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SIX HIJACKED LINER IS SURRENDERED BY CHIEF (Continued from Pif One) expected to get the vessel back tomorrow. Bom to Heritable With less than 30 supporters with hln aboard-ship, with rood, fuel and water almost spent, Gal-vao bowed to the inevitable. The conditions under which he accepted asylum were flown to President Janio Quadros at Bra-silia. Informed sources said Galvao twice rejected the offer asylum during a morning confer, enbe. At a luncheon, his aide, Sol-omaior Bello, delivered an emotional speech on the revolutionary crusade against Portuguese Premier Antonio De Oliveira Sala-ar.

Then Galvao capitulated with only a few changes in the draft of the asylum terms proposed by the Brazilian government. Court Action Sought As European passengers began scattering for home and Americans prepared to follow, the ship ownera itrove to haul Galvao into court on a series of charges smacking of piracy. The Colonial Navigation Co. of Lisbon directed the legal cap tain of the Santa Maria to file complaint in a Brazilian court charging Galvao with homicide, robbery, depriving passengers and crew of their liberty and damage to the multimillion dollar ship. The same charges were orderet filed against Gen.

Humbcrto Del gado, leader of the Portuguese exiles in Brazil. Delgado took no part in the ship's hijacking but joined Galvao after the Santa Maria reached Recife harbor yesterday. The Santa Maria's captain, Mario Simoes Maia, called the seizure at sea an act of piracy powered by trained communist agents. It will be up to the Brazilian court to decide whether to accept tne complaint. Man Next Move Galvao himself was reported looking forward to his next move in Brazil.

He may go to Sao Paulo, the Brazilian "Chicago" where' Delgado has been living since breaking with the Salazar regime in'19M. Under terms of the agreement, Galvao'i band also will be given asylum in Brazil but fof the time being muit remain in Recife. Although early versions credited Galvao with 70 men, one source who took part in the talks aboard the Santa Maria Mid Galvao had only 24 men in the band that took over the ship. Four others already aboard ship join cd Galvao, he added. Capt.

Sim oes Maia had another version. He said the band numbered 60 or no, but at most only about 20 wen Portuguese. The latter included five members of the crew who joined the rebels, he said. ne rest were Spaniards, Ven ezuelans and Cubans," he declar cd. "Some had recently comf from Russia, having been trained in Russian brigades.

They had been in Cuba with Hdcl Castro. "Piracy," la Claim "If all had been Portuguese, this could vaguely be considered a political matter. But the ma jority were not Portuguese. This was an authentic case of piracy Simoes Maia credited his crew and the passengers, especially the Americans, with forcing Galvao to abandon a plan to keep part of. the crew captive and sail out to sea after the debarkation.

The Americans, he told the As sociated Press, "would not dis embark from the ship if the crew did not also disembark." As for himself and the great majority of the 350-man crew, Simoes Maia said: "Once in here under the protec tion of Brazilian authorities, I told Capt. Galvao that all officers and crew had reached a de cision: Since the ship was now man port, we would alt prefer to die together than sai out again with him and From the hour he and his men were surprised early on the morning of Jan. 22, the crew carried out rebel orders only at gun point, the captain said. They tried to sabotage the cruise, to torce tne Santa Maria into a friendly port by leaving taucets running to deplete the water supply. Radio operators, al though working at gunpoint, sent only 1 of 10 messages Galvao was writing to the Soviet Union and other world points, the captain The two score or more Amerl can passengers were being re united with their luggage anc paring to continue their, journey to the United States by plane or ship.

Tugs brought in the luggage tne Americans were unaDie to carry when they came ashore terday. of the ship owners were authorized by headquarters at Lisbon to pay the Americans ship or plane fares to Florida. Florida the before the liner was commandcor- The Americans rested from the sea ordeal at the homes of U. S. residents of Recife.

The first of the European pas senger! 'to depart, a party of 44, left for home aboard Dutch air liner. Other Europeans, mostly Por tuguese and Spaniards, will sail next week aboard the Vera Cruz, sister ship of the Santa Maria. Stratford Council Rejects Town Attorney's Opinion The Stratford Town council last night rejected an' opinion by the town attorney that they had acted illegally in naming the council as the Stratford Redevelopment commission. The council at a meeting on, Nov. 14 rescinded action taken in Nov, 1959 designating the Stratford Housing authority as the re development commission, adopted a resolution by a vote of to 5, replacing it with the bershlp of the Town council.

At the time, Town attorney Raymond B. Rubens said he felt the action was illegal. In a written opinion on Dec. 13, the town attorney again advised! the Council that under the statutes he believed their action to be illegal. The meeting last night lasted less man is minutes ana tne mo tion to reject the opinion was adopted 7 to 2, after several par liamentary maneuvers to place the matter on the table bad failed.

'Lonely Hearts' Ex-Con Held In Killing to Erase His Identity PINE CITY, Feb. 3 -(AP) Levi Henter, romance-hunt- identity, was brought handcuffed Into court today after being re turned from Georgia. Municipal Judge George E. Sau-san told the 60-year-old cattle buyer he would have to hire a lawyer or have one appointed before any further court action could be taken. Henter was returned without bail to the custody of Sheriff Lawrence Thrun and ordered to appear for arraignment Monday at 2 p.m.

Replying to Judge Sausan in a voice barely audible, Henter told the court he had signed over his farm recently to make restitution to persons at Wadena, Minn. Henter was charged with cashing bad checks prior to his involvement in' the bizarre shooting-fire death of Jan. 18. He Is accused of killing a man, about 60, with a shotgun and setting fire to his farmhouse to make it appear the charred remains were his own. Investigators have been unable to identify the victim, at first believed to he Henter.

Henter turned up last week in Georgia, where he was courting Mrs. Arric Newberry, of Colquitt, a divorcee. Mrs. Newberry wrote the mayor here asking for background Information on a "Lee Henter" who had asked lo marry her. Authorities here alerted Geor-gin Henter was arrested Saturday night.

Thrun said aome of Henter's lUMnents in the auto ride from Georgia had been taken down, but he added Henter generally refused to talk about the Found in his car in Georgia were several magazines listing addresses of "Lonely Hearts Club" members. Henter was known to correspond with some. A few addresses were encircled, but Mrs. Newberry's name was not among them. Henter was brought here by a Minnesota Crime Bureau agent after spending the night in the county jail at Anoka near Minne apolis and St.

Paul. He was con fined in the county jail here alter his appearance today. Sheriff Thrun told the judge he was holding $185 in cash found in Henter's possession. Sausan vised the defendant to use this as a start in obtaining legal advice. licnter, who has served a term Minnesota's stale prison on at molesting charge, was married at least twice according to available records.

Both his wives died. Police are investigating the possibility that there was a third wife who died. STRATFORD COP BURNED Stratford patrolman Ervin Han-! en, 37, of 210 First Stratford, was taken to port hospital at 4:20 p.m. yester-1 day after he had received lev-. ere burns of the left hand and! left leg.

Police said that a pan of hot grease on a stove in his home overturned. A Martha Washinaton chair is mahogany, has a high, flat back with upholstered seat. STANLEY HIGH, EX-FDR WRITER, DIESATAGE65 NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (AP)Stanley H. High, 65, a senioi editor of Reader's Digest maga zine and a speech writer foi President Franklin D.

Roosevelt in the early days of the New Deal, died today in Doctor a hos pital. He had been ill since last year with heart and respiratory ailments. High held that Roosevelt's early aims were good for the American people but later broke with the New Deal and was a member of the presidential cam paign staffs of Thomas E. Dew ey in 1944 and 1948 ar Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 High, who lived in Noroton, was an author whose books included a best-selling bio graphy of evangelist Billy Gra His interests lay in both writ ing and religion.

High was a correspondent in Russia for tha Christian Science Montior in 1924 and later be came editor of the Christian Herald. He bacame a roving editor for reader Digest in 1940 and hat been a senior, editor since 1952 His last article for the Digest published last September, wai "Forgotten Children No It was a report on the progress being made in caring for retard ed children. High was a theological student in his youth, then turned lo writ ing on the theory he could reach more people with the pen than he could from tne pulpit. turned increasingly to relit subjects in his later years Kengion is one major nope of the world. was born in -Chicago on 30.

1895. His father, Frank High, was a Methodist preacher. spent his boyhood in secession of Nebraska and Wy parsonages. He was grad from Nebraska Wesleyan university in IVH ana went di rectly into the U.S. Army Air as a pilot Following the armistice of World War he served church-sponsored reconstruction missions In China and in Europe.

On returning to the United States, he completed at the. Boston University School or theology. Alter serving with the Monitor Igh made a round-the-world survey lor the Methodist church's missio was editor of the Christian Hereto trom itus to mo. was a current events broadcaster and director of talks for the Natio company from 1932 to 1935, 'hich period he also wrote articles for the Saturday Even Ing Post. was the of eight books among them And Then," "The Church In Politics," "The Revolt of Youth" and "China's Place in the Sun." He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Brown Cut- two aaughters, Mrs, Fred.

erick C. Painton of London. Eng. and Mrs. Neill Smith of San Francisco; a son, of Noroton, and five memorial service will be idled Monday at the Noro- THREE YOUTHS NABBED IN NEWTOWN BREAK NEWTOWN, Feb.

3 Walter Stegner, 17, of Riverside road, Sandy Hook, was arrested Thursday by resident State Trooper James M. Costello, on a warrant charging him with breaking and entering with criminal intent and larceny to tne extent or 1125 Also arrested in connection with the case were two juveniles, one from Sandy Hook and the othei from Trumbull. They are alleged to have brok en into the home of Stephen Van gar, 100 Acre road. iney were arraigned in tne Danbury circuit court and Steg ner was released after posting a 1500 bond for trial in the New town circuit court Feb. 14.

The juveniles were turned over to ju venile authorities. MAN DIES AFTER FALL William Juettner, 75, of 544 Newfield avenue, died yesterday after falling down stairs outside home. Police said a neighbor notified them that she saw a man lying 1 the ground alongside use. Mr. Juettner was pronounced ad upon arrival of an ambu lance that was summoned by police.

Services will take place Mon-sy at 11 o'clock In the M.J. annon funeral home, 515 Wash-gton avenue. Burial will be in Lakeview cemetery. a native or mis city Mr. Juet tner was employed with the Bridgeport Brass company 40 years until retiring.

He was a member nf the Quarter Century club of the Brass company. There anown aurvivora. THE BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1961 Stairway to Nowhere in Canal ship's boarding ladder stands in the Ice in waterfront ship canal in The ladder was left when a grain freighter was towed from fts harbor moorings to be un- 2 ELECTRICIANS WIN $199,200 (Continued from Page One) yesterday in reading parts of the testimony to the jury. The verdicts were handed up 4:15 p.m.

yesterday through Walter Hochuli, of New Canaan, reman of the panel. Bernard S. Peck and Arnold J. li, of Goldstein and Peck, were unsel for Mr. Bray.

Max Frauwirth represented Mr. Giglintti. Shapiro and Belinkie were counsel for the United Illuminating company. Mr. Bray and Mr.

Gigliottl claimed they were shocked and burned severely when they came in contact with energized equip ment while working at the Pe-quonnock sub-station Jan. 3, 1957. were employed by the M. B. Foster Electric company of New Haven, at the time of the accident.

They are (till workers for this same firm. Mr. Bray said his right arm be-w the elbow, and the little fing-and tip of the index finger of his left hand were amputated be- mishap. burns received in the Underwent Skin Gralta The Milford man also alleged that his face, head, body and limbs were burned to the extent that it was necessary for him to undergo six major akin grafting operations. Mr.

uignotii was severely ourn- ed about the head, face, body and limbs, according to testimony Introduced during the trial. The energized equipment with which Mr. Bray and Mr. Glgliotti came, hi contact with, was housed in a cubicle, the jury was informed. Philip Kleppe, a UI employe, Dy tne iirm.

tne plaintiffs asserted, to Inform them Dartmouth winter carnival Island, N. is dwarfed by a replica of cartoon character of ot this year witter arrival The United pany contended in a special defense that Mr. Bray and Mr. Gig-liotti were guilty of contributory negligence because, both were experienced electricians and in the exercise of due care, knew or should have known of conditions existing at the scene of the acci- It was -claimed further by UI that Mr. Gigliotti and Mr.

Bray assumed all the risks connected with their work on its property, and the firm's liability to the complainants, if any, rested in workmen's compensation. One difficulty cropped up just before adjournment on Thursday when the jurors, asked for a transcript of the trial. Judge Bogdanski explained It was not customary to provide complete transcripts and informed the panel that James Denike, the stenographer who took the tcsti-mdny, was in St. Vincent's hos- gency appendectomy performed Monday. However, the jurors were told they might have-portions of the testimony read to them on which they were in doubt and a request was made to have a stenographer read certain parts.

A problem then developed over transcrining Mr. ucnute a Chief Court Reporter Frank H. Vogt said that each stenographer develops Idosyncrosles while taking testimony at high which makis Interpretation dlffi cult. To transcribe Mr. Denike's notes, Mr.

Vogt called in Alfred Tyll, court stenographer from Litchfield county, and Benedict DeBuff, a former New York freelance court reporter now with Lommon Pleas court. The men, aided by stenographer nenry j. oamoaccini, pieced to getherMr. Denike's notes and Mr lyll read the parts asked by 'jury- Winter Carnival Centerpiece I I Becker, Long statue on ProhlhltimV that the centerpiece BLAZE DESTROYS RIDGEFIELD HOME (Continued from Page One) and normal suction power of the apparatus. Neighbors, sounded alarm since no one was in the housi at the time of the blaze.

Mr Hackert was attending the Town meeting. Mrs. Hackert am two children, Robbie, six, Donna, one year old, were visit ing friends three miles away Some of the 45 members of the town Volunteer Fire department called to the scene left the Town meeting to respond. A summer house to the rear ol the main structure was not dam aged in the fire. The Hackerts reportedly were spending night with friends.

The last serious fire here oc currea almost a year ago, on Feb. 27, 1960, when La Bretagna inn ournea 10 me ground. AUSTRALIANS BUILDING AMERICA'S CUP YACHT NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (AP)- sir i-rank backer, head of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, is making final plans for Aus tralia's 1962 challenge for Yachting's. America's Cup.

The building of the 12-metct yacht has just started in Australia. The 54-year-old yachtsman declined to tell anybody today about the yacht's design. He said progress has been slow because the designer became III. The yacht is expected to be In the water by October or early novemoer. 11 is oeing mult Ryde, a suburb of Sydney.

Packer is a member of the syndicate that bought Vim its American owner to test the new ship and for use iii training "We have 17 01 lor the crew," he said. "All arc young chaps. They are getting pretty good. They sailed Vim all last year." The Australina said his had chances fn winning the cup. "We have to go uphill," hi said.

"We mtis build a boat to equal the best in the world Then we must try her against vim. incn we will be sailing in strange waters against some pretty keen yachtsmen. "We will be very, very happy ir we get a boat as good or nearly as good as Vim. In any event, we are happy if we get a boat as good or (nearly as good as Vim. In any event, we are, happy for the chance.

We think that competition in all sports is good tor relations between the United Stales and Australia. Packer is here with two other members of the syndicate. They ALMOST A DEAD DUCK ROWAYTON. Feb. 3-A wild duck in this area owes his free dom today to Patrolman Joseph Lagano.

The duck was stuck in the ice on a pond here. Mrs. Penelope Bergamim of 2 Sunwich road saw the duck flapping its wings and called police. Patrolman Lagano went to the pond and used an axe to chop the duck free. MRS.

OLICK RISISKY Services for Mrs. Bessie Mirer Risisky, 80, widow of Olick Risi-sky and former resident of 130 Westwood road, Fairfield, who1 died Thursday, took place vesterday in the A. L. Green funeral home, 927 Grand th Rahhi J. M.

Jacobvitz, rab-emeritus of United Orthodox synagogue, officiating. Ruria) Hebrew Sick Bene fit cemetery, Fairfield. WIND PILES UP DRIFTS IN AREA; MERCURY RISES (Continued from Page One) Two Waves of Snow Spread Over East CHICAGO, Feb. 3 (AP) Two massive waves of snow, whipping but of the midwest, spread chaos over vast sections of the east Fri- aav. The latest wintrv barrage Blis tered heavy snow over portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virgin ia, Virginia anu Maryland.

sweeping northward and east ward Friday night, the storm posed new threats to alreadv beleao. uered New Jersey and portions of New York and New England, the wcaincr Bureau saia. Death Toll Hiti 24 Friday's violent outburst claim I at least 24 lives. Missouri re ported 5 weather connected deaths, Illinois 6, Pennsylvania 2, Michigan 2. Iowa 2.

Kentucky Georgia. South Carolina and Ohio one each and Tennessee 3. From 8 inches to one foot of new snow fell in northwestern Virginia, northeastern West ginia and portions of northern Maryland. Falls of 4 to 8 inches were recorded in southern Penn sylvania. In northern Virginia, 250 boys and girls assembled for a state high school band program were marooned at Fairfax High School roaas Decame impassabl, iramc on some sections 01 the Ohio and Pennsylvania turnpikes im.neu ine loieao-uelroit expressway was described by po lice as "a sheet of ice." Only a trickle of traffic moved on the Pennsylvania pike between Somerset and Donegal, where a one toot snowfall posed a hazard Ohio measured snow up to 5 incnes deep, in Pennsvlvi drifts ranged up to several feet.

And Washington, D.C. rcorded 7 to incnes. Lakes ShlDDlnr Hit On the Great Lakes, floes struck a blow at shipping. Six snips strugeiea in a mesn 01 foot-thick ice piled against the Milwaukee harbor bv stiff win, Is. The storms closed hundreds of schools Friday, kept thousands irom getting to tneir lobs on time, an, ana mnae a mess ot transportation.

me snow ranged up to 7 inc Chicago before it began slacken around midday, and more 1,400 men labored to clear streets and roads. Gusty east winds on Lake Mich igan piled ice floes against China go's shore line, and snared two tankers the Daniel Pierce, a ot ship, and the Chicago So- cony, a 300-footer. Both vessels had been heading for In harbor to load oil. Each carried ger. fn, but they were not In dan North of Chicago, four car fer ries were trapped in Ice off the Milwaukee, harbor.

A big ice breaker, the Mackin aw, tried to free the Chicago and the coast guard cutter Arundel went to the aid of the Daniel Pierce. 14 Hurt as Bus Skids A Greyhound bus, bound trom Milwaukee to Chicago, skidded in to an abutment on the tri-statc tollway west of Zion, injuring 14 persons. The biggest snowstorm of the season dropped, 8 inches of snow Louis. More than 160 schools suspended classes there BOY, FEARED IN FIRE, FOUND HIKING TO DAD WEST HARTFORD. Feb (AP) A West Hartford home was badly damaged today by a fire which was believed to have trap- id a 13-year-old schoolboy Hide.

Firemen and police searched nearly four hours for the boy and were still sitting tnrougn tne cnar- red debris when the boy was tramping through snowi more than three miles away. David Happ, who fled the fire, heading for his father's office, was found near Weaver high school, and was later admitted to Francis hospital for treatment ot irost-bitten feet. The father, Karl Happ, ar ved at his home shortly after the firemen. He told them his son home from school with a might be trapped inside the blazing one-and-a-half story brick home, not realizing the boy had escaped tne blaze. Firemen immediately concen trated their efforts toward find ing the boy inside the smoke and name-filled home until he ported safo in Hartford.

NEW YORK A. C. WINS NEW YORK, Feb. 3-(AP) The new vorK A.L. opened up an early lead and held command all the way for a 90-80 basketball victory over Wesleyan tonight.

The Winged Foot five was in front 46-41 at the half. John O'Con-nor paced the winners with 21 points, four more than were scored by teammate Nick Gaetani. Boh Powie was high for Wtsleyan with lav 3 FOILED IN KIDNAP OF NEGRO PASTOR NEW YORK, Feb. 3-(AP) A Negro minister, who jumped bail to avoid imprisonment in South Carolina, was seized on a busy New York street today by three whom he said were bent on lynching him. His wife's screams brought a crowd and the would-be abductors fled.

The victim, the Rev. Walter M. Cavers, 51, quoted one of his at tackcrs as warning him: "If you bo quiet, we won't kill you here. We're going to lynch, you." Cavers said a second man remonstra- "Don't kill him here. We'll urn as soon as we get him uui 01 nere.

Cavers hat hrnn ffphfino dition to Roc'k Hill, where under sentence of 18 months tor reckless driving in a traffic acciaent tnat Killed a white man He was described as an active in tegrationist there. FIREMAN DIES FIGHTING BLAZE (Continued from Page One) the overstuffed chair in the living room. The fire burned through a door separating the living room from the kitchen, gutting both rooms. It also spread to the attic floor above, moving to the roof of building where a hole was burned through. -The alarm was sounded at 2:13 p.m., with recall at 4:02 p.m.

The building is owned bv An drew Demeter of 40 Van Zant street. 'HAM'S'CONDITION HAILED BY MEDIC (Continued from Page One) was pleased with the results of tne ingnt. "The life support system work. ed well," he said, "as did the sensors we attached to the chimpan- to measure heart beat, res piration and bodv temoeraturc. uuc preliminary studies lead us to Deueve that, physiologically, an astronaut would have been per fectly all right on this trip." Henry said Ham successfullv performed lever-pushing behavior! tasks throughout the 16 1-2-min ute flight except for two-second at maximum accelera when he was subjected to gravity torces 15 times nis own weight and when maximum entry stresses of 14 1-2 G's built up on the capsule.

Ham's heartbeat accelerated slightly tor these two brief per- Henry said. "But it is nothing serious. Otherwise, there were no cnanges In body func tions. We'werc especially pleased that he performed his assigned iusks ouring more man 0 i-z mm utes weightlessness." 1 ne space agency also listed re vised figures on the flight of the Redstone boosted capsule. Max mum speed was' 5,800 miles an hour instead of 5.000 as originally reported; altitude was 156 miles Instead of 155, and down range distance was 414 miles Instead of 4211.

NASA said all capsule systems, Including telemetry and communication, worked as planned. An of ficial said an effort is being mud; to determine' why the Redstone booster cut off :4 of a second too soon, activating the rocket escape tower at the high altitude and pushing the capsule higher and farther than Intended. An clfort is being made learn how 1 1-2 feet of water got into the spacecraft during the three hours It was afloat in the Atlantic while waiting recovery. Techniclnnsvmay place it in the ocean off the cape as a. means of determining this.

rhe answers to these questions wilt determine whether a mai ride In the next Redstone. COLBY TRIUMPHS WATERVILLE. Maine. Feb. Colby overcame an early deficit and rolled to an easy 84- win over Trinity tonight behind the sharpshooting of Capt.

Charlie Swenson. MICHAEL KOMAROWSKY Michael Komarowsky, 76, of 53 ill street', a retired machine operator, collapsed and died last! night while walking on Clarendon street, Stratford. He was taken to Bridgeport hospital In the Slrat- Police ambulance. Dr. Har old Doherty, medical examiner.

attributed death to a heart attack Services will take place Mon day at 8:30 a.m. in the Joseph Adzima and Son tuneral home. 591 Arctic street, and at 9 o'clock Nicholas Russian Orthodox church with the Rev. Stephen Antonuk, officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview cemetery.

panahedeon services will take place today and tomorrow at 8 m. in tne tuneral nome. Mr. Komarowsky was a native Russia. He, was a member of the Carpatho Russian American citizens club.

Surviving are throe sisters, Mrs. Anna Kolesinsky, of Stratford, Mrs. Helen Kovatenko, of Bridgeport, and Mrs. Alice Oleinik nf Westport; a brother, Nicholas Komarowsky, of Bridgeport; aev- nieces and nephews. UN CONGO UNIT (Continued from One) the area to maintain order, killed six in ending the fight.

Ambush Platoon This morning the dead men'a comrades, incensed and seakinf revenge, ambushed a Nigerian platoon. The Nigerians fought their way back to their compound and took up defense positions alongside two other platoons, making their total number about The UN troons arp of the Queen's Own Nigerian regiment, among the best trained and disciplined soldiers in the Congo. I he incident underlined the Leopoldville government's refusal to accept Dag Hammarskjold's proposal for reorganizing the Congolese army. Gen. Joseph Mobutu told a news conference today tha UN secretary-general's plan, outlined to the Security Council earlier this week, really would mean disarming his troops.

"We will never allow it," Mobutu said. "The UN is playing with fire. To disarm the ANC (National Congolese army) would mean war." Mobutu and others lupportini President Joseph Kasavubu havo repeatedly charged the United Nations is unable to keep order in the Congo or prevent civil war among its' rival factions, iney obviously tear that whilo sarming Leopoldville's troops would be relatively easy, persuading tne Stanleyville rebels or President Moise Tschbmbe'i Katanga forces to lay down their wouia oe mucn more cmi- resumption of diplomatic relations with Belgium, broken just after the Congo gained its independ- Kasavubu's government has been growing ever closer to the Congo's former colonial govern-ors since the emergence of the communist-supported rival regime aianieyviue. At the same time the Stanleyville group has received political and military support from a number of African nations especially the United Arab Republic, thus widening the political breach in this chaotic new nation. U.

S. Seeks Solution To Congo Problem WASHINGTON. Feb. 3 The U. S.

government diidoscd today it has under way widespread search for 1 Congo which might-posslbly include release of leftist Patrica Lumumba. State denartment offirpr Lincoln White said the United States Is striving to support unnca in its ettorts to: 1. "Prevent a civil war in thm Congo," and 2. "Create a situation In which Congo government can govern behalf of the oeoole of tha the state department spokes-an said many discussions on how to bring peace to the tron-bled central African atate are underway both at the UN and in separate diplomatic talks with dividual countries. Diplomatic consultations so far have not been conducted with Moscow, he added.

However, he acknowledged that the freeing of ex-Premier Lumumba and inclusion of Lumumba in broader new Congo govern ment are among possibilities being considered. The communists and a number of professedly neutral slates, both in Africa and Asia, have been pushing for the restoration of Lumumba. The Uniled States has sunnort- ed the regime of President Joseph Kasnvubu, who works with army strong man Joseph Mobutu. Mobutu has imprisoned Lumumba, a fiery politician who aeems able to sway Congo masses to hla side when he is free. President Kennedy has ordered thorough review of the Conao trouble and has brought the IJ.

S. ambassador at Leopoldville, Clare Timberlake, home for consulta- on. The administration is seriously concerned because of the posslhlt spread of Russian influence in the newly independent African nation, because of the danger that local fighting might spread into a bigger conflict, and because of the damage to the UN through lack of success in Its Congo-stabilizing mission. PHILLIPS OILERS TOP GOODYEAR FIVE, 95-89 BARTLESVILLE. Feb.

-(UPI)-The Phillips Oilers won their fourth National In dustrial Basketball League game in a row by defeating the Akron Goodyears tonight, 95-89. The Oilers led through most ot the game and took an Insurmountable lead with one minute left, 92-86. Gary Thompson, veteran guard, led the winners with 24 points, while Adrian Smith, rookie guard for Akron, led Goodyear with 29. Phillips held a 44 43 halfllma lead. The win gives Phillips a 10-14 record, good for aecond place in the Western Diviiion, while Goodyear fell deeper into the Eastern Division cellar wiUi 'JO-12 record..

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