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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1958.
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THEY FIGHT TO THE DEATH -
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Washington, Jan. 15.' The Air Force expected to haya a military reconnaissance satellite circling the carth by the Spring of 1959.
The satellite, to be launched by a Thor inter- mediate range ballistic missile, would have a "recoverable capsule" - presumably a detach- able pod that could be parachuted to earth with photographs and other reconnaissance data.
The Air Force is aiming at putting a test satellite into orbit this year, probably by next October. This would follow scientific satellites expected to be launched by the Navy and Army.
Air Force plans were dis- closed with publication by the Senate Preparedness Subcom- mitter of henvily censored testimony given by Maj.-Go, Bernard A. Schriever, Air Force Missile Chief, ut a closed meet- Ing last weckt,
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"I think we would have reconnaissance capability, using the Thor booster, by the Spring
of next year with a recoverabie
"enpsule," Schriever said.
Operational
The Thor is the Air Force's intermediate range ballistic mis- sile which has just been order- ed into production for opera- tional use.
Schriever said the Air Force has been interested in an "ad- vinced reconnaissance system" since 1946. Since Russia Inunch- ed its Sputniks, he wild, there has been a desire to accelerate the programme.
Schriever sald be "Just recently" received authority to bise the Thor and has given instructions to use the rocket as a booster "to expedite get- ting orbiting vehicles.
As a preliminary, he mid the Air Force thinks it can get a test vehicle into orbit "before the end of this year, say some time around perhaps as early as July but more likely about October," using the Thor as t booster.
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Heaviest
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Lorton, Jan. 15. The white population of South Africa Aro the heaviest smokery in the world, and the Beandles- vian countries rank among the lowest consumer of tobacco, the statistics of azuoklaz, published by & group of tobacco mann- facturers disclosed 10-
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Bialisties From 22 coun- tries revealed that the United States and Eritain showed the highest Cr capita consumption of, lobacco, after the South African
FROM US EX-CHIEF OF RESEARCH
New York, Jan. 15. Lt.-Gan. James M. Gavin, retiring Army rosearch and developmont chlaf, warned today that "our nation
is ontering extremely critical porlod" in the development of its weapons system,
an
In a speech before the Wings in- called for creased preparedness to fight elther a limiled war or a general war.
Club, Gavin white population, The yearly average consumption In Sweden was 1,028 cigarettes and four pounds of tobacco in 1956.
In Norway, the svetage WPA
512 only elgarettes and five pounds of tobacco, compared with the United States average of 3,195 elgarettes and 9.8 pounds of tobacco, and the British average of 2,508 cigaretion and 0.3 pounds of tobacco,
It was his first public speech since he announced his retire- ment
South Africa's record was 3,303 cigarettes per capita For Kun whifto population.-France-Presse.
AMERICAN MOTHERS
VISIT PEKING'S
UNIVERSITY
Peking, Jan, 15.
Two American mothers who have come to Peking to see their sons serving gaol terms on es- pionage charges, today spent two hours at the capital's university which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
SPUTNIK'S PROGRESS IN SPACE
The
Mrs Jessie Fecteau, Mary Downey and her younger son, William, were escorted by faculty members and students majoring in English during their tour of laboratories, a library, a dining hall, a gymnasium and dormallarles.
William told Reater that the dormitories Eppenred over- crowded, but the university was rather like its counterparts in the United States.
'PEACE HOTEL'
mainder
of the
an or-
The Wings Club is ganisation of aircraft industry executives.
He called fer beller Army to move "airlift capability" troops Quickly to contain
localised aggression and "keep it from naming into a general war."
The Soviet, Gavin sald, un- display of valled "a massive equipment" last November 7, including advanced helicopters for moving troops and equip- iment to battlefield positions.
If the US. Army does not get better atrift equipment. Gavle said, "the loss would be even more than American lives. The in loss would conceivably be our mission to contain the focalised aggression."
A war with Russia now would World mean д "re-issued
War II fores facing the Soviet Army, largest and best equipped in the world today," Gavin said.-United Press.
Reconciled At His
Wife's
Death-Bed
Singapore, Jan. 15. A prisoner was reconciled with his dying wife in the Singapore general hospital today.
Moscow, Jan. 15. second Soviet earth satellite will continue in its orbit for six months
The visitora spent the re- and possibly for longer.
The day in the Professor Boris Kukhar-"Pence Hotel" out of reach of
winds kin, Vice-President of the uiting blustery
which Astronomy Council the Soviet Academy of enowfall. Sciences, said in an inter- view with Tass agency here today. Kukbarkin sald the "Great
of swept away yesterday's heavy
news
Security deletions in the transcript masked Schriever's comments on the weight of the test mtellite and the number of Sputnik's" orbit was much satellites which the Air Force farther from the earth than was TEL. 20148, BOB48 plans to build.
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The mothers, who are due to 1y to Canton on Saturday on the way back to Hongkong, will visit their sons for the fourth ime tomorrow and expect the Red Cross will organise the final visit on Friday,
Mrs Ruth Reamond, whose xn Hugh is confined in a Shanghai gool,-left the city to Gay for Soochow, n beauty anot famed for Buddhist temples, arched bridges and embroidery
8 miles inland.
man, Joseph Dean, 38, an Anglo-Burmese, held the charred hand of his wife who was burnt from head to foot in a lodging house are last week- Dean is serving a seven- end. day sentence for failing to sup- port her.
The wife, Theresa Tay, 35, nodded slowly when Dean whis pered to her: "Baby, its all over now. Wil you take me back?". Theresa died two hours later,
Dean was then taken back to prison. His fellow clerks from the office where he works hnd ruled the $(M) 950 that enabled him to visit Therean. He needs another $(M) 350 to go free, Mrs Leon Soh, a City Council- for, is now trying to find this
Mrs Redmond planned to pend the night there and re- amount. torn to Shanghai tomorrow to see her son.-Reuter,
Edna Purviance
Hollywood, Jan, 15. Edna Purviance, star of some of the carllest Charlie Chaplin comedies, died hero at the age of 01 today. She had taken no Fort in Alms since the 1920's ut Chaplin had kept her on his payroll.
She originally came to Hollywood to study plano, but vas exupit in the ploneer movements of the silent Alm and stred Tal a number of Charlie Chaplin short Alms- France-Pressc.
Lost & Found.
Mineola, Jan, 15.. Stanicy. Drais, 30-year-old attorney, Icarned the hard way that snowball is strictly child's play.
Benis rolled up a neat snow- ball last week and pitched it 40 feet through the air. He hurled his US$1,000 sapphire ring with it. Searches
Dear old reporters he had married Theresa in 1844, and they were divorced in 1980.
wanted her back very much," he said. The couple have two children.-Reuter.
Early Fire Clogs Transport
London, Jan. 15. Detectives were called today
to probo an carly morning firo in Deptford Rallway Station that caused sovore blocked damage and transport for thousands of suburbanites.
Officials found the stallon had been broken into, a booking affice ransacked and A phono for the ring were box anushed.
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Flood Relief
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