THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY: JUNE 10,, 1959,

"Nationalise The Times" Bill In Commons

London, June 9.

The House of Commons gave a formal first reading today

to a Labour bill to nationalise the august Times.

CAPITALISTIC PURCHASES BY BOLSHOI

BALLET

Los Angeles, June 9.

London

The Bill was introduced by Labour back-bencher Emrys Hughes, one of the wits of the House of Commons, and the House gave formal

it a first reading.

"I don't propose to nationalise the Press or in any way limit the freedom of the Press," Mr Hughes sald. "Thla does not affect the other Press at all. This is a blit to give grenter freedom to The Times under new management."

Mr Hughes added amid laughter that his purpose was "to revitalise The Times and make it respectable and "reliable."

Tais was a reference to a re-portant International negotia- port published In The Times on Bons, June that the Prime Minister,

elections,

The report touched of a poll- Hiral storm and was denied by Mr Macmillan himself.

Somewhere on the Pacifier Macmillan, planned to fre Ocean a Russlan freighter the Foreign Secretary. Mr Sel- after the generat is bobbing along loaded wyn Lloyd, with nearly enough capi- tallst goods to sink it. The merchandise, purchased in

Mr Hughes charged that The Hollywood by the boys and girls of the Bolshoi Ballet, Times failed to report a speech Includes such things as slacks, made by Mr Macmillan during shirin, shock, pals and parahin Moscow mission in March and the most capitalistic pro and had suppressed other news duct of all plastic wwlm-items recently. ming pool.

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foremost

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emlusuries were tourisin with a explial "T" during their 17- day stay here,

Joined the

"There is an Hualon

that

The Times la really a na- tional institution," Me Hughes declared,

"Kabanit at the present me that The Times is in irrespon-† sible hands and that the ilme has come when It is a reason- able proposition for this house! Au take it over, and give it the | repulation of the BBC.

Impossible

former student at the Leningrad School

Hallet of troupe during t lay here as an interpreter.

MADE THE ROUNDS *Although they didn't have much time to gel out and really shop," said the inter- preter. Tatiana Tanya Smirnova, "the boys and girls managed to make the rounds of the stures en

route from their hotel to rehearsals. One day

I was driving group of them to the studio

Only when Lavashez, the character | before the end of the session In acter of the troupe, asked me July when private members" where he could get a swim-bills may be considered. mingpool -- portable type,

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therefore be un would something for s daughter possible for Mr Hughes to get

The bill

back in Moscow.

The fact that Mr Rughes was given permission to intro- duce his bill daca nal necessarily mean it will go any further.

one more

Mr Macmillan replied: am sailsfied that the Forelgti Becretary is able to deal bolh with the work of the ference and with the other matters which Art referred to Jum si Genova“

Mr Wigg then asked if the Prime Minister would say cate

orieally whether in the past few weeks he had discussed the Foreign Secretary's future and the pressure of work at the Foreign Ofice either with Mr Lloyd himself or with Sir Wil- Finley, clitor of The Times,

Mr Macmillan replied: "Thot hnx nothing whatever to do with either of the questions of the order paper."

This was greeted with Op- position shouts of "hedging."

Sabotage

Emanuel

Mr

Shinwell, former Labour Minister of De- fence, usked if the Prime Minis- ter could indiente the possible saree of these criticisms of the Foreign Secretary and whether there was any Indication of an attempt to sabotage the Sum cay is left conterence by elements in the West German Government Or even in the United States.

"Will you make it clear that concerned, we lo continue to make

mit conference?" he asked.

Macmillan Mr

replied: "Although it does not arise

so far as we want

"We pulled off the freeway and various about even if he were every effort to promote a sum

weni into store. I took him 10 minutes to buy what | ho wanted."

Employees

Hollywood at the Knickerbocker Bolel, where the Bolshal troupe lived dur- ing their niny here, packed the

mountain growing

of purchases in the basement until it began to overflow. The most costly purchase of Mercedes-Benz

bours

it. }

Mr Hughes said its bili would not affect oflier news- papers at all. but only The Times "because if the Prime Minister's version is correct, then The TineN has been misleading this country and the whole world."

PM "Satisfied"

had

to

Earlier, another Labour man- automobilio which one troupe member

ber, Mr George Wigg. from Hollywood dealer with orders urged the Prime Minister that it be shipped to his reorganise the Foreign Office home 'from the factory into case the Foreign Secretary's Germany-UPL

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Liberace Says He Doesn't Trade

On Mother Love

London, June 9.

Liberace, million-dollar-a-year American planist, denfod In court here today that he traded on sex appeal or used mother love, God, the United States' President and Britain's royal family. all in the cause of per- stonal publicity.

..

He was being cross-examined 40-year-old planisi say in un action for libel he has he is a homosexual brought against columnist WII- Hot Connor, "Cassandra” of the Dully Mirror, and his newspaper for comments the

Dewar Heiress

Arrives In

New York

New York, June 9. 'Polo-playing American mil- Butter lionaire Norman arrived today with Scotch

• whisky holres Penelopa Dowar und hinted they will be married..

out of these questions, I am Miss Dewar, beautiful 23- grateful for yet another piece | year-old daughter

of

imply

Mr Gerald Gardiner, Queen's Counsel for the defendants, questioned the plaist about the "gimmicks” be uses in his TV act,

Liberace agreed that winking was a standard item and that ha let women come on the stage and touch him.

Dall Betty Ambler, authorEDS, script writer and journalist, bald that on October 20, 1950, she want to Connor's home to wrile an article about his pet cat.

The writ in the solion had wien Just boen izstied ană they Werd alone Connor laughed about it and said it going to be a. bit of fun, that it was libel for which Liberace would get a lot of money from the Daily BELrror. The libel be. sali was in the phrase, “He, she dr it."

When she asked him why Lord

was written und printed if it was of evidence an, to the degree | Forteviot, Chairman of

the libellous, he said: "They think it Dewar Whisky Company, Ignor-will be worth it for of confidence which the whole

a week's House and country feels in the Foreign Secretary."-UPL

Baudouin

To Marry Soon?

od her father's appeal to stay publicity, and added: "I don't in London.

know who will look the bigger buffoon in the witness box, he or

Butler, 40, said Miss Dewar 11 meet my turally and after that I believe there will be an announcement by my family and Miss Dewar's

family."

me,'

Connor also told her the aril- eie could not be defended but the lawyers were seeing everything: that had been written aboui Liberace to see if that line had been taken before.

They could object to the Jury. Mr Connor had said, because men did not like Liberace and they would make sure there were only mon on the jury.

The couple made no other comment to newsmen. At first they attempted to avoid photo- graphers following their or rival at New York's Idlewild airport on a tourist filgit,

They bad been ticketed aboard a luxury light leaving

Miss Ambler aald she went London today. but switched home, made notes of the con- inst night to the tourist plane.versation and reported it to -UPI.

¡ Liberace.--China Mall Special.

The Famous Smile Fell

About a minute after, this picture WAN taken Liberace's built-in mllo turned to a scowl when истраретman asked him whether ho WILK "romanties by interested" In singer Janet Medlin, 26- year-old widow who k ̈ap- pearing with him in his show in Britain.

With sudden anger snapped:

bo obr businem" but almost Im- mediately to. relit the amie to add: "I say that very politely of course rentlemen.

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very personal, private matter,"

Said Misa Medila: "I definitely think you can qoole me us saying thers no truth in the rumour

I am planning to take the place of Mr

mother."

Liberace's

Picture, shows Liberace and Janet at the slightly stormy, wo-hour Press conference-Express Photo.

SONNIE HALE

DIES AT 57

London, June 9. Sonnie Hale, 57, one of Britain's most beloved musical comedy

Women

ARMED WITH PITCHFORKS

Attack Workers

Naples, June 9. More than 50 peasant|

wives wielding pitch- Forks, stormed into a potato - picking plant near here today and attacked 20 workmen who refused to join a strike.

Hand-to-hand fighting broke out in the building as the angry, shouting women drove the men from their machines,

their clawed hair and ripped off some of their clothes.

The women tore open potato sacky with farm implements and tried to wreck machinery.

Police Tived in Jeeps with walling sirens and charged with batons at the mass of writhing men and women.

Burly

polleemen had carrying some of the women oul feet first and many work- men and police were treated for scratches and bruises.

One man told the police: "I thought they would tear the to pieces."

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When order

restored some of the new workers agreed to join the strike.

Potato Price

runs

The peasants are angry be- cause the private organisation which

the Neapolitan Vegetable Market has Axed the potale price at seven lire a kilo- Kram after a heavy recent out- put.

But tonight, after riots for the second consecutive day, Government Tilian the stopped-in with an offer to buy 100 million te worth of potatoes from the pessants,

Larry loads of armed police sent overnight to the Were

after potato-growing villages 2,000 demonstrators yesterday destroyed the Town Hall Marigliano.

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Today, men worked under polleo protection to clean up As stars, the debris-ptrown town. died today 24 hours be- well as the Town Hall which fore his new show was to was gutted, other public build-

ings were badly damaged have opened in London's the riot-Reuter, West End.

wishes for the Despite Hale's

show, "The French Mistress,” to go on, its producers CAN» celled tomorrow night's open- ing performance. Hate's

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most mellow mamicals of the apartment 20's and the 30% to London O'Connor, 20, an airline ticket agent, stole $70 in cash and $425 theatregoers.

worth of jewellery, and politely telephoned that she'd be half an for work-UFL

In "This Year of Grace" be met ca-klar Jesale Mattkowe, whom I later married and divorced. -UM.

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Princess Maria Therese.

Brusels, June 9. Rumours that King Baudouin's engagement to Princess Maria Theroso di Bourbon-Parzus

announced would be

DURKŃ month were reported in a fow Belgian-Flemish BUWWDEDĊIs here today.

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Like milar rocent reports, they, wer fally: degled by soKTOCH close to the Royal palsoo here. The Prince's father is Prinsen,

Xavier et Bourbon-Parks, A Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne.---Beuter.

New Appeal

Washington, June 92 - Counsel for Charles · „Sturk- weather, Kalebdi. the Supreme Court today, to grant a stay of Perdeution for the corrvletad

killer of 11 people.--UPI.

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