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Royal Troops
Fail in Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos (IP)—Western diplomats here were
plunged into despair yesterday by the evacuation—without
a major fight—of . royal paratroopers dropped near Muong
Kassy nine days ago.
The Westerners had hoped for a decisive push by royal
Astronaut
Acclaimed
In Moscow
MOSCOW (IP) The man who
orbited around the world flew into
Moscow's warmest embrace yes
terday for acclaim as the Soviet
Union's greatest postwar hero.
He was cheered by millions,
hugged and kissed by Premier
Khrushchev, hailed as a new Co
lumbus, and decorated with the
highest Soviet honors at a Krem
lin reception matching the splen
dors of the czars.
The adulation for Maj. Yuri A.
Gagarin went on from noon until
nearly midnight. It was an out
pouring of affection such as prob
ably no son of Russia ever has
seen in a single day's celebration.
The 27-year-old flier, swept in
a week from obscurity to the his
tory book, took it calmly and smil
ingly, assuring the Soviet people
that he was ready to undertake
new flights deeper into space.
Khrushchev told • the elite of
Soviet leaders and scientists in
the Kremlin Palace that Gaga
rin's flight into space has given
the Soviet Union "a colossal su
periority" over the West.
To the thousands massed ear
lier in Red Square, the premier
said that the name of Gagarin—
unknown to most Russians and
the world until three days ago—
will live forever among mankind's
immortals.
Khrusheliev toasted him. Presi
dent Leonid Brezhetr pinned on
him the Order of ' Hero of the
Soviet Union, the nation's high
est.
The three highspot ceremonies
of the day took place at the air
port, Red Square and the Krem
lin reception.
Postal Rate Hike
Requesfed by Day
WASHINGTON (LP) Just like
his predecessor, Postmaster Gen
eral J. Edward Day asked Con
gress yeAterday to increase postal
rates and wipe out the postal
deficit.
For mos t Americans the in
crease would mean sticking a
f ive-cen t stamp instead of a four
cent stamp on their envelopes.
In total, the increased rates
would bring in $741 million a
year, Former Postmaster General
Arthur E. Summerfield requested
similar increases - in the past sev
eral Years, but Congress took no
a( ion.
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MOSCOW VP) -- A book about
Yuri A. Gagarin went on sale in
Mocow Friday.
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forces before an expected cease
fire is negotiated with pro-Com
munist Pathet Lao rebel leaders.
The evacuation wrote off as
a failure one of the most spec
tacular operations of the civil
war the April 5 air drop in
terpreted by Westerners as a
warning to the Pathet Lao that
government forces still were
powerful despite a succession of
defeats.
Young American civilian pilots
flying U.S.-m ad e helicopters
plucked the red-bereted para
troopers from a valley northwest
of Muong Kassy Thursday and
took them to the royal capital of
Luang Prabang.
The paratroopers had been
dropped near the north-south
highway between Luang Pra
bang and the administrative cap
ital of Vientiane to counter para
troopers the Pathet Lao had
thrown into the fight April 3 for
royal military headquarters at
Vang Vieng.
Government officials claimed
their paratroopers had accom
plished their mission of halting
the rebel drive southward. But
earlier this week Moscow ra
dio reported the government
paratroopers were encircled.
It was reliably reported in Vien
tiane that the evacuation finally
was forced by the failure of Gen.
Boun Leuth, government com
mander in chief based in Luang
Prabang, to commit infantry from
the north to support the para- 1
troopers and outflank Pathet Lao'
units.
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Stevenson Asks
Belgian Exodus
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. VP)
—U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Ste
venson declared yesterday a Bel
gian exodus would speed a solu
tion to the Congo crisis, but he
rejected proposals setting a dead
line and threatening penalties.
The U.S. chief delegate ex
pressed support in the General
Assembly for a mildly worded
Asian-African resolution urging
quick reconvening of the Congo
lese Parliament to determine the
future political structure of the
divided country.
After hearing Stevenson, the
assembly adjourned until Satur
day for a vote on rival Congo
resolutions before it.
Stevenson suggested a federal
form of government, similar to
that in the United States, would
be the best for the Congo.
He said the sooner Belgium
withdraws extraneous personnel
from the Congo "the sooner the
task of reconciliation can go
ahead."
He referred to Belgian mill
lazy and semimiliiary person
nel and political advisers whose
withdrawal had been demanded
in previous Security Council
resolutions.
He mentioned recent assur
ances from Belgium that it would,
comply with council resolutions
and declared that imposition of a
21-day deadline,
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Eichmann Plans
To Seek Aid
JERUSALEM VP) Adolf
Eichmann's defense attorney told
a panel of Israeli judges yester
day he will seek German legal
protection for the onetime Nazi
officer accused of directing the
wartime massacre of millions of
Jews. The West German govern
ment took a dim view of the idea.
Immediately after Servatius'
announcement, court adjourned to
consider his arguments against
trying Eichmann in Israel. The
judges will rule after the trial
resumes Monday.
A West German government of
ficial said that any effort by Ser
vatius to obtain West German le
gal protection for Eichmann
would be fought.