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TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1960SIXTY-FIRST YEAR—21556zechsassies,Congo1Czech and “other socialist” em* bassies here to close and threatened ' the ambassadors and their staffs -with arrest if they did not leave the country immediately.At 11:50 a.m.—ten minutes before his deadline expired — the Soviets hauled down the flag over their yellow stucco embassy and Ambassador Btkbail D. Yakovlev set out for the airport. It was a humiliating end for the Soviet effort.He was almost mauled by Congolese soldiers as he drove down the gravel driveway and away from the embassy in an unsuccessful last minute attempt to see President Joseph Kasavubu, but a Ghana army captain in the U. N, forces freed him and sent him on his way.The Czech embassy had shut its doors after a night in which diplomats burned secret papers iu the ga rden,Leopoldville has been filled with rumor after rumor since Mobutu deposed Lumumba and it was possible the assassination report had been spread by liia enemies. Mutinous Congolese troops had tried tot.Lid’eyelynch him on two occasions Thursday.Diplomatic sources believed he would try to flee to Stanleyville, the center of his political strength, but the rumors today said lie had been captured at a road block and shot. The U. N. command was trying to check the rumors but without success.Soviet JetsHarass Berlindd]S ! Ltn2tAir TrafficBERLIN. Sept. 17 (UPi) — Soviet jet fighters in unusually heavyFATAL CAR ACCIDENT — Gaylord O. Holmes, 31, of R. 2 Tustin. a passenger in this car, was killed at 2:30 a.m. today when two vehicles, coming from opposite directions, sides wiped each other on Garfield Road, about three miles south of Traverse City limits, state police said. Four other persons were injured in the crash. Two are still in local hospitals, (Record-Eagle Photo)iTwo Others Seriously HurtOne Killed When Cars SideswipeOne man was killed and two others were seriously injured when two cars, coming frcm opposite directions, sides wiped each other on Garfield road, three miles south of the city limits, at 2:30 a.m. today.Gaylord O. Holmes, 31, of K. 2, Tustin, a passenger in a car driven by Darrell Leonard Holmes. 21, also of Tustiri, was killed in the crash.Darrell Hulmes and another passenger. John B. P. House], 23, of Cadillac, were taken to Munson hospital.. Holmes was admitted with multiple lacerations of the head, arms and legs, and an injured left arm. Hensel was treated forabrasions of the scalp and legs and •d ismissed.State police said that occupantsof the other car left the scene of the accident and abandoned their wrecked car on the other side of the road in a cherry orchard.Police today are still investigating the cause of the accident ami seeking the identity of all nl the five persons believed to have been in the abandoned vehicle.One of the five, police said, is Alvin McPherson, 2S, of 1373 S.. Airport road, who reached Osteopathic hospital where he was treated forlacerations of the scalp and concussion. He has possible fractured ribs,Police said that William Yoke urn, 25, of 305 W. ltith street, and Loren Barrett, 23, of 10 U Boyd, wore also in the cur. Yoke um suffered a few bruises, police said.The identity of two wuineu. also believed to have been in the car, was undetermined as of noon today.*Kick-Off Oct. 3265 to Work on G.T.Community Chest Drive
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