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SAHI

Sola Agenter

GILMANS

COMMENT OF

THE DAY

DULLES AND BAGDAD PACT

THE American Secretary

THE

of State, Mr John Fostor Dulles decision to attend the Bagdad Pact conference is likely to bring tho United States closer to the alliance.

On the surface It would appear that Mr Dulles in- tends to take a closer per- sonal interest in the affairs

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RELEASE OF BRITISH PLANE

Govt

Albanian

Agrees To

It Today

Free

Bolgrado, Jan. 3.

of the "Northern Tier The Albanian Goverriment has promised to

alliance and that there is

no intention of asking for full membership.

At the moment the United States is only a member of the various committees and to openly declare itself for alliance membership might allenate the sympathy of Arab states such as Egypt and Saudi Arabla which are bitterly opposed to the pact.

Mr Dulles will therefore at-

tend the Ankarn meeting 26 an observer, but he prob-

to ably wishes handle greater CO- ordination between Nato and other regional organi. sations. This

plans for

WAR one

of the mujor lasues taken up at the Nato "summit" in Paris last

meeting

month.

Sufficient

Ho

TOWEVER at this juncture:

State the

Department

i

release tomorrow the British Skymastor aircraft forced' down in Albania on Tuesday, the British Embassy on-

nounced here tonight.

Malta

Strike

Called

Off

A British spokesman said the Albanian Legation in Belgrade had told the British Embassy | that the four-engined aircraft leave allowed to would be Albanian territory tomorrow after being detained by the Albanders Government for four | clays.

was

The spokesman sold it not disclosed in which direction the aircraft would be allowed to dy out but it way assumed that all, the six members of the stewardus, crew, including would be allowed to leave at the same time.

MERCY COPTER CRASHES

NOTED SCIENTIST DEFECTS

Reason For Marshal Rokossovski's Transfer

TO WEST LESSENING OF TENSION

Washington, Jan. 3.

Dr Joray Loon Nowinski,

Interactionaf known Polish

scientist, har defected to

asylum in the United Shates

yesterday, the Attorney-General, Mr Wil- liam Rogers, announced today,

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IN MIDDLE EAST

Moscow, Jan. 3.

the West and was granted Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet Prime Minister, said here tonight that it was "correct" to understand that the call of Marshal Konstantin Rokos- sovski to Moscow was an indication of lessening tension in the Middle East.

Dr. Nowinski is a specialist in thermoelasticity,

Hold 4

of mathematical theory involving the stresses and strains on melaks and other materials under vary- ing temperature conditions.

Studies in that field aro ra- garded es especially Important in dealing with the problem of air friction, heat encountered in jet aviation, rocketry and handling extreme temperatures of atomic reactions.

ASYLUM

Dr Nowinski is understood to be familier with Soviet achieve ments in these fields,

The Attorney-General made

The Prime Minister was talk- Ing to correspondents at a TC- ception at the Burmese Embassy.

It was announced yesterda® that Marshal Rokossovak had been relieved of his chiles as commander of the Caucasian military area, border- ing Turkey, to resume his former post of Soviet Deputy Defence Minister.

At tonight's reception Marshal Bulganin was standing with the Deputy Prime Minister,

Mr Anastas Mikoyan, when he was

by ou asked

correspondent whether Marshal Rokossovski's transfer indant that the Turkish- Syrian situation had changed for the better.

Good Understanding

Before

Marshal of

Bulganim could reply, Mr Mikoyan said: "What a good understanding he has of affairs,"

This caused laughter, and further joctilar remarks by Me Mikoyan were drowned,

No further details were given by the Albanian Legation.

"The plane's OWNETS, Inde the stinouncement in a speech pendent Air Travel, said the plane to the National Press. Club. He Valetta, Jan. 3. would make the. fight from said that asylum in the United Malta's 12,000 naval dock-Vallona to. Bournemouth direct, States would be granted to Dr yard workers struck to without touching down-Reuter Ngwinsid's wife, Maria Fran-

& France-Presse,

cizka, and their seven-year-old

botti daughter, Kristina, day in protest against dis-

whom are now in Englans. missals but went back

sald when the British con.

The Attorney-General tracting firm of George

that Dr Nowinski who was 52 Wimpey offered jobs to

years old, received a dogreo of doctor of technical science from the men discharged.

Warsaw Technical Untversky

Then Marshal Bulganin roles In 1951, and has been a Fred his hand in a sobering fessor at the University of

the

Last peren gesture and said: "But serious- Baw-for

jy-you understand the matter. correctly." Mr Rogers said that

The reception was being held Nowski Jast autumn oblalard permission to visit the United to mark the tenth anniversary States to give a series of lec-of Burma's independence.

Earlier, proposing a toast to tures at John Hopkins Univer- The protest strike began soon

Burmese Soviet friendship, the sity,

Soon after Dr Nowinski's Prime Minister spoke of Soviet after midday when 30 men had. drawn their last pay-packets,

for the the US In mid-sympathy.

struggle and it was at first stated that

rival in

had had with the stoppage would laat only

October, he received word that Burma

The toast came a few minutes for the afternoon. Then the

his wife and daughter had "coloalallam

Mr. Rogers said that Drefter he had been seen chatting nc said they would remain out

reached England. Indeinitely

Nowinsk! then contacted the amiably with the British Am Baltimore office of the Federal bussador, Sir Patrick Reilly. ad

Sputnik Burenu of Investigation asked for asylum in the United

Anxiety about redundancy at the dockyard, mainstay of the island's economy, has caused political crisis, with Mr Dom Mintoft, the Prime Minister, threatening to cut all tles with Britain.

Colombo, Jan. 8.

A United States helicopter crashed in Ceylon's East ern Province today as it was flying supplies to areas ravaged by severe floods fast week.

One occupant was hurt... The helicopter was taking part in a mercy airlift in which air craft from Britain, India and the

is against the establish- ment of any now machinery for such co-operation, main-į taining that the present links.are sufficient for the purpose without upsetting the Arab nations not con- pected with the alliance; But Hr Dulles' presence wil bring the United States much closer to it, Bo close, in fact, that the difference between the full members and the United States will be infinitesimal. Effective Western policy In general can be more effec-

United States have joined. tively pursued if the pre-

Ceylon's Minister of Health, Mr Vimala sont position of the Bagdad

Wijewardene, today fold a pr conference that Pact is maintained as there

dysentery And typhold cases would also be a strong

But the offer by the firm of had been reported from Gal Oya, States. possibility that ferael might wimpoy, who are contractor in the east, Vavuniya in the make demands for a formal for an Admiralty underground north and Madampe in the west. treaty if the United States | oli storage depot, made theShe added thai 200 health

their strikers change linked itself with Iraq.

workers had been rushed to the again and agree to relu71.

affected areng to fight possible Bpeculative reports to the

sffect that Mr Dulles Previously, Wimpeys had said "pidemics.

(In Geneva, the League of men will BANDUNGO plans in they would take on 10

Red Cross Societies launched a 120 by the Ankara to counter Sovic forthwith and up economic atd to the Middle end of his month. But they worldwide appeal for emergency East countries can also be revised this today and said they relief for Ceylon's 400,000 dood would take on all the 30 dis- victims, The British Society discounted as it would be charged workers, and also 100 has already sent £1.000 worth undiplomatie to launch an

others due to lose their dock of roller supplies)-Router, economic programme at yard jobs in the next few

weeks.Reuter.. the meeting.

GE.C.)

CHANGED MINDS

minds

Police Attempt Bank Robbery

Buenos Aires, Jan. 3. Three of four gunmen folled in an attempted bank robbery here last night were found to- day, to be-Federal police officers.

Ong of the group committed suicide. to avoid capture after a machinegun battle with police who arrived at the bank as they were trying to force the accountant, kid- manager and napped from their homes, to open the safe.--Reuter.

LACK OF FREEDOM

Dr

"He lold the FBI,"

the Attorney-Generel said, "that he desired not to return to Poland because of the lack of freedom and extremely poor living con- ditions in that country, desplie the preferred treatment which he had been accorded because of his professional standing.

"Analher Influential factor was his aversion, to placing his daughter In Communist schoola"---Reuter,

Car Buried

Barrie, Ort, Jan. 3. Robert Boxwell reported to police that his car had been stolen from the parking lot in which he left it.

Three hours later Boxwell trudged back to the police sim- tion.to call off the alarm. He'd found the car, where he'd left it, but buried in snow by a passing scow plow-United Press

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Marshal Bulgonin, referring to press reports that, sputnik one might have fallen in Aus- tralla, cald the satellite was not expected to fall until January 5 or 6,

Answering further questions to cald Russia was still waiting for pieces of the satellite's car- rier rocket to be returned from

they had where

fallen America.-Beuter.

WHAT A THREAT!

Capalown, Jan. 7.

Ma

An irate cricket fan today

sent a telegram to Ken Viljoen, managor of the South African cricket alde, warning him that if his team did not do better against the Australians in the naries of Test matches "I'll put my mother-in-law on to you.”

South Africa are one down after two Test matches against Australia-China Mall Special.

Railwaymen

To Press Wage Claims

London, Jan. 3. Three unions represent- tar 450,000 British railway- men will prom pay clatiza од "January 14, it was learned today.

The claims—already re- jected ones by: the British

Commission Transport

wilt, go to the Ballwng Staff National Counell, a body within the Biste-run industry which has power to settle the claims.

If

210 agreement reached there, the matter w'd go to arbitration, a National Union' of' Rail- waymen spokesmian ' said today.

The NUR la demanding "batantial, incieuse."", The rocksted "Bociety of Locomotiva Engineers

·and “Firebon · „have' aghed. for 10. Der dent. Fiso, and the Trasport Baldried. Staffs Association kas sak- ed for "salary review:" All three unions want a shortor work week as well, Mr Peter Thornercroft, Chancellor of the ke chequer, has told the Bri- tish Transport Commission that the Government will give it no extra money for pay. Increases--Neu. ter,

Intellectual Organisation Dissolved

Budapest, Dec. 3.

The Mihaly Tancais Circle of Hungarian intellectuals and its weekly organ Magyaroszag have been dissolved, "the MTI Hungarian news agency nounced today.

The agency quoted the final Issue of the discontinued paper, dated December 31, as saying that the Tanesis Circle had completed its task of rallying forces, under the direction of the party, lo load the counter- the cultural and altack on Ideological front against counter- revolutionaries and revisionists." The Tanasis Circle had been formed to replace the former Petoon Circle, of writers and other Intellectuals, which became a centre for the Hun- garlan revolt in 1958-Franco- Presse.

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OUR TEASER TIP

For face

You will get this if you stand in one placs. Our Tenser Tip for last Wednesday "The last two letters of the alphabet got. mixed with this car" (Beyaz) was unplaced.

Revenge Killings In Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan. 3.

of his village a year and a half ngo, and. her family bad not The murder of three Cypriot-

forgiven him. Dervian himselt Turks in Paphos forest last

reputedly expressed some that December 8, which Turkish

the damily might kill him, leaders attributed to political killings by Eska terrorists, The coronar anid that Dervish at thè] - was ambushed and kifled, and pronounced

the two men accompanying him wero probably, kilid elo -to prevent them from identify- ing the attackern--France- Prc:30.

were

inquest today to have beca rovengo killings,

The coroner said that one of the three murdered Turks, Hadd Dervish, had assaulted a girl

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