Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 22, 1962, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1382 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD. OBECON Evacuation Under Way From Katanga Refugee Center By JUSTIN PAINE United Prau International Elizabethville. Katanga-tUPD -One of the worst eyesores In the Congo ia gradually be ing eradicated. It is the huge disease and crime-ridden Baluba refugee camp established in Elisabeth viUe by the United Nations in August, 1961, as a haven for frightened Baluba tribesmen. The Balubai, politically op posed to Katanga President Moise Tshombe's government and fearing reprisals in the then developing Katangcse was against the U.N., came in such thousands from Kasai and South Kasai that their care, feeding and housing became a Herculean task. The hastily prepared camp grew and grew. No one is sure even now how many ref ugees the camp eventually held. Generally the figure has been estimated at between 40.000 and 40,000. In the crowded, unsanitary conditions, the camp became a hell-hole where disease flourished, terror ruled and crime ran wild. Inmates Evacuated Now the camp's inmates are being returned to Kasai and South Kasai at an average of about 1,000 a day. The evacu- y jy i j L 1 DISPLAYS PAINTINGS Frank Vaz, .19, of Sunnyvale, Calif., displays some of his nil paintings, including a portrait of his wife and son. Born In Puerto Rico, the painter does the work in his spare lime from his job machining parts for Agcna satellites and polaris missiles at the Lockheed plant. (UP1) FINAL WEEK COPELAND'S 50th YEAR SALE FREE Quart "Vari-Krom" Spatter Paint With EACH $2.00 Purchase 4x8x Mahogany REJECTS $H95 Reg. Price EACH $2.95 4x8x"4 Pre-Finished Birch 4x8x" Colonial Mahogany .. 4xix' Pre-Finished Walnut 795 $495 2-6 A-Mahogtny Doors Alum. Screen Doors 36" Wood Screen Doors 6" $1093 $795 4x8xU Prefinished MAHOGANY PANELING $395 Reg. Price EACH $4.95 4x8x14 Prefinished CHERRY PANELING SQ93 EACH Rag. Prict $12.95 4x8x,4 Rj. form $169 Plywood " Truck load Miu. lumbar 7 Fl. Split Cedar Posts-Each $9500 ,45 Pra-Hung Int. Mahog. door units complete $18.95 aa. V4 x 10" D-Redwood tiding - good lengths $89 per M Special 5'4 x 10 K. D. Cedar Bevel .iditttf $149 per M Ji x 10 Redwood Channel tiding $139 per M Plattic corrugated patio cover 31c tq. ft. 4 x 8 x H C. D. Interior theathing $99 per M CEMENT 139 - CONCRETE MIXES $39 tack NO LIMIT C 1 1765 NORTH RIVERSIDE Bring Your Truck or Trailer ation began in May and no one is sure just how long it will take because no one knows how many persons are involved. By June 10. the number evacuated by train and plane had passed 20.000. U.N. civilian chief in the Congo Robert Gardiner is given much of the credit for the evacuation. While others were procrastinating, he an nounced during a short visit to Eiisabethville early in May that the breakup of the camp must begin immediately. "You have four days to get the first tralnload of refu gees away," he told startled officials. Evacuation plans, some of them three and four months old. were hurriedly re-examined. . Four days later, on May ft, the first tralnload of 1.000 refugees pulled away from the siding beside the camp. At first there were to be two trains a week, then this was reduced to one for trans shipment reasons. Refugees were taken by train to Ka mina, 350 miles away and roughly the halfway point, then airlifted to Luluabourg, capital of Kaisai Province, Plans Transport Next move was the intro- JunllnF, f Jin alro-ofl to flv refugees direct from I Eiisabethville to Bakwanga, capital of South Kasai. Again the U.N. struck unexpected trouble when it was found the refugees' huge piles of lug gage limited the number per flight to about 60 instead of the planned 85. The number of aircraft, each making two flights daily was doubled. In June, the evacuation again was intensified, with seven aircraft making 14 flights daily. Combined with train trans port, the number of refugees leaving Eiisabethville jumped to 7.000 a week. With the movement of the refugees from Eiisabethville, the U.N.'s troubles could still be far from over. So far there has been little information on the reception the refugees have received in the villages. In Luluabourg, they aroused some initial distrust among the local population and this feeling may spread to the vil lages. In Bakwanga the first arrival received a more friendly welcome and seem to have a better chance of be ing absorbed back into the population. Food may be a difficult problem as present supplies dwindle. U.N. chiefs in Eiisa bethville are considering di verting some of the food for the steadily decreasing popu lation of the Refugee camp to Kasai and South Kasai. Klamath Falls Truck Operator Fined $100 Salem - IUPII - Jonel C. Hill, state public utility commis sioner, said today he has fined Edward A. Schultz, Klamath Falls trucker, $100 for haul ing a load of roofing material from Eugene to Klamath Falls without proper authorization. The material belonged to another party. Hill said Schultz's permit allows him only to transport his own property within the state. Meany said in a speech to the American Bakery and Con fectionery Workers conven tion that the Berlin wall ;howed the true "Russian culture." Washington OJPIt AFL-CIO President George Meany said Tuesday that "academic nit wits" who proposed cultural exchanges with Russia are "living in a fool's paradise." FIT -QUALITY-SERVICE You'll Get 'Em ALL Here! Ocean Building Practices Listed New York - 1UPI1 - The hurricane season brings a re minder from a storm-minded architect that it doesn't al ways make sense to close the windows when the wind blows. "Resistance of the building to the wind is what does the damage from wind action," says Daniel Chait, an expert on beachfront building. "The best way to overcome it is to make sure the wind has a chance to blow through the house. "This may be done by open ing all windows during a crit ical storm." Chait put together an out line of seafront building prac tices after the great Atlantic storm of March 5-R this year. That blow a combination of high winds and high tides destroyed hundreds of homes, caused millions in damage and brought a stale of disas ter along much of the east coast. Hurricanes can reproduce these wind-and-walcr condi tions. The hurricane season 1 begins in mid-August. 1 Chait, a New York builder, I has designed stem-proof build ings for erection In Panama, ' Okinawa, New Jersey and j Long Island, N.Y. S "It must be kept in mind that sand is semi-fluid," he I says. "Therefore one must dis card the principle on which foundations in solid ground are calculated namely, that earth usually does not shift." Two techniques solve the problem: the "taproot" foun dation of pilings reaching through fluid sand to stable ground, or the "boat," in which the house it literally floated on a concrete boat or tub. Above-ground stresses also must be considered, Chait warns. Besides the obvious problem of wind, there Is the stress transmitted from the foundation to the house itself ("all points must be lied to gether with metal plates and bolts so the house will have some 'give' but will not wrack or move") and water smnshing against the house. For the latter problem, Chait's advice is simple enough: don't go too near the water. Invitations fo Bid On Project Issued Invitations In hid on con struction of the new Surveyor Recreation site In the Medford district have been issued by the Portland office of the bureau of land management, according to Donald J. Scho ficld. district manager. The Surveyor Recreation site is located on the west side of Surveyor Mountain inidw.iy between the Dead Indian hiiih- way and the Grccnsprings ' highway on the Bl.M Kenn ' access road. i Those interested in bidding nn the project are invited to i an on the ground review of ! the work to he accomplished The "show me" trip will be : conducted Aug 30, Schofield said. Prospectne bidders are re quested to meet at the Med ford district office at R a m Aug 30. A representative of the local office will conduct the trip and answer questions relative to the project. DOWNTOWN STORE COMPARE ! ! CHECK OUR PRICES!! DISCOUNT PRICES ON BACK TO SCHOOL NEEDS - SAVE! y 7 BOYS DOMESTIC FLANNEL SHIRTS Big values in boys' wash 'n wear cotton flannel plaid shirts. Plenty of smart lively patterns and colors. Sizes 6 to 16. 1100 U Reg. 159 BOYS' COTTON BRIEFS Fine combed cotton. Nylon reinforced leg bands, elastic waist. Sizes 616. 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