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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

SYRIA'S BLUFF?

TTAS King Saud called

H

11 Syrla's bluff? teems like it. Earlier this week

it was made known that Saud had offered to mediate between Syria and Turkey. The latter accepted grate- fully but after an official! statement from Saudi Arabia announced that Syria too had agreed, Damascax

and its envoya abrond recanted. No explanation was given for this extra-

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THI FAMOUS COMFORT EN ACTION TRASEIRA

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REFUSES TO BUDGE

King Saud Asked AIRBORNE

To Withdraw

Mediation

Offer

London, Oct. 24.

ordinary attitude. It will Syria took two extraordinary stops today to squash measures designed to bring an end to the alleged tension on the Syrian - Turkish frontier.

that

bo recalled that only two week ago Syria was shriek ing to the worki Turkish invasion was im- minent.

Today, with Syrin's borders

still presumably threatened, Turkey's envoy is engaged in mediation discussions with King Saud's represen- tatives but Syria has taken another extraordinary step

by asking Saud to withdraw kis offer of mediation. No clear reason is given by the Syrian delegate for this netion and a puzzled world is left to draw its own conclusions.

Assuming that the Syrian

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BANDITS ROB BANK

Fort Meade, Flo.,

Oct, 24,

Two froo-shooting airborne bandits descended on this contral Floride town in a stolan plona today, cap- tured a constable and flow away with $26,657 tooted from torrified employees of the First State Bank. Four hours later, Hagan Par- rish, Sheriff of Polk County, an-

the suspected bank robbers,

a

nounced the capture of one of plot for a Tampa construction company, Ils name was with- held pending a formal charge.

The fu-stricken sherld,

planes, bloodhounds and posses fran his sick bed in Winter Haven, bald the identity of the

First: the Syrian Premier, Sabri Assali confirmed that a message had been sent to King Saud asking the King to withdraw his offer of media-directing the all-out manhunt by tion between Turkey and Syria. Second: a Syrian delegate to

UN, Dr Farid Zeineddine, said he did not think it would be "useful" if a top UN official went to the Turkish-Syrian border to make an on-the-spot investigation.

essage from Damascus,

Syrian Assalf, sold

Premier, President

allegations against Turkey were made with Soviet con- nivance and were aimed at i solidifying

Arab feeling quoting the

Sabri against L pro-Western wally had asked King Saud Muslim nation (and against the West generally it may also be reasonable to assume that countries like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq were not let into the plot.

BIG BROTHER

BY-ELECTION

the

second Suspected bandit known.

SWITCHED PLANES

was

The bandits, with stockings shrouding their faces, walked into the bank with the captive 1 constable and escaped in

The plane | stolen plane,

was found later at an old airstrip in Western Florida, but the rob- bers, switching aircraft

$11

easily as conventional bandits switch cars, were believed to

their aerial fight.

why Saud LabourDoubles have taken another to continue

withdraw his mediation offer and explained the **E- tional" Tensors should withdraw.

A incssage from Tunis sald the Tunisian President. Mr Habib Bourguiba, could not understand why Syrlo had e fused Saud's offer of media-

TT will be recniled that soon tion.

Iafter rias fet cages

Mr Bourguibh id In his

against Turkey, Soviet weekly broadcast he could! Rússin

Big understand that Turkey, already

emerged as

Brother with offers

of having a frontier with Russla, of Soviet

Assistance in the event of should watch with one un-

"Some,Since Russia hadeesiness the arrivi

Majority

Ipswich, Oct. 24. The Labour Parly (Opposition); retained its seat with "doubled majority in

parliamentary by-election held here, today..

moro

The bandits terrorlact

bumi

police

Employees with a burst of wild gundire and there was Other

where Ehooting at the pasture they, took off, when 4 chlef emptied a pistol at their ascending, plane, The robbers beld Contable than

Harry Godwin explive for more than an-bour before and during the holdup.

R light, The getaway, pláne,

Aeronen, WAS single-engine traced to an unused civilian air- port ca the outskirts of Plant City.-United Press.

The result, declared to- night was (last generat eletcion Egures in brao-

Keta): the date of the pro- arina and technicians in Syria.

posed Turkish invasion

October 27 — it presumably

wanted to keep Middle East

tension alive until

after

Refusal

He could also understand that

that date an that it could seria should have asked for then announce to the Arabs from Eastern Europe since world that Russian the West did not wish to give vigilance had saved Syria them to her. from a Turkish Invasion,

But from the latest newa it

But what he could not under-

seems that Saudi Arabia's stand was the

refusal of the

untimely intervention mediation offer, he said.

threatens to undermine the

sion is nothing more than a propaganda honx,

In New York,

Mr Fatim Rusta Zorlu, Turkish Soviet pretension and to Minister of State, had further puncture the Syrian-Soviet talks with King Saud, Ankara provoked tension. The farce radio reported tonight.

Mr Dag taking place in the United Nations tends to confirm Hammarskjold, United Nations and Me that the present border ten-Secretary-General,

Salch Eddine Bitar, Syrian Fortiga

Minister, met today amid persistent reports that the the West might propose sending a West it is not keen on the top UN official for an on-the- Iden

on-the-spot pot Investigation investigation by a top UN dle East crisis, official. Is it concerned that the UN's verdict might be "false alarm"?

Yesterday

of

Syria

toid

of the Mid-

But after the tails, the Syrian į delegates Indleated coolness to the idea-All agencies.

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TONG KON

Mr Dingle Foot, Labour --20,898 voles, (GE 32,306).

John Cobbold, Mr.

Con- voles, servative 19,101 (GE 28,724), Miss Manuels Sykes, Liberal 12.587

voles. (GE No candidate).

Labour majority — 1,737

(GE 3,582).-Reu-

voles.

ter.

TEAMSTERS

UNION SUSPENDED

Leopard Hunt

Still On

The Police aro still sonding out hunting parties to locate the leopard which was first seen in Tao Fung Shan area in Shatin on Tuesday night. Squads of Folle, atmed with

rifles and scrvice

shot guns, combed the hills lust night and this morning in the hope of Anding the animal and destroy- ing it.

THE QUEEN IN WASHINGTON Bing Marries

Her Majesty the Queen, seated in President Eisenhower's "bubble car", waves to the crowd on the way to the White House following ber arrival in Washington-Keystone Photo.

MAN KILLED IN FRENCH

SHIPYARD BATTLE

St. Nazaire, Oct. 24.

One worker was killed and 12 injured, two of them seriously, in clashes here today between shipyard strikers and the police, an official report said.

PAY CLAIMS

BY UNION LEADERS

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Fifteen policemen received worker, who died shortly minor injuries. All the Injured afterwards. were in hospital.

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The worker who was killed, 35-year-old ships painter. was crushed when a huge Iran gate ran off its track under pressure from pushing strikers.

The strikers gathered to pro- test after the management of London, Oct. 24.

the shipyards-the Chantera de Leadors of 19 trade unions Atlantique. employing 13,000 million men, and one of the largest yards representing building workers today in Frence-declared a lock-out approved a domand for because of a series of slow-down strikes staged by the workers for another oightponce an wage increase demands, hour for their members

and a cut in the working wook from 44 to 40 hours.

In addition, leaders of 450,000

railwaymen presented Weir

Furious

The workers, furlous pt the claim for Increases of up to 18 management's action, recupled the British Trans- and wrecked the main odices, per cent to

and threw stones at windows. part Commission, which runs They threw office equipment out the State-owned rail system.

of the window and set fire to t

The Police Federation also

An administration official and announced that it will soon ask some engineers were trapped in for a 10 per cent inertose for the offices. Britain's 70,000 policemen. At on the beat present constables

Washington, Oct, 24. The AFL-CIO Executive Council today suspended the giant Teamster Union from membership in the devoured carcass of a deer was eam £400 a year rising to £600 into the yards in an effort to

Apart from finding the spoor, the Police received information from farmers that u partially Federation for failing to found on the hillside in Shi oust James R. Hoffa and Mun Reservoir three days ago. other union officials The caress of a coat, belonging to Bishop R.O. Hall, was found accused of corruption.

near Tao Fring Shan yesterday. AFL-CIO President George The goat was the prize nanny Meany said the vote was 25 to Kont of Blahop Hall's emell 4 to suspend the 1,400,000 (B2)- | flock.

member union, the Federation's The Bishop's herd had been

the

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largest affiliate,

seen scattering across the hills Meany said the Executive in fight and several of them Counell would recommend that failed" to come home in the AFL-CIO Convention expel evening. the teamsters at its December It was thought that they had meeting in Atlantic City, Newbeen worried by dogs, and the Jersey.

body of the prize nanny Meany made It clear that brought in by the goat herds on Hoffa, recently elected over- Thursday morning. whelmingly to succeed Dave Bishop Hall, who won several Beck a Teamster President, prizes in the gort section of the would have to go if the Team- Agricultural Show last year was stere want to remain in the placing great hopes on this AFL-CIO,-United Press,

nanny for this year's show.

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In Saturday's China Mail

Another weekend China Mail brings you two matters that concern you now.

How important was that Red Satellite? — CHAPMAN PINCHER. Whither not - from the Tory Brighton Conference? ANGUS MAUDE, MP

after nine years.

A group of 15 police rushed clear the offices. Twelve of then

Last night Mr Peter Thorney-were Injured and a police van in the street oft, Chancellor of the Ex-was overturned and set on fire. chequer, told a meeting of top

reinforcements Large police. trade union leaders and indus-

the spot and trialists that the high bank were rushed to

broke

which out in rale (now seven per cent) will fights

thousand workers make it much harder for em-evera)

malce profits, and struggled for more than an hour ployers to more difficult for workers to with the police, who tried to clear the central yard with tear get wage Increases.--Reuter.

gus bombs,

A

Slasher Kills

Workers had massed behind on Iron gate to oppose the entry of more police. Under this pressure the gate went off its trick, crushing the henti of

Woman Gay Prisoners

New Orleans, Oct. 24.

Exeter, Oct. 21.

Two inmates of an open sadistic kilfer, who

prison near here stole a car abducted his victims as thoy left church, stabbed Exeter and then returned to on six nights, drove into a middle-aged secratory the prison undetected, n to doath today and boat,

terror,

The two mch, Joseph Birney

In

and slashed her 69-year- court here heard today. old minister employer and James Tuky, were cach during a two-hour ride of sentenced to an additional six months' imprisonment to be "conventional" A elty-wide alert was sent served out for a white man about 10 prison,

with blood all over hii The court was told today that "clothes." · Pollce belleved he on the list of the six nights the And the weekend's fullest package of general might be a madman because of two men stopped at a public house and Turley, after obtain- reading "Zanies of the Ring" by Gilbert Odd, his savage attack on the couple

after he had taken

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They were stopped when The attacker forced his way returning to camp by palice your usual features, cartoons, strips, competitions, into. the Rev. Marlin W. Holl's seeking a similar car reported and puzzles,

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car which the minister had just | stalen elsewheres Turley ́ran entored with hla steretary, away but was caught trying to' Maut Lired, 57, to drive her neck back Into the prison... Home-United Press,

bonida Mall Special,

A rumour spread that another worker had been killed, but test ports Indiente he was injured and was in hospital In

serious condition.

Initial reports had placed the the number of wounded at 300, the official for higher n Agures given. It would appear that

injured slightly many workers have not been included in the official figure.-France- Presse.

Again

Las Vegas, Oct. 24. Crooner Bing Crosby war married today to 23-year- old actress Kathy Grant at St Anno's Roman Catholic church.

Crosby, a widower since the death of hy wife, Dixie, Ovo years ago, wore a blue pin- stripe sult. Mis Grant, A Txas-born actress, was wear- lug. white dress and mink coal.

The

bolding 59-year-old singer sold, he and his bride would fly to Los Angeles before making further plans for a honeymoon.

Miss Grant and Crosby have. been friendly for the past two years. It is the first marriage for Miss Grant, and the second for Crosby.

Was

The bride's roal name listed na Olive K Grandstaff. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Every Grandstaff of West Columbla, Texas.--United Press.

All Quiet On Soviet Border

Moscosữ “Oct. 24/7

The British Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Sir Patrick Reilly, said here today that "everything is quiet" along the southern Soviet border.

The Ambassador had just re- turned from a trip which toole him to the trans-Caucasian re- Hion where

Soviet Deputy Minister of Defence, Marshal Konstantin Ralcosovsky portedly has milliary Presse.

re-

been appointed commander-France-

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