THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1961.
Tshombe faces 'board
of enquiry' LABOUR PARTY
CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON
Leopoldville, May 18." President Tshombo of Katanga today faced a "board of enquiry" into the death of former Premier Patrice Lumumba, ac- cording to reports reaching here from Coquilhatville, in Equateur province. Mr Tshombe who is charged with high treason and threatening the security of the state, was taken from the riverside villa where he has for three weeks been-interned to the Coquil- hutville Palace of Justice, the reports said.
The Letpreidvifles security chief, Victor Ndka-und two un- nated julges are sit on a commission whe is to dreide whether Mr Tombe is to be tried or be detained for a fur- ther six ints, it was learned. here.
NEW REPUBLIC
Meanwhile, the Coquilhatville conferemy of Congolese leaders was reputed to have approved the admission of 19 states to the proposed new Federal Res public of the Congo. This would beary tutung Kufunga in twa and establishing a Baluba state in the north, headed by Jason Sndwe. President Tshombe's Arch-enemy,
UK bid to trace 'lost'
Russian rocket
BACKS COMMON
MARKET
London, May 18. Boaders of Britain's Labour Party are sounding
out the views of the trade union movement's' chiefs on the issue of British association with the Common Market, on which political in- terest here has stepped up spectacularly in recent weeks.
Sources close to the Labour lealers said tonight they
thought the references made to
the
by Mr Common Market Edward Heath, Deputy Foreign
in Parliamenta Minister. foreign aftales debate last night
were
ྂ་
partly
Lest public opinion here and partly gauge continental reaction.
EMPHASIS
ther i
Mr Heath's comments. said, mude no commitment, hut in setting out the arguments for and against British Association with the "Six" pineed more cin- phasis on the advantages
vast
than
, the disadvantages,
Soetalist chiefs considered there
no WGS
of arco difference between the positions of the Labour rank and Ble and o! the goverrament side un the Common Market Issue.
Some members on both sides irtrongly favoured British join-
ing, others were against.
face hour of
'Must
revenge
Moscow, May 18. Soviet citizans Nino
must face "the hour of revenge" for "large-scale" speculo- tion in gold and curroncios amounting to 20 million old rubles ($5.04 mil- tion,), the Soviet press said today.
Rang
"oranitted subversion against motherland." Izvesti
But in the Labour Party as a
The while, excluding small fringes that were either positively for economic
British membership their or against scientists will the brand view www that Brli said, "The hour of revenge has
destined the "last" tain seemed
To join, come.“ rocket the sources said.teuter.
Jodrell Bank, May 18. The Presklent of the Cham- frec of
Jodrell Bank Deputies.
Joseph
Kusonga, today demanded that Parliament meet at Kamina, as ;
by
Lumumbist
suggested leader, Antoine Gizenga. DI a telegram to Interior Minister, Gyrille Adoula publish- ed here, Mr Kasongo said that if; the ory was not disarmed
il
was repossible for Parilament to convene in Leupoldvilie.-Reuter,
Soldier's death probed
o
a
Sinop, Turkey, May 18. U.S. and Turkish officials pressed an inquiry today into the death of Turkish soldier after
an Ameri- struggle with can guard at the base for the joint U.S. Military Aid Group To Turkey hero.
The names of those involved
try to trace Russian Venus
is
its when it nearest
and target tomorrow Saturday-if the Russians send details of its sup-
posed position, a spokes-; mon said today.
Scientists at the giant ratio telescope station here believe they made contact with the rocket on February 17, live days after launching.
Soviet tracking stations Inter said they had lost contact with
it.
The Russians reported that the rocket had been close la planned trajectory
Sir Bernard Lovell, director of Jodrell Bank, said at the time it would be a "selentifle tragedy it contact with the rockel had been lost.-Reuter,
Terrorists kill 33
Bueau, S. Cameron, May 18.
Cameroon Republic terrorists Were not made pubtle but of-klled and rautfisted at least 33 ells mid both were on guard of persons and seriously wounded the base at the time and that 3 others near Ashang Balnieke, they argued after the Turk reports reaching here today said. simitted car to the base. They grappled, oftelais said, atsl Foldier who sveond Turkish was standing by seizeti a caruiae accidentally, which discharged kitting the Turk-AP.
i1
The reports said the terrorists also shut at seven passing cars near the harder town of Loum,; among them the ear of Minister. Six persons were believed kliled; in the cars, they said-UPI.
A British Crossword Puzzle
18
19
110 11
12
13
114
15
16 17
18
19
22
24
26
1 Jatris,
ACROSS
8 Pawnbroker,
10 Go bad,
12 Not him,
13 River delta?
14 Has the law on,
15 Looker aristocratically?
10 Acute,
10 Silken shroud,
20 Lord rank)
22 Miss Todd?
23 Reptile,
24 Concise,
25 Play by car?
20 121
23
DOWN
2 Pleated frilling.
3 Viewer?
4 You, dear rolverl
6 Berry bearer,
Pels,
7 They swing in timel
Instruction,
11 Most profound,
10 Vessel,
17 Frunk,
19 Freight,
21 of the month
Algerian
peace.
talks
Geneva, May 18. The Algerian "Provisional
Government"
►
with
RUNS FOR HIS LIFE AS HOTEL TUMBLES DOWN
Izvela and Tasa, said the Perlminal con- Case Involved tacks
foreigners, The operator of the demoli- tion crano (arrowed lowOT deliveries by air clandestine
and left) leaves his cab line pilots and "big deala per- formed at the apartment of a stir'1 member of the ring." UPI.
Diplomat robbed
Washington, May 18.
runs as a four-storey hotel tumbles toward him out
of the sky of Portland, Oregon, recently.
U.S. MAN-IN-SPACE ATTEMPT IN JUNE
Cape Canaveral, May 18.
The hotel was being de- The United States expects to put its second man
mallshed to make room
for a now construction entire project when the
they African
building slowed sideways and collapsed. The
A Ghanaian diplomat was rubbed a knife-point today by
who faid three Negroes wanted to chat abou delegation anairs. to the Evian peace talks The discussion cust Mark B. Steund Secretary in Arkti arrived here today. Fifty police, armed with sub-charge of Accounts at the Ghana machiguns and revolvers, and Embassy, $31, his wriri watch, men necktie, and the jacket of his seure of plain clothes were on guard at the airport.
Reporters and photographers of at nationalities had to pass Through an identity check before they were allowed on to the Tarmac.
a
M: Belkacem Krim the "Vice Premier who heads the delega- tion, told reporters "Algeria In- tends to Hve free and indepen- dent"-Reuter.
The original 'fair lady' dies at 75
Hollywood, May 18. Actress Viola Roche, 15.9 member of the original Broadway cast of "My Fair
Lurdon-made suit-Uri.
Page
3
MRS CASTLE
LOSES
LIBEL
ACTION
London, May 18. British Labour Member of Parliament Mrs Barbara Costlo, lost her libel ac- tion against o Conserva- tive M. P., Mr Christopher Chataway, horo today.
Me
Chataway, D
British Olymple
former Was
runner, awarded costs, estimated at about £8,000.
that Mr
Mrs Castle alleged Chetaway belled her during a Conservative Parly political programme on television during the general election of 1959.
The remarks.Mrs Castle com- to sinte- plained of referred ments she had made following a visit to Cyprus in 1958.
Mr Chataway was and to to tho then have remarked Colonial Secretary, Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd: "Yes, Barbara Castle particularly, and a num- ter of others, have continually made very serious allegations about British troops, sometimes have tortured implying they Cyprlots and others, is this true?"
DENIED
Mr Chataway denied that his words were defamatory, plead- ed that they were true in sub- stance and in fact, and alternu- tively that they were fair eom- ment on u mailer of publļu. in- terest.
He also plended that Mra Castle's reputation suffered.
had not
It took the Jury nearly three hours to reach their decision,
They court
returned once to the ask for two room to dictionaries, from which de- finitions of the word "tariaro” had been quoted by counsel the for Mrs Challe and by judge.
The jutge agreed to let them
in space on June 20, reliable sources said see the dictionaries, but warned here today.
The plan is for a brief subor- bital Might similar to that made
thy: "You arc the inter- preters of the word in the con- text in which it was used.
"Dictionaries are things which
operator fled by Commander Alan Shepard monted capsule once round the in the circumstances can always crone seconds before the fall-
on May 5.
Earlier, about June 12, an at- ing bricks and masonry temp: will be made to orbit an crashed to the foot of his unmanned machine, Ho was not space capsule. hurt.-AP Photo.
Serious defects found in Soviet
baby
car
Moscow, May 18.
Output of the New Soviet baby car, the Zapro- rozhets, has fallen behind schedule following mistakes in planning and the discovery of serious defects in the car's cooling system, according to Soviet press reports.
Lady," died of a heartthe aliment yesterday while visit-Zaprorozhets ing her daughter, Miss reaching
Philippa Bevans.
The newspaper was partl cularly critical of some of the 40-odd factorice in different Soviet Union parts of the which had contracled to make components.
Soviet motor engineers hulled; atted additional air ducts to all
Two-door, 23-horsepower models,
capable of speed
90 of kilometres (about 55 mile) per sells here for 1,000 Mrs Roche, born in England, hour. It came to America 40 years ago roubles (about £720 at the new for leading role the Broad- official rate of exchange.) way production of the Britash When the first cars rolled off play Hobson's Choice," Other the assembly lines at a factory play and movie rules followed. In Zapreshye in the Ukraine last She had a role in "My Fair November it was officially an- Lady" until her retirement 2nounced that the 1061 years ago. Mrs Roche, a resident was fixed at 15.000. of New York, is survived by But according to the h.r daughter-AP.
paper "Economic Gazelte" pro- duction has now been cul back to 12,500 and even then the plan Is nimost certain to be un- fulfiled."
Oslo welcomes
Shah and Queen
Oslo, May 18.
outout
news-
The reason given was thal the male assembly line and not paint-spraying shop were yet operating.
The newspaper revealed how- Oslo gave a warm welcome this, ever that the car had got off to afternoon to the Shah of a bad start when production Pernia and Queen Farah when i
was "the" and it was soon they arrived here for a State found that several
not working perfectly.
Visit.
units were
WTT:
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King Olav of Norway drove Within wecks owners with the Shah in an open caredevilled by defects in from the airport through streets. lined Ave-deep. Later, thousand cooling system, slowing down of people waiting in front of production untif engineers had
the Royal Palace saw the King!
appear on the balcony with his guests-mater.
Let police cane
boys, court says
London. court chairman Mr
170 Africans arressed
Several factories, it sald, were behind with production. Others Ukraine were guilty of bad workmanship and sending ahoddily-finished parts. China Mall Special.
to the
Britain on meeting of K-K
London, May 18,
Mr Joseph Godber, Foreign Undemocratary, said today the British government welcomed reports that a Presi- meeting botwoon dent Kennedy and Mr Nikita Khrushchev, tho Soviet Primo Minister, was likely in the near futura.
He told the House of Com .mons during a foreign polley debate that ruch n meeting
for
Lusaka, N.' Rhodesta, May 10.
Mobile police today arrested 170 Africans whom they found could clear the air and lead to
Improving the atmosphere "all set to have a brew" in future international relations, Mandevu Attican township
On nuclear tests he said Bri- near here,
tain was ready to sign the test Juvenile
Police
said the men were bad treaty at once, Leslie Berwick told the purenis armed with crude weapons and
The government was "gravely of four boys at Tunbridge Wells some "plastica" were thrown, | obroerned”
nt Itussin's "com
destrue- ho wished parents
were reported. Į pletely nefntive and would use sbut no Injuries the cane.
All pubile meetings were sub- | five altitude". If
it indicated in Lausaka'sche was YESTERDAY'S. CROSSWORD-Aeron: 1 Burn, 4 Only, 0
When one father replied: "If sequently. banned
determined to wreck Siow, 0 Stir, 11 Isle, 13 Seniors, 14 Pen, 10 Deter, 10 Sprig, 21 I hit him I would get into | African areas. Police patrole in the conference, with all that it Swear, 22 Laden. 24 Peg, 25 Latches, 28 Emir, 30 East, 31 Adam, 32 Sald, 33 Slow. Down: 1 Bess, 2 ftalt, 3 Third, Owl. 5 Yawn, trouble," Mr Berwick said the African townships were in- entailed, she would incur thu 7 Asser, Temple, 10 Rigid, 12 Epee, 15 Frames, 17 Twice, 19 thought it would be far better if creased, and the pollee reserve condemnations
the polles could do i Rage, 20 Gelld, 23 Natal, 14 Pass, 20 Hall, 27 Stow, 29 Mad.
23 Continent.
20 They get kicked around!
|aloried-Reuter.
world-outer.
of the whole
Project Mercury
In
The
American second space is likely to be either Lt Col John Glenn or Captain Virgil Grisson, who trained with Commander Shepard for the first light.
A Redstone rockel will prope! and the his capsule into space pliot
will then have manual control over different parts of the irajectory and perform some tasks which were assigned Shepard.
not
to earth.
In the earlier orbital attempt an instru- it is aimed to send world before it parachutes back lend to confusion."
The first American effort to orbit unmanned
capsule when the failed on April 25 Alias booster veered off course The cap- parachuted and was destroyed.
however, sule, slowly into the Atlantic.
IL BUCKET 18 achloved this
The jury relired, but returned 13 intrutes later to announce Mall verdiet. China their
an
time, the
programu
an
empty
chimpanzee,
of the would be to send
+ capsule,
next stages
then and finally man
Special.
Bank raiders beaten
London.
After a night watchman stw
three times around the world at smoke coming from a temporary bank in the grounds of Lon- 17,400 miles an hour.
'Three additional Rodstones don's Hammersmith Hospital, are available here for these later pollen found that an attempt to with oxy-ace-
to Commander fights but no dates have been
fixed-Reuter.
open the safe tylene equipment had failed.
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