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SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1959.
Rioting Convicts Threaten
To Burn
29 Dead In Floods: Disease Threat
Buenos Aires, April 17.. At least 29 people died in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay this week as a result of the worst foods in South American his- tory a cheek showed to- day.
the
Authorities moved quickly to prevent epidemies among hundreds of thousands of home less.
Hostages BERLIN: “UK
Deer Lodge, Montana, April 17.
Rebellious convicta in control of Montana State Prison today released one
of 19 hostages but seized five more and threatened them with death by fire and hanging.
As the outbreak neared the 24-hour mark there were-
these developments:
• Chris Pieiin, a guard, waa, released from the grim, grey- walled 90-year-old prison - because he is a diabetic,
• National Guardsmen, Brmed with rifies, carbines and sub-machineguns and 02 their carrying bayonets belts, cleared the streets of
али newimen block from the prison.
prison, but the order was delayed indefinitely when the convlots threatened to bura
18 hostages the
alive with vetrol. Since the revolt begon yoster- day hope has ebbed and flowed for the capilves,
Soon after the murder of the
spectators deputy warden, the prison warden, Mr Floyd Powell, who
• Prison sociologisí Dr had been captured at knife Walter Jones, 24,
repoint, walked to safety, escorted
WAD
leased as a hostage but went by a conviet armed with a meat back into the prison to act a cleaver. Intermediary between the
rifle and knife-wielding con- victs and prison officials. The riot, which yesterday afternoon, has already Laken the life of Deputy Warden The town of Quicquasch, Thembre Rothe, who was shot, 125 miles up the swollen Uruguay river from
Buenos Aires, reported I had been in- vader by anakes and appealed urgently for snake bite medi- clue.
Anti-lyploid vaccine was being rushed to stricken areas by plane and river boat, Health ometals ruled that everyone evacuated from their
must be inorulated
seguinst typhoid,
Scavengers
Tension Rosa
RAF CALLED
IN TO HELP
SULTAN
PRESS TIMID"
Washington, April 17.
The State Department expressed dismay today over what it called the attitude of "timidity" by the British Press over high-level American Air Force flights to Berlin,
South African Davis Cup
Beaten
Press ofteer Lincoln -- White also Batly denied reports of a split within the United States Government over the fights. Aden, April 17.
Russia has protested against Three Royal Air Forco planes the high-altitude fights by aircraft in have flown from here to C-130 turbo-prop
the corridors linking Com- Aden Protoc-munist-encircled western
Berlin with torate where a new out- West Germany. brook of desert fighting It contends such flights must has been reported, it was bo below 10,000 feet and several U.S. planes have been buzzed learned today.
or harassed by Soviet jets.
Tho Biale Department's action criticising the Press of.
bigbly Roger ally was a friendly unusual.
Tension mounted all through
The planes broke out the night, Bul authorities held
were dispatched Awadh Bin Salh back on plans to storm the pri- after Sultan
at dawn after the Bin Abdulla of · the_Protector- For walls rioters had threatened to burn ate's Ulper Aulaqi Sultanate op- the hostages alive.
pealed to the Aden Government He later the prison for help. claplain, Father Gerald Lynam, raised hopes by say ing that "everything is going to be all right.”
and resulted in the wounding kulle of William Cox,
by
guard.
罪
But shortly afterwards Dr
The convicts, who told IC- porters of their complaints on the understanding that these would not be disclosed "uniess and until they release the host-Jones made his announcement, ages," were said to be still polsed sud urged guardamen to."leave on the brink of murderous this in the warden's hands,"
action.
Stool Pigeons
The complaints made to the reporters remained a secret to- night, but one of the cunvicts, Jerry Myles, a convicted bur Although prison officials sald
shouted over the prison Police
the were kept busy, by there were only 18 hustages all lat.
prison employees, istenbig troops that the
public address system to
chief preying on guards, or hump seavengers flood victims. Fifteen enses of the convlets told reporters, at ni
conference late today that they causes of the revolt were what besault were reported in a 24-
poor medical care, hour period in greater Bucnos were holding 23 men, "Include called
the sanitation. althy
and ing sume Mool pigeons." Alres.
Parolo the State Thrie stool pigeons" were policies of believed to be fellow convlets Board.
He raid they were also de- whom the rialers fell had
the betrayed them and their cause manding. the removal of to the authorities. Their present director of that board.
-U.P.I. & Reuter. Identities were not known, The convicts today released the prison paychologist to allow bin
latest describe the tuation inside.
Drastic punishment Was ordered for rioters.
one of the
In Concordia,
worsi hit cilles, police and soldiers were ordered to shoot loofers on sight,
Planes took advantage of the Arst clear skies in more than u week, to parachute relief sup- plies to Concordia andl other
adly strieken areas.
who flew over A new roan Concordia reported at letist one #th of the city still was under
water.---U.P.I.
Nine Dead In Riots
Calcutta, April 17,
Nine prople were killerl
several others injured in
and riots
that broke out over the killing of a cow in Muzaffarpur, North Bihar, today,
10
"It's fighter than hell
the psychologist, Dr thure," Jones, told reporters. Guards held hostage were "all set up to be killed."
"Some wit be hanged. I am going back in. I don's know for how long. The trimates
louchy. Are
Any title thing whi: set it of,” - During his eight-minutes frog- dom Dr Jones pleaded with Melals to "please leave this in the warden's hunds. If you take it cut of the warden's hands and storm the gates, we've ell had it."
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REDIFFUSION
K.T.
11.30.
White said, however, "There ts (American) Government- Skirmishing was reported to have broken out two days ago wide approval of the use of C-. between Maraziq tribesmen and 130's into and out of Berlin.
repeated that this local troops in the Sultanate.
not accept any The reports said two tribes-country does men and three troopers
had imitation whatsoever on its been killed and another troop-right to fly at any altitude it er injured.
He
wants in the corridors.
"Provocative"
Other officials said President Eisenhower personally had pp. proved the polley.
Players
London, April 17. Backer and Tony Pickard, who have just lost their places in the British Davis Cup team to meat Luxemburg; gave thoir reply to the selectors, at the Connaught Club' tournament at Chingford,
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AIR TRAFFIC Reports reaching this Red Bald the Sen colony capital
started when the fighting
tried to hinder air Marazigs traffte between the desert ridden
Aulagi. Sultimate lies about Aulaqi entry and Aden. 100 mlles northeast of here.
were under- The tribesmen stood to have been bitter about the inroads air transport "was
In the semi-final, eir camel caravans. ; making on
The Sultan's appeal for aid in the attitude expressed in these beat Pickard 6-3, 6-7, 0-4 and calming the tribesmen shattered British news stories of timidity will meet Britain's number one, tomorrow's an aloof, unco-operative policy toward anything we do in the Bobby, Wilson, In towards the Aden Government | maintenance of our rights that he has maintained for Berlin as provocative to the Soviet Union, the American 25 years--U.P.1.
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Essox, today by beating be closed for the transaction two members of the South of public business on Tues-ns. African Davis Cup team, day, 21st April 1959 (The due to meet Norway. Birthday of Her Majesty The Gordon Queen), First Pickard beat White's statement emphati. Forbes, the triple South Afri cally rejected British Press can champion, by 8-7, 7-5 in Hongkong, 181f Apr., 1955, assertions that the continued the quarter finals of the men's American flights were "pro- singles and then Becker ellmt- vocativo” and Jeopardised rated another South African, with Davis Cup player, Abe Begul, by East-West negotiations Russia on Berlin and Germany | 9-7, 8-0. "There is a certain amount of dismay in Washington over
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