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Evening star., 1961-12-29
Bontempo Is Reported
Quitting Job at State
By the Associated Press

Salvatore A. Bontempo, head
of the State Departments Bu-
reau of Security and Consular
Affairs, has resigned. well-in-
formed sources reported today.
The official announcement
of the resignation, possibly to
come later today, will say that
the 51-year-old New Jersey poll
tician, who held this office for
six months, resigned for per-
sonal reasons.
Mr.. Bontempo was reported
to have thought of resigning for
some time, mainly because of
critical voices about his role in
New Jersey politics prior to his
appointment to the $40, ,000-a-
year post last June 81.
There are no immediate
plans to appoint a successor,
informants said, adding that
one reason is that the bureau Is
now undergoing a major re-
organization.
Michel Cieplinski, Polish born
deputy administrator, will tenn
porarily head the bureau.
There were reports that Mr..
Bontempo might take another
Government job or enter pri-
vate industry. A
An aide denied published re-
ports that the former New
Jersey conservation commits
sioner will leave the State De-
partment to blunt a congress
Sional investigation of its Sc
curity operations.
That's totally untrue" the
laide, Joel Sterns, said
Mr.. Bontempo himself is in
Evening star., 1961-12-29
U.N.Accused
By yTshombe
In Attack

ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga,
Dec. 20 (AP).-President Noise
Tshombe claimed that troops
Of the Central Congo govern
ment attacked villages near the
town of Kongolo today. He
charged the Central Congolese
forces were aided by United
Nations troops.
He told a news conference
at his residence here there had
been serious fighting in the
area earlier today.
Mr.. TShombe also charged
Indian Canberra jet bombers
attacked the town Of Kongolo
itself.
He said the Congolese forces
which launched the attack con-
sisted of two battalions and two
commando companies. The
United Nations, he alleged,
helped the Central Congolese
troops by providing transport
for them.
Kongolo lies about 40 miles
south Of Katanga's border with
Kivu Province. It is on the
Lualaba River about 160 miles
northwest of Stanleyville.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Plan to Have U. S. Buy
U.N. Bonds Faces Fiqht

we should bail out the U. N.
on an operation for which other
nations won't pay their share" "
Senator Hickenlooper ques-
toned whether nations which
refuse to pay their contribu-
tions to the U. N. now will put
up money later to redeem the
bonds.
Even before the Presidents
request for $100 million was
announced yesterday, Senate
Republican Leader Dirksen, a
critic of the military action
against Katanga, had predicted
Congress would re-examine
the United States share Of
U. N. operating expenses.
Senator Dirksen said he
thought the Congo crisis. the
failure of some U. N. members
to pay their regular assess
ments and India'S takeover of
Goa would all prompt Congress
to review U. N. financing.
Byrd Comments
Senator Harry F. Byrd, DEM
ocrat of Virginia. said today
he thinks this country has
done its share" in paying the
Of the U. N. and sees
no advantage in the proposed
bond issue as a means Of rails
ing the funds needed now.
Making it clear that he does
not believe the U. N. would
See BONDS, Page Az
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Oil Firms Lift
Gasoline Price
Many Stations Go
Up I Cent q Gallon

Gasoline prices were in
creased cent a gallon today
at many Washington area sta
tions as the result of a move by
major oil companies to halt
competitive price-cutting.
One midtown ESQ dealer said
he raised his price for regular"
gas from 28.9 cents per gallon
to 29.9 cents yesterday. Other
retailers were expected to fol-
low suit. The 28.9-cent price
was below average for the area.
The Associated Press reported
that withdrawal of discount al
lowances by three major oil
companies - Humble, American
and Socony-M Mobil will affect
all States from Maine to Florida
New York and New Jersey ex-
cepted.
The price hike, according to
the A.P., means an increase for
motorists as high as 4.3 cents
a gallon in the Providence
(R. L. area.
A marketing representative
for the Humble Oil Co. in Balti-
more declined to comment on
the effect of the allowance re-
moval on retail prices.
But a spokesman for Ameri-
can said: During recent weeks
prices have been depressed
throughout most of the area
due to a rash of competitive
price slashing. The upward
move is an effort to restore near
normal prices"
Evening star., 1961-12-29

security force in Kuwait is an
expression Of the league mem
bership's solidarity with Ku-
wait and their obligation to
defend its independence"
"It may all have been a false
alarm" one British official in
London conceded. "But gov
ernments, like fire brigades,
find it better to be safe than
sorry" The Defense Ministry
ordered the alert on the basis
Of intelligence reports from the
Middle East.
The British alert was
PROMPTED by urgent reports
from intelligence agents and
diplomats over the Christmas
holiday that Cen. Kassem-em-
boldened ay the United Nations
failure To act against midas
invasion Of Goa-might sooll
try to make good his claim to
Kuwait.
More Scares Possible
One diplomatic informant in
London said there may be more
scares over Kuwait that don't
pan out but the British gov
ernment has to be prepared.
"Kassem is an unpredictable
man." he said. Some day
See KUWAIT, Page A-3
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Pictures on Puse B-l

TicIuTeS on Fuqe b-l
Stirling. Va, the Weather Bu-
reau reported a reading of 6
during the night. The mercury
dipped to Is degrees at Fort
Belvoir, 8 at Front Royal, Z at
Martinsburg. w. Va, and Balti-
more had Is.
The lowest temperature re-
corded here this winter was 19
degrees on December 16. The
low for the year was 4 degrees
in Washington on February 2.
The temperature is expected
to dip to about 20 degrees to-
night with a chance of snow
flurries. Tomorrow will be
sunny and continued cold.
The freezing weather was
general from Maine to Florida.
Even in the southern part of
Florida the mperature
dropped to the 40s. It was 80 in
Jacksonville and 81 in Tallahas-
see as the belt of Arctic air
reached to the Gulf Coast
Temperature readings from the
South included Z in Nashville
and Knoxville, 8 in Louisville
90 in Atlanta, "a in Birming-
ham and 20 in Mobile.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Kennedy Gets
Brighter News
About Father
Specialist Sees
Big Improvement
In Lost z Days
BY GARNETT ID. HORNER
Star staff Writer

0eeA StAAA
PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. 20.
President Kennedy got the
good news today that his
stroke paralyzed father has
made marked improvement in
the past 48 hours"
DR.. Howard Rusk, an out
standing specialist on the re-
habilitation Of disabled per-
sons, told the President it is
too early to predict the extent
to which his father may re-
cover his speech and the use
of his paralyzed right side.
But the progress in the last
two days is gratifying" DR..
Rusk said.
DR.. Rusk is director Of the
Institute Of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, which is
part Of the New York Univer-
sity Medical Center.
At the request of the Presi-
dent, DR.. Rusk flew here yes
terday and examined Joseph P.
Kennedy yesterday and again
today.
Sits on Bed
DR.. Rusk gave the President
this memorandum which White
House Press Secretary Pierre
Salinger read to reporters:
After consultations with
your fathers attending physi-
clans. it is agreed by all that
he has made marked improve
ment in the past 48 hours.
Fever has Subsided. The
pneumonia has cleared. Your
father is taking nourishment
In increasing amounts, and
there Is a beginning return of
voluntary movement.
Your father sat up on the
side Of the bed for the first
time yesterday.
Early rehabilitation proce-
lures have been instituted.
"A specific prognosis can not
yet be made, but the progress
In the last two days is grati-
tying"
Mentally Alert
The Presidents 73-year-old
father, former Ambassador to
Great Britain, has been in st.
Mary'S Hospital in West Palm
Beach since December 10 when
he suffered a stroke that para
lyzed his right side and left
him unable to speak.
His condition was compli-
Gated when mild pneumonia
See KENNEDY, Page Az
Evening star., 1961-12-29

declared that the Arab nations
would not permit their forces
to carry out joint action with
British forces in Kuwait under
any circumstances. The League
sent $500 troops to Kuwait last
August to replace British units
rushed there after Iraqi Premier
Abdel Karin Kassem threat
ened to annex the sheikdom.
Mr.. Nofal asserted that the
dispatch this week by Britain
of seven warships and air and
troop reinforcements to the
East-where Britain
feared new threats on Kuwait
caused concern in Arab
League circles.
Arab Responsibility
He said the tiny sheikdom,
which adjoins Iraq on the
northern end of the Persian
Gulf, did not ask the British to
return and that Britain docs
not have any territories in this
area (which) allow her to or
der her troops to head to the
Mideast and protect these terri
tories"
Mr.. Nofal contended that
"the responsibility of protecting
the Arab zone falls on the
shoulders of the Arab states
and the presence of the Arab
Evening star., 1961-12-29
BULLE TIN
De GouIIe Sees Accord
On Ties With AIqerio

PARIS (AP)-President de
GauIle said tonight he in
tends to withdraw most Of
the French army from Al
geria in the coming year and
predicted an agreement on
close ties between an inde-
pendent Algeria and France.
Gen. de GauIIe, in a year.
end radio and teIevisiOn
speech to the nation, said
that whatever happened In
the rebelling territory, "the
greatest part Of the French
army" would be regrOuped
in Europe In 1862. There are
about 100000 troops now in
Algeria.
Evening star., 1961-12-29

Florida and unavailable for inn
mediate comment.
The Senate Internal Security
subcommittee has held one
hearing into the State Depart
ment's security operations. Mr..
Bontempo, who was not asked
to appear at that session, re-
|quested the committees permis-
sion to testify at a later hear
ing on a reorganization plan
he submitted to Mr.. Rusk re-
Gently.
Mr.. Sterns said Mr.. Bontempo
probably will testify, if given
the chance, even if he has left
the security job.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
PT-IOo SURVIVORS
SWIM FOR LAND

FLOATING periousIy near Jopo-
nese shore units otter the rommins
Of their PT boat. Il. Kennedy and
his men decide TO swim toward
neorby islond. Todoy's exciting in
sediment Of the story Of PT-los
is the thirteenth in q series Of Is
ortieles based on Robert J. Dono-
von's book. See Pose AS.
PooLEsVILLE MD teen osers
hove combined work and pIoy in the
remodelins Of on old mill into
reereotion center. How, ond why,
they launched the project is de-
seribed in TEEN. oppeorins todoy
on Poses A-lS-l9..
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Records Link BeIoium
To Kotongo U. S. Office

Struelens' registration state.
mentS show expenditures total.
ing 500. .908.56 during the yeal
ended last September 80.
Mr.. Struelens listed receipts
of $4,000 for his operation,
Katanga Information Services
and stated that the money
came from the Katanga gov
ernment. State Department Of
ficials have said they have
been unable to find out where
Mr.. Struelens' money comes
from.
In q statement in New York
last night, Mr.. Struelens denied
that he spent at least $140, 900
this year on pro-Katanga prop
aganda and said he was very
surprised to see how misin-
formed the State Department
can be-" the Associated Press
reported.
Expenses "Open Book"
As for expenditures of the
information service Mr.. Strue-
lens said, "At the moment it
would be easy to check with the
Department Of Justice. My ex-
penses are an open book"
Mr.. Struelens added chat the
American people "are free to
make their own decisions" and
that many believe bloodshed
and military force in the Congo
are not right"
Mr.. Struelens ridiculed
charges by State Department
officials that he has manipulate
ed public opinion in the United
States to favor the Katanga's
policies. ..
II wish they would use me
at the CIA Central Intelligence
Agency" he told The Star in
a telephone interview today,
because I can make miracles. "
He called it IAN insult to the
See STRUELENS. Page Az
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Appointment OFF

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec.
90 (AP).-The South Korean
military government today can
celed the week-old appointment
of Chung So-yung as minister
to the Korean Embassy in
Washington. An official said
Mr.. Chung-who is 30-has
not completed his compulsory
military service.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
BY LEE M. COIN
Star Staff Writer

Official records indicate that
the Belgian government joined
in setting up Katanga's propa-
ganda office in the United
States.
Michel Struelens, Katanga's
chief spokesman in this coun-
Evening star., 1961-12-29


try, disclosed the Belgian role
when he registered with the
Justice Department as a for
eign agent September 80, 1860.
He said in his statement:
In pursuant to an agree
ment between the Ministry of
African Affairs in Brussels and
President (Moise) Tshombe of
Kantanga, I have been offici-
ally placed at the disposal of
the President of the Katanga
government, who asked me to
organize and manage this Of
fice."
Mr.. Struelens, a Belgian citi-
zen, was aSSailed in a speech
Wednesday by Carl T. Rowan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs.
Accused OF Myths
Mr.. Rowan charged that Mr..
Struelens has been dispensing
a string of myths and a stream
of miSinformation" to build up
American support tor Katanga
Provinces attempted secession
from the central Congo Gov
ernment. Katanga's critics Sus-
pect that Belgium has inspired
and encouraged the PROVINCES
split wit hthe Congo regime.
The State Department Of
ficial said Mr.. StruelenS spent
at least $4,000 this year for
pro-Katanga propaganda. Mr.
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Cold Spell
Grips Areo;
Low Is p

The Washington area, like
most of the eastern half of
the Nation, today lay in the
grip of a bitter cold spell.
The official low reading here
was % degrees but at nearby
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Laos Summit Talks
Written off as Loss
New Efforts
To Revive
PorIey Due


(AP) Premier Prince Boun
Gums princely rivals today
wrote off the Vientiane summit
fiaSco as a dead loss, but said
new attempts must be made to
find common ground for a CO.
alition government.
Prince Souphanouvong of the
prot Communist Pathet Lao and
40 of his civil and military
aides sped back to the rebel
held Plaine des Jarres aboard a
Boeing Stratocruiser chartered
by the three-nation Interna-
tional Control Commission.
A spokesman for Prince
Souphanouvong told newsmen
fresh efforts would be made lat
er to get the princes together,
emphasizing:
1T has to be DONE"
Prince Souvanna Phouma,
neutralist premier designate
and half-brother of the pro-
Red prince, said he will return
this week end to his headquar-
terS at Xieng Kouang.
Both Sides Firm
There is no use staying
here" Prince Souvanna told
reporters. Both sides remain
on their respective positions.
But hope that in the end they
will find some common ground.
Be patient, be patient.
Il am not dissatisfied to have
come. On the contrary I am
very happy though not entirely
satisfied because I came for the
(formaD meeting of the three
princes. Private conversations
are very interesting, but settle
nothing"
A Polish official of the con-
troll commission said the final
collapse came after a morning
meeting of Prince Souvanna
and Prince Boun Oum, the
head Of the conservative pro-
Western government in Vien-
tiane. The Pole said Prince
Boun Gum took d stand even
more rigid than during the
princes angry opening ex-
change Wednesday.
BOun Gum BalkS
Prince Souphanouvong de-
cided to return to the Plaine
de JarreS after Prince Boun
Gum for the third day refused
to sit down with the other two
princes for joint talks on al
location of the posts in a neu-
tralist coalition government.
A round of diplomatic ma
neuverS preceded the announce
ment that Prince Souphanou-
wong and his pro-Red delega-
ton were leaving.
United States Ambassador
Winthrop Brown conferred this
with Prince Souvanna
but neither had any comment
for newSmen.
The three Laotian princes
dined amicably together last
night. Prince Souvanna said
then the atmosphere was lex
cellent" at the party but he
no progress toward
opening of negotiations.
Geneva Urged as Site
Prince Souphanouvong in
statement before his departure
blamed Prince Boun Gums re-
fusal to negotiate on people
in shadow whom I shall not
name because the whole world
knows them" His target OBJ
viouSly was the United States.
II am always ready to settle
the question of forming a ma
tional union government as
soon as possible" the pro-Red
prince said. when Vientiane
will be ready for it, we shall be
ready"
Soviet and Polish diplomats
suggested privately that the
See LAOS, Page Az
Evening star., 1961-12-29

Powell of New York, and Mrs.
John Moeling Of Chicago. Also
in the house were a nephew,
Sterling Boiling, and Mrs. Will
See MRS. WILSON, Page A-4
Evening star., 1961-12-29
Arab League Warns
Of Kuwoit Withdrawal
Will Pull Out Its Troops if British
Return to Sheikdom; Feurs Eused

CAIRO, Dec 20 (AP).-The Arab League warned last
night that it will withdraw its security forces from Kuwat
If British troops return But Brains fears of aqi
against the tiny oil sheikdom subsded British
of strength in the Middle East.
Sayed Noa deputy secretary general of Arab League
Evening star., 1961-12-29
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Evening star., 1961-12-29

Union Miniere Denies Assisting Ke-
tonsons. Pose AZ
Evening star., 1961-12-29
YHE WEATuED. Full Report
'| N'i'hN' on Poae b.

District and vicinity - Mostly cloudy to-
night with chance Of snow flurries. Low
near 20. Tomorrow. mostly sunny and
continued cold. High and low of past "a
hours: High, 33, at 6 pm. yesterday; low,
81, at 7:40 am. today.
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scoring Of the mental distress and
spiritual agonies, was the physical
agony Of being crucided. Bleeding
slowly for hours beneath the hot
sun, the sufferers whole body
cried out for water. The one cry
of personal physical distress that
was wrung from Jesus during
those six terrible hours, however,
was just that desperate Il thirst
SO we have to say Of Jesus that
he died in torture. But the last
word from the cross which John
records is not a word Of pain but
Of power: ut is finished" This
does not mean Gan is overw as
an admission of defeat. Il is the
shout of the victorious fighter
after the battle, it is the cry sent
up by the mountain climber who
after many peril3 sets his foot on
the topmost piSnacle never before
scaled, it is the oulbursT Of the
engineer who after months Of
planning and years Of working
sees the span over the great river
complete at last. lie had said
something very like this the night
before John 17:4), so that we
must not think Of the Cross as the
one and only achievement Of
Jesus. The cross was the crown
ing accomplishment. Jesus life
and death were all Of one piece,
his death was "in character with
his life. Every man leaves his life
unfinished in some respects. We
leave behind us friends, children,
a new generation, plans unful-
filled, words unspollen, work I'M
done. Even Jesus knew what it was
to wish to say things that could
not be said. And even his perfect
life has not had its full effect
without other lives welded to-
gether into his living purpose.
Nevertheless there was a once
for-all quality about Jesus. He
had finished what no one else could
have done.
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How He Died
Lesson for March &c, 1861

IF YOU WILL take time to count
L the pages of the four Gospels,
and then count the pages of the
chapters telling of the trial, death
and resurrection Of Jesus, you can
see for yourself that the events of
those last days and hours are
given space far beyond what is
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD, Full Cos
pei Church, The Rev. Frank Sharp,
pastor, Deer Park. Sunday School,
9:45 a. m; Worship, 10:45 a. m;
Young Peoples Service, Z p. m;
Evangelistic Service, 7:45 p. m.
Bible study and Praise service,
Wednesday,, 8 p. m. =
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AURORA METHODIST, Rev. F.
Robert Armentrout, pastor. First
Sunday: Amboy, $3.50; Aurora, 10:45;
Stemple Ridge, 7:3O. Second Sun
day: Erwin, $50; Bethel, HOO; Au-
rora, 1880. Third Sunday: Stemple
Ridge, $50; Aurora, 1915; Amboy,
1880. Fourth Sunday: Bethel, $50;
Aurora, 1045; Erwin, 1870.
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given o a n y
other part of
Jesus life. It can
even be said, as
a paradox, that
nothing stands
out in the life of
Christ as it was
first written, as
does his death.
Not only in the
Gospels but in
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EcLON CHURCH OF THE
BRETHREN, Pastor Pugh. Maple
Spring: Sunday School, 10 a. NJ;
Worship, II a. m. Glade View:
Worship, $50 d. m; Sunday School,
1920 a. m. Brookside: Sunday
School, 10 a. n; Worship, II a. m.
Mt. Grove: Sunday School, 10
a. M; Worship (1st and 3rd Sun
days., IL a. IN. Gortner: Sunday
School, $50 a. M; Worship (every
four Sundays, II a. m. All services
on Eastern Standard Time.
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CHRIST Ev. LUTHERAN. The

Rev. David E. Fetter, pastor,
Grantsvilie. Sunday School, 10:15
a. m; The Service, 11:30 a. m;
Parish Lenten Vespers, Greenville,
Monday, 7:30 pm; Tuesday, Grants
vile, 7:30 p. M; Greenville, We'd
nesday, 1870 p. m; Eucharist. Sails
bury. Maundy Thursday, 1880 p.
m; Good Friday liturgy for the
entire parish, Friday, 1880 p. m.
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For Us

This is true, because, as the
Christian church soon came to see,
Jesus death was much more than
every-man's death. Alone and
uniquely it was on behalf of all
men. This in turn would not have
been so if Jesus had lived a selfish
life; and it could not have been
so, even if our Lord had wished,
unless his life was more that Of
one man in history. For the church
makes two great affirmations of
faith about Jesus Christ the Lord:
first, he is not only a particular
man, but he is Man, he sums up
in himself all the human race, he
is the Man. The other affirmation:
He is the Divine Son of God.
Biased on outlines copyrighted by
the Division OF Christian Education,
National Council of the Churches Of
Christ in the U. s. A. Released by
Community Press ServiceD
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FAITH TABERNACLE. Row w.

Shewbridge, pastor, 212 miles south
On Route 495 from Grantsville,
Md. Sunday School, 10 a. m; WCr-
ship, II a. m; Sunday evening
Evangelistic Service, 7:30 p. n;
Wednesday PRAYER Meeting, 1880
p. IN: Friday Youth Service, $50
Jas a. NJ; Evening Prayer and
sermon, 1870 =. m.
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RITrLNcER LUTHERAN PAR

ISH. ST. Johns, Meadow Min,
Worship, . a. NJ; Sunday School,
10 a N. Emmanuel, Bittinge' ., Wor-
ship. 1915 a. m; Sunday School,
Ills a. m. Zion, Jennings, Wor-
ship, 11;30 a. m; Sunday School,
1880 a. m +
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coRINTH METHODIST, Rev.
Jos. E. Gerstell, pastor. Worship,
1st Sunday, IL a. m; 3rd Sunday,
1880 p. m; Sunday School every
Sunday, 10 a. m; Laymen's Serv-
ice, 18th Sunday. 7:30 D. III. +
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WESLEY CHAPEL, Rev. Joseph
E. Gerstell, pastor. worship, End
Sunday, 1870 o. m. 4th Sunday, II
a. m. Sunday School every Sunday,
1920 a. m. .
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MAPLE GROVE ASSEMBLY OF
GOD, Pastor Louise Smelser, Ac-
oident, w. Va Horse Shoe RUM
Sunday School. 10 a m; Worship,
IL a. M: Evangelistic Service, 1870
p. m; Prayer meeting.
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CRELL!N cub CHURCH, Rev.
Charles Tcets, pastor. Sunday
School, 9:45 a. m; Youth Fellow
ship, 1870 p. H.; Worship service,
8 p. m. Prayer meeting, Wednes-
days, 1880 p. m. =