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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1988.
U.S. Scientists Complain Of DE GAULLE Bad Moon Shoot Publicity KEEP OUT
Announcement Was Off Base A Stupendous Achievement
Cape Canaveral, Fla., Oct. 13. Maj. Gen. Donald N. Yates, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Contre hero, said today the original Pentagon announcement of the moon rockets success was "technically inaccurate."
Sympathy Urged For
Singapore
Hotels
Singapore, Oct. 13. The Praldent, or the Singo- porr Fukkien totel Owners and Employees Union Goh Koh
the Tong sald
Government's nction in closing down hotels suspected of being used as brothels cannot solve the problem (of prostitution).
The announcemeat, prepared in advance by the Pentagon In the event of successful shool, called the Pioneer rocket "the first man-made object known to escape the earth's gravita- tional field." It was handed to 1 poriers here 90 minutes after
the intching on Saturday.
The release why technically in that inaccurate, Yates said,
that "it was never intended the Pioneer should scope the earth's gravitational held cum- pletely."
on
on
the working noon rocket project had co- plained privately that the news the
were shoot releases handice poorly.
These Lources said that the stupendous accomplishment of the rocket in soaring 70,000 Goh commenting OR the miles into
over- space wUA by The Irt-down closure of 12 hotels by the shadowed Bensing board recently sidd when the rocket failed to live the Singapore Government up to the Pentagon's claim that
it had
the en ped
earth's
should take a more "construc- tive and sympathetle" approach gravity.
In solving the problems of prostitunion on the island,
He said cancellation of hotel Ikences meant more unemploy- ment and hardship. He sug- gested Instend for street walkers.
education
Explaining the dimeultles !! hotel owners he said "we all Want to keep our houses citan but WO Just cannot refuse Women Who come to register In our hotels and we cannot Ask them whether they Aro prostitutes. It will be 60 11- polite to do 10."-U.P.I.
No Longer Needed
In Lybia
Tripoll, Libya, Oct. 13. King Idris of 1byn issued a decree here today stating that three British officers In the Tri- politanian police force will no longer be required after the
end of this year.
The officers are Colonel A. Ullen, director of the Tripoli tanian Police Training College, Major G. Findlay and Major G. Huss-China Mail Special.
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No One Asked!
Yutes said that offieinis realis.
the announcement
WON
slightly off-base shortly after the shoot. They expected in get cleared up at a news conter- ence two hours after the ring "but in the excitement no one asked the question."
Yates explained that, on the could face of it, a moushoot not escape the earth's gravity completely because the icon It- Relf is in orbit around the earth- within the earth's gravitational Bold.
As to whether the Pioneer achieved "free flight," Yates said, it depends on the defini- tion of the free fight.
The Pioneer
rocket did es- cape the earth's atmosphere, Yates nic, and none of the seven American and Russian satellites have done that.
Buil what slowed down Ploneer, and was figured in ad- vance to slow it so that il would take 2.6 days to reach the
wan simply earth's gravity.-U.P.I.
moon,
A British Crossword Puzzle
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truil (G).
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Beauties Of The World In Swimsuits
Beauties from 17 countries in a swimsuit line up at the Lyceum Strand ...compatitors in yesterday's "Miss World" contest final. Left to right are: Miss Belgium, 19; Miss Brazil, 20; Miss Canada, 21; Miss Denmark, 18; Miss Franco, 172; Miss Germany, 20; Miss Greece, 19; Miss Holland 20; Miss Ireland, 17; Miss Italy, 18; Miss Japan, 23; Miss Morocco, 212; Miss Norway, 19; Miss South Africa, 18; Miss Sweden, 20; Miss United Kingdom, 22; and Miss USA, 23.- Router-photo.
Scarfaced Dynamiter Sought In U.S. Anti-Jewish Scare
Atlanta, Oct. 13.
the Police searched for a scar-faced (Negro) man to night in the Sunday bombing here of the Jewish Temple.
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Cilmbed like a fish (0).
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15 Repeat (4).
10 One thing to do to a savage
breast? (0).
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MONDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: 3 Opinions, 8 Inch, Planting, 11 Contests, 13 Pert, 18 Creditor, 18 Lose face, 10 Asps, 21 Dilatory, 25 Tropical, 20 Lar, 27 Dressers. Dawn:
Disc, 4 Scan; 4 Pals, & Nuns, 6 Olive, 7 Sight, 0 Perl, 10 Alhör, 13. Ogros, 14 Recur, 16 Tonic, 17 Regal, 10 Acted, 201 Prodo, 21 pipa (cariiles), 22 Lair, 23 Omit, 25 Yard (rev.).
GENERAL DENIES
PART IN PLOT
TELLS ARMY:
OF POLITICS
Paris, Oct. 13. General de Gaulle tonight took his first decisive step towards curbing the power of the military in Algoria by ordering all military men to withdraw from political organisations, and not to stand in next month's elections.
Less Polio
London, Oct. 14. Only hall
many Britans died from aoute infantile paralyale In the first quartors of 1958 as in the same period of 1950 and 1987. The Registrar. General's quarterly return exid deaths from acuto
first poliomyolitie In the quarter totalled 13, com- pared with 28 and 20 In 1950 and 1967 respectively.
More Colds
An appendix to the report 8,716 and that in 1957,
Britons died from influeHIK, more than double tha num. ber for 1956.
Beventy-fiva per cent of the deaths were of people over 45.
Die Old
A British male now has an expectation of life of 67 youre and a woman of 73.
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mortality
#guras for the three years
1965-57, the report said. flouter,
The Prime Minister, in order- ing.completà, political, freedom | In the "Algerian Campaign for the November 23 albetions for all candidátés, including any de- nianding Independence for Algeria, did not mention the "Public Safety Movement.”
The May 13 takeover by this movement which claims to be non-political-eventually led to General de Gaulle's return to power. Since May 19, the army Bag had considerable political power, and De Gaulle had made no decisive move to curb it, until today-Reuter.
The order, written in sharp
wps military Language,
the strongest rebuff yet towards these officers who stepped into political life and helped De Gaulle come to power last May,
The order to the army to keep away from politics came along with a stern letter to General Saoul Satun, French Commander- In-Chier in Algeria, telling him "I want .can, free elections in Algeria."-Reuter & U.P.1.
оге
London, Oct. 13.
A number of British troops being withdrawn tem- porarily from Christmas Island, Britain's nuclear testing base in the Pacific, because of, accom- modation problems, Mr C. J. Orr-Ewing, Parliamentary
onld Under-Secretary for Air,
Mail today. China
here Special.
TO KILL SALAN KAISER
Paris, Oct. 13. General Rene Cogny, former French Army Com- mander in Morocco, today denied he had been involved in or told of an attempt by rightwing extremists to kill General Raoul Salan, now French Delegate-General in Algeria,
He testified at the resumed | Assembly and leader of the Public Safety militory trial here of ve men Pro-Gaili
in Corsica, also kill Movement trying to Becubed General Salar, then French | denied, statements by Dr Kovacs
of
military Commander in Algeria, implicating him in the plot. in January, 1951, by Aring a General Balan will y from bomb at his office with a crude Algiers to testify tomorow. - Bazooka. One of his aldea Reuter. was killed and another offcer wounded.
The chief accused, Dr Nene Kovacs, Algiers physician and Was
Police Chief Herbert Jenkins said the man drove into a service station across Peachtree Street from the temple about 1 a.m. Sunday and ex-swimming champion, asked for directions to the House of Worship.ted a warrant for his arrest
in court today. The court
when the trial resumed a week Jenking said also that offers A
stallon operator, service
He is believed ago. are looking Inty reports that a one of scores of people in
to be in the Spain. 1950 Chevrolet occupied by two neighbourhood of the imple white men drove into the Tem- who
Saturday,
told were questioned,
who General Cogny",
the
ple's driveway about 11 p.m. about a 1950 Pontiac hardtop awaiting assignment by
entering his place early Sunday.urny, kday denied Dr Kovaca He said the driver had a sear statement at preliminary hear- from his left ear to his chin.
Thi building WDK blasted with dynamite shortly before 4 am. Sunday in a recurrence of
# WHVU of Jewish Synagogue bombings in the South,
Agitations
Police were seeking unyeto
Tempting reward money top-known to have been involved Fed the $85,000 mark for her. petrators of the attacks,
Israel Agrees?
Jerusalem, Oct. 13. Unofficial but reliable sources has given fsaid today Israel
Britain permalsdon to fly over Israel to withdraw British troops from Jordan to Cyprus. It was not expected that any official confirmation would be
permission made of Israel's V.P.I.
ings that the doctor had met him in an Algiers hotel room and told him of the plot get rid of Gen- eral Salan for being "too soft" in Algeria.
M. Pascal Arrighi, Corsican ia anti-semille agitatons here. These included a group that deputy in the
French National Journal picketed the Atlanta bullding recently.
A nubulous organisation that picked up the name "Con- federate Underground" at some point of a development has heen identified with the Atlanta
and similar bombings.
The National State's Rights Party and National Committee To Free America From Jewish E- Domination are nong ganisations that have engaged in Anti-Jewish activities here.—
U.P.I.
Surprise Attack
London, Oct. 13. General Sir Robert Mancergh, Commander in Chief of the United Kingdom Land Forces, will lead Britain's delegation to the talks on the prevention of surprise attack due to begin in Geleva on November 10, it was announced
here tonight. Reuter,
Demon Lovers' Trial Up For Hearing
Paris, Oct. 13.
Simone Deschamps, 47-year-old spinster accused of plunging
a knife into the heart of her lover's wife as she lay in a drugged sleep, went on trial for her life here today before an all-male jury at the Seine assize court.
The woman, haggard and palei
after more
year in
than a
prison, alood with bowed
head as the court charge.
clerk of the
fluenced in the murder by
her lover.
Police alleged Deschamps coldly planned the killing with her Yves 40-year-old lover, Dr murder the read
Then she sat down.
Evenou In May last year. The doctor died in prison eight pulling a black cardigan
months ago. close about her shoulders.
The charge named her aZO perverted woman at low morality and called the kill- ing "crolle priscally sadistic." It claimed it was an insufficient
to CICLIBO pland she
in had been
tened the crime "the demon lovers' affair."
At the preliminary hearinga
before an examining magis trato the doctor and Des- champa screamed frenzied ae- cusations at each other. Deschamps blamed. Him for bavitching her and using hér to murder 48-year-old Maric Claro, Evenau'a' wife, eyEvanou, in turn, charged that she had hatched the plên and bad drugged him "bh trie evering or the murder.--- China Mall Special.
Crowds, many of them, house- wives, stood, In rain this marning outside the
Palace of Justice tó be sure of a seat at the much publicised trial........ French nowspapers have chris-
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