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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1958.
HOLIDAY BUS
11
KILLED
New York, Dec. 23.
| A Greyhound bus carrying holiday-bound passen- gers collided with two trucks at Pulaski, Tennessee, and burst into flames tonight. The highway patrol reported 11 people were killed.
Police patt the death toll might rise, An undetermined number were injured.
"Some of the bodles Are charred beyond recognition," a policeman said.
of the
The driver of one trucks, vehlele belonging to
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A
STRIPPER
NOT ARTISTIC
Stockholm, Dec. 23, company. wald the bus tried to mas bis
A Swedish Court ruled
truck on a hill.
today after a week of re-
The
that driver sald
llection large
a striplease tractor-trailer truck come aver Use 1 and the bus teled to whip back in front of the lum- her truck.
Caught Bumper
The bus caught the lumber truck's front bumper, folcting the truck down the
embank- ment just before the collon geeurred, the driver said.
The unter truck driver was
not injured,
The bus was described as a "blazing Inferno" by wit-
nesses.
There were al least 18 pas- arangers in the lair, and the only survivor were reported to be aegores forced to ent in the rear by focul segregation practices,
They were able to vscupe by the back emergency door, poltee suld.-U.P.I.
NEW JET
new
This is the "Swallow," a surveillance drone being developed for the U.S. Army Signal Corps under a $25 million con- tract by the guided missiles division of the Republic Avlation Corp. The small, pilotless jet aircraft, designated tho SD-4, will use a variety of advanced sensory techniques for military .reconnaissance pur- poses, including radar, Infrared detection, and photography. -- ÚPI, Telephoto.
New Job At 77
Princeton, Dec. 23. Sengler 11. Alexander Smith (Ropublican-New Jerer) ro- tires next month after 14 years in the Senate, but at the age of 77 he is starting a new carcor AR a globe-trotting trouble- shooter for the State Depart- ment.
Mr Smith, former chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expecta
to
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Flim, Cian, # Fell, 11 Loose, 13 Ivan, 14 The-a shoro up America's position 16 Bo-do-M, 17 Stay, 10 Gary, 70, Rejodop, 22 Army, 21 Jullet, aming uncommitted nations.-- 25 Aaton, 27 O-din, 20 Qur
U.F..
Is noi Ati artiste danes and is punishable by penal sanotions.
The court of Haerasand, a amall town in southern Nweden. Wild hearing the case of a German dancer who, after the fallure of her open-air dance num- ber, Improvised
trip- tease which made such A thai All with aprotators police had to intervene.
Tho Judges dlmgreed
The
A
wilts the sprciators and sentenced
versatile dancer to a fine and court costs.-Frapoo-I'ressc.
TITO
TRAGEDY: Our Sincerest Wishes
Moscow Bans US
Radio Newsman
New York, Dec. 23.
The Soviet authorities today banned Edmond Stevens, acting correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company in Moscow, from making further broadcasts from Moscow.
A spokesman for N.B.C. suid that Steven's, who has been re- presenting the network as well as Timo magazine in Moscow ance lost Saturday when the regular N.B.C. correspondrai Trying Levine was denied the use of broadcasting facilities, interrupted in the middle
WIN
If transmission.
He later sent a cable re- the had been
porling that
banded from broadcasting antil further notice. No rea
U was given to tum.
The N.B.C. spokesman said Stevens caug still use valle facilities and telephone circuits, but pointed out that the phone
far encurls were
inferior In broaders transmis-
tunity to
lons.
1. vine, now on his way buck States, reported in the United last Saturday that he had been accused of violating censorship. -Jeuter,
CALLS FOR
END OF A-TESTS
Djakarta, Dec. 23.
President Tito of Yugoslavia tonight called for an urgent halt to nuclear and thermonuclear tests and for an agreement on gradual and general disarmament.
The Yugoslavian President,
who began a ten-day State visit le Indonesia today, was speaking at a dinner given by President Bukurno of Indonesia.
President Títo said that Colonialism, which sull survived In Aslu und Africa was a source
of particular danger to world
penco.
"Elimination this evil is ni immediate necessity," he said.
He made no direct reference to West Iran, which is claimed by Indonesia from the Dutch- Heuter.
Russia
Willing To Talk
Moscow, Dec. 23 Russia said tonight she wa rendly to meet "other interested states" to discuss problems of European security, provided Nato countries were ready to discard the preliminary settle ment of the German question,
In a statement
"the guarantee of stable pence on earth," the offlelat Soviet news agency. Tass, sald Soviet gov ernment circles had noted that Nato countries did not at pres ent in the two question3-09 they had before.
II Nate countries were really ready to settle European sceurity without making it first dependent un settlement of the German question, Russian government circles belleved there would be **no insurmountable obstacles" to success on at least some of the questions, Tass said-Reuter.
Cypriots Released
Here Is Proof
Penang, Dec. 23. An 18-year-old Malayan boy, Ahmad Bin Abdui, who is hitch-hiking round Malaya to prove that the Encyclopaedla Brittanica't description of the Malays As a lazy race is wrong. has arrived here after a two-month waik.
Ahmad left his home in Sungel Rambai, Mainoca, on September 22 with only two dollars to his pocket. "My adventures so far have made me more deter- mined than ever to chal- lence the article in the Encyclopaedia Brillantes," he told reporters today.
"To prove how wrong this conception ts. I am prepared to go further and bitch-hike tound the world."
Abmad lodged in the Penang Police Barracks last night. If leavea for Kedah tomorrow and plans OTOS tlio Malaya- Slamese border for a trek to Bangkok before the end of this month.-China Mall Special.
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HERMIT
FOUND IN CAVE
Teramo, Dec. 23.
An 84-year-old Italian hermit who fled into the mountains many years ago because he was "nauseated by the noisy and chaotic modern world" has been found living in a cave.
The hormit, Domenico Leone, Nicosia, Dec. 23. Over 10 Grenk-Cypriot de-
was accidentally discovered by a. up on the tainees, who had been held for village priest high
Grand Sasno, central Italy's varying periods ንፍ cuspected highest mountain, where he had terrorists were released today, bringing the total number of lived on herbs and chestnuts, prisoners freed in December to
A strelcher party cot out to over 600.
bring Leone down to hospital Almost 2,000 others are all where he will be placed on being hold-France-PreSEO, special diet-Reuter,
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Artist
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Between
Worlds"
Darwin, Dec. 23.
Mr Justice Krlewaldt, Dar- win High Court Judge, to- day dismissed an appeal that famous aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira had been "torn between two worlds," when he broke the Inw by supply. ing liquor to a native ward of the state. Namatjira,
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whose paintings
of the Australian outback ure in leading world display galleries, had his sentence re- ducent from six months to three months which he will start to serve carly in the New Year.
The Namatjiru case roused wide public sympathy of the view that Namatjira, granted full citizenship rights and made wealthy by the sale of his paintings, was constantly trying to obey both
law and the the Aruntas.
the while man's law of his tribe,
Arauta low provides that one tribe member will share all his good fortune with another and by this argument Namatjira was unable to share quor with another Arunta-China Mail Special.
Mrs
Saw Last Hanging
Deal, Dec. 23. Sarah Finch of Deat who today celebrated her 100th birthday, saw the last public honging In England 112 years ago.--China Mail Special.
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