WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 7, 1959 Mec Call ita's Voyage d Rehearsal MOSCOW scientists toll terday Mechf (/P) Soviet a newsmen yes ta’s space voyage :!ered a dress re ligger and better igh they haven’t .3 re-entry prob ued flights. can be consic hearsal for b rockets, thou yet licked th lem for mam “I can assur stop at this.” V ander Topehie- Academy of Sc conference. : you we will not ce President Alex r of the Soviet lences told a news "There isn universe ioda be reached "This would lime, but ihs be long." A panel of Soviet scientists de moted an SO-mmute news confer ence, to generalities concerning their 1%-ton prodigy and what it means in the future exploration ©f space. Topchiev announced that Mech ta had practically entered orbit as the solar system’s first artifi cial planet. 't a spot in the y which could not <i rocket," he said, of course require 9 wait would not The distance figure* are cal culations. They ere based on ihe speed and direction of the rocket when it was last under observation, plus what is known of the cosmic forces that strip it in the void of interplanetary, space. The rocket is far beyond optical tracking now and its radio is dead. Hie scientists said it had successfully completed all tasks assigned to it before passing out of range. They avoided any comment on technical details of the rocket’s construction or the fuel used to hurl it into space. Barriers Lifted For Mikoyan WASHINGTON (A 3 )— I The State Department lowered its travel barriers yesterday to let Moscow’s No. 2 man, Anasta L Mikoyan, go just about anywhere he wants' to in the United States. 1 The first first deputy premier] of the Soviet Union, plans to visit at least half a dozen American] cities beginning today. ] Some of the cities have long] been out of bounds for Soviet dip lomats and visitors unless they] got special permission. 1 The system of setting up such, restricted areas was started by! the Soviet Union itself a decadet or more ago. The United States adopted reciprocal restrictions be ginning in 1952. I The State Department press of-i ficer, Lincoln White, announced] that the department has issued] permission for Mikoyan to travel to restricted areas. “Ihe Soviets] asked exceptions and those were granted,” White said. Ssiud Threatens War i CAIRO, Egypt (A s )—The Cairo newspaper A 1 Kahira said yester-j day King Saud of Saudi Arabia warned UN Secretary General] Dag Hammarskjold that war willj break out in the Arab world if Palestine Arab refugees are not] returned to their homes. The newspaper said Saud de livered his warning in a talk with Hammarskjold Monday.- ; \kvtaWOWefmi Bwith lITA file lew Goaf j Europe SL hm* s64s] Orient > £L. ha s97i] Ir *•«<* tk*» ttndH. o* trips to Mwrtor writ Amsrkci if law $549 vp sni l i WmU sim t* nr Xrovvl Aflonf Africans Clash With Police; 34 Fatalities LEOPOLDVILLE, Belgian Con go (TP)—Order was gradually be ing restored yesterday in this jungle city after bloody rioting by Africans demanding indepen dence. At least 34 Africans have been killed and another 100 seriously injured in the clashes that started Sunday between police and Afri cans. , The city is still under a vir tual state of siege, but transport has been restored. Euroneans have been armed in case of further outbreaks of vio lence. Paratroopers rushed from ihe military base at Kamina are standing by. The riots began after a political meeting of Congolese where the future independence of the Congo was discussed. Hie word independence acted like a spur. The Africans invaded the European section of the city, ransacking and firing stores. Catholic missions and police sta tions were attacked and set ablaze. Order was restored with the help of armored cars and barbed wire roadblocks. KEELER’S.. . the University Bookstore BARNES & NOBLE OUTLINES and EVERYDAY HANDBOOKS famous eduoethncd paperbacks ... average prim $1 .SO mm 140 TIKES ON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS* ANTHROPOLOGY ENGINEERING LANGUAGES ART ENGLISH MATHEMATICS BUSINESS ETIQUETTE MUSIC DRAMA GOVERNMBtf PHILOSOPHY ECONOMICS HANDICRAFTS POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION HISTORY PSYCHOLOGY START RlQttT...buif i|our Outlines and Handbooks when qou get ifour textbooks! COLLEb* THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA U.S.S.R. Adamant On Free Berlin WASHINGTON (/P) Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mi koyan indicated last night the So- 1 viet Union is standing firm oni its demand for an end to four power rule of Berlin. He told this to newsmen after a more than two-hour review of [foreign policy problems with Vice President Richard Nixon. Asked if the Soviet Union has changed its position in any way on Berlin, he replied; “Why change it? One does not change a good position.” Mikoyan’s comments, made out side Nixon’s office in the Capitol, contrasted with hints he dropped earlier on a softening in the So viet’s position to turn East Ber lin over to its puppet East Ger man regime in May. The meeting between Mikoyan and Nixon was arranged at the former’s request The Soviet Em- ; bassy termed it a courtesy call by Mikoyan. \ Mikoyan broadly hinted Mon day at possible Soviet concessions to make any new deal over Berlin more acceptable to the Western Big Three countries. One of these was reported to be formal guar antees of free access to the city via mail, water and air routes. BARNES & NOBLE EXTENDS SINCERE BEST WISHES TO ON THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW STORE HAVANA, Cuba </P) The revolutionary government dis solved Congress yesterday ;and announced it will rule ! Cuba by decree for at least [lB months when new elections are planned. The government suspended all criminal "courts, regarded as a [symbol of the fallen dictatorship |Of President Fulgencio Batista, and was reported preparing a de cree abolishing all political par ties. ! The provisional regime dis- i missed all provincial governors, mayors and councilmen. Appar ently their functions will be taken over by new civilian ap pointees prepared in advance for the task. Other decrees, informed sources said, would ban all candidates in the 1354 and 1958 elections from Cuba’s political life, freeze the private bank accounts of all Ba tista officials, and stop the cash ing of all outstanding checks against the Batista regime. Revolutionary courts were re-, ported being prepared to try Ba-, tista, now in exile in the Domini can Republic, and other officials: who may be accused of crimes during his rule. In Washington. 0-S. AMy. i Gen. William Rogers said Tues day Batista would not be granted asylum in the United Stales if he sought if. ON SALE A? Keeler's, I3ie University Mulere 206 East College Ave. Since 1928 Cuba Annuls Congress; Suspends All Courts Batista is now in the Domini can Republic Soviet Premier Dislikes Truman, Dulles; Not Ike NEW YORK UP) Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev has a high regard and deep respect for President Eisenhower, but dis likes former President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. This was reported yesterday by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D- Minn.) who had an eight-hour conference with Khrushchev at the Kremlin on~Dec. 1. Humphrey quoted Khrushchev as saying of the President: “He is a very honest man who wants peace.” As for Truman: “I did not like Truman, I did not like Truman’s policies, but Truman did make decisions.” The senator said Khrushchev termed Dulles, “imperialist” and "warlike.” “I am sorry that the policies of the United States are made by Dulles. It is not just I who do not like Mr. Dulles. If you don’t Ithink so, read the British press land the French press end the press of other countries.” RECREATIONS SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY SPEECH STUDY AIDS PAGE THREE
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