WEDNESDAY. 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-
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DISPLAYS PAINTINGS Frank Vaz, .19, of
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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.
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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.
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