THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1960.
FLOODS STILL RISING IN CEYLON
Thousands homeless,
rice crops suffer
damage
heavy
Colombo, Feb. 24,
Ceylon's still rising floods have left 2,000 families homeless and another 10,000 in distress, offi-
cials said today.
Rice crops worth about million have been destroynu.
$
Officials mid heavy aquells have made relief flying danger. ous.
The foods COVET Cast and parts of north central Ceylonunuzuni rains continue. twe of the largest rice growing districts where crops wire ready to be harvested in the next few dayu.
Flood waters are rising as the
February is normally one of Ceylon's driest months----AP.
Rood, rail and telephone con- munications have been cut be Iween Colombo and the flood. hit district where 100,000 people live.
FINED
London, Feb. 24,
Arthur Parridge, 31, was fined Officials said many people £10 yesterday when he pleaded drunk while would be slarved in villages guilty to bring marooned as swirling flood being in charge of a horse and water washed away bridges, i cort-UPI.
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A British Crossword Puzzle
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France (8).
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good (8).
Uusily
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business (7),
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21 Parliamentary record (7)
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leton and artist (3).
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(6).
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in cipher (4).
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staff must
expect when the doors are opened? (0).
No bases in Spain Italian
Titon's flight
Cape Canaveral, Feb. 24.
Au intercontinental range Tlien mielle was succcés- fully lapinched on longest rango Lest flight today.
The Lost was a crifioni one for the troubled Tilam and it pasted perfectly, boosting a dummy war- head
miles
nearly 5,000 to an ocean target,--AP,
Britain stands by demand
without Nato permission
Bonn, Feb. 24.
The West German Defence Minister, Herr Franz- Josef Strauss, tonight gave the British and American Ambassadors his personal assurance that West Germany would not seek supply depots in Spain without Nato's knowledge and approval, according to usually well-informed
sources.
Hey Strauss is regarded here
In Parliament, more than 100 as the author of the plan to set Labour members had signed a up Bundeswehr depois in Spain, motion protesting against the over which both the American West German plan-Reuter and end the British Governments | AFP. have indicated disapproval,
Herr Strauss saw the two Ambassadors separately, cach for about
minutes,
He is understood to have stressed the difficulties of his position in trying to build up effective armed forces with logistical adequate
support,
Nicosio, Feb. 24. Mr Julian Amory, British Colonial Under-Secretary, had a preliminary one hour conferenco with given the extremely small ter
Germany and Archbishop Makurios and the fact that it runs in a nar-
ritory of West Dr Fadil Kutchuk hererow strip north and south. today and fixed the pro- grumme for their talks tomorrow on the British bases issuo.
OPPOSED
Meanwhile in Londen, Mr Selwyn Lloyd, has voloed strong opposition to a West German In London, a Foreign Ofee scheme a usually reliable sourec
tonight said today. spokesman said here
demand Britain stood by her for 120
miles of He is believed to have sold square
that from the sovereign military bases in antho Germans Independent Cyprus.
political point of view it would He
A was commenting on be folly for them to go ahead bulletin by the Greek Consulate with their scheme, In Nicosia saying that Britain would yield on this and agree to an area of between 100 and 89 square miles,
Cabinet
faces
crisis
Rome, Feb. 24. Italy's Christian De- mocrat Government decided unanimously
to resign tonight after a year in office and plunged the country
Name of new into political crisis.
capital of
Pakistan
Lahoro, Feb. 24. The now capital of Pakistan,
Professor Antonio Segni, the Prime Minister, who presided avor an 80-minute Cabinet moeting at which the decision was made, informed President Giovanni Gronchl immediately
afterwards.
After a 30-minute interview, President Gronchi reserved his decision to accept the redgna- tion pending efforts to find a new government which would
probably begin
continue
tomorrow, an
normal pro- the to
to be built near Rowal- ohelat said. pindi, was today named This was the Islamabad-"The City of sedure adopted to allow Prime Minister outgoing Islam."
administration tintil The name was agreed at a the crisis was resolved.
moeting and the cabinet
But the President still has Muxister, Pakistan Information
the right to refuse to accept the Mr Zulfgar Bhutto, later ex- pressed the hope that the name resignation and send the Prime Minister to Parliament for # Islamabad would reflect the real feelings of the Pakistani vote of confidence.
STEP DOWN Construction of
The directorate of the ruling Creation of an independent "a display of the most clephan-capital estimated to cost about
the timing of 37 million will be carried out Christians Demcernt Party and Cyprus republie has been held tine ineptitude,
over a period of eight to 10s group in the two Houses of up by differences over the which played straight into the base areas, primarily between hands of the Russians, it could years.-Reuter.
and Archbishop not fadi to rouse widespread Makarios, Greek Cypriot suspicion of German intentions
in the Nato alliance." leader. Reuter,
Britain
The
one quoted qualified observer and saying people. that the West German plan was
NEWSMAN CRITICISES
FORCE USED BY BLANTYRE POLICE
Blantyre, Feb. 24.
the
now
Mother dies, then baby
delivered
Duncan, Okla, Feb. 24. Physicians delivered an in-
et
Parliament had already decked that the Cabinet should step down, after losing the support of the small right-of-contre Liberal Party, who believed the Christian Democrats were "slid». Ing to the left" and trying to come to terms with the Neani Socialists.
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The Segni Cabinet far enjoyed the Parliamentary support of Libuals; -rightwing Monarchists and Neo-Fascists,
After the Liberals' decision,
ment, but it was it still had a majority in Putlla-
understood
fant boy last night from Professor Segni did not want the body of an 18-year- to capod entirely On the old expectant mother, Monarchists and Neo-Fascists. who was killed minutes Political Dommentators fore before In a trafic cident near Duncan,
cast a laborious crisis.
The Christian Democrata representing yarious shades of Mrs Frances Larene Jackson opinion are 28 vates short of an
Mr Stephen Barber, foreign correspondent of the was pronounced dead on arrival absolute majority in the 500-
hosptial here. Physicians seat Chamber of Deputies, London News Chronicle, told a judicial inquiry delivered her baby by Cho-Reuter today that force used by police in an incident can operation minutes later, during British Prime Minister Harold Mac-and then sought to keep the in- millan's tour here last month was "unneces- sary, regrettable and shaming.”
31.
Aalted by his 0173 counsel: Earlier Mr Barber said if it "What did you find shaming?" had not been for rala ending Mr Barber replied: "The whole the demonstration it could havo mood of the crowd and when developed into something like a people lost their heads and proper riot. generally let the side dow
fant alive.
**The baby has not breathed spontaneously and the odds аге against us,” Dr J. P. Heller ld-UPL
Down the Thames
Stiff competition
New York, Feb, 24. World champion lly-caster John Dieckman got some stiff competition from a hairy Ima Walton named Kokomo Jr. of the national outdoor exposition London, Feb. 24. yesterday. Roblo Holloway, 20, com- Kokomo Jr., & fly-casting picted an 18-hour voyage down chimpanzee, lost out 10 the He alleged
of a ho bad seen a the Thames
vicious River - yesterday (champ because police officer pushing and from Reading to London, bucklash he had trouble con- shoving people, striking them His "bout" was a zine bath; | quering and a habit of tossing with a slick and on another tub equipped with an outboard the rod reel along with the fly occasion kicking them. He motor --UPI.
**I described it as a near riot Mr Barber is the second four-verted," he said. nalist representing
+
London
nowspaper to give evidence into
the incident outside a local hotel)
at the inquiry, conducted by Mr Justice Southworth. Mr Star- ley Bonnett of the London Dally Mail gave evidence on Monday and yesterday.
CLOSELY QUESTIONED
said hi; whole allegation was against one or two members of the police.
He denied that he had in-
to
whole pillory the
Nyasaland Police Force.
Mr Barber was closely ques- Honed by Mir
Justice South- tended worth about a reference in one of his reports to a "hysterical" sattier crowd and was asked to explain what he meant.
Mr Barber said settlers eccm- ed to have a hysterical attitude towards visitors such 018 journalisis, who seemed to be afflicted by hysterical people.
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"One man bounced up me and remarked "You aro only trying ‘to make trouble. This is becoming an almost paychotlo aitliude here.” Bir Darber sald.
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The inquiry goes 1+ 10- morrow. Reuter.
Birmingham murder
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Birmingham, Feb. 24. The case against a man charted
with murdering Stephanie Baird, 23, found be-; Solieltor headed
in 4 Birmingham General, Mr J. B. Pine, said women's hostel two days before that in his report Mr Barber | Chelinman, will open in the had cald the incident was "not magistrates cort
The Nyasaland
a riot in the sense of what ITuesdays have seen elsewherd, but it was an ugly, scerte."!
My Barber bed, claimed the
It crime in a church-house ($). dibance could have been
13 Proclamation (6).
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grass? (0),
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16 Twist (6).
Van Rie
into the indoor, tank—UPI.
testifies he
made false
statement to police
Boston, Feb. 24.
Willem Van Rie told a murder jury today of a 171⁄2- hour ordeal in a New York police station where he gave "false statement" in connection with the slaying of divorcee Lynn Kauffman. "I had soon Mrs Kaufbauan Testifying in his own defence, here 110xt
Van Riv gold he finally invented ironing several times and I ask-
This was announced yester-ery of quarrelling with the ed her if she would mind to ho day when Patrick Dyre, aged girl in ber cabin and accidental-iron some of my uniforms,"
saiki. mede a briefly hitung her. 27. labourer,
peace in court entr
Van Ry testified that bod "I saw no other way to go KYKLO custody back to the ship where I could attarward she came to his cabin the averted by the police and old reled in
prove that I had been doing," to get the uniforms and saw it was a "terrible" mistake that Puned of the crime.
Women, queued for two hours he testified Van Rie dalda blue tropical suit hanging in polich officers should have come to crowd into the public gallery relay of police interrogatore as- his dist Into · bodily contact, with defor the hearing. -- Gino Mall (sured him if he made ☎· klale-] monstrators. “
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28 Possibly dotum way to dish
(8).
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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD. --- Across: 1 Salaam, 10. Troms (rev), Litre, 9 Endear, 10 A-long, 11 Radio, 13 foll,
13 Natal, 10 R.E.ME.ly, 18 Kaiser, 20 Bles, 22 Berg, 28 Bilas,
In ble report Mr Barber had. suld there sporo over 1,000 youths and girls present, but he told the fnquiry today that In fact he meant there were over 1,000 Altlostis in the crowd, within hard" "core of 60 35 10.00 demonaleators,
Spacial,
Device
Do you want this ironed, mant he would be allowed to too?" he quoted her. return to the ship. He. Was "Yes, picase," he mid he told, then, place under arrest.
PLAYED CHESS
The 31-year-old Dutch wire- less operator sccused of killing the pretty Miss Kauffman, 23, testined in His own behalf on A tolévision station abatede the 17th day af hinurder promified Inbouwenle would trial.
Katletas, Feb. 24,
He had been policeman install andd-indoeone doveds | The 31-year-old Van Rio said but 10 oltminala, the sinkle caused by, he played chess with Minh Xault-
her,
He said the untforms · WIKI: "bwok in my looker when the Utroot (Dhital ship) routi Fort Sald (in RETDO), 16 wald the trousers to the troplonă mult also were gottarİR- ed later but the coat "SUPE bave stayed in Jahr lecker,” Earlier witacases sostiñou that lo lent hor the cont because he was always cold." -UPI.
20 Sahib, 20 Coster, 27 Blcok (rev), 20 State, 29 5-ever-1. Dow: striking down bannera 1 Swell mob, 2 Ladylike, 3 Alar,4 Mirages, 5 Trainer, 0 Reload, admitted it could have been in mar, pra livre next to the man and do gribed how he ask-Van 7 Manna (and rev), 14 Tyneside, 16 Linger-Le, 116 Itisfblo, 17 because the boners were aution, trunanätter and taco an ed her to iron some of his badly Men-aces, 19, Assist, 21 Least, 24 Boko,
cheruating the view of pullod. | misctile faRoy - UPTUREMEN Andora Ainforma
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Loads of trouble for this ship
Albany, NY., Feb. 24. Crewmen of the Norwegian freighter Gudveig are wondering if they have signed on a “jinx ship.” The Gudvalg troubles bezan | Agriculture Deperiment oflefsla jast month when heavy swells | refused to allow her to load a battered her hull against a new one of 7,200 taps, of Barista Cancian pier.
because the smell, at protoctive creosote which had contod the Linber remained in her holds and would be absorbed by the grain.
After that: She
godworthy dupage
declared was
bocaus of
un
the
A seamen was fatally in-
jured when he fell dawn
a hatch while being made.
Repeated scrubbings fail- ed to remove the smell, repairs were So did cand blasting.
★The captain quit,
Unable to load a new
cargo, the Gudvely has She unloaded her cargo now been held in port here 11 of lumber but U.S. HayaUPI.
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tesis
prove
best
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