THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959.
FIRST "PHOTO" OF ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN SHOWN
British TV Viewers Hoaxed On "Fools' Day'
Here is one of several artists' sketches of the Abominable Snowman made from descriý- tions. This drawing was made from informa- tion supplied by a Russian nelerstint in the Pamir Mountain, Mr A. G. Pronin.
SELECT RESIDENCES.
TO LET
SOUTH BAY
London, April 1.
One of the biggest hoaxes in the history of Bri- tish television was practised tonight April Fool's day when Independent Television show- ed millions of viewers the first "photograph" ever secured of the abominable snowman. The news magazine This Week
-
introduced "Professor Duncan Grant Hetherington" bearing a remarkable resemblance to popular zany comedian Peter Sellers in disguise said to be just hack from exploring in the
Himalayas.
The bearded professor told in a Scottish brogue with the aid of maps, charts and photographs-how he get closer to the Yeti than any other living European.
He and his party first camped ↑ at the foot of the Pyongbish mountain and writed for the mensoons to clear, he said.
Then his enrriers, with their "extra perception," became wor- ried and started mutteriny "Yeti, Yeti" and all fled except
une.
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non-
Suddenly at the foot of
the professor crevasse, .tinued.
10 Bow the Yell crouched In kalf-mitting position. Then came the piece de resis- The professor modestly announced that with a fele photo lens he had been able to ret the first close-up picture of the Yell. A blurred close-up of an ape-like fare was flashed on the nerven.
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Footprint
Next viewers were shown a cast of the Yel's footprints which, Be professor
European
Lunch With Nehru
UNO Becretary-General Dag Hammarskjold recently vialled Kashmir, trouble slate in the dispute between Indla and Pakistan and now polleed, by UN observers.
En roule, he stopped for lunch with Indian prender Pandli Nebru in Delhi.
Picture shows Mr Hammarskjold and Mr Nehru at the premier's Delhi residence-Express Service,
Papers NEW CYPRUS PARTY
Fool Readers
The Hague, April 1.
newspapers European
pulled the legs of their readers today A
Fool with April "news" of rockets to Venus and talking
monkeys.
One paper, the
Frankfurt
ruch
carried 19 said was Abendpost,
2 rather remarkable because it items,
showed the creature had toes
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A British Crossword Puzzle
2
3 4
8
FID
21
24
25
27
ACROSS
1 Gun tower {0},
5 Slow mover — (5),
8 but this isni (4).
9 Tree in London (6);
11 May put you out (5).
28
B
DOWN
1 Super playthings? (4).
2 Transported (4).
9 Made into cheese (4).
4 Fish (0).
5 More inclined (7).
Yeth
the
ut both ends of its feet.
'The
scattered party and as it rushed past the professor he managed to grab some of its hair. This he difidently
produced for the viewers to see. The
programune enced with "Thai the interviewer saying: Is all for April the Brat,"
of the day Mock newN cluded:
in-
VIENNA: The Neuer Curler Fald it was in radio touch with rocket, duo the first manned to reach Venus by midnight The Express published a fake photograph of an American helicopter slicing off the spire of Viennn's St. Charles Church. MANTUA, ITALY: A picture and caption announcing that a gale had blown down the sent medieval "enge tower"" many people to the spot to see telephone for themselves. The
The switchboard at Independent was hate and hearty. Television's offlers was blocked with cullers wanting to make sure the professor was Peter Sellers. About 500 calls received,
"Little Joke"
Meantime
were
tower
THE BAGLE: De Tele graal's readers were urged to visit Amsterdam zoo to hear like monkeys utter words "bananas" br means of a "polyester plastia glossoFE- sonator" fitted in their mouths,
tyres.
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BACKED BY EOKA, MAKARIOS?
Nicosia, April 1.
Faze
50,000 LEFT HOMELESS IN MADAGASCAR FLOOD HORROR
Tananarive, Madagascar, April 1.
France and her African partners mustered a massive emergency aid programme today to speed food, clothing and medicines to typhoot- wrecked Madagascar.
More than 50,000 people have been left homeless by five successive hurricanes and swirling floods that struck the island last week.
Д
Ruptured rail, read and com-. munications lines hayo made It Impossible to establish any- thing app ching precise death toll.
But
Madagascar Premier Philibert Tatranana told a Parks newspaper he believed the unofficial estimate of 3,000 dead might be "weli below the true figure,”
banner In France, where headlines describing the Mada- gascar disaster stirred national sympathy, thousands of citizens responded to emergency plens for donations of old clothing and blankets.
Radio Appeals
More than 300 tons of cloth ing of all sorts- enough to fil 80 cargo planes were plled up at the old, unused Gare d'Orsay railroad station in Paris last night and this morning.
Donors responding to radio appeals for help continued to drive up to the station during the day to deposit blankets and other supplies.
Mothers
Fight To See Kill Suspect
Mothers
London, April 1.
clutching bables and children on holiday struggled outside a Lon- don suburban court today to catch a glimpse of a 17-year-old youth charged with the murder of a six- year-old boy,
The youth, Emest Campbelt.
The French Government also look prompt action by pledging crrived, ran into the magistrate's 20 million Francy of financial court with his
escort from
A
aid to Madagascar, and it was police car bent almost double to being seen by photo- believed still more money might escape be forthcoming later.
graphers and spectators. Oficials in Paris, headquarters Campbell, a short, slightly- for the French Overseas Com-built youth with a shock of munity of Nations bf which
tousled brown hair flopping over Madagascar is a member IC
This spectacles mede only a brlet sald the number public,
first appearance in court to be problem at the moment is the
remunded in custody until Wed- plies in the Island.
murdering young Paul Lewis.
une
Pirate Was distribution of emergency, supnesday next week on a change of
new Cypriot Greek political party EDMA, be lieved to have the support of Archbishop Makarios and the Eoka, today made a drama- tic appearance in Nicosia. Leaflets setting out the poli teal alms of EDMA (United Democratic Front of Regeræra- don) were showered down upon theatre crowded Nicosia audience, including Archbishop Makarios, spiritual tender of the Cypriot-Greeks,
they were celebrating the fourth anniver- Bary of the founding of the Boka-terrorist movement.
The allels, signed by the "Provisional Executive mittee of EDMA" invited nil "those Cypriots, especially the new generation, who want to work for the reconstruction of our country to join the party.
Com-
They declared: "The re- sponsibilities and dulles which our newly won freedom in- poses upon us is much greater the right which this Ireedom has secured for us,"
than
Aims
Greek
A Truant
Roads Cut
.
All Madagascar roads and zaf lines were eut by the torrential
floods that dealt rajis and
I
one-two punch follow-up to the
five hurricanes,
Lewis was found strangled, naked and assaulted yesterday morning in the lavatory of a recreation ground at Twicken- kam, in Surrey.
Hla clothes
had been neatly
medicities were being dropped piled up beside him.
Melbourne, April 1 An 11-year-old boy, a truant from school, had a hectic time playing "pirate" on the Yarra River here lo-by
the day but fell into hands of police when he became a landlubber,
Crates of food, clothing and
homeless
from the floods on hitteps.
parachute 10
He was believed to have been Islanders driven to seek refuge killed only an hour before while people played tennis on ad- Officials Bald there was joining courts.—China Mall now a dangerous shortage of Special. parachutes and
for use in
operations.
such
bellcopters
emergency
This aroused fears that rescue Run On
missions might not be able to get
Police said the boy seized a 35-foot inuncit, drove it on wild zig zag course for several hundred yards down the river at around 12 knots, rammed 1 enough warm clothing alstribut- 50-foot ocean-going luxury ed to horneless familles on yacht, jammed the launch island before the Madagascar under a bridge and ripped off cold season. sets in u month
from now.
tha!
EDMA said: "Our links with everything Greek will continuo part of its super structure.
The boy then crawled 30 yards and will be intensified. moral and spiritual values will along arrow girders under the continue to constitute the lead- bridge and fled on his bicycle ing lights of our life and the from a polleeman on foot. contents of our thoughts, and actions,"
The aims of the
The buy
was impeded by and dismounted, new party heavy traße as set out in the leaflets were:
then surrendered to the police, who had been summoned by
• Equal enjoyment of workinen. who saw the launch "Cyprus civilimtion" by all bit the bridge and feared that cllisena-without discrimina- Įthe occupant inlght be drowned. “Police Were” considering what
inke action to
the against "pirate."-Chino Mall Special.
A spokesman for the cam- pany simply xaid: "The oficial answer is that it is April first, That is all there is to my.”
Blind Eye Later at his homo in North London, Mr Sellers said:
OSLO: One paper announced "It was Just a little joke in keeping a lax on air pumped into car with the ocension."-Reuter,
WARSAW: Polish readers were offered 24
of picture scantily-clad American chorus girls as a "Soviet revue" enrich- ed with "elements of folk art.”
The Polish censors also turned a bind eye to stories -of-plans for tuomel-under the Battic, a cranlum find 'tu Warraw suburbs and most surprising of all -- a deadpan parody of Communit jargon
● Encouragement of pri- in propoint for="prelaskvile enterprise, shops," each selling one line
⚫Defence of the "rixlis of goods such green tex-
of rural workers, and Wes or size 28 shoes.
Health welfare Another Warsaw joke was u report of an imaginary debate
educational facilities for all. in Washington about the Stars
Slogans by the "Spectre and Stripes, headed
were also painted in streets-France-Presse.
Strong Quake At Reno
Reno, April 1. A strong rolling earthquake which lasted for 15 minutes was felt here to day.
Prof. James 1. Gimlett, head of the geophysical laboratory at the University of Nevada, sald the 'quake probably was cen tred about 45 miles northwest
of here.
of Civil War over United Status," with a fery speech by "Scrator Rock 'n' Roll"
Mr Fawkes
In London
entry in the Fawkes.
clerks of Silver
passenger list-G.
He said the main tremble was recorded at 6 on the Richter City Airways on the look-out scale on the university seismo- eyebrows when they spotted an for April hoaxers raised their graph.
Reno police and Washoe Coun- ty sheriff's deputies said they
Suspicions were alloyed when received
Ecveral calls from
Mr Fawkes, reported at Ferry alarmed citizens but that no damage had been reported:
field at Kent with his car and The Renoire department, three passengers to be flown to however, was investigating a Le Tourquef, France. passible tie-in between
He was the
the Rev. F. G. D. carthquake and a house fire re- Fawkes, of Combion Rectory, Winchester.-Router and China Mali Special.
12 Head place of worship (0).; 0. The doctrine of the dis-ported minutes ofter the first
14 High lake (4).
16 Come Inter (5).
18 She could give us
(5).
a lend
20 Cupital composer (6).
20 Vehicle (4).
24 Camera accessory (5).
25 First-class clique taking
stroll? (6).
at
bellever (7).
Not really an unsteady dog (7).
10 And above board? (5), -
13 They love being cruel (7).
14 Got up after tea in ihe
20 Liable to blow its top (4). 17
27 Uso clippers (8).
20 Do judges and it burden- 18
some? (8).
garden (7).
Htiker, niso in the gorden, maybe (7).
It's opposite to the zenith (5).
Bully (0).
21 Don't belleve him (4).
22 Decree of sorts (4), 22 Rarin' to go (4). YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD—Actos; 1 Lists, 4 Untied (united), 8. How-dah, 10 Whips, 12 Dar-sse(k), 14, (uposto, 17. Slow, 19 Lantern. 20 Kestrel, 2a Edel.c. 23 Signals, 27. Dressy, 29 Fuler, 30 Evaded, 31 ¡tesisi, 32 Swede. Down: 1 Lehar, 2 Sow up, 3 Swabs, 5 N-E-W-S, 6 Ielele, 7 Disown, 9 Hallo,, 11 Hasten, 13 Realise, 15 feed, 18 Otters, 18 Oral, 20 Keeper, 21 Sidies, 24 Gyvos, 25 Addle, 20 Beige, 28 Eölk
shock was fell.-U.P.I.
Hoi"
all,
Equal opportunities for
new
party Nicosia
GOP Leader Resigns
Washington, April 1. Mr Meade Alcom. chairman of the United States Republican Party, today announced his re- signation for personal reasons.
Sukarno To
See Surgeon?
Stockholm, April 1. President Sukamo of Indo nesia may consulta Swedish surgeon and undergo a surgical Examination during his visit to Scandinavia next month, Re- cording
well-informed sources here.--Beuler.
to
Ships Delivered
Singapore, April 1. Britain today handed over to the tiny He told a news conference he two warshipa had personally delivered a letter Malayan Navy in a ceremony to the White House, telling at the Naval Dockyard here. President Eisenhower of his de- The ships are 149-ton kishore cision to return to his law firm. minesweepers. --- China Mail
Reuter
Special.
"Dogs Welcome" Sign Goes Up On
Southwell, April 1.
| A notice stating "dogs wel- come" was placed on the main door of the big An- glican church here during The Easter Holidayn, The provost of the church, the Reverend II. U. Heywood, ex- plained today that he intenda to, chplay the wig whenever he expected a large number of people to visit the church. I
Church Door
tio declared: “I did it because 1
the dogs were kept quiël, ! used to find people, waliing | The National Canine Defeiice | qutaldo, the church mulkding Leagoo penta, telegram to Roy. the dog while thib rest of the Heywood today; stating, thus, it family were. Inside Tobatur {"deeply appreciates the ope aroână and X. thờight this lightened outlook. Implied by the "Dog Welcome! nation Asked, whether dogs would n and hopes. Raš. Ein kool welogme at a pervion, Ab ind etho ... f là Widots Se would not inínð, þröv Kálmar | fatio wid"
| Lasi móníh a dog that goes to church sparked off a quartel in the village of Chedzay i Somerset.
wrliten to
Letter were
Timms and an appeal was made to the area bishop by. local parishioners complaining that the villazo, reolor, ; the Reverend Morvyn Bissell, in- sisted on taking his fornier to church' with bằm, -- China Afall Special
It
tho
like
also feared epidemies of typhoki, cholera and pingue might sweep wildfire through that "island's population, in the wake of the Hoods-UPI
Brandt To Visit-London-
..
London April 1. Herr Willy Brandt, governing
Mälta
Bank Halted
Valletta, April 1. A British spokesman here aald today that a run on the Malia Government's Savings Bank inspired by the leader of the Opposi tion Maltese Labour Party, Mr Dom Mintoff, had been stopped after five weeks.
The
stuntion of Uie hank hès runty returned to normale the spokesman told a Press conference.
-Mayor-of-Woul-Berlin, Isex Depoalls—suere blaner-than- peeled to arrive here"äbour withdrawals and the volume of April 20 nn an official visit for business was buck to the level talks with Mr Selwyn Lloyd, of before the run. the Foreign Secretary, and
cther British Ministers,
The run on the bank started
A British Foreign Office in late February when, Mr spokesman and today that Mintoff, a former Prime Minis Herr Brandt hvad been Invitedter, Issued a directive to his by the Government to pay an supporters to withdraw all do- official visit but detalls of this posits from the bank.
Mr Mintoff claimed that the had yet to be worked out.
Authoritative sources expect- £18 million deposits in the inbank were worth only £134 od Herr Brandt to arrive London with bis wife about million because of depreciation April 20 for a stay of three or in glit-edged securities held by four days.Reuter,
the bank-Reuter.
Ottawa, April 1. Canada's wedding pre-
sent to
Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and
Bancee his Michiko Shoda will
be a mink stole. The stole, of Canadian fur and worth about $800 presented to the
sril
pair on their April 10 wed- ding day by the Canadian Ambassador to Tokyo Me W. F. Bull.
An announcement from the Primo Mjolster, Me Diefenbaker's office cover Ing the gift muld;
The Governmená. Crunda has sent a wild mink stole to the Canadian, Embassy in Tokyo for pros sentation as a gift on the occasion of the wedding of His Imperiai Fligknow i Crown Prface of Ispan." V.P.L
Mink/For Michiko