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Comment NEW U.S. ROCKET IN ORBIT Big New
Of The Day
MR AMORY'S SUCCESS
THE British, publie has, før
time sufer
ing from ale of fore-i easts made by those "in the know" about the timing of the general elections and thei outcome of the Budget.
t
is now generally conceded that the May elietion fore- casters have been wro
wrong in their predictions, but the Xeneral COBAENGES of opinion that there would be taxation reductions on JE generous scule when Mr Heatheout Amory presented his Bulget hus
proved correct.
Lively debate on how the re- ductions should be applied was inevitable. The main question mit commenta. tore discussed WRI not whether there should be relief this year, but how! Jurge it should be. The Opposition, of courke, argued that any reduction would be in the form of Hop for the electorate,
Substantial.
A
Sit has turned out the tax reliot have been sub- stantial, particularly when compared with the minori reductions since the war and there is no doubt that! they will prove of benefit to the Individual and industry as a whole.
Britain has long been accUR-
tomed to successive credit nqueezes; musterity budgets have been the urder of the day since the end of the war. Now some of the post- war credits, A very mure point, are
to be repaid. There is a reduction in in- come tax. There is a re-! duction in the price of beer and there is the restorn tion of investment allow- ances in respect of capital expenditure.
The
Budget, is generally hailed
therefore,
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achievement worthy of a
liberal-minded
Chancellor.
WILL SEND BACK NATO AGENTS STOP
CAPSULE TO EARTH
Vandenberg, April 13. The United States today put into orbit a scientific \tellite containing a capsule designed to re-entor the earth's at- mosphere and be snatched up in mid-air by air force planes. The announcement came a little more than two hours after the 7-storey,
50-ton rocket had climbed into the heavens.
Nixon Is
Favoured
For President
14
which
it
up in anid-nir by means of a trapeze
Buspended upperatin beneath the aircraft.
A spokesman said the orbit they have 10 mirates in of the 440-pound "muon" took lo find itby baming on its I 445 miles from earth at the radio Seacon and snoichi farthest point. It is 158 milen up at its closest point.
Scientists estimated satellite would complete itx spiral from the top to the bol- tom of the world in thout 94.2 minutes.
Film Packs
The
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The satellite, caited coverer 11, Included a pound recovery capsule or re- entry vehicle ecntaining live At packs to measure cosmic ray radlution in outer space.
the The plan was to shoot full 440-pound "payload" in orbit around the earth. Then, when sufficient arbini data had been collected, would be made to detach the 195-und re-entry vehicle from the ratellite and bring it back though the earth's atmos- phere.
No Decision
sitempt
Haul In
"The system was not to catch It inn net but to swing the
| "trapeze" bar against the
capsule's parachute lines, and then to haul it in.
The Discoverer II launching vehicle is more than 78 feet long and its second stage over 10 feet long-Realer.
Attempt Fails
Cape Canaveral, April 13. Later -another Vanguard rocket falled tonight in an at- tempt to launch two new U.S. miellites in one firing to a uni- que two-in-one experiment- U.P.I.
Comet Again Returns
A United States Air Force spokesman said no decision on any recovery bld, would be madɔ before marrow at the earliest.
He stressed however, that the chance of recovering the cap- Aerolineas Argentinas in its sule were "extremely remote" | 1,000 to une, ca one official put. it.
Buenos Aires, April 13. A Comet four Jetliner of The
New York, April 13.
Discoverer 11 is an improved A poll sponsored by the version of the
circulation American weekly went into orbit
satellite which from Vanden- Lock magazine, published
burg on February 28 it was today indicated that the ma.believed to have stayed up only Jerliy uf the Republican
a week. party leaders in the United Siales prefer Vice-President Richard Nixon to Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New At the
Slow Down
from the
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York ay tlin nation's next ground, explosive bolts and springs would separate the re-
Presiden!.
The
In reply to Look'e quesilonasire,covery cpsule. Then a 50- sent to 3,286 local Republican called retro-rocket in the cup- party chiefs across the United sule would fire to slow it down States, 1.374 out of 1.951 Lo enable to re-enter favoured Nixon, compared to earth's almosphere without some 469 replies supporting burning up. Rockefeller, a 75 per cent When the capsule ruched majority For the Vien- certain
allitude Л switch President.
operated by the forces of supporters were descleration would release a molly localised L
parachute which would słow southern states, the enquiry it down further.
Reckefeller's
the
showed. Nixon netted most The plan would be for the support In Ike Middle West re-entry vehicles to come down and Pacific Const.-France-near Kowall. Eight twin- Presse,
engined air force planes would
There have been complaints. This "Photo" Made
but the other purliamentary party leaders have been
hard put to find convincing guments of sufficient im- portance to impress the
man in the street.
Pubs Benefit?
HE Liberal lender, Mr Jo! could only i
Was
Grimond. describe the Budget as a "benefit for the pubs P'as. sibly Mr Grimond taken off balance because it ia hardly likely that either the pubs or the breweries will benefit to the extent of the Implication. Mr Gaitskell made few comments, mainly endeavouring to blame the Government for its "slack economy."
Britain's economic position now is bettor than it has been for many years be- cause of the Government's realistic
attitude towards the country's domestic and foreign affairs. If this had not been ao then, the Chan- cellor could not have pro- duced a Budget which con- solidates an achleyomont built up on sound financial methods which have been pursued over the last two years.
If this Budget is a failure then we would like to know what constitutos success, 'Cortain- ly later in the week the Conservatives "word success- ful in the Galloway bye- alection with a majority enough to worry Mr Galt A köll
Headlines
70 Years Ago
Today
|
first trip from New York had to return to Porto Alegre, Brazil, after flyine 15 minutes Gyet. Ezeiza airport on encountering, unfavourable weather conditions,
Yesterday the Comet had to return to Rio de Janeiro an hour after leaving because of weather conditions over the River Plate area.-U.P.1.
ORE SMUGGLING
MARTHA
materials being muggled bo- hind the Iron Curiala, were. Kaptolons.
tramp steamer Martha, owned by the impressive montading Compania de Navigacion Martha Limitada de'Conin_Rica,, looked inno• | As soon as the paused the Dar-
ecuit enough as she was load- ing 7,500 tons of strategically valuable · `borld ore at the Turklaḥ port Bandirma for -ficially-Piraeus,
The Martha was shadowed, ·
danchies, the captain.reedived unexpected
ordons wireless from his owners; proceed. straight to Wiesmar, In East Germany.
But Nato secret agents, alarmed | The explain obeyed; but ́s US destroyer was already on tho
at the amount of strategio
Was
way to make' an gerent, and under instructions from the Greek Government, the Greek-registered ship sailed under escort to Pirsons, and confiscaśion,
This plotura shows the Martha In Piraeus harbour. The ore, valuable in the construction of guided missiles, is already being unloaded.
British
Film Combine
London, April 18.
A powerful new film
combine
Was An-
nounced today by Sir Michael Balcon, who made
some of Bri- tain's most successful films and the name of Ealing Studios known to cinemagoers throughout the world. Eleven top film producing teams have formed them- selves into a "co-opera- tivo" under his chairman- ship.
They have formed their own distributing organisation
and will make and sell their pwn
films.
Sir Michoch, 02 tot. Ealing Films last year after a 20-year association during which he made such box office hits as "The Blue Lomp," "The Lady-` killers" and "The Lavender Hull Mob" and such opice, na "The Cruel Sea" and "Dunkirk,"
He said then that he had not Binished making Atme. Brliish Lion, the government controlled film company, is giving the now combine important backing by pulling ly distribution resourceD at their disposal,
British Lion has for long been the major outlet for in- dependent film production f this country.-Reuter,
U.S. CHARGE AGAINST Election ‘Before Long'
HK FIRM DENIED Alleged Payment Of Money
Mr
fan, opportunity of seeing which London, April 13. Darick Heathcoat approach-that of the Labour party or ourselves.command. Amory, the Chancellor of
itself most to the people of this the Exchequer, indicated country,“ in the Houio of Commons tonight that Britain would be having a parliament- ary general afection "be-. fore long".
He was replying to a four- day debate on his budget pro-
which Include cessions to taxpayers
con-
amount-
Mr Patrick Gordon-Walker, former Labour Secretary for Commonwealth Itelations, sald the opposition would later in the month move a vote of cen- sure on the Government for not giving any benefits to aid bga and other pensioners, but there was no vote tonight,
Mr Gordon-Walker said the; Chancellor must have a "heart of stone" not to give anything to the old age pensioneri in. a' year when he could distributo
A local transportation firm this morning denied a U.S. Congress Sub-posals,
committee's allegation that an American official had received US$500 ing to £300 million. from them, just before the firm was awarded a US$275,000 contract Replying to Labour criticisin to provide tugs and barges for a US foreign aid project in Laos,tributed, the Chancellor said over: £300 militon in relics
Washington, April 13.
In Congressional Sub-committee it Wax
said it was his judgment that the bouls could be built faster and
|--alleged thatṣan American::official-re---cheaper "locally-UP
the
..
China Mall re-
celved US$500 from a Hongkong firm
which was later awarded a $275,000 In an official statement this morning the: contract to provide tugs and barges
Hongkong Transportation Company for a US. foreign ald project in
sald: Laos.
prints a pic The official was a former transportation
ture which
made head-
lines in 1889.
The story of the flood one of the two big storm die- nsters the
Colony haa!
suffered since
-03
officer of the International operation administration mission in 1дов.
The firm named was Pacific Island Ship- building Co, a civision of the Hong- kong transportation Co, which won the contract two and a half years ago.
+
it was founded The sub-committee Chairman, Mr Porter Hardy alleged that four American firms who wanted to bid on the barge and tug contract were "frezen out" because of a "quickis" deadline which only foreign companies in the Far East' could meet.
is told in today's 25 Years Ago which re- publishes an
article by
"Colonial" who
wrote the Mr Hardy said the ICA mission ignored
"Old Hong-
kong" column In 1984.
This picture,
- reprinted in fue
London Graphic. shown Zetland Bizcoi after, tho drain at the top' end became soft-
gested and burst. More { plötures sre published da
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an order from its Washington Head- quarters to extend the bidding 'dead- line so the American Arms could qualify.
However, Carter Depaul, former Chief of the ICA mission in Exos,' said the "urgency? of the project made the action' necessary.
He said the tugs and barges were needed
to ferry goods across the Mekong- River from Thailand to Laon, He
а
"The $500 referred to was in fact, paid to the official by the Hongkong Trans- portation Company, but it was legitimate re-imbursement of local currency amounts advanced per- sonally by the latter to the present Managing Director of Pacific Islands Shipbuilding Company Limited, during a tour through Balgon, Vict nam, Tourane, Laos and Bangkok, during the period July 24, to August 4, 1956,
The statement added, "These facts can be confirmed from the records of the Hongkong Transportation Company. Accordingly, the report contained In the Congressional Sub-committee's charges is completely without founda-
·tion.”
This morning. Mr J. H. Vaughan, Manager of the Pacific Islands, Shipballding Company, agreed with the comment. made by Mr Carter Depaul, former Chief of the ICA, about the urgency of the project.
“I
agree 100 per cent, with him there, because four and a half-months after the contract was algned the tugs and barges were in operations on the Mekong River, and that is pretty quick work.”
on how these reliefs were dis-
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