THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1961.
FRENCH GOVT PREPARES FOR RAILWAY WORKERS' STRIKE
Princess Margaret's baby, witch b expected at the end of October, will be born at and the three Clarence House, the London home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mather. doctors in attendance will be Lord Evans and Sir John Weir, the physicians and Ste John Feel, obstetrician.
Sir John Weir, who is 82, has been Physlelan in Ordinary to the Queen since 1952, and before that was Physician Ordinary to King George VI and Queen Mary. He is Ifunorary Consulting Physician to the Royal Landon Homoeopathic Hospital.
Lord Evans, who is-58. has been Physielan to the Queen since 1052; he is Physlelan
to Lonton Hospital and the Royal Masonic Hospital.
Sir John Peel, who is 57, is obstetric and gynaecological surgeon
Hospital, an appointment he has held since 1936.
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The baby will be the 7th In line of succession to the throne, after the Wales. Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Princess Margaret. Picture shows (from left) Hir John Weir, Lord Evans, and Sir John Perl-London Express Service,
No
NEWS IN BRIEF
progress' in
talks
for new U.N. executive
United Nations, Oct. 25.
Skeleton
services set up
Paris, Oct. 25. The French Government today hastily organ- ised skeleton services to meet a 24 hour strike called for to- morrow by railway- men's unions through- out France and by Paris transport workers.
Anny
lorries and private coaches will carry suburban commuters at low rates or even free to Paris and buck to the suburbs in the evening.
CASTRO
NOT
SLAIN
Havana, Oct. 25. Clovernment officials here today scoffed at rumours eirculating abroad that Prime Minister Fidel Castro has been stalo,
They said he will make a pubite speech on Friday. Castro announced yester- day that his police had thwarted another plot to assassinate him with baznokas-AP.
Norodom
says
Thailand is
enemy of Cambodia
RUSSIA'S 24TH || U.S. NUCLEAR BLAST
Washington, Oct. 25.,
The Soviet Union's 'latest atmospheric nuclear test today was probably less than one mega- ton in size, the Atomic Energy Commission annouriced.
U.S. SPACE NEEDLES MISSING
Washington, Oct. 25. The U.S. Air Force can't
find the 350 million cop par noodles it thought it had released into space from an orbiting satellito. It announced tonight tllat Rs Lincoln Laboratories, in charge of "Project West Ford," had reported that no radar contact has yet been established with '• the thass minute needles, called dipoles.
Akhough today's explosion General of Public Health, in a was the 24th announced by the special broadcast today told the Commistion, President Kennedy nation there was "no cause for bus said that the United States anxiety at the morient" about knew of other Soviet Tests Inals or food contamination here, the present series.
He said no measures like the These were never announced, British dried milk plans werd the United States has not dia- | necessary for Holland because closed the exact number of of the size of avattable stocks Russian testa that have been and because all Dutch cattle by U.S. monitoring were at present being fed in- doors on uncontaminated fodder. The explosion on Monday, at (A British Government studies. | first thought to be the threaten- minister yesterday
ed 50-megalon bomb, ip now that all bables under one year of needles for bouncing
tietected equipment.
announced
estimated to have had a yield of would receive dried ralik 17
Astronomers and others had protegled that the orbling blanket of bulcuko needles would interfere with their
The idea is to use the blanket
radis
about 30 megatons (30 million liquid milk became contaminat-lgnals back to carth Tons of TNT), It Was
Continuing search first ed.) recorded at Uppsala, the head of Bonn: the West German gov- The Air Force annotincement the Meteorological Institute ernment said every precaution raid: there, Dr Markus Baath, sald had been taken in case of on today's was probably only a increase in radioactivity. The few megatons.
irst fallout from Monday's big bomb-which was condemned "a considerablo danger to human health and lifes not expected over West Germany for about a fortnight, according to the weather service. news
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More protest
More
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Phnom Penh, Oct. 25.
A northwesterly wind Sihanouk!
over Prince Norodom
the region is expected to carry today defended his coun- any fallout towards Siberia. try's decision to break diplomatic relations with Thailand, despite Western
protests and Many private Arms have told
unprecedented precautions their staff to stay at home to-
advice to the contrary.
against radioactivity were conference next He told morrow and asked them to work
advised ported today. Heuler despatches on Saturday instead.
that Western powers The French Sinte Railways him that he was wrong in aeave these detalis: announced tonight that there cusing Cambodia's neighbours- would be
international Thailand a few trains running, notably to Italy vin Mudane and to Brussels. As Arrow for the daily Golden frain from and In London, a rail- way spokesman said: "We shall not know unill the last minute."
Was
The Dunkirk rail ferry among a list of trains tentolive- ly scheduled.
Aircraft
Air France, the French no- Canal airling, fuced with a 24 hour pay strike of 4,500 ground stor at Orly Airport tomorrow, and stoppages in provincial air- they could guaranice seven departures and 12 arrivais tomorrow instead of the normal dally total of 00 arrivals and 60 departures, Aircraft would take on for Tokyo, London, Algiers, Dakar,
Negotiations for an interim Secretary-General remained snagged today ports, said tonight
with the United States and the Soviet Union reporting "no progress' after a new round of talks.
Периза - Soviet
Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin ron- ferred with US. Ambasador Charles W. Yost early this after-
noon.
An American spokesman said The US. Insists that the sue- cessor to Mr Dag Hammarskjold has only five assistant3.
The Soviet Union wants seven, Beluding an Ebel European.— UPI.
U.S. living costs rise
Washington, Oct. 25.
A sharp increngz in clothing priets and the continuing rise in The cost of services pushed Rving CONN to record high in September, the Labour Depart ment reported today.
11 added that another rise in living costs was expected this month.
The Department's cansamer price index advanced to 128.3 fr September. This meant that A
haskel f Hands and corviers which cost $10 in 1943, would have ext $12.81 fast month.
The previous high was $12.81 fost July. The index slipped to $12.80 in August before resum- ing his rise last month.-UPI.
Servant trouble
Saigon, Oct. 25.
NO REACTION Abidjan, New York and Lima.
The skeleton train service will be far below the usunl 4,000 trains a day. Worst hit is expected to be the sprawling suburban network around Parls.
Paris, Oct. 25. *There has so far been no official reaction here to yester day's speech in Tunis by Ben Youssef ben Khedda, new "Premier" of the Algerian Paris buses will be out com- Nationalists Provisional Gov-pletely and only a few trains ernment,
are expected to run on the The speech is expected to be underground metro network. sludled by the French Cabinet After a day with le or no
of the Polish delegation of thự
three nation Control Commission in Vietnam Ing that
the
Domestic servants and drivers tomorrow. Mr Louis Joxe had transport, Parisians will and taid the Assembly's Finance themselves without electricity yesterday even-or gas for four hours on Friday International Committee
principle of morning because of another pay Today went on indelinile strike, self-determination remains the strike by nationailsed gas and
Their action will severely basis of French policy and must electricity workers. restrict the delegation's move- be upheld. (Ben Khedda had Strikes are also threatened→ ments ફો highly-placed suggested skipping the "for-and Hikely tomorrow by cus- 1.0.2. mauree said today that mality of self-determination.") tems men and Paris city wor- it this anti-Polish campaign had Sources said Ben Khedda's kers, including street sweepers the support of the South Viel- speech has left
the door open and refuse collectors. There Government, this could for further negotiations.-AFF.
will also be a 24 hour strike lead to the withdrawal of the Polisi delegation From The Commission.
The source said this, in turn, would lead to the breakup the Commission,--Reuter,
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EARTHQUAKE
Lima, Oct. 20.
A strong earth tremor which lasted 10 seconds shook Lima and the adjoining area today. The tremor was also recorded at Huacho, 75 miles north of Lima, and Casma, 150
anlies north.
There were 30 immediate reports of casualties or damage. -AP.
by
Marsellies tramwaymen.
Reuter.
Eruption
Managua, Oct. 25.
Cerro Negro volcano, recently dormant, erupted today from a new crater and sent up a great burst of molten Java and saud.
The volcano is situated west, et Managua near Leon.--AP.
U.S. tanks return to Berlin barracks
Berlin, Oct. 25.
Ten U.S. tanks, which rolled up to the sector border today in a clash of wills over Allied entry rights to East Berlin, withdrew to barracks with their accompanying personnel carriers tonight and conditions returned to normal after a day of tension.
Major General Albert Watson,Į want to enler in private U.S. Commarxlant, had mean cars and wearlag civilian clothes The while passed in and out un-must identity themselves. hindered to sort things out with British and French customarily the Soviet authorities.
show their passes to the border The State Department in guards through the windows of Washington said he protested their private cars, they were against "Communist refusal to able to move freely in and out maintain the longstanding prae- of East Berlin today.
Dat the Americans have
tien of permitting American ordered their personnel not to elvjilon omcials as well arhow their passes and when two inilitary offcials to enter the Americans in civilian clothes Soviet sector without showing tried to enter the eastern sector any identification."-
this morning they were stopped described Tost,
today's by border police. Incidents as "a gross provoch- tlon
the by
American
rallitarlets."
British tanks
Dritish tanks also went to the
Mr Howard Teivers, in Mission official, American twice entered East Berlin on foot to argue the case with Barlet offiper Finally the car drove into border after the stopping of East Berlin with an escort_of V.B. car by Enst German police four military, poika jeeps. Tho this morning. All UB. troops in convoy went through without Berlin were on alert for nearly | ineldent, drove to the next alt hourt,
street crossing, turrnds, The East Berliu authoritier came back into West Berlin I maintain that Chono who Iteuter.
end
and
Vicinam — of
having territorial ambitions on his small south Asian country. The Prince sold:
Barnacle goose Copenhagen: A barnacle goose recently shot by a tenter As a flock was passing over from Russia has proved to be
radioactive.
Dr Boele Benson, chairman of the Danish Hunting Association, has called for a ban on the sale of four varieties of goose which
than 7,600
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"A continuing radar search ly being made for the dipole fibres formation about the location and distribution of the dipoles will be released as soon as becomes available, to enable astronomerS to participate In The precise | the observations.
location of the orbit must bo provided to astronomers be- cause of the great difficulty in locating these dipoles without auch prior information."
A Midas satellite carried a load of the dipoles aloft last Satur- day in a launching from Point Arguello, California,——AP.
Frontier clash
Washington: The Washington Post said Monday's bomb was at an altitude of 12,000 feet and under conditions which made it "exceptionally dirty," (A. Soviet "Thailand and Vietriam have official in London has claimed always been enemies of Cam- It was a "clean" bomb with bodia even before Scale."
practically no-fallout). Thailand la member of The paper sald the blast Sculo.
Vietnam and Cambodia might have touched the ground migrate from the Soviet Union,
More Manlio: are not.
and probably sucked up mas Filipino students have signed a Before the press conference, sive amounts of earth." A U.S.petition asking Mr Kruschev to the Prince severely crilicised meteorologist WZIB quoled as the editor of the pro-Communist newspaper, Pancha Sela, at public meeting. The editor, accused of writing articles against the Government, was told that in some other coun~ tries he would be put to death for such articles. The editor apologised for the articles and The Hague: Professor Plei fallout may not reach Australia | air support, the announcement asked the Prince's pardon-AP, Muntendam, Dutch Director for some weeks-Router.
waying a small amount of radin halt the tests "before
late." active debris was carried down io Soviet Central Asia during a snowstorm yesterday.
Algiera, Oct. 25.
Com- The French Supremo mand in Algerlo anounced to- it is too light that "rebel" mortars and from Tunisian artillery firing territory had harrased a French
stations
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Throughout Australia US
Canberra: Teating Fitty U.S. Selenists and other 24-hour alon and seven
were "arriving there professional people have cabled aircraft Mr Kruschev demanding en later today to make atmosphere immediate half to the tests. testa up to 70,000 feet. But
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The French post eventually reduced to silence the enemy bases of fra" with artillery and
said AFP.
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