1961-02-13

position the Communist world
will take.
Agents Of the Belgian colo
nizers" murdered Mr.. Lumum-
ba, Moscow said, adding that
the world will not forgive the
colonists this heinous crime"
Mr.. Gizenga In Stanleyville,
as Mr.. Lumumba's Prime Min
lister, presumably is the heir
apparent to the willowy, fast
talking leader who invited the
Russians into the Congo to
help him rule. And Mr.. Gil
zenga is not known for modera-
ton.
Visited Prague
The treatment accorded Bel
gians and other whites in STAN
leyville under his rule has been
brutal and medieval. He was
one Of Mr.. Lumumba's closest
collaborators. It was Mr.. Gil
zenga who slipped away from
the round-table conference in
Brussels, where the future
form of the Congo republic was
being deliberated early last
year, to visit Prague.
which exists only by Gizenga's
word, has been recognized as
See AFRICA, Page A-4
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Nursing Home
Probers Urge
TighterContro|
Commissioners
Indorse 7 of 9
Recommendations
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

The District Citizens Advisory
Council reported today after its
investigation Of the Mount Ver-
non Nursing Home fire that
ii had found no negligence by
city inspectors, but recon-
mended stiffer regulations for
convalescent homes.
The council made nine rec
concentrations to prevent such
fires in the future, including
one that would ban the hous-
ing Of bedridden patients above
the second floor.
The District Commissioners
promptly Endorsed seven Of the
nine recommendations and
took the other two under con-
sideration.
The February / fire at the
nursing home at 1901 Calvert
street NV. killed seven elderly
bedridden patients on the
fourth floor.
Rigid Enforcement Urged
The council recommended
that the new District regula-
tionS for nursing homes be
"rigidly enforced" and that
homes which cannot meet these
regulations either be closed or
given an opportunity to at
tempt to qualify for licenses as
personal care" homes.
The number Of patients in q
personal care" home is re-
stricted to four.
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin said after receiving
the report that unfortunately.
some of these nursing home
operators will probably go out
Of business rather than attempt
to meet the expense Of COM
plying with the new regula-
tions."
Inspections Stepped Up
Commissioner Mclaughlin
said inspection Of nursing
homes are being stepped up
Immediately. However, he said,
there may be some delay in OBJ
with the new building code be-
cause of the time required to
complete action If a case goes
to court.
One of the two recommended
tions taken under considera-
ton by the Commissioners
called for tightening the new
convalescent home regulations
by requiring:
Installation of sprinkler sys-
TENS and internal fire alarm
systems, a minimum width for
stairways and doors, beds and
mattresses narrow enough to
go through the doors and
stairways, and a ban on hous-
ing bed ridden patients above
the second floor.
Commissioner M Laug HIN
said a committee of District
officials has been given the
task of determining how these
proposed amendments should
be put into effect. The chair
man of this committee will be
J. j. Ilgenfritz, director Of the
District Department of Licenses
and Inspections.
Demonstration Home Urged
The other recommendation
taken under advisement by the
Commissioners proposed that
the District Government build
a demonstration convalescent
home center.
Commissioner Laug ghlin
said funds already have been
proposed in next years budget
for a new cottage at D. c. Viii
lage. He added that it may be
possible to use this institution
as a demonstration home.
Other recon m n d ations
adopted by the Commissioners
urged:
Increasing the number Of fire
See FIRE, Page Al
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Lumumbo Death Seen
As Prelude to Terror .
Ex-Premier's Followers Regarded
As Capable of Bloody ReprisuIs

:ditor's Note: Lynn HeinzerIins spent
neorIy four yeon in Afrieo cover
ing the rise Of Africon notionolism
He wos iu the Congo for the in
dependence celebrations on June
80, 1850, and covered Potrice Lu.
mumbo's rise, his DISMISSED b,
President Joseph kosovubu and Moi
Gen. Joseph Modulus assumption oI
power.
Evening star., 1961-02-13

INTERPRETIVE REPORT
Evening star., 1961-02-13
TIE VAEHArue0. Full Report
IH6 VGAIH6Ns on Page AZ

District and vicinity-Partly cloudy to-
night, low in mid-30s Variable cloudiness
tomorrow, warmer. High and low Of last
"a hours: High, SO. at 2 pm. today; low, 80,
ct Z am. today.
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Name out of their heads.
It's fun for me to do some
thing else; this is the best
part of acting, to change
characters"
But Roz still has some
doubts of her ability to play
the Jewish lady, and she
hopes to solve them, by
studying the daily rushes
infinitely. And I'll see how
I am. I'll build. I've also
studied the play. This is a
story of two lonely people,
two people who find each
other. I resent the stage car
feature of some types of
Jewish people. I'm Irish and
I resent the professional
Irish-they drive me mad.
All Irish are not like that
there are a great many ele-
CANT and great intellectual
Irish. I think this is true Of
the Jewish people, too"
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SOME CLASSICISTS FROM FRANCE

"one where you throw base
balls at a man. I felt so sorry
for him"
Finally there came a job
singing at a small Hollywood
boulevard supper club, now
extinct, for 81 a night. Then
illness. Home for treatment
and recuperation. A job sing
ing on a Fargo radio station.
The manager renamed her.
He just sat there a while,
thought of Peggy and said,
what goes with Peggy? =.
'hmmm Peggy Lee!"
Nights, she worked as a
bread Slicer in a bakery. Sing
ing jobs followed.
Style From Fright
She was at Palm Springs
Doll House when, one night
the appearance of Jack Benny
and his radio troupe as GUS
toners staggering htene d
Peggy into the soft singing
style she found effective.
The engagement led to one in
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ZEE

Continued From Page FL
give her an insight into what
happens when you go out and
work on your own"
At home. Nicki, who aims
at an acting career, is a
paid, part-time secretary. LAS
her employer I can step on
her when as her mother I
might have a little difficulty"
Far From Home
The large, single story
home, with pool, Sunbathing
Enclosure and backyard
feeder that Surrenders 5
pounds of grain daily, is at
the top of one Of the hills in
Beverly Hills. Peggy has come
a long way from jamestown,
a saga whose highlightS in
clude:
Birth as Norma Egstrom
among a railroad station
agents four daughters and
three sons Doing dishes
at 5, cooking and scrubbing
at IT,. Singing in the church
choir, high school glee club,
college bands Everybody
saying she was good and
should go to Hollywood g.
Travelling there on a railroad
pass provided by her father.
Arriving with $18, she
roomed with a girl friend
who had preceded her.
I'VE had Is cents a day
to eat on for a while.
Hollywood overawed me. I
was such a shy girl I wasn't
really able to sell myself.
Through employment agen-
cies ! tried to get any job"
Carnival Spieler
She hitchhiked so miles to
Balboa for an Easter vaca-
ton job as short-order cook
and waitress. She spelled two
months, first for a darts
and-balloons concession, then
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Chicago, where Benny Good

Chicago, where Benny Good
man heard and signed her.
Since her Goodman days,
Miss Lee has recorded some
800 songs, written and sung
for movie sound tracks, ap-
peared on most of the top
TV shows and won an Acad-
envy Award nomination play
ing a disillusioned, alcoholic
singer in Pete Kelly's Blues"
More movie acting? I'D
love to-the type of things
Claire Trevor has done. But
it seems I'm so busy in other
fields, producers don't think
of me-"