THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1960.
IKE IN SOUTH
BRAZIL: AWKWARD
BUT FRIENDLY
Brasilia, Feb. 23.
President Eisenhower's visit to the new capital- to be of Brazil, where he arrived earlier today on the first leg of his four-nation South American goodwill tour, got off to an awkward start.
that
First, It was discovered "the red carpet laid out to receive his party from the aircraft was several yaris too long, and the surplus had to be slashed off at
tire airport steps.
Then President Kubitschek of Brazil arrived 15 minutes Inte, because he had been advised the visiting plane was half an hour beliind schedule.
Prisidem Eisenhower stayed inside the plane until his Eest arrived.
About 4,000 prople crammed under a road over-puss to greet Preddent Eleniower Đi thu
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reception. public
tare, Profden Kubitschek n-American
described
development poate."
"I wor af
LONG PARADE The ment impressive part of i the reception was a long xerade of construction men and machi- nery, hended by a travelling cranes with their hosts crood In Sir Winston Churchili sign. Muddly fouted Brazilian children milled around yelling, "I like ike."
Brazilian police had a hard task holding back the throngs of men, women and children utį some of the stops at elty con- struction work.
Mr Elsenhower
arm oflcera.
At the commemoration cere-
Argentina:
not so friendly
in
Burnos Aires, Fob. 23. "Yanks Go Home" slogans
have boon pointed savoral places here, Just four days before President Eisonhower's arrival for visit to goodwill
his
Argentina.
The slogans others read "Go Away Eisenhower" were paint- ed along the way to the city's International airport but the U.S. President will not see them. He will be flown from the air- port to the US. Asnbassador'a residence by helicopter.
Mr
The only political group far showing hostility to Eleenhower is the leftwing fac- tion of the Socialist Porly which last night organleed on
open
air meeting that barely attracted 2,000 people.
U.S. FLAGS BURNT
niceting, United States flags were burn-
After the
throo
moay to mark his visit where was unveiled. a a monument joint statement, read by U.S. Secretary
stage before pallor regalsed | ed but when police arrived the them and shepherded them demonstrators vanished quickly. behind a line of other fucked-No arrests were made.
During the mootly, a putly committee member, Alexis "While Latendorf, declared:
cano plantations Cuba's sugar set on fire by American-manner Christian airplanes are still smouldering. Ebenhower tells his people it is silly to charge the United States with colonialist ambitions."
of State
Herter and his Brazilian coun- terpart Senhor Horacio Lafer, was hardly heard or noticed in the crush, bustle and noise.
But despite the surging mass, friendly and everything was comparatively orderly, and the main damage to Presiden: Eisen- hower was done to his shoes they were covered in rich red Brasilia mud, which is being almost churned up by the ton to make
this new cápitol.-Reuter.
President Kubitschek's wife and daughters were trapped in the ortish at one
Mystery deaths
in asylum
Pontevlen, Feb. 24.
Doctors today began to suspect that the unseen killer racing through the greaning corridors of an insane asylum here was not u after all.
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Death struck again today among the asylum patients making a total of 47 viöilms in 10 days among the old women confined there.
Four women who had been rushed to Brescia hospitai within the last few days have died. Three others were re- ported to be "already in agony" at the Brescia hospital tonight. But doctors began suspecting that no known 'tha virus could kill so many no fast. They hinted that the sudden, Berce epidemio might have been caused by staphilococus, a apherlen bacteria, rather than by a 'flu virus.
Laboratory tents were being rushed to try and Identify the killer-UPI.
A British Crossword Puzzle
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ACROSS
1 Make obeisance out East (6).
5 Vehicles always smort
reverse (3),
in
B Tller's quantity of wine,
maybe (5),
Make beloved (6).
10 In company on the way to
Tipperary? (B).
11 Do air the wireless ($).
12 How to behave in a lounge?
(4).
18 day of happy returns (5).
10 Cure started by an Army
Corps (0),
18 Former emperor of the ski
era (0).
20 Consecrate (5).
22 Mass of lee seen in Decem-
ber generally (4).
23 He could make sails (6).
25 One to whom
many a "1
Aerosa" weed to be made (9). 20 Like a snugger teapot? (0),
27 Smooth turri-round of ships"
bottoms (5).
28 Condition found all over the
U.S. (8).
29 Rigorous always in Kent, fur
example (0),
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Increase the rabbel; a showy criminal lot (5, 3).
2 Essentially feminine? (8).
3 Having wings (4).
4 Same rig for optical tu-
slons (7),
6 Terrain for one in charge of
racehorses (7).
6 Charge once more? (8).
7 Food found up country! (5).
14 Tiny seed from where Geor-
dles live (8).
15 Tarty, that is, for underwear
(B).
10 Really laughable (7).
17 Threatens fellows with high
cards (7).
19 Give a hand (0).
21 Just the smallest
perhaps (5).
bit plate,
24 A district such as Peter-
borough (4),
to He
The President's 15,000-mile goodwill tour of Latin America
taken him has already
and Brazil. Puerto Rico has yet to vidt Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
When he arrives in Uruguay's capital of Montevideo on March 3, ho will find himself in płace withoutl -newspapers. Newspapermett, printers and scilers agreed today to stage д six-day strike between February 29 and March 5 in force the government to grant a preferenllol exchange rate for the import of newsprint.
A two-day stoppage
STAN
held last week-and today a three-day stoppage was start- ed. The strikers say they will only call off their protest if the government relents-Reuter.
Supreme
court
quashes fines
Washington, Feb. 23.
The U.S. Supreme Court to- day unanimously quashed