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SOUTH CHINA SUNDAY POST-HERALD, MAY 19, 1957, AV
FRANCE TO PROPOSE MODIFICATION OF SUEZ CANAL PLAN
Canal insurance premiums down
Zurich, May 17. War - risk Insurance premiums for cargócs zolug through the Buez Canal to-day fell from 0.125 per cent to 0.0625 per cent on the Swiss freight Insurance market.
The total war-and-strike- premium is 0,10 per cent for most countries beyond the Suez Canal.
If slightly
und
higher for cargoes to China.
Vietnam Hongkong, Indonesia.-Reuter,
Centuries-old
mud-brick houses
London, May 17. A village of mud-brick houses dating back to 0,000 B.C. has been Unearthd
biblical Jericho, English archaeologist reported w-night,
Miss Kathleen Kenyon, Direc tor at the British School of Archatology in Jerusalem, caldi "Jericho has produced evidence of a fitherto unsuspected early development towards civilisa tion."
Earliest levels have not yel been reached," she told members of the Royal Institution.
The British school has been excavating for the Dixi Ave years-first on a town covering eight acres of well built housei defended by a massive stone wall.
"The carbon-14 incthed of dating." she said, "has shown that this down i as early as about 0,000 B.C.
claircase.
New York, May 18.
M. Christian Pincau, French Foreign Minis- ter, will probably introduce a formal resolution in the Security Council next week aimed at modify- ing Egypt's plan for operating the Suez Canal, informed sources said here to-day.
This course would almost certainly be followed despite the possibility of veto action by the Soviet Union.
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The sources Uscounted the Egyptian diplomats continued construi procedure which, as an alternative to a resolution and vote, amounts to KUBI ming-up by the President of the the 11 view: expressed by members in debate.
While the majorly certainly wild favour an international convention for the Canal con forming to the six requirements unanimously endorsed in the Counell Inst October, a "con verzur Bring would not be mandatory, the sources said.
Security Council resolutions
оть legally binding
all are mumber States.
U.S. attitude -
While Erilalo has promised full support for France's post-i tlon, the United States attitude remained undisclosed to-day.
The Brish, French, Austra- an ord United States delega- don would
be Relive throughout the week-end, the sources said.
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Child buried
in ditch by bulldozer
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Cody, Wy.. May 17. two-and-a-half-year-nid boy, his foot caught under a tite bottom of pe at font ditch, was buried LIETKY killed by a bulldozer today.
ve-
The body of little Victor Thua was dug from the ditch late to-
to expirera latter critletm the French deelsion to bring the 10 the Suez question backc Council.
They blamed France's internal polical problems for the move And ово din'umat observed wryly that the action was in fucir a violation of the third requirement of the six princi. ples-that the Canal bo "in- sulated from the politics of any country."--Sunday Port-Heruld Special.
French feeler
Poris, May 17. France may permit its ship- g to use the Suez Canal once ngain If Egypt opena talks with Canal usern designed to reach a Anal Suez settlement, high French rources said to-day.
Sources close to the Govern ment said "Our position... would change" if the talles open.
The report appeared to bear out a press conference state- men made earlier by a Foreign Ministry spokerman, who said that "France wits a settlement with, are not a condemnation of Egvnt."--United Presę,
Talks in Rome
Rome, Moy: 7.
An Egyptian delegation here to negotiate with The Hulle Governineal will maintain thất Italy's Suez Canal tolls must not be deductable from Egypt's trading debt to Italy, the dele gation leader said to-night.
Until the nuddle of April. when Canal authorities stopped Ouve Italian
vessel and cemunded cast payment of dues, Italy had deducted Canal tlues'
from Egypt't tracing defeit.
Cach
After Kalian diplomalie pro- leta in Cairo the demand for payment was temporarily suspended but was reintroduced from May 1. tallon shipa now pay, tolle in transferable lire Rester.
"In 1850 the exenvations showed that this town was pre- eeded by yet an earlier ene, et which the deferees consisted of a rock-cul ditch, and a great stone wall, backed by a mazive day by werkers, who had lied solid stone tower, in the heart it in aller after laying a sewer of which was a Brely-bund water pipe.
This morning the workers and inother chased him "The earliest levels have not Victor's
But he yet been renched, but one of the away from the ditch, remarkable result of the 1957 went back and got h's fout exervations Was to glow that caught, A bulldozer alled in the
Moscow, May 17. the earlier houses are even more ditch.
When Victor
was missed, substantial than the later onca.
The Soviet Foreign Minister, was mate Mr Andrei Gromyka, to-day One of the licuse, by no mears two-hour search
Western correspondents, the carest found. can now be before the tragle truth was told
about 6,800 B.C.
realised.United Press, dlaled
"Nothing good will come from France's move to bring the Sucz "That highly organised selile-
question to the Security ments such as these should exist
Council."—United Press. at uch an early date is com pletely revolutionary to previous ideas of the beginnings of civilisation."-Associated Press.
To reassure friends & dissuade enemies
U.S. selects ambassadors
Washington, May 17.
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Gromyko's view
BOAC to resume
The Senate Foreign Relations flights over Syria
Committee to-day approved six
made fal
follows:
បទ nomination
London, May. 18. The Syrian Government has Athens, May 17. Mr Frances E. Willis, as Am-invited tho British Överstas Vice-Admiral Charles Rbascacior to Norway,
Airways Corporation to resume Commander Brows,
the of
Mr Dan C. Bliss, Ambassador fights over Syrian territory, a United Sta eg Sixth Fleet, said to Ethiopia.
BOAC spokesman said to-day. to-day that the fet had the Mr Robert C. Hill, Assistant
It is understood that negolia- ability to press an atomic attack Secretary of State for Congres tions are now going on with the against an orgressor.
sional Relations, Ambassador to Syrian Government about the Mexico.
question of resuming the use of Mr Walter P. McConaughy. Damascus arport, Ambassador to Burma.
Before the Suez crisis as a
In an address marking Ameri- en's national Maritime Day, Admiral Brown said the Sixib Fleet was in the Mediterranean
Mr Joseph S. Farland, Mor-result of which British airlines for the maintenance of peace. gantown, Ambassador Another Important mission Dominican Republic.
to
The were rerouted to avoid Syria, BOAC used elthen Beimil
cr
Was to reassure friends and Mr Wilson C. Make of Poli-Damascus as stopping places on dissunde entmiles, he saluton, N.C., Ambuscador to Ghana. long distance services through Reuter,
the Middle East-Reuter.
-United Press,
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Karachi, May 18, Pakistan's central Government is rushing thousands of tons of grain to 48,000,000 people in East Pakistan threatened. by a zudden food crisis, the Govern ment announced.
This is the second time within about ne months that East Pakistan has faced the spectre of famine.
The Goverment said that sumetent food was available in the province but a crisis hod arisen through panle hoarding resulting from shortage rumoun spread by "anti-social art sub- veralve ctements,
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Train accidents in Japan
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