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No. 37362
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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959.
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RUSH-HOUR
Herter Calls
Ministers To
SCRAMBLE Working Dinner
Tightly scramble for
places on Hongkong bus services is a sore point with many of our readers. Maro and more are joining the rush as the business centre of the city grows. And although the main terminus at the vehicular ferry is
centrally situated, the boarding
dimealties
of
particularly those heading for Wanchai, Happy Valley, Candeway Bay, North Point and Slau- kiwan, after they have left; the terminus make home going a nightly ordeal for thousande.
the answer lies
in
A more or bigger | buses, either single-deck or, where possible, double deck vehicles, the company must Judge on the basis of the increase in the number of users. But there is a need In any
Case for making
some provision for those who board t #tops en .route and it seems that
ferry terminus could remedy the trouble.
If eve
From DOUGLAS CLARK
Geneva, May 20.
In an emergency effort to get the Foreign Minis- lers' conference in Geneva moving, America's Christian Herter has invited his three col. leagues Selwyn Lloyd, Couve de Merville und Gromyko to a working dinner tomorrow.
This round-the-table gather- ing will be stormy. A sharp tusEle is expected between Gromyko and Couve de Merville. Its outcome will
question:
Mass Killer's
Girl Friend
Tries To
Clear Self
Lincoln, May 20.
some simple planning and control t
the vehicular Gorornor Ralph G. Brooks today refused to stay the execution of Charles Starkweather at the ro-] quest of Caril Ann Fugate, Starkweather's former girl friend. He refused hor request to soo the ad- mitted mass killer,
Carl, 15. who was convicted
swer the
Is the conference now ready for down-
to-earth negotiations?
for
Gromyko will come to dinner with pos:live proposals pushing the conference
along. Suviet sources assured me 10- night.
Restricted
They
suggest say he will Immediate start. of "restricted" meetings-with only the Big Four present, each with the
aximum of two advisers.
He will urge that these meet- Inga proceed to examine four
items embodied in the Western package plan
Tibetan Tribesmen Spring Big Ambush
The traveller said the Chinese had been am- bushed after a clash with the Khampas, The Gyontse-Yatung road was now completely un- safe for travel, the trader sald, and correspondent
no trucks reported here today from cars had dared pass that
way for wooks. He added | Kalimpong.
that he had managed to get out by buying a horse- drawn cart.
Calcutta, May 20. Rebel Tibetan Khampa tribesmen havo killed 600 Chinese troops and wounded another 200 in an ambush 15 miles from Gyantro, the Pross Trust of India
The agency was quoting o
report by on Indian trador who had with difficulty roached Kalimpong, on the Indian border, after a journey in Tibet.
or
The Indian said he had boen detained at Yatung by the Chineso authorities for
TEST TRIP
...
SAY
Haifa, May 20. *. A-Danish freighter, the Inge Toft, is due to leave here tonight with Israeli cargoes for Hong- kong and the Philippines on what the Israeli press terms a “test” sailing through the Sucz Canal.
The United Arab Republic has closed the Canal to
Israeli vessels.
several days for a socurity chock. Ho said Indians in the town were forbidden to listen to any other than
Diplomatic quarters here Chinese broadcosts and believed Israel would not that those contravening regard the free passage of the regulations were con- the Danish vessel through aldered to be ant-Suez as the end of the crisis Chinese.
which flared up in February Meanwhile it was learned and March when two israeli here that another 1,300 cargoes aboard Liberian and Tibetan rofugees have West
German freighters reached Miramari Camp, were seized in the Canal, Assam. Under the Foreign Registration Act thay may i stay three months,-AFP.
CRACK APPEARS IN
RUSSIA'S
STONEWALL
Geneva, May 20.
Russia offered today to modify its package plan by letting West Germany remain in Nato if the West will sign a peace treaty with East Germany.
edle Rustin's stonewall stand
The Arst small crack appear-
of
The Berlin problem; at tho Big Four conference after
TI,S. Secretary
State, Christian Herter, declared the The proposed all efted promises of eventual re- mari committee designed unincation are as likely as
to strengthen linke between East and West Germana;
and
to
пот
4
Bat East Germany would stay with the Warsaw Pack,
Weat Germany could
Mr Selwyn Lloyd, British For- eign Secretary, appeated at to- every other bus could be
day's three-hour session for the only half-filled
great powers to let the will of or eve leave the terminus empty,
maintain its Western
the people of Berlin prevali. economie alliances. passengers boarding
He contrasted the Soviet draft at
Gromyko's apparent strategy later stops would have lona
peace treaty with Eart und West was to go! West to accept hermany whistle”—an ald
and "shrimp's
tho Western difficulty getting home. In
Khrushchev expression.
five-month-old, draft treaty na other countries there are
★An East-West declara- Soviet Foreign Minister,
the basis for further work a package peace plan. express buses running non-
of non-aggremion: Andrei Gromyko,
the conference, speoking in
Private Talks stop from point to point of first degree murder after
A US spokesman immediate- an unusually concllatory tone, wrote to Mr Brooks and Juntary, 1958, death spreet
that Gromyko's ★ Limitation of armaments invited the West
Under the Soviet proposals to make ly replied before Starkweather. pinssengers
amendments 10 the Soviet Iengthy declaration brought in West Berlin would become usking Stork- | Gromyko has already pri draft plan
"so many different things" that demilitarized "free clly" while x half"
to three-
for an Immediato weather to "at least confess to valely hinted
Western peace treaty to
Western it would need careful study. under the
plan East with both Ger- a minister that I am innocent" ministers that he will be pre-
"I can't say what our answer and West Berlin, would be united would be," the spokesman said. by free elections.
Ciromyko's mention of West Germany's remaining tem porarily in Nato was not new in xe. But in the context Russian's suddenly of the sobered lone today diplomata considered it significant,
and others which do not set
in Europe.
quarters of their journey and asked Mr Brooks to givepared to discuss these matters.
Thus, for example, wan buses would not set the time to do It.
But Couve de Merville-who down before Сливешку He is scheduled to die in the is getting strong
backing be Bay
01 North
Point, electric chair at 6 am. on Fri-hind the scenes from West Introduction of services ay. She is serving a lite sen-Cermans-s
like this would also helpence,
refteve congestion by keep-
Ins
short
distance passengers oft long distance far
NO PROVISION Governor
certain lo reset toughly to the Russian offer tomorrow night.
out clearly
Brooks, through
Inflexible administrative assistant, lc now stands
the confereNKT,
He against these restricted
buses. The Hongkong us Rebert Courag said there was as the most inflexible man of company should study what. "statutory procedure where- being done overseas and by Miss Fugate could be trans- Apply similar measures to ported from the State Re-meetings where real business speed up and improve rush-formatory for Women at York hour transport here.
In the Nebraska State Peniten- tlary for the purposes of such As other
possible solution to public transport prob lema both in Hongkong and Kowloon
WO suggested
conference.
There being
no provision
In aur law authorising the same. The request is denied." earlier this year develop-) Attorneys Merril Beller and ment of fust water buses John McArthur, who cor- running between West Point tend Coril' conviction WAS and Shaukiwan (with inter due to Starkweather's
mony, presented her request to
mediate #tops) on the be island, und -Kün¬Tong"
the Castle Peak on the main-
fund. Passengers carrying bulky luggage
no
wquid=find these service useful since thern is room on trams or buses for anything but hand-buggage. With the increasing dennity of traille, there are limits to the number of extra buses that can be comfort. ably
put од the roads,
testi-
Successful Dive In
Bathyscaph
Thus the water bus ser The bathyscaph
vices offer a new opening for
public transport which an enterprising
like
coin-
concern the Youmati Ferry pany would do well to con sidor. This, however, is n possible long-term answer. The immediate problem In- volves taking remedial mea sures to Improve rush-hour bus services. These require
prompt attention.
San Diego, May 20.
Trieste“ has made its first opera tional dive in the
open Pacific, the Navy Eloc tronics Laboratory (NEL) announced today..
niunys.
Concessions
He offered these concessions:
could remain "for a time" In Nato after a peace treaty is sirned. It being understood
★ Weat Germany
might be done and would pre- fer the conference to plod niong with full sessions which, as the The last 10 days have proved, achieve nothing.
1 report with regret that Bri- tain hus glyen up any pretence of playing an independent part.
Precaution
Both Sides
Genova, May 20, East-West Foreign Ministers Conference hero today continued forcing ovor each side's plans for Germany and has not yet begun to make progress, diplomatic observers sold.
She is on obvious middleman. But in the past 48 hours Selwyn Lloyd has been clearly scared off Although Mr Herter look QX÷ by the "golpo Geneva and ception To false charge elsewhere about a "London- from Mr Gromyko that the Moscow axis,”
Western peace plan aimed at disagreement, the
Under instructions from Mac-reaching milim he is now taking cummosphere generally appeared precaution against putting a foot cameliatory,
wrong with his allies.
If Herter's effort falls I under- stand he will call an urgent pri- ivate meeting of the
Mr Selwyn Lloyd of Britain used less strong tones in cri-
In face of Kno ovident deadlock In the conference chamber speculation heightened here today on the possibility of private talics among the Big Feur Ministera-UPI and · Reu- ter,
Are Fencing
As I See
The Talks
By JOHN EARLE
three Helsing the Soviel draft peace it will not accept the Soviet Western Foreign Ministers in
while an American proposals as a basis for dis- the hope of gelling Couve de treaty, Merville to see reason.-London pokesman sald Mr Gromyko's cussion.
speech would have to be studied Express Scrylee,
The four ministers will have closely,
chance to explore the chances
What Colour?
New York, May 20. New Yorkers were promised they can see for themselves next month or maybe in July, what colour the underground concher
Unhindered
MY
Observers here reported that since these seizures two other vessels have sailed from Haifa through the canal unhindered.
. It was understood Israel has asked
Ilam- Dig marskjold, United Nations
obtain Secretary-Geisera) to definite
from AFFUrances Calro that there will be no interference with Insell our- goes carried in non-Israell ships, according to diplomatic sources here.
These sources said the Israeli view was that trade relations should not be at the mercy or with Aslan and African states whim of President the UAR.-Reuter,
Nasser of
Cow Run Over By Windmill
London, May 20.
A cow was run over by a windmill today.
The two-year-old heller was sleeping near the fan- tall which runa on a gulde rall around the Crom-In- Hand mill
near Batilo when the wind suddenly changed direction and the wheel rolled over her fall. She is expected to lose of China Mull part Sprolal,
HE TOOK TEN YEARS
TO AVENGE
FAMILY'S MASSACRE
Tel Aviv, May 20. An Israeli, who at the age of 10 saw his mother, father and three brothers murdered in a Rumanian concen- tration camp, spent ten years tracking down` their killer and finally shot him dead when they were both fighting for the Foreign Legion, it was disclosed here today.
Ellahu
Itzkovitch Hold the Italy into France and joined story of his relentless purit the Legion, Patient questioning to a military court here which revealed which unit his quarry tried 1.im for deserting from the was serving in, and Itzkovitch Israeli NavyL
promptly got a transfer to that unit,
The court, roleasing his evi-| denco today said it bōlleved his story and sentenced him to a year's imprisonment, which he has now rerved.
This was the story.
REVENCE
The unit was sent to Indo- China to fight the Vietminh guerillas and the opportunity for revenge came at the height of a battle.
"I shot him as he de served to be shot," Itzkovitch told the court.
His victim was taken to be a war casualty.
TO-
of progress when they meet over
After the massacre of his dinner at Mr Horter's house to- į family the Young Itzkovitch morrow evening, but an Amier!- was smuggled out of the camp Christian can spokesman said today the an hidden by a public speech-making phase of Rumanian family.
"When Humania had been the conference will go on for liberated I had no other thought His mission ended, Itzkovitch the rest of the week.
except revenge," he told the deserted from the Legion,
turned to Israel and gave him- His search for the mur-lt up to the army authorities. derer, a local____Fascist Pagsins Judorent the coucÍ - fender, led him to the said it was difficult for u court man's son, whom he in the state of Israel to impose a heavy sentence in view of the wounded in knife fight background of the castReuter.
Mr Lloyd, it was believed, heen careful_noi_to_take the Iniikkilve towards - sug- gesting restricted Ression
ince any such move mirkt be faterpreted in some quere Tele-as-more-Brittanj peasement" or "welling out" to the Russians,
court.
——— —— Crimiē ---which-landed-
him in an Institution for juvenile delinquents for five years.
Princess Anne To
Join Brownies
บ
the
to
British officials have noted press attacks on British policy In 1932, he immigrated to from other parts of the Western Israel with a number of other
Rumania und world, though the other. West- Jews in
year ern delegations here appear to later was called up for military
London, May 20. regard the Brish as being service. Still he did not for- By decision of Queen perfectly well in sep.
get his revenge mission, and Elizabeth, Princess Anno is when a new batch of im- enroll in
Buckingham Mr Lloyd has had several migrants from Rumania told him Palace "pack" of "Brownies," meetings with Mr the man he sought was servingIt was announced today. private Gromyko but, öfeluts say, he In the French Foreign Legion,
Buckingham Palace he decided to renew his search children-daughters of servants has not been drawn into any
He requested a transfer from as well as high-ranking officials bilateral negotiations and Imm
was sald have the army to the laracil Navy are so numerous that hey form ports on what 'Kuala Lumpur, May 20. been given to his Western and at the first opportunity
"Brownie "park” deserted his ship, crossed from own.AFP. ap-Malaya's ruling Alliance colleagues-Router,
Party awept the polls in elections for the Kedah
Westerii ofelais préseni ai- the conference sald an amiable smile accompanied Mr Gromy- ko' ftual words today appeal- seek ing for all sides lo * common ground for
a com- promisc.
Dr Rechnitzer, the scientist | really are. tu charge of the operational The Transit Authority 14- Mr Gromyko's taclics programme for the bathyscaph, nounced it has ordered a coach described, the dive as successful
"very washing machine to scrub the operationally cars' exteriora for the first time in 08 years.--UFI.
and
.meriect.”—UPL
peared to be to draw the Western, Ministers into detailed discussion of his draft peace, treaty, the West has made quite clear:
Millionaire Tries To Stop Eloping
MILLIONAIRE MY Daughter's Marriage
Glasgow, May 20.
shipbuild-
waving a copy.
of an official
But
don's Chelsea society, and told
him.... her father. "I love Jove him. I will never be part- ed from him.”
car.
er, Harry Dowsett, to- 13 days residence in Sectland chauffour-driven Bentley and day engaged two teams of so they can wed. lawyers to and some way of They cloped from the Dowarți document doclaring his daugh- Katherine and Langley broke stopping the marriage of country munsion in Lincolnshire ter a ward of the high court it away, and sped to their
to Sunday, his 20-year-old daughter, parete reans at the Invers-returned to him.
and moved into London, demanded that she be Dowsett tiled to hall it by hanging on a door, but it pulled Katherine to an ex-truck | nali Hotelen the lenies of Loch
Lomond about 23 miles from driver.
"You are not going to take AWAY. Glazzow, to wait for the 15 days my daughter," Dowsett shouted in a voleo that could be heard While the lawyers sweated in to pass. London and Olasgow, Katherine Their peace was poor broken. 160 yards away, ---
བས་། ། མ་
ALLIANCE VICTORY
and Parlis state assembly MICE TO
on Wednesday, winning all 34 septe for which final results are so far pvailable.
Kedah and Portis are the Arst of the eleven riates in the Federation of Malaya to go to the palls before the Federation's firel":post-independence parlia
Kererai elections seboduled for next August.
The "rightwing Pan-Malayan Islamic Party which opposed
mentary
ORBIT EARTH
AND THEN
Los Angeles, May 23. poun mice may be hurled inte
space in a satellite tomorrow In the first US attempt to pul animals into orbit and recover thom.
the alliance in 83 out of 55 The specially-bred black mios will be aboard the Blogvarer constituencies.
scheduled for 151 watcilitar 313
launching-possibly tomorrow at Vandenberg Air Force Eseo 170 miles north of here, according to Western Aviation 'magazini.
power was
and seemed the majoy threat to the party
completely routed, By Scottish law the legal age as were' also the opposition inft- for marriage is 18 without the wing party Socialist Front and consent af parents. In Eng= { rightWdrug party Negam. About
and 27-year-old Edward Long-Tipped off by an informer, Kathering- tegre-threw land, the legal age is 10, but a 70 per out of the 200,000 ley went into hiding in a new Katherine's father charged up her arme around Langley, now parent's consent is necessary Up | pigletered voters in the two The Air Force announced sartier west Scotland hotel to establish to Scotland yesterday in
"man-about-town" in Lon o`the age of 21-UPI."
stales cast their ballots-ATP.
that a colony of the mio#,
RETURN/
Tho
of their
Dulles Losing Strength
Washington, May 20, The condition of Mr John
was re-
which were flown to Vanden, |Foster · Dulles today berg, are to be readied for the parted to have shown no change historio attempt. · The mice are since yesterday, when the State
bred. a spoolai strain
They | Department sold that he con- were described as a specially tinued to lose strength, in his sturdy breed, conditioned to fight against cancer and pasu- withstand space travel.
monia-Reuter
Forces also revented The Air
aariler that it would attempt: 14 recover the mice In an "serial snatch" over the Psol- fic Ocean near. Hawall, Qinati C-119 cargo planas; trailing trapuze-like apparatus hope to,
Prayer Day
Washington, May, 20. President Elsenhower", today
catch the parachuting mouse proclaimed Memorial Day, capaule as it returna të sarih,-! onisbrstedt oni ffter, 30, a dar óf
grayer for peace--ATT.
UPI.
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