FINAL FLING—Myrlene Eklund, Geneseo sophomore, takes one last slide down Alumni Place hill on a tray before buckling down to study for finals.
Katanga Gives Up As Kolwezi Falls
ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga, The Congo -(UPI)—President Moise Tshombe has surrendered Kolwezi, his last stronghold in Katanga, and announced the end of Katanga's secession, it was reported here today.
Derek Dodson, Britain's consul in Elisabethville, said he received the news in a message from the Union Miniere in Kolwezi.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS, Tshombe conceded the integration of Katanga with the rest of the Congo and guaranteed freedom of movement for United Nations troops in Katanga.
There was no confirmation of the reports in Leopoldville, capital
UNITED NATIONS — (UPI) — Katanga President Moise Tshombe has sent a message to the United Nations asking for truce talks and demanding amnesty for himself and his followers, diplomatic sources said today.
Tshombe Asks For Truce Talk
THEY SAID this condition was laid down firmly by Tschombe as part of the bargain he proposed to U.N. Secretary General Thant.
The diplomatic source said that "there is no absolute assurance that Leopoldville Premier Cyrille Adoula will fulfill promptly Tshombe's request."
The sources said Tshombe informed Thant he would surrender his last Katangese stronghold of Kolwezi only if he and his secessionist associates are guaranteed formal amnesty for their past political activities.
In a message to Thant disclosed here today, Tshombe asked the Secretary General to fix the time for a truce conference between himself and U.N. representatives.
U. N. officials were understood to be urging Tshombe through allied good offices to satisfy himself with the amnesty offer made by Congo President Joseph Kasavubu before the Leopoldville parliament dissolved recently.
THE PARLEY might be held in the no-man's land between Elizabethville and Kolwezi.
A wrangle over Tshombe's conditions could delay final completion of U.N. efforts to obtain peaceful integration of his province from Tshombe.
of the Central Congolese government.
However, a Congolese mob, infuriated by British opposition to U.N. action to end Katanganese secession, stormed the British Embassy in Leopoldville and ransacked some of its offices, smashed windows and hurled files into the streets. The mob members also ripped a picture of Queen Elizabeth to shreds and trampled it in the street. Embassy First Secretary John Ure received superficial cuts when he was hit with pieces of glass from a broken window.
Diplomatic sources in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, said earlier in the day that Tshombe had surrendered his forces to the United Nations and announced the end of Katanga secession.
THE SOURCES SAID Tshome told Thant and Adolau he would return to Elisabethville to implement this arrangement with his ministers as soon as the Central Government gave him a safe conduct pass.
The sources said Tshombe sent messages to U.N. Secretary General Thant and Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula announcing that Katanga's secession was over and granting the United Nations freedom of movement throughout the province.
The reports came as U.N. Indian Brigade Commander Brigadier Norrhana prepared for a final assault on Kolwezi, the last of the Katangese-occupied towns.
An Indian spokesman said this morning that the bridge over the Lufira River had been completed and Indian armor was prepared to move forward from Jadotville.
Reports reaching Elisabethville said Tshombe made his announcement at a news conference in Kolwezi this morning.
Tshombe is estimated to have 200 mercenaries and 2,000 gendarmes under his control in Kolwezi.
Students Slide on Cafeteria Trays
If there's anything KU students like more than a sleek sled in snowy weather, it's a slick tray.
Trays are smuggled out of dormitories, fraternities, sororites and the Kansas Union by anxious students anticipating a good slide.
By Rose Ellen Osborne
An employee at the Hawk's Nest in the Union said a few trays
had "walked out," but that the number missing is not large enough to create a problem.
"I have seen a number of students sliding down the hill on trays with the Union design on it," he said.
But do the students return the trays after they've had their fun?
"When something leaves here.
it doesn't usually come back," the employee said. "They'll keep the trays after they've had their fun?
Frank Burge, director of the Union, said he wouldn't deny students a good slide. He said in past years the Union gave chipped or cracked trays to students for sliding. He said this policy continues this year.
60th Year. No. 71
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1963
Stolen Manet Painting Found in Los Angeles
Line Campineanu has been found.
FBI agents found the painting, which has been missing from the KU Museum of Art since Aug. 31, in a Santa Monica, Calif., home.
MARILYN STOKSTAD, associate professor of art history and acting museum director, said the oil sketch, insured by the museum for $40,000, is being held in the Los Angeles FBI office.
"I can hardly wait to see it," she said this morning. "After a semester of concern, it is a relief to know it is in safe hands and in excellent condition."
William R. Basham of Santa Monica is to be arraigned today in connection with the theft. He was arrested last night on a federal warrant charging him with receiving stolen goods.
Arrangements are already underway for the return of the picture from California, where it is at the home of an FBI agent.
Miss Stokstad said she intended to call the Los Angeles FBI after 11 o'clock Lawrence time this morning, but was unable to locate the correct party. She speculated that the painting might be held by FBI authorities as evidence.
THE EDUOARD MANET portrait of Line Campineau was given to the museum in 1958 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curry of Kansas City, Mo. It measures $17\frac{1}{2}$ by $23^{\prime \prime}$.
It portrays a French girl and is an oil sketch for a finished work owned by the Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Mo.
"I've had such confidence in the law enforcement officials," Miss Stokstad said. "They've done an outstanding job. It means a great deal to a small museum.
RESTORATION OF the canvas fringe left when the thief cut the
Line Campineanu
painting from its frame will not be as difficult as earlier believed.
William G. Simon of the Los Angeles FBI office declined to say what information led to the arrest of Basham and subsequent return of the painting.
He said that his office had been investigating information it had received for some time.
The firm that insured the painting offered a $2,000 reward September 14 for its recovery and it is not clear to whom this reward would go.
THE KU MUSEUM is taking extra precautions against further thefts. Student guards are patrolling the museum during the day and a full-time employee is seated at a desk near the museum entrance.
The museum, established in 1928, is housed in a former library. It is the oldest university art museum in the Midwest and contains creations spanning a whole range of artistic expression: painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, engravings, ceramics, relief sculpture, decorative art pieces such as figurines, tapestries and bottles, and furniture.
The museum houses works from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Medieval Renaissance, Baroque and Modern art are also represented.
"We have a gallery in which the student and the art lover can find examples of nearly every mode and origin for about 2500 years," Miss Stokstad said.
Weather
There will be little change in temperature with variable cloudiness this afternoon, tonight, and Wednesday. The low tonight will be near zero in the northeast to five to ten above in the southwest. High Wednesday 15 to 20 north-east to the 20's southwest.
Liberals on Key Committee Boost Hopes for Tax Cut
President Kennedy's tax-cutting program may be two steps closer to the floor of Congress as a result of the appointment of two liberals to the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday.
This was the opinion of four KU professors in the economics and political science department.
"A tax-cut will undoubtedly be approved, but medicine is still controversial," Harry Shaffer, assistant professor of economics, said.
"Liberals are generally in favor of a tax cut without a cut in government expenditures," he explained.
"The government hopes to stimulate economy so the national income would go up. Then the government would collect more taxes," he added.
"The appointment is a step in the right direction." Klaus Pringsheim, political science instructor, said.
Pringsheim noted that the medicare plan got a "steady round of applause" during Kennedy's State of the Union message yesterday. He said this could indicate that the bill had more Congressional backing.
"But with the tax cut in the offing he may not want to add welfare spending which might cost the government several billion annually." Pringsheim said.
Darwin Daicoff, assistant professor of economics, said he was sure the tax-cut would pass Congress. He added that Kennedy would probably be forced to compromise to secure the legislation, however.
"A tax cut will go through, but I doubt if it will be as large as the President proposes," Daicoff said.
Kennedy asked Congress for a $10 billion cut over the next three years, starting with a $6 billion reduction this year in personal and corporate levies.
Prof. Shaffer said the tax-cut was opposed by big business because they don't want the national debt to increase.
"Percentages-wise, persons in the higher income bracket will get a higher cut in taxes," he said.
"An increase in the national debt might mean inflation." He explained that persons with cash invested in bonds and insurance lose. They have the same amount of cash, but the dollar has less purchasing power.
"Nearly everyone is agreed there should be a tax cut." Earl Nehring, assistant professor of political science, said. "The question is when and how."
Nehring said the appointment of two liberals to the committee would be a positive factor favoring the bills.
"But it (the appointment) has been grossly over-played. There is no record of how the committee lines up and votes."