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ASAHI

PENTAX:

Solo Agenter'

GILMANS

COMMENT OF

THE DAY

MAN OF DESTINY? -

ENEIAL de Gaulie's' do- claration of willingness to take over the Govern- ment of France has radical- ly changed the existing political situation in the

country.

Whereas up till now, the op- position has been between the Government in Paris and the Committee of Public Safety in Algiers, the chal- lenge for power has shifted to a struggle between Par- liament and the General,

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D KOWY 1. DON

LEBANON TRUCE NEARER? HK SEAMEN

Sporadic Fighting Zoo Tragedy: Royal Navy

Reported Still

Beirut, May 16.

More than 20 rebels were killed in clashos with government troops throughout Labanon during the last 24 hours, while negotiations for a truce between the A

parties government and opposition appeared to be making progress.

Earlier the Lebanese parila-

give inent failed to

confidence

De Gaulle, in his brief declarnof

tion, Atudiously

McClintock told the Lebanese + vole roders that the American offer to the Sami of aid to Lebanon excluded any avoided Solh government after lock of milliary intervention, informed condemning the army take- quorum forced abandonment of sources said-All Agencies. over in Algeria and instead the session.

in

Those members who did at- about two hours tend spent

"unofficial" described ng

unambiguously stated that the political parties Parliament were no longer holding a secret-and what was

France.

capable of coping with the cussion of the weck-long situation confronting violence and anti - Western

demonstrations.

As the deputies waited in The General's #tatemont vain

for the quorum, clel scema to be an attempt to Agures were released estimating force the country und Par-hat the bloodshed toll over the liament to choose between past week was 77 killed and 200 himself and an intensifica- injured.

tion of the anti-Government movement in Algeria,

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It is clear that the lenders and

Seven Die

Only on the border with the Syrian sector of the United Arub

the European population as Republic was fighting reported

a whole in Algeria would now only be appeased and reassured by a government re-establish control of the area.

as Army troops battled dissident groups in an all-out sitempt to

headed by the General and

от

Soven persons, including a

Planers-Rere used to strafe- the dissidents, reports said,

police sergeant and four women, that no sort of coalition were reported killed in one of government Is any longer the clashes between fecurity acceptable the other forces and an armed gang from Bide of the Mediterranean, Bargayli village. It is too late to expect the

movoment in Algeria to be In Beirut, only a few Isolated brought back into constitu- incidents were reported and the tional channels merely by capital's famed seafront took on returning M. Bobert Lacoste ita old look again with holiday as Resident Minister despite makers swimming, sunbathing the fact that up to a week and yachting

of South capitul had M. Lacoste

Ly was swept

the

Salda, Lebanon,

......

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confidence of the European wave of rebel agitation and population, and for that

demonstrators pet re to a car matter, all

а

U.S. Tanks

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Washington, May 10. The State Department said today I expected thai United States tanks would be sent to Lebanon in the near future.

In

Girl Killed

Lion's Cage

Washington, May 16. hungry lion today killed a 24-year-old girl, who broke away from her grandfather and tried to feed the beast peanuts during an outing at the Zoo.

Julie Ann Vogt, a visitor from Canada, squeezed between the bars of un iron guard rall Bur- rounding the cages at the Lion House in the Washington Zoo- logical Park:

She offered peanuts to two 10-year-old lions, a female and a mate named Queenie called Baron. Attendants were preparing to feed the big cats.

Never Before

An omelal announcemeat said arrangements for fulfilling

Lebanese request for the One of the lions thrust a huge tanks and been under way for paw through the bors and several months.-Reuter.

slashed the child with its sharp claws.

The Duke Says

NOT THE

TIME

TO TAKE

IT EASY

The grandfather, Henry Jack- of the zon, 87. caught hold chid's body and tried desperately to free her from the lion's grasp. Then he Inshed at But the the beast with a cane. llon dragged the child's body through the bars into the cage, A Zoo official said fire hoses werc and carbon dioxide gas used to drive Queenie and her mate away from the child's body. The Zoo Director, Theodore Reed, reid one had over before gone through the guard rail-and-no-one-bed-been-Injured by the enged animals in the '03 years since the lion house was bullt,

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Horrible

Now-Miss England

The Third

Planes At Kai Tak

Thirteen planos from HMS Bulwark flew In to Hong- kong under low clouds to land at Kai Tak this morning bofare the arri-

DEMAND DANGER PAY

Singaporo, May 16.

Six ships are now held up in Singapore

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because their craws are asking for danger money for sailing to Indonesia.

The shipa are the Hongkong

val of the aircraft carrier. vessel Shona, the Singapore- They reared in in groups of registered email traders Ikan Mas, Kim Hai and Lucky Trader, two between 7 and 8 o'clock.

900-ton Panamanian-

HMS Bulwark, one of Bri-the tain's newest aircraft carriers, registered San Ricardo and the

2,922-ton Norwegian Daviken cano into port about 8.30 a.m.

The seamon are Hongkong and today togeiher with her escort vessels, the cruiser HMS New-Singapore Chinese, and Malays.

the destroyer

foundland and HMS Cosmack.

Bulwark and the accompany ing vessels have just taken part In Seato's "Exercise Occanlink.” Other vessels which took pari In the exercise arrived during, the last few days, while more will be coming in within the next 48 hours. HMNZS Royalist sa arriving sometime this after-

noon.

London, May 16. Platinum blonde Dorothy

The 13 planes that took off Hazeldino, 19, today from HMS Bulwark and landed became the third girl in at Kal Tak this morning were three wooks to wear the six Sea Venoms, six Sea Hawks "Mini England" beauty and one Sky Rader, crown, ofter a chapter of accidents had disqualified two provious winners. Contestanta in today's third national to find attempt representative for Europe contest to be held in Turkey in July, had to produce a valid passport to show they were over 10 and unmarried.

The first Miss England, Juse Cooper, turned out to be only 10 and the second, Wendy Peiers, proved to be married,

the Miss

The second Miss England,

Four Die In Whirlwind

Warsaw, May 10. Four people were killed and 200 injured last right by → whirlwind which latened 24 villages near Warouw, if wal reported toddy by the Polith news agency PAP.-Neuter,

London, May 16... The Duke of Edinburgh

warned British monk was a horrible thing," he Mish Peters, had also admited Low Honoured facturers that this was said "ve never heard of a wearing an elastic w{R>le" nol the Ume to take child's squeezing through bars belt under her swimsult to nip her waist, although the regula- things easy, when he pre-like that in my life."

forfald such structural The child's mother was put tions sented awards for designs

a doctor's care-United | alterations. whiler

Two women attendants to

contestants for đáy searched waspies and falsies but drew blank.

of the year to 20 design. PreSe Algerians

whether European or Most lem; who want the link be tween the two countries to

rapidly

this morning. A curfow has been ordered as in Beirut,

if

In General de Gaulle even

. the remain stubborn.,

parliamentarians

by Chehab.

Talks

ers and manufacturers

after inspecting their More Troops

pira

For Kenya

London, May 10.. Britain is strengthening to strategie reserve in Kenya by moving another 1,000 troops including administrative units

Not For Me

Miss Hazeldine, whose vital statisties aro 38-24-37, runs a hairdressing business with her mother in Rochdale, Lancashire.

to the Nairobi àren next month, or a Aim-star," she said. "I

Fredericton, New Brunswick,

May 10. British cartoonist David Low received an honorary degree of doctor of 'laws at New Brunswick University last night, -China Mail Special

The Malaysian Mariners union is demanding a danger allowance of 60 per cent of basic pay for Indonesia-bound crews.

Boycott?

The union la supported by the Singapore Trades Union Con- gress, which in a statement last night, raid the possibility of a boycott of comparica refusing to pay the allowance "could not be ruled out."

The Singapore Chinese Ship- ownere Association has said it an is prepared to negotiate an allowance for seamen manning ships to the Celebes area, where

have merchant vessels

been bombed and straded but it will no pay allowances on ships to Java and Sumatra, there have been no sir

going where attacks.

EIGHT DIE

IN AIR COLLISION

Now York, May 10, A B-26 Mitchell bomber carrying eight people and a jet fighter plane collided in the air to- day, over Jacksonville, Florida, the Navy said, The Navy said the lighter pilot parachuted to safety.

All eight in the bomber were killed, Police said. Police said one body was recovered. Reuter.

The secretary of the Mariner NEW AIR

said one company had offered Unien, Captain Mohammed Said,

all Indonesian ports... an allowance of 80 per cent to

As this had been offered

verbally only, it had been ac fused...but the union was pro- -pared to negotiate.

·Extra "Polico ́·

Extra police, including two Inspectors, were present at the Seamen's Registry Office today.

Two hundred sailors were looking for ships, but there were no spplications for bertha for eight seamen offered by the San, Ricardo-Reuter.

AMERICAN SATELLITE

HIT BY METEORS?

work at the design centre, be maintained at all costs. Meanwhile, Lebanese Army in the Haymarket.

General

Referring to the competition The first reaction to the Gen-Commander-in-chief.

had resulted in The eral's declaration is une of Found Chehab's mediation at-

tempt was reported to be pro- which hostility. However, the situation

best co might

ressing favourably. Chchab's awards he was presenting, the falks with opposition leaders re- Duke said it was at

method of change and a public move portedly dealt with the following perfect design. One of the ment might develop with ing points: great speed which will force Resignation of Premier disadvantages was that it de

"I don't want to be a model on the oplaton the President of the Re- Sami Solh's Cabinet after Pended

judgment of the judges,

It was announced tanight. want to take over, the business,” public, M. Rene Coty, to culi a parliamentary vote.

Mr Eric D. Morley, the con-One Formation of a Cabinet

This movement of troops, it Argument ★

was pointed eut, had nothing test organleer, sold the of neutral political figures

Miss the troubles in England mix-up had left him to "do with "I find that is the best way Lebanon future

but was part of the with of the

st(11 another problem. ★ Election

outlined in the Army | Joyce Cooke, runner-up in the President by the present to start argument,!! observed the

plans The situation reminds us of

Memorandum. in frst contcai, has 'threatened to appeal De parlement with the possibility Duke, "but an argument in this timates

March by the War Minister, Mr rue because she was not given the historic

in- Earlier the Duko had Gaulle issued in London, on of another term for President case is better than apathy,"

the title when de- Chamoun being

June Cooper Christopher Soames, spected the 20 selected designs, June 18, 1940 when he Camille

The units under the Com- |resigned. which ranged from pruners lo mand

"This is an election, not P called on all Frenchmen to finitely ruled out.

Chehab conferred for over an

of Brigadier Richard table cloths and showed in Frisby are going by troopship horse-race," Mr Morley said, stay in the war at the aide hour wday with the American

lo the Lebanon, one case that he had no fatherly and their period of duty in "Ir the successful candidate of the Allies and told his Ambassador

a baby Kenya

indestalte.--United resigns, is

You hold another McClintock, while the practice in bathing countrymen that "France Roberi

Ielection."-Router. has lost a battle but she has Ambassador also had a talk with when he observed of a plastic Press.

Chamoun,

baby's bath: "It looks rather low not lost the war."

down. It must be designed for

G.E.C

15.

flour Poloshir

a very short person."

by

Washington, May 16.

of the radio transmitters on the U.S. Explorer satellite has stopped transmitting, and, the other had become erratic, it was disclosed today,

SPEED RECORD

Los Angeles, May 16. A Lockheed F-104A Star. fire Jet today topped the world's operational · air- craft speed, mark by near, ly 200 miles an hour when It reached an average speed of 1,404.79 miles an hour.

The plane at times exceeded 1,500 miles an hour as it was plioted in two runs by Capt. Walter W. Irwin, 34, over tho southern California dezert, ac- 'cording to Air Force Chief of

Star Gen. T. D. White-UP.

Bigger Zeta

London, May 10.

tor of the Atomic research

Dr B. F. . Echonland Direca tablishment

C3-

at Harwell, an-

nounced tonight that a new and more powerful _version of

machine,

The announcement was made; Wednesday, it has not relayed "Zata" Britain's thermo-nuclear

the National Academy of any information whatever. energy-from-the-sen

The Academy sald is smaller | was being planned. Scientists.

It also estimated that Ex- transmilter went off the air lost; Ho told a press conference plorer. III will re-enter the Saturday but that ita, signal was that fresh experiments with Zeta Earth's atmosphere. £nd dis. picked "up again yesterday by had been completed which might integrate in about the middle of tracking stations In Chile and well be of "very grect value." July. The satellite was launch Ecuador-United Press.

Reuter. ed on March 20

Government scientists said

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was some evidence the transmitters might have been

The designer quickly fold lam: QUEEN MOTHER BUMPED HEAD damaged by minute meteors

London, May 16.

"People who bath bables sit on a very low nursing chair." The Duke laughed and walked on.

Another exhibit was a very Queen Elizabeth the Queen |

metal frome fragile looking

Mother bumped her head dining chair with a purple seat,

on the framework of the invited to try it by the de-

cabin doar as she was signer, be hastily declined, and

entering a plane today— "No, you try it." The designer sat upon it without:

but kept on smiling. mishap but the Duke did not experiment himself. Chisa Mall The plane, a Heran aircraft of Special,

sa.d:

the Queen's night, was taking

the Queen Mother to Faning- ley, Yurkshire, for official en- gagements.

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from Halley's Comet, ·

The scientists said Helley's Coirot 'passed over the Earth twice a year, in May and Oclober, and there was evidence the

satellite passed through. the meteor cloud.

The bump did not dislodge her hat, and a moment afterwards the Queen Mother could be The National Academy said sben a window of the air-

ibat atarting last Friday the

so-called liner, smiling and joking with | larger

""command" members of her party, The transmitter falled to respond to plane, later landed at Fin the ground signals as consistently ningley-Heutor.

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