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GLOUCESTER ARCADE
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COMMENT OF
THE DAY
A-Year Ends
"T would be idle to suggest
tho
hoped-for progreas
towards the easing of inter- national tension and the establishment
of world
pesce, yet it has been a year of not insignificant achieve- ment. The cold war con- times, but its tempo and intensity has varied con- siderably during the past twelve months and is at this moment less malignant in appearance than It was when 1958 opened. signing of the Korean armis. tice han failed to find con-
If the
solidation because of the breakdown in negotiations for a political conference, it has served Its immediate and principal purpose ot bringing wasteful and fruitless fighting to an end: wherefore, by reason of thin alone, the world can look back on 1963 in a benign
manner.
And while there
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PLANE CRASH DRAMA Merry Making
Fifty People Miraculously Escape Death
Vancouver, Dec. 30..
Fifty people miraculously escaped death or serious injury today when a four-engined RCAF plane crashed during an emergency landing at the Vancouver International Airport.
An Air Force spokesman said only the pilot, Flight-Lieutenant John Evans, who had turned the crippled plane around and started to limp back to Vancouver, was seriously hurt.
The
at Montreal's
North Star transport, based Dorval Airport, was on a flight to Edmonton when it developed engine trouble. As the plane approached the runway through a murky overcast on an instrument has been continued frustra- | landing, it started to drift from side to side. tion over many other inter- national problems, notably Germany and Austria, there have been happier and more promising developments in other directions. One of the most important has been
Retracts
the restoration of diplomatic Accusation
relations between Britain and Perala, accompanied by the obviously sincere desire of the new regime under the Shah to reach a settlement
Against
of the oil dispute. That His Father
such a settlement will be
reached before the new year
is very old is not expecting
too much. The new spirit of
the Persion
ENCOURAGING too, as the
Digne, Dec. 30.
the plane Eyewitnesses suid swerved suddenly, to one side as it finally touched the runway turi on the soft and lurched bordering the concreto strip.
The plane lifted on one side bit into the
as the huge tyres
ground, and a wing tip dug into the earth.
Witnesses sald the transport for almost a hung balanced minute before going over on its bnek with Han carthshaking roar,"
X-RAYED
At The Zoo-
As may be expected, when the hostesses at the Chitdorns Zoo, Londen, hold their an tinal pärly, a number of sirange guests Join in the festivities. This year was no exception and a Liama, ponies, squièreld, a ruines play'a fox and some goats joined in the Christmas cele brations with the girls. Here "tock"; the Feta Corner pony, looks on-with-Interest na Maurech MoVady, the 21-year-old. Supervisor of the Childrens Zoo cute the cake during the Christmas Party, watched by '(left right) Iris Dalez, Roma Sunderland, Janet Nicholson, Yolands Prada
unusual. . guests. (sested), Joan Orbell and Jean Andrews, with an assortment of
Express.
Laniel Resignation
Be Refused May
Will Demand
But Premier Will Demand Vote Of Confidence
Hospital authorities sold Gustave Dominici today pilot Evans suffered from head sensible compromise which | retracted his accusation and facial lacerations and un- is now belag displayed by that his father, Guston, dertermines body injuries. The authorities had murdered the Drum-athers on board were taken to
Shaughney makes success in future mond. family.
Hospital for precauilodary negotiations virtually Д But another son of the Rays. There was no immediate certainty.
77-year-old Gaston, who announcement of what the X- was charged with the triple Rays showed.
The passengers included two year ende, is the possibility murder last month, tonight
and of
two Improved relations continued to maintain that women
men also aboard. between Russie
and the his father had confessed his familles of
Several
passengers said Western Powers. Concrete guilt to him.
bounced WCTE
seround resulta to justify optimism Gustave made his retraction ping pong balls" and some have still to come, but two during a formal hearing before wore thrown completely out of noteworthy developments Judge Marcel Piries, the ma-heir scals when their safety-night. have recently occurred which | gistrate in charge of the 16-belts gave way,
may lead to something month-old investigation of the positive. Firstly it now murder of the British scientist,
Drummond.
appears reasonably certain that a meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers wifi, be held next month when a renewed attempt will be made to reach some work- ablo agreement on
an
the
Austrian
Sir Jack
Melvor of
Paris, Dec. 31.
The French Premier, M. Joseph Laniel, in- children, tends to offer the resignation of his Cabinet to President Vincent Auriol as soon as the 1954 "like budget has been voted, probably on January 3, it was learned from sources close to the Premier last
they
President Vincent Auriol, in close consulta-
"I was scared and praying all tion with M. Rene Coty, who succeeds him as Pre- Lady the time," said Ordinary Seasident on January 17, will probably refuse his Drummond and their daughter Gege Ebzabeth.
"I was sitting about half way offer. "Everything I have told you back on the right hand side of the plane, reading a book, when
la untrue," Gustave said,
Whether M. Laniel will ángis! has suddenly there was a terrife jolton restyring or agree to carry on
depends on the Assembly. and I was upside down."
A few minutes later he was shaken, from the
on
But the Radicals, after their the Gaston Dominici, who
signal failure to capture Presidency, are believed to protested his innocence since he
keep the post for one of their was taken to Digne prison after
M. Laniel will certainly want representatives. The : Socialists charged, again being formally future of Germany and con- proclaimed today that he was c
the Asscuibly to give him a new have already, nominated their clusion of
vote
confidence the candidate, the Deputy Speaker, not responsible for the murder, wreckage.
Government's general policy M. Andre Lo Troquer.. peace treaty. The
"It's
bad joke I led to you A crash-truck witness who he is to be kidured to withdraw differences of views between when I admitted to the murder. the plane approaching the his contemplates resignation.
The Popular Republican Russia and the West on the wanted to save the honour of field said it was about 100 doet
candidate, fä, expected to German problem are still my grandchildren and I did
either M. Flerre Palmlin, Do- considerable and will not everything as I was told to do from the ground, coming in ke a big bird, uneasy about where
puty from Alstice, or M. Pierre composed, by the police," he was reported to land"United Press.
Schnelter. easily be
to have mid Nevertheless the necdanity
When is eldest son, Clovis,
for settling the future of stretched out his hand to him: Sucked Through
of
that nation la an urgent to the old man exelnimed: You day as ever before, and hooligan,
you are no son unless something tangible | mine,'
Questioned by M. Piries, Clovis emerges from the Berlin conference there can be nonid: "I have nothing to add to
appreciable lessoning of tension between Soviet Bussis and the Free World, ANOTHER gleam of hope
DTI
has been given by Russia's reaction to President Elson- hower's proposals for the
of creation
atomic "bank"", energy
leading eventually to international control of all atomic and faelonable materials and
Tho weapons, refrained frum the plan out of hand and·
Kremlin rejecting
has Hone ан far
cautiously agreeing to the proposal that the nations possessing atomic and
Plane's Door
Be
London
-Only One Problem
Our Own
spondent
London. Dec. '20.. Pen:fan newspapers said. today that a Bertin, nit delegation fr
"Visit „Persia" sOWKESMERIL, SETER Perilah oil les expected to How to the world's amarkets. in shoni four months' time. Mestrwbile. Foteira Mints,
Abdullah
called the Dally correspondent to Teheran óbico and told him: *We agree to an interna tional marketing organiss- tion, including the Briish,
rivo agree to the
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Resettling The Fire Victims
£200,000 Gift-By British Government
Fire
Victims Relief Fund
*Total "contributiosk・ to, the B.C.M. Post, Ltd., fund for squat- /bers rendered homeless'" 'in the The British Government
Christina "Day: treba: Kowloori ¿were approaching the $400,000 has made a free gift of: mark st 10 6 clock this morning. £200,000 to the Govern. The actual figure was 1377,88. ment of Hongkong as Cheques for the Fund
would contribution towards the cost of rehousing the 58,- 000 victims of the Christ mas night fire at Sham shuipo, Kowloon.
be red land made payable to
The. Shumshulpo
Fire Reller Fund
TODAY'S DONATIONS
P: Char
Mrs C. J. Bhumgara
In a telegram received in Sympathiser Br Hongkong from the Sreetary "In memory of Mothe of State for the Colonies this Bejonjoe Co. morning Mr Lyttelton said: MK M↑ BG Cons "I have noted with satisfaction ener
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Laura. Gutterres subject to the approval of CT. Lows Parlament, to make a tres gift..
Mr & Mrs £200,000 to the Govern- Pomerantz mant of Hongkong as a con- tribution towards the cast of rehousing."
M. Auriol's Appeal
Paris, Dec. 130 President Vincent Auriol ap
concila their individual Lonar interests in a farewell radio broadcast here tonight,
The retiring - President said: "Franco rent ́ ́ by - dondly paasiona
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Two-Headed
Baby Boy Improving
Spokesmen at the James Whit- comb Riley Memorial Hospital
sold administration.
This voto of confidence would take place between January 4 and 12, at dn
extraordinary
Indianapolis, Dec. 30. session of the Assembly. That
A two-headed boy born period is elormally one of Parlia- M. Faimlin has been several 18 days ago was reported mentary vacziion.
jumes
a Minister and M. generally improved" to Schneiter, has been, Minister of According to custom on the Health and several times Under-day, and physicians snid assumptics of office by a new Bocretary of State for Foreign they were now giving Errendent, the Government was Affairs-Reuter. Paris, Dec. 30.
in any case due to resign ớn
equal portions of food to The steward of
Belgian Jamiary 17, though a D;
both mouths. -- strong cur- my previous statements. My
MINISTER'S THREAT father admitted a guilt to me. Sabena airliner plunged to his rent at opinion in the French
Paris, Dec. 30. Gaston confereed last month death today after being sucked National Assembly and ameng that he had killed the Drummond by the wind through an open Conservative members of the
The French Education Minis family after both Gustave and door.
coaltion Government would like ter, M. Andro Marte, reportat also The plane was enroute to the Premier to carry
on until to have threatened to resign as oxygen wie "discontinued tem- their father-Reuter,
Brussels from Le Bourget Field after the rennent dour-power today's Cabinet moeting, told porarily" to see the effect.
reporters Inter had decided The baby's condition since here. It returned to the air-conference in Berlin.. port after the neeldent.
It is pointed out that if the not to resign for the time being. its birth had been cautiously described as "critical" but phy- Government resigned The door snapped off
M. Marie had a long talk with sicians, said today the infant was while January 17, there would be litt the Prime Minsiter,, M. Joseph Improved and
the colour of the the plane was flying at 6,000 time to form the next one before aniel, and the Finance Minis loft side was "better". The lett fcat, smashing against one of January 26, the date suggested ter, M. Edgar Faure, and then side had been pale and was not the plane's Awo engines. The by Moscow for the four-powtr
us much. food-an Guil-
right. ax the body of the steward,
told reporters my decision will given as meeting.
be taken in the light of the The boy, barn leume Hoprick, 28, of Ant
solutions which will be adopted we brought with our wed struck the engine werp, alzo before hurtling to earth.
Clovis had separately desised
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for the different problems we shortly after his birth in a Party rivalries, manifested discussed and also of the general, Southem Indiana hospital H Airline officials sait the door acutely during the Preadmill political situation in the next parents have not indicated when opparently
they will tak hiện-home. They Improperly election, and fears of industrial few days," clated batore the gland (took | unrest aru givers, ne rooms why
saw the baby: Zon Sunday:god He recently clashed with the were quoted «ge; mying, thay Press. | M: Laniel dócs not wish to con- off from Paris-United Melbourne, Dec. 31.
tinuo as Premier..
Finance Minister,· M. "Edgår | would take him home aí món. Ra The Radicals, an important budget for 1954.
Make Thure, over the schucation | the hospital approved
Their Artaky, photosám Dr section of the Laniel coalition
Although the 1954
thak, thầu 1983 he doubted if the parents, could sible for his defeat is the -Pre-will be larger siderabial election, and there are budget by 23,000,000,000 Francs a for the ivant property in fears of, considerable agitation(216,000,000), Mariebsted that he would insur
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agreement on the machinery match of the Davis Cup..
Australia, therefore
--Reuter.
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for making an atomie U.S.A., three matches, to two. "bank" operative. Thèro in as yet no sign when such, talks are likely to materialise; they may, in fact, very well depend on what progress, if any, is made at the Berlin foreign
· iuluisters' conforenĉa. “But there are small. signe existent with the ending of 1958 that next year may, bo' marked with at least a trace being called in the cold war, and that the East and West will be able to draw nesrar, towards settling outstandi ing wiklarnational: Viesītes {through negőtintió:
Ban Miguel de Tucuman
Argentine, Dec. 30.
At. lonst Äve persone, met, a fery death today when a par songer train and a tank truck Loaded with 6,000 gallons o gasoling” colllded, at
bo profected crowing, Soma = 28) 2
feeling over the chole 81
persons wore seriously injured at Assembly., Me Edouard
or burned.
The masolina
riot, the Veteran Kel has occupied "this" post exploded, pur seven, years,
enveloping - tho locomotive ^and| January 11, and the. trück ins finnes and tripping the will be called jrigineér. frémán: and nasalant alode
in the overtúrries locomoth
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Itd. "I hope the new year will
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Anonymous whom I sent my affectionate, Mrs K. 8. Cheah grateful wishes, have bee Geraldine Lau fighting to assure security and
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