PAGE TWO White House Denounces Soviet. Blast As Device to Incite World Fear WASHINGTON (AP) Russia exploded its vaunted superbomb yesterday and the White House denounced the action as a device to incite "fright and panic." The blast, set off in the face of worldwide pleas against it, brought expressions of anger and alarm throughout the non-Communist world. In a statement obviously approved by President Kennedy, the White House called it an effort at blackmail that will be repelled "not only by the steadfastness of free men but by the power of the arms which men will use to defend their freedom." This mightiest of all man-made explosions was estimated in "the order of 50 megatons" — eq ual to the power of 50 million tons of TNT--as Soviet Premier Khrushchev had pro claimed two weeks ago it would be. The Atomic Energy Commission said the blast took place early yesterday on the Soviet's Ghana Purges Political Foes ACCRA, Ghana (UP) Presi dent Kwarne Nkrumah tightened his grip on Ghana with passage through Parliament yesterday of a bill selling up special courts which can mete out the death pen alty for political offenses. Only five votes were cast against the bill—all by members of the opposition United party. Thirty-six votes were in favor. The new courts are to be made up of three judges appointed per sonally by the president. There will he no jury and no right of appeal. Majority decision by the special courts of three judges is sufficient to find a prisoner guilty and the existence of any minority opinion will not be disclosed. In a preface to the bill, leftist Interior Minister Kwaku Boateng specified the courts will deal with "offenses against the state such as treason and sedition and of fenses against the peace such as rioting, unlawful assembly and other serious breaches of the peace." News Analyst to Quit CBS NEW YORK (/1 1 ) Veteran new analyst Howard K. Smith is leaving the Columbia Broadcast ing Sytsem because of "a differ ence in interpretation of CBS news policy," the network an nounced yesterday. Party Banishes Stalin's Body To Degrade Former Leader MOSCOW (P) The Communist party has banished Joseph Stalin's remains from its hallowed place beside V. I. Lenin in the tomb on Red Square. It was a final degradation of the man who had exercised iron and despotic control over the party and the whole Soviet Union for 25 years; who was hailed up until his death eight years ago by current Premier Khrushchev as "our great leader and teacher, the inspirer and or ganizer of all our victories." But times have changed. At the current 22nd congress of the Communist party, Khrushchev has brought out for the whole Soviet public to hear, the disclo sures of Stalin's crimes that Khrushchev made in his secret speech to the 20th congress in 1956. Murderer, torturer and bun gler are only a few of the epi thets Khrushchev and his follow ers have hurled at the late dic tator. As they spoke, it became ob vious it would be impossible for Stalin's body to remain in the tomb Nov. 7, when his successors review the par ade in Red Square celebrating the 44th an niversary of th e Bolshevik Revolution. This became perfectly clear Popular Priced SPECIAL DINNERS EVERY NIGHT at the CORNER unusual arctic testing island, Novaya Zemlya, "in the atmosphere and at about the same estimated alti tude of last week's big bomb test an estimated 25 megaton monster dwarfed by yesterday's detonation. I The U.S. announcement also differed from the European report 1 which indicated that the test was !conducted at a lower altitude than 'that of a week ago and had raised fears that the fallout dan ;ger might be intensified. However, the White House said the 50-megaton giant "will produce more radioactive fallout than any previous explosion." And as a great radioactive cloud swept over Siberia on westerly winds various European governments prepared i precautions against fallout ex 'pected in two to four weeks. I Fallout watchers in 80 places in !the United States also increased 'their vigilance, anticipating that the initial radioactive cloud from yesterday's explosion may sweep across this country—as happened, !after last week's blast. I The U.S. Weather Bureau said !wind patterns indicate that fallout (from the newest Soviet superbomb l is moving southeastward from its 'point of detonation. The bureau 'said this could place the new ; !radiation track somewhat east of i !which fallout cloud of a week ago, 'which proceeded due south initial-1 and then turned east. A noted nongovernment U.S.. nuclear scientist, Dr. Ralph E. 'Lapp, commented that he is in- Iclined to believe the new super bomb was a very dirty one which would greatly increase radioactive fallout in the United States next 'spring. Saturday when the delegates, in cluding Khrushchev, endorsed a proposal to build a monument in Moscow to Stalin's victims. It would seem impossible, even in the Soviet Union, to memorialize both persecutor and persecuted. The resolution said the fur ther presence of Stalin's body in the tomb with Lenin was "impossible" because of "Sta lin's serious violation of Lenin's behests, abuse of power, mass persecution of honest Soviet peciple and other action stem ming from the personality cult." No mention was made of what disposition will be made of Sta lin's body. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA U.S. Trucks Ride Safely Into Berlin BERLIN (AP) --- U.S. trucks and jeeps carrying armed sol diers in battle . dress moved across Soviet occupied terri tory 'from Berlin yesterday without Soviet interference. The convoys may have been a U.S. probe of Soviet intentions in, the inflamed-Berlin crisis. But the U.S. command in Berlin said the troops were headed back to West Germany in a routine replade- 1 ment operation. West Berlin border police said it was highly unusual for U.S. troops to travel the 110-mile auto bahn from Berlin to West Ger many in battle-ready array, with camouflage nets over their steel helmets. The movements of the troops followed incidents Sunday and early yesterday in which Soviet , officers turned back U.S. Army I military assistance vehicles en tering the express highway from Berlin. Three were halted, the last shortly after midnight. The vehicles are unarmed. They; provide help for U.S. travelers who have car or other trouble on the autobahn. The Russians in sist the vehicles are rot necessary. At 9 a.m., four jeeps and eight trucks started down the highway., They arrived safely at Helmstedt in West Germany. Three other convoys left before dark. At least: one truck had a machine gun mounted on it. Adoula Wants Order; Bombs Attack Katanga LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (?P)—Premier Cyrille Adoula an nounced last night the start of a police action to restore law and order to secessionist Katanga. He said the operation by the Congolese national army is being launched to liquidate Katanga's secession. The rich southeastern province pulled out soon after the Congo won independence in July 1960. Adoula's declaration—in effect a declaration of war against Ka tanga President Moise Tshombe— came as the United Nations dis closed two officially witnessed bombing attacks on central gov ernment territory by aircraft based in Katanga. Reds Urge Finland To Join in Defense MOSCOW (/P) The Soviet Union yesterday called,on Finland to join in defense measures against what it termed a mounting military threat from West Germany. In one of the strongest notes to the Helsinki government in years, Moscow also included harsh attacks against Fin land's Scandinavian neighbors and accused them of complicity with West German militarists. Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gro myko handed the note to Finnish Ambassador Eero Vuori. It urged immediate consultations on de fense treasures under terms of the 1947 Soviet-Finnish pact. The demand appeared to be a first step toward bringing the little country of 4.5 million peo ple into line with the Warsaw U.S. Accuses Reds. of Pushing World Disaster UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (4))—The United States yester day accused the Soviet Union of pushing the world toward anarchy and disaster by ex ploding its massive superbomb.i Other delegations also expressed abhorrence and distress over the Soviet move. The Soviet Union avoided any. reference to this morning's explo sion, but said it had been forced to carry out the current' series of nuclear bomb tests to prevent the United States from launching a nuclear war. One delegate, F. H. Corner of New Zealand, suggested that the big explosion may have gone be yond what the Russians had planned. Referring to reports that the size of the explosion may have been 75 megatons rather than 50 megatons, he asked: "Was this increase an accident?" The debate took place in the General Assembly's Political Committee. U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson launched the criticism of the Soviet Union. He was supported by represen tatives of Norway, the Nether lands, Italy and Canada. Soviet Delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin said that the situation in Berlin was so serious that "war can start" at any moment. Stevenson referred to the latest' Soviet explosion as 'apparently' even larger than 50 megatons." He said the day of the test would be long remembered "for a display of violence on a scale unheard of, in human history to this time." TUESDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1961 Pact military bloc, possibly for establishment of Soviet mili tary bases on Finnish soil. Under the 1947 treaty the So viet Union, which invaded Fin land in 1939, leased the Porkkala base near Helsinki for 50 years. But the base was turned back to Finland five years ago. Moscow's note cited "rising West German 41itarism" as the reason for joint defense talks. It said West Germany is hiding behind the North Atlantic Treaty Organization flag and trying to get nuclear weapons, and alleged that West German revenge-seek ers already have received bases from Scandinavian members of NATO. The note accused Norway and Denmark of being involved in West German military plots and lashed out at what it called lead ing circles of Sweden. State Spared Fallout Effect HARRISBURG VP) The state Health Department reported yes terday that Pennsylvania has been spared any measurable radioactive fallout from Russia's big bomb test. Friday-8 p.m.-Saturday ****THE CAVE DWELLERS Center r --- Stage TICKETS at the HUB Last Day: "Francis of Assisi" CPI Ili A 1 41 • * Starts Tomorrow * AUDREY HEPBURN sir Arriumn MOM ELME , iing=fir 111.11111.11111.11..1 Tonite: "North to Alaska" N • Wed. and Thurs. • :I** JERRY WALD'S RENON TO PEYTON PEACE COLOR by DELUXE
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