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4 D THURSDAY. 2,500 Baluba Refugees Live Near Elisabethville, Katanga By IAIAN MILLAR Unlled Prest International Elisabethville, Katanga -IUPD -A few miles from the center of Elisabethville, 2,500 Baluba refugees are still living In the qualor that remains of the old Baluba camp the United Nations reported clear the first of August. Their shelter consists of a few sheets of corrugated iron and old packing cases held to gether with mud and grass, How they manage to eat and live is anyone's guess. When the summer rains ' start soon, most of their pa thetic dwellings are likely to be washed away, leaving the United Nations with a refugee problem it thought it had solved. Ditpatched by Train Keeping the promise mBde by Robert Gardiner, UN civil Ian chief in the Congo, the UN airlifted and dispatched by train some 75,000 Balubas to North Katanga and Kasal at fantastic cost. By August UN headquar ters said all refugee Baluba tribesmen who wanted to re turn to their homes had been given free transport so far as the UN was closed. The thou sands of crude huts were burned or torn down. But as soon as the UN's Irish and Tunisian troops withdrew from the camp area a new horde of natives swarm ed in, began constructing (hacks and demanded to be fed by the UN until they were relocated. Agrees to Take Over The Katanga government agreed to lake over the admin istration of the new arrivals and provide them with food. But the Balubas turned down the offer of assistance from what they claim is "Illegal government." So far the refugees have managed to exist on francs aaved in more prosperous times when some of them were wealthy traders. According to their leader, who refers to himself as "Mon sieur le President," the men refuse to work in town as that would be taken as sup port for Katanga President .Moise Tshombc, whom they despise (one reason why they are refugees). Intend to Sit Tight The Baluba leader told me he and his followers intended to sit tight until the United Nations decided to ship them out. He said some of his men did odd jobs for the Indian troops in return for food, but not a single refugee had, or would, lake a job in the city. "All we w a n I is to go home," he said. To him and most of the others In the camp, "home" means Ihe Ma nono area of North Katanga. Escorted by an unarmed Tunisian soldier I walked through the new camp that sprawls over about 50 acres. HELP US! We need clothing, ihoas, dithti. furniture, end bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army 30 N. Holly 773-7335 "I WAS BITTEN BY A KING COBRA C4 AND LIVED!" by William llaast Many persons have been raked by the fangs of this huge snake, but only one of them has sur vived lo tell about it. William E.Haast, Director oftlie Miami Serpentarium, tcls his exciting story of raw courage and the fantastic chance lie took against the fatal bite of the deadly cobra. Don't Miss This True-l ife Adventure in Ihe NOVEMBER 25lh I.uue of Irl'fn sour ropy of th Medford Mail Tribune r X) Sin nam i i ilu NOVEMBER 22, 19S2 If the men were not at work they must have been hiding because very few were to be seen. Apart from swarms of Regulations for Timber Harvest Waived by BLM Portland - Fast action .is needed to salvage over one billion board feet of Douglas fir timber knocked down by an Oct. 12 windstorm which swept through the Pacific Northwest, according to Sec retary of the Interior Stew art L. Udall. In waiving Bureau of Land Managment timber harvest ing regulations for western Oregon, Secretary Udall said that severe losses could be expected from bark beetles if the wind-thrown timber isn't salvaged expeditiously. Altogether, there are an estimated five billion board feet of timber on the ground on all ownerships in Cali fornia, Oregon and Washing ton. While most of the dam age was centered in an area the size of the State of Penn sylvania, small outlying pock ets of wind-thrown timber as yet undiscovered, may raise the damage considerably. OUC Lands Hit Hard Hardest hit were some two million acres of Douglas fir timber in western Oregon, managed by BLM. These lands are revested Oregon and California railroad, pub lic domain, and Coos Bay wa gon road grants. The decision to go ahead immediately with salvage cuttings, while trying to minimize the ex pected Impact on timber prices in an already depressed West Coast market was reached after President Ken nedy called a meeting of federal and state officials and private landowners in Portland on Oct. 30. The conferees, who includ ed Interior, Agriculture. Commerce, and State forestry officials, concluded among other things, that risks of spreading beetle Infestation from the down material made it imperative that all recov erable salvage be taken out of the woods before May 1064 and that wherever local econ omy is not Jeopardized, tim ber may continue lo be sold. However, where the economy will be jeopardized, salvage sales will replace planned green sales. BLM foresters believe that most of the estimated one billion board feet on depart ment - administered lands Is salvageable. At current tim ber prices, value of this ma terial is estimated at $25 million. Four Steps Adopted Udall said that four steps have been adopted lo meet the emergency in western Oregon. These are waivers to existing regulations appli cable only to the affected area during the emergency, or until June 30, 1064. Existing contracts for cut Ing standing green timber may be extended as late as June 30, 1064 - or until the end of the emergency, which ever occurs sooner - without the normal reappraisal and payment required, the Secre tary said. This change in the regulations was made so that operators can divert work to wind-thrown timber. Udall explained that the Douglas fir bark beetle will attack downed and broken limber in the spring, and that unless salvage operations arc substantially completed by Ihe spring of 1964, epidemics o( beetle Infestations will move into undamaged tree." by June, 1064. Previous experience with storm damage Indicates that without rapid removal o( wind-thrown trees, Insect damage to standing timber could equal or exceed the di rect loss of the storm the Secretary added. Negotiations Authorlicd Authority has bcei delegat ed to field officials to negoti ate, where appropriate, new salvage timber sales of up lo one million board feet. In par ticular, such sales will be made where salvage material adjoins an existing contract area. Where warranted, the pe riod for advertising salvage timber sales on department lands during the emergency period will be reduced lo ex pedite quick salvage of wind thrown timber. Hard-pressed timber opera tors will get an adjustment in (he final payment require ments on certain existing con tracts to reflect extraordinary wind damage losses caused by the Columbus Day storm to standing timber which they had purchased. This waiver of portions of current regulations Is lim ited lo western Oregon ami to the period of the emer gency, or June 30, 1964. whichever Is the earlier. i children most of the inhabi tants appeared to be equal number of young women and old men. The children were either completely naked or clothed In various assortments of rags. All looked emaciated. Ambulance Drives Up As we left a UN ambulance drove up and two medical or derlies from the Italian-staffed hospital got out and collected an old man on a stretcher The Baluba "president" said that at present 25 people from the camp were receiving treat ment there. Whenever there was any sickness they called the Italians and an ambulance came. Officially the Tunisian bat talion has nothing to do with the camp apart from keeping the peace. However, it pro vides the squatters with water and gives other help. Recent ly, to prevent an outbreak of rabies, the Tunisians had to shoot about 4,000 wild dogs that roamed the camp. Claim To Be Refugees Another thousand Balubas, who also claim to be refugees, are scattered around Elisa bethville itself. About 800 have moved into a row of hous es near the Irish lines, about a mile from the main camp. They tell the same story as "Monsieur le President" and "CHARGE Presidential Aide Offers Resignation Washington -IUPD- President Kennedy accepted Wednesday the resignation of Howard CS Petersen, the presidential as sistant who steered the Trade Expansion Act through Con gress last year. Kennedy loid Petersen, "You can take justifiable pride In the important part you played In helping to launch" the trade program. Petersen is returning to his job as president of the Fldel-ily-Philadelphia Trust Co. In Philadelphia. share the same hope that the United Nations will fly them to the north. In an attempt to enforce their demands on the UN about 500 women camped out side the Tunisian headquar ters for several weeks on a "hunger strike." None of the women looked any less (ed than the refugees in the main camp. The UN is not alone in thinking that if it starts feed ing refugees it will have thou sands more on its hands each day demanding food. Even without any apparent food supply, the camp has grown daily. Whether it wants to or not the UN may find itself forced eventually to take some action or risk the growth of a large undisciplined mob in the city. IT" m mil v -nr w w suits . i Hi ,b V1 I v MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON College Representatives Representatives of the state system of higher education will answer questions about the Oregon tax-supported col leges at a meeting scheduled Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mcdford High school auditorium. The visiting teams will in clude representatives from the University of Oregon, Oregon State university, Southern Or egon college, nursing educa tion, and Oregon Technical in stitute. The representatives from each of the colleges will ex plain their respective academ ic offerings and point up each institution's specific require ments. In addition, they will discuss college costs, housing, scholarships, the mechanics of college application and en trance, and the career oppor tunities provided at each school. At the close of the meeting, representatives will move to assigned rooms so parents will have an opportunity to meet them personally, and when they will answer questions concerning the college they represent. The meetings are conducted annually by Medford High school as a part of the regular guidance program. They rep resent a combined effort by the state system of higher ed 1 Mi w i,i;.i .'wuy.'wui.iswiwrjiiieii jiii.i.iii.li.n?M. j 1 i m- " '-r"i intrifinimiiwiTiirnnifrriiiiil minm i innfl ucation and the high school to better prepare high school students for their future ca reers, and to provide parents with accurate and up-to-date ' ON THE BALCONY 4Jk Over 50 Albums Jkmmmm 217 EAST MAIN STREET MEDFORD, OREGON PRE-HOLIDAY To Visit Med ford High information about the state colleges. 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