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ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1960—FORTY-FOUR PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
PRICE DAILY 5c, SUNDAY 15c
lammarskjold to Lead
UN Troops In
Lumumba’s Car
Congo
Swedish Forces
Hit in Rioting
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo The aide denied reports that one
(AP) — Antigovernment rioting hurled stone had hit Lumumba in
' broke out in the Negro heart of the face.
this capital city Wednesday night “The Premier is safe and
and rocks were thrown at the car sound •• the aid said
of Premier Patrice Lumumba. _ ’ “ “ „ .
During the rioting Congolese po-
lice fired over the heads of surg-
ing mobs. The violence was
brought under control by police,
showing fixed bayonets, and
troops.
Late in the evening the Lumum-
ba government announced: “No
one was killed and peace was re-
stored” A few persons were re-
ported injured.
Newsmen were told by Congo-
lese that the people were rising
against Lumumba, the fiery chief
of an infant nation that has been
a world problem since its birth
June 30.
But this report could not be con-
firmed immediately in the chaotic
night.
An aide said Lumumba w as not
injured-as had been reported in
Belgian radio broadcasts.
I To Land Friday
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y (API two generals and “two companies
| —Secretary General Dag Ham- of a Swedish battalion with all the
marskjold ieft for the Congo ear-military in uniform under m ex-
ly Thursday after announcing he elusive personal authority with
— will enter secessionist Katanga only the right to legitimate self-
Province Friday with two Swed-defense in the event—which I rule
ish companies of U.N. troops, out as inconceivable—that they
Hammarskjold said Moise *re attacked.”
Castro
Cheerful
At Rally
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro
appeared Wednesday night to
speak at a labor rally looking
much improved in health and in
a cheerful mood.
Kashamura said members of
! The prime minister chatted ani- President Joseph Kasavubu’s
HAVE A DRINK PUP __Greg Mvers 7 decided matedly with his aides on the plat- Abako party, opponents of the
whais good enough TOT him I good enough arrasentaeut n Eraopanatinalt ponces anted
thirsty pup, Herman, who got a lift to the water fount- public appearance on Sunday, air to disperse a mob
ain. The thirst was caused as Greg and Herman “took 1
in” all the events at the Champaign County Fair in
Urbana, Ohio. (AP Wirephoto)
SEN. JOHN KENNEDY
... leaving chamber
(AP Wirephoto)
Tshombe, Tatanga chief of state A Swedish company consists of
who earlier had defied the entry 150 men. Thus Hammarskjold will
of U.N. troops into his province, have with him about 300 soldiers
had agreed to the move, of the 623-man Swedish battalion
The secretary general took off now stationed in Leopoldville.
in a special Boeing 707 jet loaned The generals accompanying him
him by the U.S. government It will be Ben Hammou Kattani of
was to stop for refueling in the Morocco, deputy supreme com-
Azores and at Accra, Ghana, and m Inder of the U.N. force, and I.
was due in Leopoldville, the Con- J Rikhye of India, military ad-
go capital. Thursday night. viser to Hammarskjold for the
The text of cables exchanged onzo operation .
Wednesday between Hammar- Hammarskjotd told Tshombe he
Skjold and Tshombe outlined the wanted to enter Katanga to dis-
procedure for talks intended to cuss with him the carrying out of
pave the way for the replacement Security Council resolutions but
of Belgian troops in the province said he was no question of the
bv U.N. forces U.N. having to accept any condi-
The cable Hammarskjeld sent tions or agreements.
to Tshombe said he would arrive Such arrangements would be
in Elisabethville Friday afternoon contrary to the . constitutional
his civilian political advisers roles that determine our rela-
min his civilian political advisers, tions,” Hammarskjold's cable
Disco
oes
when he announced nationalization! One report said Abako party
of most American property in members had fired on police.
Cuba. i “The government has the situa-
Castro’s surprise decision to tion firmly in hand." Kashamura
make a speech touched off reports said. “There will be numerous
that he would take a direct hand other arrests We will not hesitate
in his regime’s growing dispute to use arms to restore order in the
with the Roman Catholic Church
nto Polar Orbit
A said.
Administration Said ‘Late’ -------
may be guided in my instructions
4 * A A®e WAf to my representatives and by
On Upping Minimum Wage EHAAURW
_ Tshombe replied in his cable
WASHINGTON (AP)—Sen. John Related tors 2-A fiscal burden of an inadequate that by having the talks in Elisa-
minimum wage, law lies upon the’ bethville, Hammarskjold would be
able to develop an idea of the in-
structions he wanted to give. He
Lumumba has said that all at. dragged into supporting any in- However, Kennedy told the Sen- He told the Senate that “an proper reception, y-seneral of a
and good economic burden also lies upon Hammarskjold had been sched-
____—_______country.
The announcement of his ad- Some leaders of the Abako party ...________.. ...__.... ...
dress to sugar cane cooperative were arrested earlier following F. Kennedy, the Democratic pres-
officials here came only a day party demands for a high degree idential nominee, said Wednesday
after the archbishop coadjutor of of autonomy for the lower Congo night the Eisenhower administra- bill passed earlier in the
Havana threatened to suspend all area. tion has only reluctantly been in the .House
summer community, and thus upon every
taxpayer."
Catholic Church services on the cm .. .u-ggcw nn -uppun-mng any ... auwever, nerurcuy u
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE Alaska waters Thursday. It should island unless the governmentPre a secession rom his cent creases in the $1 minimum wage, ale that “conscience
BASE, Calif (AP)—'The satellite! fall near Hawaii, where planes guarantees freedom of worship. aonsesovermment willbe The candidate made a hard-hit- business sense join in demanding competitors whose ability to pay uled to leave Tuesday night to
Discoverer XIII was fired through will try to snag the capsule’s para- Msgr. Evelio Diaz took his smened and persons emending tino political attack out of hic the onactmont of this moscure ” .....earru out - reenition ..a-_j he-
a fog bank into polar orbit chute. warning to the presidential palace provincial independence will be
Wednesday. | Ships will hunt it if planes fail. Tuesday following an antichurch The rioting occurred around the
This, said Discoverer project of- The nose-load of diagnostic in- demonstration in front of Havana Place de la Victoire in the teem-
ficer Lee Battle, means achieve-struments is designed to radio Cathedral. It was the latest in a ing Negro quarter Congolese po-
ment of near all-weather launch back performance details from series’ by gangs of youths harass- lice and soldiers of the Force Pub--------------,________________
capability at this West Coast the moment the capsule is ejected ing anti-Communist churchgoers. | lique-the Congolese police-threw wage legislation also was true month,
space-training base, until its parachute bursts forth in President Osvaldo Dorticos said a cordon of bavonets around the with regard to the administra- Kennedy said the increases the
Scientists, hoping 13 will be the earth’s lower atmosphere, early Wednesday the government area tion’s position on medical care for bill provides to lift the minimum carat The secretary-general delayed
their lucky number in the jinxed A similar package was aboard will continue “respecting all relig- Newsmen were threatened bv the aged, federal aid to educa- wage 25 cents an hour by 1963 „ 21. the return trip for further nego-
series, sent Wednesday’s Discov- Discoverer XII launched last June ious creeds" despite what he screaming soldiers as the report- lion, and housing and area rede-“can be absorbed without damage growing pa itches of power X and tiations. He saw Belgian Foreign
erer aloft with a jinx buster in its 29. But it failed to orbit so the called provocations. a - P.......to hncinaee inflationary------injustice in America-substandard Mieto-Dio-r Wee 4 Corr
nose—a package of instruments instruments had no chance to Dorticos made no direct refer- scene
they hope will tell what happened work. - -
ting political attack out of his the enactment of this measure."
speech opening debate on legisla- The speech was Kennedy’s first
lion to boost and broaden the min- in the Senate since he was nomi-
imum wage.
a just wage is frustrated by un- carry out a resolution adopted by
the Security Council Tuesday. It
- .. called for him to arrange the
nated by the Democrats as their "But the burden which should movement of all Belgian troops
He told the Senate that what presidential candidate at the party concern us most lies upon the from the Congo and to station part
was true with respect to minimum convention in Los Angeles last American conscience,” the Demo- of his 12,000-man U.N. force in
with regard to the administra- Kennedy said the increases the cratic standard-bearer said, add- cerve UN troops last week.
fair, low wage competition.”
ers attempted to reach the riot velopment legislation.
, ,___- In every case, the Massachu-
once to Msgr. Diaz warning or to, A Belgian Sabena Airlines pilot setts senator said, the administra-
if something goes wrong a. If this shot is successful, anoth- the Cuban Roman Catholic heir-said he heard machine-gun fire in tion’s original position was to op-
. The Air Force will try Thursday er Discovererer launching is archy’s pastoral letter said Sunday an area between the Negro citv pose anv action He said it was
to break the Jinx: failure st planned within days. *«" two warning - that communism is ad and the Leopoldville airport, 15 only when it appeared that the
achieve the series recoveries, a monkey is to be vancing in Cuba, miles out of town. Democrats were going to act anv-
cized objective, recovery a strapped into the capsule for a He obviously referred to the let- Reporters who traveled through how that the administration of-
apace capsule from orbit.try at what would be a historic ter, however, when he told a post- parts of the Negro city to reach rered to comproX of
a A recovery is deemed vital as space first: recovery of » living midnight labor rally: "Those im-the riot scene saw no U.N. troops. And t.comprOITliSE th
it is expected to demonstrate a thing from orbit. Russians have putations will fall into a void and but there were trucks and jeeps And he said the administration
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let was whirling around the globe the Atlantic in missiles, but they
every 94 minutes, with a high were not in orbit.________________
point of 436 miles and a low of
Seven Discoverers have orbited Maile rsrou
and there have been six ejection I ODDS, olVOCT
tries. None has come close to suc- " 2
cess._ _
Air Force scientists are pinning 1 Q _ 1 U___•
Their Hopes on the sox muster Get best Rains
It is lack of information about
to business, inflationary price in- injustice in America-substandard Minister Pierre Wigny, the Congo-
• creases, or unemployment.” wages, unemployment, city slums, lese delegation and Soviet Deputy
He went on to say that, “The inadequate medical care, inferior Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznet-
education, and the sad plight of sov
migratory workers” The Belgians had told the Coun-
| The bill would raise the mini- cil they would remove their 7,500
mum wage for those now covered soldiers from Katanga when there
by the law to $1.15 on Jan. 1. 1961, are guarantees the U.N. forces
to $1.20 on Jan. 1. 1962, and to could maintain order.
$1.25 on Jan. 1, 1963. Meanwhile, Tshombe changed
NEWS INDEX
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Obituaries
Oil news ..
SECTION 8
And he said the administration Women’s news
they will be applauded by those full of Congolese police and sol- came forward with compromises ^
who have interests that demand diore on these issues "as a sop”, not T. Scout
that applause.” Dorticos charged
See CASTRO, pg. 2-A, Col. 1
dime nedgling. once - mutinous out of conviction. " ’ ri " ..
Congolese army was called to reg- Kennedy’s bill would boost the Amusements .
ular duty and received full police hourly minimum wage to $1.25 in Comics
powers Tuesday under a state of three stages and extend the cover- Farm and markets
emergency proclaimed by the gov- age to five million additional em- Rodio, TV logs
ernment. ployes.
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12, 13
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Of the additional five million his stand and agreed to the entry
workers who would-be brought un- of U.N. troops, provided no Com-
der the protection of the act by munist units or central Congo of-
Kennedy's bill, about 3% million ficials accompanied them. He also
would be employes in large retail insisted the U N force should
and service enterprises with a take no sides in his dispute with
million dollars or more in gross Congolese Premier Patrice Lu-
annual sales, mumba
On the governmental front, Lu- He said the administration ori-
mumba shifted tactics and offered ginally was opposed, to any in-
to help the U.N. get Belgian crease in the minimum wage and
troops out of the Congo. on]y agreed to accept a boost to
Most of the , 500 or so Belgian $1.15 after “they were dragged
soldiers remaining are concentrat- to it.”
ed in rebellious Kanta Province. J
which has conditionally bowed to We favor $1.25. Kennedy said
the U.N Security Council mandate of the Democrats, and they ve
for replacement of the Belgians reluctantly come to $1.15.".
with U.N. troops.
past failures that, the Air Force Heavy downpours hit widely western part of the Scurry Coun-
thinks, prevents success, scattered sections of Texas Wed- ty city and 1.30 in the northsid
Wednesday’s launching came at nesday - including up to 2.40 of town and 10 in the northside
1:39 p.m. The weather was per-inches in the Hobbs community , .
haps the worst of any Discoverer near Rotan — and a tornado'fun- Dry Run Creek there ran full
launch-a low layer of fog. But, nel was sighted near Odessa, for a time, Wednesday, with the
because it was low, mountaintop Generally the showers abated water almost reaching the bridge
observation points were able to in the Abilene area, but not until spanning it in Snyder. | , .smally nau opposed any increase .... -......-.................
track it optically, as required. several points had received ex- Rotan had half an inch, but US. DETAINER ASHESOHNERCE in the minimum wage last year haunts of the old Murder, Inc.,
Of the all-weather launch capa: cellent rains. Many communities one gauge in the Hobbs commun- ABILENE AAD VICNI to hale ra- because at the time “it honestly gang—and with it the breaking up
bility, Col. Battle said: Only got only sprinkles, however. Some ity in the southwest registered dir . Clounutaar *W5 believed it would be inflationary " of a crime school for teen agers
weather bad enough to prevent had none at all. 2.40 In extreme northwect Fich and a low Thursday night near 70 c :. a directed bv top mobsters.
pad Abilene had rain extreme northwest Fish- NORTH central TEXAS - Partly The Senate adjourned at 8:29 J
men from working on the pad Abilene had very little rain er County 20 miles northwest of cloudy Thursday and Friday, not 5o p.m after a 12-hour action-filled Already under arrest on burgla-
st-; Xi xt; Sts?- Pereltea gab ahene# Rotan, three inches has fallen * EI*"WS* ”^ w. * ana there was no immediate ry stolen property charges.
Discoverers but to operational However, only 150 fell in the See HOBBS, pg. 2-A, Col. 5
Atlas intercontinental missiles--_
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz)
Junior Apalachin
Ring Is Smashed
THE WEATHER
in a brief rebuttal, said, “I don’t 7
think the President was dragged NEW YORK (AP) -Brooklyn crime syndicate,” Martin said, conclave nearly three years ago
or pushed into this at all.” police announced Wednesday the Martins reference to the Apala- at Apalachin, N.Y., of top under-
He said the administration ori- smashing of a youthful burglary chin group recalled the gangland world figures from throughout the
ginally had opposed any increase ring which operated from the country.
Martin said the burglary ring
and the crime school came to light
during an investigation of the
death of Vincent Graffeo, 18. last
June 2.
poised here.
What provides the capability is
a new radar setup, COTAR—Cor-
WHERE IT RAINED
related Tracking and Ranging. It ABILENE
can track rockets from the mo- Municipal Airport ..
ment of launch through fog and Total for Year
clouds. Formerly, shots were post- Normal for Year ....
poned if they could not be tracked BALLINGER .....
optically. Optical systems still COLORADO CITY ...
will bo used when possible EASTLAND............
The 78-foot Thor-Agena rocket ELMDALE .......
seemed to lift off its seaside HOBBS ............
launch pad perfectly, but then it LAWN ...J.......
vanished into the fog Newsmen LONGWORTH
could hear it but could not see it LORAINE .............
as it roared south over the Pacific OVALO ..........
missile range toward polar orbit RISING STAR
Plans call for the satellite-the ROBY ........
entire second-stage rocket — to ROTAN ........
eject a 300-pound capsule over. 20 Mi NW ........
ROSCOE
.....04 SAN ANGELO
- 150 SNYDER
1 50 SWEETWATER
.06 SYLVESTER
45 1.10 TUSCOLA ....
1.10 JUNCTION
.... 2 40 AMARILLO
.....20 PARIS
1.50 SMERM AN
.40 1.65 EL PASO ...
21 120 MIDLAND
.40 90 LAREDO
40 WINK
.... 50 FORT WORTH
.... 3.00 DALLAS
Friday scattered thundershower
outh portion Thursday and
Oast Friday; not so warm 1
ions: highest Thursday in 8Cs.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
loudy through Friday scattered
howers Thursday and mainly 1
* T-ey: not so hot most
ursday 85 to 95.
VEST TEXAS Partly
and Friday, warmer m-
Ballistics Tests
Run on Death Slugs
h day and there was no immediate ry and stolen property charges. „ ,„ so Graffeo was found in a gutter
ARcZLAqEE - --.
Four other youths are being returned to Snyder Wednesday hoped and in head
sought They have been named by night from Austin where he had stempedide lutdet tithe op.
• gone to have ballistic tests run The old Murder, Inc mon op-
Police said the ring served as a on 22 caliber bullets taken non. erated from this same neighbor-
Police said the ring served as a Mrs Inez hood, Martin said, and the area
tro cst in s members the DOdy OI Mary INCE ‘ 1 . 1
try-out in crime tor its members, has been the scene of many gang-
Under the tutelage of top mon- hams. land-style slavings
sters. the youths were educated in No final report of the tests has ’ ’.
burglaries to been released Abercrombie also- Graffeo was a member of the
indication when a vote
come on the wage bill.
thunder The bill is one of the major
uthADO, pieces of legislation that Kennedy . a
and his vice-presidential running those under arrest, police said.
tion F
highest-------------_
_____NORTHWEST TEXAS Partly cloudy u c t
Thursday and Friday; warmer most sec- mate, Sen. Lynden Johnson of
75 tions Thursday with highest in the AOs
* SOUTHWEST TEXAS EAST OF PECOS iCxas.
RIVER — Partly cloudy They nd *****—
P** * Friday scattered thundershowers mainly
2 29 Del Rio-Eagle Pass area: not so warm
*** 4- most sections Thursday with highest in
the 80s.
*** . TEMPERATURES
00
___. want to pass at this post-
Churidaxaand convention session of Congress.
mA Johnson, the Senate Democratic
i lender, motioned the bill up for crimapstaniine furan burglaries10 Xn o spent I SRelE lOTANO burglary ring : artim said But he
• Wearnesdasermient ^ a to" Deputy Chief Inspector Ray a the scene of mis wileuns aroused the suspicion of other
billion-dollar public works appro. Martin said the ring had been in death in a cottonfield three miles members of the cans.
priation measure This vote fol. operation for the past two years, from Snyder Police said Graffeo’s gangland-
lowed by a few hours the Senates had stolen merchandise worth half Mrs. Wilson was killed by eight style execution apparently had
ratification of a 12.nation treaty a million dollars-and had exec- bullets and a blow on the head been ordered by top mobsters di-
on Antarctica uted in gangland style one of its from a sharp instrument. Her recting the burglary ring and
The minimum wage bill spon. members who was believed ready body was discovered Monday eve- crime school, for two reasons: L
ndins , sored by Kennedy goes beyend to divulge the gang’s existence to nine by her father-in-law, J. C. get rid of Graffeo. who was be-
..... 80 P min "Ana O Name date last year x the recommendations of Presi- police Wilson lieved ready to turn stool pigeon.
......1.56 and €2 , dent Eisenhower both in boosting “This was a junior Apalachin Funeral for Mrs. Wilson was and 2. to give the teen-age crime
......57 6 002 sunsei tomian 7.28. sure edas pay rates and in extending cover group, being groomed by top mob- held Wednesday afternoon, with students a practical lesson in
......70N2 2, lage. X also exceeds the limited sters for future activities in the burial in Snyder Cemetery. ‘murder.
50 Wed am.
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uted in gangland style one of its from a
sharp instrument. Her recting the burglary ring and
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