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MAIN EDITION THE KANSAS CITY STAR PRICE 7 CENTS KANSAS CITY FEBRUARY 21 1961-FKIDA Y-38 PAGES VOL 81 NO 160 CUBAN POWER TO Fidel Castro Reorganizes His Government in Communist Style and Gives Direction of Industries to Guevara Leftist Soldier of Fortune BACK TO AIRLINE JOBS A's 6500 Employees Return to Work Here but the Flight Operations Are Slow to Regain Normal Schedules On Inside Pages ONE STILL OUT Western Airlines Is Standing Firm on Decision to Fire Engineers NEW ECONOMIC BASE SOUGHT Island Now Is Dependent on Agriculture but Regime Hopes That With Red Help Factories Can Increase Output A HEARING IS CONTINUED Federal Judge Here Refuses a Request to Dismiss Contempt Action Former Officer Held in Theft Case 3 Says Money Backs Democratic Party 3 Sentenced on a Thrill Drug Count 3 S-Korean Pact Is Moving Ahead 12 Fear Is Rising Again in Rhodesia 14 in RETURNING TO THE JOB OF MAKING PLANES FLY A mechanics make last-minute adjustments on the port engines of a Constellation being readied for a flight today A planes and employees have been idle until this morning because of a walkout of flight engineers last weekend All 6500 Trans World Airlines employees were back on the job here today but flight operations were slow in returning to normal after back-to-work agreement ended a 6-day national strike of flight engineers The first A flight to leave here since the shutdown was a Constellation with nine passengers for Miami at 6:45 this morning Seven other departures were scheduled later today The first A arrival was to APRIL 11 Few to Go Today Fewer than 350 passengers were expected to move on the Job Fear Sparked the Airline Strike 18 Congo Troops Rioting Terrorize Town 20 Wild Ride for Unwilling Cab Passenger 26 Buffalo Feb 24(AP) -Leonard Lombardo was late for work yesterday but he had a safe excuse Burglars had stolen a safej and abandoned it in his way making it impossible for him to back his car out Israel Sets Date Two Days After Indictment Jerusalem Feb 24 (AP) Havana Feb 24(AP) Fidel Castro reshaped his government today in a Communist mold and gave Ernesto (Che) Guevara direction of industries The sweeping reorganization after a long cabinet session also spelled out the functions of the 3-month-old Central Planning council headed by the prime minister His brother Raul Castro armed forces minister was named council vice-president Expected for several4" weeks the reshuffle came months after Cuban administrative technicians visited iron curtain countries They spent considerable time in Czechoslovakia One Now No 3 Guevara the ultra-left Argentine soldier of fortune who was a Castro guerrilla in the hills was clearly established as third in line in the revolutionary hierarchy by being named head of the new ministry of industries He had used his previous job as head of the National bank to shake off economic ties with the United States and link Cuban economy to the Soviet Union and the Communist bloc The planning council which Tentative Date Is Set for Beginning of Telecasts on Channel 19 FOR CLASSROOM USE Programs Can Be Received on Regular Sets If Convertors Are Installed Kansas educational television station channel 19 will go on on the air about April 1 Delays in constructing the studio on the 11th floor of the Board of Education building drive-i Magistrate Makes Ruling OF 'NICE' PRISON MICHIGAN WOMAN 85 BIDS FOR CLEMENCY Against Furnace Company DIAMOND RING SAFE AFTER HOLDUP TRY Lee's Summit Banker Places the Object in a Lock Box at Bank Despite "Good Life' She Would Like to Spend Final Years in Freedom AGISTRATE Michael Kennedy has entered a $2000 judgment against the Holland Furnace company in Magistrate Kennedy that he relied on the truthfulness of the representatives and signed a note to purchase a new Hol- nrji ii nr nnnrti Tm fraud suit filed by an elderly land furnace DETAILS OF ORDEAL T0LDjKanias city couple A new Bandits Mistakenly Went the Home of His Son Falk II Lansing Mich Feb 24 (AP) A little old woman with bright dark eyes and an unwrinkled face told the men on state parole board why she u7ants to leave the prison that has been her furnace was installed to r- 1 within the next two davs Otto Blankenship 114 Brook- Blankenship said The old lur-lyn avenue testified that rep-jnace was left in his yard and resentatives of the firm told Blankenship said that after them on February 10 I960! snow had melted about a week that their old furnace was later he and a neighbor in-cracked and dangerous and spected the old furnace and that it might explode and burn were unable to find any cracks down the house if not re- in it home since 1933 includes Guevara and all other I haven very long left in ministers was made the over- placed Could Not Check Blankenship a 71-year-old freight elevator operator testified that he wras unable to look into the furnace to examine it himself because of his physical condition He said in testimony Tuesday before Blankenship explained that he refused to pay anything on the note because of the alleged misrepresentation The Holland Furnace company offered no defense in the fraud suit This is a common procedure of defendants (Continued on Page 2) line here today in contrast to The war crimes trial of Adolf a normal Friday pace of 1200 Eichmann has been ordered to 1400 jto begin here April 11 The Elsewhere five of the six formal indictment accusing other lines affected by themaon Gf responsibility worst tie-up in aviation history for the deaths of millions of slowly were resuming opera- jews during the Nazi regime tions They are American was handed down Wednesday Eastern Pan-American National and a cargo carrier Flying Tiger Western Air-Then lines apparently was standing by its decision to fire flight engineers and supplant them with pilots Western said it had fur-lougoed 2350 of its 2700 employees in 34 cities as of the end of work yesterday The stoppage cost the airlines an estimated 40 million dollars plus many millions more lost by vacation resorts and industries Railroads and bus lines picked up some unexpected revenue however from the air travel snarl Continues a Hearing In the federal district court here Judge Jasper Smith today declined to dismiss contempt proceedings against the Flight Engineers International association but continued the matter indefinitely to see how Washington Feb 24(AP) The Federal Communications commission today formally authorized a 3-year trial of on-the-air subscription television service in the Hartford Conn area The test is the this she said would like to be Now 85 Years Old Mrs Elizabeth Ziolkowski 85 is the oldest of 400 women prisoners at the Detroit house of correction She was sent here for life after a jury convicted her of poisoning her third husband with arsenic The sentencing judge in a statement said it was thought that she murdered her spouse to collect his insurance The judge now dead said there were indications that she killed her second husband the same way although she never his was Late News at a Glance all supervisor of economic life much as such councils function in Communist states But Guevara was given virtually dictatorial powers over the industries Among his powers he was given specific authority to dissolve and all state industries and to establish their financial and jurid-icial direction and Mines Sugar Mills The petroleum and mines institutes and the administrative departments of industrialization and of sugar mills were placed under his jurisdiction Both formerly were under the National Agrarian Reform institute wTiich mushroomed into an economic czardom after it was created to take over farms from private owners Guevara is expected to spur industrialization to carry out announced aim of band to South America on a good-will concert tour because of the expense Washington President Kennedy today sent Congress legislation which would cut to $100 the current $500 duty-free allowance on purchases abroad innocent She still says so was brought to trial for deaih Mrs Ziolkowski a plump pleasant-faced grandmother said at her trial that she and engineering problems have held up the opening originally planned for last fall On Week Days Operating as the only ultra high frequency station KCSD-TV will begin televising a minimum of 125 minutes each weekday The KCSD-TV signal cannot be picked up on regular television sets which use a VHF (very high frequency) band unless a converter is attached to the receiver Appropriately the Federal Communications commission approved call letters which stand for Kansas City school district Presentations designed for in-school viewing will include the same programs now carried for the schools by the three commercial stations These are junior high school science fifth grade science third grade Spanish and citizenship New offerings will be fourth grade Spanish and common learnings plus special shows on current events for high school students Notices Sent Out James A Hazlett superintendent of schools has sent notices to the three commercial stations that the school district will terminate its use of their facilities by March 31 if not earlier An array of electronic devices and steel acoustical panels in the studio shows that installation of equipment is nearing completion From the studio broadcasts will be mircowaved 475 feet through a dish-shaped disc to the 23rd floor of the City hall There other discs will pick up the wave lengths and transmit them to the 30-foot antenna on top of the building This microwave installation is the shortest in the world according to the manufacturers Clyde Howe chief engineer for KCSD-TV said Best of Equipment equipment is all of the (Continued on Page 2) He Used Arsenic John Ziolkowski 41 when he died bought lead arsenic powder and used it in an attempt to heal sores on his the work resumption goesjfirst of its kind in the nation along He said he would en- The trial will be sponsored tertain a dismissal motion by General Inc later major broadcaster which plans Judge Smith told Dick to spend up to 10 million dol-Woods A attorney whoiars on the test Also partici-requested the dismissal and pating is Zenith Radio cor-John Manning union attor-poration of Chicago which ney who supported it: 'developed the thing is of such mag-j system to be employed nitude it goes WINDSORS IN NEW YORK terests of the two parties here1 It involves keeping the integrity of the court and that involves New York Feb 241AP) -The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived from France 0 making Cuba no longer de- S1be! pendent on agriculture and particularly on sugar got into his Washington Communists have resumed their airlift to Red rebels in Laos the State department said today Improved weather apparently is the reason Cape Canaveral A new7 more powerful Atlas missile seeking an initial success after three failures blazed away from this test center today on the start of a 7000-mile test flight United Nations The United States is considering asking the Security Council to take new steps to condemn political violence in the Congo Honolulu Halemaumau crater on the island of Hawaii started to erupt today The crater is in Hawaii National park on the southeast shore of the island Chicago A 3-judge federal court today ruled unconstitutional collection of 18 million dollars a year in sales taxes by the state of Illinois from retailers doing business with United States government agencies Washington The Defense department has decided against sending the Army yesterday by ship They plan a visit here and then a trip to Palm Beach Fla by American tourists Legislation also was sent to Congress calling for scholarships for training of doctors and dentists and the expansion of community facilities and services for health care of the aged and others Vancouver British Columbia A 65-foot fishing boat with eight crewmen was missing today on the British Columbia coast 375 miles northwest of Vancouver Washington Luther II Hodges secretary of Commerce told Congress today more than 100 urban and uncounted rural areas are sufficiently depressed to need help from President program for centers of chronic unemployment Beirut a The newspaper A1 Shaab said today security agents had found a time bomb enough to damage the entire in front of the embassy Embassy officials denied a bomb was found A diamond ring sought by three bandits who forced their way into the home of the son of the ring's owner last night in Summit rested securely in a safe deposit box today Falk the owner of the ring said he placed it there for safekeeping after the holdup men mistakenly entered the home of his son Falk II Insured for $2750 The elder Falk executive vice-president of the Farmers Trust company in Summit said the 3-carat piece was insured for $2750 can't have anything any he ainented fellow had better not have anything Mrs Phyllis Falk 27 wife of the younger Falk said she and her husband had a difficult time convincing the bandits the ring was not in their house and that the ring was a 3-carat band instead of six carats The men also seemed to be under the impression the elder Falks were either in the house or would be there soon Despite the fact the younger Falks repeatedly told the men they were alone the men stayed about a half hour They searched the house and took jewelry valued at $500 and $6 in money Tie Their Hands Mrs Falk said the bandits were careful that a thin wire they used to bind the hands was not too tight were almost Mrs Falk added She also said the men were careful in searching the house Only one drawer was left out of place Mrs Falk said she was sewing in a bedroom and her husband was watching television when the men arrived They heard someone try to open the unlocked door and then the doorbell rang They thought it might be the elder Falks calling for a visit She said she opened the door and the men rushed into the house and said they were there to obtain the ring At first she said she thought it was a joke The Real Thing is for she quoted one of the men as replying to her question if it was a prank Mrs Falk estimated the men's ages to be 25 years or older She said however that all the men wore handkerchief masks and had their hats pulled over their faces They also all wore gloves and light tan raincoats Falk 29 is a real estate agent Just before they left about 9 o'clock the robbers tied the feet with neckties They also jerked out the telephone wires in the bedroom but left the telephone in another room intact ought to have night you read the Mrs Falk said one of the men asked at one point Both Falk families took the advice today Although hearing was not completed before news of the back-to-work agreement in Washington was received Judge Smith said there had been evi- Some complete industrial plants have been sent to Cuba from Communist-bloc countries Government leaders say at least 60 wrill be going full-blast this year Power The law creating Guevara's new ministry said the reasons included development of the internal market resulting from an increase in the purchasing power Statistics were not cited and many persons question the assertion of a rising purchasing power These quarters contend the national individual income has been reduced by the highest personal taxes in history so-called voluntary contributions to the government and the freezing of wages after some had been reduced below pre-Castro levels NIXONS IN ARIZONA Tucson Ariz Feb 24 (AP) Mr and Mrs Richard said apparently blood system I even know what it was" she said She said her second husband died of a heart attack after eight years of marriage Only a son and daughter of her eight children are living Earned 25 Cents a Day She earns 25 cents a day sewing at the penal institution and over the years has saved enough to buy savings bonds worth more than $500 Mrs Veda Gladney director of the division at the house of correction said Mrs Ziolkow'ski has been a model prisoner is even-t empered friendly active and an excellent inmate in every she said Leonard McConnell board member resist asking her do you manage to look so young for your have led a good she said never did drink or carry on dence to indicate strongly that Nixon arrived in Tucson by there had been a concerted private plane last night and immediately went into Car Stickers Available Tomorrow effort to flout the order of this In Miami a federal judge today ignored the no-reprisal agreement and held the Eastern Air Lines chapter of the Flight Engineers union in contempt of court Judge Emett Choate acted despite a plea from an eastern attorney who said service resumption was based on the promise not to punish the engineers Star Want Ads are useful and convenient To nlace vour Want Ads dta! BA 1-5500 Adv HUMOR BY FORGER Bad Check Artist Signs as The city office will be open from 8 until noon tomorrow for the sale of motor car stickers A Hays city commissioner of revenue said today The office is normally closed Saturday A penalty of $1 will be charged on stickers Wednesday he said Save 5 cents a Une per day by ordering your Star Want Ads for 3 or more consecutive days Dial BA Adv As Six Governments ie THE FAIR Katanga and Kasai Are Richer Than Regimes in Shattered Congo Asheville Feb 24 (AP) The FBI says a Florida man who admitted passing bad checks in 10 states told agents he even cashed one with the signature He was identified as Ronald Delano Bradford 25 of Daytona Beach Fla Authorities estimated he cashed $18000 worth of checks in 10 states He was released from federal prison at Leavenworth Kas last August Fair and a little colder is the forecast for tonight in Kansas City and its immediate area The low temperature is expected to be in the middle 20s Fair and warmer is forecast for tomorrow with the high to be j( We may never know whether the invitation for the Vietnamese chef of the French ambassador in London was canceled on advice of the chief of protocol or the White House physician PAGE MARKERS Deaths 6 Society 16 UNBORN BABY IS LOST Mrs Norma Young Remains in Critical Condition vince of Oriental is barred by blockade from trade food is short The main Leopoldville administration is committed this year to pay the army an amount equal to almost the entire government income revenue derived mainly from taxes on large international firms Confusion Among Lumumbists In mountainous scenic Kivu province successive pro-Lumumba heads of the provincial government have arrested and deposed each other Last week tribal chiefs and village elders tried to elect one of their number to run the province Rivals promptly arrested him In much of the province roughly the size of Pennsylvania ordinary life has ceased Electricity and gas service in the towms has been interrupted European residents have fled to the safety of Belgian-administered Ruanda-Urundi At the other end of the scale is Katanga the first region to break away from the central government and now tightly organized Under the grip of President Moise (Continued on Page 2) By Peter Grose EOPOLDVILLE Feb 24 (AP) Eight months of strife have left the former Belgian Congo splintered into six nominally independent governments Finances are hopelessly disorganized Frontiers are vague Jurisdiction over villages in the wild bush is unclear Communication among the so-called capitals is erratic and co-operation on even the most routine administrative matters often depends solely on whims By av of Brussels No mail service exists between Leopoldville and Elisabethville the largest cities Telegrams and tele-i phone calls from Leopoldville to South Kasai must be routed through Brussels A government treasury in some cases may amount to nothing more than the tribal bank account Some of the governments are rich Katanga and South Kasai collect vast revenues from diamond copper and uranium mines Others verge on bankruptcy The Lumumbist pro Attempts to save the unborn child of Mrs Norma Young 25 the victim of an accidental shotgun blast yesterday at her home have been unsuccessful officials at Baptist Memorial hospital said today Mrs Young of 8142 Agnes avenue was struck in the abdomen by the charge She remained in critical condition today at the hospital Unofficial Relative humidity 6 a 65 per cent 1 59 oer cent Barometer reading 6 a 3003 inches steady 1 3005 inches falling River stage today 44 feet rise of 7 of a foot Lake of the Ozarks 6 a 45 feet below full reservoir Precipitation in 24 hours ending 6 a none.