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Evening star., 1961-02-04
Gu Dean Found Dead
In Smoke-FiI|ed Study

The Very Rev. Edmond D.
Bernard. 46, dean Of the School
of Sacred Theology at Catholic
University, was found dead to-
day in his smoldering study at
Curley Hall on the university
campus.
Guards and firemen were
called after Msgr. AloySius
Ziegler, head of the history
department. smelled smoke
around 6 am. The fire was
traced to Father Benard's door.
He was found on the floor
beside a burned-out overstuffed
chair. Part of a book case and
the Dashboard in the room also
were burned.
After an investigation. 1t.
Warren c. Kelly of the District
fire marshal's office said the
blaze apparently started from
a cigarette in the chair near
which the body was found. 1t.
Kelly said the fire apparently
smoldered about four hours be-
fore being discovered.
The chair burst into flames
as Msgr. ziegler and a campus
policeman. Melvin Quade, broke
through the locked door.
Associates said Father Bernard
had a heart condition and
came home from. Georgetown
Hospital a week ago.
Father Bernard assumed his
present post in December, 1859,
succeeding the Very Rev. Pas
cal P. Parente.
He had been on the Gu
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Antarctic Fire
Leaves Bio Loss

AUCKLAND. New Zealand,
Feb. 4 (AP).-Fire at the
United States Antarctic base on
Ross Island, McMurdo Sound,
burned two buildings Wednes-
day night and caused 81 mil
lion damage, the New Zealand
Press Association reported to-
day. There was no report Of
injuries.
Ross Island is the site Of the
Navy's Operation Deepfreeze
1861" and a permanent base
for exploration of the South
Polar continent. The Navy an
nounced last August it was be-
ginning construction Of an
atomic reactor to provide elec-
tricity for the base.
The press association said
the buildings destroyed by the
fire were used by Navy air
squadrons and one reportedly
housed valuable electronic
equipment.
Navy men at the base SAL
vaged much material before the
fire spread through the ad-
joining buildings, the press as
sociation said.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Charge Filed
As Fire Routs
Nine Families

A resident Of an apartment
house at 3637 Sixth street Sc.
was charged with negligence
today after a fire destroyed
the interior of his apartment
and caused nine families to flee
into the snow.
Third Fire Battalion Chief
William C. Weitzel said the
fire started in a day bed in
the apartment Of the man.
Henry j. Rothenberg. ap-
parently from . cigarette. MtS.
Rothenberg awoke. detected
the fire, and called in an alarm
shortly after 10 am. A second
alarm was also called.
The apartment building is q
year and half old and is part
of the Trenton Park develop
ment.
The apartment above the
Rothenbergs' was damaged
when fire smouldered in a wall
and firemen had to cut into
it. The apartment below was
damaged by water.
Pvt. Bernard F. Flaherty
Of Fire Truck 8 suffered first
degree burns on his neck and
right ear in the blaze. He
was treated at Hadley Me-
mortal Hospital and released.
Neighbors said Mr.. Roth
enberg is a General Services
Administration guard.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Liner, Freiehter
Collide and Dock

NEW YORK. Feb. 4 (AP).
The passenger liner Nassau
and the Norwegian freighter
Brott collided during the snow
storm last night outside New
York Harbor.
There were no injuries and
little damage but both vessels,
outward bound, returned to
their piers here.
The 15.000-ton Nassau was
headed for a Caribbean cruise
with 100 passengers. A spokes-
man for the NaSsau's owner.
Incres Lines, said the tradi-
tional first-night dance was
under way when the collision
occurred. The dance went on.
he said.
Evening star., 1961-02-04

sleep, but they wouldn't turn
OF the lights, /" said la-year-old
vicki Herman, of Mclean.
Almost every five minutes
you'd hear q pop and o fizz
as someone pulled Q cork and
let the air out Of someone else's
mattress. One girls mattress
made q noise and went flat
every time she turned over.
Asleep at 2 AM.
About 2 am. most Of us fell
asleep from sheer exhaustion. "
Glen Robertson, IA, of Falls
Church. said:
1T was great because 1t was
different. You just don't get
to sleep overnight in a strange
building every day."
Mr.. Fuller announced that
the band clinic would continue
today as planned and that
everyone would fight their way
home tonight.
This is the sort Of thing
that refresheS your faith in
human nature" he said. THE
cooperation and ingenuity Of
the children, parents. teachers
and the Army was mag
nificent."
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Status Symbol to Reds
Is q White 7 telephone

WARSAW, Feb. 4 (AP).-A
provincial Polish town is in
turmoil with local Communist
aristocracy battling over the
latest status symbol white
telephone.
The Communist Party organ
Trybuna Ludu gave this ac-
count Of the battle in the town
identified only as "B."
The director Of communica-
tiOnS received q shipment of 40
white telephones to be distrib-
.uted in his area.
But there were far more peo-
pie who were deeply convinced
that their positions and social
rank entitled them to the white
luxury" telephone.
The town began to seethe.
Telephone calls began the
director was bombarded not
only by the most important
citizens but what is worse, by
their wives. The possession of
a white telephone became q
matter Of honor, ambition, pres
tige and Importance.
Evening star., 1961-02-04

The beleaguered director
finally set up a special COM
mission to decide on the allo-
cation of the telephones and
all but one were distributed.
"The debate over its distri-
button Is still going on" the
paper said. Many important
people, however. did not get
the badge of Importance.
Trybuna Ludu said a number
Of disappointed wives have
threatened their husbands with
divorce and some dissatisfied
local officials have carried the
matter to influential friends
in ministries in Warsaw.
1.-THE director is a shadow Of
his former sellf," the paper
added. HE avoids acquaint-
ances. He has lost his appe-
tite. He has Nightmares in
which he sees local aristocrats
demanding telephones and
threatening him with the most
dire consequences"
He was last seen leaving
town ION an official trip"
Evening star., 1961-02-04
7-Ton Sputnik
Launched
By Russians
Reds Lost Satellite
Currying Animals
Listed at 5 Tons

MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (AP).-
The Soviet Union launched q
Sputnik weighing more than
seven tons today, TaSs said.
The Soviet news agency said
the earth satellite was launched
in conformity with Soviet plans
for perfecting space ships Of
increased weight and that it
was hurled into the skies "by
means Of an improved multi
stage rocket"
The weight Of the new Sput-
mix was given as 6,4S3 kilo-
grams approximately 14,262.6
pounds.
No Mention Of Animals
No mention was made Of any
animal, plant or other life sent
aloft.
The Tass statement said the
radio controlling system in
stalled in the fourth space ship
Sputnik experiment functioned
normally and that 1t was de-
termined the Sputnik was on
an orbit that carried 1t 203.1
miles from the earth at its
highest point and 1895 miles
at its lowest.
The orbit inclination was
given as 81 degrees 81 minutes
THE measurements of the
ISputnik orbit are close to the
calculated ones and the scien-
tific-technical tasks set In
launching the Sputnik have
been accomplished" Tass said
The Russians launched what
they called their first space
ship last May Is. q test for
launching the space ship last
August 10 that had the space
dogs Belka (squirrell and
Strelka Oittle Arrow aboard
They were brought back alive
after "a hours aloft. Tass re-
ported then.
Protesting for Manned Use
Last December l another So
Wet satellite, a five-ton affair
carrying two dogs, was
launched. The dogs, Pschelka
(little bee) and Mushka Git
tie fly, perished when the
space ship shot off course in
the recovery attempt. and
burned up in outer space.
The previous Soviet expert
ments were described as pre-
testing space vehicles for
manned flight.
The most recent United
States test for manned flight
was the launching January 81
Of the 2.4O0-pound space cap
sule that carried Ham. q CHM
panzee, 155 miles into space
for a 420-mile flight at 5000
miles per hour.
Ham was retrieved safely anc
his physical condition after
ward was declared excellent.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
kennedytoSee
2U. 5. Envoys
President Orders
Cubo Refugee Aid
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy today
continued his review Of world
problems with this country's
representatives abroad after
directing an immediate nine
point program for the relief Of
Cuban refugees from Fidel
Castro's Evolutionary regime.
He scheduled conferences with
Glare Timberlake, this country's
Ambassador to the troubled
Congo, and Henry Byroade, the
American representative in AZ
ghanistan.
The President, getting first
hand reports of American di-
plomatS called home for con-
sultation, conferred yesterday
with Winthrop Brown, Ameri-
can Ambassador to Laos. He
also will meet with Llewellyn
Thompson on his return from
Moscow.
The White House released
late yesterday q statement on
the Cuban refugee situation
after Health, Education and
Welfare Secretary Abraham
Ribicoff reported to Mr.. Ken
nedy on q personal survey the
President ordered last week.
On Use Of Faculty
The statement called on Mr..
Ribicoff. who read 1t to news
papermen in the White House
lobby. to survey and report to
the President by March / on
means Of using the faculty Of
the University of Havana to
establish a University Of the
Americas in this country.
Three-fourths of the faculty,
the statement said, are reported
to be in South Florida as ex-
lies from the Castro regime.
The, President said $4,000
Cuban refugees already are In
this country. with at least 3d.
900 in the Miami area. He di-
rected Secretary Ribicoff, who
spent four days in Florida this
week on the personal survey, to
initiate a program Ito meet
their minimal needs"
The program, the President
said. will cost about 81 million
throughout the remainder Of
the current fiscal year. He said
he had consulted with Budget
See KENNEDY, Page Az
Evening star., 1961-02-04

morning without combs, curl
ers. makeup and other such
vital necessities Of life. But
some improvised handsomely
by using strips Of tissue paper
to curl their hair.
Even parents and teachers
who kept q sleepy watch over
their energetic wards. pro-
fessed that one snowbound
night wasn't SO bad. They
emphasized the one-night
angle, however.
The children, members of
school bands from throughout
Northern Virginia. assembled
yesterday morning for a
regional music clinic.
by afternoon, it was ap-
parent that the snow had made
the roads too dangerous to try
to send the kids home" said
Phil Fuller, director Of the
Fairfax band. I'VE called all
the superintendents and they
agreed we had better keep
them overnight" he said.
Army Comes Through
Fred Pfeiffer. band director
at Washington-Lee High School
and a retired Marine, thought
the Army at Fort Myer might
be able to help. When asked
it promptly responded with 25C
sleeping bags, air mattresses
and blankets.
The cafeteria staff volun.
teered to stay overnight and
hauled in extra provision,
from a nearby supermarket.
BY midnight. chaperones hac
managed to lock the girls ir
the cafeteria and confined tht
boys to the gymnasium. Adults
not on watch rested on wrest.
ling pads.
1T was really hysterical
They kept telling us to go II
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Four U. S. War Croft
Assigned to BruziI

BRASILIA, Brazil, Feb. 4
(AP).-The United States will
turn over two destroyers and
two submarines to Brazil under
hemisphere defense agree
ments. Admiral John Quinn,
chief Of the United States Navy
mission here, said the destroy
ers will be delivered in August
and the submarines in Janu-
ary, 1862.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Argentina Sends Up
Two-Stuqe Rocket

CORDOBA, Argentina, Feb,
4 (AP).-Argentina's Air Force
has successfully launched q
two-stage rocket that reached
a height Of about $4,000 feet,
according to unofficial sources
The launching repeatedly was
made at q. lonely plain north
of this city but the air force
has refused to divulge any
details.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Congo Troops
AskCease-Fire
' Casualties Heavy
In FIGHT With U. N.

LEOPOLDVILLE. The Congo.
Feb. 4 (AP).-Congolese forces
loyal to Patrice Lumumba ap-
pealed for a cease-fire after
suffering heavy casualties" In
fighting with United Nations
Nigerian troops at Kindu, q
y. N. spokesman reported to-
day. "as~'' %s'S'R''a'sas' s =
One Nigerian officer was
killed and four Of his men are
missing IN the clash that grew
out Of q brawl with drunken
Congolese soldiers.
It broke out Thursday night
when Congolese troops opened
fire on q party of Nigerians
at Kindu, a town in Lumum-
bist-controlled Kivu Province
s COngoIese Killed
The Nigerians returned the
fire and killed six Congolese
troops, the U. N. spokesman
said.
Fighting broke out again
next morning when Congolese
troops ambushed q Nigerian
detachment and killed the
Nigerian officer.
The 200 Nigerians then
withdrew to their headquarters
under the command of Q
British officer and were be-
sieged by more than 1,500 Con-
golese troops for the rest oi
the day.
Under Mortar Fire
The Congolese poured mortar
fire into the complex Of build.
ings making up the headquar.
tiers but the U. N. said there
were no further Nigerian cas-.
ualtieS.
The U. N. spokesman sale
the Congolese suffered "heavy
casualties" but was unable tt
give details of dead or wounded
Around 5 pm. yesterday th'
Congolese asked for a cease
fire which was Immediately
arranged, the spokesman said
While the battle was raging
a United Nations DC-3 flowr
by two NorwegianS tried tc
land at Kindu Airport. but wa!
forced away by machine-gur
fire from the ground.
Bullets whipped through tn
empty passenger cabin anc
through the flight cabin bu
neither of the flyers was in
jured.
Bullets Damage Plane
Part of the planes electrica
equipment was damaged and i
limped off to Kamina, in Ka'
tanga Province.
Gen. Victor Lundula, com
mander of the Lumumbist mill
tary forces, ordered the Con
golese troops to call off tn,
fight and sent an officer II
help enforce the order.
A company Of United Nations
Malayan troops flew into Coma
some 200 miles from Kindu
early today but the U. N. saiC
= See CONGO, Page A;
Evening star., 1961-02-04

School Of Sacred Theology
faculty since 1943.
Noted as a Catholic theolo-
gian, Father Bernard was
awarded the 1855 Cardinal
Spellman Medal for outStand-
ing work in sacred theology.
In 1852 he was president OF
the Catholic Theological Soci-
ETY. of America and was pre-
sented with the Pro Ecclesia ct
Pontifice Medal by Pope Plus
XII in 1854.
He was the editor respon-
See BENARD, Page Az
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Red to Visit Toure

LONDON, Feb. 4 (AP). -
Moscow radio reports Soviet
President Leonid Brezhnev will
visit the West African Republic
Of Guinea this month, accept
ing an invitation from PreSi-
dent Sekou Toure with sincere
gratitude" President Toure was
feted in Moscow last year.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
Area Stunned
By Seasons
Worst Storm
3 to II Inches
Of Snow Added
To Accumulation

A vicious storm moved away
to the Northeast early today
after staggering the Washing
ton area with Q 24-hour blast
of snow, sleet, rain, and frigid
winds.
The official fall was 8.3
inches, which brought to 30.6
inches the total Of snow which
has battered the area In four
major storms this winter. Up
to IL inches fell in suburban
areas.
Although a few flakes were
still falling in some parts Of
the area at 7:30 am, fore
casters said they would end by
midday.
The Bureau warned that
winds today would cause drift
ing north and west Of the city,
where there was not enough
sleet to form the heavy crust
that held down snow in areas
to the southeast.
The successive showers Of
snow, sleet and rain, which be-
gan at 6:18 am. yesterday,
made area streets and high
ways hazardous and in some
cases impossible.
Streetcars Stopped
Some 300 students who
flocked to Fairfax High School
for q get-together Of band
members were stranded there
all night as the roads were
blocked shut.
All D. c. Transit System
streetcarS wer immobilized. A
power failure cut electrical
service to an unknown number
Of homes in the Woodhaven
and Landon Village sections of
Bethesda, Md, for more than
an hour last night.
A Potomac Electric Power
Co. spokesman blamed the
failure on the sleet which
coated trees and wires but said
the exact cause was unknown.
A transit company spokes-
man said buses were sub
stituted for the streetcars, i'm
modified by accumulationS Of
snow and ice in the third rails.
The stalled cars were being
hauled into car barns, and
crews were working to clear the
tracks. In some places. the ice
was PACKED so thick that work.
men were using air hammers
to break up the frozen mass.
Worst Storm
Although 1t was the seasons
worst storm. the city was pre-
pared and the heavy snowfall
caused nowhere near the chaos
of the January 10 storm.
All District and Federal Gov
ernment employees were dis
missed four hours early, and
the school systems which
opened at all closed down again
by noon.
Four Of the city's five emer-
gency traffic plans were in
voked.
Plan !, providing fines for
motorists whose cars are un-
equipped with snow tires or
chains and get stuck on ar
terial roads, and plan 4, BAN
ming parking between midnight
and z am. on 80-some major
streets, are still in effect to-
day.
District Sanitation Director
See SNOW, Page A-16
Evening star., 1961-02-04
SLEEPY CHAPERONES
300Snowbound Pupils
Make Lark of Situation
By JOHN BARRON
Star staff Writer

Some 800 snowbound children trapped all night in Fair
fax High School, turned emergency into lark that
tnued today.
They tied each other up in sleeping bags popped air
mattresses gggled and played jazz with exuberance
Evening star., 1961-02-04

LIlhI UeIIeu All inconvenience.
I've always dreamed Of get
ting mnwhouud u was just q
dream come true" said Lynn
McNeal. q seventh-grader from
Mclean.
The only calamity was ex-
perienced by girls caught this
Evening star., 1961-02-04
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK (APl.-Followine are
the sales (add OOJ, high, low, closing
price and net chance of the 20 most
active stocks for the week.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
RUSSIAN GYPSIES
HIT WASHINGTON

RUSSIAN GYPSIES in full resoIio
will be port Of O concert put on by
the Russion Orthodox Church of St.
NichOIos tonight. Pose A-6.
Evening star., 1961-02-04
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TIE WEAFuEn. Full Report
V6NtH6N. on Pess AZ

District and victnity-Fair colder tonight.
low near IL. Mostly sunny. cold tomorrow
Hen and low Of last "a hours: High, "a, ct
] pm. today; low. 2S, at 2 am! today.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-01
Rev. Hurt Will
Hold Service At
Cullen Sunday

DARLINGTON HTS, Aug. 81
Rev. Russell Hurt, of Chase City,
will preach at the Cullen Baptist
Church Sunday night. September
3, at 8 pm. All churches in the
Spring Greek Field are cordially
invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Merritt and
son, Billy, and Mrs. L. A. Scrugg
from Dayton, Ohio, and Rev. and
Mrs. Nat Brummitt, of Morgan
town, w. Va, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Cooke during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Metcalf, G..
p. Shorter, Mr. and Mrs. j. b.
Cooke, Mrs. j. H. Payne, Mr..
and Mrs. Roland Jefferson and
T. D. Dillon attended homecom-
ing services at Bethel Baptist
Church Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. I. Shorter
spent the week end in Richmond
with Mrs. Jim Coleman.
Miss Nancy Morris is home for
several weeks before leaving for
the University of Virginia. She
has been working in Ohio under
the home mission board for the
summer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-01

they had not determined that
the financial condition of the
Cooperative was satisfactory"
Hooper added.
The payment of these checks
to the members will be one of
the features of the 1861 annual
meeting which is set for the
CreWe High School Stadium all
day Saturday, September 9, 1861.
Besides registration for prizes.
which will include Gold Medal
lion Home. the days program
will include a complete business
report, election of members on
the board of directors, and sew
eral hours Of entertainment.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-01
Electric Cooperative To Distribute
$57, 900 Refund At Annual Meeting
Al crexe. Sept. 9

Members OF Southside Elec-
trio Cooperative, Inc. who were
using electricity during 1856 will
receive SIS, 483.O9 in capt. !
Credits refunds at the 1861 an
nual meeting to be held in Crewe
on Saturday, Sept. 9, at the
Crewe High School Stadium,
c. S. Hooper, Jr., the manager,
announced today.
Each active member in good
standing for the year 1856 will
receive check representing
about As percent of the amount
the member paid for electric SER
vice during 1856. If amount due
is less than one dollar, the a.
mount will be carried over until
the next year.
Capital credited to the con-
sumer's accounts since 1856 has
been set aside and will be re-
funded at such time as the fl
nancial condition Of the COopera-
tive permits and the Board of
Directors authorizes cash re.
fund.
The return of this nearly
$57 to the members came
after the board Of directors of
the Southside Electric Coopera-
tive and the auditors of the Ru-
raj Identification Administra
ton examined the financial con-
dltlon Of the Cooperative and
authorized the payment of the
capital which had been credited
to the 1856 members.
1.-The Board of Directors of the
Cooperative, elected by the mem
bers, is responsible for the fl
nancial condition of the Coopera-
tive. its operation and its pro-
gress. The money used to build
the system is borrowed from the
Rural Electrification Admins
tration. and the auditors for the
agency would not have permitted
return of this cash refund if
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-01

Miss Nancy Pennington was a
guest of Miss Theo Baugh at
Carson for the week end.
MI. and Mrs. Robert Station
and two children, Wayne and
Johnny, spent the week end at
Buckroe Beach.
Miss Pam Hurt was entertain
ed by a number of her friends
this week with a picnic supper
at the home of Miss Mary Helen
Woods and then a show. Those
that did the honors besides Miss
Wood, were Miss Lou Swartz,
and Miss Betsy Spencer. Other
guests were Misses Carolyn DaW-
son, Sandra White, Charlotte
Pankey and Martha Alice Smith.
Members of Mt. Tabor Metho-
dist Church are busy making
plans to sell dinner at the
Fetrutich sale here Saturday.
September 2. Proceeds raised
will 60 for the benefit of the
church.
Mrs Sam Crews had as their
week end guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
R 3. Bernard, Of Meherrin.
Mrs. Sadie Crews had as her
guests this week, Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen Roberts and sons, Ken
meth and Keith. of Richmond.
Miss Faye Adcock, of Scots
vile. is spending some time with
Mr.. and Mrs. Odelle Ragland at
"Glenmore" in Buckingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton Moss
spent last week at Virginia
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. C. Larson
and daughter. Linda, of Airing
ton. were house guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. P. Moss, III. last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Scruggs,
Of Buckingham, and Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. G. Reynolds, of Apo
mattox. visited several days at
Virginia Beach this week.
Mrs. John Eldridge and her