Laotian capital braces for another rebel
bombardment.
Vientiane, Sept. 19.
The Laotian capital braced itself tonight
for a possible attack by rebel forces.
16 MEN WILL HANG
NEXT TUESDAY
Pretoria, Sept. 19. The execution of 16 men will
be carried out at Pretoriu Central Jail next Tuesday morning, it was announced today.
Defence forces in Vientiane mounted mortars along the Mekong River and set up road- blorks across approaches to city. Truckloads of troops runred out of the capital to fun de- fence perimeter.
Top Government and mill- tary offle!als did not expect an enemy attempt to sekze the capital tonight but they said unokker shelling of olty WRE highly likely.
They sold could be worse than the bombardment early yesterday when a waterworks Station and three residences were hit.
A power station which was the apparent object of the bar.
One of the condemned 18 aj Page escapeet damingo. white man sentenced to death; last February for raping his
own minor daughter.
In passing sentence the judge
ordered
his name not to be
published because It would
Affect the child's future.
Threat
"They are trying to harass us and scare us out but they won't succeed," General Ounny Ratul-
One of the 13 Africans to 'kone. Supreme Commander
hanged was sentenced to death
for rupe and thu others for murder.—AP.
Ex-Waldorf
boss on tax charge
New York, Sept. 19. Claudius Charles Philippe, former Vice-President of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Internationally known gourmet, pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S.. Federal Court to charges: of evading US$25,471.43 in income taxes for 1952 and was fined US$10,000 by Judge Gregory F. Noonan. No sentence was imposed.
throo
After impusing the Ane, Judge Nunnan dismissed other counts
Federal of the -Grand Jury indictment charge Ing he had evaded payment of
an additional US583,234.99 dob lurs in taxes for the years 1983 through 1955.
of
Royal Laotian Armed Forces, told the Associated Press.
Top Government and milli- ary officials here dismissed as propaganda a threat by Savan- nakhet Radio earlier Monday to seize Vientiane.
Radio Savannakhet is the voice of the rebel regine waded by former Defence Minister Phoum!
Nosuvan who broke away from the Government of Premier Prince Souviu Phounia in Vientiane more than Л week ogo and established headquarters 186 miles southeast u this capital.
Its
It said early Monday "Uberating forces" are launch- ing an assault on Vientiane and warned defenders to iny down their arms.
Bangkok
That Government has denied that mortar shells fred into a Lotin inflitary camp on the River Mekong south of Vien tiane came from the Thal Bunk of the River,
Meanwhile in Bangkok, the
The allegation was made by Radu Vientiane in reporting - my attack on the camp by troops at General Phoum! Nosavan
The That Govemment's public relations department. In a state- ment broadenst by Radio Thai- The dismissal was grunted land, said there were no Laction one motion by Philippe's coun- ¦ troops of either side on Thai sel, Simon H.ˇistkind.-AP. Teritory.-AP and Reuter,
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THE CHINA MAIL," TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940.
KUNAWAY LION ON FILM D
Twenty-seven-year-old keeper Douglas Petrie hangs on grimly to the chain and rape leatha he has difficulty in controlling Chaka, the young male lim which broke loose at Pinewood Studios, Iver, Buckinghamshire, recently and terrorised film workers for nearly an hour, Three-your-old, 350 - pound Chuka broke away three times, He ran marling through the studio causing visitors and tech- picians to fleețin all directions. But nobody was injured. He is one of more than 100 animais. hired for the Elizabeth Taylor film "Cleopatra," and has to lie ut Miss Taylor's feet in the picture. Chaka was finally coruered in the woods behind the studio and taken back to the animal peos. This picture wars taken after he had been captured.-AP Photo.
Another
bid on Mobutu's
life
Leopoldville, Sept. 19.
1.
Full backdoor
treatment for
Khrushchev
By RENE MACCOLL
New York, Sept. 19.
New York city, renowned for the flam- boyant magnificence of its receptions for foreign visitors of fame tonight afforded Khrushchev perhaps shabbiest reception which a head of
the
ANOTHER
ROCKET
FEAT BY U.S.
Cape Canaveral, Sept. 19. The Air Force fired an Atlas missile 9,000 miles over the Atlantic Ocean today, equalling a military rocker distance record set four months ago by another Atlas.
The Alles hurled a dummy
of test instruments into a far- gel In the Indian Ocean near
vir Prince Edward Island, u
state can ever have received from 1-ton warhead with 1,000 lbs another country in modern times.
It seemed incredible that the city of mammoth tickertape parades and roaring crowds should have determined on this furtive and shoddy "backdoor treatment."
Never in all the years I have been covering the American scene have 1 found myself at anything remotely like this. It seemed that about the only thing missing was a man to walk Dhead of him ringing a bell and chanting "Unclean," unclean".
Sleazy
Pier 73 on the East River which deliberately bad been chosen д the spot whert Khrushchev would come ashore
Mr Patrice Lumumbo today is as horrible a piece of dirt and announced yet another dilapidation JS you coutil reconciliation with Presi-imagine.
It is sleazy and analent, ita -dent Joseph Kosovubu, windows are broken and through who again promptly huge holes in the roof rain denied it.
cascaded.
A tangle of pipes writhe along.
The latest exchange coincid-
to as-
cular islot of the South coast of frien
The Air Force said the test
"achieved all of its major ob- | Jectives, providing: Waluable information on performance
chev's welcome a year ago when over the longer range."
There was no attempt to re- there was guard
of honour, cover either the nose cone or booming of guns, formul drives Instruments from the target
Washington. Into
Whatever arca else the cold war might have achieved it has been respon- SOUNDING ROCKET
sible for one of the most
contrasts in devastating
all “diplomatie" history,"
As it to ignore
Meanwhile in Point Arguelle, the Novy-today-iroda 02. sounding rocket to 1,200 the poorness foot of the reception Khrushchev miles into space and recovered seemed a particularly good an instrument packet from it to paths for spirits. He almost never stopped help chert possible
man to follow through dedly smiling
radiation belts above the earth.
One hundred and fifty iron curtain representatives gave him a round of handelapping and several kissed him heartily on both cheeks. I saw Khrushchev glance about quizzically taking in the swdriness of it all as he walked carefully trying to avoid the
Jasing gouts of water through the holes in the roof."
Flowers were presented and a distant sound of pickets shouting "murderer", "Frankenstein' were ignored by Khrushchev as he stepped to the microphone and started reading a fairly long speccit which gave hints on the I compared this with Khrush-line he will take at UNO.
The destroyer. USS Rowan recovered the 83 pound capsule released by the Nerv recovery -nuclear emulsion vehicle--about three hours after launching at 8:35 Am PDT, the navy said. The destroyer radioed the in- struments apparently were un- trip Into spice and that it would the capsule to San Diego.
From there, it will be taken to the Goddard Space Research by national Centre for study neronautics and space adminis-- tration scientists. UPI..
ed with reports here of its intertor and the floor is un- second attempt today
even and pathuted: To cap it -sassinate Colonel Joseph Mo-all. the terrific rainstorm soun
damaged from the flooded the place jo, a depth of
butu, who declared take-over last week,
tin army
There was not a single om- cial there from the U.S. Gor- ernment or the alty to offer even a perfunctory welcome.
several inches, through which It was reported that a gun-jall had to wade. man who fired through a win-
hcd dow
been scize!! by Mobutu soldiers. A member of Colonel Mobutu's household ap Camp Leopold, the army head. quarters, refused to confirm or deny the report, but sold the Colonel had left the house.
Despite the President's dentals of a reconciliation signs of compromisa moves between | Mr Kasavubu end. Mr Lumumba
became more evident today.
At a press conferenco tonight Mr Jean Bollkarigo, Minister of Information in the ileo Govern» ment backed by Mr Kasavubu said It was erwisiging, the possibility offering a port- hello to Mr Lumumba,
Less than a week ago Mr Kasvubu issued a warrant for Mr Lumamba's arrest,
An authoritativʊ African | source said. here this afternoon tiiat negotiations for a com- promisc were taking place. though nothing has yet bem eigned.
According to the African source, five nations - Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, the United Arab Republic and Tunisia ---- have been working behind the scends in Leopoldville to try to bring about · à reconciliation.
Reports from African sources here also spoke of a consulta- tion between, Colonel Mobului and Mr Moise Tabombe, Kasevibu. Katanga lender, god President
the
Mr Kasvubu's Abeko Party, federalist and bitterly opposed to Mr Lumutaba, is known to
be having pressure dtí him not
to accept any comprusse pró concerning. · MCLA
posis
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Lumumbo - la stili, powerzi certain areas and could cause toodulsed and disorders (ik to wishedy as he pointed out yesterday. He ning muil ooUDIES the Premier'á cüficlal, remdence, -Router.
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