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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1956.
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THE HANNIS COMFORT IN ACTION TARMUUSULA
Whiteaways
KDWLOON
"STATE OF THE UNION" Fantastic NEW ARCHBISHOP
TV In Hongkong MESSAGE SPECULATION
EDIFFUSION
(Hong-
Rong, Lid, not only win
congratulations enterprise
for
their bringing
wired TV to Hongkong, but admiration for their cour- age. Televlalon, whether it functions by means of the beam system, or wired, is expensive undertaking. Operating costs are siderably higher than those of a radio station, and in a place like Hongkong, this factor virtually rules
un
Eisenhower May
PLANE'S HALF-HOUR
nul
separate programmes
for
TRIP OVER
the Chinese Europeana.
Rnd
The
As an example of the ex- pensiveness of TV, opern- recently- under the functiuning Independent Television Authority haye
Lors
to think in terms of £1,000 a minute's commercial
of
for plug, and they have alrendy openly admitted that they muxt expret to sotter 醜 financin tuss for the first two years. The costs
TV wired operating
will not reach Hingkung such depressing heights, but they are likely
to be formidable compared with
SOUTH POLE
Washington, Jan. 4.
for
Accident
Two
Melun, Jan. 4.
Men narrowly escaped death near here today when the light truck in which they were driving crashed over the ride
bridge railway balanced perilously
Have Bold
a
New Proposal SMOG AGAIN
AID PROGRAMME DESCENDS
By PAUL SCOTT RANKINE
Washington, Jan. 4.
President Eisenhower's annual "State of the
A Navy Transport plane Union" message to Congress tomorrow may con- circled the South Pole
tain a bold new proposal or surprise announcement in the domestic or foreign field, some Washington quarters predicted tonight,
30 minutes yesterday in the third flight ever made over that snowy waste, according to a message received here today from commanders of Operation "Deepfreeze”.
This speculation arose when the White House, contrary to the practice of other years, decided to withhold the text until the last practical moment before its delivery.
Usually the text is available to the press a day in advance.
1-Col H.R. Kulp, Marine the in Corps plot. commanded
traval versic R-5-1 trasport of the conmerelas DC-4 passen- which
mado The ger plane,
Other reasons for expecting "something special" Blight, the Navy said.
The new reported that the
are that the message may be President Eisenhower's South
appeared "per-
ends his term, feely that with gentle elongated last legislative programme before he
almost It has been suggested that if now drifts, appearing
Government
the overheads of am urdin. kry radio station.
con-
dechles Krant promoters. a licence
TV The to oporate ditions should not be of u nuture
A Lo provide 415
All indications monopoly. are that financial considera- tions, not fovernment, will create any monopoly in Hongkong,
Was
ON LONDON
Dense
sent
London, Jan. 4.
этох strangled traffic tonight and amog-hunters out search for the killer chemi- cal that sometimes lurks in London's blackness.
011 4
Volunteer crews, armed with gas detectors like those used in wartime, got their second ajerí
the winter of
when daylong fogs bottled up smoke and in-
dustrial gases juto another dread
smog at dusk.
For the first time, a group of 30 volunteer patients at a town and that it ushers in the final year of the first Re-hospital served as guinea pigs 21 publican administration in a generation.
paequacy
New Opposition
to determine
cietermined.
u test
whether as a white stationary sea with
will destroy ordinary ammonia swells moderate
up to about three feet in height."
Forecasts up to now have sagt slated to go to Congress about the aeld fumes that might prey
wili March I
with wenk lung. on persons Above Sea Lovol
that the new programine
ald to the The wording being left during smogs, The plate was lown over the promise increased
vague
The now.
Most of the 4,000 persons who Pole of allitudes uf
to hard-hi: farmers at home and to purposely 500 1,800 feet and the crew calcul America's allies overseas, parti- reasoning is that the tentative died in London's "killer Emog"
considera-four years
ago suffered from ated that the Pul
9,700 culury in the Mid Te East and figures now under
tion can be changed if Con- chest ailments Exactly what AB/4
and public reaction killed feet above sea level.
them has never been the Bight ver
Conservatives of both partiesgressional The original
is unfavourable. South Pole was made by a plane are unhappy about mounting ex- cartying tear-Admirul Richard penditure and Liberals of both Byrd in 1929 and the second was parties arisenuraged about during Operation High what they believe to be the in- made
The proposal in likely to touch 1948. Jump in
programme of the upon which these vast funds are of sharp new opposition among bring expended
new Congressmen of both Parties, al- to meet hone and new ready whetting their for problems
the adenialstration's proposed Communist strategy airead.
message will new $4,500,000,000 foreign aid Inevitably the
closely examined for some appropriations request more guidance as to the President's than twice what Congress voted intentions after 1850.
But it is or inst year, unilkely to throw any light on this subject since it has already plained that it will not spend been announced that the Pres-much more
been than it has dent will not make his own de
spending annually for foreign elsion on whether to stand for
Lid, but needs the extra money re-election until next month. for a "backlog" for future pro
Con- jects. But
some key gressional leaders said they will have to be convinced.
HE TViewers' market here THE
has yet to be tested. In any event its potential will
Col Kotp took off from Me- small Murdo Sound, camp for Opera- be governed in to
Dreptreeze. in which the degree by the hiring easts tion + TV
sets. Mr Whiting Navy is preparing for American International told the Press this week he participation in
Geophysical Year. could
at this point, not, indiente what
theow out snake even rentals would be, but he sappered with
ink and a believed they
be lack, dye marker. would
Paper ben t **reasonable.
which disappened
The operative word
"reasonable," beenuse while toat may agree everyone the fees Anally decided 4421 are reasonable in relation
dividual's yardstick musi
to operating costs, the in-1
be his ability to pay.
R-5-D crew said they bunbs which guting, lamp
of
Light In Density This led this crew to believe
Pde was the powtry and very 1sght (15 - stty." said the report
was scheduled The plane
むく
Best for a Bight into the un-
|
be
Financial Year
Anancial This is inevitably a
After financing large part
kimwn area of Wilkes Land but year of reckoning.
was forced to change plans by a of its foreign military Several bones of contention "white out", a situation in which economic aid programmes from
snow
по
provides
for
flyers
the
crew being
have to be gnawed unrelieved with
ere past appropriations for the last points over before TV functions reference
in this election obliged An obvious Curse was then changed for the three years, the government is in Hongkong.
which South Pele, ia whether or 1101
appropriations even Government should reserve decribed as offering no disyor to ask for unusually large
cerable features" Photographs new
othe
any controlling powers, and
if so, to what extent. Com-aramd the Pule-United Press.
mercial TV has come into
existence in England, but
it is not completely un- feltured,
to were made for about 25 miles keep those programmes going ot
their present level.
Some settlement, inevitably an also be expensive one, must
on made before election day
The ITA is the NO JORDAN
officially appointed
body
which exercises substantial
control over commercial
TV, and those who organise and sponsor programmes
are subject to a variety of regulations.
THERE may
ELECTIONS
The administration has
*x-
Jast
and
some live electric overhead wires.
One of the men toma thrown clear in the cras and landed miraculousiy unharmed on the bridge,
The driver of the truck was afraid to leave
the uchicle because of the live
otres, but the sight of a oncoming tratu far down the track made him risk electrocution.
He broke a window safety on the bridge. The truck's tures had served as insulation, it was later dis- covered.
The train sicept the truck
the wires and off
#t carried
against the underside of the bridge. leaving the truck a heap of twisted metal.
and crawled to
When the police reached the АССПЕ of the freak accident, both men were in a state of nervous shock from their near brush with death France-
Prease,
YORK
OF APPOINTED
London, Jan. 5.
The Queen has approved the nomination of the 51-year-old Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Arthur Michael Ramsey, to be ́ Arch- bishop of York-number two post in the Church of England hierarchy.
The Archbishop of York, Dr Cyril Garbett, died at the week-end. He was 80.
A dominant figure with aparse, snowy heir, Dr Ramsey looks considerably older than his 61 years But in fact he is one of the youngest of Britain's bishops.
After ordination In 1928, Dr Ramsey rose from being curate of a Liverpool parish to be- came Canon of Ducham
and Cathedral
Professor 101 Theology at Durham University from 1940 to 1900, Educated of Cambridge
Before
succeeding
tho University, the city where he
of Durham, he re- was born, Dr Ramsey's appoint- Bishoprie
turned for a speli to
his old inent is a break with tradition. university to take up the chair of theology at Cambridge, --- Reuter,
Most Archbishops of York and Canterbury in recent
years rival
hove come
the from University of Oxford,
His father was a noted mathe- maticion at Cambridge, and Dr Ramsty himself guined a reputation for witty epeaking as President of the Cambridge Union,
university famous debuting society
DASTARDLY OUTRAGE
AT HOSPITAL
Nicosia, Jan. 4. entered Nicosia govern fired shots.
at a womaħ.
An unknown assailant ment hospital tonight and Patient recovering in one of the wards from gunshot wounds she recently received in Famagusta, according to an official statement.
masked the
gunman ran
Hospital sources said swiftly up the stairs to the first floor ward in which Mrs
48-year-old Cypriot Ariadne Constantinidou, woman, was haif asleep in bed..
He fired three shots at her.
but the Two shots missod
to
TREASURE TROVE
IN GALLEON
New York, Jan. 4. An American diver bas discovered
gold
and silver
treasure in the sunken wreck of
a 18th century Spanish galleon off Bermuda, the
weekly
American
"Life" magazine
parted today.
Ithe
The diver, Teddy Tucker,
his already
received an offer
of $25,000 for
3.31
emerald. studded cross found among the galleon's treasure, said "Life".
Also
brought to Tucker has
surface numerous gold objects, weapons, orazments, in bronze and in: 200 silver coins
tho
and a gold bar stamped "Pinto" probably denoting ita migin in Greek the
River Pinto region Columbia-France-Presse,
third hit her in the left temple. An Ironical
Her condition was stated not to be dangerous. The gruman escaped.
Sailor Suspected Of. Sabotage
of:
5-YARD VISIBILITY Road traffic and trains slowed ly a crawl in five-yard visibility collision between to glit. A
Injured 11 per- trofty-buses sole. Ocean shipping halted in the River Thames.
The Alr Ministry predicted
would that the smog through the night and possibly all day tomOTTÓW.
Mrs Constantinidou was being
A staval rating from the 3,000- Other
parts of Europe came
ton British cruiser Jamalea has treated for serious injuries she
Bonn, Jan. 4. log and a harsh in for heavy
masked
of визрека windstorm cut off Northern received when
Former West German security been arrested home at sailant entered her Norway from the rest of the Famagusta on November 28 and chler, Otto John, has been ac-sabotaging the ship, a spokes- man of the Admiralty here said nation
suted of giving away to Britain
the today. the weather-Gred Ave shots at her, it was
Information concerning Reports from
EOKA
The
said the under-whereabouts of testing grounds suspected that atricken northern provinces of
ground terrorists
respon-of German Vi and V2 secret damage was slight, but the ship Norway were incomplete bc- cause
communications WETE SE VCTCTİ. Trains
unable
were
to run northward from Trond-
heim and
from
sible.
One of
this
n
were
the Nicosia
2-
Accusation
London, Jan. 4.
spokesman
the repair be sent to the Second had to during werpons
15 hospital World War, it was revealed here docks. It subiclent evidence doctors sald tonight: "Surety today: John who went behind found, the suspected sailor will tried by court-martial for the railway
La the most dastardly the Iron Curtain in East Berlin be Sweden was blocked cast of cutrage ever-entering a hospital in July, 2054 and returned to sobotage-France-Presso.
and by landslides.-United
shooting A patient." the West last month, is at pre- sunt detained in West Germany.
charge, made
by in Bonn
As explained by administra- tion officials, the new 10-year economic aid programme would be both part and an extension
The current year-to-year | Narvik aid plan.
Press. There was annual economic
of
The
indication that outlays under would programine add to the present level of economic ald.
new
Yearly Limit
The chlet differences would proposed commitment to provide sums
the question of aid to angry farmers who have not been be the sharing the general prosperity, by
Congress
Reuter,
GAITSKELL'S HOPE
More Self-Government In
Commonwealth
London, Jan. 4.
not
and to harassed school author-up to a certain limit euch year for a long period of years- ties who have neither the funds
possibly 10. nor the buldings to
to bles Amman, Jordan, Jan. 4.
This is the feature likely to Mr Hugh Gaitskell, the Labour Party leader, said of "post-war a deluge Cabinet tonight The Jordan
Congressional in London today that he hoped to see the process of These problems, in turn, look touch off major decision by the
Commonwealth countries,
yet self. Approved
bringing like making it Impossible for opposition. Constutional Comel; declaring that the dissolution of parlia- the administration to fuifli on-
governing, to some form of self-government, carried pledige, 1052 election well be diff-ment just month was illegal, other
namely, to balance the budget
considerably forward in his lifetime. to drop plans for elections In April, Reuter.
reliable source,
John
smooth
according to
Lieutenant-General Glubb, British Chief of Staff of
culties to
out atul decided with sports organisations. new They may fear that TVing of their games, particularly football, will reduce atten- dances. It is fear that can easily be soothed. One Imagines that the hours of TV transmission
intorest
soccer
the Arab Legion, attended to- night's Cablaet meeting.
The curetaker government toli formed after last month's dus-
This
that
He was addressing a luncheon Clement Attlee, very closely in Corres-taking Д great interest in of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth affairs. One of pondants Association.
mon
belief
past
ten
Cartoonist Leaves
Big Fortune
Omcials said, however, this kind of programme is needed such projects as the Aswan Dam, which will take about 18 years to build. In addition to US help, support for the project Long-Term Aid
is needed from other nations or world banks. But these sources Mr Galtskell said that com- the things that had given him are reluctant
funda to put
democratie special pleasure in the past few in Washington, Jan. 4.
Elsenhower
thing will unless assured this country will
which weeks was the volume of correS- President
processes the tomorrow he not back out after a year or so. Congress
bound Commonwealth nations pondence he had received from
the Commonwealth.- wants "Hmited authority" tu Some administration officials most
vory all over closely-was of United States to had urged that the President not special value in the present France-Presse. will be golution is expected to resign commit the
economic nid for further complicate the foreign inte of the world. confined to night time and tomorrow.
government, long-term
nations,
Informed old picture by malting only a
"The development, porti- that the TV recording of beaded by Mr Ibrahim Hashim, friendly
vague reference to the new long-
the herm plan. They ferred that cularly over A soccer match will not be was formed solely to supervise sources said today.
parilamentary elections. visible until after the game
They said the administration withholding certain details would years, of an empire--conquered, any 1 gynx. In this event TV Mr Somir Rifzal, the Deputy was thinking in terms of
programme of pack extra Congressional opposi- most of it, by force or at
rate by dis
into a free discovery Foreign Minister, special 10-year
Those advisers were
association Is more likely to stimulate Premier and
é expreted to form the
of peoples of every new up to $1,000,000,000 to finance tion.
ovorruled.--United Press.
and Crood, religion
colour,
New York, Jan. 4. local In
long-term. projects, such as the government.
friendly with each other but Hammond E. "Ham" Fisher, rather than keep potential
The lower
house of parlin-gantic Aswan Dam cross the
Nile River in Egypt.
Masked Terrorists independent, is one of the most creator of the comic strip "Jee spectators away from the ment is expected to reconvent,
Nicosia, Jan. 4. exelling and exhilarating his Palooka," left. fortune grounds,
The President's request will Twenty-year-old King Hussein
Masked
terrorists torical developments of the last estimated at $2,000,000 Cypriot briet 100-word in Д
wife and daughter, Eccording The local promoters of TV of Jordan dissolved the lower come
the fired. shots at two Britishers in century.
to his will published today. to Congress civilian dress, in a Nicosia UPSURGE OF FAITH may also expect, some de-house after the government fell paragraph In his State of
the question of whether Union OR
today. Neither of the
64-year-old cartoonist, crying reactions from these Jordan should join the Western-tomorrow. It will not give de street
"Certainly, all of us in the The members of the community backed Bagdad. defence pact. talls of time and money men was hurt.
Labour Party feel a great up- found dead in his home late The attackers fed after the surge of faith when we consider last month, loft two-thirds of who bellove this Intest Widespread riols against the Jnvolved. This will be left for
what has happened in that way daughter, Hendy.
his estate to his 17-year-old medium for entertainment pact occurred.-Heuter.
a special foreign ald message, shcoting.rance-Presse.
We pro ourselves fully com mitted to continue that process of bringing forward the other countries of the
Commonwea which ire not opppaite-ranging into
of self-govern a position of Ecuadorean Qurrent which
ment in some form or another, swould. sweep them toward I hope in lifetime for pho the Eonadorean obesi de, up
process carried ou
··fo Central America, Accordingle Palma, 34-year- [old Rduardo · Ingris, 2. borm", y maduražímed:
and : head, efika
boomme: of
in the homo serves only to
distract families from more
creativo pursuits and 'pas-
times. It will rost largely
with the promoters
to
leism, and avowedly this
اباد
FIVE PEOPLE ON A RAFT IN HEAVY SEAS
Bilonce this type of erii- | Tue, 27-foo! raft 'La
will most effectively be done
Lima, Jan. 4 North and 98, degrees 15
zulinutes East... Cantuls today was bellaved to be fighting to avoid being swept
by prosunting wholesome, completely off qoutet.
attractive and also instruc-
A
.
tive programmes over a net According to
too lengthy period of transmission...
Hongkong will undoubtedly
welcome TV, and it should be a big success.
a radio report ploked up from: the raft lagh night byan Ammateur operator, Ricardo Palms, Cantula at pourtant was one degree six
La
shen
When the four men and
woman aboard, the rafő, HOL out from Telars, Peru, an Deotsaber 5 sny were-bound
Humboldi ·Curre: for the and headed for the South Faciño, This · position - would
Humboldt Current and dangw' of kentum
that
עתי
forward
He said he believed the Com- monwealth Owech
to his
10
His wife will receive a life from the reinsining income third. Upon her death fur share of the estate, will go to the doughter China Mail Special.
Suing Government
wara trendous French employers announced politically and they are miing the Government force, bath cconomically, for peace and for for damprey to comperitate for thepuiuanico and furtherance the one they stained on of demperstic idem tazkoan keks misction, Day, list: Monday," in
He hoped to follow the former porkkana | Labosite Party,
Carry Guns
The
sident
» re- whose mane
Too Neurotic To
WES not
to
the
has released,
been Karlsruhe
New York, Jan. 4. passed
The Police Department dia- Supreme Court where John's closed today that there are 100
dossier is being drawn up.
patrolmen on the forec who John spent the war in Bri- are too neurotic to carry guns. tain. The VI and V2 testing Weapons have becn taken because grounds at Poenemuende were away from the men
condition, -✡ destroyed by Royal Air Force of their mental bombing missions during the police department official said, Later
stages of hostilities.and they have been assigned to
light dulfes.-United Press. France-PrisIC,
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