THE CHINA MAIL, - THURSDAY, · DECEMBER 18, 1958. `
U.K. UNEMPLOYMENT DROPPING Dulles
Labour Minister Replies To Opposition's
"Bleak Christmas" Accusation
London, Dec. 17.
Mr Jain Macleod, Minister of Labour, indicated tonight that unemploy- ment in Britain had been stabilised between November and Decem- ber.
New Mosquito Menace Found
Washington, Dec. 17 The Malayan mosquito, ing considered a baruntess nuisance
Noutheast
LA
Asia. bus been found to be a deadly
enemy of man,
according to 18. Army medicine researchers.
They
anrouserd that a
tout-year study conducted here and In Malays han proved that the previously unsuspected Malayan mos- quito, Culex Gelidus. In a coreker
1)[ Japanese :1 - rephalitis and at least 15 other viruses.
The silver-speeked mos- quilo looks like any other variety to a layman. But
more it "much Ecrotia" carrier
cephalis a
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vi the tradi
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tionally assumed villain ****
celes triaventurhynchus
The Army
U.P.1.
report said,
Murderess Mentioned In Will
London, Dec. 17. George J. Ellis, divorced
husband of Ruth EUL who was hanged in 1965 for the murder of a man suid to be her lover, named her in his will, t was learned today. Mr Elis, a 48-year-old dentat
himself surgeon hanged
with
his dressing-gown cord LM Jersey hotel last August
I
He Tett £7,097 ross with a not value of £388
In my will, dated February, 1951,
and published today, he! left 1,000 to 1:ss mother or If she died, to his brother and sister of Far
tukiren, and
wife i The residue in his
hall
Ruth
The other half of the residue was to go to his two children by marriage and any
his forme
eislidren
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hist marriage to China Mail Specia
Speaking at the end of a House of Commons debate on unemployment, Mr Macleod said the unemployment situation between November and December had been more favourable than expected.
In nomat year, there waki be a slight Increase of wavern- ployment 15 these live months. 4 substantial He had expected Increase
Preuseti e top of the normal mivement, Mr Muchod said.
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And Govertiment elevers, be acced. "But it looks as though there has been stability between these toonths and indeed sligt decrease. I know it is a small ansount, but i ome the Opposition is glad to hear this,"
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Mr Macleod gave NO NEW fleuren. Us november the number of registered an- employed was 830,000.
The Opposillen forced a vote on a procedural motion for the
Mr Macleod
*Į didn't cope it."
to
of the House adjourned express its disapproval of Gov- But the Gov- ernment policy ernetil won by 307 to 248-a majority of 59.
Families
Deputy
Me James Tiriths, Opposition Leader, had curilor said It would be
"bleak Christmas" for many hundreds of thousands of British unem- ployed men and their families this year.
be million fewer effective workers than there
The answer, Mr Griffiths said, was economie expansion.
-We have to and
1 way to nchieve ecunonde expansion, in- production, higher productivity, full employment and stublilly," he said.
"Planned Society"
"The only alternative to Com- munism is not Tory freedom. but a plained society in which denwerate freedom und plan- tot and the use uf Uur resources are all rumbined in
a stable econunry.**
of
Sir David Eccles, President Board of Trade, mid
he hoped members would tei give colour to the idea that there was the remotest chrace of Britain going back to the conditions of pre-whe FLAMM
hemploymeat.
The national unemployment figure had risen to about two half per cent of the total labour force five out of about every 200
Reuter
SPACE
MAN YEARS AWAY
Washington. Dec. 17. The United States is work- ing hard to put u man into space, but success is several year away, at the carllest, the head of America's Space Agency said here today.
one
He extimated thut February there would
curly
by
might br.
objective putting a
1 T Keith Gleanan, chiel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, suid his organisation was directing the national effort that had as its man Into
space.
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estimate took th registered
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"We call
i'roject this efforl Mercury." Dr Glennan said. "I
crniloved, "hidden unemploy-belleve this is the first time meat" - Bose not on the register
employees
and shorter hours).
we've ever mentioned the pro-
working feet publkiy,
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8 Beano, Tendon, 10 Crane, 11 Enste. 13 Hart, 13 Bente, 16 In-rush, 10 Cerimus, 20 Needs, 22 Hero, 23 Gifts, 28 Stald, 20 Ledles, 27 Newer, 20 Flogn, 20 Danties. Down: 1 Watchmen, 2 Lang face, 3 Oboe, 4 Pannone, & inebier, Uprons, 7 Fanul 14 Sherph, 18 Colossus 10 Insides, 17 Rustled, 19 Elging, 21 Extol, 24 Sara (h).
I wish to emphasise that long-range lype of This is effort."
Dr Glennon was speaking of the annual dinner comrnertiora- ting the first powered flight by Cuvinte une- Woo Wright a Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, muc A Deven her 17, 1963.
Greatest Care
* F modern-day More will be selected with the great- ent of care," said Dr Glennan
"We will use the entire re- sources of the nation1 lu deter mine. In advance sofar BJA possible, man's ability to cope with the physioul, ments) and psychological stresses of apico travel.
"We hope to accomplish this determination on the ground-in the nation's aero-medical lobora- tories. AB thin must be done before any Attempts are made to send Mercury aloft.
Dr Glennan said that the luunching of the Soviet Sputniks *Anally shocked our people into a state of real concern about our standing in the race for fethno- Jogical leadership of the world." --Reuter.
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