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Evening star., 1961-09-17

would be 6.9s-s.9s If perfect
Ideal os deeorotive throw, q bedspreod
or use os an extra blanket, these coIorfuI
cotton patchwork print quilts. are mostly
msprints. Approximate size, soxs4-in,
with ruffIed edges. In your choice of sew
eroI patterns and colors.
Konns - Street Floor Both Stores
Evening star., 1961-09-17

File Cabinets with two conVen-
lent drawers for storoge of i'm
portont popers. OF heavy gauge
steel with grey hommertone fin
ish BoIIbeorne roller drawers.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

File Box of heavy eouee steel
with hommertone finish of oven
baked enamel eIectronicoIy op-
piled. Click snop lock with 2 keys.
Complete with 2 sets of Manila
folders. 13xloxlo". Dawn grey
or desert sand color.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

Deluxe typewriter TabIe of
heavy eouee steel with dawn grey
or desert ton boked-on rust-proof
enomeI finish. Full length poneI
sides, 2oxlo" top opening TO 4o'.
Center drower and shelf; cosy
rolling costers for easy portability.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

Treasure VovIt Box for your
valuable popers. Scientifically
treoted for rust-proofing. Fire
retording, heot-resistont. Hos 2
. sofeN lid choins. 5 securities enve-
Iopes included l4Mx9T2x6h".
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Tshombe MobiIizinq
People Against U. N.

| Ihookup and at o news confer
ence, Mr.. Tshombe said: II
mean by mobilization first Of
all civil mobilization. That
means everybody has to re-
main at their post whatever
instructions from q foreign
power may be-"
Mr.. Tshombe earlier had re-
jected q part of the u. N. reso-
luton, calling for withdrawal
from the Congo Of all Belgian
military and political advisers.
The Belgians are the brains
behind the Tshombe provincial
administration and army.
His mobilization order was
designed to meet head-on that
portion Of the resolution au-
thorizing the U. N. troops in
the Congo to use force If neceS-
sary to prevent civil war. Mr.
Tshombe's army is now trying
to drive rebel Baluba tribesmer
from Northern Katanga.
Mr.. Tshombe said that under
the mobilization there is a pos
sibility that civilians will bc
drafted into the police forces
Mr.. Tshombe referred to the
number of foreign whites
mostly Belgians. in the service
! See KATANGA, Page Al
Evening star., 1961-02-21
UGF Drive
Tops Goal
By27P Pct.

The United GiverS Fund
went over the top today in Its
$50. 900 emergency appeal, with
q total Of $73.665 raised.
The 1.440 letters opened at
UGF headquarters this morn
ing brought $22,749 to the drive,
bringing the total to ~ per
cent over the goal.
Ralph Henry Smith, execu-
tive director Of UGF, praised
this "outpouring Of generosity
on the part Of the men and
women of the Washington area
Mr.. Smith noted that the
$4,000 figure represented the
absolute minimum need" oi
the seven agencies trying tc
help families left without in
come by the severe weather.
"The agencies don't know
what demands will be made on
them in the next two or three
weeks" Mr.. Smith said. 1.-The
Salvation Army has 40 people
in the office right now"
Additional gifts that come In
will 60 to the agencies to meet
needs this year. II there Is
money left over 1t will be put in
a special UGF fund to be used
only for food. clothing and
shelter in emergency situations
in the future.
The drive went over the TOP
less than o week after the UGF
executive committee approved
it last Wednesday.
Evening star., 1961-02-21

ELIsABETHvnLE, Katanga,
Feb. 81 (AP).-President
Noise Tshombe called United
Nations troops enemies today
and ordered mobilization Of all
able bodied Katangans in his
running feud with the United
Nations.
This was the second time
the Negro leader has ordered
such q mobilization. The first
was last August, when his
threat Of bloodshed stalled for
q week the entry Of a U. N
vanguard into his secessioniSt
province.
This time his target Is the
q. N. Security Council resolu-
ton authorizing the U. N
Congo command to use force II
necessary to prevent civil wal
and its call for withdrawal o1
all Belgian military and po.
llitical advisers.
The mobilization Of the peo-
pie, black and white, was de.
creed to oppose any attempt
by the U. N. forces, some ol
whom are garrisoned within
Katanga, to carry out the res
olution.
Announcing this in a radit
Evening star., 1961-02-21
A BAG LAG?
By the Associated Press

Detailed instructions to SOL
diers on how to stuff q grocery
bag have touched off another
round in Representative Kowal-
skis battle with military brass
Mr.. Kowalski, a retired Army
colonel, threw his latest punch
yesterday at the grocery bags
soldiers are packing at the
Army's Fort Monmouth, N. j..
communications center.
The Connecticut Democrat
said he was shocked to learn
CT baggers got page-long train
ing instructions. He asked
Secretary of Defense Nc.
Namara to share his shock that
men trained to soldier were
being coached in grocery bag.
ging.
The Nation "can afford 9
grocery bag lag more than
missile lag" Mr.. Kowalski said
Nonsense" was Mr.. Kowal.
skis description of a second
memorandum. This one vel
coined soldiers to the bagginl
detail because Of our inability
to secure needed civilian EN-.
Iployes.
The statement, said Mr.
Kowalski. will startle our mil
lions Of unemployed"
Later in the day. Peter Hoff'
man. information officer a
Fort Monmouth, said civilians
Evening star., 1961-02-21
A BAG LAG?
KowoIski Aims K. O.
At GI 'Grocers'

could not be hired to do the
job because Of budget and
manpower ceilings. And, he
added, the memoS were discon-
tinued last September.
Their aim, Mr.. Hoffman said
was to inform and thus bring
about a better understanding
among the men,"
Commissaries are similar to
supermarkets with military
families making purchases.
Among the things soldier
baggers were instructed to de
we're:
/. Use extra care with wei
vegetables, frozen foods and icG
cream.
2. Use small items such al
candy and cigarettes to fl
empty spaces.
3 Put the cash register re.
ceipt in the bag, hand the bat
to the customer (making surf
she has a firm hold on IT.
smile, and say pleasantly
thank YOU"
In his statement, Mr.. Hoff'
man said 10 soldiers help at tht
commissary on weekdays anC
20 on Saturdays. He said sol
diers rarely are detailed TO thu
commissary q second time.
II don't know Of any soldier
who has complained to hi
company commander about per
forming this task" Mr.. Hoff
man said.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Burma Fires
On Mob at
u. S. Embassy

RAN0OON, Burma, FEB. 81
(AP)-The army was called in
today to disperse with gunfire
Q mob Of 10000 demonstrators
outside the United States EN-
basSy. Five persons were Sc
riously wounded.
1t was the biggest anti
American demonstration ever
seen in Burma. The demonstra-
tors were protesting the supply
ing Of arms with United States
MARKINGS to Chinese National
ist guerrillaS on the border
with Red China. The United
States Embassy is investigat-
ing how the arms reached the
guerrillas.
Fire engines were summoned
to the scene after police using
batonS and tear gas bombs
failed to disperse the mob from
the barricades set up outside
the embassy building.
Doused by the fire hoses, the
demonstrators retreated to plar
their next line of action. Police
then sent a call to the army
for help.
The arrival Of crack troop,
with automatic arms damp.
ened the mob's enthusiasm fol-
battle but the crowd remaineC
in the area shouting anti.
American slogans.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
DC. Warns Landlords
ToFix Up or Get Out

District officials next week
will begin notifying operators
Of more than 1000 rooming
houses, tenements, and con-
verted apartments that they
must either fix up the build
ings to meet new city regula-
tions or go out Of business.
c. T. Nottingham, the city'S
superintendent of licenses, said
that the notices will start going
out Monday at the rate Of so
q day.
The buildings have been used
as rooming houses, apartments
or tenements-where three or
more families live together and
share facilities-since World
War II. The operators have
had occupancy certificates is
sued by the city under "tem-
Evening star., 1961-02-21

value for every dollar that the
Government spends"
Mr.. Salinger also said the
President was informed by
sources that were not identified
that another officers club in
Great Britain had bought 49,
900 dozen English golf balls
and q club elsewhere in Europe
had purchased million bot
ties Of German beer.
Later. Mr.. Salinger said the
information regarding the golf
balls and beer were alleged in
letters to the President that
still were being investigated.
InfOrmants Solicited
He said the presumed pur-
chases were made last fall be-
fore President Eisenhower, in
order to conserve American
dollars, directed that American
goods be purchased wherever
possible.
Mr.. Salinger emphasized that
the President would welcome
hearing Of any instances Of
Governme funds being
wasted. He suggested the infor-
nation be sent directly to the
President at the White House.
Evening star., 1961-02-21

abroad, on instances Of waSteful
or unnecessary Government
expenditures.
The proposed addition to the
officers club, White House
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger
said, was dropped within 2
hours after the President took
up the matter with Secretary
Of Defense McNamara.
Cooperation Asked
The officers club in question
was planned for the headquar-
terS Of the United States Army
in Europe. near Paris. the
Pentagon said later. Permission
for construction was revoked
not as an economy measure,
said q Defense Department
spokesman, but because it In
voled spending Of dollars,
Money for the club was to come
from the officers themselves
not from Government appro-
priations. said the Pentagon,
The cable to the President
grew out Of Mr.. Kennedy's
statement at his news confer
ence last Wednesday, that I'VE
viii seek the cooperation Of
every citizen In this country
in making sure that we get
Evening star., 1961-02-21

porary" relaxed wartime regu-
lations.
The Districts new building
code, which went into effect
last January /, erased these
emergency regulations.
Mr.. Nottingham explained
that, with the new code in ef-
feet, these buildings now must
meet much Stiffer structural
safety requirements If they are
to stay in business.
The notices that will start
going out next Monday are
warnings of proposed licensing
revocation.
If the operator does not ap-
peal within 10 days, or qualify
for an occupancy certificate
under the 1851 building code,
the license is automatically
revoked.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
DistrictVote
Ratified by
Delaware

Delaware has been added to
the list Of States approving a
presidential vote for the Dis
trict, bringing the total num-
Der of ratifiers to 81.
Seventeen more Endorsements
are necessary to write the
amendment into law.
Delaware's House Of Dele
gates completed action on the
constitutional amendment yes
terday. The Senate had ap-
proved earlier.
The Vermont Senate today
unanimously approved the
amendment and sent it to the
House.
Favorable progress was re-
ported in Missouri, where the
House gave first-reading ap-
proval.
The amendment, which would
give District citizens q vote for
President and Vice President,
gets a hearing in a North Da-
kota House committee today.
House action also is due in
Tennessee this week. The Sen
ate there already has indorsed
the suffrage measure.
Approval by the PENNSYLVANIA
Legislature is expected next
week following Endorsement
yesterday by a Senate commit
tee on constitutional changes.
The House already has voted
favorably.
In Nebraska, which has the
only single-house Legislature
in the Nation, the Senate was
expected to take its first vote
today.
Evening star., 1961-02-21

planes all the time when he
was Q boy. :"
Mother Worried
But Capt. Grissom's mother
had different emotions.
"Oh, mol" she moaned. 'I've
been hoping and praying he
wouldn't be the one. ] hate
to be against him, because ]
know he wants to co."
Then she added thoughtfully:
tive thought all along he'd be
one Of them. And I'll be more
than proud II everything turn,
out all right"
Comdr. Shepard, 81, who wa
born ct East Derry, N. H., aIsC
ls the father of two children
An Annapolis graduate. Comdr
Shepard has been 4 test pilot
ana has flown $500 hours
100 Of them in jets.
Comdr. Shepard barely passed
the. astronaut measurement
specifications. He stands
feet II inches, the maximum
allowed.
At his home In Derry hi
parents said, We're very prout
that he has been chosen"
The elder Shepard, an In.
Surance executive in this South.
ern New Hampshire town, ant
his wife said they'll be ever
more thrilled II their son Il
chosen to make the rocket
flight.
"We're confident" the ia.
ther added, that the Govern.
ment will take every possible
precaution when the flight Il
made so that there will be nc
undue risk involved"
Evening star., 1961-02-21
U.N. Backs Use Of Force
In Congo to Bar Civil War
Council Votes
90 With No
Soviet Veto

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.
Feb. 21 (AP).-The Russians
bowed to the pressure Of Asian
and African opinion today and
permitted Security Council ap-
proval Of Q resolution authoriz-
ing the United Nations to use
force If necessary to prevent
civil war in the Congo.
Even before the resolutions
adoption one Of its chief tar
gets-Katanga President Noise
Tshombe had rejected o key
provision calling for with
drawal from the Congo Of All
Belgian military and political
advisers. who supply the work
ing brains Of Mr.. Tshombe's
provincial army and admins
trati0n.
The vote on the resolution,
which was sponsored by the
Councils three Asian-African
members. was 80, with the
United States on the winning
ode. Despite its bitter OPP
position TO the u. N. operation
in the Congo and Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold IDS
direction Of 1t, the Soviet Union
ahstaiued. apparently un-
willing to incur the anger Of
the 'suncommitted" Asian and
African nations by . veto.
France also abstained.
Soviet PROPOSAL Beaten
shortly before the vote on
the Asian.African peace plan,
the Council smashed down, s-1,
. Soviet resolution calling for
IN end to the U. n. operation
in the Congo within Q month
and for the dismissal Of Mr..
Hammarskjold.
And shortly before ( am. the
II nation body rejected an
Asian-AfrieAn resolution con-
demning atrocities and assaSsi-
nations in the Congo. That
resolution was prompted by
See 0. n. Page A-s
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Brezhnev Returns
From African Tour

MOSCOW, Feb. 81 (AP).-
President Leonid Brezhnev re-
turned today from q Today
visit to three West African ma
tions. Premier Khrushchev and
other top officials were at the
airport to greet him.
Mr.. Brezhnev paid a courtesy
call on Moroccan King Mo-
hammed v and made state
visits to left-leaning Guinea
and Ghana. His swing started
with a diplomatic incident
when French jet fighters fired
warning shots in the path of
his plane over the Mediter-
ranean.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Astronuuts Picked for 1st FIiqht
Field Reduced
To Three for
Final Training
Space capsule
Recovered After
Severe Test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(AP).-The United States tried
out its space capsule today un-
der the worst possible condi-
tions for the return to earth
and officials quickly reported
a man apparently could have
survived.
In q swift follow.up the Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration announced the
field Of seven candidates for q
shorter space ride later this
year had been cut to three.
NASA officials stressed that,
much more testing remains to-
be done before q human is
sent UP but the two develop
mentS made it obvious that the
trials are entering the final
phases.
The hree selected for final
training for the first space trip
are 1t. Col. John J. Glenn, 80,
Of New Concord, Ohio; Capt.
Virgil E. Grissom, "a, Of Mitch
ell. Ind, and Comdr. Alan B.
Shepard, 81, Of East Derry,
N. H.
The other four-stiu eligible
for later and perhaps more ann
bilious ventures-are Scott Car
'penter, Walter Shirra, Donald
Slayton and Leroy Cooper. All
seven Of the men were on hand
for today's trial.
First Flight Due Soon
The first manned flight,
scheduled in perhaps two or
three months, Is planned to
send an asttonaut Q few hum
dred miles down the Atlantic
range propelled by Q Redstone
rocket, Q less powerful booster
than the one employed today.
Except for equipment the We
hicle win duplicate the one
tried out today.
Propelled by a huge Atlas
missile, the space craft roared
up from the missile test center
at 9:l0 am. today. Travelling
at speeds up to 1880 miles an
hour 1t scared lot miles high
and came down 400 miles north.
east Of Puerto Rico and I,42S
miles from the launching pad.
Quickly sighted by crewmen
Of o waiting plane, the one-ton
bell-shaped spacecraft was
picked up by q helicopter at
1858 am. and by 1905 it was
aboard the landing ship dock
Donner.
It was right on target, coming
down within 13 miles of the
nearest Of the fleet Of waiting
ships.
Severe Re-entry Test
The aim Of the trial was to
see what would happen under
the most severe conditions a
returning space craft might
encounter.
The announcements Of ap-
parent success and Of the selec-
ton Of three candidates for the
first space ride were made
shortly after noon by Robert
Gilruth, manager of the Mer-
curry man-in-Space project.
Mr.. Gilruth said:
Everything on the flight ap-
peared to work perfectly. On
the basis Of what we know SO
far OF the cabin pressure and
temperature acceleration ex-
periences, a man could have
See CAPSULE, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-02-21

OF three aStronautS selected for
final training for o manned
rocket flight. Col. Glenn 10 at
Cape Canaveral and is not due
back for Q visit home for per-
haps two weeks. .-..
Ever since the 30.year-old
Marine was selected with six
others for preliminary training
two years ago, his family have
talked Of little else. That goes
all the way from the elder
Glenns who live at New Con-
cord, Ohio, to members Of the
immediate family.
"The children will be most
enthused when they hear about
it." said Mrs. Glenn Of David
is, and Carolyn. 13. ninth and
eighth grade students at Will
liamsburg Junior High School
Happy for Others
Mrs. Glenn knew the wives
Of the other astronauts selected
Air Force Capt. Virgil I. Girls
som and Navy Comdr. Alan B
Shepard. jr., would be equally
elated that their men were In
the final running.
1--WE wives have gotten TO-
gether often since the project
began" Mrs. Glenn said. "They
all have been excited over tht
prospects"
She knew there would be dis
appointment in the homes oi
those potential spacemen moi
selected for the early test.
Col. Glenn had won q meas.
ure of fame before the Spact
project touched him. In 1885,
he set o transcontinental speed
record Of 3 hours, % minutes
in a Navy FSU between Lon
Angeles and New York.
Proud Of Selection
When he was selected two
years ago for Project Mercury
Col. Glenn said he was "very
proud and very humble"
His father recalled how he
ran through the back yard as
a boy, a model airplane in his
hand, saying "Zoom, zoom."
Col. Glenn was born in Cam
bridge. Ohio, but grew up in
New Concord, where he met
Mrs. Glenn. They entered
Muskingum College together
but when World War II
erupted, young Glenn enlisted
as q naval aviation cadet. He
served with honors in the
Pacific theater and later in
Korea.
Capt. Grissom, IS, of Mitchell
Ind, father Of two sons. flew
100 combat missions in Korea
before becoming a test pilot
in 1856.
Dennis Grissom, his father,
said when he was first picked
for training: Were not wor-
ried too much-moStly proud
He's always wanted some
thing like this. He made model
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Air|ines' Tieup
sWorst Ever
Three Shut Down,
3 More Affected

Three OF the Nations larg-
est airlines were shut down
completely today as q result
Of q flight engineers wildcat
strike that has caused the
greatest tieup in American
aviation history.
The White House announced
that President Kennedy ID
working with Secretary Of La
Dor Goldberg in an effort to
end the tieup which is costing
each Of q total of six affected
airlines an estimated 81 million
. day.
The other three airlines
snarled In the five.day old
walkout were continuing to op-
Eerate-at least through today
with drastically reduced service
White House Press Secretary
Salineer would give no detaill
Of what steps the President
and MIR. Goldberg were plan.
ming.
5000 Laid Off
About 1900 employees of the
four struck airlines operating
from Warrington have been fur
loughed. Another $500 workers
In related businesses at Ma
tionAl Airport also have beer
laid off.
Travellers can still fly almost
anywhere from National Air.
port. but they may have te
delay their trips anywhere from
Q few hours to two days.
Mr.. Goldberg, whose earlier
efforts TO settle the walkout
were unsuccessful. met with the
flight engineers president, Ror
Brown, and o union attorney
this morning.
He was to confer with repre-
sentatives Of the airlines later
today and has been in touch
by telephone with officials o1
the Airlines Pilots Association
Trans World Airlines, Amer
lean Airlines and Eastern Air
lines have stilled all their
equipment for the duration OF
the strike, with $4,000 employees
slated for layoffs.
Pan American World Airways
and National Airlines planned
to maintain token service
Western Airlines. already dowr
to four Jet flights a day be-
tween Los Angeles and Seattle
also continued o token effort.
Travel Plans Disrupted
From Miami to Boston and
from New York to Los Angeles
many thousands Of passenger
already have been inconven'
; fenced by the walkout Of 2,70(
members Of the Flight Engi.
neers International Union.
Airline executives estimated
that. through last night, trave
plans Of at least 125,000 per-
, sons in metropolitan New Yorl
alone had been disrupted. Ar
! estimated TOO flights affecting
35, 900 persons were conceled ir
the New York area yesterday
, Trains, buses and the major
airlines untouched by the
See AIRLINES, Page Al
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Koreans HitU. S. Poet

SEOUL, Feb. 81 (AP).-Fifty
South Korean youths protesting
q new United States-Korean
economic aid agreement clashed
with police in front Of the
American Embassy today.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributions for the United GiVers
Fund Emergency Appeal for Wosh-
inston's needy and hungry should be
sent to-:
UGF Emergency Appel
ll0l M Street NV.
Washington 5, D. c.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Selection of Astronout
Thrills Arlington Wife
Marine Col. Glenn Is One Of Three
Chosen for Final Truininq Phuse

That's real fine really thrilling" said Mrs John
Glenn r when The Star broke the that her husband
had moved a notch nearer space flight.
Mrs Glenn had just returned to their home at 1888
North Harrison street Arlington with armfu Of groceries
She had not heard that Marine 1t Col. Glenn one
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Kennedy, on Tip, Blocks
$2OO, ,O00CIub Addition
Informed Of Officers Plan to Finunce
Job, He Acts, Saves Dollars Abroad
By CECIL HOLLAND
Star staff Writer

President Kennedy, acting on the cabled tip Of an
unidentified woman personally tnervened to block the
construction of 100000 addition to officers club
In Europe
The White House. reporting this today said the President
would welcome similar tips from persons at home and