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A-4 THE SUNDAY STAR Wosbiogtu, O. C„ January 15, 1961 HIADUNE PERSONALITY . New Army Secretary Is a Lawyer. Scholar MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Jan? 14 (AP).—ln a word, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., is a brain. BUt you should see him on the sidelines rooting for the favorite team. He is a scholar, and a bril liant one. At 44, he already has mastered more academic heights than most men scale in a lifetime. Today, President-elect Ken nedy selected him to.be Secre tary of the Army. ?e is a handsome man. His portraits suggest a publicity re lease from a touring troupe. But he has that scholarly slouch that borders on hunched shoulders from bending over books. Mr. Stahr was born in Hick man. Ky. During his under graduate work at the Univer sity of Kentucky, he compiled the highest scholastic record in the school's history. He easily made Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Rhodes scholarship. This entitled him to three years at-Oxford University in Eng larfd, where he earned three degrees, a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Civil Law and Master of Arts. Five Years in Army After receiving his law de gree, he was with a New York law firm for eight years—with time out for the Army during World War H, including two years overseas duty in the Far East. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1940 and came out a lieutenant colonel in 1945. In 1947 he joined the Ken- ■ tucky faculty as associate pro- { fessor of law. A year later he ‘ was appointed professor and dean of the law college and he was named one of the 10 out- ; standing men of America. On ' the Selection Committee was Dwight D. Eisenhower. During the Korean War he took a leave of absence to go 1 to the Pentagon as a special assistant to Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. In 1954 he returned to the University of Kentucky as pro vost. Heads W. Va. University Two years later he became executive director of the Presi dent’s Committee on Education Beyond the High School. And a year later he became vice chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. From Pittsburgh he was named president of West Vir ginia University early in 1959. Even though he chose the library over the ball field dur- U. S. Bureaucratic Secrecy Charged TUCSON, Aris., Jan. 14 (AP). —4* Florida editor said today mushrooming bureaucracy has a stifling curtain of seegecy over all the Executive Branch of Federal Government. Managing editor Virgil M. (Rpd) Newton, jr„ of the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune told the Newspaper Association he-is not optimistic about the jmjnediate outlook. In Tucson to receive the University of Arizona’s annual John Peter Zenger Freedom of the -Press Award, Mr. Newton said the freedom of information outlook is improving on the city, county and State levels of. -Government across the Natlpn. *!But the Federal bureaucracy at' Washington, which today places a restraining finger upon 1 every phase of living and every Anjsrican citizen, is positively overwhelming,” he said. *jThe facts of our Govern ment are denied to the people, ths .Congress, the press and even the General Accounting Office, which is our auditing restraint upon bureaucratic spending.” * a.. Water Conversion Plant Opens Soon FREEPORT. Tex., Jan. 14 (Aj l ).—The Nation's first com mercial sea water conversion plaint erected for the Federal Office of Saline Water is sched ule to start operating on Mar£h 24. The plant, one of five the agency is building, will pro duce a million gallons of fresh water daily. Pipe is being laid to the city of Freeport, which will buy half the water at 20 cents per 1,000 gallons. Dow Chemical Co. in Freeport is to purchase the other half at 30 cents a thou sand. ADVERTISEMENT “Flower & Garden” 4 Issues FREE! Neither novice nor expert should min thia bargain! America’s fav orite widest-read garden magazine shows you how to grow things better and to have more fun do ing it. Practical tips for your own region. Gorgeous full-color covers you ean frame. 4 Send only $1 for next 8 issues— just half the regular price, so you really get 4 FREE. (35c per copy at newsstands.) Money re funded on unused portion if not delighted. Offer good only 10 days, ao do hurry! Mail your name, address and dollar to FLOWER & GARDEN, 511 Gar ' den Center, 543 Westport Rd., i Kansu City 11, Mo. Bv w - Wbb ji FULL NAME Elvis Jacob Stahr, jr. CLAIM TO FAME—Named Sec retary of tha Army by Fresi dant-alact Kennedy. HOME—Morgantown, W. Vo, BIRTHDAY—March 9, 1916 EDUCATlON—University of Ken- < techy and Oxford University under Rhodes Scholarship. JOlS—Lawyer in New York, Dean of law college end later pro vost of University of Ken tucky, spacial assistant to Army secretary, vice chancellor at University of Pittsburgh, presi dent of West Virginia Uni versity. FAMlLY—Married former Dorothy Holland Barkfield; they have a daughter and two sons. HOBBIES—Sports enthusiast. ing his undergraduate years, he is quite a sports fan. When he came to West Vir ginia, for example, he was asked his views on the athletic program there. “I don’t want the mountain eers to ever be doormat for anybody," he said flatly. At West Virginia, he was the highest paid administrator in the university’s history. His annual pay check amounted to 130,000, plus a few incidentals. This is 88,000 more than the amount paid to the educator he succeeded. 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Kisenyi is a Ruanda village on the northeast shore. United Nations reports from Kivu, which is controlled by the Stanleyville regime loyal to deposed Premier Patrice Lu mumba, said the Congolese de tachment mounted the attack in defiance of their dwn officers and from no apparent motive. Belgium protested in a note to United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, referring particularly to Con golese fire into Kisenyi Thurs day with automatic weapons and mortars, "indiscriminately day and night.” The town, a tobacco and dairying center once widely known as a tourist resort, was thronged with many Negro and white refugees from Kivu. The note said the civilian popula tion was evacuated under fire. Paratrooper Wounded A Belgian paratrooper wounded in the shelling was brought to a hospital in Usum bura, the Ruanda-Urundi cap ital 100 miles south of Kisenyi. Complicating the border re lationships was a Belgian army announcement that bight Bel gian soldiers who strayed onto Dayal Ouster Asked By Congo Mission LEOPOLDVILLE, The Con go, Jan. 14 (AP). The Con golese government today de manded the withdrawal of Ra jeshwar Dayal, Indian head of the United Nations Congo mis sion. Foreign Minister Justin Bom boko announced at a news con ference that the demand was made in a letter from Presi dent Joseph Kasavubu to U. N. Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold. Mr. Bomboko said U. N. in activity during the Christmas Day arrest of provincial min isters in Bakavu, Kivu prov ince, by troops backing deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba was tantamount to “complicity with murder.” The Congolese government has charged that one of the ministers seized in the raid, Charles Rwakabubu, has since died of torture. A U. N. spokesman said Mr. Dayal had no immediate com ment. Mr. Kasavubu’s letter ac cused Mr. Dayal of partiality toward the Lumumba rebels who now have gained control of more than one-third of the Congo. Disarming Asked » He called for disarming of all pro-Lumumba troops. This might take some doing. The problem is illustrated by a fight yesterday at the tin mining town of Manon, in North Katanga. a Kivu province road while escorting a truckload of sup plies to the frontier town of Shangugu have been arrested by the Congolese. The supplies were confiscated and the soldiers are being held at Bukavu, the Kivu capital. U. N. authorities have Deen asked to negotiate for their release. WASHINGTON'S DOWNTOWN BUICK DEALER '*.■•■ ■ ' - vC OPENS FOR 1 WInmQSQ BUSINESSwW r ./ SALES SERVICE Dick Stevens, Mgr. Ralph Lomax, Mgr. YOUR COMPLETE SATISFACTION IS STANDARD EQUIPMENT AREA'S LARGEST DOWNTOWN FACILITY Half a City Block of Buick Sales and Service LI. 6-7100 A U. N. spokesman told re porters in Ellsabethville, the Katanga capital, that a de tachment of 200 U. N. troops fought pro-Lumumba forces for six hours and finally had to ask for a cease-fire because they were unable to hold the Manono airfield. Among U. N. casualties was a British major, Frank Edge, who was reported seriously wounded. Mr. Lu mumba remain imprisoned at Thysville. the army garrison town, southwest of Leopold ville. The Government clammed up on details of a pay day riot yesterday, which got Mr. Lu mumba temporarily out of the cell he has occupied since Dec. 2. Proposal Opposed What seems to have hap pened was this: Congolese military police— NOTICE This is to announce the newly elected officers of JOHN SHARPER, INC. at 5821 BRINKLEY RD. S.E. OXON HILL, MD. ALBERT F. SHARPER, President CHARLES R. SHARPER, Treasurer HELEN L SHARPER, Secretary. Business will continue as usual without any change in policy. and their wives—started dem onstrating because they do not get a$ much money as the elite corps of commandos. Specifically they objected to a government proposal to pay them 50 francs ($1) a week in place of a food ration. When the camp officers failed to sympathize with the protests, troops surrounded them and locked them up. Mr. Kasavubu and Col. Jos eph Mobutu, the Army chief flew from Leopoldville to Thyp ville, 85 miles away. The two leaders wer. greeted with hostility—some reports say thejr actually held in detention. For a short time Mr. Lumum ba was let out of his cell. He was never allowed to leave the camp, however, and at no time seemed in a position to assert his demogogic magnetism. Fast talking by Mr. Kasavu bu and Mr. Mobutu, and a pro visional agreement to reconsid er the matter of wages calmed the troops. By nightfall, the sit uation was quiet. Morton Will Join Insurance Company By th. Auocl.ted Preu Assistant»Attorney General Perry W. Morton said yester day he will become second vice president and associate general counsel of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. B Acrosonic I fe I ... the modern small piano I R with the BIG piano tone! Come in and see I ?B the Acrosonic. Get to know its responsive I ■ touch and the varied beauty of its many B ■ cabinet styles. P understand B K J. 1 I UIM our P r idein B presenting the ACROSONIC! B when the Eisenhower admin istration leaves office next Fri day. Mr. Morton of Lincoln, Nebr., headed the Justice Depart ment's lands Division. He was an insurance company attorney in Lincoln for 17 years before Joining the Elsenhower admin istration. DWIN