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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1957.
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BIG FOUR MEETING POSSIBLE US NUCLEAR BOMBS
The Girard Case British Opinion
THE somewhat complicated
THE
Jegal action now taking place in Washington over Sergeant William Girard has attracted interest' for beyond the shores of the United States. The ultimate decision can only bo guessed. The judge houring pleas by lawyers represent ing the Government and Sorgeant Girard has de-] forred his decision 011 whether the Fodoral Court had, the right to take control | of the proceedings.
The facts of the case are now
CH
Swinging
In Favour
OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
London, June 11.
HANCES of a Big Four meeting between Britain, France, the United States and well-known. The issue bofls Russia are steadily increasing. It looks down to this: should Girard, like being at Foreign Minister level, some-
shooting a
necused of
be
on a US time in the autumn.
On Thursday
in
London
Japanese woman Army firing range in Japan, tried by Japancaa or American Jurisdiction. The disarmament talks are to re American Government sume. Horold Stassen, United States representative, is ex- through its legal representa pocted back from a flying visit tives has maintained that: to Washington on Wednesday, or the decision to allow Japan Thursday morning.
to try Sergeant Gizurd was "political and not subject to
Then delegates are expected
Judicial review." It further to get down to a series of "bit contends that the habeas by bit" deals with Moscow.
corpus proceedings by Girard's lawyers are not valid,
One extremely awkward possi- bility has, however, been removed from the cano in today'a Court ruling. It was felt at one time that not only might the Federal District Court refuse to ac-
cept the Government's plea but that it might also examine the status of forces
LIMITATION
Prospect for a series of such limited deals się good— particularly on some form of ilmliation of H-bomb teris, freezing of
military budgets
by the Big Four and a treaty to bar any other Power from making H-bombe.
If these prospects are realized Ministers are almost certain to then the Big Four Fortigu
mocí.
treaty which the Japanese Opiolan in London is swinging claim gives them jurisdic-round in favour of such a con- tion, and all the papers conference-particularly skice Bri- nected with the case. Lain has now successfully District Judge McCarraghy ploded her H-bomb.
has, however, denied the defence motion which would have required the Govern-, ment to produce the docu- ments in court.
HE has also refused the
defence request that Ar
ex-
AIR ROUTES
TALKS
Dulies, the Defence Secre- AFFECT HK
tary, Mr Charles Wilson
and the Army Secretary,
Mr Bruckner be subpoenaed
to testify personally in the
Washington, June 11.
Important civil aviation
case. As one commentator negotiations begin in Lon- points out if the American don on June 18 between court had examined the the United States
and
Israel Suez Rocket Bursts French Mob
Plan
Jerusalem, June 11. Tize Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman tonight confirmed pross reports that Jardel would attempt ships, send foreign carrying Israeil Cargo through the Sues Cuna).
10
Ti apok Conan Wan 0013- mentlar on a report pub- llshed earlier today by the The newspaper Haaretz newspaper wald the Israeit Government had decided nós to try to send an Xuruell test skip through the Suce Canal, but would attempt to use ships flying forelan flagu, carrying Karsell carro to balla up gradually a regular sorvloe through the canal for Israeil trade....... France-Presse.
WHAT IS
IT?
After Launching
Takes
Revenge
In Algiers
Algiers, June 11. Rioting Frenchmen killed
COULD OBLITERATE WORLD'S CITIES
From CHAPMAN PINCHER
Washington, June 11.
THE United States has enough nuclear explosive in its stockpiles to ob... literate every city in the world.
Official sources in Washington that stockpiles
estimated today
New York, June 11. The Air Force fired off a huge guided missile be lieved to be the continent- to-continent Atlas today at and beat up Algiers Moslems of H-bomb and atom bomb ex- exceed one million Cape Canaveral, Florida, today and then wrecked and plosives
power. This is and it burst into flame and burned their shops and care megatons in exploded seconds after leav-in reprisal against a recent quivalent to 80 million Hiro-
skíma-sized explosions,
ing the launching ramp.
wave of rebel bombings..
Stocks are so immense that
An early evening official police The slivery mis:lle, about report said that 12 Moslems there is no point in making any 100 feet long with a saub were killed and 15 wounded. more. But most of the huge Laton in the evening, however, plants are being kept in produc- nose, rose almost vertically In
of the the sky in the midst of a ball the offer
Minister tion.
They cannot be closed Resident here issued a "corrected down without deterioration, of orange-coloured, fire to
toil
claimed the earlier oficial
TYING UP CAPITAL 6,000 feet and communique was "in aror" and
about 5,000
then leveiled off,
put the day's figures at one French woman loilled, five Mo.- ORANGE FIRE
rebels- lems including two Обосгуста said then burst killed, eight Europeans (French) into flame and exploded
Including three panstroopers with
of and one recurity policeman another tremendous orange fire, Red-hot pieces of acriously wounded, 200 rioters
atreated. the misle were sent showering! over the Atlantic Ocean in front of the launching site,
ball
STORMED MARKETS There was no explanesion of the error which caused the con- flicting reports.
This ever-production, which is tying up prohibitive amounts
The Queen Accepts Invitations
London, June 11. Queen Elizabeth tonight accepted "with much-plea- sure" an invitation to visit the United States this Octo- ber,
from
באלני
announcement
of omplial is the main reason Buckingham Palace sald she will for America/s speeded-up fly to Canada for her first visit drive to secure Infernational there since becoming Queen, agreement to limit, and if Then she will fly to James- posible to end nuclear ex-
town, Virginia, to spordi
day plosive production.
at the festival commemora¦ing Britain's first landing in North It is also behind the United America, then spend approxi States drive to secure overseas mately three days in Washing- power ton and one day in New York.
markeis for atomic plan's.
The first said:
It was not known immediately by the scores of observers on
Revolver shots were heard sa the beach whether the missile the French stormed market,
After months of negotia Jons was throwing a booster at the wrecking stalls. One student was
die The Atomic Energy Com-the Queen's decision was time of the explosion or reported injured.
mission is also embarrassed by closed in two separate annoutice whether the Air Force and Thren thousand paratroopers its stocks of Unium 235 and ments from the Palace. destroyed the missile because took over keypoint in the Plutonium now far in ex-
ANNOUNCEMENTS Its englacs falled to take hold town, and the suburb of Babcess of military requirements. after a booster got it off the El Oued, where most of Sun-
Sa a campaign ig being "The Queen has graciously ground.
day's victims lived.
waged to convince the foreign consented to accept the sugges-) nations that they should bufta tion of the Canadian Govern There were no casualties. ----
only American type
atom ment that she and the Duke of United Press.
power plants which
should can use Edinburgh
visit 10 American supplied Uranium Ottawa In October this year." 235 and Plutonium.
The second said: “The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have accepted with much pleasUNO an" "invitation from the President of The United States to pay a stato visl to Washington In October, 1967.”
United Press.
Two hundred European demonstrators were arrested United Press and Router.
SAILOR FLOATED
NINE HOURS
Glasgow, June 11.
FUEL BELOW COST
Fuell being offered a below cost price. In future it may also be glym away 20 Inducement to bur Américan slooks,
America's stocks of pure
Uranium 235 are estimated at Turncoat Expected
moru than 120 tons, Only
A former American prisoner A British ship, sailing towards Japan, has about 10 pounds is needed to
trigger off the H-bomb and the of war ki Korca, Andrew For- saved her second mate from the sea in one of the United States forces are plentuna, of Ionia, Michigan, is ex- most remarkable incidents in maritime history, ning to use it in anti-aircraft pected to arrive in Hongkong mizelles as well as in bombs from China on Saturday, I was according to her managers here todoy.
and rockets,
Learned this morning.
The second mato fell over- board but was not missed until
three-and-a-half hours later,
Yessel The ship, the motor British Monarch 15,000 tons), turned round and scorched more than 100 miles of sen for
him.
the
status of forces treaty and Britain in regard to the the facts of the case, in effect, the Sergeant would extension of Trans World Airlines and Northwest have been on trial.
Airline routes for The obvious conclusion in that Americans and BOAC and event was that it the buri British West Indies Air- decided that the sergean. lines
(BWIA) routes for
must stand trial in Jupani the British.
he would face tno proser 12-
tion with his defence large.
Importance also is attached
ly destroyed, But wisely here to extending Northwest the Juage nas not called for Airlines route
Hongkong, as
from Tokyo to Hongkong is an
the aocuments of the case. important civil aviation However there is still an in the Far East, other awkward possibility.
centre
A commentator points out United States delegation will
"If on the other hand the request trade rights for extend-
J 群
The
TWA an Atianilc
Federal Court grants route to London and Frankfurt
writ of habeas corpus, un as far as Zurich in Switzerland told damage will be done to and the Northwest Airlines
the nation's foreign attuirs."trans-Pacific route to Tokyo t www.far as Hongkong.—United Press,
THE Japanese may in that
event raise the point that an American. driver has been committed for trial in a Greek court on a charge of manslaughter by negligence, Why they may fairly ask should a dual principle operate?
..
There are also regrettable sidelights to the Girard CABO: one Congressman has spoken rather
Voting At Today's By-Election
the
Voters were alow in going to carelessly
poiling stations at this about the possibility of an morning's Urban Council by agreement between the election, Japanese and
The election is being held Amorican Government "to let Girard because of the realgnation of Mr Brook A. Bernacchi who is seck-
off lightly". It is difficult ingro-clcction. The other to see a satisfactory end-candidate is Mr K. B. Allport of ing to this sorry business. the Hongkong Civic Associa-
tion.
,
It would scem that the fore. At noon today, just little sight of Judge McCarraghy over 1,000 voters had registered cannot be too highly del votes at both the Hong- applauded. He appears to kong and Kowloon stations, na have stripped the complica compared with 'about 1,900 1 tions to a minimum though the March election.
*
those are troublesome Voting started at 3 am, ånd-
Whatever his enough. decision on the habtain the first hour 183 voted at the Hongkong station. At Kow- station, 28 voted in the
corpus proceedings, how ever, it would seem that the first thing needed aro im mediate discussions between
first hous.
Without the caption this pleture had us guinning too. Animal, vegetable or mineral? Just for the.
fun of it, we'll tell you tomorrow.
EARTHQUAKE FELT HERE
to
Up to 1230 pm. 940 voted at An" carthquake, was recorded, and that it was Jubarply recond the United States and to Hongkong station and 200 by the Royal Observatory Ed but Japan on a less ambiguous at Kowloon, as compared with shortly after 3:51 am, HE sun- further detaine status of forces treaty;"
2 about÷1/700 in Hongkong-and mer lime löday,-
about 400 at Howloon in Maret
Observatory
was tadabin
Beveral, persOELS › the shock.
Nine hours after the man fell overboard, he was sighted and picked up.
"It sounds almost tiko miracle," said a spokesman for the managers, Messrs Racburn and Verel Limited of Glasgow, The British Monarch aus four days out from Panama on her way to Japan when the socomi misto
reported
Was
| missing.-China Mail Special.
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PARATROOPER CAUGHT IN
New York, June 11. FRANTIC rescue efforts by the crew of a troop carrier aircraft today fallad to sayE
minimum to try to facilitato « rescue, but, the low speed
caused both engines to over- best and required a landing.
the life of a paratrooper who in an effort to minimise the dangled helplessly from
parachute line
plane's fuselage.
;
caught on the
For more than an hour three of the crow tried to ligul she trooper back into the risuo
danger to the trapped trooper, ground crews sprayed foaming chemical along several hun. dred foos of the runway before the airplane came in for A landing.
FUSELAGE
was out loose. He akidded 100 feet through the foam, Ground workers rushed to him but he was dead The Fort Image Information Office said a preliminary medi- cal examinaŭion Indicated the victim had possibly been dead 30 minutes. He had gone up to make a routine parschule jump at this army training
as it circled aboya Popo Air The aircraft Fused in at the centre.
- Force base al Fort
North Carolina. The pilot reduced
speed to a
Was
Lowest possible speed,
25730 and Hills
not disclose when only six inches off pending notification of next
ground the dangling trooper | of kin--China Mail Special.
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