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S summer's session of

The Economic and Sociai

Council of the United Nations was much over- shadowed by other events in Geneva. It could hardly compete in public interest with either the Big Four "summit" meeting or the conference on the peaceful uses of atomle energy. It is, perhaps, regrettable that the

peaceful process of operation between nations, when not made exciting by

themes such

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Government Of Argentina

WIDESPREAD ARRESTS

REPORTED

Buenos, Aires, Aug, 15.

The Federal police claimed today they had thwarted a plot to assassinate President Peron and to overthrow his government by armed revolt.

Police said the assassination plot against the President was to have been carried out today from rented apartments near his residence in the fashionable Palermo suburb.

youths caught,al dawn today in a downtown intersection while driving a jeep.

The police said one highlight of the clyli disobedience move- ment was to have been today's observance of the Assumption as a full religious holiday, al- though it

of several holidays suppressed recently by Peron, they the government.

A number of Opposition politicians suspected of complicity in the plot were arrested, police said. They included several Roman Catholics, nationalists and Communists. The campiracy included plans intelligence agencies and secret, one of the plotters, confessed that stores of arms were hidden The Economic

Social for attacks by armed groups on services.

The omeiul information said in one of the Catholle colleges Council of UN cannot, of power plants, waterworks, radio course, make binding deci- stations, police centrals, military the campaign of rumours and in Greater Buenos Aires, A reached its store of explosives was found garrisons and the headquarters pamphlets which sions. Under the charter off the pro-Goverment General peak by the end of July had recently in a rald on a Catholle

been

followed! the United Nations its func-Labour Confederation.

a civil ds college in San Isidro.) by

It said Penal tion is to "make recommen.

Armed civilian plotters were Judge Miguel obedience movement. Federal

in working "celis", dations with

to Rivas Arguello conducted the that recent street demontra-organised respect

the Government reports said, the tions and even sermons In some international economie, investigation that led to

the plot, official churches were all part of the Besides President. sucial, cultural, educational, discovery of

movement. sources sald, health and related matters."

Some of those arrested were Inevitably there can be wide

sxported 10 have identified gaps between the making of

leader fugitive Catholic

Marlo recommendations and their Amadeo and several retired army implementation by member and navy officers as the leaders governments.

of the conspiracy.

Arrested At Dawn

most

This year's conference covered the usual wide variety of subjects, but the

David Michel Torino, publisher significant dealt with inter-of the elesed Opposition news- national co-operation in the paper El Instransigente, of Salta,

also listed economic development of was

aa among ho "under-developed" countries, plotters.

According to official reports, the plotters rented a number of roule

IT has now become universal-apartments along the

ly agreed that the economic usually followed by President

Peron

in travelling from his development of these coun-

the residence downtown office to tries is of first importanco, not only for their own sakes in the Palermo suburb, along

Leandro Alem Avenue, bul for the general well.

Raids were conducted on some Being of all countries, It is of the apartments, including one niko agreed that for that at the corner of Leandro Alem development they need assis. Avenue

Street, and Tucuman tance, both financial and where some of the plotter, werd technical, from countries arrested at dawn.

provide it.

The 1

The attempt on Peron's life was to have been carried after pertinent questions are, at attacks on public services, police expense, in what stations, garrisons and the CGT whose forms, and through what had created a general state of machinery is such assis- confusion, official sources sald. tance to be provided?

able to

To increase productivity, both agricultural and industrial,

All Night_Meetings

It was recalled that Amadeo, exile in Uruguay, in the backward countries from lus

to the wrote recently

of

under-,

the dis-

had named for Assassination

POLICE SUPPRESS

DEMONSTRATIONS

Buenos Aires, Aug. 15,

Argentine police used tear gas tonight to break up a group of 400 demonstrators in the Plaza del Mayo when they marched Into the square shouting "Viva Libertad” (“lonk live liberty") and other slogans.

The marchers were first warned by police sound trucks to withdraw. Bystanders crowding the square at 7.10 p.m. fled in all directions as the police opened up with tear gas. By 7.30 p.m. the police had pushed the demonstrators to the corner of Florida and Diagonal Norte Streets as four fire cars, with fire crews, stood by.

The firemen turned their hoses on and dowsed marchers trying to form solid crowds along Diagonal Norte, San Martin, Florida, Maipu, Esmeralda and Sulpacha Streets at 8 p.m.

Bombarded

With

Stones

Police were continuously breaking up groups. Two shots were heard at the corner of Diagonal and Maipu during the disorder.

Meanwhile, in the city of Cordoba, the police reported thas four patrolmen were injured when a group of people threw tiles and stones from the, roof of the Santo Domingo Convent the police tried to break up a Catholic demonstra- tion,

They said that, as 10.30 am, part of the congregation attending Assumption Day Mass tried to march on the centre of the city. Later a number of High School students were injured or shaken up in a second clash with police in the centre of Cordoba.

The disorder in Buenos Aires was over at 8.15 p.m. a8 combined police and firemen broke up the crowds. Police made an unknown number of arresta--United Press

the

was one

Streets Jammed

All businesses in Buenos Alres operated normally despite the urging of Roman Catholic organisations to observe the day na holiday. Downtown streets were jammed with

shoppers FLS usual.

Only a few people circulated about the burnt-out churches

Sue For Divorce Won't Share

Sacramento, Aug. 15.

Airman Daniel Schmidt

A

Schmidt's lawyer said today: "Dantel has made up his

mind. He wants to divorce Una."

has decided to divorce Schmidt, 20, "married"

of

his wife Uns, who went through form

a marriage with another man while her husband was a prisoner of the Chinese Communists.

Mr A. Fine, a woodman, her saying she believed first husband was dead.

saw her over the Schmit

week-end on his return from 32 months in captivity.

The Best Solution

Lawyer, Mr Howard Welch, bald grounds for divorce would be general "probably extreme cruelty." He added: “We don't know where the ac tion will be filled or when."

decided Schmidt had

divorce as "the best solu- tion for the whole mesa.” No decision had been taken on whether he would seek custody of his son, Daniel,

on

ared 2, whom he ruet for the first time last Friday, Mr Welch said. Schmidt left Nevada City on Saturday after seeing his wife.

Mr Weich said:

been

thin whole

and

"he hasn't sleeping well

thing has troubled him. He would rather. I speak for him to the press."--Heuter.

WASHINGTON IGNORES

CHOU'S KOREA PLAN

Washington, Aug. 16. Washington officials today reacted coldly to the pro- of San Francisco, San Ignacio, posals by Communist China and North Korea for a Far

Santo Domingo and others,

Government

in-

But very low children report- ed for classes in many schools, especially in Catholic or private Institutions. spectors from the Ministry of Education visited most schools to check on attendance..

The government had warned that pupils kept away from schools, would be punisfied and that their absence would be counted double.

Catholic Leaflets

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The Education Ministry sold leaflets circulated by Catholics urging that the day be observed As a holiday were intended to increase political agitation.

Eastern conference on unifying Korea.

conference,

Jure the broad G

the

Her Atomic

Secrets

Geneva, Aug. 15.

Britain has commercial atomic secrets which she is unwilling to Sharo with other countries because of their value in the future race for the atomic markets of the world.

This was brought out at the conference "Atoms for Peace" loday, when Sir Christopher Hinton, managing director of Britain's Atomic Energy Authori- refused to disclose to other delegates some of the detalls of

Colder Hall

atomle energy power station, due to begin

next year

the

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countries sked Sir Christopher to describe of fuel elements in use at the Calder Hall plant.

Delegates from other cou

He declined to say anything on the grounds that the time had now come to preserve secrets of this mature witch would be of use in the commercial field.

COST THE

Nuclear energy had now bien

thrown wide open and there were now commercial as well as military secrets that had to be United preserved.

Asian

The Communist suggestions attempt to

Dr John Dunworth, head of put forward by Premier Chou States into

the Reactor. Physics Division at The Harwell Atomic Energy Re- En-lal of China and Premier

Premier Chou called for such search Centre, who reported this Kim Il Sung of North Korea at

were for a Faria the week-end

immediately exchange, told a news confer- conference

Big Eastern conference to settle the following

Fourence that electricity from Calder meeting in Geneva Hall was expected to cost Korean problem with "broad "summit" participation of Asian countries." but had his proposal rejected pence per unit, mainly because

by the United States.

Lihis estimate was based on

that Aside from the wuutious value of the plutonium American attitude, diplomats would be produced

in

there for Washington feel

Foste: Dulles, the Mr John United States Secretary of State, was expected to take advantage of any opportunity at his press conference later today to make

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that practical military purposes, matters, such as the hostility be- Other nuclear power reactors tween South Korea and North purely for evil purposes would Kares and between the Nu- be constructed in Britain before it clear the United States would tionalists and Communist Chin- long and it was hoped that they would prove stambling would also be able to supply not favour broadening negotia- ese,

to the arrangement of ectricity at approximately the tions with Communist China at general Asian talks. Reuter, same price-Reuter,

As reproduced by the pro- this moment. government newspaper Critica

the leaflets said:" "On August

15, as citizen, às a patriol

#

cates, entertallundertake.

- CIVILIANS FIRST

and as a Catholle, don't go to Usually well-informed sources the movies,

or any of

Don't

go States policy towards Communist shopping or

official China was, in effect, the release business of any kind. Don't of American citizens detained in pend your children to school and don't work if possible.

"Spread this, fuial it. Wa must paralyse the life of the nation.

place said that the basic aim of United

to a level at which it can Secretary of the

Army, Gen- provide a higher standard of cral Jose Embrioni, urging that living is a long-term and a the Army overthrow Peron. formidable task. Foreign aid

Federal police said investiga-, Announcement can only help to a compara covery of the plot came after tions into a series of recent hit- between and-run dawn attacks on poller tively small extent, and the night-long meetings

Police Chiol, officers showed the attacks were amount of their own produc

Our only of a larger terrorist tion which even the richest countries com divert to this purpose limited,

THE

HI

Federal the Inspector-General Miguel Gam- only part boa, Interior Minister Oscar plot.

Argueilo Abreu, Judge Rivas

Official versions claimed that necessarily and the heads of Government' a retired Navy officer, held us

HE United States and Bri- tain are in various ways already making consider able contributions, and in present conditions it is un-i likely that either could con- tribute to the special fund | which it has been suggested should be crented for financing development pro-j- jects in needy countries. Ou

CHURCH CAMPAIGN

AGAINST

“INDECENT" DRESSES

Athens, Aug. 15,

The Greek Holy Synod has initiated a campaign

the other hand, the con. against "indecent" dresses.

templated fund, without

Greck women

who

have Furthermore the Synod's clr-

con-

substantial support from adopted the "cool low neckline cular castigates "beauty the great powers, would of Paris fashione and who tests," which, it says, are of clearly be illusory,

during

prefer paganistic origin" and result in the evening strapless gowns, are particularly the prevailing of immorality and

the destruction of women's na The proposal raises another blamed by the Synod.

tural shyness." China Mail point-the danger of unduly

In a circular read from the Special, multiplying the number of pulpit in all churches throughout organisations dealing, with Greece, the Holy Synod of the this question. There is the Greek Orthodox Church alleged Colombo Plan organisation; that "during these days we are United States economic aid; } subject to provocation and we the International Bank; the are scandalised by the indecent proposed International dress of women, especially of Finance Corporation; funds younger women."

made available by the IRRESISTIBLE TENDENCY

casc

ing bodies rather

creating new ones.

than

women

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U Nu Invited To Egypt

Calro, Aug, 15. Egyptian President Gama!

was

Army

General Minister, Franklin Lucero, and the com- manders of garrison units.

Several owners of local gun shops were arrested for selling arms without the required per mits. Other civilians arrested included a group of six armed

weapon

civil disobedience. Don't forget August 15. Long live freedom."

United Press.

Shishakli Sentenced 28 Killed In

Goa March,

Indians Claim

China.

While Communist

the Ambassadors of China end the United States now meeting in Geneva-were unable to reach agreement оп this multer, the United States was unlikely even to contemplate consideration of other Issues raised by Péking.

Washington diplomatic infor- mants say the United States has expressed the view to its 16 Korean war allies in discussions ca the outbreak, of anti-Com- munist violence in South Korea that useful tiks on the 'unificn- The Goa Liberation Com- tion of Korea now seem a long mittee announced

Bombay, Aug. 16,

today way off.

that 28 Indian demonstra- tors had been killed in the crossing of borders into the

A BAROMETER The failure of the political

Portuguese Colonies in India conference at Geneva last year yesterday.

to

reach agreement about a Koreans, peace settlement has Police headquarters at Psojim, Goa however claimed that totai mado

Washington wary of

of deaths in the demonstrations optimism with regard to Korea

Cliizens of Vapi, a small town

falics.

from the Daman.

State

were 15

13.

Department officials

two miles

border, were surprised to find regard the current Slo-United the entire, group of 2,000 States meeting in Geneva as a "Liberation Volunteers" who barometer of China's intentions. had marched on the .smali | As long as the Genova talks are Portuguese settlement of Daman, stalled prospects of a general earlier in the day, returning in For Eastern conference are silent procession.

considered dim.

Gets 20 Years'

Gaol For Torture, Murder Portugu

The

volunteers had turned back after meeting only eight

MARRB'.PANIC

Some diplomats here suggested that the new call for talka by the Communists' might be

marchers New Governor For

British Honduras

an

· United Kingdom govern. "During the summer period," Abdel Nasser today invited the mont under the Colonial said the circular, "there appears Burmese Premier, U.Nu, to visit Development and Welfare to be an irresistible tondency Egypt. The Invitation

among Act; and there is a consider themselves in daily attire which Justlee, Maoweng

prosent given the Burmese Minister of Lat How *able, though inadequate is very distant from that modest visiting Calro.

Two Indian Journalists who amount of private invest form of dress which is indicated The Burmese Minister of

·Damascus, Aug.” 15. accompanied the "volunteers" mont. There seems to bú 8. by our Biblical traditions."

A Justice presented Col Nasser' Mnitary Court sentenced for a mile, Inside Daman sald

Adib Shi-tonight that the for improving Co;

A form of

which lends with an ancient Burmese silver Brigadier-General of dress

shakli, former President of panicked when the Portuguese operation between the exist to expose nude parts of women's sword-France-Presse,

firod, Syria; today to 20 years rigorous polico

Into the air and bodies. Is opposed to the teach-

imprisonment

of on-charges ings of the Church which cori-

ran helter-skelter. Most of siders that the "form of dress"

torturing a

ser- them telumed voluntarily Syrian army

10 geant to death. Indicates tho "quality of the

Indian territory "without being The impression gained is that

Captain

London, Aug. 10. Abdulhak Shihadi, chræed by the Portuguese," the while the need for economic cludes the circular, that "audity

soud," for it is well known, con

head of the Byrlan Military Journalist added.

The Coloniad. Office announced assistance for undeveloped of the soul results in shameless

Police during the Shishakit OL the 2,000 who entered today the appointment of Mr recognised, attire." -countries

regime, was given the

Darpart, the leadery Ishwara Colln Hardwie Thornley, Chief there has to be a lot more The Holy Synod further asks excursion boat capsized after sentence on the same charge,

Desal, and

Fund ↑ three others have Secretary, iri · Uganda, to be Both men, aeg •in Paris.

beary

grau défained the by the Governor and Commander-in- hard and clear thinking on parents to watch over the form striking a ruck in a thick fog

Chlet of British Ho

Honduras, ways and means by which of drosses adopted for physical porth of the Bronch this is to be done. If the training and speels demonstrand of Brenlled 40 survivors ousted the aged President, the allowed, to return

·Rescuers, Economic and Social Coun- forbid their daughters from tal- from the cold. Channel watery in Febrsiary 1964 en gruý IN ONE ail: meeting stimulates, that ing part if the sport dieses They wore taken to the port of brought the 179-year-old it will have sorved a very adopted by the school is "in" | "Arcou

Paimpol in back to, postop yalukble purpose.

deceit."

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tions at giriak, colleges and to

20 Drowned

Paris, Aug. 15. Twenty people lost their lives this afternoon

an

when

Brittany Frances

Fi Alassi

REMO

He succeeds. Sir Patrick In Lisbon the Portuguese, Glov-

protested to? India | Benisori, whose appoinment to Clovernor and Commander-

blocks

BRITISH

GOVT'S NEW

ANTI-IRA MEASURES

London, Aug. 15. Special measures have been taken by the British Army in

IRA case of fresh. attacks against military camps and War dopols In Britain, the Office announced tonight, The British Coal Board has

taken special

security mea- sures to guard stocks of coal- mine explosives such as gelig- nite and dynamite, British

cussed

Cabinet ministers dis- the revival of Irish Republican Army activity

for more than two and a half hours today.

bomb

The Government fears that the IRA may open a terrorist campaign in London similar to one 13 years ago, it is understood, The Government may be forced

eventually

to set up strict security measures, especially in post offices, where the IRA frequently placed time bombs their previous raids.- France-PIUSSE,

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