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Established 1845 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1959.
Climbing Feat Disputed MISS ITALY HAD TO
TWO MOUNTAINEERS WILL BRING CLAIM
TO COURT
Basel, Nov. 13.
A rare test of honour among mountaineers ended,
in deadlock today and moved toward a more usual test in a court of law.
The Swiss Alpine Club ruled 11 rould neither prove nor disprove the claim of mountainceTS
who said they had made a phenomenal ascent of a luller mountain in record time.
The case began when Robert 1nland Hang Stieger of Grucaleitner of Weil-on-thing, huck Germany, claimed they conquered the almost un- elimbable north face of 13,020- foot Elger Mountain in 21 hours At 1st August,
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'COURT OF HONOUR' A number of German and Swiss
publicly newspapers
The doubted their claim. newspapers said the two climb- had given dvbtful K- counts of their climb, and that their descriptions and plctures
ascent of the
created strong cuspicions that they had not taken the route they claimed
The Base Branch of the Swis: Alpine club convened a "Court
of Honour" to investigate
climbers' claim.
the
Anthelion Favoured To Win Manchester Handicap
London, Nov. 13.
today, taking "les Prices at the final callover at the Victoria Club
of the killer other conquerors
They Zound dis- mountain.
here tonight on the Manchester, November crepancies in reports on certain
Handicap, to be run over one and a half miles, details of the mountain's north wall from Stieger and Gruen- at Manchester tomorrow, were: leitner and the other experts.
But the Club ruled kese discrepancies were not enough! to decide the case one way of It sald the two another. climbers' claim could neither be proved nor disproved at the moment.
Stieger
Gruenleitner and promptly announced they would bring formal bel and defamu- tion charges against the news- doubt papers which expressed that they had made the cilmb as they claimed.-UPI.
Court Martial
Khartoum, Nov. 13. Two Sudanese Army Officers, six former one a colonel, and officers will go on trial soon be! fore a court martial, accused of violating the country's Defence by last Tuesday's Act of 1948
They held a six-hour session abortive coup-Reuter.
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Prince
Charles
Is 11 Today
London, Nov. 13.
The Prince of Wales, heir to the throne, is 11 tomor-
row.
a
He will celebrate his birthday Al Cheam preparatory school
where he is in Berkshire, boarder, with a big cake from the Buckingham Palace kitchens, to be shared among his special friends,
The village postman will bring a pile of birthday cards and a few small presents, in- cluding, probably, one fram his nine-year-old sister, Prin- cene ABDc, lg presents are not allowed at the school.
HALF-HOLIDAY
Otherwise, apart from the cake, It will be just another Saturday half-holiday for the
schoolboy Prince and friends.
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There are fifty probable runners for the Manchester with jockeys November. Handicap.
BE ORDERED TO REMOVE PADDINGS
London, Nov. 13.
examined suggestions for im- proving it—as we go every
year.
Mr Eric Morley, organiser of the Miss World Con- test which ended here on Tuesday night, said here today that early in the contest he had to order Miss Italy 19-year-old Paola Falchi -to remove bones shaping her costume. Commenting on a report. In today's Dally Herald that the wimmer of the contest, Miss Hcl- and Carine Roitschefter, had "rifled a rival's suitcase to help win the title," Mr Morley said: "This was the only complaint of padding we had in the whole of the contest."
According
the Dally Miss Herald,
Holland, who shared a bedroom at the Savoy flotel, London, with Miss Italy, | admitted that she went through her rival's sultense. She found Miss Italy's
there costume "ribbed all over and padded," and told a chaperone.
to
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that Fen (C. Lewis), Mungn Park the carly part of the contest Mr Morley also said Lacking, Red
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rumcurs that one of the judges, Midlander (W, Snalų, Aivak 19-{me' and sold there had been | Mr Claude-Bert, was engaged Littlewood). Dalnamein (IL Binger) Anthelion E. de), Caymo 13 complaints from the girls that to this year's Miss World were Italy's costume Lodge 1. Zader), Miss
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Mr Morley newspaper
190 said that that the reports organisers were considering re- placing human, judges with ກ electroale computer were "ufter- ty ridiculous."
He said: "At the conference wo had after the contest
Sawed Off Thumb
In Attempt To Claim
Insurance Money
Zurich, Nov, 13.
we
the Duke of Edinburgh were Travelling salesman, Werner Zumbach, who sawed
spending the weekend with
Princess Anne at Windsor Castle, their weakend home only about 30 miles from the school
allowed are
Cheam boys
home on two Sundays each term. but this Sunday is not one of them.
"The Queen is most anclous that Prines Charten should not have any special privlieges so it is unlikely that he will go over 10 Windsor," a member
off his left thumb as part of a get-rich-quick scheme, was found guilty today of attempted insurance fraud.
A Zurich Court of Assizes
the 28-year-old de sentenced
felidant to ten months in cool. Cuba Rejects
of the
but suspended the sentence,
Zumback, & falher of two children, tried to ease burden of debts and heavy in- premiums calmly surance
of the Palace maff sald putting his thumb to the blade Reuter,
of an electric sawing machine- and switching on the engine.
NEW BRIDGE
ONLY THE TOP
Sir Charles Gairdner, Gov- of Western Aristralla, opened the £1,280,000 Narrows
He only intended to amputate the top of the thumb, he told the Court but lost the whole thumb in the process. Perth, Nov. 13.
Zumbach had insured himself £80,000 against for more than accidentpl
for death, and against partial in- £15,000
etnor
Bridge across the Swan River
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here today-after defying super- validity such as the loss of
thumb, Ullon and paying for the gold
The Court found, however. elisors he used in the ceremony.
British-built that Zumbach only attempted to lose the top of the thumb which would have entitled him only to £3,750.—UPI.
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Srinagar, Kashmir, Nov. 13.
China with tomorrow hand back the 10 Indian prisoners and nite bodies Apot of the dead at the
clash where
the Ladakh took place on October 21. This was agreed by In- dian and ChineDS repro- at Mot Bentailves today Spring camping ground in the mountains of Esstern Ladakh, on India's north- west frontier-Beuler.
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London, Nov. 13. pany credited as fully paid) Billy Knight and Bobble up amongst the persons who, Wilson shared top place on the 14th day of November, in the 1959 British tennis 1959 are registered as holders ratings, published by the of the 100,000 issued shares National Federation here of the Company, at the rate of one share for every one today. It was the first time dince share of the Company held 1956 that Mike Davies had not by such persons as aforesaid been rated top Britisk innls and in satisfaction of auch i -man of the year. He was rated
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Havana, Nov. 13. Cuba today rejected two Knight and Wilson, alterna-
U.S. notes protesting! vely brilliant and disappoint "malicious" Cuban deng, could only be rated
gether. nunciations of the United
Alan Milia, for his first Davis States and said it "hopes Cup season, climbed, from 7th the United States will re- to 4th place.
In the consider and revise its
women's ratings, there was another tle for first policy and its attitude to-!
place. Last year's number wards the government and people of Cuba."
The Cuban reply was made in a 33-page note handed today to U.S. Ambassador Philip Bonsal by the Cuban Foreign Ministry's Sub-Secretary, Francisco Cha- [varry.UPI.
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