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JOHN CLARKE'S Ike Looks To London For
CASEBOOK
Lady In A Clue
Waiting
ALL the clocks in town
seemed to Mahmoud
that evening to be engaged 011 a go-slow strike. Tho hours had marched
ntourners'
to him.
#t
pace, but at just
On
Mid East
By Ralph Harris
Washington, Apr. 20.
The Eisenhower Administration is
they had reached the time looking to the talks between British and of hight that meant so much Soviet leaders in London to provide the Mahmoud hastened his too!-clearest clue to date about the prospects of steps through the West and to avoiding war in the Middle East.
his favourite restaurant.
I was not only the excellence
of the food that made the resinuruat In Mahmoud's gentle cyes so pleasing.
There was
wullres there who....
Authoritative sources said to-, Anglo-Soviet talks is known and
day that while Washington unül Mr Hammarskjold himself
who was so gracious, so enchualling, that the simplest val
by w served her, became a banquet
CRISIS THROUGH the
restaurat's erwing-duors, Mahmoud swung, a dum, delicately co- tured young man, whose grace of movement even on expensive- looking duffle-coa! could not quite conceal
10 made for the group of tables the lovely waitress served. He thought to eat a small meal quickly, then meet her as he had arranged when he came off duty at nidhaiglat
Then Mahmoud's began
troubica
All the tables, at which his waitress served were occu- ed, but at une there was one empty seat.
GET OUT
Tthe other three places at this table. American service. men were tuking supper. Politely Malumoud addressed them, and asked if he might share their table.
"Sure, go ahead," one Amer!- con said. Mahmoud sat
"Here you," sald another of the party he had joined, “get uul of it. don't want none of your sort here," Mahmoud smiled. hoping to turn away what perhaps was tempormy oppositian
Bul
the
grew louder, a clumsy blow was aimed, a manager hurried up, ali four at the table were asked to leave
Mahmoud put his duftle-cont
over his arm and left, the others left too.
Dulside there was
some scuffling on the pavement. A policeman appoured, noticed the smell of rink on Mahmoud's breath, and arrested him for being drunk and disorderly,
"When I saw him," the police-
Anim
presently reported to the
Bow Street magistrate, "he had his coat off and was shaping up
to fight the Americans,"
wus fighting
them?
Or
they were trying to beat me up?” Mahmoud asked The police. man did not answer, but added to his evidence the fact that Mahmoud had £23 pocket.
his
12 HOURS TO MIDNIGHT
went into The
MAHMOUD
witness-bux
the Koran
and swore on to tell the truth "I asked one of the Americans If I might sit there," he said, "and when I sat down, another of them punched me, then we were asked to leave. wasn't
drunk at all, though I had hou a drink or two in the evening." "I thought your religion did not allow you to drink," said the mangistrate, with a kindly understanding look in his eye.
That is so," Mahmoud said, you
strictly, 1 mouldn't, but know how these things are."
The magistrate smiled broadly and nodded to show that he did. "Well, I
think it's a pity your religion didn't
have a stronger this occasion," you on he said, "pay Os., please."
Mahmoud nodded and smiled, an strode off with a the springing step. Going,
he glanced at the court clock. J showed close on midday.
effect
on
Later the hours might begin to drag again but just then, said the cheerful look in his eye, the 12 hours to midnight sceined but a trifle of time.
Robot Win Quiz
Amsterdam, Apr. 20.
welcomed the success of the has recommended specific mea- mited peace mission of Mr Dagmurre to continue the search for Hammarskjold, the United No- tions
Secretary-General, would be naive to assume that
Jaraeli-Egyptian the
CUASCIICE agreement settled the problem and that the world
could stop worrying about the Middle East <rila.
Important Statement
mak
faracli
Middle East perce settlement. [ The Elsenbower Administru tim hay cautiously welcomed pressing willingness operate with the United Nation in the Middle East but s luctant to reach a m ment of the importanes of this move until Moscow's intentions have been fully explored.
The recent Soviet stalement ex-
to
Bargaining
re-
NSSONS-
Informed uliciais here said it was hoped that the London talks would provide the Bnswers such questions as:
40
They said the most difficult past of the Lash of restoriog stability and contener the farce had only just begun with
Mr Hammarskjold's success This negotiations with
and Egyptian leaders
President Eisenhower himself is due to
In the Soviet Union willing an important statement on the Middle East to end the arms race in the
Middle East by addres, es an editors'
stopping or slowing down
Communist arms shipments to Brypt? the
Is Moscow willing to take United
alher measures to provide that It genuinely destrés a Middle East settlement?
when he convention here tomorrow.
He is expected to express support of The
Behind the United
ไป! State Nations
Und M Hammarsk- juld's efforts to bring petce to the Middle East and to welcome moves by other nation, includ- ing the Soviet Union, who are willing 10 kive similar
assurances.
But authoritative sources here strongly discount suggestions that Mr Ebenhower is preparing announce any new United States policy on the Middle East in the immediate future.
to
a
Firm Assessment
Elaboration of United States policy--which emphasises Middle East solution through the machinery of the Vinted Nation—is
expected to emerge until the outcome of the
שח
4 Spaniards
On Trial
Or is the new Soviet state- mont the prelude for full-scale bargaining in the hope of forcing concessions
the from West on disarmament, German re-unification and other East- West disputes?—Renter.
Jungschlaeger Memorial
The Hague, Apr, 20,
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
2.2.4
TUK SES, P Ct,
| © 1994 by BEA Barden, Ina,
"I don't doubt you got 'A' in chemistry and physics, Dad--but we've got atomic stuff to handle, and all
you had in those days was firecrackers!"
DANGEROUS RADIOACTIVE
FALLOUT SUBSTANCE
Philadelphia, Apr. 20.
Dr Willard Libby, a member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission said today that the greatest concentration of strontium—probably the most dangerous radioactive substance pro duced by tests of nuclear weapons could be expected in about 1975.
But even then he told a meol- ing of the American Philoso
here |phical Society
It estimated that this amount of
was
A monument is to be erected, strontium would be only about in the Netherlands to com- 100th part of the amount 11 memorate Leon Jungschlaeger, believed the human body can Netherlands citizen who died in tolerate safely. Djakarta yesterday, while being tried by the Indonesian authori-
せ
ties on charges of treason,
was born 82
Dr Libby based his #gures given to the Society's annual The memorial will be built in meeting on the present level of Maustricht, where Jungschlaeger weapons testing. The 1975 years ago. It will estimate apparently referred to stand in the town's main square, fallout from weapons already Madrid, Apr. 20. close to the monument com- | tested. Four Spaniards, all aged memorating the liberation of
30, will
the Netherlands in 1945. be tried in provincial affairs court
A Jungschlaeger committee
under
Monday, on charges of printing has begun raising funds for the and distributing anti-Govern-monument. Franco-Presse.
propaganda after the university riots here Lust
iment
February.
The defendants were arrested Last month in San Sebastian in connection with leaffels attacking the Ministry of the interior.
'The leaflets called for the relcase of political prisoners
Kaoled were
the February riols-Fratice-Presse,
who
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The Prince posed the question: "On what day of the week did February 20th, 1055, fall?”
1.
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HK Orchestra In Canton
Upsetting Nature
He raid extensive tests in- dicated that the expected full of radioactive strontium which can cause bone cancer would not be a "significant factor" in human health
or in upecting nature's
aulmat mineral balance.
plant
He sald nature had provided built-in Paris, Apr. 20.
safety mechanisms The orchestra of the Hong-which might reduce the danger kong Sino-British Club, headed further. For instance, he said by Mirs Ton Pao-llen, arrived in mlik on the average contains
one-sixth Canton today for a performance only
of the radio-
tour
at the invitation of the active strontium which may be South
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Paris, Apr. 20.
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